The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-08-14


the bill, which he thinks would Improve
VI. The provisions Of the bill are such
as to preyent it's becoming a law until
the expiration of ninety DAYS from the
date Of the Presidents signature.
There is much conjecture as to the
probable outcome of the dispute with
Mexico in regard to the imprisonment
of editor A. K. Cutting. by the Mexican
government The matter has been the
subject of several earnest and proiracted
discussions by the President and his
Cabinet, and the prevailing opinion
seems to be that Mr.. Cutting will
receive heavy sentence, and be at once
pardoned by President Diaz.
The news Of the death of Mr.. Tilden
which was received on "Wednesday last,
and bulletined at various points through
out the city and at the Capitol, OCCASION
ed general surprise aud regret. The
! President, his Cabinet and many promi-
nent officials attended the funeral SER
. NiCto Ol DdJuiudN.
As all bills which did not receive the
signature of the President before Com
gress adjourned failed to become law,
the joint resolution providing for a dis
tributor of the surplus in the Treasury
has fallen through. This is the only
measure OF consequence passed by both
/ Houses which the President has failed
| to act upon, and his failure to act is
| equal to veto.
Commissioner of Agriculture Coleman
has decided to establish a silk factory in
connection with the Agricultural De-
partment. a building will at once be
erected upon the Department grounds
for the purpose. The object Of the
Commissioner is TO institute a series of
experiments with the view of demon
etrating as to whether or not the manu-
facture of silk can be made profitable in
| this section of the country. No effort
will be made to furnish the raw material.
which will be purchased wherever OBJ
tainabe.
The President has perfected his ar
rangements for leaving Washington for
a summer vacation, and in company
with Mrs. Cleveland will probably leaye
for his fayorite camping grounds in the
Adirondacks within week or ten DAYS
He has extended no invitations to others
to accompany him, and the probability
is that they will be alone most of the
time, as the President declares that he
needs rest, and he knows of no place
where it can be obtained equal to the
Adrondacks.
During the session OF the Senate end
ed on Thursday the President sent to
that body 2,450 nominations to office,
including Withdrawals and renomina-
tiOns. There were. altogether, about
one hundred and fifty Withdrawals, most
of them being either to correct some
error in the name or to change the
character Of the nomination. In some
cases of appointments to succeed Slls-
pended officials the terms of the latter
expired before the Senate took action.
In such cases the nominations or ap-
pointments in place of suspended officers
were withdrawn and new nominations
to fill vacancies sent in. The perma-
nent Withdrawals were not very numer-
Gus. The Senate rejected thirty of the
Presidents appointments and about lif-
ty remain over without any action being
taken in their cases.
Under the law all the appointments
remaining over without action have been
returned to the President, and it is op-
tonal with him to reappoint the persons
or not. If lie shall rearpoint any of
them the names of those.so appointed
must be again submitted to the Senate
at its next session.
Most OF the members 20 home now to
attend conventions and to fix up their
fences tor the fall elections. Before
they come back to the capital again they
will go through a campaign, and at
present the speculation is as to the COM
pleNion of the next House. The Re
publicans expect to make gains in the
House, but they hardly expect to over
come the Democratic majority. The
Democrats are in considerable of a
tangie all over the country, but their
quarrels are chiefly over internal fac
tional ascendancy and will be mostly
settled in convention. Many men now
in Congress will not return, but it is
claimed by Democrats that the grand
summing up will show as many Demo
Gratis in the next Congress as in this, if
not more. One of the best informed
Democrats about the House said that he
found, after a careful study of the situ-
alton, that there were just five States
where the Republicans might make
gains. These were Michigan, Illinois.
Indiana, Iowa and Ohio. They would
probably gain two in Michigan, two in
Indiana, and possibly two or three in
'ulO' bhl III lllt ldlleI Hltle tue DEM
ocrats were in better shape than was
generally supposed. lIalstead, he said.
had aroused internal trouble among the
Republicans, while the Payne affair had
drawn the Democrats together to resist
the Republican attack.
Secretary Lamar expects to leave this
city shortly for a tour among the Indian
agencies of the IIest. He will probably
be accompanied by Senator Geek, Scna-
tor Voorhees, and others. Postmaster
General Villas will leave the city in
about ten days for his home in Wiscon-
sin. Assistant Attorney General Bry-
ant will go about the same time. Chief
Clerk Nash will take his leave in about
two weeks. Com. of Indian Affairs
Atkins expected to leave the city today
but is detained by the unexpected and