The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-02-19
From the National Capital.

Legislation and Else Economy - Democrats
htcttng in The Traces. Investigation. Probable
Changes in the District Gopernmcnt.- Financial
Question: -Pinchbdck,-hdy and December.
WASHINGTON, Feb. IS. 1870.
The natopal House Of Representatives is Of
ten facetously called the "csye Of the winds'
by old ha5,tes Of the captal. The appropriate
ness of this designation would hnye been fully
recognized by any one who from duty or q
strange inclination listened 10 the debates of
last wees. AbOut the only bill passed that de.
serves passing mention wns the repeal of the
bankrupt act Of 1857. The House has now been
in session oyer two months ard nothing has
vet been done TO relieve the financial distress of
Ihe country or bring about a return of conf.
dence among the business community. Vau.
able time has been fribtered away in engineer.
ing petty schemes TO make party capital and the
interests Of the people have been shamefulv
neglected., In their attempts to appear ecOnOm.
lcnl the DEMOCRATS II the House under the lead
of Randall, Holman and other party hacks have
only succeeded III making Themselves rdicu.
lous. The 80 called letrenchmrnt measures
That have thus far been forced through by n
ppfty vote are so sweeping in their REDUCTIONS
and so carelessly drawn tnat they would seIi-
| ouslY impair tho efficiency of several branches
| of the public service and cause n waste or loss
of millions OF the public funds Shouts they be
! adUuted by the Senate Though there might
! be an apparent saving to the Government in
some Of these bills, Indirectly they would cause
n larga decrease in the public revenues. and
with but nttle cOmpelsating benefit. They are
| choice sauples of the false ECONOMY that often
loses largely at the bunF while attempting To
ave the sparse drlppmgs at the spigOt There
are some OF the Democratie members who gee
| these things in their true light aud aiG becom.
ing thoroughly 9isgusted with the line Of poncy
| To which their party has been dilyen, and
would not be pprpl ised If there was an open re.
volt before long IN e camp Of the unteriiiied.
| The long talked of Investigations are about
| commence HOnsp committee
| egn affairs ARG going To investigate Nj Minster
| sehenck ard have requested the secretary of
! state To transmit tO them npv documents or
correspondence on file III his department bear.
ing on the alleged connection Of Generel
| Schenck with the Emma niue affair or the
Machado claim 1t is not believed by those
cOnversant With the inside his tory Uf these mat
ters tnat the committee will be able to rake up
| anything that VIII reflect upon the character OF
| eral Schenck or show that ne has in any
manner used his official influence IN an improp-
| Ell way. The late Supervising architect of the
| Treasury. A B. Mufiett is to be Investigated
| BY the House COnniittee on public buildings
and grounds IN relation to ms altered compli:
city IN the frapds petpetrated in the building of
| the Chicago Custom House. The House Com
inittee on The Judiciary are investigating the
| celebrated Memphis and Eli phsQ rqilIOhd al
| fairs in which the fair fame of Gen Fremont
| has suffered somewhat during the last year oil
| two. IL Is alleged that fraud, corruption and
bribery OF all sorts Were used tu secure the pas
sage OF the Memphis and El Paso bill, and
| long array Of witnesses WHO are alleged to have
| been paid money TO aid IN its passage have been
| summoned 70 appear before the COnlnittee and
| ten what they know about it. Among the ar
! ties summoned to testify IN tb q matter are sew.
! eral members OF the present congress. num-
| Der of lobbyists and number OF Journalists
One of the gO0O results on the loug discussion
terest OF tho s. 65 bonds of the District of Coium
Dih will PROBABLY be change III the form of
| govelhment OF the District. The present mix
ed up condition of affair very Unsatisfactory.
| The people Of the District are pOwgrless to maze
| laws for their own government, hnd Congress
mas rather shlrked the Responsibility of taking
| M tfa Thl a.pn
mlttte on the District of COiuinDia have been
| instructed to prepare a bill to meet exigencies
| 0i this anomalous cOndlt ton Oi atllls ami among
| other suggest Ons 1t has been pfopOse 10 urn
! oyer the control OF the streets anu avenuee to
the englneer corps oi the army, the poice to the
war department., and the board Gf nealth to the
Surgeon Geherals office, and that all taxes levi
| ed and collected in The Dlsti let shall De TURNED
| into the Treasury Of the United states and The
| GoyernmenG assume alIithe OK peDses of the Dis
| trct. tits almost too much to expect the in
hagitants Of the DRtrict TO keep up, improve
and beautify Capital for the people OG the
| United Sta, es and il would seem Ou,y night aud
| proper for Con%iess to assume control and make
IL national work
RumOrs have been again floating around Of a
uualrei beCween President Grant ana Secre.
tary Brlstow IN relation to the prosecution of
the Whiskey Frauds. There u no truth ynat-
| ever IN the reports. though there nre certain
parties who would delighG to hear OF rup;u,e
| between these dlstin guished persnnnges and are
| continually predicting that it will soon come.
! The wish however Is father TO the thought aud
| 1T is not probable that they will ever have an
deistanding IN this direction. The relat ons be-
tween the fresi'e ent and Secretary BlistOw are
cordial and harmonious, and both fully unite in
| the policy Expressed IN the sentence "let no
! guilty man escape"
The financial question Is looming up and bids
| far to prove quTe disastrous to party unity and
for time will almo9t obhterate panty nnes IN
Congress: Blaine made speeea in the House
on financial affairs on Thursday last, IN which
he stated that the Republican parry have
thrown aside all minor differences and dissen
lions on the financial question and taye gradu-
| ally united their strength against mHatl0n
| While tins is true 20 certain extent 1t IL not
| altogether correct as applied to the present
Congress but 1t is verv certain that the Repub-
| lican side Ol the House Is much more united on
| the question than the Democl atc majority
many of whom are rank intat onists, and Otn
ers while protesting to be hard money men are
strongly in favor of the repeal of the specie
resumption act of the last Congress Hon. F.
| Hurd, of Ohio. has introduced oil, which has
been referred to the Committee on Banking and
| Currency, making all obligations, both pubic
and private, payable IN P9ld on and after jan
lst 1877, unless otherwise provided by special
contract Since the introduction of the bill Mr.
| Hurd has receiyed many lett, rs from prominent
business men OF the country Expressing their
approval of his course, and endorsing the pro-
Visions Of the bill. The financial question is
| evidently verv delicate one with many Con-
eressmen and there is every Indication that the
subject will be approached with great caution
andmu6h deliberatiqn, and 1t is not probab. g
that any decided action will be taken IN tue
matter until after n long ana thorough discus
zion OF the subject in all its various phases and
aspects.
flncnDacKs 3 case Will soon come up in the
Senate and MI Morton has announced that
when Ghe matter is reached he shall ask the
senate TO remain in session untll 1t Is disposed
of. Thps far three Republican Senators arc
known TO be opposed to Pinchback's Is admission,
Edmunds and Morrelt OF Vermont, ana Chris
uancy Of Michigan. Pinchbaok counts upon IA
majority of five upen full vote. OF course
the Democrats will present n solid front IN Op-
position to his admission and the result is
doubtful
on Thursday last Senator Chrstiancy was
married 10 a young LADY employee OF the Gov
eTnment Bureau, on engraving ana printing.
The bride ts fair young blonde OF twenty sum
mers, and the gloom Is, or was, a gay Old wld-
over of sixty-four winters. Mr.. ChTistiancys
first wife has been dead nine months. The
courtship which has ended so auspiciously was
only OF few weeks Duration
The Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation
Dill passed the House substantially as reported
from the Committee. on Tuesday The Forth.
cation Appropriation bill passed the House
without debate. This bill reduces the amount
appropriated for Notifications, ETC., from So
UpOOO TO $4,000. NoTUs.