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The Army and Other Bus Before Con-
gress-Tne Louisiana Commission's
Ruy-- Mr.. Eoing's BM-Adoura-
nacRt.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov. 22,'77.
The Army bill has gone to the
President for his sign-manual. AS
reported from Atkins Committee |
it reduced the force from $4,000
to 10000, and provided for A regi-
ments of cavalry to be stationed in
Texas. Every one understood the
latter to be a sop thrown to Texas
members to induce a reconsidera-
ton Of their vote against reduction;
and it answered its purpose. In
this shape it passed the House after
protracted debate, in which the
Bourbon leaders incautiously be-
trayed the degree of love and good
will still animating them towards
every instrumentality successfully
employed to battle their patriotic
projects between 1861 and 1865.
In view of the fact that the Presi-
dent and not the House of Repre-
sentatives, is, by our organized
laws, the commander-in-chief of the
Army and Navy, the Senate Com
mittee struck out the last named
provision as tending to cloud the
Presidents right in the premises,
and which the Constitutional doc
tors Of the House overlooked in
their anxiety to reclaim the back
sliddenTexans;and the recent fright
ened appeal of Democratic Govern
ors for protection, the liability to a
recurrence of the Indian outbreaks
of the past Summer and the menac-
ing attitude of Mexican marauders
and murders, all conspired to render
the proposed reduction in the Com
mittee's estimation, a piece of arrant
demagogism or something even less
creditable to the understanding of
its movers. Hence the figures were
restored to $4,000. AS it was
clearly demonstrated that only the
President had right to designate
theAforce necessary for the protec-
ten of Texas, its members would
have put themselves in direct oppo-
sition to the wishes of the most of
their constituents by voting for the
reduction; and many men less in
fatuated with his supposed influence
and ability, would have hesitated to
have pushed it as party measure.
But nothing could show him the
danger of persistence and he was
lost; for a sufficient number Of Dem
ocrats voted with the Republicans
to carry the amendment against his
motion to non concur by a vote OF
134 to 130; and only his almost
frantic appeals, on party grounds,
to be sustained, saved him from a
moro disastrous rout. A few min
or amendments of the Senate we're
however, voted down; and when the
bill went back to the Senate it was
voted to recind and it thus passed
If Mr.. Atkins has gained anything
by his laundering and bull-headed
determination to make everybody
yield their convictions and adopt
his, it is not known here. The Ma
val deficiency bill presented very
few difficulties and no margin for d
quarrel; and it passed both House
and Senate, substantially as report.
ed by the House Committee. The
Paris Exposition bill appropriating
Sl5O,OOO therefor finally passed the
House Tuesday, p. IN. Cox had
offered an amendment making the
appropriation $4,000, and Hamil.
ton had offered a substitute for the
amendment, appropriating nothing
After debate running through sew.
eral days, the original bill with
few unimportant amendments was
passed by a vote Of 139 to 124
The method of the expenditure Of
this money will be closely watched
and if there is any attempt made t.
direct any portion of it to reward
fayorites, as is alleged to have beer
the case in the Vienna business
those responsible may certainly
count on becoming famous at very
small first cost. Nor did it appea
the intent Of those favoring the ap
preparation to utilize any portion
of it for the purpose of paying Of
any old score for political services
Just what reception it may meet il
the Senate it is idle to predict; bu
it is hoped that before it becomes
law some Senator will insist upo1
knowing just what officials are to b
appointed, their functions, rate
compensation, etc., that the tax
payers may know precisely wha
has been done with their money
An honest and judicious use of
for the general good, will probabl
reconcile many who were rather op
posed to the appropriation tina
otherwise.
1t is among the many subjects
gossip heard that the reason for tn
hurried recommitment Of the def
cheney bill to the Appropriate
Committee was the informatio
which reached some of its member
TO the effect that General Butle
.J Nfr Rpott hoth intended to n