The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-11-22
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THE FINANCIAL CT EsTlON.

the PRESIDENT to talk the matter over with
MS constitutional advisers before begin
lnng his first annual message to Con-
gresS. All that d member of the cabinet
would say about it was, that wide diff
terence OF views was developed, and that
the diversity was 50 great that it would
he useless to attempt to harmonic them.
1t was, however, tacitly decided to leave
the question to the President and Secre-
tarl Sherman.
THE QUARREL WITH THE PRESIDENT.
WASHINGTON, Nov. II. The Republi-
can Senators met III caucus again this
afternoon to hear the report of the com
l1lttee appointed from their number last
week to acqualnt the President with their
views on the course OF the administration.
The several members Of the committee
related what each had said to the Presi-
dent and what the President had said in
reply. The burden Of their report was
that the President had the good of the
party at heart and had undertaken to
build up the party III the Southern States,
and that the difference Of opinion be
tween Senators and the President was an
honest and natural one. The most the
committee could say was that they hoped
and believed that hereafter there would
be no more nominations to important
offices of Objectionable Democrats. Some
Of the speakers regretted that the Presi-
dent labored under an evident hallucina-
ton as to the expected effects of his
Southern policy. He was sincere, they
thought, but misguided in his Judgment.
The caucus did nothing definite, and
.IHIn11snAI tn
suggestions were offered, but none We're
acted upon. Among these was propo-
Sltion to instruct the Elections Committee
to investigate thoroughly every fact alis-
ing in connection with the cases of the
contested Louisiana Senatorship; and one
senator, a SOutherner, is said to have de-
sired that the whole question might be
rcIegated to the State to be undone, and
To allow OF a new election Of Senators by
the Legislature as that body is now CON
stituted. 1t is seen Tonight that the more
the Republican Senators caucus "the more
they don't agree" To-day's session was
not satisfactory to the opponents of the
administration. They do not get any
stronger, and their plan now is to effect
an early adjournment of Congress and
keep back the nominations they dislike
until the meeting Of the regular session,
and also keep out, if they can, the Louis
lana and South Carolina Senators.
FAD BOOKKEEPING.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 The Senate
to-day resumed the consideration of the
resolution of Mr.. Davis of West Virginia
for Committee of five to inquire into al
legged discrepancies in the Treasury Dc
partment During the discussion Mr.. Bay
ard alluded to the discrepancies charged,
and sad they were 50 grave in amount
as to throw strong suspicion that there
must be something wrong either in the
administration Of the Department, or in
the manner in which the accounts were
kept. He alluded to the explanation of
these discrepancies, made by Mr. Bout
we'll last wear, when he was in the Senate,
and said that senator, who had occupied
the post OF secretary Of the Treasury for
six years, when confronted with these
discrepancies, was utterly unable to give
satisfactory explanation of them. They
amounted to more than two hundred
millions of dollars. a sum grave enough
to affect, not only the convenience, but
the morality Of our people; and the mat
ter could not be "whistled down the
wind" They must bc explained. If the
Secretary of the Treasury, at the time
the charges was made, had been his
warmest friend he (Bayard) would have
insisted upon an explanation of them. 1t
might be, and lie h ned it would he,
found that the DISCREPANCIES arose from a
system OF false statements OF accounts,
but it would not do for the Senate to
avoid any method Of satisfying every
reasonable man as to how they originat-
ed. The resolution Of Mr.. Davis was
proper and should be agreed to.
10 these charges and demands of Sen
atorS Davis and Bayard, Mr.. Dawes re-
peated the same old dodge of calling upon
the Senator from West Virginia to state
distinctly what his charges were, and fer
positive evidence that the books of the
Treasury Department had been tempered
with. He defended eX-Secretary Bout
we'll and said he was willing to vote for a
Committee of Investigation if the Senator
from West Virginia would state distinctly
that he had evidence that the books had
been tempered with.
Mr.. Bayard replied that it was not the
desire 10 do injustice to the late Senator
from Massachusetts tB0utwelD or any one
and his explanation, made a year ago. he
Should have included the present Secre-
tarY with him. That gentleman (Sher-
MANI WAS then Chairman of the Senate
Committee on Finance, and he. with the
Senator from Massachusetts BOUTWELL,
resisted the motion for the appointment
of Il Special Committee Mr.. Bayard.
continuing his remarks, said not a single
figure showing the discrepancies cited by
the Senator from West Virginia Davis
had ever been impeached.
After some further discussion the SEN
ate agreed to the resolution Of Mr.. Davis.
THE FRENCH EXPOSITION.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 49, The entire
session of the House TO day was devoted
to the Paris Exposition. Mr.. Cox of New
York opened the debate and said it was
with regret that he opposed a bill which
seemed to tend to the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of
the country abroad. Anything which
tended toward alternating the distress
which prevailed in the country if it were
constitutional, would receive his hearty
approval, but there were many reasons
To doubt the proprlety and expectancy
as well as the constitutionality of the
measure. The title OF the bill, he thought,
should be changed to that of "a bill to
allow oar gentry to go abroad to Paris to
advertise their goods and if the Com
mittce had not stricken out the amend
mcnts of the gentleman from New York
(Mr. IIewit) it might have been entitled
''T0 Establish Corn kitchcnin France
At the last exhibition in Paris there had
been h0miny and hot corn and pop corn,
so that his friends idea was not such a
new one. He proceeded to argue against
the constitutionality of the bill.
Mr.. Hewitt made a speech in favor of
representation Of this country at the Paris
Exposition, because he believed it would
bc a final blow to a system which, how
ever useful in its day, has outlived its USE
fitness. ventured to think that wher-
ever there was competition at the Paris
Exposition American articles would carry