The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-02-19
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE
WASHINGTON, D. C.,l
Feb. 5, 1879. {

feb. ., 1919.
The House has added something like
a million dollars to the Post Office APP.
preparation bill, by agreeing to amend
ments of the Radical Senate. The
House has SO far in the session sub
mitted tothe domination of the SEN
ate on all matters of the kind, and the
expenses of tile Government will there.
fore be for the hextyear greatly in ex-
cess of what they should be and even
of what the House Appropriation Com
mttee reported. The direct result of
this loose way of doing business, UNI
less checked will be that the coming
Democratic Congress, the 10th, will
find itself forced to restore the taxes
on tea, coffee and other articles, cstab-
lish an income tax, and in other ways
make the people and the party suffer.
There ought to be Democrats enough
to resist the tendency to extravaganza.
The House by a decisive vote passed
a bill imposing penalties for the i'm
portation of more than fifteen Chinese
to the country in any one vessel.
Senator Edmunds has at last sue
cceded In getting up his resolutions
concerning the later OF war amend
ments to the Constitution. They, with
the substitute ut Senator Morgan,
which affirms that the whole Consti-
tuition is of binding force within its
sphere, will have long discussion. OF
course neither side will make any con-
verts; but great deal of campaign.
literature will be got ready for $780,
The most striking event of the week
has been Tire eloquent speech Of SeIla-
tor Hill, of Georgia, iu which he de-
ciared against the payment of any sori
called war claims, whether to. what
known as ''loyal or 'disloyal" South
ern men. He commended not only that
it was impossible for the Government
to pty them, but that it was better Tor
the South that 1t Should not be paid.
There is already quarrel ais to the
raising Of $50, 200, 600 necessary for
the payment of what is known. as the,
arrears of pensions under the bill late
iy passed and approved. The regular,
pension appropriation bill for the year,
gives $40, O00, 900, but that money can
not be used for payments under the
arrears b!ll.a 1t is said there will be
strong radical opposition to the appro-
prlation., Radicals, in voting the bill
through were working for popularity
among the soldiers, but when they
came face to face with the S5O.O0O, 900
they seem to doubtwhether that much
can@be spared from the bondholders.
Much Of interest cas- boen developed
in the last few days in the inyestiga
ton of cipher and other kilograms. 1t
shown that VIM. E. Chandler furnished
the kilograms published in the N. Y.
Tribune and also those which Gen'l
Butler had. A Senate Committee
clerk stole them from the COMMITTEES
room and gave them to radical Con-
gresham, the Congressman gave them
to a high official who turned them over
to Chandler. The tl,ieying clerk, in
accordance with civil service reform
as understood by Mr.. Hayes, was given
an important Office abroad.
It was also shown that Post MASTER
General Tyner, then in Indiana, tele-
graphed to Zach Chandler, then Sec
rotary of the Interior, that $4,000
would be given for two Indian Agen-
cies, and that Chandler agreed to
make the appointments. The money
was used in the Indiana campaign.
This was in 1876. 1t was also showr,
that the management of the Western
Union Telegraph Co. had delivered up
to various radical politicians the origi-
nails of important and presumably
compromising dispatches sent by them
pending the Florida and Louisiana
electoral bargains.
Senator Christiancy, of Michigan,
has been made Minister to Peru. He
will be succeeded in the Senate by
Zach Chandler. Then the new Repub-
lican Senators will be Conkling, Platt,
Cameron, Logan, Carpenter, Hill, of
Nevada, Chandler and ingalls,, Of Kan
sas, all Grant men. MEMO. &.
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