Year: 1877

WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. %, N


The business cut out for the extra ses


sion, viz: voting appropriations to dis
charge Indebtedness now existing on


Army, Navy and United States Courts
account, and to provide for those arms
Of the public service for the balance of
the present fiscal year, hang fire, await
ing the designation of the proper com
mittees by Mr. Randall to which the
message, cut into appropriate chunks"
is to be referred. 1t is obvious that
President Hayes meant to leave mem


bers of Congress nopreteXt for lingering
here longer than the 9TH proximo and
he is reported as very desirous that the
business imperatively necessary, be
promptly transacted and then that an
adjournment be as promptly effected,
leaving him ample time to prepare his
annual message, after the estimates of
Department and bureau heads shall have
been received. With the exhaustive
discussions had at the last session of
these appropriations, protracted debates
over them can now only come from fac
tious opposition, desire to embarass the
Administration or to enhance home
popularity so as to make it available at
the November elections. The exigencies
of Democracy require no bamboozling
of voters under the stale pretense of
economy ard reform; besides the DEM
agogue resorts of last season would be
rather perilous now than otherwise
The hurried acquisitions ofseveral DEM
Ocratic Governors last summer on the
Federal Government for troops to pro-
tect them against the strikers, has re
duced Bourbon representatives to just
one grievance, the old howl of fraud:
and though the Democratic legislator of
average manhood would consider him
self estopped from all further silly com
plants of the working of measure for
for which that party was practically Il
unit, yet the stream of vetuperation and
foul abuse of the President burst its bar
riers at the jubilation meeting over the
Ohio triumph and is still running at full
head. Blackburn, who if at all sensitive
TO the adherence with which the name
is still remembered, would court seclu-
sion, uncorked himself and there was
no mistaking the malignant sentiments
still animating him toward all those who
struck at the Confederacy or contributed
to its final collapse. Representative
Banning. who is unpleasantly associated
in the public mind with the exploits of
Eph Holland and his gang of imported
repeaters and ruffians, continues 10 at
tract attention by his vigorous denunci-
ations hurled against the turpitude that
encouraged MIR Hayes to hold on to the
Presidential chair procured by "S to ~
though Mr. Tilden was more than anx-
ious to relieve him.


General Hawley and other influential
citizens are laboring diligently for early
and favorable action on the recommen-
dations relative to representation at the
Paris Exposition, and the unanimity of
public sentiment in favor would seem TO
preclude any apprehension ofopposihon.
With the exception of small sum to
enable us to be represented at the Stock
holm Prison Congress to which we have
been formally envited by Sweden and
Norway, and an appropriation needed
for repairs Of the Patent Office, nothing
further in the way Of money is asked;
and few days hard work would dispose
Of al the business actually needed to be
done at this session. But Senator ingalls,
has given voice to the wishes of many
western constituencies by the introduc-
ton of bill providing for coming silver
dollars and making them legal tenders
for all debts, public and private, save
those specially contracted TO be paid in
gold. He will not be entirely destitute
Of Eastern and Southern support, and
the matter Of resumption threatens to
precipitate itself so that it cannot GER
tainly be predicted that it will prove a
short session. The opposition to Mr.
Harlans confirmation does not appear
so general as to defeat it, though, doubt
less. the feeling is entertained by many
that there are other men whose records
would have suggested their selection in
preference to Judge Harlan. Locality,
it is likely, had something to do with the
matter, however. The report that Mr.
Bristow would seek to antagonize the
appointment is strenuously denied here.
The choice for q successor toJudge En-
mons seems to lie between Tennessee
and Michigan; and the fact that the
former is so divided in sentiment be-
tween the Baxters started the Wolverine
competitor with some advantage.


The solid Republican vote relative to
the contestents for seats in the Senate
has been a very disagreeable and dis
couraging surprise to Democrats Senator
David Davis vote to refer the creden-
tials of Eustis to the Committee on
Privileges and Elections has also had 4
very depressing effect and Democrat
ic Sunday paper in its last issue dismally
foreshadows solid Republican vote in
favor Of Kellogg's admission. The dis
position among Republicans 10 forget
family dissensions in the presence ofthe
enemyis quite as apparent in the House.


Since the first day of the session waen
Cox pranced into the arena and cayorted
around the ring, ignoring the humilia-
ton put upon him by the refusal of the
New York delegation to present his
name as Speaker,up to the present time,
there has not been a sign Of dividing
into ftctions, which Democrats have been
all the time predicting; and the votes in
the Senate lead to the hope that the
cases of Messrs Kellogg and COrbin will
be decided on their merits without any
reference to the recognition Of Nichols
and Hampton or the refusal TO recognize
their Republican rivals.


Among the rumors is one to the effect
that Mr. Kelly will to-day, under the call
Of States, introduce bill to repeal the
resumption act, and will move to sus-
pend the rules and put it on It's passage,
if the regular order is insisted on. 1t is
not believed, however,t that the necessary
two thirds can be obtained; but it will
put members on the record either for or
against resumption. maxwell.


They had seance upin Fishtown the
other evening, and brought the mater
ialized spirit of L;ndley Murray in, and
when Lindley answered question with
NV wishes has been granted = there was