, 1879-03-13
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON d. c., Feb. Is. 1870,

cided upon line of action to be
followed during the remainder of the
SESSION. The anti.Chinese smigra.
tion bill will be disposed Of first, and
it will probably pass, Senator Blaine
and other Republicans favoring it,
Next in order, all the time, will be
the appropriation bills, involving
many questions Of difference be
tween the two Houses. Then will
follow in order as named the pro-
posed amendment to the Constitu
tion against war claims, the Gsnevs
award bill (which has air eady passed
the House, and Mr.. Windows pro.
posed inquiry into the sxpediency Of
coloDiziug the colorsd people from
b illdozed districts to some Of the
Territories, where they can live in
pace. This last measure in party
ve~ has assumed great importance
already, as Mr.Wia lom p e licted fo'
it. The colorsd people and philan
thropists have so generally approved
it that it has spread alarm thus early
in the South, the rebels fearing thai
it will take thoir labor and their DO
litical power away by reducing tn.
population before the next census.
The Senate ought to adopt Senator
WINDOWS proposition at once as the
s'r.st means Of ameliorating the
condition Of the colored people and
Of Furnishing their prosecutors. The
caucus also agreed that Immediately y
af.sr the seating of Senator-elecl
Chandler they should call up ths
Butler Corbin case with the view oil
giving the seat stolen by Hamburg
Butler to Mr.. Corwin as a plain ma,
ter OF justice. Mr.. James B. Eads
the constructor Of the jettes at the
m)uth of the Mississippi, has writer
a review of the report Of the boarc
of United States Engineers recently
appointed to examine the ietties, il
which he does not at all relish tbs
idea that the army engineers are en-
deavoring to steal his thunder by =
plain inference that he has been OK,
ecuting system Of improvements
originally designed be them, and rec
commended IN 1876. In defence the
distinguished civil engineer says tha,
he urged the jetty plan of improve.
ment as early as 1873 and quotes of
f,ial data to prove it, and shows that
the Commission did not report in its
favor until 1875. While it is per.
haps proper to say that there are
many and competent gentlnmen con-
neotcd with the engineer corps it is
not to be supposed that they are tho
brains of this country in all that per
tains to the construction Of improve
m'nt and the jstlies will renal q
monument to rebuke many who no
claim some dredit in fathering the
plan.
The Democrats are said to be
weakening in their proposed efforts
to force an extra session. Thurman
led in that effort by urging the en-
grating upon the appropriation bills
of amendments to repeal the super.
visors and test oath laws. The Dem
ocratic caucuses were really in favor
of that action Notwithstanding it was
known the Republican Senate wo d
vote against it every time. In fact,
they were in favor OF it because Of
that knowle6g' :, and for he purpose
of making the appropriauons fail
But public opinion is potent ever
with Democrats of the Thurman or
der, and they are not as strenuous as
they were for partisan legislation
The patronage Of the Senate is GOV
eted by them, and if they can get i
early without too great a risk the,
will do so. But there are interest
ing campaigns ahead, and the passion
for blundsring among Democrat
has taught some of them to be care
full. We may therefore reasonabl,
hope to be spared the affliction o
an owtra cncSiOp VoY YN,,,,,u