The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-01-30
Harmonious Session OF the National
Democratic Executive Committee.
An Early and Active Organization for
the Camplgn Of 20 Recommended.
Speaker Kerr PayOrS The Repeal Of the
Day Fixed for Resumption,
Programme for Republican Bloody
Shirt Campaign Meeting.
A Centre. Shot at the CrOOkedness OF
the Patent Department

WASHINGTON, January 90 "A meet
ing of the National Democratic Exec
utive Committee was held at the Ar
lington to-day, August Schell, chair
man, presiding. On motion of Mr..
Randolph, of New York, il was re-
solved to begin an early and active or
ganizntion of the Democratic party
throughout the United States for the
campaign of 1876. Mr.. Randolph was
chosen Vice. Chairman; Hon. w. II,
Barnum, of Connecticut, Treasurer ;
and A. ID. Banks Of Mississippi, Secre-
tary. Speske Kerr, Wallace of Penn
sylvania, Gordon of Georgia, and Stes
vens of Kentucky, and Represents
tive Lamar and others, were present.
The project to start the presidential
campaign in this city, by getting up n
Southern bloody-shirt meeting, is said
to be fairly on foot, and an early day is
to be fixed for the interesting event.
The idea is TO have speeches from the
prominent Southern Republicans, in
Guiding several negro members, in
which all the old tales of horror and
oppression, revamped for the OCCASION
will be related. 1t is hoped to start
the campaign OFT on that old issue, and
the speakers will aim to provide q
large supply of outrage material.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
directed the destruction of SOL 900 In
greenbacks, that amount being eighty
per cent. of the national bank curren-
cy issued during the present month.
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back circulation S37l ,273, 10.
For many years it has been noto'
rious fact that it has been found inn
possible to keep any one Commission
or of Patents in Office II reasonable
length of time. After he gets Il thor
ough knowledge of the Patent Office,
he resigns and launches out into lu-
cratiye practice in the patent agency
business. The House Committee on
Patents give the reasons for this, in Il
bill which Mr.. Douglass reported, and
which passed the House. 1t amends
section 1870 of the revised statutes to
read as follows:
at shall not be lawful for any per-
son holding Office, after the passage OF
this act, as an officer, clerk or employe
in any of the departments or bureaus
of the Government, to act as counsel,
attorney or agent, or be interested di-
rectly or indirectly in any firm estab-
lishment for prosecuting either claims
or patents, application for which were
pending in any of the departments or
bureaus while he was such officer,
clerk or employc, or at any time prior
thereto, nor in any manner, nor by
any means, direct or indirect, to aid
in the prosecution of such Grains or
patents within two years next alter he
shall have ceased to be such 0lllcer,
clerk or employee. Any person in the
service OF the Uneted States violating
the provisions of this act by recog-
nizing such officer, clerk or employein
any application for patent or prose.
cutting a claim against the United
states, as counsel, attorney or agent,
shall be ipso Jucto discharged from the
service OF the United States.
The views of Mr.. Speaker Kerr on
the financial question, expressed Incl
deptally in conversation, are briefly as
follows: He favors the repeal OF the
day fixed for resumption in the act OF
last winter. He favoIs, also, the Ell
actment of law requiring, the Treas
ury Department to accumulate q com
reserve from year to year, that shall
be sufficient at future day to begin
the business of actual resumption, anu
also of law requiring the national
banks, out of their coin interest, to ac-
cumulate like reserve for the redemp-
ton of their bills.
One of the most important measures
pending in this Congress is the OIL 10
refund the illegally exacted cotton TAX,
when was considered by tue ways
and Means Committee. Whether the
hill be lust or generous, it calls for an
extraordinary amount OF mohey-sohe
sixty millions of dollars that 1t Is not
likely to pass, even should it be favor
ably reported. The committee ala not
reach any conclusion upon the Dill,
bnt the opinions OF the various mem
hers were such as to indicate an adj
verse report when it is reached.
Friends of the Centennial bill clam
that il will be promptly reported from
the Senate Committee on approprla'
lions. aud that careful canvass OF the
SENATE promises vote OF forty-one in
favor of the bill They are much DIS
turbed over clerical error In the oil,
which will compel it to go back to the
House for correction, and run the
gauntlet there once more.
The river and harb0r approximation
bill is nearly ready to be reported rom
the committee on Commerce, from
which IL goes 70 the committee on Ap.
preparations for revision. 1t viii sum
np less than five million dollars, or
two million dollars less than last year.
Southern rivers and harbors are more
literally provided for. - uo
Minister Schenck's return from tne
Court of st. James is now questlVn
~ nnIv a few DAYS. His resignation,
intimatjons of which are now at hand,
Is expected by every mail; A new
Minister has already been the subject
of White House discussion, ana ne
may prove to be member OF the pres