The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.
rom orr RaouforCorresno

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e. WAsHINGroN,zD. c.,
Fed. 8, 1881.
The striking unanimity with
House and Senate passed the
resolutions under which Garfield was
to day declared to have been elected
President,S shows~ho much a
REPETITION of the 1877 irregularity is
dreaded. 1 do not believe year
will pass before semeTtpermanent
mode Of procedure for these counts
will be provided. tits plain now to
every one that as little as possible
should be left for the separate
Houses to do just befere-the time
for the count arrives, What has
passed SO smoothly this year might
have gone roughly enough if there
had been very slight doubts of Gar
fields election.i asd ~
Though little has been completed
in the way of Legislation during the
past week, progress has been made
upon several matters Of importance.
The annual pension appropriation
bill has been under discussion in
the Senate, which body refused To
adopt as an amendment the "Sixty
Sturgeon Bill" This bill was ex-
planned in a previous letter. 1t com
peeled the claimant for a pension &c
bring Witnesses to some central
place in his State, or in some subdi-
vision-of his State, and present them
there for examination. The objec.
ton which really killed the bill, was
that the expense to the applicant,
though not certain as to the amount
in any case, was certain to be. very
large in every one-so large, in fact
asito prevent, practically, the prose
c%ution of pension claims. The Sen.
ate continues the present system il
the Pension Office, giving the Com.
missioner $200,0 600 for increase o.
clerical force.
The Senate Post Office COMMITTED
unanimously recommends an fapl
propriation.of one million dollars fol
carrying mails TO South American
ports. 1t is the same proposition as
was made last year, except that ther
the vessels to be employed were t.
be of American build, while thi'
year that is not required. The in
tention, of course, is to aid in estab
fishing lines of merchant steamship!
between ports Of the United State
and South American ports. 1t il
believed the bill will fare better thil
year than heretofore.
The House Committee on Foreign
affairs has unanimously agreed t.
resolutions defining whatoi is known
as the Monroe Doctrine and EN-
phatically affirming thec duty ant
right of the United States to enforc
it. The resolutions will be reporte,
totthe House in a few days. ~
No action has been taken in til
Senate on the funding bill, but it
Finance Committee will report il
favor of 81 per cent. interest onfal
r the obligations to be issuedsby tn
fGovernment. and it is certain ith
! House will never accept that amend
ment. M
J, Senator Conkling quarreled %,
Monday with Senator Butler, o
-.South Carolina, making his lfourt
eugagement-with his tongue-dul
the past two years. No othe
1Senator has hadfmere than one fgh
,tduring that time, and all of ther
I1have with Conklimg, The man
manner is a perpetual menace t
order in the Senate, He exc
.quarreled With Burnside the abes
. natured man in the world,aand ca
hardly rmaintain amieable relation
) with the Senate pages 771aa SEae
; All the Inauguration indication
are favorable to a magnificent SUI
cess. Ei+ ApEAla