Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-04-12

otner onHH papers tn the Guy o""e"
together.
The New York papers seem to look upon
Secretary Sherman's successful negotiation of
a sale of fifty million of four and a-half per
cent. bonds, as rendering resumption a GER
fainty. The Times says that there can be no
question that with two hundred millions of
gold coin in hand on the 1st of January
next, the Treasury will be abundantly able to
meet all the claims likely to be made upon il. ~
The T hume says the sale will place at Secre-
tary Sherman's disposal more coin than he
has at any time deemed necessary for specie
resumption. The price is of no consequence :;
The government could well afford to pay
S9,VO,WO or even sl0,OG,0OO, rather than fail
IN It's undertakings. But the contract made
Is very favorable to the government, and it
woult undoubtedly have been less favorable
II the purchases of bonds on home account
had not been extraordinarily large. The home
demand enables the syndicate to offer accept
able terms to the Secretary, and their pro-
posal was incOmparably better than that of
the national banks"
The Herald says:
Secretary Sherman will practically resume
eh the LIST of October, although he is not legally
required to resume until the 1St of January.
by anticipating the date and receiving green
packs for customs three months in advance he
Will foreStall any rush for coin at the legal
date of resumption by accUStOming the cOun-
try to the new order of things before he is
bound by law to redeem. He will thus pre-
vent the 1St OF January from being looked
forward to as critical point and avoid any
shock ~ sudden transition at that date. Float
ing his vessel into port on high tide, the pas
Sengers will not perceive when they cross the
bar.
Whatever may be thought of the political
wisdom or party sagacty of this unique adj
ministratiOn, all candid men must admit that
1t IS doing very well i'm its mode of dealing
\
almost certain, it brings us successfully to
specie payments at the appointed date. so
great and reSplendent service will atone for
many blunderS and shortcomings in the lower
ellen ent of personal and partisan politics.
The act that all the votes in the Senate yes
terday against the appropriation for the Dis
trict schools were democratic votes, causes
some to fear that the appropriation will fail
IN the democratic House. 1t will be noticed
however, that several democratic Senators
voted for it, so that it cannot be said to be a
party issue. Quite likely the House may dis
agree to all the Senate amendments to the de-
fciency bill, upon which this appropriation is
placed but in this case the appropriation
may be saved in committee of conference;
the more especially as Congress does not give
the money to the District, but simply ad-
yances it, to be returned to the L. s. Treasury
from the District revenues.
Montgomery Blair does not get much en-
cOuragement from Congress for his quo war
rantO project. To be sure Senator Dennis. of
Maryland, was Obiging enough to present the
Blair resolutions yesterday but he took Occa-
sion at the same time to express such decided
opposition to them that little comfort was to
be cleaned from that quarter and the further
fact was developed by the remarks addressed
tOSenatOrD ID. from all quarters of the chamber
complimentary of his speech. that the Blair
project will be generally secuted in that wing
of the Capitol at least.
1t Is reported that the Senate Finance Com
mittee is decidedly opposed to the repeal of
the resumption act. Certainly Secretary Sher-
man is giving reasonable assurance that he
can resume at the date fixed. He has sue
ceeded i'll his negotiations with the old syndi-
cate for the sale of s50,0G0,0OO of the four and
a-half per cents; which with his other re-
sources will enable him pretty certainly to Sc
cure the sljO,OO,OO0 of gold he needs TO have
on hand by January lst for resumption pur-
poses. Doubtless under the influence of this
successful negotiation, gold dropped at the
opening sales to-day to 1OO1&, the lowest yet
AT this rate the question of resumption will
settle itself, long before the date fixed by law
1t is very strange that the papers outside of
Washington should think it necessary to as
sure their readers that the Senate resolution
which proposes to introduce all the virtues
into this city through The medium of the public
schools, is not joke. 1t is, of course, serious
measure, and is intended to assure the people
of the District that, however much Congress
may neglect their material interests, it is
never unmindful of their morals
The news comes to day of the death of VIM.
Marcy Tweed, more generally known as Boss
Tweed" He was born in New York, i'm April,
1s23, and was consequently IS years old. He
learned the trade of chairIaaking, and later
in life was admitted to the bar. In 1852 he was
an alderman, in 1853 Congressman, In 1856 a
supervisor of the city, in 1857 school commits
siOner, from 1861 to 1870 deputy street commits
sioner, and from 1861 to 1871 state senator.
In 1870 he was appointed commissioner of
public works, and while in that position
entered upon his ring" schemes of plumber
that gave him power and wealth for a season,
but which ultimately brought him to the pen
itentiary and to the death recorded to day.
Up to the present writing Mr.. Bergh's con-
sent to be inOculated with the saliva of rabid
dog, in order to disprove the existence of n.y.
drOphObia, and save the canine race from i'm
pending destruction, has not been received
But the information comes that a Scotch
man, whose views on the subject are similar
TO those of Mr.. Bergh, is willing to be expert
mented upon He will be hero, with the pos
sibilty of being a martyr, on condition that
$500 is allowed him for the inconvenience to
which he must subject himself. At the next
meeting of the society for the prevention of
cruelty to animals it will be in order to elect
the Scotchman president.
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The noble army of candidates for District
COmmissOnership will be interested to learn
that Gov. DenniSOn, who is yet in Columbus,
has not denied the statement made by the
Columbus Journal that he intended to resign.
On the contrary that paper reiterateS the
assertion in the following paragraph:
THE Cleveland Herald quoting our state
ment that Governor DenniSOn will resign his
District COmmiSsiOnership and return to Co
lumDus, says: The republicans of Ohio will all
be rejOiCed to have Governor DenniSon return.
They will be sure to avail themselves of his
sound Judgment and excellent advice in pOlit-
ical matters"
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