, 1879-07-01
NOTES AND NEWS.

Grttff} Dtspntth to The 41ioHra.
WAsn1HaroN, D. T., June. 33.-Rcpsoacntnttvo.
William A1lrlch, Of Chicago, las obtained from
tlle Secrctary Of the Nary au extension Of ttmo
for the appointment OF Ills cadet midshlpman at
Annapolis. lie Mill al The vagancy By CON-
petttlyc examination to bo held III Chicago
about the middle of July. By this tl,cans tho
district Will securo competent lad for tho
p'ace, md uil The competitors will be spared tho
large expense Of d Journey to Washington for
examination, with posAiblo chance Of failure.
THE aILvER QUESTION.
Not satisfied With The rl0ae struggle Of Satur-
tlay, the silycr lnen Of thu Senate attempted
again to-day to pass vcst's resolution declaring
tint complete reconciliation OF silver Is de-
manicd alike by t1c dictates OF Justice and wtso
statcsmanah!p. But the nttemlpt failed, for
wtshout auy debate Alllson'a motion 10 Ecfcr
the resolution to the Commtttco on Finance was
aereed to by yca and nay vote Of Is to 2.
The Republicans voted so'dlY to rcteE the reso"
luton, antl wsra aided ny four Defhocrats,-
Dayarsa, Easoa, Kesnaa, and Vhyte. The .
negative votes Ncro made up Of tho South
efn aiid Westetn Democrats, 8aulshury hotag
the BllSlu Eastern Utnocrut voting no. bub-
se9uontly bailey and ilaalpos,w who wore nbsons
ut ttlu roit-culf, ann0uncud uIat tIad ttle3 hecR
present they would haTt voted against tho fufer-
curc, but their votes would hare beoa offset bY
1ropmu anst Mcmillan, who stateu il!At had tsley
bscn prestnt tlleY would BAYS 1otcd H. favor VI
the reference, Uf those Absent only four Wcro
paired.
CONFIRMED.
To ths 1vtstrtl Astoctalhd f'resa.
WABrIN0TON, d. t., June 3+-Ihc heunta
confirmed Benjamin Harrison, lndtanapoIs:
James u: Eats, Civil Engineer, g. Louis; 3.
asorgan uarrod. Clril Engineer, Now cleans;
Lieut.Eo, Quincy T.. utttnorr, Maj. CyEls b.
CoMstock. md Mai. Charles K Sutert United
ktnt, Enu{1&ee ftkrna4 and HnnFY MITCHELL. Hf
tic Coast alIll titodottc Hurrty, tU oc members
Of tho httsssappl River Commission.
Rscciyrrs Ut Public Monsya-Lem1s Hanback,,
At sn'ioss Kas,: T. J. jenkins, at Concordin,
postmastsrs-o. q. Wall, at Lauesborough,
blln1l.
iulian Agonts-Wllii.m D. r. Andsus, Of H.
iinos, iaukton, Dakota. AqeucI; Goosgo L.
Davenport, ut Iowa, bAc and Fox Agency.
AFro1s1AnhTs
Tho President notnin1sed Col. uoratlo @.
Wright fnE Chlrf OF Engineers, with this rank
Of BrsEsdicr-urue1as, Yico Gen. Humphreys, TO-
tired.
sss4ros Bxck TALKS.
8psei4t 10 LthctHhatt CbaknEfetoi.
WAsulNuroN, jun1 Ex-senator Beck. Of
Kentucky, ID 4 VtEJ c&ndfd man. II will bo ro-
1uambcred that at the eloao Of last session be let
tits cat ous al sla Democratic BAG. much to tho
chaggtn and modification ot Ald colleagues, BY
announcing thu Democratic pFoGramur. anI ha
did 80 many tndscteet thlnga that ho lad tluslly
to ba auppreA4ed oy the caucus. To-day he
suaus y stulup speech Ia s.Ftet eaE, uHl l1a1
ior 'his audience smonx o,hera iwo lsepub-
llcau Cougrexstnep, ua vas shustlns hle
teuH'Dnmocruta for backing uown, ahl
explained tt,at be WIS 4 Inst disehtr,
Au said That the difficulty With the Democratic
party alxays had been lack Of baekbonc;, that
It waa Zach Chandler'S cheating Mid uemo-
cratic lack Of backbone tint put Republican
President hero to lntcrfe1c by hsa yotocs NTH
the programme Of tho Democratic party. splaA
Neakncls was tho sourrc Of all democratic Eus~
fortunes, au4 It was neTer shpwn.s 70 such % X.
trausdlaary degree Al now. "Ous folks," said
Beck, "went Ia lIka tho roaring lou. Non, ha
sad, "tt1sy arc cooiug Ifko tho doTe. They
talked blk, but their hearts were saying all tiso
while: III the Republicans don't back down,
w wt[1.'" Beck explained tflAt It MAJ
tho duty Of CongressMen to carry out thu
will Of the people, regardless Of petsopal dis
comfort. Il was tho wilt OF to peopte IL hafo
the Election luws repealed, aud the Dclnocrats1n
ConKrt4s should stay hers forever ~ aeeofapfnh
IL. "But," continued Beck, 'wo Mill hafo nc
backing dowa next wluter whom ~o Try this
agaiu. Ilcra 4re NO elections thEa year tu make
tls repeal ut theae laws necessary, but noxs year
10 must prepare for .le next Congsrasioaxi and
Presidential campaign, a1d, III osdes u sesurs :
Democrats victory, thcso laws must bo -.
peaIed. TAe last tlme," continued Beck "zaeA