The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-04-21
WASHINGTON BRIEFS.


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THE Virginia Readjusters, In convention, In
dorsed Mahone:
SENATOR EpMuxDs has returned from Florida,
improved in health. 4
q THE President has nominated VIM. E. Hob
son Postmaster at Bowling Green, KY. sEs
A REPORT that Horace Maynard is to be re-
appointed Minister to Turkey is denied.
TIKI, Presidsnt=wiu not cali an extra session
sts.
CHANDELIERS friends doubt his confirmation,
as all the Democrats and Don. Cameron intend
to vote against him. az gEs ~
ONE hundred and forty clerks have been
added to the Pension Office, at salaries Ranging
from $1,000 TO $4,000. .svl 3 ar 81
j. II. PAINE, of Wisconsin, has been APP
pointed Chief Clerk of the Department Of
Agriculture, to succeed General E. A. Carmen,
relieved.
THE Treasury Department will soon consider
the rate of duty imposed o ncotton ties, in conn
pliHnce with the petitionof the hoop iron mans
nfacturers.
So many Senators are pairing and leaving
that the chances are the Senate will be left
withouta quorum and forced to adjourn before
many days. 81 atr g. q"
PRIVATE DAzELLs las been appointed to an
eighteen hundred dollar clerkship in the PEN
sion Bureau, At Washington, at the request Of
PRESIDENT Garfield. n
The Republicans propose to hold another
caucus, the object of which is to make some
| arrangements by which the most important
nominations can be confirmed.
h GH1Ef JUSTICE Waite announced to the Bar
of the United States Supreme Court that the
4 Court would hear no more arguments after
Friday, April %, and will adjourn for the term
Monday, MayA
SENATOR DAvtb DAVIS has published a1etter
h3-[a.kirh~ tHntr1 1.5r,atr& HoklI
cratic and Republican parties in favor of an
Independent party. Tn leaders of the old
parties avis issanxious to become the
leader ofthe purity "bornin'in his BRAIN"
POSTMASTER GENERAL JAMES has appointed
= commission to make q thorough inyestiga:
the department., in order to insure the har-
monious reapportionment of work, an advan-
tageous redistribution of officers and employees,
andihcrease the efficiency of the service.
sS~EoRKrARx KRKwoop appointed .ex-eon-
gressman Price, of lows to the positionaof
FUhief Glerk-of the Indian Office. The Office
being without even COMMISSIONS or Chief
Clerk the -sistsaAIy pl..>s-p-iev
IN the positfon6f Commissioners Of Indian At.
fairs, to which he has been nominated by Pres
dent Garfield.
REPRESENTATIVE GooDE, of Virginia, of the
Yorktown Centennial Commission, has had q
talk with the President about the Yorktown
Centennial. The President expressed the
greatest interest in the Centennial, and prom
ised to deliver an address or an Grafton on the
would have one Of the war vessels at York
town, upon which to entertain Die French rep
resentatives. ~
SECRETARY WINDOW SAYS he has concluded
what course to pursue relative TO. maturing
bonds, but could not make it public until COM
pleted. He added, however, he would give
the matter out for publications at the earliest
possible moment. Beyond this, ,pothing of
fcialcan be learned. Various juniors are aAoat
as to the nature ofthe decision, purporting to
have originated in official circles, but Score
tary Window says he has not indicated, and
til ready for its publication.
AFFAIRS in the Senate do not, change. The
time Of those Senators remaining (many have
paired of( is taken up by spirited personal
controversies Senators Hill and Mahene
have taken a second fire at5each other, result
ing about as did their first cross fire. Senator
Malone remarked That if the Senator from
Georgia intimated that he (Mahone) had sold
his vote, he intinnated what was false, andthai
no man less than o coward would make sucl
an intimation. After Mr. Hill had repIied.t thai
his ansTer to Mr.. Malone was onthe record
anefort was made to go into executive SEES
sion, but was 1oatby a vote Of 70 to 20.
IT has been stated at the Treasury Depart
ment that the balance of the authorized Four.
acknowledgements will be sold, amounting
with premium, to about S120,000, Qa0.s This
with the surplus revenue, will take up the ma
turing Skies. The Elves can then be provided
for by extending the time of payment, with thu
consent of holders, at 81 per cent. interest
The provision of the law that furnishes the au
thority. for carrying out this proposition il
found ina joint resolution Of Congress, ap
proved March II, 1854, which provides. "Tha
the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized t.
: anticipatethe payment Of the interest on tn,
pubicdebtbysa periodsnot exeeeding-oneye year
from time to time, either with or without a re
bate of interest-o on the coupons, as to him seen
expedient." Tn holders of Elves do not wan
hem taken up and, would, it is believed, b.
4 glad to continue the loan at the rate proposed
1surSuror rcorrcspoaaAnt of the Cincin
natl Commercial, writing under date of Apr
10, says: ga way out of the Senatorial dead
3ockis suggested, which will not bring disgrac,
or the oharge-of 'back-down'' to either party
1t is the only way out short of a square back
down which will cover one party or the othe.
with ridicule. But in the manner propose,
there will be no amusement or fun-poking a
the expense of either side. About one dozeI
Senators of either party are now out of the cit
on pairs. The plan here suggested is to con
tinde that sort Of thing until all the Senator
are out Of the city on pairs except two, who ar,
to remain and hold the fort. These two. it
suggested, should be DAVE and Ben Hill
They can remain and saw the air all summer
discussing the resolutions of '98 and Riddle
berger, with occasional reference to Southern
outrages and Acknowledgement in Ma~ssachusett
and Rhode Island. Every fifteen minutes Be
Hill could move to go into executive session
and Dawes could vote against it, and then Bel
could move to adjourn, which Dawes could yot
down. In case they were hungry a lunch coul
be ordered up from the basement. an
debate suspended by unanimous consent Will
fast was being broken. Then ~speech-makin
could be resumed. The Yice-President nee
not remain, as a deaf Doorkeeper could be EN-
Ployed for that during the summer