, 1881-01-19

proposing tho sat,,a cl.ls. 1t Is understood
Tint all tito members Of Tho Ways and Means
Committee, with oI,n exception. nrG ih favor
Of tho REPEAL. which will pnt tho win.
epAr mrli un tho SAINT fuOttng with tho
whisky manufacturers. Thu Revenue Bu-
reau Is nlso in fnyur OF thly solution, III
preference to lllo passage Of tho StorekceIr
ers' bill, whlcl, WIS Formulated at tito it,
sial,cu largely, OF Commissioner 1Eatlln. Tic
fact tllnt sltei, 4 bill will affect tho revenue
gives tprrccdcnce III thu order Ut priority |
over other bills, except thu Appropriation
bills, and this gives tile friends Ut tho meas
ire grounds fur believing Tint It will yet DO |
passed. At tho lrnring to-s'ay no new nrEl'- |
nsents wero presented.
p REPRESENTATIVE HOUSE, OF TESNEssEE.
Chair,na,, Of the Democratic 1lnnsu cnucus,
sattl tonight TINT lie flasl becn In cotnmunca
t,or, with Democratic absentecs fur tito pnst
twn or three weeks, mil hc now fccls war-
rnntctl In saying TINT tllere will be n quorum
present Olf Monday, who will yete Oh tho
A1urgalI- ytckne1l joint rule. LII TINT ease,
Mr. House says, It will be pushet to soinu sort
Of n conclusion, mid u: tho Republicans
want to iilibuster, they cali tlo 50 10
their llrarls' content. II think,
though" llo sall, "tllat they will not be nblc
10 hultl ont i,ipro tl,an few days at tho fur
thest, nnu tlcn they will l,aye tu yield, fur wo
haye tho advantage IN point If numbers" III
reference to thu Tenllessco Senntorslllp. MIR.
House does not fcel By my mems secure.
Thu attitude IN Which the Democrats find
themselves Is, lie saya, very unfortunate,
particularly rs the L0w.rax mcll allow
1t to be salt of them, with
ont denial, that they nrc secretly
working ft,r tlla success OF TIM Republican
4f. hiatt II, hfu s13s
nllncfutiutl Of that Kind of Democracy which
sought to hide ltsntf behind surt Of armed
neutrality. nv III tho instance Ut N1aitonc aud
Ills following IL, Virginia, allu ccrtnfl. Of tic
Luw-Tax Democrats Of Ills own Stnte. 1t
luoketl to him, lie s;itl. ~ if they werc wall
tllg to sec how tic next Senate wns to be d.
yistetI, mil then to ranec themselves with tho
majority.
TIE l1otsI: COMMITTEE ON NAVAL Affairs
to-.lny ngrre.l to repurt Il bill to direct tue
Nnvy Department to select n c1nllng-statlnl
on butll tho AttnntIc md Pacific cnasts vi
Central America, with Instructions to move
tu attach this to n,ly Ut tho tl,rcn Or four
pending bills to which 1t would be germallc
Thts may perhaps bo n movement OIL tho
| part Of tho Nicnragun people, anh IL sort
Of n,el,ucc to De Lcsseps. The proposition
| lust yrar wns to establish ullr Of these sta
tons ut the Gulf of Dolce and the other Oil
| ch1riqul Buy.
II. J. RAstspEL1.,
ctl'tor or tho Washington Republican, fell
| upon Tho fce last night and fractured Ills leg
| iii twu places.
THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Inns decided to fayoral!y report tho rcsolu-
tion nsking by wl1nt authority tho Secretary
| Of tic Interior registers trademarks aid
charges for 1t, when the United Stntes Sli-
pru,ne Court tRs tieciarAh that thu trade
mark law Is unconstitutional.
| IN VIEW OF THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
| CONDITION
of tho House calendar, which makes tho pas.
suge of now l1ouse bills nlsnost Impossible,
an effort will bt niatlc to l!aye Nctt11 OIL Sell
atc bills where single affirmative vote will
cnnut tllem Into laws. Thts cn1l best be ue-
caniplfshetl by night sessions, but motion
| nn.tu tu-day for Il night sess!on WAS nntngol-
lied by Mr.. Co!froth, who hatt been refused
session for tic consideration Of Pension
bills.
| sfOS
have yet returned to Washington. They
having separated III the West to lnako thuir
way back BY n, different route. Those WIN
,nre llarc have lntlting to Fny regarding tho
character OF tho re,ngt they wlllmAkU, wlifci,
Is yet to 1n drawn up. Tl,ry say. hnweyer,
That tho enthusiastic" dispatch received III
Washington, u1ll telegraplIetl throughout TIN
country, was not authorized by tho Commits
siu,,, and ts tltsapproyel OF by tlom.'. All tho
nelnbcrs will probably arrive by to-,norrow,
wllen the work will be proceeded with.
WOMEN,
| 10 The ITtsttrn Assoeiattd Prtss.
WASHINGTON, d. T., inn. 1S.--Tlic tl,tr-
tccntll anl,lnl Convention ot tue National
Wo,nan's Suffrage Association met ut I.lll-
coin Hall tis morning. The session Wns lt.,
yote.l to a memorial survIcc Of tile lnte Mrs.
1ucretia Mott. Mrs. Stanton pronounced
tho eu!ogy.
TIE ,1UrsE COMMITTEE ON TERRITORIES
0greed to l,laku favorable repurt to the
Wouso upon Delcsato Cu,nppell's iii, wllicl,
provides "lllat Ai territorial officers ttl the
soycral Turrltortes at tito United States whose
offices aro created by aeto Territorial Leg
Islature, and tho salaries Or fees OF which
arepaynb!e by tia Territory or by tho people,
and not by the United States, shall bu up
pointed Or elected III sucll MANNER rs hus
bee,ror may DO provided by tic Legislative
Assembly OF ench Territory respectively,
The Committee nso neyced to report fuynra
bly, tic bill to amnul md set nstle tho act nt
tho Territorial Legislature Of !Arlzurn which
authorized tho construction Of Il raisoad be-
tween Murlcopa Wells a.ll Prescott, Arizona
= suIclDE.
Cart. CIV. Chi1sou, uf the Eighth Cavalry
Killed himself t0.day ut Fort Duncan, Texns
lie was native Ut Michigan.
T}is House Committee m. Post Ollccs mt
1'ost-ls0a.ls will huld special meeting to
. morrow for the consideration OF resolutions
relative to Government telegraph lines