The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-01-01
Our Washington Letter.
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Dec. 18th. 1855.
Representative Willis Of Kentucky, says
the whiskey men will not attempt this
session to get any legislation in their In
terest through Congress.
A bill, introduced to-day by Senator
voorhies, to refund internal revenue tax
- In certain cases, authorizes the Secre-
sary Of the Treasury to refund to the per-
sons thereto entitled, such ameunH -
shall be shown to the satisfactioh Of the
eo0missioner Of internal reveaus 10 have
been paid prior to July 5leh., 1853. In ex-
- - tbs tax paid on the quanfisy sct-
uaily Withdrawn.
Mr.. Edmuuds introduced In IT, Senace
to-day. bin granting pension % Mr.
Julia ID. Grant, and another bill grnneing
her the frsnkiag privilege. Mr.. Edmu-
nds said u e~sre precisely in the
form adopssa II allt1Ar cases heretofore.
Repressutsave 1oea Of New York,
has prepared . biiNe1eA he will intro
duce in the House upo6s1D1All Of states,
liking the date Of the de- ~ the officers
and crew, who perishsd ON the arctic
steamer Jeannette. - bill fixes the
date of death ON the elChe bodses were
discovered, the 23rd. 0431arch, 1852, aud
provides that tho accednting officers Of
the Treasury shall eOmpst their arrears
Of Eay W y thnt dass tor ths bensAs q
their he1us.
Ia ~ Sssass ygsoWday Ar. Hear ~
tOducsd . blu - sepsal sections, 17o5,
l70s, l7ee, ITO, ls1l and l775 u the Rs-
vlsed Statutes. These are the yectisns
prescribing what II known as the tenure
Of Office ACT. Section 1867 provides that
every person appointed to civil Office by
and with the advice and consent Of the
Senate shall hold for the term for which
he was appointed, unless sooner removed
by aud with the advice aud consent Of
the Ssaaks, or by the appointment and
confirmation VI \ suecsss0r. The other
sections prescribe that during recess the
President Is authorized 70 suspend civil
officers except United States Judges, and
70 designate some. suitable person to per-
form the duties Of the suspended official;
that within = days after the nsssisg u
the Senate the President must send in
Ghs na.nes Of xllrccess appointnsents, etc.
In the Senate this afternoon the COM
lnittee amendment to strike out the ioine
rule forbidding the sale Of intoxicants
was rejected by vote Of 80 to 30, and
the rule was retained.
Time WAS that the Senate Was fnll q
soakers and tipplers. 1t is not 80 now. II
we are to believe what Senators cay ii has
beconle . brotherhood Of veriatbl Jona-
dabs. Rut after sll the country 10 mot %
much interested In what Or how much
Senators drink, rs in what or how much
they do. According to well authentica-
ted history there were some t0lsrably
smart men in the bibulous Senass of by
gone days, whom the people ore proud
to honor. and remember for the services
they rendered. Ii will be % gepesstioas
hence. The Senators Of to-day will oc-
cupy the highest place.in thei1countEy's
remembrance, Who have best wrought
for their country's greatness. Still, al-
though sobriety is not al Of salesman
ship. it is good thing for even the best
Of statesmen to keep sober.
SeuAfor Logan has no intention what
ever Of declaring war on the:Admlnls-
tsafion. He says he shall oily epoess
the confirmation Of such Dsa - he
would oppose II nominated By Repub-
lican President. His position In this rs-
spect b much more reasonablesaud faie.
than dat Of many Nngwu,np Democrats.
The Congress Of the United States
might Be called;by any person cynicslly
disposed the lawyers paradise. Accord
ing to the new CongressiosaA l1lrsctory
there are two hundred and eigety Elk
lawyers in IL present Congress. The
unmbcr, IN fnct, will probably exceed
this figure, - not . Jew Of the member
neglect to give their ayocation In the
brief biographical sketch theyihave fur-
nlshed to. Major Beni Periy Poore, th,
veteran compiler of the Directory.
AuGrsr.