The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1884-07-11
FROM WASHINGTON.

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silver Certificate - EGie and Cuni-
nReut.
The senate has proposed an investigation Of
department frauds, and for this purpose com
mitee will sit during the summer vacation.
The senate has confirmed John Fl Kenkald of
Nevada to be governor of Alaska, and John
Jaret of Pittsburgh to be commissioner of
labor.
The conferees on the electoral count bill have
had two conferences and failed to agree upon
any of the items at issue. The bill will not pass
at this session.
The fortification bill was increased in the
Senate only by an item of 100000 for dynamite
experiments, and in that shape it was accepted
by the house, so that the little rebellion by
Ellis Hancock and Dorsheimer came to naught.
The commissioner of internal revenue has or
dered the discharge OF 10 agents, including
James Il Larkin of New Hampshire, in pursu-
ance of o provision OF the legislative, judicial
and executive appropriation bills reducing the
number of internal revenue agents to 20.
The appointment of Grandfather Taft to the
Russian mission and of John A Kasson to the
German mission practically amounts TO giving
those gentlemen chance TO so TO Europe for
lew mOUlflS III llc JubiiS AiShSS' Il 81 bSihO-
cratic president is elected in November, they
are sure to be called home soon after the fourth
of next March. If Blaine should be elected
their chances of a prolonged sojourn abroad are
not much better.
According to q member Of Congress, who
speaks he says from positive knowledge, Gen
Logan wrote the Fitz John Porter veto mess
age. Logan has disclaimed any communica-
ton with the President on the subject, SO that
+t,o ouoet;op iS parro,ypl down 70 of ynraci-
ty. Some have thought that Lincoln wrote the
message, as it reflects his views very closely,
but this Congressman says Lincoln did not and
Logan did, The most serious objection to this
theory is that it is grammatical.
The first session OF the 4Sth congress closed.
1t has extended over period of seven months
and four days, altogether the actaal working
time does not exceed l65 days. In that time
there have been introduced in the senate 1857
bills and SO Joint resolution, and in the house
1907 bills and 2S4 resolutions. OF these sixty
SIX senate bills and ten senate resolutions have
become law by executive approval and 93 house
bills and 80 house resolutions have become laws
in the same manner. Three house bills also
became laws without action of the president
and one was returned to the house.
The treasury department is informed that a
new counterfeit $40 silver certificate has ap,
peared in the west, supposed to have been print
ed from wood cut, but likely to deceive an Or
binary Judge of money. 1t is OF the series OF
$780, G w Schofield, register, James Gilfiilan,
treasurer. 1t is one-quarrer of an inch shorter
than the genuine note; the paper Is composed
of two thin layers with the silk parallel lines
and fiber placed between them. In the story
on the back, where it should read, Sand all
public dues and when so received" the word
ssall'' is entirely omitted and the words "when
So" are tied together as one word. There
are numerous other defects which judges of pa
per money Will readily discover.
rbo sonate,s amendment to the legislative,
axecutiye and iudical appropriation bill would
49,. ,,ode tba Cnncressinnai Record an honest
- a. ~ tho nroceedinps ~ congress instead
~ 5ailv fonhle-col1mned liar az al present.
The fair,e of this aInenslmc,ft Losteones n re-
form which ii sure 80 come, sooner or later
tt:.s, representatives of both parties ar
equally responsible for the CisgracefM pefverq
sion at the official i4urial of congress- nosn ~
only OBJECT which justities the expense OF print3
ing and circulating it, namely, to inform Is
country as to what really occurs IN tne sessions
of the two branches Of the national legislature.
Some day great moral reawakenlng III con-
gress will lead to the purlfcatlon OF lIe CongIes
sional Record. Until then people VINO Want w, ~
know what was really salu III conS'ess WIZ
have TO depend OH tiie uaiiy ho"sp@pesse,, .a,,
not being publshe9 al tne eApehso VI .i9 eai.a
payers, are, as rule, lnchheu 10 reSaro iaisc-
hood as lying
The river and harbor bill which has Just been
passed by both houses sppaeiay sdvanced
one mlilon uoiiaao @ va, fnr N@sSissinpi @ rive, i'm.
several months ago, lor sslssLppi ~ lay,
proyements SO tnat we now nnG cne pdantaJ
asSresa.c ot leny ,i,cr, n,,G0 anJ harhnrs The or
one session 10 I'I,n thro" a nr fnnr millions to s
an expenditure was that Of the M act analor OF
proyal, was then made to last Tor or. two o. sa$7s3