The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1876-07-19

| S3,OUU,O0O, and the House abated Its
demands to the extent Of 100000.
The abolition of the regulations rela-
tive to the registration Of voters ard
the supervising Authority Of U. S. Of
ficials, removes every restriction to
the villainous election frauds that have
made New York city, Baltimore and
other Democratic strongholds infa-
nous in the past. c a.
The Conference Committee have
agreed upon the silver bill. It issues
$50, 100000, in subsidiary coin and
removes the legal tender feature of the
trade dollar. The silver issued under
its provisions will be legal tender for
FIVE dollars, but it does not provide
for the retirement Of greenbacks psid
into the Treasury for silver.
The legislative, army, diplomatic
and Indian appropriation bills are be-
fore the Conference Committees, with
no immediate prospect of an agree
ment upon either. The Banking and
Currency Committee yesterday post.
poned again the vote upon the propo-
sition to repeal the resumption act
till Monday. 1t is believed that it
will fail.
The swindle which passed the House
months ago, known as the river and
harbor appropriation bill. and in
which about every member Of the
committee sought to increase his home
popularity by securing appropriations
for the duck and frog ponds in his dis
trict, has undergone severe course of
treatment in the Senate. 1t appropri-
ates about the same amount of money
as contemplated by the House reform
ed but the number of its bequests
are reduced and their amounts in
creased by striking out the House ap-
preparations for unheard of streams,
and harbors unknown to commerce,
and adding the same to sums already
appropriated to places of Importance.
1t is contemplated in the Senate to
make the terms of the Lawrence Pa
cifc railroad bill which recently pass
ed the House, still more severe upon
those monopolies. 1t is bad year
for Pacific railroads, and their lobbies
here are aghast at the outlook.
Since the disaster to Custer, the
adroit reformers in the House desired
to know of the Secretary of War the
number of troops in each of the States
and Territories, with view to show
ing that the Indian fighters had been
sent on their warlike errand unsup-
ported, while large bodies of troops
were kept in the South to overawe its
chivalric white citizens and force up
on them "nigger supremacy" But it
appears that the proportion quartered
in that section does not exceed that
retained in the North.
President Grants letter to ex.Sec-
retary Bristow. relieving him from
any obligations of secrecy as to a
knowledge of State matters and whisky
wars, which cameito him as member
of the Cabinet, and expressing the hope
that any member Of his Cabinet sum-
moned before committee, will crafty
its curiosity, has taken the wind COM
pletely out of the Democratic sails.
The slight ripple occasioned by
Jewell's retirement from the Cabinet
has already subsided. aii.
The House managers in the Belknap
case have completed their evidence ex-
cept the examination Of Evans, who
is expected here every day, and it is
not probable that the defence will con,
sumo more than two or three days.
el ft l MAXWELL.
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