The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-05-29
NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES
EFFORTS TO SECURE AN EARLY AID.
JOURNMENT.
A RADICAL STORY OF THE ANDER.
SON INTERVIEW.
Important Work Of Various Commit.
tees.

canyassng has been going on to-day among
Democrats TO secure votes enough 10 pass
on Wednesday the senate joint resolution to
adjourn on the 10th Of June. A number Of
representatives will vote for it, and the
Democrats who favor it feel confident that
the resolution will be agreed TO- 1t is
urged that by holding night sessions all the
appropriation bills can be passed. A lead
Ing Republican senator says that if an ap-
preparation is not made to pay the fisheries
award the president will call an extra ses.
sion Of congress.
THE INDIAN AGENCIES.
A bill to consolidate the Indian agencies
was introduced to-day by Mr.. Scales, chair.
man OF the house committee on Indian at.
fairs. 1t proposes to reduce the number
of reservations from thirty-six to nine and
the number Of agents from twenty to eight
The number of acres of land now occupied
amounts to nearly twenty-five millions, and
will he reduced 10 about 4,2jO,OO0. There
will be l3,0O0,0OO acres restored to the
market, leaving to be sold on trust for the
Indians nearly five million acres.
THE ANDERSON INTERVIEW.
Secretary Sherman was asked by re.
porter to-day about the Anderson inter.
view Of last Saturday. The secretary re-
trrrcd the reporter to Judge Shelabarger,
who, as his counsel, would, he said, tell all
that was necessary on the subject,
Judge Shcllabarger, when asked about
the matter, replied: well, will say
this much; Mr.. Anderson came here, as |
understand, from Judge Marks. Marks
showed letter from Anderson some days
before, saying that he wanted to come here
and thought he would come, or something
10 that effect. On Saturday Judge Marks
came to my office and said that Anderson
was urging him to take him up to see Shcr-
man, and that he repeatedly refused to go
with him, because that he did not wished
to be mixed up in Anderson's affairs; but
at last he consented to go if Gov Hahn
would also 90 along. Ny advice was not
asked as to going or not going So far as
can remember, later in the afternoon
Judge Marks came to me and said that he
had asked Secretary Sherman if he would
see Anderson on Anderson's solicitation
that he would So him, and that Sherman
had sent him Marks to me to ask me as
his lawyer whether it would be proper for
him to see Anderson. said yes, certainly, il
he has no objections, but that others ought
to he present to prevent any erroneous
statement being made us to what occurred
during the interview. | thea said to
Judge Marks that | would 90 at any time
! went Immediately 10 the sccrctary's Of
flee, and told him the same. He very en-
phatically expressed to me his objections TO
seeing Anderson, saying to him. however,
that saw no objection to his seeing Amber.
son in the presence OF other persons. Very
soon afterwards Anderson, Judge Marks
and Gov Hahn came INTO the sccrctary's
rooms together. After some time of silence
Il conversation passed between the secretary
and Anderson, which, have been told
since was reduced Ia writing by Mr.. Sher-
mans secretary, At the end OF this con-
versation the secretary asked if desired
to ask Mr.. Anderson any questions. said
no. That had come there because had
understood that Mr. Anderson had solicited
an interview, and came to overhear what
he had to say Thcrcupon Mr.. Anderson
begin to talk pretty loud and to protest
that he had gone over there On the invita-
ton Of others and not because he wanted
the interview. To this denial was then
and there intcrpoScd by Judge Marks, and
! believe Gov, Hahn, alleging that they
had gone over with him at his urgent solc.
tation. There the matter ended, and And
crson and those whe came with him left.
GESNETT'S JENNEATTE
\ passport and sea letter have been Is
sued by the treasury department to Mr.
James Gordon Benefits Arctic ship, t."
.Icnncattc, which it will be remembered
was purchased by him in England for an
expedition 10 the north pole and by act Of
congress made nm American ship.
CONCERNING BANKRupTS.
The bill introduced to-day in the house
by Mr. Vance OF North Carolina, to secure
homcstcads under the bankrupt laws and to
prevent frauds in obtaining a discharge in
bankruptcy, proposes to amend section 800
Of the revised statutes by striking out that
potion which cXcmptS from assignment 4
amount OF property exempt from execute
in the several states in 1871, and in ,t.
thereof to insert clause which proyid :
for the exemption of one thousand dollars
worth Of real estate. to he set apart hy the
assignee in fee simple for the benefit OF tn
bankrupt. free from the claims Of a.,
creditors hands, to be determined by thr.
appointment of three diSintcrcstcd persons.
The provisions Of the above clause are not
made retroactive, and the provisions of the
present bankrupt laws prescribing limit
Of two years, within which creditor car
tilccXccption to the discharge on the grounds
of fraud are repeated
!, EDUCATION OF FREEDMEN.
The bill introduced by Mr., Chalmers in
the house yesterday, to encourage and all
the education of the colorcd race in the
District Of Columbia and the several states,
proposes that from the sum deposited by
the war department on account of the
ircedman's branch of the adjutant general :
office for claims in which, at the end Of sew
cn years. nll practicable efforts to discover
, the claimants have failed. the secretary of
, war shall. on january .. $50, invest AMI
thereafter keep permanently inv, stcd two
million dollar. in United States bonds, the
interest TO be paid into the treasury of the
, Howard University. In consideration OF
benefits nccruing under the above proyis-
ions the Howard university shall furnish
: The educational advantages of all It's de-
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