Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-01-27

Democrat. The exceptions were when
some men like Ben Butler, whose COM
bativeness occasionally overcame his
party loyalty, 7entured to vhte against
a committee on caucus decision. A
mong the Southern seats contested it
is said are all those from Mississippi
except one-that of Representative
Money. He says all that saYes him
from a contest is the fact that not one
man is against him.
One influential Senator says he does
not think the Senate will amend the
House funding uill materially except
in one particular, and that will be by
giving discretion to the Secretary Of
the Treasury to issue the bonds with
3! per cent. interest il it is found i'm
possible to float them at 3. It may al
so increase the percentage allowed for
disposing of them from one-fourLh per
cent. to one half per cent.
BY taking advantage of n Democrat
&c Senator's absence on Thursday last,
the Republicans Of the Senate Military
| Com uittee W ere able TO secure favor
able report on the bill putting Ex
President Grant on the retired list.
The measure will come before the
House for vote on Monday, Sand will
probably be passed. It's fate in the
House is uncertain.
Last night the House went through
the occasional farce Of trying 10 force 4
quorum of members. The officers
were sent out to bring In abseutees,
and the usually silly proceedings took
| up the whole night This was all the
more ridiculous from the fact that the
business OIL hand WAS only the passage
of private bill, not the furtherance
of any important legislation. Oddly E.
| nough the S. nate was engaged during
an extra session on that and the prev
ious day in angriT discussing the
means Of punishing some newspaper
man for having secured COPIES of the
Chinese treaties prior TO their coLsid
Grafton by the Senate. Venerable Sen
ators wished to imprisoa the newspa-
per man and otherwise punish him.
| In similar cases that course has been
pursued but never with any good eff
feet. What the Senate should do Of
course, is TO punish the Senator or
Senate officers who sold the copy
Senators h ave only been laughed at
when they have done anything else.
| But it seems impossible for either
House or Senate TO get through ses-
sion without doing something silly.
1t will not be safe to believe all that
is said about Prcsi dent-elect GaIfield's
intentions, and the bad feeling of some
Republicans at their own supposed i'll
| treatment or at that advancement of
their enemies. 1t is safe, however, to
say that Senator Coukling will be very
angry if Senator Blaine is made Secre-
| tary Of State, no mat ter what other
! places he himself may be permitted to
dispose of That would bs an off4nc
| never tn he fnrr van
Amongst all tho estimates tnat are
made for cabinets, no one has sugees S.
ted the name of Carl Schulz. This
political adventurer has 10 future. He
has heretofore traded upon his control
of The German vote, his unimpeached
personal character and his cry of Gre
FORM" But his stock in trade is all
gone. The party will reform him out
Ills character is smirched all over
with scandals, not OILY as to money
matters, but in regard to some other
ard more disrerutable affairs which
have heretofore been smotheled be-
cause OF the party Of The second part"
bis Influence over Lis German COM
patriots is all gone, and Carl Schuz z
will soon be what Senator Jones, of
Nevada, some years since so emphat-
ically called lim, "a id dutch
tramp"