Charlotte home and Democrat., 1886-11-19

= WASHINGTON, Nov. IA decision
was reudered il The Supreme Court q
The United States today in the case OF
the Choctaw nation against the United
States in action OF more than eight mil
lions of dollars in lieu Of ianda due to the
Choctaws under treaty stipula,ions, but
never granted to them. This case was
brought to the Supreme Court CO appeal
from q Judgment of 100000 allowed the
Choctaws by the Court of Claims. The
final result as decided by the Supreme
Court to-day is that the Choctaw nation
is entitled to $2,s00.OOO 10 addition &c
$250, 600 already paid under the Court oi
Claims decision on account OF the claim.
The House Committee on Appropria'
tions will meet on, the 22d inst, to begin
work on the regular appropriation bills
Chairman Randall expects to have the
Sundry Civil Bill ready to report to the
House Immediately after it assemblies.
Secretary Manning intends to break up
the abuses of the substitute system in his
department under which heretofore em.
ployees who were sick were permitted to
put on substitutes to fill their places
The system is said to have been greatly
abused by employees in good health sup
plying substitutes who received only a
portion of the salary of the position, as.
uslly one half, the other half going to the
regular employees. There were to-day
about seventy-fve substitutes at work at
the department.
A plan has already been proposed to use
the rooms now occupied by the Congress
sional Library in the Capitol for the files
of the House of Representatives,, as soon
as the new library building has been com.
pieted. This will be only Q temporary
of each Congress are larger than those Of
any former Congress, and it is only a
question of time until building ss large
as the entire Capitol will be needed to
contain the records Of Congress.
A careful calculation OF the complexion
of the next House shows that the free
traders have lost 19 members, and have
possibly gained Ia, although it is very
likely that when the test vote comes to
be taken some of the new members now
counted as free-traders will be found ia
favor of protection. The change is more
marked in Virginia than in any other
State. The delegation from Virginia
stood 8 to upon the motion TO consider
the Morrison bill. Upon similar mo-
tion in the next Congress the vote will
probably be reversed-that is 8 to 2
against free trade. Possibly the vote
may stand by that time 10 to ia favor Of
protection. 49,
Consul Goodwin of Annaberg, Ger
many, is one of the most enterprising Off
cials in the public service. He has man.
aged an official report upon the sale OF
American goods in Germany, which the
State Department has printed, to give a
first-class advertisement to number OF
American manufacturers, which they pro.
badly deserve. The German merchant in
Dresden, who is reported by Consul Good
win to have been so successful in the in.
PRODUCTION Of American goods, says that
the demand for American goods is in.
cressing faster than that for English
goods, and that Ohio oatmeal is preferred
to Scotch. Rye and Bourbon whiskies
also "take" we'll. The name of thiss mer.
chant is George Baumann, No. % Pra-
gustrasse, Dresden, and Consul Goodwin
says that he will undertake the handling
of anything American likely to be sale
able, from patent sa've to an improved
wringing machine. . -r
Mr. Hewitt, Democrat, will not re.
sign his seat in Congress until some
time in January, (although he has been
elected Mayor OF New York city,) and be
hopes even before that time to accom-.
plish something towards much needed
legislation. The result of the election in
New York, he says, imposes upon the
Democratic party to talk up the subject
of labor grievances and inaugurate such
reforms as will relieve the working people
of the unjust burdens that result from re-
duction in their earnings. He proposes
to do all he can to bring about an amelio-
ration OF these evils, before he resigns.
It is large contract for him to under.
take in little less than a month, but if
Mr. Hewitt can SOW some healthy seed
where it will take root and induce Con.
gress to deal with the labor uestion with
out allowing the methods Of the dema.
gogue to prevail in what it does, he will
have done excellent work.