The Morning herald., 1877-11-01
WARRINGTON LETTER.
From our Special correspondent
WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. 81, 1877.

FROM our opCCAdi SoiASsPo-'I
WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 81, 1877.
The political events Of yesterday were the
announcement of the Honse Committees by
Speaker Randall, and the presentation OF
nearly one thousand bills and resolutions
in the House. /
The Committees are in some sense aur-
prise to all, but to most, will be an agreeable
surprise. The personal feelings OF Mr..
Randall are exhibited less than.was thought
probable in the composition of the impor-
tant Committees and he has evidently done
his pesc TO put the working material Of the
House where it will do the most good to the
nry' The Chairmansbips are on the
whole judciously distributed, though New
England with five Democratic representa-
tives gets none.
suppose that never before was such
number of bills and resolutions presented
in one day. Another opportunity will not
be had for week, and numbers seem to
have thought the only hope of securing ac-
ton on their measures at the extra session
would be in presenting them as soon as posi-
bic Among the more important OF them
was bill appropriating money to aid In
our representation of the Paris Exposition
nsxt year, to revive the ALBANIA Claims
Com mission, reducing rate of postage TO
nj
for the removal of all political disabilities !;
to simplify existing laws for collecting dua
ties on imports making the Department OF
Agriculture one of the Executive D, part
msu :; 10 repeal the act providing for re.
sumption of specie payments; to make U. B..
notes receivable for duties on Imports and
one sppropriating three million dollars for
the levers of the Mississippi River.
In the Senate nothing was done. The
Louisiana Senatorial contest, in Committee
on Elections, promises to be very long and
very bitter.
Mr. Hayes yesterday sent in for confr-
matoa the name OF E H. Stoughton as
MlUlS tT 10 hueSlhs uu5, Va euO AAch " Nv
managed his case before the Electoral Conn
mission, three are in high office by his as.
s!st ance-Everts, Mathews and Sroughton.
All the members of the Florida Returning
Board have Federal Office from him and al
SO the two managing members-Wells and
Andp,son-of the Louisiana Returning
Board. Thus reform marches on In the
civil service. By the way, Evarts received
his former appointment as Attorney Gene
raj by reason of his defence of Andrew
Jehnson in the Impeachment trial.
the Senate confirms from day to day a
few appointments that ale not Objectionable
to any one, but has not commenced on the
main body of them.
Representative Eyster. of Ohio says that
he and Hale, of Maine, are the parties who
caused to gather two or three times to the
toust OF Secretary Sherman to agree upor
means of averting openrupture the House
The resolution endorsing the policy O
Hayes was not offered yesterday 10 The House
though IL was JlOuSub bOuc DcuuCtabk
would offer it. Many Democrats, as well al
all the Republicans seem to wish the resolu
ton Kept back.
The population of this Dlstric' is abou
40 ,0OO; it's properly, at high valuation
for assessment purposes, is put at nlnty
millions of dollars; It's debt, bonded anC
floating, is neary if not quite thirty millions
New York with sever times our population
a INN lred times our wealth, and a thous
and times our trade; has only debt
tween three and four times as large as our
Our debt was created by Republican sppoin
ees of Grant, and not by men elected TO ofiic
by our citizens. We wish it Inquired Int
at the earliest possible day by Congress.
This morning Mr.. Hayes and par
started for Richmond, where the perp'e ha
preporod to receive him grandly: There Is
be an election 10 Vagina shortly, but
there are no Republican candidates in Il
field. there Is no one who remember OH
might object to the trip. His presence ca
not defeat Republican party where
such party exists. In the winter he goes
New Orleans.