The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-06-19
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
sUMMaRT OF FACT AND GOSSIP.

("'>bV" VI recommendations Poll
tics.
Isrom Our Regular Corrcsponden,.I
WASHINGTON, june lS.-It will be re-
membcrcd that the House Elections Com
mittee some time ago agreed TO report II
favor OF seating General Chalmers, OF Mis-
sisslppi. The member who has the repor
in hand has been too slow, however. for
Mr.. Miller. of Pennsylvania. Republican
member OF the committee, and conseouent
ly to-day he, on his own hook, offered .
resolution for this purpose. II was antago.
nized by the bill amending the Thurman
Pacific-raiiroad funding bin, and the House
determined TO consider the latter. Mr.,
Throckmorton. Of Texas, opened the de.
bate in speech which was appauded on
the Democra &c side. This bill increases
the amount of the net earnings OF the Pa
ciiic roads To be deposited ia the Sinking
Fund for the protection OF the Govern
ments claims from Is TO 30 per cent.
LET TIE MONEY BE COUNTED BY THE DEMO-
Gratis
YESTERDAY the Secretary OF the NAVY had
10 swear ont warrants for the arrest OF
three clerks for robbing the Government
during ten years of large amount OF
money. There are others OF the same
stripe i'm other departments, it il believed
who have also followed the example Of
Colonel Burnside Now the only way for
the people 10 ascertain to what extent they
have been robbed in twenty-iour years il
for them to elect the Democratic ticket, and
then an accurate count OF the money can be
made. and all delinquent Government en-
ployeS brought TO punishment.
TIE ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS-.
The sundTy civil appropriations bill will
not. report says. be reported to the House
before next week, and the Senate has AT
least ten cays' work on the river and bar
Dor bill. The opinion, Therefore, is that
Congress cannot reach an adjournment by
the LIST Of July. and that il it does not adj
iouru before the 4th that it will remain in
session weeks after the Chicago Conyen-
ton.
Personal NEWS ITEMS.
Judge John Paul and Colonel NJ. ID.
Ball were on the Senate side Of the Capitol
to-day. Democratic representatives from
the tobacco States do not like the treat
ment they received last night mt the hands
Of the Democratic caucus. General Ma
hone was not in his seat to-day. II he
was beaten at Chicago he fell fighting
Blaine to the last. Mr.. Libby was in his
seat. Major Ben Perley PoOre has fallen
of fifty pounds, and i none the worse
off for it. There was no Joint meet
ing OF the House Appropriations and
Foreign Affairs Committees to-day. and
hence the Secretary OF State did not
in secret session. as was expected, eX-
plain why he wanted S2j0.000 to satisfy
-
fore these committees morrow. Senator
RiddlebergeT and others will tomorrow 90
before the House Committee Of the District
OF Columbia and advocate the Potomac
free. bridge bill. The House having agreed
to the Senate amendment to the Fitz.John-
Porter bill, the bill was passed, but Sena-
tors Harrison and COnger to-day for over
a half hour discussed the question whether
by some possible construction the bill
could not Ge tortured into giving General
Porter back pay. Mr.. Sherman put stop
to them by calling the regular order
Major Willis j. Dance, OF Powhatan, and
wife, were at the Capitol to-day.
GOOD NEWS FROM INDIANA.
Hon. William III. English. who ran on
the ticket with Hancock four years ago. is
here. and says ex-senator Hendricks will
certainly accept the Democratic nomina-
ton for Governor OF indiana. Western
Democrats declare with enthusiasm that he
can beat any man the Republicans can
places in the field against him. said one
Of them tonight: THAT settles the mat
ter and gives us Indiana in November"
Indiana ALWAYS elects its Governor the
presidential year TO serve for four years.
II is now a November State, and its people
will vote for Governor and President on
the same day.
A DULL DAY IN CONGRESS-SARATOGA.
The House with the Pacific-railroad bill
and the Senate with the Utah bill managed
to-day to give visitors dull programme.
Members Of both houses found it difficult
to remain i'm their seats, so interested were
they TO hear the latest dispatches from
Saratoga. The first information obtained
was that Tammany had been accorded all
the representation it wanted. After that
there were all manner Of speculations in
regard t. the action OF the Convention.
The croakers who have been predicting
Tamnany bolt were Disappointed when
dispatch gave an account OF the immense
cheering when John kelly's name was
called.
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.
The House bill. reported favorably to
the Senate, AUTHORIZING the extension OF
the Chesapeake and Ohio road TO a point
on the military reservation at Old Point,
ought 10 get through the Senate before adj
iourDmont.
Government receipts to-day Internal
revenue, S277.5l9; customs, S62O,O9S.
Randall headquarters have been opened
in Chicago. and Pennsylyanans are BOOM
ing him.
Justice Miller. of the Supreme Court,
and family have gone 10 Oregon and WASH
ington Territory, and may probably go 10
Alaska.
The exhibit Of the Middleton Bank could
not be worse than il is, and talk OF criminal
prosecutions can be heard on all sides.
T.. G.. Kirkwood and Daniel Carrigan,
who are charged with rOb1ing the Govern
ment out Of great deal OF money, have
been in office for number OF years.
II is said that Carrigan has spent as
high as 5000 a day on "policy."
The resignation OF q. V. Cole, disburs-
ing clerk OF the Bureau OF Printing ana
Engraving, has been called for by Secre-
tary FOlger.
4 suit is brought to ascertain il District
Commissioner Edmuuds is not tue Co"
OF the Squire banking concern which faiied
badly the other day.
One OF the counsel in the star-route case
to-day before the Springer committee
charged another with falsehood. Mr.. Mef-
rich Is the only one who seems 10 nave
come ou' with clean hands.
FORTY EIGHTH CONGRESS-.
so..,e Proceedings Yesterday.