The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-03
NATIONAL NEWS NOTES.
A Soldier that Went on a Christmas
Spree With Army Funds
TURNS UPo. K. AND SURRsNDERS
A Big Batch Of Figures Paraded to
Show What
UNCLE SANS pEBT AMOUNTS TO
A Lucid Explanation of the Diff, rences
Between the iiot Sc aud the senate,
With Opinion hat they win
Continue Unchanged.
UNCLE SANS DEBT AMOUNTS TO
MORE ABOUT THE RECEPTION.


Washington Notes.
soLDflR SlYrHES SPREE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-Paymaster w.
II. Smythe, who disappeared from Sa.
vanah with $500 government funds,
appe ared at the war depart ment to.day
aud voluntarily surrendered himself
to the paviI sster general. He
turned over $5, loo of the money
carried OIL by him and his pay for De-
cember, $50, and $3.50 was paid for him
by friend, making the iuIl amount
Maj. SmyLhe says he went oil Oh a
spree on Christm IS and knew nothing
uf his actions until he found himself Ii
New York. He then teiegraphed his
clerk that ne would return immediately.
lie afterwards, however, concluded TO
come 70 Washington ana report to the
paymaster-general.
NO INFORMAL CHARGES 90.
LiGutenant-General Sheridan has re-
Piled to Gen. HaZen, informing him that
no official uhtiCe can be taken of lhe in
formal charges he preferred against
90 purs ne the matter further, 1t viii b
necess ry for him t. preier formal
charges and specifications.
MORE ABOUT ABE It lCEPrIoN.
AT the presidents reception at the
white house yesterday the diplomatic
representatives., buth white ana cOlUred
many being In iull uniform, called and
PAID ,heir respects. AZ | O'Clock the
citizens reception began. This contin-
ued Till 2:l5, being all the time allotted
for the ciJlzens u pay their respects b.
The president. Representatives of al
most all grades of society passed
through the various parlOrS. Tie en-
plUyus OF tho eXecutiVe nausion were
,he last to extend tn New Years greet
ing To the chief executive. When the
peup.e bad departed Ia president called
TOR II s horse aud took short ride
tie returned to The white hous
aud dined with the members Of his
family.
Secretary Frelinghuysel entertained
the diplomatic corp, tJ break asst at IL
m. lie was assisted ~ Mrs Freling
huysen and his dau hters, who had leit
the reception at the White house. AT
p. lii. he general eception began 81
the home OF the ser' tary of state. Al
the cabinet ladies', Si,h lhe exception n
Mrs Lincoln, whose mother recently
dled, cni ertauod caiIur. duriug the aft
ernu. II a. d evening. Mrs zen. Sher
iddn, Mrs Admiral Porter ana II mum
Der Of wives of congrassmen also re-
ceived.
QUE wRANGLINJ ltw MAKERS.
The Star says: Ia, icaliug of antagO
nisn (tur it YmOuut~ 10 lhat) hetwcei
the house and SENATE seems to increas,
rather than diminish. IL has reached
degree in which party sentiment an1
affiliations are sunk ia the opposition %
me house To the other.
DEMOCRATS ASD N%PUBLICaNS OF THl
HOUSE
join in cOndemnilg the senate fJr wha
they term diSpuSi'iuu 10 uSurp the en-
IRE legislative funciinns ul congress
So prominent "A preventative n Mr.
Holman said to-day that under the ell
croachments Oi the senate
the constitutional methods o
legislation was being GRADUALLY
reversed. Said he: "fIaf of the rsve
nue. bills now come from the senate
whereas all of them should originate il
the house."
Another representative sitting by
said: "Ges, the senate wants 10 bus
everything. Senators, in order To keel
themselves in place aud power, are try
ing To run 'Ough.shOd over the house,
AMONG TlIE SEN TORS
tho opinion seems unanimous that th,
house is arbitrary and dictatorial, ant
uu ess the senate shall stand firm in tn,
assertion of its rights, it might as well
as one senator put IL To-Day, "be con
tent 10 sit hero and pass only
sIch bills as the house chooses to sen,
over" This feelin2 does not argue wei
Tor nm ainicanle so Element of the dis
puted naval appropriations.
CLOSE Friends OF MIR. RANDALL
openly declare ii to be his purpose tC
maintain the stand he has taken on tha
subject, ven though II may result IL
the failure to appropriate for the pres
ent needs of the navy.
On the house side the prediction /,
freely made that the senate will bach
down, as It did on the naval bill at Tn,
last session; but even in the house al
ugly feeling seems to be arising
over the Interstate commerce bill. 4
Democratic member 10 day said to
Star reporter: There are good many
who do nOt'want legislation for the re
gulation of railroad traffic; there ar,
perhaps more men i'll congress, either
directly or indirectly
INTEREsTED IN RAILROADS,
than Is generally supposed, and all tha
class is violently opposed to any sucl
legislation. have heard some pretty
strong talk on tho subject, and pre-
diet now that congress will not do any
thing this session beyond passing the
appropriation bills.
MIR. BLAND AND MR., BUCKNER.
The same paper has the following
Mr.. Bland, chairman of the hous,
committee on coinage, weights anC
measures, says he does not think tn,
committee will report Mr., Buckner',
bill for the suspension of the coinage o
silver dollars iavOrablv. The commit
tee meet next Wednesday to CONSIDER
the subject, and Mr. Bland will oppOs,
the bill. He says whenever Their, shal
be any silver legislation Il must he togiv,
unlimited coinage 10 silver, but the ques
ton should be let alone this session.
MIR. MMiLLAN SAID
to reporter that he does not believ,
there is the least probability o
the passage of any act reslriutin,
silver coinage this session. Ill
says so far MS the house is concerned
even II the Burkner bill shoul be re-
ported from the coinage committees, |
would not pass. He thinks there woul,
be two-thirds of the vote of the huus
against 1t. Mr.. Mcmillan does not be
lleve such r bill would pass the senate
The house committee on coinage stoo,
five to five on the Buckner hill, unit
the arrival of Chairman Bland. III
presence makes the committee stan,
ak To tive against the bill; 80 there |
verv little prospect of It's getting out o
the committees.
tue SEN NTE FINANCE COMMITTEE