The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-06-04
washington Letter.

wv GGSU1LA COA S1LC1S
A DAY WITHOUT A YETo-wHY TT WAS
NOT FoRWARDED-THE OHIO GUBERNA-
TORIALe .NolGINATIoNs-NO ADJOURN
MENT PROBABLE BEFORE THE FOURTH
OF JULY-APPRoPRIATIo BILLS PURE
AND SIMPLE WILL PROBABLY PASS
THE SILVER BILL-FREEDMEN's BANK
INvEsTIGATIoN-A BILL TO APPOINT A
PUBLIC PRINTER. ITS
WASHINGTON, d. c., May Goth, 1879.
To the Editor Of the Morristown Gazette
The anticipated veto did not come
yesterday but it is confidently expected
to-day. 1t is said that the President
Withheld it because he would not have it
said that he sent it in for political effect
on the Cincinnati nominating conYen-
ton, which yesterday nominated Ex-
Representative Charles Foster for Gov
ernor of the mother of modern presi-
dents. Mr. Fosters nomination caused
considerable surprise here, and the pre-
vailing opinion among Democrats is that
Gen. Rice or Gen. Thos. Ewing will be
the nominee of the Democratic Conven-
ton which will assemble on the 4th.
proximo. $50.
There has been formal effort to fix
the day of adjournment on June 10TH,
but there is much opposition to go early
day, and the unsettled condition OF
legislative business will almost certainly
make a longer session necessary, and
there will probably be no adjournment
before the fourth of July.
The Ways and Means committee yes
terday adopted a resolution fixing the
of TY1na ho 10 nf ,s1 mont
and it will probably be reported to the
House to-day. Chairman Wood brought
the resolution before the committee and
on motion of Mr.. Phelps, the 10th OF
June was inserted. Mr.. Conger moved
| to insert proyiso requiring the appro-
| priation bills to be passed before adjourn
ment, but the chairman refused to con-
slider it on the ground that it was the
| privilege of the House to make cendi-
| lions, if it chose; the duty of the com
| mittee was simply to fix q date. Mr.
| FELTON, expressed himself in favor of the
! passage of all necessary appropriations
| before adjourning 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 ad'
| journment until the supplies are appro'
| priated. Other members of the commit
tee supported the resolution on the
ground that it might facilitate adjourn
ment Mr.. Morrison said the House
could certainly determine what to do by
| the date fixed and then9work up to it.
The talk over the resolution did not in
dictate any great degree Of confidence in
an adjournment by the 10th of mex
month. Il
The Warner silver bill will be taken
up by the Senate at an early day. Sena
tors Wallace, Jones, Beck, and VOORHEES,
are earnest advocates of it, and MAORI
| ty of Senators insists that the bill shall
| be reported, and should the Committee
| on Finance decide otherwise, a motion
will be made to discharge them from its
| consideration and bring it before the
| Senate. 1t may be that desire for ar
early adjournment will lead Senators t.
fOrego a debate, but there is just as good
reason to predict that a long discussion
will arise upon the bill.
Senator Bruce's committee on investi
gatien of the Freedmen's bank met yes
terday. Mr.. Alvord, ex-President of the
bank, was present, but it was decided tC
defer his examination until a careful ex
animation of the books OF the concern
had been made by experts. The books
are in such frightful condition that II
| will require some time to get at What
they show. The purpose is to have all
the facts they contain before the com
mittee when the examination of Alvord
is conducted: Senator Bruce is deter
mined to make this investigation thor.
4 ough and complete, and in this deter
| mi1ation 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 prin.
! ter, is this: The committee has decided
| to substitute for the Knott bill the fol
| lowing: ''That the Senate shall elect
some competent person, who shall be 9
practical printer, to take charge of and
J manage the government printing office;
that the person so elected shall be deem
| ed an officer of the Senate, and shall be
designated Congressional Printer He
shall superintend the printing and bind
4 ing of the journals and such other dOcu
ments 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
| govesnment now required by law to DC
executed at the government printing Of
fee, and shall, in ali respects, be govern
i ed by the laws in force in relation to the
superintendent of public printing and
the execution of the printing and bind,
ing; that from and after the passage OF
/ this act, and the election of Congress
siOnal printer in pursuance thereof, the
Office Of superintendent of public print
| ing shall be abolished; and the salary OF
the said office shall be at the rate Of
$4, 900 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 hasio hand, aud make af1davli
| as to its correctness. The committee
also decided when the bin is reported tC
allow the original Knott bill to be offer
ed as substitute. c. A. 8.