The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-02-08
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WAsHINGToN, ID. G.,
February 4th, 1879.

| The House yesterday added some
thing like q million dollars to the
Post Office appropriation bill, by
agreeing to amendments of the rad
zeal Senate. The House has so fal
in the session submitted to the dorhi
nation Of the Senate Oh all matters OIL
the kind, and the expenses of Tho
Government will therefore be for tho
next year greatly in excess Of what
they should be and even of what tho
House Appropriation Committee re
ported The direct result of this loose
way of doing business, unless check
ed, will be that the coming Democrat
ic Congress the 18th will find it.
self forced to restore the taxes on tea,
coffee and other articles, establish an
income tax, and in other ways make
the people and the party suffer. There
ought to be Democrats enough to re,
sist the tendency to extravaganza.
The House by decisive vote yes
terday passed bill imposing penal
ties for the importation of more than
fifteen Chinese to this country in any
one vessel.
Senator Edmunds has at last sue
ceeded in getting up his resolutions con-
corning the later or war amendments
to the Constitution. They, with the
substitute of Senator Morgan, which
affirms that the whole Constitution
is of binding force within its sphere,
will have long discussion. OF course
neither side will make any converts,
but great deal of campaign litela-
ture will be got ready for 1880.
The most striking event of the week
has been the eloquent speech of Sen
ator Hill, of Georgia, in which he de-
clared against the payment ofany so
called war claims, whether to what
were known as loyal or "disloyaln
Southern men. He contended not on
ly that it was impossible for the
Government to pay them, but that it
was Letter for the South that they
should not be paid.
There is already a quarrel as to the
raising Of the 100000 GOO necessary
for the payment Of what is known as
the arrears Of pensions, under the bill
lately passed and approved. The reg
ular pension appropriation bill for the
year gives some $30000,000, but that
money cannot be used for payments
under the arrears bill. 1t is said
there will be strong radical opposition
to the appropriation. Radicals, in
voting the bill through, were working
for popularity among the eX-soldiers,
but when they came face TO face with
the $50,0000G0 they seem to doubt
whether that much can be spared from
the bondliolders.
Much of interest has been develo,
ed in the last few days in the inves-
tigation of cipher and other kilograms.
1t is shown that VIM. f. Chandler
furnished the kilograms published in
the n. Y. Tribune and also those
which Gen. Butler had. A Senate
Committee clerk stole them from the
Committee room and gave them to a
Radical Congressman the Congress-
man gave them to high official who
turned them over to Chandler. The
thieying clerk, in accordance with
civil service reform as understood by
Mr.. Hayes, was given an important
Office abroad.
1t was also shown that p. NJ. Gen.
Tyner, then in Indiana, telegraphed
to lack Chandler, the Sec'y of the
Interior, that $4,000 would be given
for two Indian Agencies, and that
Chandler agreed to make the appoint
mehts. The money was used in the
Indiana campaign. This Was in 1916.
1t was also shown that the manage
ment of the Western Union Telegraph
Co. had delivered up to various radi-
cal politicians the originals of import
ant and presumably compromising
dispatches sent by them pending the
Florida and Louisiana electoral Ear.
gains.
1t is now authoratively stated that
Senator Christiancy of Michigan, will
! be made minister to Peru. He will be
succeeded in the Senate by lack
Chandler. Then the new Republic
can Senators will be Conkling, Plat,
Cameron. Logan, Carpenter, Hill, Of
Nevada. Chandler, and probably
PJmeroy, of Kansas, all Grant men
REX.
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