The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-07
WASHINGTON.
,oth nonses Of congress adieurned wed

both houses of Congress adjourned Wed
nesday until Jan. ).
Although the excess of the assets of the
| United States. Treasury over demand La
! to be made at present.
Secretary of the Treasury McCulloeh SAYS
/ that there is disposition on the part Of
/ banks and individuals throughout the coun-
( try TO hoard legai-tender notes in prefer
I elce 10 silver certificates
Some excitement has been caused in po-
/ lice circles at Washington b. an attempt TO
/ break up a disreputable establishment in
I which United States Senator was report
Cd 10 be regular ledger.
Frank Hurd, of Toledo, o., intends to
contest the election TO Congress Of Jacob
RomeI5 from that district on the ground, as
/ II IS said, that ROmeiS has never been nat
uralized and is ineligible.
Friends of the late Secretary Folger say
| that they viii oppose Mr.. Evarts candidacy
tor the New York Senatorship because
Evarts declined tOsupp0rt Folger in his
contest for the GOvernorship of New York.
1t Is said that the House Appropriations
Committee VIII disregard the Naval bill
! just passed by the Senate, and will frame
regular bill FOR the next fiscal year. If the
Senate does not accept this an extra seS-
sion OF Congress viii be unavoidable.
Congressman Bland Chairman OF the
/ Committee on Coinage. Weights. and Meas
ures, says he viii oppose the Buekner bill
stopping the coinage OF silver dollars and
viii favor measure providing for free and
unlimited coinage of both silver and gold.
In all probability Mr.. Vests inquiry con /
! corning the Nicaragua surveying party will
be voted down IN the Senate. 1t is thought
| that Secretary Chandler would hardly have |
/ permitted the expedition TO start had he not
feit assured that Mr.. Vests resolution |
would fail.
One Of the earliest subjects to be consId- |
cred upon the reassen0ling of the Senate /
VIII be the question OF discussing the Span !
isn treaty In open session: The Foreign /
Affairs Committee, which has been DELHI /
Grating upon the matter. is reported TO be 1
pretty evenly divided concerning it.
An extra session of Congress is thought /
not unlikely in view Of the fact that the |
business before it can hardly be finished |
before the end OF the present session. II, |
as seems likely, the two Houses disagree |
irreeoneilably on the Naval Appropriation /
bill an extra session viii be unavoidable.
Secretary Chandler Is said TO have in
formed Congressman Randall that the APP
propr.ations contemplated by the Senate |
Naval bill are grossly inadequate aud won d 1
embarrasS the service. Ii is reported that
the House will regard the Secretarg's o0-
jections as good excuse for refusing to
pass the bill.
WIile the Senate was i'm executive ses-
sion VI ednesday Mr.. Edmunds announced
that the Electoral vote OF several States had /
lot been received, and requested that the
Governors of The delinquent States be notl-
fed that the period for receiving the official
returns OF the late Presidential election eX-
pre9 next "Wednesday.
Having come to the conclusion that Con-
gress IS not likely To increase the INSULT
Gent appropriations already made for the
erection of some forty public buildings in |
various parts OF the country, Supervising
Architect Bell has gwen notice that he win
at once proceed with the erection of such
cheap and unsatisfactory buildings as the
money at his command will allow.
Secretary MeCulioch has obtained from
T4l-H,
eral opinions that on the filing OF an expor-
tation bond there is no reason why distilled
spirits may not be permitted to remain in
government warehouses for a reasonable |
period after tie expiration of three years.
Inis will affect for pernaps nine months,
the taxes on 81, 0J0 gallons OF whisky.
john X. Mclean, of the Cincinnati En-
quirer, SAYS that Mr.. Cleveland is in line
with his party and proposes 10 act with it.
Mr.. Cleveland told him that he had MOI
prom sci any man place in his Cabinet
Mr.. Mclean thought thar Garland, Bayard,
Villas, OF Wisconsin. and Whitney OF New
York would all o. among the new PFesi-
dents advisers.
The river and har5Or committee of the
House of Representatives has decided 20
re ommen.i an appropriation of $3.50 COO TO
complete the improvement Of the Tennes-
see river, and IL IS exp cted that wear
hence navig9ti n viii be opened from
huoXv i, 20 Tie mouth. i revolution III
the iron trade IS predicted when the depos-
80 ~ VI H'fh 'tuA 'tAO4i- tttc Ilh u C,tu NC |
reached hy boats.
Attorn ey-General Brewster has refused
to accede 70 tie demand OF United States
Supervisor Rowe, OF New Jersey, for six
anu a halI aud seven days pay for the SER
vices Of United States Marshals and Super-
VisOrS during the recent election in that
State. Dir. Brewster declines 10 pay for
more than three days. The matter will
probably Dc taken to the Court If Claims,
An order has been sent BY the Secretary
Of the Navy to the commandments of the
navy-yard5 directing them to discharge all
employees who have hitherto been paid un
der the SiX-MGnths Appropriation act ex
ccpt those required to prevent destruction
OF property or loss OF life. Those retaiHed
are expected 70 work without agreement foI
compensation.
Secretary FTelinghUysen has sent to the
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations a
letter stating that the nerO latt0n OF the
Spanish treaty was undert}ken IN accord
ance with a policy which had received con
gresSi0nal sanction. He declares That there
Is no thought of the annexation OF Cuba,
but that the treaty viii give us y / the ben
efits of such absorption. He then argues
against the objections OF the sugar and to-
barco interests.
Four hundred claims have already been
favorably considered by Tie Treasury De
paTtment at Washington under the recent
Court Of Claims decision allowing naval Of
ticerS travelling in Europe on Government
business mileage fees IN addition to their
travelling expenses. Some of the claims
date back forty years, and Congress will be
called upon to appropriate $500, 000 to pay
those already allowed.
An appropriation Of 81, 600, 000 for sea-
coast defenSs 5 will he recommended to the
House this year by the Committee on Forth
| hcatiOns The committee does not concur
in The recommendations of tie Naval Ord
nance Foundry Board, which suggested the
establishment of gun-fOnndries by the Gov
eminent The j0int-committee appointed
tOinveStigate the mlnuTacture OF steel cam
ie frfaiFr ffOfa nf
elaborate report
George L. Rose minor official of the
Treasury Department, was originally given
a clerl1Ship by General Garfield. For thir-
/ teen years lie also served the Ohio con-
/ gresham as private secretary, devoting his
evenings to stenograpli.c work. receiving
/ no conversation, and being dismissed from
/ his extra labOTs ten days before Garfield's |
/ Inauguration. In attempting recently to
/ secure from Mrs. Garfield fair allowance /
/ for his services, he discovered that General !
/ Swain claimed to have taken from him q
| receipt in full, the consideration being $3.50,
! less than So er month. Rose declares any |
| such paper forgery.
! THE COTTON CROP.
| The December cotton report of the De !
| paTtnent OF Agriculture indicates smaller /
/ yield than the returns of the conditions in |
| October The October average was o. |
against 6s in 1883, IS in the great harvest of |
! l>S2, and &c in the disastrous season of |
! 1851 The returns OF the condition in Octo- |
| Demand the product IN December have been |
unusually divergent this year. The first |
| indicated larger crop than last year: the
! latter product slightly less, or about IS
per cent. The comparative decline is in
states westof Alabama. The comparison
with last year is as follows: North Caroll-
| ma 10l. South Carolina 107, Georgia 101,
/ Florida i03, Alabama los, Mississippi "a,
| Louisiana 9s, Texas So, Arkansas 90, Ter
| nessee 1o1. Applying the percentages to
| our figures for the cr0pof 1883 they indicate
| a product of go, eco bales i'm North Carolina,
| 5O2, 900 in South Carolina, 10000 in Geor-
/ gia. O0o0 in Florida, 6G1,0 in Alabama,
| $4,000 in Mississippi. 4e000o in Louisiana,
fq5,o60 In Texas, 3d. 600 in Arkansas, and
$4,000 in Tennessee, The remaining terri
tory will probably give about $1,000 bales.
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