Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-01-15
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

TIE MARYLAND SENATORsHIP-Th follow
in" is the result of the first ballot taken at An
napOlis for United States Senator by the Mary
land legislature this afternoon :--Denui<. 25:
GrOOne. II; Thomas Il: Steiner, Ii: Blair, >:
Stump, !: McLane. >.
Plate PRINTING BY STEAM.-The work OF
putting up the Ncale Appleton steam printing
press was commenced yesterday in the press
room of the Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing. and will he completed i'll the course of
week. trial test of SlN months IS agreed
upon. The inventors claim that the machine
can print 1900 perfect impressions in one day,
which is equal To q days work OF five hand
presses. 1t requires three attendants. who
will do the work of ten men. The same
rangement has been made with the Milligan
steel machine.
II THE DEMoCRATIcCAUCusy yesterday after
noon a committee, consisting of MeSSrs. Eden.
Ellis. Mackey. Rice. of Ohio, and Jones. of
New Hampshire. was appointed, to see that
every democrat is provided with pair before
he leaves the city. The matter of increasing
the dOOrkeeperS force was next taken mp.
and it was shown that there are forty-Spven
employees less on the roll now than during the
last Congress A resolution was adopted re-
GueSting the committee on accounts to inquire
into the propriety of giving the dOorkeeper a,l-
diti0nal assistance. and report by bill.
AN ATTEMPT is being made to locate govern
ment land scrip Oh what is known as the
Dearborn addition to the city of Chicago en-
bracing property worth many million dollars,
on the ground that the sale of this land by
direction of the Secretary of War in 1857 was
not authorized by the law OF 1910 and that the
property is therefore public. 4 letter request
ing government survey of tins land, and en-
closing money for the purpose. has been re-
ceiVed at the general land office. II is not
likely that the attempt VIII he successful.
THE WASHINGTON POST OFFICE-The eX-
pected nomination of Mr.. j. NJ. Edmunds as
Washington postmaster, was sent to the Sen
atey esterday. As il is not probable that the
nomination will meet with any opposition in
the Senate. the matter of our poStmaSterShip
may now he considered settled for The present
term.
RESOLUTION TO INVESTIGATE TIE ELECTO-
RAJ COUNT.-RepreSentati Findley, OF Ohio,
has prepared the following resolution which
he will introduce i'll the House at the first OPP
purtunity:
Whereas. serious and apparently We'll au-
thenticated charges of corruption have been
made. by person who ought to know. by rea
son of his official connection with the republi
can national executive committee. as well as
III his capacity ot all investigator. sent to look
into the counting of electoral votes i'll the
south. il becomes the duty of Congress to en-
Gure whether any unjust or illegal measures
f! have been reSOrted tu for the purpose OF fraud
ulently presenting To it certificates upon
which its action was based in deciding the
election OF President and Vice President of
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improper or fraudulent arrangement or bar
gain was entered into. py members of Con
greSS or others iii pursuance OF which mem
berS of Congress gave their votes in the course
Of the electoral count Therefore
ReS0iTeT. That the judiciary committee be
/ instructed To enquire immediately whether
any certificates OF election We're imprOperly
| on frauduently issued or procured to he IS
sued III any state, to persons who were not ar
lualiy elected electors for President and Vice
President of the United States and if SO uDon
arrangement III IL
with whom; and whether any votes were
promised Or cast i'll the course of said electoral
count III pursuance of such bargain, arrange
, ment, or understanding. OF in pursuance with
, any other Improper. corrupt. or fraudulent
bargain, arrangement. or understanding
whatever. whereby the votes of said electors
We're counted for President and Vice PreSi-
dent of the United States. said committee is
authorized to send for persons and papers
and also tO sit III any recess which may occur
during the session.
SENATOR VOORHEES, began his speech on the
subject OF the national credit at | O'Clock to-
day. The galleries We're crowded, and many
members of the House We're present on the
noorS. Mr.. oorheeS began his speech by say
ing That the financial legislation of the govern
ment for the past sixteen years had been char
acteriZed by the greatest bad faith toward its
own citizens and the most outrageous OppTeS-
| sion OF the working classes. He denounced
! the funding of the national debt as a scheme
to benefit the few at the expense of the people.
| debt i'll coin. ranking silver equal with gold
! for that purpose.
THERE is ONE PLACE in the United States
that wishes its postal facilities contracted and
not enlarged. The postmaster at Warremton.
Va. protests against the delivery of a mail
there on Sunday.
! BIDS for the carriage of imported merchan-
disc, for the next two years, at San Francisco.
were opened at noon to-day i'm the office of
/ the chief clerk of the Treasury department.
! The bidders were Mr.. r. j. Graham and
/ Messsr. A. Powell & c. w. Cunningham who
! have filed bonds to execute IA contract with
! the government covering the duties to he per-
! formed III connection with lie public carta ge.
The contract has not Yet been awarded both
bidders having failed to submit proposals ac-
| cor'ling To the Secretary advertisement.
| AT THE CABINET MEETING today it was de-
cided that Secretary Sherman shall ar once
/ give notice to the syndicate of the discontinue
ance of their contract after ten days. The
! secretary Is now preparing an advertisement
| Tor placing the new popular loan among the
people.
/ THE SPRING MAIL LETTINGs.-The contract
! office Of the Post Office department is now ac.
! lively engaged i'll preparations for the great
! spring lettings. for which proposals will be re.
ceiVed until Saturday, February ID, at 3 o'cI'k
pm. This section of mail transportation en-
/ braces total OF l,6i2 routes. in the states of
Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas Kansas. Colora-
/ do. Nebraska Oregon, Nevada, California.
and i'll nine of the territories. Service will
commence on July ]. 1873 and continue until
June 80, 1882. The opening of the bids is ex-
. pected To commence OH Monday, February 4.
and the decision announced on or before
. March 70. All contracts must be executed and
filed on OF before June ], 1873. 1t seems from
! present appearances that the competitors for
this important mail service will be far greater
! than that at any previous letting in the same
! section. The letting of steamboat service in
Arkansas Louisiana. Texas. Oregon. CalifOr-
! mia, and Washington territory from July. 1873.
toJune 80. 1882, willtake place early in March.
! Mr.. A. Nj. BLAIR, collector of internal reve
( nue. for Kansas, has rendered his resignation,
on account Of the removal OF the collector S
office from Ottawa to LeavenwOrth City. Col.
John 4. Carpenter has received the endorse
ment 0f the Senators and Representatives
! from Kansas To fill the vacancy.
/ GONE To JOIN SITTING BULL-The Commis-
! sioner of Indian Affairs has received the fol
! lowing dispatch from Agent Irwin. at the Red
I Cloud Agency:-"FrOm twenty to thirty
! lodges of northern Indians stampeded on the
night of the 10th, and left the impression that
/ they We're going 10 Sitting Bull. but are Just as
! likely to go tO the Little Missouri or Tongue
! river to join camp supposed to be up in that
country. Our Indians regret this movement
| of the renegades who joined them last fall and
| who will do all in their power To check 1t. The
| Indian soldiers are in pursuit, and will bring
hen h1