, 1880-12-12

Mr. Hayes will have the appointment Of (
new Secretary Of the. Navy for ten weeks
service. No names have been suggested.
|. NOTES AND NEWS.
| TREASURY OFFICIALS ANXIOUS
| Special Dspatch to The Chicago Trtbuns.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 1.-THE officials
Of the Loan Division say that 1t is very i'm.
portant that the Refundlng bill shall pass
plivr to the holidays ii it passes at all, as
otherwise the Treasury Department will moi
have sufficient time to give notice that the
bonds will be redeemed, SO that the Govern
nlent may avail itself of the right to decline
to pay interest after May !, which is pre-
scribed by the Funding act Of July, 1870.
That act requires that. three months notice
be given, and the Secretary of the Treasury
will not give notice prior to the passage Of a
bill.
| THE CANAL SCHEMES.
There promises to be a very active contest
in Congress between the representatives Of
the rival canal companies. It Is learned that
Vanderbilt studied the NIcarauga scheme
with the idea OF becoming one of its chief
promoters, but he finally withdrew from it.
Ten. Grant, Billings, Howard, Potter, Riggs,
and others are among its active supporters.
| oFF1cE-HUNTERs.
| Any one who visited the Executive De-
| partments to-day could understand why
Congressman desired an adjournment until
Monday. The Departments were crowded
with members who insisted that their
| fayorits should be appointed to
office. They urged that they had made
promises during the canvass which must be
observed, and that their men were old
Tr>
some cases the lists of the presentappointees
from the district of members were submitted
with the suggestion that places might be
found for the newcomers if the members
WOULD recommend the dismissal OF any per-
sons on the list, but the persons already in
office seemed to nave quite as great claim
upon the oftice-seeking Congressman as those
who are still in the rural districts.
COLD WEATHER.
The winter in Washington this season Is Of
unusual severity. Ice was four inches thick
oil the Potomac this morning, and the excur-
sion steamer found its way to Mount Yer
non with dltticulty.r
THE PENSION BILL
The Democrats say that in the discussion
OF the Pension bill they will inquire why
the amount has been so largely increased
over last year. They will only have to ex-
anime the laws enacted by themselves to dis
cover this
THE APPROPRIATION BILLS.
The Appropriations Committee is making
rapid progress with its work. The purpose
is said to be to substantially frame. the bills
upon the basis Of the estimates. This will
cause much less delay in the passage of the
bills. The Departments have made their es-
timates as small as possible. The Military
Academy and the Consular bills are expected
to be ready next Tuesday, which will make |
four bills furnished in two weeks, and it is
now the intention to also complete the Dis
trict of Columbia and Indian Appropriation |
bills during the week.
THE ELECTORAL DEADLOCK.
It is probable that the deadlock upon the |
Electoral bill will be broken early in the |
week, the Democrats finding that it was en-
tirely useless to insist upon the contest after |
the decision of the Republican caucus.
. INAUGURATION ARRANGEMENTS. |
The Committee having in charge the in |
auguration arrangements will ask Congress |
to make All immediate appropriation of S25,-
coo for tile floor in the new. Museum Build
ing. The money will soon have to be ap-
propriated to cornplete the Museum, and !
Congress is only to be asked to make the ap- |
p1OP1 lAklVu5 d GllllEI ku1n LQey /
otherwise would, in order that this fine |
structure may be first used for Inauguration
The gtee club Of Williams Col
1ege, the Alma Mater of Gen. Garfield, is ex-
pected to be present at the inauguration.
COULD NOT BE FOUND.
The Committee appointed to investigate
the authorship of the anonymous letter to
Springer will report Scotch verdict, that the
writer could not be found.
NEW BEER sTAMP-cANcEIER.
Gen. Raum, Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue, has written letter to the Commit
tee OF Ways and Means and the Senate FL
nance Committee relative to the new device
for beer stamp-canceler, which the Inter-
nal Revenue Bureau is urged by large
lobby to adopt. Gen. Raum says that tho
invention would be heavy tax upon the
consumers, costing at least 40 cents per bar
rel; that 1t is at best of doubtful utility; that
it would cost the taxDayers nearly million
dollars to make the experiment, and that |
Congress ought not to leave the Selection of
such device to the discretion Of Govern
nlent officer.
UNIFORM AND BRASS BUTTONS.
Several days ago an order was issued by
the Postmaster Of Washington requiring all !
employees Of the city Post Office, Including
officers. clerks, messengers, ETC., to appear
in uniform and brass buttons. To-day the
Postmaster sent tailor to the different en-
ployes to measure them for their liyeries.
Some OF them objected to the proceeding. i
declaring they had all the clothes they
wanted, and if they wanted more they p1e-
ferred their own tailor. Some of the most
important clerks rebeled, but it is under
stood the Postmaster intimated that they
must either wear the uniform or leave their
situations. The clerks say they will bring
[he matter to the attention of Congress, to
see where the Postmaster gets his power,
THE LAND COMMISSION BILL
The Congressional Representatives of the
mining States and Territories last session
being strongly opposed to the Mineral Land
bills framed by the Public Land Commission.
have agreed upon q short measure as a sub