Huntsville gazette., 1884-03-22
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

WASHINGTON advices of the 18th state
that the House Committee on Coinage
would make a favorable report on Mr..
Bland's bill to stop the manufacture of one
and three-dollar gold pieces, the three-cent
nickel and the trade dollar.
THE Massachusetts Legislature has
passed the bill permitting the construction
Of Meiggs' elevated railroads in cities and
towns.
THE Republicans of Vermont will hold
their State Convention at Montpelier April
80 to elect delegates to the National Con-
vention.-
THE Arkansas State Democratic Conven-
tion, to nominate State officers and select
delegates to the National Convention, will
be held at Little Rock June %.
THE Massachusetts, House on the 18th,
by vote of 144 to so, defeated the bill to
extend municipal suffrage to women.
THE Iowa Democrats will hold their
State Convention at Burlington April "a to
select delegates to the National Conven-
tion.
The preamble of the bill passed by Con-
eress for the relief of Fitz John Porter re-
cites that board of officers convened by
the President to examine and report upon
the case of General Porter, stated that
Justice required the President to annul the
findings and sentence of the court-matiaf,
and to restore him to the position of which
the sentence deprived him, such restoration
to take effect from the date of his dismissal
from service; that the President Lad
remitted so much of the sentence as dis
qualified Porter from holding office. The
bill authorizes the President to appoint
Porter to the position of Colonel i'll the
army, and, in his discretion, to place Gen
eral Porter on the retired list of that grade,
Porter, however, to receive no compensa-
ton or allowance prior to his appointment
under the act.
A MASS convention of the inventors OF
the country, to take action ITO prevent
pernicious legislation by Congress-" has
been called to meet at Cincinnati March 25.
The following is the vote in the United
States Senate on the passage by that body
of the bill for the relief of Fitz John Porter: !:
Feas-Bayard, Brown, Butler, Call, Cock
rel, Coke, Colquitt, Fair, Farley, Garland,
Gibson. German, Groome. Hampton. Harris,
Hoar, Jackson, Jonas, Jones ttial, Jones
tNev.), Lamar, Mcpherson, Maxey. Morgan,
Pendleton Pike, Pugh, Riddleberger, Sabln'
Walker and Williams.
Naus-Aldrich Allison, Blair, Bowen, Con-
ger Cullom, Dawes, Dolph, Edmunds. Frye,
Harrison, Hawley, Hill, ingalls,, Mcmillan,
Henderson, Miller Call, Mitchell, Morrill,,
Palmer Platt, Sherman, Van Wyck and Viii
son.
Paircd-Beck. aye, with Hale, no: Cameron
tWis.l. aye, with George, no: Miller tN. y.
no. with Camden, aye; Plumb, no, with vest,
aye; Sawyer, no, with Kenna, aye.
MEMBERS of the Banking and Currency
and of the Coinage Committees of the
House of Representatives at Washington
expressed the opinion on the Nth that
there was no prospect of the passage of a
law at this Congress for the suspension of
silver coinage.
A LEGISLATIVE committee which inves-
tigated the departments in New York City
found on the 14th the condition of affairs
absolutely appalling, the men who hold
office not being the ones who exercise
power.
A STATEMENT in the Chicago Tribune
that j. Appleton Wilson had been indict-
ed for completely in the murder of his
uncle and aunt at Winnetka was met by
the injured party on the 14th by suit for
| Sl0o, 600 damages for libel.
JOHN TAFFE, receiver of the land-ofice
| at North Platte. who represented Nebraska