The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-04-24

til they shall replace the money mis-
applied.
A Democratic Senator who voted for
the passage of the bill was asked if he
thought it would be passed by the
House.
Without doubt" was his reply.
1.-THE Representative in Congress who
opposes Government aid to education
in this progressive age, will not have
q long political life."
THE MCPHERSON BILL.
The Mcpherson bill authorizing Ma
tional banks to issue their notes for
the amount of par value of United
States bonds held by the Treasury for
the redemption of the same, is now
lying on the Speakers table, having
been passed by the Senate and approx
ed by the House Committee on Bank
ing and Currency. On the third Mon
day of this month the committee will
call up that bill and try to pass it, un-
der suspension of the rules, but as
this requires two-thirds vote, the at
tempt will probably fail.
A REMINIsCENCE OF THE TELEGRAPH.
Forty years ago resolution was in
troduced in Congress appropriating
$50, 900 to build an experimental line
of telegraph between Baltimore and
Washington, and the record says there
was very much merriment " over it.
AS well as opposition to the proposition.
The report of the debate, as published
in the Globe, shows that Mr.. Cave
Johnson wished to appropriate the
anne amount of money to encourage
the science of mesmerism, and Mr..
Houston hoped that Millerism would
be included in the benefits of the i'll
vestigation. Finally, Mr.. Johnson
introduced an amendment, which read
as follows:
Provided that one. half of said sum
be appropriated for trying mesmeric
experiments under the direction of the
Chc
This amendment received twenty
two votes, but the opponents of TIL
bill did not succeed in laughing it OH:
# Congress, and Professor Morse got
$50, 900 to build his experimental line.
Although this occurred only SO far
back as lS43, Congress is now talking
of building postal telegraph line, so
as to make telegraphic messages a.
cheap and as common rs letters or pos
tai cards.
THE TWO MEN WHO ARE TO GO TO CHI
CAGo SAID TO BE IN FAVOR
- OF ARTHUR.
Frank B Conger, sou of the Michi-
gan Senator. and Postmaster of Wash
ington at 80. 900 year, and Perry Car
son, colored innkeeper, have been
declared elected delegates to the Chi
cago Republican Convention by the
District of Columbia Convention. Con
ger was elected as an Arthur man and
Carson as a Logan man. 1t is now
claimed by the men whose candidates
were not elected that the delegation il
really an Arthur delegation. Carson
they say, may be for Logan now, but
will certainly be for Arthur at Chicago
They charge the successful delegates
with having procured their election
by fraud aud corruption. Bob Inger
soil, they insist, was solely the choice
of the politicians for one of the dele
gates, but he was defeated by crooked
work at the primaries and the conven
tion. Another set say this is true O.
DR.. E. A. Adams, a popular young
doctor.
The respectable people of the Dis
trict were amused and instructed by
the disgraceful scenes at the primaries
and the convention. The District gets
a surfeit of politics ON two days once
every four years. 1t has no desire tl
vote fer anybody else at any time than
delegates to the National Conventions
In conversation about the election Of
Frank B. Conger, Representative Horl
of Michigan, was asked whether Mich.
igan would send any Arthur delegates
to Chicago. He replied that he thought
the delegates would be divided between
Blaine and Edwards. He reported the
latter to be quite strong in Michigan
THE CHARGES AGAINST MURRAY.
Representative White, of Kentucky
has written q letter to Mr. Springer
reiterating the charges against Cover
nor Murray of Utah, and saying il
there is any doubt of their truth in
the minds of the committee, it would
be well to summon number of wit
nt sses whom he mentions by name
among them, Hon. Walter Evans
commissioner of internal revenue, and
ex-Attorney General Taft. A. M. Glib
son has also written letter to chair
man Springer, relative to Governor
Murray's testimony,in which he says!
81 am accused of being paid by the
Mormons to send abroad defamatory
dispatches conceraing the past official