, 1878-07-05
ORR WASHINGTON LETTER.
washington. u. G.. June u, ISIS.

W ANlliNttlAlNs ~ ' fs f''A'N' , v -
The numl~r of hils now dropping
through the legislative hopper every ~
hours without the slightest N',l'lnG' hlhl-
ate complete exhaustion ou the part oi
rur economists: aul their failure 10 dn -
much A. protest against thi> summary
uas,ag, Of bills involving many million
dollars aud which have bru ao1tmuIntlng
Tor : months. and whiting l'l 'nth an
opportunity q, j. always offered during
nm, closing DAYS Oi session 10 rush them
through without opportunity In glance NJ
their provisions, seems IN show that these
lyny.eved r.lormer, have bren reduced To
A condition OF extreme collapse by tle'r
arduouS labors during the early days ol
the session. Gentlemen who have spent
DAYS of valuable time in opposing appr'-
priations OF u iew thousands Of dollars To
nav debts already contracted. are now ST.
lent AS CLANS when bills involving millions
are pushed through under their very noses.
Men who OIL the score of economy have
persistently urged the further reduction OF
our skeleton army IN the face of prooa-
bic Indian war. of possible foreign con =
plications along our Southern border and
In our relations with European Govern
ments, and of threatened domestic convlll-
sions. encourage the passage ot bills ritnl-
ing the Treasury 70 tue eNtext OF many
millions with an acqule>cent nod. M0St
of the large appropriation bills are passed.
The General Deficiency went through tile
Senate Wednesday, precisely rs it came
from the HOuSe-an unprecedented occur
renee with a measure taxing the Treasury
to the tune of nearly $6,O00,00O. The
Sundry Civil Bill has been loaded down
with amendments in the Senate since IL
went TO that body; and the additions
made In the House and Senate since it was
first reported will aggregate many hnnd-
red thousand dollars. The army bill is
still unsettled. The radical differences OF
opinion between the majority of the Honse
and Senate Conference Committee, have
made it one of the most difficult to com
promise. 1t seems the general belief that
the Senate will not recede from its position
relative to reduction; and that, alter all,
is the vital point in public estimation.
The manner of not q few Democratic
members who fancied their party standing
depended on assuming a hostile attitude
to the army, iNIic ties that they
would favor an inurcase rather than de.
crease if felt at liberty to follow their
honest convictions in the mater. But 1t
would never do to break away from caucus
dic:ation or disregard the sentiment ia
their Districts though convinced that 1t
cannot be other than suicidal under exist
ing circumstances to reduce the present
strength of the army to the extent OF a
single man.
Confusion has pigned supreme at the
House end OF the Capital for the past
three DAYS. The usual crowd of cheap
lobbyists has been reinforced BY the prin-
cipals of many of the jobs it Is hoped to
pnsh through the hopper unobserved in
the prevailing hnb-6ub. The tobacco men
came here IN force, ostensibly ,as an ex-
cnrsion party from Richmond. but really
to rally their fiiends and push through
the tax reduction. L
After delay Of nearlya year the gem
tlemen who voted $47. l35 to buy newspa-
pers and stationary for the present session.
agreed to tleyote little more than twice
that sum t&l00.000) to repair damages Of
the Patent Office fire.
Senator Voorhees, uneXpectedIy-at
least to those outside Congressional cir
cles-called up the bill yesterday to repeal
the resumption act. After some debate
the substitute 0fthe Senate Committee was
passed by vote of 45 to 10. 1t provides
that from its passage U. S. notes shall be
received the same as coin n, payment for
4 per cent bonds; and on ana after Oct.
|. 1878, said notes shall be receivable for
duties on imports. E
AT Tuesdays Cabinet meeting the In
ternational monetary conference monopO-
llZe,' good deal of the time. About every
power in Europe has signifed its accep-
tance OF Mr.. Evart's invitation save Ger
many and England. Nomore important
gathering as weighed by its relations to
Interests that are universal over the whole
civilized globe. has ever been convened
at least not In modern times; and MIR.
Evarts may feel . justiiable pride In the
prominent part he has Ind IN inaugurar-
ing a movement that will bring into per-
sonal conference the representatives of
hundreds OF millions of people.
1t appears the settled conviction about
the War Department. that we are to have
another Indian war this summer, and that
we may deem ourselves fortunate II we
can coniine the discomfort TO tribes al
ready In arms against us. The mutinous
8 l,rit seems to have infected about every
tribe that Sitting Bulls emissaries have
been able to reach. With no data on
which to fund such charges other than
that furnished by our history of our In
dian policy, the dishonesty, incompetency.
or both, of Indian Agents are made large
ly responsible for the present outbreak;
and 1t must be acknowledged that there
is much in the past to give color to such
suspicious, though nothing, perhaps, in
the present situation to positively prove
It's correctness. KNOX.
The western democracy do not love Til
den, adore TamInanv nor atIntiro po,ta.