, 1877-12-22
Cur Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. lS.l

WASHINGTON, Dec. &. 1871
EDITOR STATESMAN The senate, perhaps
because of physical exhaustion Of is members.
is doing very little in the vay Of legislation
! The house, however. made a little progress
yesterday. Bill to repeal the - iron clad oath
was passed As the law Row stands all are ex,
cluded from such jury service who Sympathlzed
with the South during the war, or wEo, IN The
judgment IT the court, were IN any compiler
~ or conspiracy 10 defeat the objects of the
civil rights bill and the enforcement acts
There Is Al eminent propriety IN the repeal ol
;n;s latter act as Il construed II was intend
eI 10 be. It would have excluded from jury
service majority Of the justices Of the S'ipr, me
court, supposiEg them to he otherwise eiG1bie.
Speaki.E cf the supreme court, may say
that General Harlan who was confirmed It the
extra session for the position % Justice Of the
! court, hut iii whose case a notion 10 reconsider
va, entered, is considered As having been CON
iiIIEe,i !n.l VIII bs here IL few day it Vas
undoubtedly the wish of Sel.ator EdInun,s to
prevent confirmation il this case, but Harlan
| friends called the case up and confirmed him
| while E,linunGs WAS absent.
Our i'rreiInea's B:.ak lobbyists are on hand
promptly at this session, and are not as modest
as heretofore. They not only propose that the
government shall pay So, ,G11 tor the bank
| buiidiu; here. but that 1t shall purchase Also
| from tie banl = country sea: IL Florida IL IS
F, enough t. say OF the building here, that II
| would not bring in the market to-day one hail
| tie amount it is expected the government will
! Jay Tor t. L suspect many Southern INT moers
| :.Ie drawn into this questionable scheme by
| good uatured dcsirc t" hvl, the haas To declare
| another ,i;v;dend for It's swiuaie, and deluded
| d.pps:tors. j. VIII be cheaper III the end and
far more honest, 81 vote tae money directly cut
| q! the treasury.
The 1nessacc OF Mr. Hayes is a more accept
| abb. document than had expected, in that 1t
! shows 81 little yielding TO the radicals wh"
| nave q; late - ticrccly attacked hlIa and his
| various 'pDilcieS." Senator Bavard was hasty
! in saying it MAS the first message for many
! years that did not violaty syntax and thecon-
situation, but there Is general conservative con-
mendItiun Of il So far as it relates to matters
other than the currency and TeSumption on
these subjects, without regard to party or
locality, men differ, and Mr.. Hayes WAS sure
| t. make both friends and enemies by any stand
! he might have taken.
This morning our court decided that Pat
t-!S0n position ~ senator OF the United States
look him out Of the class OF persons Known 'IS
freitiv.-S from justice. and Therefore that
he should not be surrendered Oh the requis:tion
Of the governor Of South Carolina. This is =
very Important question, and certainly MOI free
from legal difficulties, but one readily see
practical dangers to h0tl states ;.ld the senate
u. the shnent OF this decision the law
IN sach cases.
There h..s hcei. much discussion among demo
cratic senators of late as to the pol;cy OF asking
for larger representation On the senate com
mitteeS. The best op:nicn seem to be that the
matter may As well rest for the present. In
no SINGH. case, where any party question was
up, did the senate during It's special session
endorse partisan report OF partisan grounds
The c..se of kellocs WAS admitted only after
Tie republicans ha :.gsreed to admit Butler and
i.;lst;s 1t l.iigiit be on some accounts d.Slr-
able 10 have tair distribution OF senators on
the committees, hut ~ the senate Is nOw colSti
tuteI II Is not politically important. REX.