New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-28
Especial Correspondence Ct the Hepu'ne"n'
AFFAIRS AT THE CAPITAL'
WARRINGTON, July "a, Il

AFFAIRS AT THE CAPITAL
WAsH1SG1oN, July "a, 1870.
The oues,ion of restoring silver TO lse
former POSITION as legal tenoer Is )us' Nv"
attracting great deal OF attention anohe
onr national legislators, and among lnteiii-
gen. men outside of congressional Circles
The House Committee on Mines and Mining
hiss reported bill providing io' the lssIe
ot coin notes of the denomination OK T. and
multiples thereof up to COCO, 20 ce PAD
nc ,he several mints snG assay ottces al
San Francisco. Carson City, Philadelphia
and New York for the net value CT gold
and silver bullion deposited therein, sev-
epty.fye per cent OF which, IN com or oars'
is to be keut or hand fo- the redemption o.
the said notes. Section four OF the biIl de
clares that the coin notes issued unaer thie
act shall be received for ell dues to Inc
United States, and that the CON mentioned
shall be legal tender foc al debts OF the
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be paid in gold coin. ]. is predicted that
such bill would be defeated IN the Senate
should it pass the House. The proposition
to repeal the resumption act is also stirllng
I'D much bitterness of heart in the Dem
ocratic camp. It is matter traueht with
many and great per;ls to the hu-klux
Bourbon organization, and 1t Is pretty gen-
orally believed that Hendricks acceptance
is conditioned upon vote oy the Democrats
in favor of repeal. Should the int1atioIlsts
triumph, the tail Of the ticket virtually be-
comes the head, and the head the tail. The
members of the Banking and Currency
Committee evaded the issue ny 10 date, pnt
the "softs" have become go bold and aggres-
sive that this shutting and evasion will be
not much longer tolerated.
It is reported that Wike, OF Illinois.
Democratic member Of the committee, and
always pronounced hard money man, has
yielded 10 the arguments or nenaces, or
both, of the repudistors, and that he will
now vote for q repeal OF 90 much OF the &C:
ss fxes the date for resumption at January
|. 1879. If this is true, i: gives the int1a-
tionists a majority in the committee, en-
abling i. to report bill for repeal 20 tie
House. which would insure 10: strife.
The progress of the Belkrsp trial las
been interrupted by the illness of Ny. Car
penter, one of the counsel for defense, and
of one of the House managers. Tie evi-
dence is all in, and the Senate awaits :he
convalescence of these two gentlemen.
Much interest is excited by the probable
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Jurisdiction. If they believed that -hey
had no legal right to try him, how can they
vote to convict him.
The immediate Impeachment Of Secre-
tary Robeson has apparently been acan-
doned. The only pretext is technical IL
formality whereby Mr.. Robson saved TO
the government hundreds of thousands OF
dollars. The only reason for delay is.
probably, the fear that the Senate would
insist upon an immediate trial. thus ex-
posing the contemplate partisan trick. to
the great damage Of their party prospects
tor success in November. The ex parte tes.
timony that has been taken during the past
seven months, at an expense to the govern
ment of more than half a million of dollars,
will likely be referred to the Judiciary
Committee for its opinion as to the Secre-
tary's liability. The evidence is so volumin-
GUS that no report could be reached for
months, putting the innocence OF the ac-
cused in doubt until after the election. the
next best thing to conviction, which they
we'll know could not be secured on the
equities of the case.
No meeting of conference committees was
had on Saturday, thus leaving the appro-
priation bills as at last report on Friday
Five remain to be compromised, including
the river and harbor bill which, as prepared
by the House committee and passed by the
House, has been almost universally con-
demned as an unmitigated steal perpetrated
by the reform Democracy.
There appears to be growing dlsp0sl-
ton in the Senate to remit to competent
engineers the matter of river and harbor
improvements and rescue it from the hands
of unscrupulous log-roliers in the House.
Were the Belknap business disposed OF, it
would not probably take Congress three
days to conclude all its business and ad-
journ. A partial basis for compromise had,
at the date of tho last report, been agreed
upon in the case of the legislative, execu-
tive and judicial bill-one of the most I'M
portant and the most difficult of adjust
ment-still in dispute. Notwithstanding all
the reports sent from this city, detailing
the strife between the President and the
Attorney General relative to the former g
action in pardoning Avery, there is good
authority for saying that no pardon had
been issued up to this morning.
A grateful change in the temperature has
occurred to the intense relief of man and
beast; and the number OF our residents
contemplating immediate suicide has been
correspondingly decreased. The panic in
the departments relative to the discharges
has moderated down to settled despair.
LOGAN.
Be wise to-day,
Be wise to-day,
And rich to morrow.
And rich to morrow,
Sales close to-day,
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