The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-04-24
The Situation in Congress

OF the appropriation bills in the shape in
which they had passed the House in the
preceding session, and then to adjourn
There was to he no general legislation,
and the House committees were not to be
appointed until the regular session in De
Cember. Senator. Beck, Of Kentucky, is
quoted as having said that the appropri-
atior bills would he passed in one dav
lie was certainly Very far out Of his reck !
onins The army bill has passed the
lIoase and is DOW before the Senate. and
the legislative bill, Judging from present
appearances, is likely u occupy the House
until the end of this month What will
he done after these bills have passed and
been vetoed ny the President, ana what
time VIII be consumed in doing it. can
only be surmisci. 1t is generally conced
ed however. that the session will not
close until the appropriations have been
made in some WAY, and the probabilities
are that our VI. C's. will celebrate the 18th
Of Jaly in Washington
The committees have been appointed.
Speaker Randall being unable to longer
Withstand the pressure; and though Con
-ress has not YET entered upon general
legislation, there are indications that
It VIII do 50, IN which event the session
may last AL summer. rs stated last
week. The more conservative members Of
the majority have been out voted by the
SoiJ-Money men, aided by the Greenback
elS ; and TINS means not only financial and
'l'i'l lc-'slauon, but the pushing OF All
So'tS OF schemes ior robbng the treasury
NdtUiaHI, ne more conservative Demo-
ef"NS f-e" }Ae situation with alarm, and
"lutfS are pt-lhnin9 10 realize that pub
III sentiment y nNer"neImlngly adverse
~ inc course theI are pursuing. he
Washington correspondent of the Boston
Herald tcie-raphS to that paper. under
date ApM l|th, that there is "evidencc
lhdl lht Democrats are not as We'll salts
iled with the situation in which they have
placed themselves IN Congress as they
were t"o weeks ago They are receiving
Information from men ot their party ali
oyer lhr NoTth ihat the pending issue Is
hurting business and mluunT the party.
II Nit Hayes Nctocs the appropriation
Dliis Tho Democrats viii grow badly de
morJIIzed, and will bc beaten in the end. -"
I-N-> Senator Hdmum. chairman Of the
national democratic committee has eX-
pressed himself IL the effect that forcing
this extra session was most unfortunate
hlUnder. ana that it Will cost the Demo
cratic party il million Of votes. and there
are other prominent Democrats in WASH
ington who Share his views. There Is also
colroborativete testimony on this point from
Republican sources An Ohio state son
ator reports at WASHINGTON CHAT III III
recent somewhat extensive travels in the
West and Northwest he has found the
sentiment growing ont Of thn rryoIution-
aly talk in Congress which warrants tbe
belief that the k4Dublicans viii Jain
1000, 600 votes" Secretary sherman on
his return from i recent visit to New
York, stated to a newspaper corresnond-
ent that there was universal teelinr tbat
Congress was DOING more harm Alan c,ood
10y continuing the extra session lonoer
than needful. and bodjno over tho conn
try 4 continued menace throata,in,, -
force an issue with the rxecntjye and to
embark in all sorts of financial lnoisI,
ton The Secretary also stated that ba