Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-06-04
[Fron Our Regular Correspondent
Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON. d. c.. MAY % 1870

The anticipated veto did not come yes
terday, but it is confidently expected to
day. 1t is said that the president withheld
it because he would not have it said tha
he sent it in for political effect on the
Cincinnati nominating convention, which
yesterday nominated Ex-Representative
Charles Foster for governor of the mother
of modern presidents. Mr.. Fosters nom
nation caused considerable surprise here
and the prevailing opinion among demo
Gratis is that Gen. Rice or Gen. Tbos
Ewing will he the nominee of the demo
cratic convention which will assemble on
the 4lh proximo.
There has been formal effort to fix the
day of adjournment on June 10Th. but
there is much opposition to so early a day,
and the unsettled condition of legislative
business will almost certainly make n
longer session necessary, and there will
probably be no adjournment before the
4th of July.
The ways and means committee yester-
day adopted a resolution fixing the 10th
of June as the day of adjournment, and it
will probably be reported to the House to.
day. Chairman Wood brought the reso.
luton before the committee and on motion
of Mr.. Phelps, the 10th of June was
inserted. Mr.. Conger moved to insert
proviso requiring the appropriation bills
to be passed before adjournment, but the
chairman refused to consider it on the
ground that it was the privilege of the
House to make conditions, if it chose; the
duty of the committee was simply to fix
date. Mr.. FELTON, expressed himself in
favor of the passage of all necessary ap-
preparations before adjournng and, in
fact said he would not vote to adjourn
until that should be done. Mr.. Gibson
said he would vote for the resolution, but
he would not vote, in the House, for adj
journment until the supplies are appropri.
ated. Other members of the committee
supported the resolution on the ground
that it might facilitate adjournment. Mr..
Morrison said the House could certainly
determine what to do by the date fixed
and then work up to it. The talk over
the resolution did not indicate any great
degree of confidence in an adjournment bv
the 10th of next month.
The Warner silver bill will be taken up
by the Senate at an early day. Senators
Wallace, Jones, Beck and Voorhees, are
earnest advocates of it, and majority of
senators insist that the bill shall be re-
ported and, should the committee on
finance decide otherwise, Il motion will be
made to discharge them from its consider
alton and hiring it before the Senate. Ii |
may be that desire for an early adjourn
ment will lead senators to forego debate,
but there is just rs good reason to predict
that long discussion will arise upon the
bill.
Senator Bruce's committee on investiga- |
ton of the Frecdmen's Bank met yester !
day. Mr.. Alvord, ex-president of the |
bank, was present, but it was decided to
defer his examination until IL careful
examination of the books of the concern |
had been made by experts. The books |
are in such II frightful condition that it |
will require some time to get at what they |
show. The purpose is to have all the facts |
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the examination Of Alvord is conducted. |
Senator Bruce is determined to make this |
investigation thorough and complete, and |
in this determination he is supported by |
the other members.
The position of the two bills pending |
before the House committee on printing,
with respect to the Office of public printer
is this: The committee has decided to |
substitute for the Knott bill the following
" That the Senate shall elect some COM
petent person, who shall be practical
printer, to take charge of and manage the
government printing Office; that the per-
son so elected shall be deemed an officer CT
the Senate, and shall be designated con-
gressional printer He shall superintend
the printing and binding of the journals
and such other documents as shall be
ordered by each House of congress, and
shall superintend the execution of all
printing and binding for the respective
departments of the government now re-
CURED by law to be executed at the gov
eminent printing Office. and he shall, in
all respects, be governed by the laws in
force in relation to the superintendent of
public printing and the execution of the
printing and binding; that from and after
the passage Of this act, and the election of
a congressional printer in pursuance
thereof, the Office of superintendent of
public printing shall be abolished; and
the salary of the said office shall be ut the
rate of $4,000 year" The committee
agreed in addition to amend the foregoing
bill so as to provide that the public printer
shall make an invoice once year of the
stock he has on hand, and make affidavit
us to its correctness. The committee also
decided to allow the original Knott bill to
be offered us substitute. c.
Those most opposed to the so-called
" Advanced Female cannot but read with
hearty pleasure the record of the first
special Women's Examination ~ of the