Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1882-04-10
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FROM ALL QUARTERS.
ARTHUR'S CABINET
Filled at LAST to His Salts
faction.
THE WORK OF CONGRESS-.
Very Slow Progress Made in
Legislation. .
The Contested Election Cases
Likely to Take Up Consider
able Time.
The Contested Election Cases
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL

| as the President desires it to remain. Secre-
tary Folger himself is authority for the state
ment that he expects to remain where he is
| during the administration and then retire to
private life. He says he has no idea of en-
tering the guberpatorial contest. 1t is known
| also that Secretary Lincoln has recently made
| such arrangements with his law partners in
| Chicago as precludes any doubt of his re-
naming where he is. Advices received here
by the Colorado delegation are to the effect
that Ex-Governor Rouett has been appointed
to the Senate. Mr.. Bedford says the politics
of his successor are too doubtful for him to
vacate his seat in the House. The rumor
that Judge Taft, of Ohio, has been appointed
| minister to Austria is confirmed by the form
| er minister to the same court The same
authority says ex- Governor Davis, of Texas,
| is sure to be provided for abroad.
The House met yesterday for discussion
| of the tariff commission BILL which was con-
| tinued until news of Congressman Aliens
death was received, when the House adj
journed out of respect to his death.
The Martha Washington tea party to be
| held in the rotunda of the Capitol May 9th
for the benefit of the Garfield hospital fund
| is expected to be the great event of the Post
Lent season. The prominent ladies in charge
spare no pains to provide attractions. The
President, Cabinet, and all the prominent Of
ficials will surely be in attendance. The
fund has already reached over ton thousand
dollars with twice as much conditionally.
Large crowds were present at the Easter
services throughout the city Notwithstanding
the rain. The President attended St. Johns,
accompanied by his son and daughter.
a1o-- s
Missouri, died yesterday morning at o'clock
during sleep. He was the richest man in
| Congress, and his estate is estimated between
| five and ten millions. The remains were
l taken this noon to Pittsfeld, Mass, the
country home of his family, and there buried.
| Congressman Hatch, Frost Robinson Mass. },
| Guenther ARK }, Chalmers. Mills and Aid
ny the remains. The House adjourned, out
| of respect to the deceased, at lao p. m.
| Shipherd was before the Foreign Affairs
! committee yesterday again, being on the
| stand during the whole hearing. In his testi-
| mony Shipherd said he had no correspon-
| dence with Blaine other than that already
! published. He had letter to Boutwell, in
| which he declared Secretary Blaine's charge
I of attempted bribery of Hurlbut was ma.
| l1cious and impudent and urged Boutwell, to
| set him right with the newspapers. Ship
| herd testified that all his interviews with
| Blaine impressed him with the idea that the
/ Secretary was heartily with them. He told
| Blaine that Hurlbut passed on his way to
| Peru the baggage of Suarez, of the Credit
| industrial, as baggage of the American lega-
ton, and that it filed with counterfeit
| Peruvian money, and that Suarez furnished
rooms sumptuously for the free use of the
| legation. He added that the relations be-
| tween Hurlbut and Suarez was the town talk
| of Lima. Senator Blair assured witness that
| though Blaine had declared to Shipherd that
| there was nothing in the Peruvian scheme,
| yet the Secretary had more confidence in il
than he would admit verbally, but that he
freely admitted it to him (Blair.
| Rumors are rife of change in the English
| mission and Mr.. Lowell's recall is general y
| anticipated. Judge Taft is prominently
| named as his successor. The President is
less reluctant to recall Hayes appointees than
| those of Garfield.
There is much speculation in regard to
| Chandler's confirmation. The preponder-
| ance of opinion is in favor of his confrma
ton, but big fight over it is probable.
The bill for the Improvement of the Poto-
| mac and to restore the health and reputation
of Washington will probably come up in the
House tomorrow. There is great local pres
| sure for it to pass and growing feeling
everywhere that some relief should be grant
| ed.
There is direct Geographic communication
| with Picking, but neither the Chinese legation
| nor the State department have received any
| advices of the death of the Emperor. The
| published rumor by steamer from Hong
| Kong is consequently untrue.
| Despite the fact that Congress has done
but little to startle the country, it is getting
| along fully as well as the average with the
routine in the consideration of appropriation
| bills. In the House more than half have
| passed, and though the Senate is rather slow
| in its action upon them, the members gen
! orally hope these will be gotten out of the
| way in good time. Of important public
| measures, however, there is no record save
| that of the Mormon question and the Chi
| nese bill, and the latter has been undone and
| is to do over. The Democrats are content to
| let the matter rest as it now stands, believing
| they have gained much The Pacific coast
| Republicans will, however, urge the matter,
| and committees to which were referred
| the ten, fifteen and sixteen
| years bills in the House will probably
report the ten years bill, which will prompt.
| ly pass unless the Democrats oppose it on the
| ground that they want fifteen years. The
| tariff discussion seems likely to run two or
| three weeks longer. A hundred or more
| speeches are said to be still ready for deliv-
| cry and as each member is usually granted
| all the time he wants, and as there are usual
| ly but three or four speeches per day, and
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| is no telling where it will end. AS soon as
! this and the Chinese bill are out of the way
I the intention is to take up the contested cleo
| ton cases and a long and lively fight is
| threatened by the Democrats, and the indica-
| tions are that the Republicans will give them
| chance to make this sort of record on the
| cases if they desire. The Republicans say
| they have in considering the cases, rejected
| in committee all the Republican claimants
| who seemed not to have good grounds for the
contest and propose to come before the House
| with only strong cases. They will bring uE
the strongest of these, the first being that OF
| Lynch against Chalmers in the ''Shoestring'
| district of Mississippi. This district is sc
called from the fact that it stretches all along
the Mississippi from one end of the State tt
the other having been made with the object
of throwing most of the colored votes into it
Chalmers, Democrat, holds the seat from this
district by reason of many thousands of Re
publican ballots thrown out on the charg
that they had on them distinguishing mark
which was forbidden by the law. The dis
tinguishing mark, it is said, was merely
printers dash between each name, and it i
held that this wholesale rejection and seating
of Chalmers with some forty majority wa
unjust The Republicans claim this as a yer,
strong case and will bring it up first and be
lieve that if the Democrats try to tilibuste
on this they can well afford to let them do so
1T Is pfODaDlo LHdG bho IeopuDlCanS Will u
able to carry all these cases and will favo
giving Love- Greenbacker the seat now hell
by General Joe Wheeler, which may lead tn
Greenbackers to vote with the Republican
on most of the other cases. The Cannon
case will probably be quickly disposed OF
though he claims he is really better off tina
before the passage of the polygamy bill an
the attempt to reject him on the ground @
non. citizenship will, he says, fail entirely, a
he has been recognized as citizen fo
years by holding his seat as delegat
in several sessions of Congress. For til
Republicans 70 reject him on grounds @
polygamy would, he says, stultify the
own records, as they seated him in forme
Congresses when the same issue was made
Besides they cannot, he says now prove hi
q polygamst. He has never heretofore d.
MED being polygamist, but now that poly9
amy is SO expressly forbidden his relation
changed and he no longer admits being p'
lygamist 1t is to be supposed he will hol'
unless otherwise proven, that he is a la
" abiding citizen and in thus obeying the la
t is not polygamist. Moreover, he says
a has not since its passage been living in p