The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-01-15
The National Capital.
FROM OUR OWN wAsnINoroS CORRESPONDENT

upon short commons and the noble sons Of the
forest and the plan can take TO the war path to
lay in their winter supplies, or do without them
altogether. II this policy is carried out we may
have to record n desperate struggle between
Mr. LO, ana the frontier settlers in which
case we can only pray that Nr Darwin's theory
may hold good. and hope for the survival Of the
fttest. The salary and perquisits Of that much
abused village post master is sought to be cur.
tailed ana the free delivery OF mails in the cities
having less than eighty thousand inhabitants
TO be discounted. Everything. in short, Is to be
brought down TO n poverty icken basis, ex
cept the salaries Of members Of Congress these
of course are above the mutations OF party ex.
pedicnts and buucom legislation. while these
heavy reductions are proposed in the above
matters, bills have been already introduced for
the relief of the citizens of the South which II
passed will involve the payment of s7O,OJo,oOO
ont Of the Treasury.
Not much can be learned hero Just now In re-
gard to the WMskey frauds-there nre some
leaky vessels IN the Treasury Department that
were until lately quite Wiling to diyulge all
tn'y knew uDOn the suniect. but information
which enabled sOIre 'ui the operators in the
crooked" to puJ their houses in order anh pre-
pare in a measure Tor the wrath to come having
been made public, these sources Of information
received orders not to converse with the credu-
lOus correspondent on this interesting topic. Of
that some of the guilty ones are to be allowed
to escape and that IL is for this reason that all
the proceedings are shrOuded in mystery. and
carefully guarded from the knowledge of the
public. The absurdity of these reports is ap-
parent nj glance. But nothing seems TO come
nmss TO those who are determined to find fault;
they charged the Government a short time ago
with having embarrassed the prosecution by di.
vulging Its plans in advance ana now they cen
sure IL for preserving discreet and proper 81.
lenue. It having been rumOred that evidence
has been discovered duplicating Col. Fred.
Grant and Orvlle Grant IN some Of the Whis-
key frauds. inquiry was made at the Treasury
Department 10 ascertain II there was any foun-
datiOn for the report. Secretary BristOw, states
that there is not the least foundation for the
statement so far as any evidence before the
Department sh Ows. He considers ii fabrica.
uOn OF the Whiskey ring aud part of concert
ed plan to drag in prominent names for the pur
pose OF dlyertlng attention from the real offend.
ers 1t IL probable that Joyce and Mcdonald,
made the lesser lights of the ring believe that
parties were in the conspiracy who had influ-
ence enough to protect them from the cOnse-
quences of their crime, and in their Wild efforts
to shield themselves they are making acCusa.
tions night and left in the hope OF striking
weak jOiut in the almOr of some prominent off,
cia and thus make It lis interest to come to
their rescue in the hour of their extremity. This
hope however Will tail them, as the recent sez-
ures in Chicago show that Secretary Bristow
means business and that it is his determination
TO destroy the WhiskeY rings and cut them up
root and branch.
several prominent members of the Ceuten.
nial commission have been in the city for sever.
al days urging prompt action in relation TO an
Appropriation 10 the Centennial exhibition to
enable them TO complete the building and open
the exhibition in May next free of debt. The
Centennial committee of the House reported
bill on Thursday last emDOdying the views of
the commission and an effort Will be made to
pass 1T in the House on MONDAY under Il suspen-
sion of the rules. The bill provides for the ap-
preparation sl,500.000 from the Treasury, one
third of which ls made PAYABLE Immediately and
the balance III four equal payments to be paid
on the draft of the President and Treasurer of
the Centennial finance committee. 1t further
provides that this appropriation shall share
pro.rata with the holders of the Centennial
stock III any profits that may be realized IRON
the exhibition, which amounts shall be return
ed to the Treasury. This last clause was lnser.
ted to meet the objections that were urged
aPainst the Appropriation on the ground that
the exhibition was joint stock association, and
that II an unconditional appropriation which
enabled them TO open free OF debt was made
there would be some fat dividends to distribute
among the stockholders should the exhibition
prove financial success.
! The members OF the COMMISSION are accom-.
panied by several influential citizens of Phila-
dephia who are working in The I'M crest of the
bill. Among them is Col. A. X. Mcclure, Of
the Philadelphia Times, who IS DuBy engaged
Interviewing members and setting forth the
merits Of the bill and the prOpriety of its early
passage. Its friends arc very confident of lis
success and clam that two-thirda of The House
Will vote for it. They expect that the money
VIII be available wlU6in the next thirty days
Imitation received staggering blow IN the
House on Thursday last Mt. Rea, OF missouri,
offered a resolution that in the opinion of tine
House the oOntr lctOn OF the currency i'll tine
manner and to the extent that IL has been done
Is detrimental to business of the country and
IN the present condition Of the country no fur
ther contraction of the currency ought to be
made. Mr. Rea, demanded the previous ques-
ton on this resolution, Sut the House refused
to second this demand by a vote OF l22 nays to
81 yeas. 1t was then referred to the committee
of ways and means AS this resolution embud
red the midnst form OF imitation the large vote
against It is very significant and may be taken
as AN indication which way the wind blows on
this question III the House, though there were
members who voted against II SIMPLY because
they did not want the matter 10 come before
the House at this time.
on Monday MIR. MOrton's resolution ordering
an investigation into tlA late Nj ississippi elec
uOns will come up IN the senate. The legisla
ture which was CHOSEN at the election referred
to will choose a United States Senator to sue
ceed Senator Alcorn, and 1t is on this ground
that Mr.. Morton claims that the United States
Senate can properly enquire into the allegations
that are made of flauus in these elections. OF
course al the Democrats will oppose this reso
luton and there may be enough Republican
senators who believe that the senate has no
jurisdiction IN the case to defeat the proposed
investigation. 1t IS supposed that L. o. &. La
mar at present memler OF the House for
Mississippi, will be elected to succeed Alcorn
and he Is now in Mississippi, looking after his
interests IN that direction. If Mr.. AiOrlon's
resolution ia not adopted the whole matter will
probably come up IN March 1877, when whoever
is elected by the present Mississippi legislature
will take his seat. unless the Senate should up
on investigation declare his election invalid and
The question which has been discussed ever
since OongI ess assembled as to the right of the
senate under existing circumstances to elect O
President pro tempOTe has at las0 been decided
The senate committee on privileges and cleo
hOns submitted report to the ) enate on Thurs
day which asserts that the Senate has the pow
er TO elect President pro ten pore at the pres.
sent time, Mr.. Hamlin, OF Name, Is talked of as
q candidate for this position but IL is the geneI-
al impression that Mr.. Ferry, the present IN:
cumbent will be reelected.
The various committees Of Congress have not
gotten fairly to work yet and thus far they have
reported upon but a limited number OF bulls A
great deal OF work however has been cut out for
Lhem and many OF the members Will find their
places on committee no slnecures. On THUS
day Mr.. New, of INDIANA, offered q resO utlOn
IN the House to the effect that in view OF the
hateInal feeling ana general good will which
prevails IN all sections OF the union and the
manifest disposition of the men that battled
against each other to JOIN IN fraternally usher
ing in the Centennial year and uphOlding the
same nag ETC., their representatives should do
nothing 10 disturb the patriotic concord OF re-
ylve the memories OF the past This resolution
developed remarkable unanimlty, the vote
upon IL standing. yeas 247 nays .. When o
practical TEST however was applied by Mr. FOrt,
who offered a resolution that in consideration
OF the auspiclens harmony expressed in the res
olutiOn just passed, wounded union soldiers
ought not to be removed from positions In tho
House which they are qualified TO fill" he was
ruled out OF order by MIR. Ciymer,-Dem.- who
occupied the chair.
All the request of Mr.. Randall, chairman of
the committee on appropriations the House ad.
1Ourned over from Thursday till Monday TO
give his committee time 10 consider and report
upon several important bills. NOTUB.