The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-07
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Points Political and News General at
Headquarters.
Special To the Star.
A QUIET CITY,


WASHINGTON, March ALI the life of
the town has dropped out since Tuesday
noon. The rush and jam about the hotels
apparently went away between days, and
only few candidates for offices in the SEN
ate and those interested in the Speakership
fight remain here. Quite a number OF
Democratic members who live at a distance
will not 60 home, because they fear that by
accident they might be delayed in return
ing here by the 18th.
THE sPEAKERsHIp CONTEST.
The contest for the Speakership is admit
ted to be the most intricate and difficult to
make predictions concerning of any in long
years. Randall friends are working hard,
but they are not near as sanguine as they
were two years ago. 1t is understood that
Huntington, of the Union Pacific, is using
his influence in Randalls behalf. There
are reasons still existing why the opposi-
tion does not want to support Blackburn.
These are principally that certain Demo-
Gratis who would prefer to vote for some
other Democrat than Randall will not
vote for Blackburn. Morse of Massachu-
setts and Buckner of Missouri are men,
toned in this regard, the former being
quoted as saying that he will vote for Gar
field before he will vote for Blackburn.
The latter's friends count on getting half of
the Missouri delegation. These and other
reasons indicate that the opposition may
yet center upon another man. McMahon
of Ohio and House of Tennessee are spoken
e - II, fo,v - fba
There are Democrats too, like Mills, say
that they will bolt the caucus, if Randall is
nominated.
THE GREENBACKERs.
The Greenbackers are enthusiastic, and
insist that they have twenty-five men, but
decline to name them, on the ground that
the members if named, would be subjected
to a great pressure from the candidates.
This is ridiculous, as the candidates are lay
ing wires for every member of the next
House who is not an out-and-out Republi-
can.
THE REPUBLICANS.
There are all sorts of rumors about the
intentions of the Republicans in the organ
zation of the House. 1t is even said that
they have an immense corruption fund,
and are to buy the absence of Democrats
on the day of the organization, and to re-
peat the tactics of Tyner in Indiana, and
buy up enough Greenbackers to have ma
jority This, like much of the hotel talk,
is purely imaginative.
National Associated Press to the Star.
BEN's SAME OLD SPEECH.
New YORK March IA Washington spe-
cial says General Butler has caused to be
printed in the Congressional Record
speech against Chinese immigration, which
he made at Fourth-of-July celebration at
Woodstock, Conn.,, i'll 1870. He says he has
nothing to change in it after a lapse of
nine years, and believes all treaties may be
abrogated by act of Congress.
ANOTHER ELEGANT SCHEME.
1t is understood that an investigation will
be ordered on the part of the Senate into
the action of the committee appointed last
spring to investigate and report on a reor-
ganization Of the Indian Territory. 1t is
now claimed that the scheme was gotten
up for the purpose of enhancing the value
of certain railroad securities, and that
great portion of the testimony on which
the committee base rireir report is fraudu-
lent and was manufactured out Of whole
cloth, no such evidence ever having been
adduced.
THE RUSSIAN PEST.
Mr.. Kasson, our Minister to Vienna, noti-
fies the Department of State that the alarm
arising from the extension and fatality of
the pest in Russia, is somewhat diminished
in presence of the more favorable measures
lately adopted by Russia.
IMPORTANT TO BUSINESS MEN.
The American Consul at Pernambuco, in
dispatch to the Department of the State,
says that that city, as place of business,
is worthy the attention of the merchants
and manufacturers Of the United States.