Year: 1878

Washington News and Gossip.


GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal
revenue, S5l7, ,414.Ss; customs. SIS, ,S72.57.


VICE PRESIDENT WHEELER resumed his du-
ties as presiding officer of the Senate to day.


DESKS OR No DEsKs?-A resolution was in
trOduced in the House to-day by Mr.. Young,
of Tennessee. and referred to the committee
on ventilation. directing that committee to
inquire into the eXpediency OF removing from
the hall OF the House the desks now occupied
bymembers. The committee is charged to in
qulre What effect such removal would have
upon the public business.


THE LATEST SCHEME OF THE IsFLA.
TIONIsTs, is the proposed introduction of a
bill, fixing the the volume of the currency at
twenty hVe dollars per capita on the basis of a
population of fifty million people. This would
require 4 circulating medium of over one
thousand million dollars.


THE POSTAL SAVINGS BANK BILL.-The COM
mittee on banking and currency will take a
bill.


En- MINISTER TO ENGLAND EDWARDS PIER
REPONT will be entertained at dinner this
evening by Secretary Evarts.


INTERIOR DEFICIENCY BILL.-A bill was in



pirate St69,7l5 to supply deficiency in the In
terror department. The provisions of the bill
contemplate the appropriation of the amount
indicated to restore to duty the clerks recently
dlScharged IN the Land and Patent offices.


PACIFIC RAILROAD BONDS. The Senate
committee on the Judiciary to-day instructed
Mr.. Thurman to report to the Senate the bill
to provide a sinking fund for the liquidation
of the principal and interest of the Pacific
railroad bonds endorsed
The measure, which was originally introduced
by Senator Thurman, has been modified in
certain particulars by the Judiciary commit
tee.


THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA occupied the time of it's meeting
today in consideration of the bills passed by
the House Oh last District day. The commit
tee agreed to report favorably to the Senate
House bill providing for the recording of
deeds, mortgages and other conyeyances af-
tecting real estate in the District of Columbia:
House resolution tOprevent depredatiOnS upon
property in the District of Columbia an act to
prevent the sale of policy OF lottery tickets in
the District of Columbia. Senate bill No. 5O2
repeating the charter of the National Capital
Life Insurance company was reported with an
amendment. The amendment simply insert.
ed the name of Lucius w. Sperry, instead of
Charles A. White, to be trustee Of the assets
and rights OF action, which may belong to the
company. Abstracts of all of the above bills
hafebeen published in the STAR.


The INVESTIGATION OF POSTAL SUPERIN-
TENDENT CHENEY.-The House committee on
post offices and post roads to-day continued
the investigation of the charges against Pos
tai superintendent T. p. Cheney. Several
witnesses were examined who cOrr0bOrated
the testimony sf previous witnesses. that Che
ney was absent much of his time from his office
IN the Boston post office: Postmaster Burtt,
~ absent, but he did not know whether on
business OF not. He said that the troubles
that now encOmpassed Cheney grew out OF
Ieal0usies i'll his office with his Subordinates.


The BOND OF COL. COSTA. pension agent at
New ork, prepared in accordance with the
requirements of the department, was received
this morning by the Secretary of the Interior
ana approved. Each of the names ON the bond,
one OF which IS that of eX-GOy Morgan. of
New York, represents $250G00 of unencitl,ber-
ed real estate, so that in the event of the fail
ure OF one the other will be sufficient surety


THE INVESTIGATION OF DOORKEEPER POLK
The committee on reform in the civil service.
which for some weeks has been taking testi-
mOny with reference to the allegations filed
against DoOrkeeper Polk, have about closed
the testimony: IL is expected that a report
VIII be ready to be submitted TO the House by
the end of the present week.


THE DISTRICT GOVERNMENT BILL. The
bill to provide form of government for the
District of Columbia, comes up in the House
tomorrow after the morning hour, it having
been made the special order for that day.


ADJOURNMENT QUESTION - Speaker Ran
dali gives it as his opinion that there will be
no difficulty in securing final adjournment
of Congress at period not later than the first
OF July. He says the impression that the ap-
preparations committee is behind in its work
is erroneous: that the committee has pro-
greSsed as far as is usual and has it's work
well up, and that there will be no extension of
the session on its account.


A CHINESE MINISTER EXPECTED-ThOugh
no official Information has been received on
the subject, it is thought at the Department of
State that the agitation of the Chinese ques-
ton in this country will lead the Chinese gov
ernment to abandon at least as far the United
States is concerned, its exclusive foreign
policy and establish mission here, and ap-
point minister extraordinary and envoy
plenipOtentiary to the country to look after
Chinese interests


THE Senate committee on patents is nearly
ready to report the bill revising the patent
laws.


SPEAKER RANDALL EXPLAINS that when he
said Hon. S. S. Coxs alluson to the President
as fraud would not go in the Record he
meantthat the remark ought not to appear in
the Record, but says he had no authority to
note to Mr.. Cox suggesting that it be omitted,
fore it was inserted.


The LIQUOR TRAFFIC.-Mr. Morrill, gave
notice in the Senate to-day that he should
next wednesday request action on the bill to
provide a commission on the alcoholic liquor
traffic.


A LARGE NUMBER OF PETITIONS were in
troduced in the Senate today protesting
against the transfer of the life saving service
to the Navy department


MIR. MORGAN, who designed the new silver
dollar, has been in this country but a short
time. He came from England and was for
merly employed in the Royal Mint at London.


TAE REDEMPTION REPEAL ACT.-Mr. ALI
son says there is no necessity for immediate
action on the bill for the repeal of the re-
sumption act. This bill is now pending before
the Senate finance committee, and upon Mr.
AnisOn's vote depends whether the bill shall
be reported adversely or favOrably. Mr. VOor-
heeS is very anxious that the bill Shall be re-
ported to the Senate at once, but he probably
is not deSirOuS to risk the defeat of the bill by
an adverse report by Fastening action upon
the measure in committee.


WHEN General j. P.C Smith, chief of the
appointment division of the Treasury, is ap-