, 1879-02-15
Our WASHINGTON Letter.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., January 20,

EpIroR SrATEsM.S-The house yester-
day added something like 4 million dollars
to the post Office appropriation bin, by
agreeing to amendments of theiradical SEN
ate. The house has so far in the session
submitted to the domination of the senate
on all matters of the kind, and the expen-
ses of the government VIII therefore be
for the next year greatly in excess OF what
they should DC and even Of what the house
appropriation committee reported. The
direct result of this loose way Of dong
business, unless checked, viii be shat the
coming democratic Congress 18th
will find itself 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 suiIer. There
ought To be democrats enough to resist
the tendency to extravaganza.
The house by decisive vote yesterday
passed bill imposing penalties for the
importation of more than fifteen Chinese
to this country in any one vessel.
Senator EdmUnds has at last succeeded
in getting up his resolutions concerning
the later or war amendments to the con-
stitution. They, with the substitute of
Senator Morgan, which aifirms that the
whole constitutions of binding force within
It's sphere. will have long discussion. OF
course neither side viii make any converts,
but great deal of campaign literature
viii be got ready ior 1880
The most striking event of the week has
been the eloquent speech of Senator Hill,
OF Georgia, in which he declared against
the payment OF any so-calied war claims,
either to what We're known as loyal OF
! 'EdiSloyal southern men He contended
aot only that it Was impossible for the
government 20 pay them, hut that 1t was
better for the south that they should not
! be DGid.
There is already 4 quarrel as to the
raising of the $50, 900, 900 necessary fol
the payment of what is known as the ar
rears Of pensions, under the bill lately
passed and approved. The regular pen.
! sion appropriation l,ill for the year gives
| some $50, GO 600, but that money canno
hc used for the payments underline arrear:
! ball. 1t is said there viii be strong rad
ical opposition to the appropriation, radl-
cals. in voting the bill through were work
/ irg for popularity among the cI soldier
but when they came face to face with The
$50, ,0G0, 900 they seem to doubt whcthel
that much can be spared from the bond
/ holders.
Much of interest Las been developed il
the last few DAYS in the Investigation q
cipher and other kilograms 1t is shown
| that Wm. T. Chandler, furnished the tele
grams published in the New York Tribune
! and also those which General Butler had.
/ 4 senate committee clerk stole them from
/ the committee room and gave them to a
high official who turned them over t.
! Chandler The thieving clerk, in accord
ance with evil service reform, rs under
stood by Mr. Hayes, was gwen an import
/ ant Office abroad.
1t was also shown that post master Gen
eral Tyner, then in Indiana, felemaphed
! t. Xack Chandler, the secretary Of the
/ interior, that SJG9owould he given fcr two
! Indian agencies, and that Chandler agreed
| to make the appointments. The E"ncy
vas u5ed in the Indiana c:nIai:,n. Tbs
va, n 1876 Il Was also shown tl::st the
management ( the Western taion tG;c-
graph company lad delivered up 10 vari-
"u. radical politicians the originals II i'm
?o-tanr and personally compromising Il $
patches sent by them remding rhe .'i"gida
and Lcl;i;t:ia electoral bargains
l. is now ag;-hcrativeiy stated that SEP
a.or C!lris.;ancv, Of Michigan, will I've
! made m;ni-ter 10 Peru. II will be s::c-
! cucie1 in the senate hy Iack Chandler,
Then the nc;; republican Senators VIII he
ConklinG, Fiatt, Cameron, Ln.an ,carpcn-
Ter. Etiil. Of Nevada, Chandler, and rrcbA-
by poneroy, OF Kansas, al Gr;.nt n'en.
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