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e House then adjourned.
speculations as to the Veto.

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Speculations as to the Veto.
WASHINGTON, April 27.-Specula-
ton continues tonight with regard to
the probabilities of the action OF the
President on the army bill. The i'm
preston is widespread that the bill will
be returned to the President from the
War Department tomorrow with
suggestions the Secretary of War may
consider consistent with the public
interest and that it will be further re-
ferred to a special cabinet meeting to be
held tomorrow aftewo or regularly
on Tuesday. Inquiry tonight from
various sources fails to obtain any
official utterance as to the result OF the
Presidents consideration of the bill.
Conversion of Trade Dollars into Bullion.
WASHINGTON, April 26.-Secretary
Sherman appeared before the Coinage,
Weights and Measures Committee OF
the House to-day, and gave his views
relative to the conversion OF trade dol
lars into bullion. The value OF trade
dollars, he said, was greater than like
amount of bullion. Hence it would not
be possible to purchase coin for the pur-
pose of melting it into bullion. He
stated that small notes would be eX-
changed for fractional coins at the
Treasury Department at any time. The
bullion value OF trade dollars was 80
cents.
The Debate Closed.
WASHINGTON, April 26.-The political
debate i'm the House on the legislative
bill came TO an end this afternoon, and
the bill was passed exactly as it came
out of the Democratic caucus. The
closing hours of the debate developed
nothing new of argument and very little
of dramatic interest. The first test came;
on motion by Garfield to strike out all
political amendments. The Green
hackers voted with the Republicans, but
the Democrats had still six majority,
and refused to strike the amendments
out. On the final question of passing
the bill, with the amendments, all the
Greenbackers, except Barlow, of Yer
mont, voted with the Democrats, and
bill was passed by 40 to ll9. The bill
will be sent to the Senate on Monday,
and no man can tell how long the de-
bate will continue there. In the course
of the discussion to-day
Judge Kelley
Took the floor, mainly to reply TO Gar
field. After explaining his views as to
what was revolutionary, he ridiculed
Garfield's appreciation of himself i'll his
best vein. He said that the gentleman
from Ohio had referred frequently and
oft to the number of times in which his
speech on the Army Bill had been
quoted, and then he hkened him to
Owen Glendower, when he said: "At
my nativity the front of heaven was
full of fiery shapes, of burning cressets,
and at my birth the frame and huge
foundations of the earth shaked like n
coward" And then, taking 10 himself
the character OF llotspur, Kelley added:
"WhOso it would have done at the
same season if your mothers cat had
but kittened, though yourself had
never been born" This quotation
caused the greatest applause and laugh
ter on all sides.
Exports and Imports.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE excess
of exports over imports OF merchandise
for the twelve months ending March ],
1879, is $2S3, ,63l ,l32, against Sl99, 400, ,SO3
for the year ending March 81, 1873.
An Expected Veto.
WASHINGTON, April 2G.-It seems to
be generally conceded tonight that the
President will veto the Army Bill, and
the general impression is that the veto
message will be sent to the House on
Wednesday. A prominent Democratic
Senator said tonight that he had almost
positive reason to believe this, and had
been informed further that most OF the
veto message had been written ten days
Ii is stated that RObeson's argument
will be the basis of the veto. The spe-
cial point of that argument was that the
present law is not a military law, but
merely authorizes the civil authorities
to call upon military force to execute
civil laws.
The Lowe-Bogan Difficulty.
WASHINGTON, April 26.-Represcnta-
tive Lowe publishes a card this alter
noon in relation 10 his difference with
Senator Logan. The Representative
incorporates his letters 10 the Senator
delivered by Judge Pelham. The last
one is as follows:
WASHINGTON, ID. c., April >, 1879.
To Hon. John 4. Logan:
SIR-On the 2lst instant YOU pub
lished in the Republican, OF this city, a
communication containing words per-
sonally rejecting upon me. | have
twice addressed YOU a note, calling your
attention 10 this language. You have
| failed AMI refused 10 answer either OF
| them, and YOU thereby force me to the
last alternative. i therefore demand you
name some time and place out OF this.
| district, where another communication
will presently reach you. My friend,
Charles Pelham, Esq, is authorized 20
act for me in the premises.
Respectfully,
WM. VI. LOWE.
Colonel Lowe then concludes his card
as follows:
Thus ended this one-sided correspon-
dence. 1t needs little or no comment
from me. | will not brand John A.
Logan as liar, for he is a Senator OF the
United States. will not post him as
scoundrel and poltroon, for that would
De in violation OF the local statutes; but
| do publish him as one who knows how
| To insult but not how 10 satisfy gentle
man, and invoke upon him the N Is
ment of the honorable men oil the con-
munity.
West Virginia VigilAnteS.
PARKERsBURG, W. Va, April G.-The
Red Men have made another raid 70 the
upper end OF Jackson county. A man
named Shines was taken from his house
and severely whipped with hickory
withes. and ord cred to leave. He left
without further notice.
Railroad Accident
MmDLErowS, y. Y, April GA
freight train on the Erie road went down
an embankment between Howells and
0,isville, this afternoon. Eight cars OF
oil and four OF merchandise, burned.
The trains east and west were delayed
seven hours "
End Of the Walk at Gflmore'S
NKw York, April 6.-The % hour