The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-05-25
NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES
BUFFERS SOLUTION OF THE la
Dor PROBLEM.
Two Reports on the Election Laws.
HARD FIGHT OVER THE ARMY
BILL.
Political Points...C Committee and
Department DoingS.

WASHINGTON, Nay 23.--lt was stated in
these di>patchc, some days ago that pend
ing the discussion OF the army apprOpria-
tiun bill Gen. Butler would move an amend
mcnt. proposing 10 locate upon the govern
mcnt reservations colonies of destitute work
ingmcn and provide them the means Ia cul-
tivatr land givrn them, Gen. Butler has
not vet Offered such an amendment,
hut in the latter portion of his
speech on tht labor question the other
night which he was unable 10 deliver b
cause hi, time expired, but which is printed
in the Congressional Record, he advocates
such course He says: Instead of rcgi-
mcntS posted on the frontier, the govern
mrnt should support four hundred families
settled on tb. public lands with strong
workingmcI Mt their heads, and give them
arms. They would protect themselves
from indians and prevent inCurSonS. They
would he IN army not Of consumers, In
producers: and each settlement would he
stronger than regiment and he in fact a
rcgimcni Of militia. When that is accom-
plishcd it will bc time enough to talk about
sbanling your army End cutting ii down
To few scrgeants to keep the guns and car
riage, in several posts painted. Educate
the officers and let them devote their efforts
to private life until a contingency Of actual
war calls them into action.
THE ELECTORAL COUNT
The reports presented 10y Mcs>rS. South
arr, and Herbert. Of the house committee
on revision of the laws regulating the cleo
torll count, were subsequently published
in these dispatches some six weeks ago,
The majority report, which is signed 10y
Mcssrs. Southland, Bicknell. rise, But
Ter Browne and Brog,icn, argues in favor
ofa constitutional amendment in relation to
the mode of election OF president and vice
president 10y proraiing the direct vote of
the people in III" different states among the
candidates of the respective parties, and
proposes To abolish the electoral college.
Mr. llrrbcrt's report, 81 ned by himself,
lIunton and House, upholdS the present
system and charactrrzc> the majority re-
port rs un-Amcricm in principle. Mr.
Potter agrees in the main with the minority
but la, not yet signed their report. Mr.
lI'S'H NlNdSl'tN WIN lIIt l'JpllN uNl
will submit one of his own.
THE PACIFIC ROAD.
The senate committee on railroads this
morning referred the bill Of Senator JoMN-
,ton. providing for the construction of the
Texas Pacific railroad, to subcommittee
consisting of Mcs>rs. Dorsey, Teller and
lIanum This bill allows the Southern
Pacific Railroad company to build as far
east rs the Rio Grande, and the Texas Pa
ciic to build west to the Rio Grandc. II
grants no ui, 10 the Southern Pacific, but
gives the Texas Pacific ten thousand dol
lars n mile, no, in bonds. but in grccnhacks.
! 1t also ~lhsidilc. about a half u dozen
bmnchc. of the road. at the same rate,
They are allowed twenty year, TO pay the
government and the privilege Of extending
payment sixty years, The full committee
will meet Tomorrow forth" purpose of hear
ing senator Johnston in hcmlf Of the bill,
TrElTNll AND NORTHERN.
THE same committee rrconslcrcd tho
bill creating the Ctli aad Northern railway
in the tnrritorio, of Utah, Idaho and Mon.