Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-02-08
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
Washington D. c. Jan. 81, 1873.

bills public and private, upon all sorts of pos
sible and impossible subjects. Next in order
came a strong anti-subsidy resolution, includ-
ing money, bonds, public lands, and indorse-
ments or pledges of the public credit, intro
duced by Mr. Baker, of Indiana, which, under
a suspension of the rules, was passed by 1757
yeas to 81 nays-35 not voting. Such reso-
lutions are often honored more in the breach
than in the observance, and possibly this one
may not be an exception. Those who voted
in the negative, together with most of the alb
sentees, form a compact body that will move
as one man when the Texas Pacific Railway
bill shall come up for action. Many who vo-
ted in the affirmative did so for buncombe,
and their own necessity for assistance III leg
isiation for local advantages will force them
into an accommodation with the friends OF TIE
Texas Pacific at the proper time. The scheme
of Roach, the slip-buiider, to establish sub
sidiZed line between Rio Janeiro and New
York will scarcely receive favorable attention
at this session. 1t may be supposed that the
protector himself has at present 10 eEpecta-
ton of success, as part of his programme is,
otter adjournment, to treat Congressman and
other digntaries to a trip to Rio i'll order to
impress upon them by sort OF objcct-teaching
the Importance of the scheme to commerce.
The Matthews silver resolution was called
up by AIr. Ewing, the rules promptly sus-
pended and the resolution passed by more
than tn thirds, the vote standing Yeas 189,
Nays 70, not voting, "a. 1t is not doubted
that this vote will hold good or any similar
propositions; 50 your great and good friend
Rutherford may decide not to exercise his
constitutional right of veto merely to insult
the power and will of a majority more power
full and more of success in execution, than
that which was claimed for his opponent for
the Presidency. In the Senate on Monday
Senator Morrill, read speech three hours and
half long against the Bland silver bill. The
New York papers published it ne 1t day with
remarkable and expensive enterprise as being
transmitted by telegraph, whe1 it was really
mailed to chem on the Sunday II ,ht previous
at three cents per half ounce or fractions
thereof. By the way, have you seen Uncle |
Sans new mail wagons! They are gotten up
fearfully, and look like a cross between a |
a Black Maria and a circus wagon. The lower |
part is of FURNISHED black, while the wider |
part at the top excels in colors the rainbow;
and when the driver takes the ribbons, if he
should chance to drop i'll line with a process
sion of Barnum's managerie, the urch'ns would |
swear (hey all do herc) the wagon contained
the Dodo, or at least the Shark. Should
there be any wonder that postage remains at
three cents when government goes inco the
show business!
The House did good thing on Tuesday in
passing resolution which prevents the
Speaker from issuing passes for admission to
the floor. The usage has grown to be mon
strous abuse, and varlets of every kind have
had the impudence to plant themselves in the
very seats of Members in utter disregard of
the dccency ordinarily observed + common
-ramps. The Senate on the same d,y was oc-
,upied mainly in debate on the Gland bill,
which was participated in by Wallace, 8ayard,
and others. Yesterday brought
Jhristiancy to his feet, with one Of Il. writ
en, Independent specialties before h.H that
lie had prepared in the dim past to nla. line
mother proposition. He wants 434 grams in
he silver dollar; but as nobody agrees Nth
i'm, his independence will remain unrav' he'd
To-day Bayard moved a postponemen- Of the
Iragging question until Monday, ant several
senators who are DESTROYS of being heard, not
,eing prepared the Senate ad io1srn. I to Mon
ay. There being no ''pr |ious question
mong the Senate rules, you may expect sew
raj hands to take turn at the silver wind
ass next week.
Among the arrivals here from The West are
zen Holaday, and less recently, DR.. Wozen-
raft. The first named is noJ likely to be here
bjectless, and the latter wa is to let the Col
RADIO river into the sand deserts adjacent to s
ort Yuma, and thus reclaim some millions of
cres Of useless lands. Tn Doctor looks in
is heavy mantle like Coriolauus, as he trends
,ward the Capitol, but has "ot the same con- 7
,mpt for "voices' especially Congressional L
oices-as had that stited Roman.
Lieut.. Henry Benson, u s. A, formerly
Marysville, California, is here on flying
sit He was seriously wounded by that
lristian Nez Perez gentleman, Joseph, but st
as entirely recovered. His rank and record
nould give him the Captaincy made vacant