The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-03-02
FO3 THE HERALD.
Our Washington letter.
WASHINGTON. D. c.,

Feb. %. 1881.
More progress has been made in
Legislation during the last week than
during any previous one. All the ap-
preparation bills, except two, are
through the House, aud one Of them
will he passed to-day OF tomorrow.
The General Defciency-held back so
that the latest items may be embraced
in it, will be reported to the House at
once, and in form not objectionable TO
either House.
The appropriation bill on which
most debate seemed certain passed
the Senate yestcrday-the Legislative,
Executive and judicial. On it were
placed amendments Increasing the eff
cheney of the Pension and Patent Of
fees. These will excite some opposl-
tion, but not much.
1t being decided that the funding
bill would become law with 3 per
cent. interest rate, there seeus to be a
general concurrence of opinion that its
provisions bore heavily on the Nation
al Banks. A low rate Of interest was
certainly desirable. but few Congress-
men wished to cripple tie banks by
an incidental feature of the bill So
the Senate, yesterday, by very large
vote, passed bill removing the tax
on bank deposits. This, it is believed,
will reconcile nearly all the banks to
the 3 per ceut. measure.
The Republicans are unable to har-
monize as to their course on an appor-
tioument bill. Enough of them may
90 with the Democrats e ensure the
passage of that much needed measure.
1t is ouly the most Radical of them
who refuse to support some bill on the
subject. It is believed enough o.
them will hold out to prevent action
this session.
There is not a whit more Of certain
ty to-day about President Garfeld's
Cabinet than there was week ago
If he knows its mem mbership he keeps
the secret we'll. Grant was equally
reticent in 1868, but he was waiting,
up to the last day. for reports showing
the com mparative wealth of the twenty
or thirty people he had thought Of.
As soon as he had that information be
acted promptly. 1t is an Odd fact
that no man so far prominent wen.
toned for Garfeld's Cabinet, with the
exception of Potter, of New York, is
wealthy, and not one is an old man.
Gratis were both wealthy and old.
I sincerely hope that the narrow
minded people in this city who are
objectiug to the appearance of any ex-
Coofederates in the Inauguration pro,
cession on March 18th, are disgusting
President elect Garfield as thoroughly
as they are the decent Republicans Of
this city. Does it ever occur to these
crazy people that once in a while a
matter fifteen or sixteen years old may
resign the first place in our thonghts
The annual report of the Commis-
sioner of the Land Office. not yet pub
lished, will show one fact which should
be made generally known. 1t is that
over twenty thousand land warrants,
issued by the Government, have never
been located on the public lands.
They are not OF any value except fol
a location, and are probably laid away
amoug the papers Of deceased soldiers
of the war of 1912, the Indian war,
and the Mexican war. As they pear
ly all were issued prior to 1860, it is
probable that they are in the South
and that the coming on Of the civil
war prevented their location. Their
original owuers having died the heirs
are, perhaps, 10 most cases ignorant Of
the value Of the warrants Yet they
have positive value. They represent
over two million acres of Government
land. DEM.
gEEesf sEe n Snv7fEs Wants.