The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-10-04
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
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Our Letter from WashinEtOns
The Outlook for TIE Coming Session Of Corr
grcss-- n Basy Time Antiefputed--A -Aeastres
hat t5iH Occupy the Attention Of Orr Wise
Solons--More Change Wanted, DC.
wAsHIEoroH, D. o., Septe ember 2S
In eight weeks Congress wittbe here again,
and until July politics and politicians will
rule the Hour. II is idle 70 speculate now
what Congress will do at hecoming session.
Ono thing can he discounted, and that it is
thnt it will be political session. Import
ant impending political events in Ohio and
New York MAKE il idSe 10 say HiUreJ and the
action Of the democratic majority will be
governed largely By the result Of the cleo
tions now 30 near Both parties will play
for the Presidential stake. There arc posi-
tions to choosc, the plan Of attack to arrange
speeches, to delude the peopfe, 90 be made,
&c. &c. Leaders will move cautiously TO
feel the public pulse. There are several
leaders who will gather in the national halls,
who dream Of the Presidency, and the more
they dream of this coveted prize the more
timid do they become. Hence the session
will be one Of policy as well as politics. and
with Just enough business sandwitched in it
to occupy the attention of tie business COM
munity.
During tie special session Of the f6th
Congress enough bills were introduced to
keep the body busy until IL terminates its
official life. Not one in ten will ever be
considered. Not one in thousand will ever
become laws. Scores Of pension and other
private bills will slip through but it is reas
enable 10 predict that no important public
measures will pass for the reason that politi-
cal strategy will give way to the demands
of the public veal, and every effort will be
centered upon the Presidential stake. The
more important bills which will confront
the second session of the 46th Congress are
those Of 6nancal nature, and upon them
there is lisble 10 be division in both par
ties. The Warner silver bill, which passed
committee Of the Senate, will prove the most
troublesome. Should Gen. Ewing loose
Ohio and Senator Bayard remain, antagon-
istic IN the bill, he will be able to keep it
strangled in his committee room. Probab.
ly one Of the most important subjects which
the House will be called To pass upon will
bo the report of the Committee on Rules.
The recommendations Of the committee are
known TO lop off over for fifty OF the rules
now in force, and to make sweeping changes
tending to simplify the present system, and
TO enable a new member to comprehend the
manner in which an unwieldy body can be
controlled, and at the same time govern the
House with rules which will expedite bust
ness rather than retard it, as under the
present system. Again, there may be an
effort made 10 readopt the old joint rules o.
the House. Otherwise if no bill is passed
providing for the count Of the ELECTORAL vote
the Democrats will have decidedly the ad
vantage of the Republicans in counting the
Presidential vote. Indeed, they saw fit
there is nothing to prevent them from coun
ting in President. Under the old join
rule No. % it was provided that the vote o
q state should not be counted TO which eithe
House objected. Under the present conAi
tutional provision, as il could be interprete,
the vote of any state can be thrown out b,
, the concurrent vote of both Houses. Thi
gives the Democrats good deal ofleverage
| ,oasp,,oh M thay aontrol both hra
From indications there will be several in
yestigations during the special session. Their
; may also be an effort made to again pass
f bill restricting Chinese immigration. 1t
I good capital for the Democratic party b
throw into California, and they will hardl.
$ miss the chance of giving the President
, second opportunity TO veto it.
Mr.. Gllfllian, Treasurer of the Unite,
, States, being asked what ground there is 70
complaints shown him, in the newspaper:
l as to scarcity of small notes, likewise bronz
pennies, responds by saying there are IL
grounds for complaint as against us in tn
office. All the merchant or business mel
who need more little notes has to do is +
send his draft to the Assistant Treasurer q
, New York pay express charges, at the rat
Of about fifty cents per thousand dollars,an'
he will get all the small notes he want:
As to the bronze pennies, they seem to hav
had halt at the mint where they are de
voting all their time to the coinage of tn
> silver dollar. In this connection it may b
, well to mention that all over the countr
there is expression in favor of renewing tn
printing and issuing Of fractional currency
-, In every view it is preferred to the smal
= coin. There are many kinds Of business i
which remittances by mail for the purchOs
of articles worth less than dollar, wher
the trade with would-be customers cannC
be had because the letter cannot Of cours
. remit in coin. However, it is not necessar
To enumerate the many inconvenience SUI
Tered for lack of a fractional currency.
bill was introduced last winter in Congre.
: providing for the resumption Of lraction'
currency. The measure had the approv'
!. Of nearly everybody, but failed for reason
bungling management upon the part {
Butler and others, who were themselves
;, favor Of fractional currency.
The various rooms in the executive maj
sion are being furnished and brushed u
preparatory TO the return of President Hay,
and family from their Western tour. o
II Saturday the front portico, as also the frol
a walls were thoroughly washed by the aid
a a stream thrown from fire engine compar
II No. l. 1t improved its appearance consi,
erably. AuGUsr.
:, The public debt statement for Septemb
" shows decrease Of S2,56S,75I. Nearly S.
- 100000 were paid out of the Treasury du