Show WASHINGTON r Washington Representative v Bayne Pennsylvania has had his gunsshotted and turned upon the administration for some time He pulled the trigger in the House this morning and fired the load The bill recommended by the ways and means committee to fix the tenure of office of collectors of internal revenue at four years was the I ostensible target and the shot and canister of the independent Congressman Con-gressman rattled through it like sand through a seive A two thirds vote was required to suspend therules and the bill did not even get a majority 100 votes being cast in the negative to 81 in the affirma ive Collectors of internal revenue reve-nue under the present Jaw are not appointed for any fixed term and the President has power to I remove them at pleasure Colonel Baynes particular friend Colonel Sullivan late collector at Alleghany was recently I removed because Senator Cameron wished Jackson an able stalwart I politician to have the place The existing law Bayne says is good enough but he finds serious fault with the manner in which it is administered ad-ministered by the present administration adminis-tration Mr Dunnell replied to Mr Bayne but his argument apparently did not commend itself to the House and twentyone of the republican re-publican members voted against the bill Nearly every one of these gentlemen I tie men so voted because they sympathized sym-pathized with Baynes views for the < use of patronage for political purposes pur-poses The democrats were of course solidly opposed to the bill I A postoffic has been established by the department at Silver Creek Alpine County on the route between be-tween Silver Mountain and Monitor Mon-itor Representative Berry presented to the secretary of war today the memorial of tne executive committee commit-tee on antihydraulic mining debris adopted at the session in Sacramento I Sacra-mento June 7th last asking I i the immediate removal of Lieutenant Lieuten-ant Colonel George H Merdely government engineer in charge of the fund for the protection of Sacramento Sac-ramento and Feather Rivers They ask this as a measure of relief claiming that he is interested in favor fa-vor of the miners contest now being be-ing waged between the business and agricultural interests and the mining interests They claim that by his reports he is committing government gov-ernment to a system of work which will accomplish noBEhig in the line of relief The memorial is signed by the following county supervisors super-visors B L Beckley Sacramento E R Graham Colusa S D Ward Yuba JM Brock Sutter R W Megowan Yolo B O Gray Butte Win Ingles San Joaquin and at teste by John McFensh secretary executive committee Senator Fair of Nevada is said to have subscribed 3500000 towards the construction of Senator Camdens new railroad from Wheeling toP to-P W Va The road will it i said ultimately be extended to Cincinnati |