Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-11-15

su 'nptiun, excepting upon silver
basis. The Blind Silver Bill went
through the House under the gag of
its previous question, and is now a
bone of contention in the Senate Conf
mittee on Finance. With Mes-rs.
Morrill, and Dawes Republicans, and
Bayard and Herman Dem0crdtS, dia
me,rically opposed to the bill, il will
be overloaded with amendments or
strangled bodily unless Mr.. Wallace
the ninth member of the Committee
votes with the four favoring it. n"
matter what the cpmmittee does with
the measure il will meet with vigorous
handling when once repnr:ed to the
Senate, for it has both able friends
and enemies among the Senators. Its
bullion coinage clause will give the
Nevads miners profit of cents on
each dollar coined so Senator Bayard
claims, and he insists the Government
AMI not tt e individual should have all
profit involved by the mere act of COIN
age. Stanley Matthew'S on the other
hand fsvOrs the bill and claims the
President will not veto il should it he
come a law. Mr. Matthews does not
pretend to speak by direction of the
President, hut doubtless is correct in
his surmises as Mr.. Hayes shares large
ly of General Grants views as to Ger
tain laws demanded by the country
which he would approve, though as
sured they were unwiSe, and trust to
rigid endorsements as a means of en-
tightening and changing public senti-
ment. Hence we take it., that whatf
ever silver measure is agreed upon by
Congress will be approved by the Pres
ident. But what form the measure
will assume under the attacks to be
made on il bg h1Ib Democrats and Re-
publicans is bei ond our pen. Party
lines will be wholly i.'nnTed in licki ing
il into shape, and we will have the
queer spectacle of bitterest political op
ponents cheek by j wi in favoring or
opposing the bill. Mr.. Sherman has
paid a visit to that venerable fossil
Mr.. " God Chairman of House Com
mittee on Ways and Mems, and dis
cusSed to limited extent some matters
of mutual interest. We use the word
mutual because We presume Fernando
has some Interest in doing what Is best
for the country, and yet we ara arlly
satisfied on this poiat, inasmuch as he
has for a lifetime maue ndtiOnal inter-
ests 40 wholly subordinate to his indi-
viduai Concerns, that it is some W hat
Questionable whether he can now in
MS im p0riant and responsible position
ignore the person FIR the country. Mr.
Sherman charaeteriZas the Bland bill
rs delusiOn and snare being wholly
impracticable and subvprsive of the
nations best interests; yet he exhibits
some lack of discretion i'm this as he
fOrgets that there is not Il man favor
ing il but what is wiser than the whole
administration in his own cOnc:-It. The
vote by which the bill was passed dos.:,
not show the real temper OF the House,
~ many voted aye vino are unequivL-
cally opposed to its becoming law,
aud have sent it to the Senate hoping
it would be killed there, Or so amend
ed MS to deprive it OF objectionable fea-
lures.
The Army bill in the House, exhib-
its another Congressional anomoly in
the division of party by it, many of the
Democrats still look upon The army r 9
the great ogre which Is to eat all poor
workinsmen and Southern Democrats,
and therefore wish it wholly wiped
out, while others of the true faith from
Texas desire it increased because of the
Mexcan troubles down there; but, aut
outstanding the diversity oi views
among members it is not likely that
the strength Of the army will be in
creased or diminished al the present.
General Sherman's statement that il
does not number over 10000 meE, sat
isfieS the majority that further reduc-
tiOn is not at present desirable, and will
take no steps to allay Mr.. Black burns
fears, who is SO very apprehensive of
further slaughter and subjugation at
the hands of an army which exceeds
IL, 900 men. We cannot understand
why this great Kentucky statesman
should develop such fright. His State
has the Judge Advocate General and Il
Supreme Jud e, and these in connec-
tion with Cassius NJ. Clay as giant
killer it does seem as if ample protec
lion can be given the honorable mem
Der even should we fill up our .iepletest
regiment to their maximum. An ad-
ditiOnal safeguard against danger il
given him by New Jersey in electing
General Mcclellan Governor, with ali
his lines of defense and retreat.
The Senate has had but little to do
but adjourn because the House has az
Icompllshed nothing for il to act upon;
but when the bills now in the Commit
tee rooms are reported then it will
have full hands. a-.l:.,..s .Ssil
AT the Government printing Office
the iorce OF printers upon the Congress
sional Record have not been employed
on half its time, owing to continued
adjournment ami the consequent lack
of speech making in Congress. The
Army bill, however, opens up the bali,
and from this time forward the typos
will have chance to earn an honest
penny, for there is abundant promise
of prolonged debate and buncomb,
speeches. which instead of being laliv
lered in the House are sent to the Re
cord for publication. ..-. -...s. -#t
I The POstoffice Department will en-
deavor to secure passage of a law de
timing and simplifying postageS on ali
nailable matter. 1t hts Prepared n
bill which divides maiIable matter
into three classes: First, letters ana
postal cards; second, regular printed
matter; third, miscellaneous printed
matter and merchandise "a now. pro
vided by law. There has heen alWay,
an indetiniteness as 70 what Was PRINT
ed matter Of the third class, owing tn
the many new inventions in printing
and the Department now to ALLOW
Transient printed matter without re-
gard to the process by which produced,
to go in the mails at one cent pei
ounce. -.-- ...,
John Quincy Adams is dead again
a man of this name and member uf
respectable family, in our neig hborin'
city Alexandra, oerane dissipated and
drifting down into the gutter and into
the lowest slun,s Of our city, MAS re
Gently found dead in an alley neai
where he made his sleeping place. H.
was buried in our Potter's iield, for ht.
had become so degraded that even his
family had cast him off. and none were
lett SO low as to do him reverence.