Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1878-03-28
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Before Senatc Colhmittec.
Yesterday, Secretary Sherman
gave bis ideas upon ASSUMPTION.
lie thinks he might resume in
October next, and that we can
easily and safely Go So On the
! FIRST of january. He says Ike
reconciliation of silver, giving
us Two metals instead of one,
viii make resumption easier.
Perhaps, Ills being the case,
Mr.. sherman regrets that the
slvor lax, ne passed, prevents
his purchasing and coinii'g moro
than four millions of silver per
nh. 1t would at first seem
odd II he should ask Congress
cor authority 10 increase the a.
mount Of Tie silver coinage.
But he has been on more sides
Of financial questions than any
other man. Anything is posi-
bic Wi h him as financicr.
Tie decision of Judge Hughes,
last week, that the title 10 the
Arlington estate could he tried
in suit of the Zee heirs a.
gainst the Government agtlt
residing on The proiaertr. seems
10 be in accordance with COM
mon sense. ] here manilcsily
ought TO be some way in which
such Il question between the
Govcrllnl( and the citizen
could be settled. This case will
probably be heard in July. In
all similar cases the decision has
been against the Government,
ana there is no reason TO an
ilclpatc 4 different result IN this.
That remarkable young man,
Mccormick, Commissioner Gen
eral TO the Paris Exposition,
sent of the other day one Of
the ships designed TO carry A
mcrican products for exhibition.
He so overloaded the craft with
dead-Ecad passengers that there
was room Tor only BALI The esti-
mated cargo. Probably most
Of the passengers were newspa-
per correspondents, sent over
with instructions not to men
ton Mccormick in their letters
home. Mccormick always was
4 modest man. Nothing an
noys him so much as seeing his
name i'll print.
The speaking in the Senate
of late has been of a high order.
There has been no better in
years, and a few Senators, by in
dulging in little personal wran-
giles, have made still more. no.
ticcablc the utteranccs or rcal-
ly able men. a
Governor Kellogg, of Lou
isiana, says the charge against
Madison Wells, of the Return
ing Board Of that State, is not.
identical with that against An
derson, and that the release of
the latter does not necessarily |
affect the case of Wells. The
general impression is, however,
that we have seen the last seri- |
GUS effort 10 punish any Of the
subordinate rogues in the great |
Presidential swindle of 1876 and |
1877.
Senator Howe will next Mon
day speak on a resolution yes
tcrday introduced by him. The
resolution called for information
concerning Whitaker, the
Judge who presided at the trial
of Anderson, and who was form
erly a Federal officer. 1t is sup
posed that Senator II. will at
tack the Administration with
whatever force he can command,
and hat other and ADLER Sena-
tors will follow.
The ANIMAL Pension appro-
priation hill was reported yes-
trrday. The amount named is
Il Ii. tic less than thirty millions,
and is q slight increase over the
appropriation Of last year. One
section OF The bill provides for
lhc abolition of all Government
agencies for the payment of pen
sions, and makes them payable
directly from the Treasury.
This part Of the bill will hardly
receive the required vote at this
session, though much may be
said in its favor, AUSTIN.
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