The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-20


the opening Of regular sessions. No
money has been voted for the army-real.
ly the only matter for which the extra
sessi0nMas In the least necessity. The
house, alter unnecessary delays, passed
the bill appropriating the money. and the
senate after unnecessary delays has pass
ed 1t with unnecessary amendments
Now will come committees OF conference,
and at about the time the regular session
commences, the amount Will be made
available for the relief of the officers an
soldiers who since June last have been
paying an income tax OF about IA per
cent per annum on their salaries. From
June to October the fault was with Mr..
Hayes; from October to the end OF Nc.
vember, of the house and senate.
Besides this bill, the
NAVAL DEFICIENCY I'LL,
made necessary by an illegal division OF
funds by Secretary Robson, will be
made law. And thu sum OF Sl5O,OOO to
give us representation at next Springs
International Fair In Paris will doubtless
be voted. Besides these things it is safe
to say nothing VIII be accomplished. and
these so tardily that reasonable effort
after Congress should have met in the
regular session in December would have
had nearly all the beneficial effect on this
most extraordinary of extraordinary SOS.
slons.
THE SILVER RECONCILIATION BILL
Is still in Committee in the Senate. The
bill to repeal the resumption act comes
mp for final action in the uonse to>day.
But neither Of these measures, il is well
understand, can have 6nal action in both
Houses, so as to go 10 Mr.. Hayes tor his
approval during this session.
In view of the facts in the case, the EX-
ecutiye making the time of all extra ses-
sion the subject of
PARTY OR Personal CONVENIENCE,
and Congress negleeting its duties when
finally called-it is probable
that the governments legislation will
hereafter be carried on y tre-
gular sessions. 1t is to he hoped, too,
that a sense OF the fitness OF things will
prevent Congress from voting itself mile
age for IFS useless trip to the capital.
Mr.. Hayes has appointed Dir. Lawrence
Collector at New Orleans. It is given
out that X. PACKARD COULD HAVE HAD
THE OFFICE il he had askel Tor it and
that he would have accepted 1t If it had
been offered him. The dignity which
kept Hayes from Offering and Packard
from asking, is delightful thing to think
of in connection with the fact that Pack
ard is as much Governor OF Louisiana az
Hayes 10 President of the United State!
and that but for the desertiOn OF Hayes
whom he had done so much to make
President, Packard would now be acting
as Governor and controlling all the reve
nues OF a great State. MIR. Lawrence i!
said to be gentleman of good character
and no doubt is glad of his confirmation
Mr.. Davis of West Virginia to-day dis
cusses in the Senate the subject Of month
ly statements of
THE PUBLIC DEHT.
The Senator has a vast number of fact
tending to show these statements to b.
| unreliable, and it is to be hoped he vii
use them fearlessly.
MORTALITY AMONG NEGROES.
| The fearful effects of crowdlng the ne
groes into cities are shown by the month";
ly reports of our Board of Health. Per
sons who noted this result at the close o
the war expected that the mortality 0
the unfortunate race would decrease O.
they became accustomed to their changed
condition. But the report of our Boar
for October, and these reports are pro
baby as full and accurate as those OF an,
city, do not showany diminuition of the
comparative mortality. The total popu
latiOn of the District is estimated at lG,
600, OF which $4,000 or about % per cent
are negroes. In October the whole mum
Der OF deaths was 1872, of which l5G o.
nearly one-half were on colored people
During the past year Al colOred person
in every thousand have died and only !!