The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-04-05

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,ibits. II Is true that two hundred and sixty
millions Of per cent. bonds must be redeem.
ID yet nm equal amour Of four per cents have
Ir will be disposed of and the bulk of the /
transaction will be made by simply exchang- |
log one bond for another No considerable |
amount Of money will be required. There arc
few bonds presented to the Treasury direct for
redemption rs they come through the Nation.
al banks with whom the subscriptions for the
four per cents are on deposit If any banks
have Subscribed for bonds beyond their sales
thr.t is another question. They may bo forced
to sell at a larger discount than they can af-
ford, to close their account with the govern
ment.
Congress has now been in session nine days.
The 6bIcct OF the extra session was to passive
appropriation bills which might have been
disposed OF In three or {, ur days. The army
bill is the only one upon which some head,
way has been made, and which is practically
finished except the section relating to the use
Of troops at the polls. The bill excludes all
army reorganization, and is substantially the
same as was agreed upon in the last confer
ence committee excepting the clause regard
ing soldiers at the polls. 1t retains the rail
way telegraph clause exactly as passed by thC
House and amended in the ) nate. I his
passed yesterday without ndissenting vote as
, it did in TIE last Congress. 1t is regarded as
certain that It will pass the Senate and be
agreed to in conference. Tie hope Of the op-
/ Iouents Of his feature is In defeat ofthe bill
from Republicans who refused to agree to the
section about troops at the polls. In tact
there has been a general belief that the tact
that tho telegraph section was In the bill had
much more to do with the disagreement IL
conference than th' section regarding soldiers
M the polls. This opinion gained ground from
the earnest part which two members OF tn,
conference.-the a Democrat and one Re
publican took in defeating this proposition
looking to cheaper lelegrAphing. The stocl
Democratic amendment to reduce the army t,
fifteen thousand was offered again to day, bu
1t was, at once apparent that It has littlt
strength in this Congress being beaten b!
more than two to one. The Greenbacker
voted with the Republ cans on this prolosi
tion, but they drew he line in military AFFAIR
at smooth bore guns, and most Of them vote
with the Democrats against an appropriation
for changing them to rifles.
The slow progress of the legislation so IA
Is chiefly due 10 he adopted plan of ref rrins
every hing to caucus and to allow no individ
ual sentiment to prevail in shaping the laws
rhe Democratic caucus has decided that tn
Election laws shall be amended instead of r.
placed. They authorize two men, one al
pointed from either party, to cit by ut election
and see all ballots counted, bui IL the men di;
cover fraud 1t is merely u matter of enter ain
ment to them they will have no power t
prevent and there will be no law to punish II
The Grcen6lck parry wants third supeivi'
or appointed to represent Its inter'sis. Tn
probability is that this plano legisla ion ma
be adopted but there is Il so n possibility Ia
It cannot. The Greenbnck men with but Nv
exceptions will voc with the Republican
agatus, 1t which will leave the Democrats
bare majority of three in the House and it ma
be possible tlat there are some Democrat
WIo will no vote with their party On tn s
opositiun, particularly those who repr,
SO 1t close districts.
rhe Republicans Will use every Parlii
m 'ntnry resource to defeat this legislation
they Will debate it and tiIibus er and may /
a lie to demOralize the Democ, ats. The RI
pItlicans are united in this determination
whiic some of the Dcmocra are dissatlslic
e with the caucus action. Anoth, question /
will the President approve any such legisl'
ton? Many of the Republicans assert tina
he will not. The democrats have asserte
that they had assurances that such bi
would be approved. The Presi ent has re
e pcatedly denied this. and talks very plain
= to Republicans of intention to to veto a
: such nrovisi,ns. Rut Secretary Eyarts h,
q been in consultation with lea ling Dem,
d, crafts and has yivcn them much encourage
mont and IA Reuuh,icors yho bove called N
ON him he has advocated n liberal cotnuromis
That there will be n deadlock is quite certa
g if the democrats succeed in carry ing the
4 proposition through: and having u aced
limit upon legislation the session is likely
last several weeks. If not munth.. There n
many men of rxperience who believe that q
1. gis!a i've bill, II these amendments are a
tached, will not reach the President hcfU
tbelst ,rNToy
D. Tbe Irdiononolis dcsnotcbos N tho n,
nC York Ti,rcs ,riyinv the details If the indie
. ments. trials and compromises of MIR. Briul
Serveant.at. 4 ms of .hc Senate. have Great
'' n lively sensation here among the Dcrnucru
u They arc of such specifc character that I
le opn IN is general that the Senate will
II Obliged TO take notice of them. There is c,
n. sIdera ,le feeling over tn, fact that Senat,
in Voornecs and Mcdonald both OF whom We
! cognizant all the ,letaiIs This case, shot
Tor 5 nate Office whom they must hu
s. known would be at once nut man the del,
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