The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-07-10
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
w WASHINGTON,
June 80, 1881

Representative Atkins, Chairman
of the Committee on Appropriations
in the House, gives the following &C.
count of the eleven appropriation
bills:
'The.regulav estimates are SIG
100000 for the eleven bills. The
House Appropriation Comm ttee re-
ported them at $l45, 773, 103, a re
duction below the estimate of $50,
100000. The House added $1,9l4,-
636. making them aggregate $l47,-
6S7, 739, and in that shape they
passed the House and went to the
Senate. The Senate Appropriation
Committee reported them to the Sen
ate with an increase Of $S,22S,765,
and the Senate added S5,835,765, or
! $14, 064, $40 over the SUN of the bills
as they passed the House, and $l5,
916, l46 over the sum of the bills as
they were first reported to the House
by the Committee on Appropriations.
The House Conference Committees
were enabled to reduce the grand TO-
tai as they passed the Senate by the
sum of 1861 ,436, leaving as the
grand total of the appropriations for
the next fiscal year of $157, 200, S33."
This bears out, in a remarkable
manner, all that has been said in this
correspondence of the comparatively
economical ideas of the House,
That body, to be sure, did not do all
it should have done, or all that was
expected oft, but these figures show
clearly that the Republican Senate
was the principal sinner in the way
of extravagant expenditures.
Mrs. jerks has accomplished two
things in a short space of time
She has convinced every man, woman
and child in Washington that she
done know any difference between
truth and falsehood, and she has
frightened Ben Butler. Butler does
not fear any physical danger from the
woman, but the magnitude of her
falsehoods and the facility with
which she invents them have startled
and frightened him. He studies her.
This experienced criminal lawyer
has never seen the equal Of Mrs.
Jenks-"The Jenks," as she is now
called. He has attempted to bull
doze every other witness, but treats
Mrs. jerks with the courtesy and
consideration due to genius.
Many persons, who were before
doubtful, are convinced, since Mrs.
jerks finished her testimony, that
Sherman wrote the Infamous letter
which gave to the Republicans of
Louisiana the courage to steal the
State. Her statement that she die
tated the letter is improbable, and is
eontradictcd by other parts Of her
testimony.
Marshall Pitkin--the "My Dear
Pilkin" of General Butler--was ex
amined yesterday and Monday, but
told little which bears upon the mer-
its of the case.
Washington is rejoicing in the
prosperity assured her by the liberal
acts of Congress at it's late session.
Besides muniicent sums voted for
the completion, repair and preserva
ton Of public buildings, it was set
tied that the General Government
should hereafter pay one half Of the
District expenses. Nothing could
be more just than this, for half the
expenses are incurred by reason of
our connection with the Government.
The District had become bankrupt
in an effort to pay the whole of the
cost, and the relief came home too
soon.
That noblest Roman of them all,
Governor Hendricks, was here for a
few days this week. His name gave
strength to the Democratic ticket in
1876, and may again in 1880. fthe
people of the West and South should
choose to put that name at the head
Of our next ticket, and take some
honored Southerner-Gordon for in
stance-as their candidate for Vice
President, defeat would be impossi
BILE. MEMO.