Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-14
The President and Congress.
EvIEw OF THE SITUATIO

Congress TO do any caucusing for the present
They will go ahead under the programme
mapped out by the caucus committee before
the military interference hill was passed. that is
t. pass the legislative BILL wait for the veto
which is expected; then pass the supervisors
ard depnty marshals repeal law In separate
bill, and the Jurors test oath IN another 1t Is
expected that the President Will veto them all.
Then one OF the two plans will be adopted
Either pass the disputed bill without the riders.
or pass joint resolution extending last years
appropriation bills until January next. II the
latter plan is adopted parting shot IS TO
be fired at tie President in the shape or
a Joint address from Congress to the President.
Under the rules & this De ss
swhen the Senate and House Of Representa-
dress to- to the President it shall be presented to
him In bis audience chamber by the President
OF the Senate In the presence OF the Speaker
and both houses"
suraIce, and that is that Congress will not ad-
journ without voting the supplies necessary to
conduct every branch OF the government.
FIGHTING THE NOMINATION OF R. STocKETT
MAT1HEws-A subcommittee of the Senate
committee on the Judiciary to-day heard Joseph
Hamblfne and VIM. B. Matchett, Of Washing
ton, and VIM. P. Wood, X-chief of the secret
service division of the Treasury, as witnesses
In support of an affidavit filed by Hambline
alleging that r. StOckett Matthews {whose
nomination for appointment as district Judge
Ior Maryland is pending before the committee)
took large fee some years ago for services
Which he never performed.
THE CASE OF SENATOR INGALs.-Messrs. l.,
E. Eggers and F. S. Stumbaugh, of Kansas ap-
peared before the Senate committee on prlvi-
leges and elections day and asked and were
tions of the memorial signed by them and
others, charging that the election OF Sena-
tor lngals was procured by bribery. The
committee I1a as tha has not yet decided whether
election made by the Kans IS legislature it is
advisable for the Z. s. Senate to institute any
furthur inquiry concerning 1t.
THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE - The
House committee on printing took up for con-
sderatiOn Representative Knott's bill provtd-
ing that the Senate shall elect a competent
person, who shall be experienced in the details
OF printing. to take charge Of and control the
the joint committee on printing to establish
schedule OF prices at which the work shall
be executed; such prices to be at
cost allowed for the same class for for
1875. Mr.. Hutchins, of washington, addressed
the committee at length in advocacy of the
measure, and Mr.; John D; Defrees, the public
printer, submitted In writing brief statement
In opposition to the proposition. The bill Will
be further considered by the committee on
Friday next: The matter OF printing the Glo-
lures OF the Treasury department during the
Forty-fifth Congress- was brought up, but
action was deferred.
PERsoNAL.-The report OF the illness of ex
Minister Schenck caused quite a rush of his
army of friends to his residence last night, but
they were relieved to find him not seriously Ill
but able to be up and about his house.
some admirable water color pictures of Vene-
seenes n py Ross are attracting at
gresham MacMahon, of Ohio, who has been at
MS nome IN Dayton for three weeks trying an
important law case, returned to his congress
Durn, OF Kentucky, democratic nominee for
governor is in the city. Edwin Cowles, the
editor and proprietor OF the Cleveland Leader.
Is IN .ne ne + Guy attending meeting OF the
which he is the President Ex-Congress-
man o Br1en, OF Indiana, was on the floor OF the
House to- day.
MR.. HERMAN, In the Senate to-day, advocated
the repeal OF the test oath and spoke against
the use OF the army at elections. He said the
courts have recently decided that no Juror can
DE required to criminate himself by admitting
MS participation In rebellion, as per section 500
but section S21 Is more Objectionable, as II
reposeS In judges even such a Judge as some
tlme ago Issued notorious midnight orders in
Louisiana, LOUISIANA, discretion almost unlimited in ex-
cludlng tnOse connected, even the most remotely.
with persons In rebellion. This statute practi,
cally results In excluding the best peOr1le Of
Snana SeI5ain ,, sections from the jury box, thus
oeplOraD!y degrading that important part of
the administration OF Justice by THROWING n
mo mo the hands OF ignorant and incompetent
nen: IL was farce to appropriate money to
aoininlster al justice In such One-sided manner.
fasslng 10 the clauses In regard to marshalS
and supervisors, Mr.. Herman spoke of the in
creas1ng power thrown into the hands OF the
deaerai government by its immense patronage
Nrif To- fI,an -
United States officers at Congressional elections
and the dangers to be apprehended therefrom.
Alluding to Senator WINDOWS remark that free
fraud and free mobs are dear to democrats
Mr.. Herman deplored the spirit in which such
assertions were made, and repelled them as
baseless. The democrats held dear the old
IDEAS OF falthfulness to constitutional princi-
pies.
THE REFUNDING CERTIFICATES find ready
sale here in Washington as elsewhere The
bond OF Postmaster Edmunds as depoSitary has
been increased from $40, 600 to SO, 900.
PAY OF LETTER CARRIERs.-The House COM
mittee on appropriations have agreed to bill
providing for cities of $1,000 Inhabitants and
over, two classes of letter carriers, the first to
in Cities under nonuaton a ssoo s calrieps ner
mum. Auxiliary carriers at $40O may be desig-
mated by the Postmaster General in any city,
and substitute carriers at the nominal sum of
81 pOI WIZ Sudu ICCCNC UuC pIO IdUa
pay Of regular carriers. The service may be
extended to any city Of not less than 10000
provided 1t shall not interfere with
the free delivery In any city where it now ex-
lists. The bill apprOpriates $131 300 for the in
crease of pay for the next fiscal year. and
S25, 600 for the deficiency OF carriers In second
class cities during the present fiscal year.
SPECIMENS OF ARTIfICIALLY MATCHED ROCK
FISH have been received by the fish Commits
sion. The work was done by representatives
Of the commission at AvOca, at the mouth of
The ChOWan river, in Moth Carolina This is
the first well instance of the ar
tifcial propagation OF the rock-fish The
Matching Is done much more rapidly than In
The case OF the Shad.
return of the commerce of Japan furnished to
the Department of State by MIR. Stevens.
charge, the imports of that country exceeded
[he exports by nearly million OF dollars The
export OF coin and bullion amounted to over
100000; exceeding the imports by about
100000.
NAVAL ORDERs-AsSistant PaymaSter C. l.
Lewis to duty at the naval station, New Lon
aon, Connecticut, relieving Paymaster j. II.
stevenson from that duty. PaymaSter Steven
sOn soc VIII continue on duty as paymaSter at the
New York navy yard.
iHE FOLLOWING IS THE LIST OF PATENTS
granted to citizens of Maryland, Virginia and
lne District OF Columbia, issued and bearing
a