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before the House, and as often he has been
refused. Quite an amount of correspondence
has passed between the gentlemen upon the
matter. Speaker Randall claims that to have
recognized Mr.. Beford would be injustice to
other gentlemen having like measures and
ahead of him on the calendar. Mr.. Belford.
on his part, claims that the Speaker has refus-
ed not only to recognize him, but has recog-
nized members whose bills stood lower on the
calendar, and he gives several instances. The
fact Is, the "New Rules" over which 40 mucb
time was spent last session, and in which the
mighty intellect of our friend Garfield Is seen.
do not work as we'll as was hoped.
The Senate yesterday passed the bill for the
relief of Ben Holiday, appropriating Sl0O 900.
THERE'S small hopes of Its passing the House
at this session. The house yesterday spent
most of the day, as IL has every day for some
time, in discussing the Funding Bill, which
will come up In the regular order for passage
to-day.
The House Committee on Foreign affairs is
much troubled lately bo one "Monsieur Ton
son." a Frenchman, whom IL Is limited was
once citizen Of the United States, and Secre-
tary Of the Navy. This fellow has already
fred several exhaustive arguments at the
Committee, and intends to fight it out on that
line, until he annihilates the "Monroe Doc
trine," and secures American recognition of
the De Lesseps scheme. Probably the Count
considered the move of placing an American
Cabinet officer at the head of his project In this
Country, an act of great wisdom. He reckoned
without his loss, however, as such action will
influence in his favor neither Congress nor the
American public American enterprise car
ried on by American money on American soil
is the sentiment that will spoil De Lesseps in
this Country.
The recent changes in telegraphic owner
ship and the powerful monopoly soon to fol-
low, and which will soon feed upon the neces-
stiles of business men, is claiming the attention
of Congress, and Springer introduced reso-
luton in the House, Monday, providing for
Committee to inquire into the expedency and
cost of establishing q system of postal tele-
graphy under control of the Government. This
all, who suffer from telegraphic extortion
sincerely desire it, soon followed by others.
Gen. Buffers nomination for the United
States Senatorshp from Massachusetts,, causes
some hope to spring up in the breast of Demo-
cratic Senators. It is claimed, that Butler
will have the support of all the Democrats,
and tremendous efforts will be made to secure
enough anti Dawes votes, to elect Butler. If
such a thing can be done, and the Republicans
do not believe it can, Butler will have to be an
independent.
Amongst all the estimates that are made for
Cabinets, no one has suggested the name of
Carl Shurz. This political adventurer has no
future. He has heretofore traded upon his
control of the German vote, his unimpeachabe
personal character, and his cry of "reform."
But his stock in trade is all gone. The party
will reform him out-his character is smiched
all over with scandals, not only as to money
matters, but in regard to some other and more
disreputabe affairs which have heretofore been
smothered because of ''the party of the second
part !" his influence over his compatriots is
gone and Carl Shurz will soon be what Senator
Jones. of Nevada, some years since, so en-
phatlcally called him ga Dutch tramp
OLIVE.