Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-05-02
Whose Ok Is Likely to be Gored?

| The democrats for some reason do not seem
so anxious as they were ten days ago for an
| investigation of the sO-called Florida conf 's-
sions. They find that great majority of the
| republicans are as ANXIOUS to have an lnveSti-
CATION as they, and this fact is most perplex-
| ing to those of them who want to get at the
bottom of the sOcalled electoral frauds. 1t is
| said that with IN honest investigation into the
| whole subject of the Presidential settlement
| that the republicans feel able to prove that the
| first Overtures for bargaining came from the
southern d. demoeratS; mo- that conference Col
| Columbus with then Gov. Hayes, was an over
ture from Gov. Nichols that in case the demo-
Gratis were given local self government in
| Louisiana and South Carolina, that enough
| democrats would unite with the republicans
to give the disputed electoral votes to Hayes
and Wheeler and insure their Inauguration !;
knew that this proposition was to be made
and not only sanctioned 1t but advocated it |;
mat they expect to prove that but for this ini-
ted WOrmley conference would never have
been held, and that it was arranged for by
southerndem0crats,w ,whOinvited leading friends
OF Gov. Hayes to meet with them to arrange
some plan whereby the tillibusters would be
overcome. The republicans moreover say
that II the true inWardness of the sO-caled
more democratic than republican hearts will
ache. They will insist that the investigation
shall not be confined to Florida, but that it
an and ae t5ev 81 pehnag the
|
rial enough on hand to put several distin-
gulshed democrats on the defense: The dem
| OcratS having the knowledge of the ammuni-
| tiOn in the hands of the republicans are Sc
| rlOusly weighing the question whether in their
anxiety to obey the mandates of Tilden they
may not compromise some of their leading
| leadlnS statesmen and really lose rather than
make campaign capital.
NEW CABINET M1N1sTER-The House com
| mittee on agriculture has agreed to report a
| bill making Commissioner LIE Due. of the
bureau OF agriculture, full Cabinet minister
FRANCIS d. MoULToN, of Brooklyn. made
somewhat famous by the Beecher-Tiltou scan-
dial, made an argument before the ways and
means committee to-day in favor of the aboli-
| uOn OF the duty on salt.
| THE INVESTIGATION OF Consul GENERAL
| SEwARD.-The committee on expenditure in
the State department devoted between three
and four hours yesterday to the investigation
OF the management of the Shanghai consulate
general by Mr.. q. F. Seward. The post Office
| branch OF his consulate came particularly
| under review, and it is claimed that the
vouchers produced show that he was in the
| per cent. difference between Mexican dollars
| and gold, and from ten to sixteen per cent be-
tween gold and currency, making profit for
ntie1l tte 9i ABOUT eighteen per cent. on all his
| Ofnclal disbursements; that the amount de-
posted to the credit of the Post ONCE depart
ment during that period, the same being in
excess t; OF expenditures; {. was $4,000 which was
received in Mexican silver dollars, and paid to
| the government in currency, whereby Mr.,
| Seward realized $6,OG0
AT GETTYSBURG, decoration day. Gen r. F
| Butter will deliver the Grafton. President
| Hayes and Postmaster General Kew have ac
cepted invitations to be present.
THE "ATLAs OF THE Colorado lust is.
sued by the U. S. Geological Survey, under
Prof. Hayden, embOdies the results of the
geological and geographical work of the sur
vey from 1873 to 1876. In consequence of the
great cost OF the atlas but very limited edi-
| ton has been published, and only the i'm
portant colleges and libraries will be able to
| obtain them,
THE FAMINE IN CHINA-Mnister Seward
telegraphs to the department of State that the
famine now prevailing in the northeastern pro
| VnceS OF China will continue for six months
longer: He adds that funds for the relief of
me IN sufferers, II transmitted by telegraph, can
| be dlsbursed by the foreign committee or by
the commission appointed at Pekin.
GEN WIN. 7. SHERMAN went to Annapolis
| yesterday, accompanied by his daughter, and
was received at the Naval Academy with a
p: m. he reviewed and inspected the battalion
| OF cadets, Lieut. John C. Solely cOmmanding
IN infantry and skirmish drill and last night
sherman and daughter were the guests of
Admiral Rodgers, and they returned to Wash.
ingtOn to-day.
| The TWO ITEMS OF THE P. o. D. ESTIMATES
on which the most serious reductions were
made by the House, are those for clerk hire
in post offices and for railway mail SER
VICE, VICE The The Postmaster General says that
low what is required for proper service
the injury is done not to cities or large
1Ewns Tow put to VMiages and country districts
cago, Boston, etc., must and will be Kept up TO
the present standard, whatever the approDri.
alton for clerk hire. 1t is the village and coun
clerks. In the same way the great railroads. Dads.
over which the department is obliged
to send the mail, will receive the
appropriation will affect only the weaker
roads. And yet the Representatives in Con
gress OF the districts most injured are those
| master General is i'm hopes that the Senate
will restore to the bill the original estimates
| on at least these items.
| 1HE BILL TO REPEAL THE BANKRUPT LAW
Mr. Thurman. from the judiciary committee,
reported the following amendment to the bill
to repeal the bankrupt law: And in respect
OF OF All pains, penalties and forfeitures which
acts prior to the day when this act takes effect,
| or which may be thereafter incurred under
Eyoh any OF IN tnoSe provisions of any of said acts,
|
Kept in force, and all penal actions and crimi.
| nal proceedings for violation of any of said
| acts, whether then pending or thereafter n
stltuted and in respect of all rights of debtors
and creditors, Except the right of commen
eng original proceedings in bankruptcy
and all rights of and suits by or against as
| S1gnees under any or all of said acts i'm any
| matter or case which shall have arisen prior
! to the day when this act takes effect (which
shall be on the first day of January, Anno
| Domlni eighteen hundred and sevenfy-nine).
or In any matter or case which shall arise after
the act takes effect in respect of any matter of
| ban kruptcy authorized by this act::tO be prO.
ceeded with after said last-named day."
| AUCTION SALE OF COAL IN NEW YORK.
The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
railroad company sold $4,000 tons of coal AT
| New York yesterday, at the following prices:
Steamboat, $3.324; CRATE, 1886; egg, $345:
| stove. s.. 3.15a$27119; chestnut, $3l5 The prices
| at the March sale (there being none in ApriD
| were as follows, Steamboat, 1925; CRATE. S3a
$25; egg, $3.25as3.4O; stove, s35Oa$S 72S;
| chestnut, $5a$320. ...0
DIR. HENRY T. HELMBOLD the well known
| druggist, was found in the streets in New
| YORK acting very strangely yesterday morn
| ing. He was taken to the station house and
| subsequently sent to Bellevue hOspitai where
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