Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-02-03
LATE EASTERN TELEGRAMS.


LATE LANTERN TELEGRAMS.
Wsssaess sssgaaslsa.
The Worlds Washington special says
that some apprehension Is felt at the Treas
ury over the continued decrease Of Gus
toms aud Internal revenue receipts II the
Presidential situation should not be settled
aad business got revive. 1t Is the opinion
OF high officials that the government will
have 10 buv gold TO pay the May interest
% the public debt. Morrill,. however has
the uimosl confidence In tho Presidential
settlement and business prosperity.
what the Papers say.
Nav Ynhk. Jan. - The Express and
Pos, speak In very Mandatory terms Of the
action Of the senate In passing the cleo
tofai TN The Express says the country
which slnce the election. under the guild
snee ~ the political wreckers OF the
press and forum. has been drifting like a
helpless ship upon a stormy sea, IL now
turned into q safe channel. and soon We
trus, 10 see the ship Of state anchored in
prosperous hsrbor.
The Pos, thinks the bill will be law be-
fore q week.
The Commercial Advertiser says: The
Indecent haste In rushing through meas
ufe ~ such grave importance 81 the coun-
Sessy Wiseh ssrreaAers.
Judge BLACK, Who has heretofore nota-
bly opposed the compromise bill as uncon-
sil,utlonai, has today turned around and
10 an active ADVISER Of the Democrats
working for Its passage.
Gsv. 0rssss starts 1asme.
WssuisaroS, Jan. 81. --t;rover left for
Oregon to Night; after turning over the
0svsrnorshlp 10 Chadwick he will return
- senator
rhs vtssi vsss.
MA.u.saroS, Jan. 81. At s:i0 A. NJ
After oil night session tho Senate passed
the blIi reported by the special committee
10 regard 10 counting the electoral vote,
without amendment. Various amend
menis we're submitted but voted down.
The vote on the passage Of the bill was:
Yeas, ~, nays a. Eaton being the only
Democrat who voted against IT,
Leassssms.
Nrw ORinAS, Jan. 81 The Republi-
can House passed u resolution expressing
faith and confidence In the President Of
the Senate and requesting the Senators
aud Representatives from Louisiana to OPP
pose the passage Of the electoral bill.
rhs vissi Vote,
WASHINGTON, Jan. o6.-The electoral
compromi.e bill passed the House with
out amendment al 8 40 this afternoon, by
d vote ~ iai yeas 10 ~ nays. The Speak
orr Piper, t.itircll and Lane voted aye;
Page and Moodburn no, Wiggin'on alb
sent The vote was taken amid intense
excitement, the Republicans recording an
unespcs icdly heavy vote against Il, while
the Democrats, with but few exceptions,
voted Tor H. The speaker directed his
own name to he called ~ representative
from PENNSYLVANIA, and he voted aye amid
much applause. The result WINS applaud
ed.
Swept Down by an Avalanche.
CuryESSs, Jan. ~ Three men were
overwhelmed and carried down u noun
tain near the Centennial mine yesterday by
q SNOW slide One of them, Thos. Hodg.
son, ~ Holland. Michigan, was killed
The other two, Capt, Kelly and Geo. Il.
Davis. escaped with slight injury. The
avalanche was set Ia motion by the dis
charge OF bias. Ia q prospect hole.
WnsrLrisa, w. Va, Jan. 26.-H. ID.
Davis, was elected senator for tho long
term by vote Of 20 Ito II.
MspEn,A. n. T., Jan. a6.-N. G. Cor
mick's cabinet factory was burned; dam
age, t5,OOe.
MSney saa stocks,
NEw YonK, Jan. 20.--Silver bars 1884
greenbacks; rs gold; silver coin, / prem;
gold closed. i06l@t.
ywssies Davis Undecided.
Justice Davis, Il 10 authoritatively an
nounced. has not determined whether he
viii resign until the 4th Of March. Lead
fug Democrats are anxious that he shall
nol, ~ o. 10 prevent President Grant ap-
pointing his successor. Politics will not,
however, figure In hts action on the mat
,es.
The Gee xsa Klecsion.
The tIcrsld's Atlanta special says of the
scene NJ ilill's election: The ballot closed,
Norwood ~, I'm ~, Smith 20, johnson
n, and Walker 10 Ono Of the Smith for.
,ces changed his vote from Smith to Hill.
lie was followed by Smith men until Hill
had passed Norwood. Then two OF the
johnson men broke 10 Hill, and he turned
100 votes. The leader Of four negro mem
hers came TO Hill and was followed by his
dusky colleagues. Then two men broke
away from Norwood, and IIill was elected.
In oil the changes not single man went
10 Norwood, bat the stampede was uuani-
mously 10 I'M. Norwood's vote remain
ell 81 ~ and I'LL! run up to III. The
scene when the ballot closed was indies
cribablc Grown men wcpt like children,
members rushed to each others arms,
hats went 10 the ceiling and men jumped
upon the tops Of desks. The vast crowd
In the corridors now caught the enthusi-
asm. The whole Of the great capitol liter
ally rang and iremblcd with the applause.
Among the dispatches was one to Blaine,
reading, scramble out OF back window
Of the Senate, len Hill Ii coming In ut the
front door" Another to Northern paper ::
1.-THE people have beaten the politicians
once more and the South gives another
Henry Clay TO the Republic" II IL said
over 300 messages were sent to Hill.
Tl1Asa's Dellnlaens Tax
NEw YoRx. Jan. 38.-Greene Raum,
commissioner Of internal revenue, has
sent letter TO U. 3. Attorney Bliss, &C.
knswledging the receipt Of . note from
An. i.ssas .Iwt.tcs fscs,. %. taulOner Raum of