The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-04-25
Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON. d. c., April 20, 1873.

both Houses have been occupied.
principally, with routine business
of any public Importance oc-
curing to cause a ripple on the placi 4
of Congressional labor. o "
solons have DEVOTED most of their
time since my last letter to general
of private bills, and other
extraneous matter.
IN THE SENATE,
old Mr.. Sargent attempted q flank
movement on the Democratic House
by Offering as q substitute for the
House Shields Bill, another Bill, plac-
ing on the list of retired Brigadier
Generals, about fifty other ex.Briga-
der Generals, among them that of
Gen. John A. Logan, obviously for
the purpose of defeating the Bill
which passed the House placing Gen.
Shields on the retired list. But Gen.
Logan, in an open letter published in
all our dailies, exposed the old mans
trick, and showed up his pretended
patriotism to be mere sham, and now
the old gentleman is meandering
around hunting for sympathy from
the 'trooly loyal Petitions and me-
MORALS have held high carnival in this
wing of the Capitol for the past week,
the monotony being expelled ever
and anon by the going into execu-
tive session.
IN THE HOUSE
as in the Senate, private Bills have
been the order Of the day, with here
and there a general discussion on
specie resumption, the repeal of the
Bankrupt law, Pension Bills, sc. The
presentation of the Presidential Elect.
oral Bill as encompassed in the joint
resolution of the Legislature Of Mary
land, stirred up quite q breeze in this
chamber, but ended somewhat like q
6 tempest in teapot by the District
of Columbia Senators knocking the
resolution out of time. The remain
der Of The week was consumed by a
perfect deluge of oratory, sandwiched
between an avalanche of private Bills
of all sorts, too numerous and diversi-
fed to attempt description thereof,
and to quote from the itinerant show
man we conclude for further particu-
lars see small Bills This leaves the
House wrangling over the concurrent
resolution of the Senate providing for
an adjournment on the 10th Of June,
proximo.
THE FIGHT OVER MR.. BLAIR's REsoLU.
TIoN.
shows q weakened disposition on
the part of the Republicans. Their
lukewarmness in supporting Mr.. Blair
against Mr.. Hayes, is conclusive that
they are endeavoring to sneak out of
their contract. All the objections to
the resolutions came from the Radical
side of the House. The general i'm.
preston here is that it will be report.
ed by the judiciary Committee that
Hayes was not elected and that Tilden
was, and that for the sake of peace
they recommend that no action be ta-
ken in the matter. Any injudicious
action on the part of tho Committee
will of course be turned into political
capital by the RAIDS. Some Democrats s
are outspoken in condemnation of the
Maryland resolutions and the pur-
poses for which they were intended,
viz: the ousting of Hayes; others are
very non.committal, whilst there are
really few who favor the Blair theo-
ry and will make desperate efforts to
carry the resolutions through. No
one here expects anything like just
or favorable result to the Democracy
could be obtained from the Supreme
Court, and yet the lt.ds are awfully
afraid of ugly testimony being devel.
oped during the prcgress of the case,
not that they care SO much for Hayes,
but it would he SO bad for the party OF
great moral g ileas, yclept, Repub-
licanism. 1t is probable the Judiciary
Committee might make q favorable
report.
SENATOR DAVIS
amendment 60 the Howe resolution)
calling on the Secretary of the Treas
ury TOR list OF delinquent revenue
collectors, all of whom went out OF
office defaulters to the Government, in
an aggregate amount of over twenty
million dollars, and inquiring why
these fellows have not been indicted,
was fought hard by Senator Conkling
in order to have the amendment with.
drawn, but Mr.. Davis would not give
in, and the amendment passed. It was
q bitter dose. but the RAIDS were
obliged to swallow it.
SENATOR HOWE
has evidently been quite sufferer un-
der the lsshing he has received from
the press aud people in their COM
ments upon his recent speech. His
when he arose to a personal
was quite a surprise to
the Senate, as wei! as Che galleries, and
was indeed pitiable in the extreme.
1t has been a good week for personal
from the Republican side
of Congress, as they attempt to squirm
out of the many snarls they have got
into recently.
SENATOR CONKLING,
he disappointed q
great many persons by his failure to
make personal explanation in regard
to the Worlds report of the late in
erview, was evidently annoyed when
several Senators gathered around him,
and opened up quite lively discussion
about the interview. He