The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-07-07
WASHINGTONL LETTER.
WASHINGTON. D. C. July 3. 1876.

WASHINGTON, ID. T.. july 8, 1876.
The action of the House, on Friday
lqst, during the last hours of the fiscal
year, in extending the provisions of the
appropriation bills for ten days, undoubt-
cdly brought relief 10 many anxious
minds all over the country. The Senate
had, two days before, passed a resolution
TO the esqmepurpose, and we are thus tenn
porarily saved the losses and dire cOnfu-
sion threatening almost every person, di
rectly or indirectly i'll the land, from a
stOppage more or less complete, of the
governmental functions. Nearly all of
last week was consumed by the House
and Senat : IN contest over the apprO-
priation bills, nearly all of which not
passed, were before conference commit
iaes. Onpoints not involving new legis-
lation, or when it was pal mt that sub
mission tO the House reductions would
at once and very severely cripple the eff
fective administration Ofthc government
the Senat he's manifest ID avery cOmpre
Aising spirit deposition was one off
culiarly grave responsibility. The House
either designedly or, what seems more
likely, through incompei ancy, failed to
get the bills to the Senate in season for
proper unders' lnding of their provisions
and 1t became necessary II either pass
them, relying on the patriotism and goo I
serse of the House, or to delay their pas
slge sufficiently long II ascertfin their
merits and dement's, which would neces-
sarily preclude their passage in season
for the beginning of the fiscal year. The
Naval BIZ was fra'ly pushed through be-
fore the close of the year, substantially as
prepared by the House committee, and
the balance of those not passed are still
being discussed by conference commit
',es. 1t is thought that the Post Office ap-
preparation bill VII be compromised, but
some of the others are not so hopefully
referred II.
o. The Sena; hss refused - concur in
the House amendment II the silver bin.
as amended by he Senate, aud it has
shared the fate of many others during
the session-beenreferr II the corfer-
ence committee. 1t is not generally be-
lieved that the bill for the equalization of
bounties, recently passed by the House,
will become a law this session, although
the Senate Military Committee (Gen Lo-
gam chairman, )has reported it flvorably.
Moved theret )by the action of Thomp-
son, Sergeant-at-arns of the House, in
possessing bimselfof thousands ofpriyafe
telegrams, obtained in surreptitious
way, in New York, and brought here for
the use of Democratic members ofthe in
vestigating mittee in their mq1 hunt
for partizan capital, Republicans have in
troduced preventive measures against a
repetition of that outrage upon decencv
in the future
On Saturday it was foU1d that the time
to which temporary appoint re was linn
tied wherein certain some binds of brsi-
ness could be legally transacted by kim
had been exhausted by acting Secreta-
ry of the Treasurer Consnt, and conse-
quently Mr.. Cameron, who was desisaa-
ted to act until the appointment of Mr..
Bristows successor, could not lawfully |
sign many of the papers necessary to the
of the business of the Treasu-
ry Department; and as it YVES also requir-
ed by statute that the recently appointed
Treasurers bond, should be approved by
the Secretary, some confusion was occa-
stoned by the situation. 1t was finally
decided not to formally accept Treasu-
rerNew's resignation until the instalment