Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-12-21
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
From our Own Correspondent.

congress Tor the week just endeQ nave
been productive of nothing of an ex-
citing or interesting nature. The most
important action, as far as the south is
concerned, Is the passage in the senate
of Senator Burnside's famous educa-
tional bill. Itiooks t. liberal educa-
ton among people of the south,
and provides that sales of the public
lands and the earnings of the patent
office be set aside for that purpose.
Only six senators voted against the
bill on its final passage, and all of them
were democrats. The speech of
SENATOR BROWN "a
| was in the nature of surprise to both
sides of the senate. A great deal has
been surmised as to his probable
course, but now surmise is changed to
certainty. His speech was liberal in
| in the extreme, and as different from
the usual bourbon southern harrapgue
as noon and midnight. His ad-
missions as to the illiteracy of
the south were noticeable and con-
tradicted In marked degree the men,
tai Tom. Thumbs of one of your con.
| temporaries who were bloveating some
since in their usual elegant, chaste
diction and monumental wisdom on
the same subject. Senator Johnson
will support the new administration.
| Another southern senator says that
the days of the solid south are indu-
bitably numbered. He thinks that
| Mr.. Garfield's course will rend the
section in twain and the republicans
will come in for large share of one of
the fragments.
GEN. GRANT.
Grants visit here has been the event
Of the week. He has not been here
for any length of time since he went
out of office and the people have been
honoring him in the manner he de-
served. He was met at the depot by
the "Boys in Blue" and escorted to
the residence of Gen. Beale, where he
was to be entertained. From the time
he arrived until he left, he had no time
he could call his own. His welcome
/ clearly proved that in Washington he
is dearly loved and universally r.>
respected. He has left, but will return
for the Inauguration.
TIE ELECTORAL VOTE.
/ The acton of the majority of the
house on the coni ,ng of the electoral
vote is begiEniu TO excite some ap-
prehension and fea- that Sam Ran
dali and his tools are up to some trick
is growing. Grant thinks there is
something hidden under it all. The
minority will carry the day though
as the end will show.
, The electoral votes from all the
, states are in except one, and are all In
regular form except one. No one ex
! cept Mr.. Wheeler and the custodian O
the returns knows which one contain.
the irregularity as neither one of then
are com mmunicative upon the subject.
THE INAUGURATION.
The arrangements for the inaugura
! tion ceremonies are progressing finely
and every day but increasea the pros
, poets of grand success. The railroad
! are preparing miles of temporar.
tracks around the city to accommodate
the great rumber of ears that viii
D come in. The Baltimore and Obi
| have received orders that will occup,
: eighty sleepers to fill, and no orgsnizs
: tions or del cations have applied yet
= IF any CT our East Tennessee peopl
want to come up they had best no
9 postpone their preparations. 1t will
4 be almost impossible to obtain lodg
Q ings in the city unless engaged be
!. forehand. Six thousand Ohioans, 10,
I 900 Pennsylvanians and Is. 600 New
Workers are expected to be here.
THE MUCH MARRIED MoRMoNs.
y The attention of the enemies Q
polygamy are being directed toward
Idaho now, as there is such stead
emigration from Utah there that If
g is not checked that country will b
4 as Mormonistic as the present abode {
d the saints. Gov. Murray. of Utah,
! taking steps 10 decide what shall b
J, done with Cannon, the delegate I
a congress from that territory. Althoug
* Cannon received over 49, 900 votes an
: his opponent only little over thou
b sand he proposes to give the certifiicat
+, to the latter. t.Fs
a THE SOUTHERN REPUBLICANS.
u 1t is beginning to be understood ths
!. the southern republicans will demsn
" and receive recognition for that sectio
in the organic stion Of the next hous
There are enough of them to max
their opinions and wishes OF some in
J. portance and it will not be surprisin
g if certain southern republicans al
= put at the head of importar
I, committees. In that case, Judg
y Houk is very likely to be chairma
Is of the railway and canal committe
: Walt Brownlow has received muc
a encouragementdu during his preliminar
l. canvass for postmastership of IL
house. HilI, of Arkansas, has exec
lent chances TO be doorkaper of tt
house. He will stand we'll with sontl
L n H. AZ