The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-02-10

(From Our Regular CorrepOndent.)
WASHINGTON, d. c.,
February 9Th, 1885.

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February 9Th, 1885.
The week at the Capital has been
an eventful one in some respects,
the Administration and
the Senate each holds the awful
tenor of its own way. The former
continues to withhold information
requested by the Senate, and the
latter confirms no nominations.
The Senate has called upon Secre-
taries Manning and Lamar for pa
pers bearing on suspended Repub-
lican officials, and they will both
refuse them after the manner of
Attorney General.
On Wednesday, stirring silver
episode occurred in the House of
Representatives. A test vote prov
ed the Administrations financial
policy to be antagonized by ma
jority of eighty. Not only was the
Administration arraigned for what
it had done or neglected to in re-
lation to silver, but the House went
to the unprecedented length of de-
manding that the Administration
shall state to that body what policy
it proposes to pursue in future on
this great subject.
The Telephone investigation was
commenced on Thursday, and the
heads of the Department of Justice,
Treasury and Interior, were called
upon for statements of expendi-
lures in connection with the Tele-
phone suits. The House commit
tee on expenditures of the Depart
ment of Justice has charge of the
scandal, and although there are
but three Republican members on
it, they may be trusted to take
care of their side of the inquiry.
The now celebrated Pan Electric
exposure has given rise to many
rumors, and one Of the latest is that
Randolph Tucker, of Va, may sue
coed Mr.. Garland as Attorney Gen.
eral.
During the week Senator Evarts
dealt with the Electoral Count
question in a statesmanlike man.
ner, but it was finally decided to
send the pending bill back to COM
mittee for repairs. 1t seems very
hard for Senators to get around the
difficulty of finding a constitution
al court of last resort in an electOr-
al deadlock. They add, subtract,
multiply and divide in vain. Do
what they may, the troublesome
fact will appear that the COnstitu-
ton offers no satisfactory solution
of the difficulty.
Senators Conger and Morrill, have
been talking to the Senate on Art
in connection with some proposed
new movements for the Capital.
It was alleged that Mr.. Morrill, had
the advantage Of the Michigan
Senator, being from VermOnt,where
crude art, at least, abounds in ex-
haustless marble quarries, while
Mr.. Conger was supposed to know
more about lumber. The Senator
from Michigan was humorous and
severe in his criticisms of art in
Washington. He professed pro-
found ignorance of the rennais-
sance, pre-Raphaelism, and per-
spective, and said he did not know
what those things were, but he
would discuss them all the same.
Senator LOgan's speech in the
Senate on the Dakota questions
was an unansverable argument in
favor of the Immediate admission
of that Territory into the family of
States. He showed that she was in
every respect worthy of Statehood,
and that, in admitting her without
the preliminary Of an enabling act,
Congress would be following a line
of eleven precedents. He made an
able review of the speeches of SEN
ators Vest and Butler against Da-
kOta, and said the objections to her
were part of a great scheme to keen
out Republican States until Demo-
cratic States could be brought in.
1t was the old principle of "Slave"
and "Free States" He read from
a South Carolina paper an article
advocating the enactment of a
property qualification for voting at
which Senator Butler laughed.
"YOu need not laugh" said Mr.. LO.
gan, "for that is the only way you
are going to control that country
after awhile. Democracy started
in South Carolina" EYES," said
Mr.. Butler, lit was while the dis
tinguished Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Logan was leader of that