Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1878-04-04
Our Washington Letter.

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Special Correspondence Of the oBsrsrrn
WAsHiNcToN, DC, Mch. %, 'T8
Senator llill yesterday eroke
on the terms Of settlement be-
tween the Government and the
Pacific Railroads. lie takes
the same grounds as Senator
Iatthews, in opposition 70 a
bill prepared and reported by
the Senate Judiciary Commit
the Senator Thurman briefly
replied. Senator Bailey speaks
sn the subject to-day. and there
as 4 prospect that nearly every
Senator will be drawn into the
discussion. The theory of the
Senate bill is that new terms
may be imposed upon the road,
and that, to protect the Gov
erDmcnt in the advances of
bonds made to the road, new
terms are necessary.
The Senate Committee on
FoEeign Affairs, has restored 10
the Consular and Diplomatic
bill, most of the items of OK
J,cnditlnc struck ont by The
HOUSE, and restored all salaries
tethc old standard. BY and by
sherc will be Committees Of
Conference and The House will
yield. There is no good reason
why tie House should yield.
anight with prOpr ETY. have
reluced expenses in that branch
OF the public service much more
Shan it did. But it has a way
of yielding TO the Senate. That
habit cut down a Democratic
majority OF seventy in the 44th
Congress 10 ten in the 45th, and
cost the party tens of thousands
of votes throughout The United
States. Voters very naturally
ipquire what advantage there
is in sub tituting orc party for
another if one is as profligate in
its expenditures as the other is.
Senator Blaine, precciving
his mistake in even indirectly
opposing the payment of the
Fisheries award, on Tuesday
said that as we were bound in
honor to pay it, bait he spoke
forcibIy against allowing the
present state of Things TO con-
iinne, as we might in fire years
again be called upon to pay as
great a sum, and then, as now,
without receiving any consider
able benefit il return. The SEN
ator has made a study of our
northern relations, and if a spc-
cial Senate Committee is TO be
appointed 10 consider them, as
seems desirable, he should be its
chairman. In thc House, If Ike
slction is taken. Stephens, Of
1ia., Glover, Of Mo, Potter, Of
y. Y, or Eden, of Indiana,
seems likely TO receive the hon
or. The object of the proposed
Committees is OF course to
bring about a better under
standing and closer commercial
relations between Inc people on
the tive sides of the line, Be
fore long,Sengto or Blaine thinks.
ahat line viii bc oblitcrated, and
The Committees, ifrightly made
,up, may hasten the day.
Two Pennsylvania Republic
can Representatives say that
Hayes and Sherman deceived
them The other day about an APP
.pointment. The wonder is that
iwo intelligent men-wc will
suppose ihtm 10 be intelligent
men-allowcd Hayes and Shcr-
1nan TO deceive them. Unless
We put some sort OF faith in
.mcn they cannot deceive us.
Senator .Ilamlin when he was
deceived by the same party,
had. so far as Hayes was con-
cerned, the excuse that he had
no acquaintance with the man
and had n right to think him
honest. That was on the 18th
OF March, 1877. The Senator
then spoke on stack Of reports
of the Senate p. O. Committee
/. that he would never go near the
White House again. The two
Representatives from Pennsyl-
wanna have learned by examples
like this--ana they are very MI
,lnerous-tlsat it is Of no use to
expect fair treatment from the
administration. AUSTIN.