Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-24
News by Telegraph
FROM ALL QUARTERS.
MAKING HASTE SLOWLY,
A Congress With Little Mo
tive Power.
TALK PLENTLER THAN WORK
Members Preparing For a
Summer Siege.
THE MINE HORROR In VIRGINIA
A Persistent Search for the
Victims.
THE NINE HORROR In VIRGINIA
A Persistent Search for the
Victims.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL

The Public ACKNOWLEDGMENT by a
Talking and Slow Working Con-
gress-L1ttIe Chance for Progress This
Coming Week.
WASHINGTON, March 23.-The fate of Mr..
determined in the Senate tomorrow. It
was severely criticised last week, but the
criticism was directed more to the language
than the merits of the bill Messrs. Ingalls,
Hoar, Sherman, Harrison and other Repub-
lican Senators pointed out serious verbal
defects. Mr.. Ingalls, said the bill had been
drawn by some one very inexpert in legisla-
tive literature. Mr.. Allison opposed an
appropriation extending over ten years and
thought the principle of applying the money
under the operation of the measure should
be reserved, that we should begin with small
sums and increase them according to the
requirements of the case. Mr.. Sherman,
who also commented upon the object of the
bill, was averse to sending any money to the
Southern States for educational purposes until
he was assured it would be used for the bene-
fit of both blacks and whites alike. Mr.
Plumb wanted it recommitted SO that it might
be presented in better shape. It is difficult
to predict the result of this formidable op-
position. None of the critics have come out
squarely against the proposition to act in the
education of the colored children of the
South. A number of amendments have been
proposed and ordered printed with the bill.
Mr. Blair seems to favor its present text and
it seems probable that the bill
will go back to the committee. Sew
eral other important measures are
awaiting. The first of the special orders is
Mr. Hoar's bill to establish uniform system
of bankruptcy. This may be displaced by
the pleuro-pneumonia bill, which Mr.. Miller,
of New York, is anxious should receive
prompt attention. During the morning
hours the bill to fix the salaries of United
States district judges at $4,000 per annum
will again come up for consideration. An
amendment is pending to make the salaries
81, 600. The bill to establish a bureau of
statistics of Labor received some attention a
fortnight ago and will come up as soon as Mr..
Blair ia freed from the labor attending his
educational bill
The Military academy appropriation bill,
the first of the fourteen general appropria-
ton bills. has after two conferences got out
of Congress and gone to the President and
will become law. The naval and postoffice
appropriation bills have been acted upon in
the House and gone to the Senate. Three
others-the Indian, pension and agricultural
bills-have been reported to the House.
Between the whiskey bill and the Morrison
tariff bill there seems but little chance for
progress in the House with the appropriation
bills during the coming week. Indeed menu
bers are beginning to talk of summer and
watering places for their families in connec-
ton with probable protacted session. To-
morrow in the House under the rules is des-
ignated for the consideration of District of
Columbia business after the call of States and
Tuesday is likely to be used up by general
debate on the whiskey bill. By
q coincidence rather than a unity of
interests the friends of the Morrison bill are
the friends of the whisky bill and are not over
confident of the success of the latter meas
ure. If even an incidental vote should be
given against the whisky bill the friends of
that measure will not go into the caucus on
Tuesday in as high feather as if such vote
had not been taken. The bill may gain
strength by the action of the caucus and it
is not likely to lose anything by delaying so
Several amendments have been proposal, onere
ducng the tax one-half as concession to the
financial strait claimed, and another to
abolish the entire system of internal revenue
taxation. If this latter could be carried it
would kill the tariff bill by reducing the
revenue to as great an extent as the necessity
for revenue would permit. Unless the tariff
bill is forced on the House by caucus action,
the Indian appropriation bill will follow the
vhiskev bill Mr. Hatch chairman of the
Committee of Agriculture, will try to secure
precedence for the agricultural appropriation
bill, which has been longest on the calendar.
II the Indian appropriation bill is got out of
the House by Saturday an average weeks
work will have been done.
A Iaborerls Lost Money r restored.
WASHINGTON, March ga package of
partially burned money representing 81, $50
was received by Treasurer Wyman yester-
day for redemption. 1t was the property OF
Thomas Bowling, quarryman living near
Menasha, Wis, and represented the savings
of twenty-three years of bard work. His
cabin was destroyed by FIRE on the 9Th inst.
and with 1t all his money, which was in the
form of greenbacks and national bank notes.
The charred remains of the money were sub
mitted to the examination of committee OF
Treasury expt rts, and all the legal tender
notes to the amount of $3.50 were ideni
Ged. They were redeemed ct once. The
remainder will be transmitted to the banks
of issue for their action, and the result will
be that the entire amount of the burned
emoney will be restored to its owner. This
is only one of many cases of this kind acted
upon by the TreasuFer.