The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-02-16
An Extra Session OF Congress
Necessary Should the Presi-
dent Veto the Deficiency
Appropriation Bill.
Which Is Not Improbable, as He is the
Lobby Against the Reduction of
Printers Wages A Water Haul
in the Alabama Case
Congressional.
NOTES AND GOSSIP.

BabcOck's DefaIcAtIon-The Real Es-
tate POOi-Ehe PRECEDENT nm the
Lobby Feeling In Democratic CIr-
Giles Cheerful.
WASHINGTON, February 1.-two
companies of infantry arrived at Car.
tersville to aid in the collection of
revenue. They will be mounted
The president has signed the bill
authorizing the commissioners of the
Freedmen's Bank to buy and sell prop
erty.
A delegation called on the president
for pardon for the Indians imprisoned
in Florida.
A delegation Of printers from the
public printing office called on tn,
president 70 urge him to interfere
against the proposed reduction of
wages.
Mr.. Blount, of Georgia, In charge of
the naval appropriation bill, pushed it
through to-day without amendment.
1t makes still further reductions on
the last bill.
The president was at the Capitol
to day conaulting senators regarding
the reduction of printers wages, which
he opposed. Senators Window, Sar.
gent and Anthony assured the presi-
dent that veto of the bill would
probably make an extra session of
congress necessary.
The real estate pool committee ellie.
tied evidence indicating that large
sums had been used to secure contracts
from the district government. The
sums averaged about one thousand
dollars each, and generally found its
way into the pockets of people whose
names usually appear in such trans
actions. The development has no
general or present Importance.
The report that General Babcock Is
defaulter to large amount Is author
itatively discredited. His accounts
were adjusted to the first of October.
His accounts for the quarter ending
with December are under examination
in regular order of busin ess, and 30 far
nothing unusual il discovered. The
amount advanced General Babcock
since the first of July was $40, 693.
Much Of the testimony before the
Senate privileges and elections COM
mittee in the Alabama investigation
has been upon the provision of the
State law requiring electors to vote In
their own precincts. To-day Colonel
Graham, who has represented the
Democrats, introduced the Illinois
election law, showing that the Ala
bama law was copied from it. Mr..
Cameron, of Wisconsin, then re.
marked that probably every Northern
State had similar provisions.
The cling in Democratic circles is
quite cheerful this morning. 1t be.
comes quite apparent that the Repub-
lican lawyers are entirely on the de-
fensive, and it is conceded that, If they
are forced from the outposts which
they held in the Florida case, their
cause is lost.
The Republican counsel are drawing
heavily on their time for the argument
of the main question, and have ex.
hausted their torce on the question of
excluding evidence, and cramping the
jurisdiction OF the commission. The
main bearing OF Evarts' argument IL,
that the State cannot be stripped by
proceedings here. Evarts has lost
badly in vitality since he defended
Andrew Johnson In the great impeach
meut trial.