The Hartford herald., 1879-03-19

was finally agreed that they shall be
appointed by the acting President, by
and with the advice and consent Of the
Senate. As the Senate is now Demo-
cratic, decencv will have to be OBJ
served in filling the appointments.
Among the more important measures
that failed are the legislative, execu-
tive and judicial appropriation bill !;
the army bill, the bill 10 establish pos
tai savings banks; the Indian trans
fer bill. and the railway telegraph bill.
The latter passed the Senate as sep
arate proposition, and went through
/ the House as an amendment To- the
army appropriation bill, but it finally
failel in the Senate ON account of dis
agreement over other featuIeS of the
bill. Both houses were really favOra-
bic to establish tele raph competition.
The heavy manner in which the
House sat down upon the BRAZILIAN
subsidy scheme surprised nobody ac-
quainted with the situation Lots of
people don't agree with Blaine and
some others that national prosperity or
thrifty trade with Brazil depends
upon steamship subsidies, though all
can see how this bill would have been
a good thing for John Roach and his
ass ciates. Taken altogether, the
lobby has not f;,red especially well at
the hands of the Congress just closed.
The tumult and excitement of the
winding up Of one Congress has scarce
ly sub>iGed before we enter upon the
still more lively and engrossing events
of an exciting contest for the Organi-
zaiion of another. The time inter-
vening is 80 short, and the interest in
the contest SO great. that most of the
reelected members from distant
States remain in Washington to "hOld
the fort" as it were. A large proper
ton of the new members are already
on hand, and every train will bring
scores of persons who hoIe to be ben
Gifted bv the reorganization. 1t is es
timated tha, from ten to fifteen thous-
and seekers after position will arrive
within the next twelve days. Candi-
dates for the Secre;aryship of the Sen
ate-the best office in the gift of the
body-are already quite numerous.
and it is impossible to form any relia-
bic estimate of the probabilities. Hon.
Harvey Watterson, Of Kentucky;
Hon. A. NJ. Waddell, of North Car
olina. and Hon. ". 5. Stenger. of
Pennsylvania. are among the most
prominent. But the Speaker,hip of
the House is likely TO he the most i'm
r0rtant contest. The Greenback men
have been figuring around and claim
to have twenty-one members, in which
case they would hold the balance of
power. But it is not generally believed
that they can muster any such
strength, Us an independent organiza
tion. The best posted political man
ayers, includin. Speaker Randall and
Col. Morrison, of Illinois, agree that
the Democrats will have Il clear major
tv of five over all, and if the Green
back vote divides according TO pre-
vious party predictions the majority
will be fifteen or more. There Is con-
siderable opposition TO air. Randall,
for the Speake,ship and combination
may be formed to beat him, but | will
NOT indulge in SpeculatiOns this week
rs to the result. 1t Is safe To say tie
successful man will be Il good square
Democrat. The probabilities as TO
Tie length of the session are being
discussed, and laele are reasons to be-
lieve it will extend to the first OF
June. PHoNo.