Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-04-16
Our Washington Letter.



nearly barren Of incidents worthy Of note in Con-
gress, and members have had an opportunity to
rest after the exciting and somewhat fatiguing
debate Of the week previous.
THE HOUSE, COMMITTEES
were announced by the Speaker yesterday, and
the more active business Of the session will now
be entered upon at once. The committees are
made up about after the fashion OF those OF the
last Congress, with some slight exceptions in in
dividual instances. Among the democrats the al
most universal opinion TO be Of satisfaction
at the fairness shown by the Speaker to those
members who opposed his reelection. The three
principal committees are headed by the same
men who were charmen last session, viz: Hood
OF ways and means, Atkins OF appropriations. and
Knott Of judiciary. The ways and means COM
mittee Is made up in favor of free trade; the
banking and currency committee are majority
for soft money, free coinage and adjustment OF
the national banks Only two of its members,
Messrs. Chittenden Of New York, and Grape Of
Massachusetts,, are pronounced hard-money men,
and must seem decidedly lonesome along with the
nine infatonists The coinage committee is also
in favor OF silver and will no doubt work to get
free silver bill through this session, The appro-
priations committee Is especially able In its make
up, having General IIawley Baker Of Indiana and
Monroe OF Ohio, among Its Republican members;
and Blackburn Of Kentucky and Mcmahon among
the democrats The Pacific railroad committee
Is understood to be inimica to subsidies and will
therefore hardly prove popular with Texas Pacific
interests, and much less 30 with the Northern
Pacific, as there are enough Southern men upon
IL to defeat the extension OF the Northern Pacific
company's charter II the claims of the Texas Pa
cifc are ignored. Although the craftsmanship of
the committees are equally divided between the
North and the South, twenty-five to each, yet it
| IL noticeable that the best committees are as
| signed to Southern chairmen.
The Vermont delegation has no reason to COM
pain at their positions upon committees, as they
| have been very well placed. Colonel Joyce is
upon two important committees, those OF post
offices and post-roads and public expenditures
Money OF Mississippi, is chairman OF the first,
and Finley Of Ohio, of the other. The post-ofiice
committee is sound on the subsidy question, and
| has for Republican members, besides the Colo
mel, General Ketcham of New York, General
| Bingham Of Pennsylvania and Stone Of Michigan.
Bingham is also upon the committee on public
expenditures, and has the reputation OF ability
and culture. Mr. Barlow is on the committee on
State Department. Mr.. Goode OF Virginia is
chairman of the first, and Clymer OF Pennsyl-
vania, Of the other. Major Tyler is upon the
committee on war claims, Of which General Bragg
of Wisconsin, is chairman, along with Governor
| Carpenter Of Iowa.
The action OF the House to-day in deciding to
have session on Monday next gives an oppor
tunity for the introduction Of the numerous
INITIATION SCHEMES
which have been Matching ever since the session
commenced and may be considered not only as a
victory for the greenbackers, but as proving that
a majority OF the House are for imitation to a GER
tain degree. The vote was one hundred and eight
to one hundred and iye-barely three majority
| for Mondays session. Monday is set apart as
private bill " day, and during the present ses-
sion an adjournment has always been had from
Saturday to Tuesday, until to-day. The commit
| tees being made up, and the programme duly
| prepared, flood Of financial bills will now be
| forthcoming The action Of the House yesterday
in adopting rule allowing the committee on
banking and currency to report at any time is
| still further proof that finance will now take
precedence over party politics in the debates Of
the House, for time at least In fact, 1t is be-
ginning to be felt that the majority in the House
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and frarrh, with disaster IN tho busness interests
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pair the national credit But already nearly every
member who has n preepback constituency il en-
paped in preparinp financial bill of some kind
Cenoral Warner oI Ohio has a hill which be will
offer IN provide for the unlimited free coinage of
silver He will also nresent n hill nrovidino for
the substitution Of national hank notes for legal
tenders. He has hardly confidence enough in il
bimse,f IN be,ieve that .ncb n hill can he nassed
this session. Int he thinks the result will be the
annointman, NJ n Conversational commission n
| inuuire into the subject. and that next winter an
active effort will he made IN wine ont the ma.
tional hanks The more radical of the soft mon.
eyites. however. believe that all of their widest
dreams of initiation will he realized this session
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Of the Dosse co,njtats ON election DAYS for the ex
ecution of civil processes of all descriptions issue,
, nv limited States authority Several other pro
visions of the bill were also considered as oh
iectionahle and in need Of essential amendment
which will he offered in the Senate during tn
coming week From the tenor of the remarks To
aav n seems nrohable that n large number q
sneecbos will Ina made unon the hill ON both side
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