The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-27
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, D. c.,
Ian 81 1881

SSoAd
WASHINGTON, d. c.,
Jan. 81, 1881.
Yesterday the Senate passed the
Ben Holiday claim bill, which it has
so long discussed. 1t will now at
tack with vigor, let US hope, the real
business of the session. The Mill
tary Committee of the same body,
also refused to report favorahly on
the bill TO put Grant on the retired
list of the Army as General. The
House Military Committee had pre-
viously reported against o similar
bill.
Yesterday the House, in Commit
tee of the Whole, completed it's con-
sideration of the funding bill, and
will pass it to-day. AS it now reads
it provides for a three per cent. bond
on short time. During the debate
Mr.. Updegraff, of Ohio, moved an
amendment to the title of the bill, so
that it should read as follows: ga
bill to defeat refunding; to increase
the amount of interest on the public
debt; to contract the currency; to
injure the public debt, and to de-
press the business and industries of
the country" 1t is impossible to
tell with certainty, what the Senate
will do, but it will probably amend,
so as to provide for three and one
half per cent. interest.
So far this session the Congress
men who usually accomplish what
they set out to do, have not taken
interest in any measures looking to
an addition of the telegraph to our
postal facilities, but they are begin
ming to, since the consolidation was
announced of all existing telegraph
lines. The following resolution was
introduced in the House yesterday:
"Resoz0ed, That the Committee on
Post Offices and Post Roads be in
structed to inquire into the expedi-
ency of establishing by law q tele-
graphic postal system, under the
government of the United States, and
also as to cost of reproducing facili-
ties for transmitting Geographic
messages equal to those now pos,
sessed by existing corporations, and
as to the expense of operating the
same, with power to send for persons
and papers, and to report by bill or
otherwise at any time"
1t is too late to accomplish much
at this session, but if as is promised
by friends of the new administration,
questions of immediate interest to
the people shall take the place in its
policy of the sectional ones which
have so long taken up the time OF
Congress-, and the attention of the
people, there is no doubt Of accom-
plishing all that the resolution hints
at. The scheme is a great one, but
not so great as would be the estab
lishment of the present postal sys
TEN, if the government had, up tt
this time, left the carrying of the
mails to private parties. Even the
constructionist comedies the consti
tutionality of what is proposed.
After the funding bill is out of TIT
Wd4"h Hull Will uS w udy"oh'
House will at once go on with TIN
appropriation bills. The naval bill
will be passed this evening, an'
those not yet before the House will
be reported. No other measure
will be allowed to stand in their way
|, as the funding bill has.
The TeaPporcfonmcnt bill was sub
mitted by Mr.. Cox on Monday. I
, provides for Sol members of til
House, eight more than at present
OF these the Southern States gaii
six, and the Northern States two
over and above losses. It is not no.
' believed that the Republicans wi
make a partisan fight OIL the bill
unless it shall be necessary to do s
4, to force an extra session.
Amongst all the estimates that ar
/ made for Cabinets, no one has sus
gested the name of Carl Schur;
: This political adventurer has no fl
ture. He has heretofore traded upo
2 his control of the German vote; hi
} unimpeached personal character, an
: his cry of reform" But his stoc
in trade is all gone.
| The party will reform him out
: his character is smirched all owe
with scandal, not only as to none
matters, but in regard to some othe
) and more disreputable affairs whic
have heretofore been smothered b.
cause of the "party of the secon
: part his influence over his Germa
1 ~compatriots is gone and Carl Schul
e will soon be what Senator Jones,
C Nevada, some years since, 50 en-
phatically called him ga id Dutc
tramp" DEM.