Daily globe., 1879-03-24
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Especial Telegram to the Globe
WASHINGTON, March 23.-What Congress
will do during this extra session has been al
absorbing subject to both parties. Th
Democrats have felt tho necessity of som
well defined planning in order to produc
unity of action and method. Such plal
was definitely agreed upon yesterday in join
session of the House and Senate steerin,
committees. The session began at l:
o'clock Yesterday morning, and did not enc
uutil 4:S0 in the afternoon. The result O
the deliberations may oe briefly stated Al
follows:
That thos" portions of the election law
which provide for the appointment of two
supervisors of election, one from each
political party, and prescribing theil
duty to perform purely the ministerial
act of watching the counting of votes
shall be retained as they are
bat the law shall be so modified as to pro-
vide that such supervisors shall not have
police powers or power to make arrests, but
shall supervise simply the count OF votes for
representatives and delegates in Congress
and make report thereof to the court ap-
pointing them. These measures, it was
agreed, shall be incorporated in the first in
stance upon the appropriation bills. These
bills, according to the programme, shall be
She first measure considered and have pri-
ority of all other matters, but in the mean
time general legislation may be considered
ana passed. always, however, giving way for
confederation Of tbn
When all these bills are finally passed the
special session will adjourn. At the caucus
there were seven Senators and eleven men,
hers Of the House.
TISSUE BALLOTS
The joint committee, in addition to other
matters, discussed the section in regard to
prohibiting the use Of marked ballots, or
tiasuo ballots, or any ballot which would de-
atroy the secrecy of election in Congress
sional or Presidential elections. 1t met the
views Of almost every member.
The two branches of the caucus commit
tee found great difficulty in coming to a
conclusion on the subject of general l5gisla-
ton and finally they agreed to disagree. The
House COMMITTEES was very persistent that
before these appropriations could bs intro
ducea in the House and after they had been
sent to the Senate the House should be per-
mltted TO engage in any legislation which
The majority should agree to take up.
Among the bills mentioned as of pressing
necessity are the yellow fever bill relative to
the cattle disease, and similar measures In
the Senate committee, however, every mem-
ber except Thurman opposed any general
legislation whatever.
TARyCF
Among the schomes of general legislation
70 lse proposed in the House, there will be an
attempt to tinker at the tariff and at finances.
With the exception of Thurman, the Sena-
tors solidly oppose any such legislation, but
the House will have it's own way in this mat
ter, and will insist that committees be an
pointed and general legislation entered upon
and continued till the appropriation bills,
with the political amendments, shall have
been disposed Of, Or some compromise ar
ranged.
RAILROAD TELEGRAPH.
Mr.. Charles A. Tinker, manager of the
Baltimore 4 Ohio Railway company's teIe-
graph lines, has arrived, having completed
two tirst-cia wires between Baltimore and
Washington, thus giving that road direct
telegraphlc connections through to St.Louis,
Chicago and Pittsburgh for commercial bu-
siness. This company propose to receive all
the business they can when Congress passes
the frea telegraph bill. 1t Is understood that
other roads are TO join them in giving to the
country cheap telegraph service. Several
memorials have reached here from points in
the West praying Congress to stand by the
railroad telegraph bill. Other memorials
are on the way. One is expected to reach
here to-day from Chicago. They will proba-
bly, be presented in the Senate on Monday
Or Tuesday.
CLARENCE KING.
The Democratic Senators are of opinion
that Clarence King will be confirmed as di-
rector of the new bureau of geological and
geographical surveys. Some of the most
prominent friends of Prof. Hayden, most
active competitor for the place, express their
opinion thnt there is no doubt as to Kings
htness. The fact that he is acceptable to
the engineers gives him much strength
FITz JOHN PORTER.
There are some reasons for the belief that
the opinions expressed by the Fitz John
Porter court of inquiry are, if noe full vim
dication, of such character as to materially
modify the findings of the first court.
Nothing is said in regard to the matter
either at the White House or at the war de-
partment, but in some way the friends of
Porter have obtained such intimations az
give them great satisfaction.
PERSONAL.
Speaker Randall is very busy considering
the qualification of new members for COM
mittee places. It took Speaker Kerr five
weeks to appoint committees, when tho num-
Der OF new members was much less than it
now is. 1t is Randall's desire not to appoint
the committees until near the end of the
session, If no is obliged to appoint them al
all, but the commands of the caucus are
likely to be too strong for him.
THE ARMY BILL
Inc war department has some concern al
the threatened defeat of the army bill unless
the Republicans consent to the repeal of the
federal election laws. A letter received By
the war department. from Col. Walsh, who is
in command of tho Canadian mounted 90
lice on the Dakota frontier reports that Sit.
ting Bull and his warriors are show
ing very ugly and insubordinats
disposition. They have made n,
movement as yet toward the boundar,
line, but as soon as spring opens serious
trouble is apprehended. Col. Walsh esti
mates the strength of Sitting Bulls band al
1000 all told. of whom $500 are warriors
we'll armed and equipped. In order to guarc
against the apprehended raid of these In
dians across the frontier, aud possible at
tack upon forts Stephenson, Bufora anc
Soften, 1t has been decided by Gen. Sher
man to transport the Eighteenth infantry
Col. Ruger, now at Atlanta, to Bismarck
Dakota, as speedily as possible, and thenc
distribute it to such points along the borde
as may be threatened or seem to need de
fence. Two companies of artillery, now a
Charleston, have been ordered to Atlanta t.
take charge of the barracks there.
St.Louts Municipal Nom inntions.
ST. LOUIS, March 23.-The Democrat