The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-09
From Washington.
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WASHINGTON, April 8.
The Suns Warrington dispatch says:
One Of the treasury secret service detectives
nominally on leave of absence, is engaged
In working up case against Mrs. Oliver.
who is suing Simon Cameron for breach Of
promise.
THE ROLL OF THE HOUSE.
The republicans claim IL the roll of the
house Is properly made up II will stand 149
democrats to l44 republicans. According
to the clerk, Adams, the democratic major
ity at the opening will be ten or eleven
and when the seats are full, fifteen.
BEN BUTLER THINKS HAYES WILL FAIL.
The Heralds Warrington dispatch has
an inter view with Gen. Butler In which the
latter, speaking of the policy of the ad
ministration says compromises have already
failed and destroyed those who made them,
and the question was would the present
compromise be an exception. He remark
ed Hayes was the first president who had
not brought in the beginning his admins
tration the house Of representatives with
him. As to the majority in the senate,
Louisiana and South Carolina would in a
short time make the division of parties
there close.
BACKING UP CHAMBERLAIN.
1t Is stated that Chamberlain aud his
friends have determined to make an effort
to have him continue to assert his claim to
be governor on the ground that neither be
or Hampton are properly inaugurated.
Chamberlain holds over under the clause
OF the constitution of South Carolina, pro-
viding that all officers shall continue to
discharge the duties of their Office until
their successors are elected and qualified.
Wright, third judge Of the supreme court,
holds this doctrine. Chamberlain insists
that the legislature must meet, If at all, IN
der his call, and either order new cleo
tion, recanvass the vote, or do whatever
Is to be done, as the case may be.
THE NEXT HOUSE.
Washington special says the roll of the
next house indicates democratic majority
of thirteen. Only eight certificates have
not been received.-The president will not
hereafter give personal hearing to Office
seekers, though he will occasionally give
audience to their friends who wish to pre-
sent recommendations. Senator Bayard
says Packard's letter is . misstatement of
fact; that the cases of Hayes and Packard
are entirely different, as the legislature
must declare who 10 governor. Mr.. Bay
ard felt bound to commend the presidents
efforts to settle forever the bad results of
arbitrary reconstruction.
OFFICE HUNTERS DISAPPOINTED.
Office hunters were greatly demorslized
this morning when they learned that the
president, with his family, had taken ad-
vantage of this delightful spring weather
to take drive along the aqueduct which
supplies the capital with water and to the
great falls of the Potomac, eighteen miles
distant.
bkCRkTAkr hNARTb
has taken the necessary steps to ascertain
whether the captain general of Cuba has
issued an order directing that after May l
| all insurrectionists captured shall be shot.
AS soon as the fact Ia officially known
from Madrid that this order has the sane
ton of the home government, an express
sion of the views of this government will
be communicated to Madrid and Havana,
protesting agrinst such inhumsnity.
ATTORNEY GENERALS CIRCULAR.
The attorney general has addressed an
important circular letter TO United States
| district attorneys, advising them Of the ap-
preaching exhaustion of the funds of the
department, owing TO decreased appropria-
tions, and requiring them to retrench all
| possible expenses and to use discretion in
subpenaing witnesses and TO discharge
| them without delay also to curtail ex-
penses OF trials before the United States
| commissioners, and states that II would be
well il all such trials were stopped for the
remainder of the fiscal year. He states that
no money will be furnished to msrshals to
conduct the business Of courts beyond the
amounts which were advised months ago.
CUSTOM HOUSE CHANGES CONTEMPLATED.
A Washington special says that Collector
Arthurs removal from the New York GUS
tom house, il not already decided upon, is
the subject Of serious consideration. Sec
rotary Sherman's attention has been called
to the fact that Arthur's law practice con-
tinues, and that he has been more watchful
Of politics than OF the custom service. A
similar movement looks toward the re-
moval Of Collector Casey at New Orleans.
A special report that the custom houses
are to DO conducted on business principles,
and be placed IN charge OF men who will
not make politics q more prominent part oil
their business than attending to the duties
OF the office.
GARFIELD A CANDIDATE.
A Washington special says Garfield for
mally announces himself candidate fol-
speaker.