The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-15
Washington Letter.
tFrom our regular Correspondent. ]
Washinpton. ID. G.. Mnv. l2t

lneTe SpeIilS 10 Dc no uOuDU JnAJ the
President will sign the separate bill
prepared by the Democratic caucus
and promptly passed, and when
he does the army appropriations
will be Immediately put through.
Very likely the whole matter will be
disposed of before the end of the week.
There will,then remain the legislative
appropriation bill, with its anti
marshal clause, to he acted upon.
| How far the Democrats will care to ex-
| tend the contest over that branch of
the subject there is at present no very
clear indication. Nobody expects the
| President to sign the bill abolishing
supervisors and marshals, and it may
be that we shall have prolonged con-
test over it; but 1 have heard it in
timatod that there is feeling among
the Democrats that, with the army in
its proper place, they can take care of
the marshals. lfa company of United
States troops comes to the polls to
''regulate" an election, nobody is
going to resist them, and they can
have things their own way; but when
it comes to lot of marshals appointed
by one party to stand around to influ
cnce and arrest voters of the other
party, they think they can undertake
to dispute their Authority and take the
matter into the courts.
This is the talk have heard quietly
among some Democrats lately, and
based upon the theory that the super
visors law will not he repealed. If,
therefore, the Democratic members of
Congress take this view of the case, it
is not at all likely that they will make
very desperate fight for the repeal.
They believe that the people are with
them in the desire to have such laws
wiped out but having accomplished
something by the act prohibiting the
use of the army, there will probably be
some difference of opinion among
them concerning the advisability of
extreme measures to secure the rest of
their programme. I am talking now
of the probabilities from the Democratic
side. Many of the Republicans do hot
like to have the President sign the
caucus bill, but the general impression
among them is that he will do so, and
perhaps it may have been done by the
time this letter reaches you. Nobody
can tell, three days in advance, what
politicians will do, especially where
neither side is able to do just what it
wants to- but the indications now are
that the session will end about the 1st
of June. Either that, or we shall
have Long Parliament" - con-
tinuous session until the end OF this
Congress.
The Senate has decided to open the
kellogg case, or, at least, to have an
investigation into the manner of his
election, and the means used to secure
that end. Charges of bribery have
| been brought, and it is not believed
there will be any effort to unseat Kel-
logg unless these are sustained, though
the Democrats contend that, other
| things ali aside, he was not elected by
legal Legislature, the body that
| elected having shortly after disbanded,
! and Packard, who signed his certifi-
cate, having never been Governor.
But | don't think there is any purpose
to oust Kellogg on these grounds now,
and if the charge of bribery is dis
proved he will retain his seat. Kel-
| lOgg fought hard against the invest
CATION. The time may be somewhere
in the dim distant future when there
will be no kellogg case" in the
United States Senate, but it is a long
while since such state of things eX-
listed.
The s1uatter invasion of the Indian
Territory is occupying the attention OF
the Administration, as it may well do
The Attorney General at the last
>-,."In-o AIIvvtIIiS, SdNra SerUaI opinion
that, under the treaties of 1866 with
the Creeks and SeminOles, by which
the lands were surrendered in conse-
quence of the desire of the Government
to locate civilized Indians and free
men thereon, the lands were not open
to white settlers. Considerable time
was spent in discussing the authority
to use the military to prevent the in
vasion under the recent restrictive
legislation of Congress. 1t was, how
ever, agreed that the law authorizing
the Superintendent of Indian Affairs
to call upon the military to assist him
in ejecting intruders was unimpared,
and that q very general request for
that purpose would be sufficient au-
th0rity for military intervention
and that every effort should be put
forth 10 prevent the squatters from
obtaining permanent toothold there.
| The reported discovery of silver mines
was wholly discredited being regarded
as a canard to aid the scheme of
invasion. The latest reports indicate
| that, in view of the active measures
taken by the Government, the squat
| ters Will not attempt to go into the
Territory in body, but will break up
into small squads and cross the line at
various points. The point Of destina-
tion is the lands lying north and
south of the north fork of the Canadian
near the centre of the Territory.
Dom PEDRO.