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Show CAPITAL CI1 ATTER, ProbnblllilPH of an Extra eiloii The Clanuiuli Greeu-buckrrs Greeu-buckrrs More Caucus Letctblallon. W tiat the C'omuii trees sre Iolue Stauiej MaiibetTs Exonerated. Kew York, 13. A Washington correspondent any.: The president said yesterday mat he bad no idea of calline an exira Bessiou of the eenate. Anot! er Washington correspondent brta this: Greenbauk members elect to the Forly-sixih conRreea have been (or sometime trying to arrange for a conference between themselves. Dewere, acting chairman of the greenback national executive committee, com-mittee, bus been here for several days arranging the preliminaries, and the 22d, has been selected as ibe time for bnld'mg the meeting. Dewera says mat Bbventeen members elected as iariepetidenta a:.d natiomila, have Bignifit-d an intention to be present, and have also put in writing their determination lo join in. forming a new party organizition. Not a single member, diys Dewers, wbo was selected se-lected as a nail has failed to put Himself Him-self cn the record as against afliliation with either of the old patties. Ladd, of Maine, ie the only one about which there b any deubt, and lie has written me that we can rely on him. Washington, 13. The chairman of the Teller committee, to day, ap pointed as a eub-commiltee, Hoar, McMillan, Kirk wood, Garland and Wallace, to enquire into Ibe following branch o) the resolution of the senate, viz: Whether in the year 1878 money was raised by assessment or otherwise upon federal oflicebolders, or employes em-ployes for election purposes, and under un-der what circumstances, and what means, and if eo what amount was so raiEej, and how the same was ex pended; aid further, whether eucb assessments were or wore not a violation viola-tion of law. The committee then adjourned, the nest meeting to be subject to the call of the chairman. Democratic senators were in caucua this morning on the subjects discussed in the caucus on Monday night tbe advisability of endeavoring to repeal the lederal election law by amendments amend-ments to the appropriation bill, and thus probably forcing an extra Bession was earnestly discussed, Tburman and Bayard being the principal speakers and disputants. Tbe caucus adjourned ad-journed without action. Republican members of the Senate wre in caucus this morning Then a report was presented by ttu- committee commit-tee appointed to arrange the order of business for tbe remainder of the session. It was agreed that tbe post office appropriation bill gball be taken up as soon as the pending measure in regard to Chinese immigration is disposed dis-posed of, and that preference shall be given to other regular appropriation bills, including the river and harbor bill over all other business thereafter. The following measures are to be given consideration, not to interfere with the appropriation biiU when read in the order named. The pro posed Constitutional Amendment on tbe subject of war claims, the bill for the further distribution ot the Geneva award, Windom'a proposition authorizing author-izing an inquiry and report to be made on the advisability ot extending government aid for tbe colonization oi colored people, and various measures concerning the DUtrict of Columbia for wbich one day is lo be set apart. It was also agreed that from and after next Monday the Bcestons of the senate sen-ate thrill begin at 11 a.m., nnd that a portion of each morning hour shall be devoted to "unobjected business'' on the calendar, under wh.it is known as the Anthony rule. President Green, of the Western Union Telegraph company, was heard before the senate railroad committee, commit-tee, this morning, in opposition lo Jones' telegraph bill. Another meeting meet-ing will be held to-morrow, when the attorney for the company will make an argument. The republican penatoria! caucus, to day, decided to resist all atlempta lo put new legislation upon any appropriation ap-propriation bills. This is intended to cover tbe proposed repeal of the test oatb and the supervisors ol election laws, and the army reorganization schemes. Several republican senators are strongly in favor of the last proposition, pro-position, but have yielded their personal per-sonal convictions for the good of Ihe party. The democralio senators also held a caucus at which it is reported there , was a very stormy time. Senator ! Bayard made a strong speech against ! attempting radical legislation by ameudmeuts upon appropriation bills. He took a very conservative poeitiou, while Mr, Sherman and others went to Ihe extreme in their demands. The president eays government has enough money to run without an appropriation until July, and probably prob-ably until the 1st of October. He is outepoken in his refusal to be a party to auy proposition to convene the 1'orty-eixth congress, so that the democrats can get absolute control of the eenate. It all tue appropriation bills pass he will probably call an executive ex-ecutive session to consider nominations. nomina-tions. Chicago, 13 Recording tbe prospects pros-pects ot an extra session the Tribune's Wns!nugtou says: The house demo cratd do not give any eigus ol weakening weak-ening on tue position they bav? taken, and a prolonged fight ia expected ex-pected Ibere-over the mutter, wnici will make an extri session almost certain, without regard to tbe action of the senate. There are very few who doubt that tbe legislative bill will eventually fail as a whole. It certain, cer-tain, bjwever, that the sutler's brigade brig-ade ia rapidly encountering obstacles tn tbe movement for an extra session. Tne conservative element ia increasing among the senate democrats. There 6 an indication of purpose to disregard disre-gard tne edict ol the jomt democratic caucus, and decline to bo bound to cx operate and lorce a repeal ol the federal election legislation at the riek ot an extra aes?ion. It is jut pos-ible thl detiator Thurmau, in his ambi-I ambi-I fori to inaugurate some movement wluuh niht result in miking t,in more conspicuously the f ivorite of the uuiidozing element in tbe south, in contradistinction to 8-n;itor B.-y-ard, Iias overshot t;.s mark, and hits permitttd bimsell to be mde a dupe ot the sutlers' brigade. The indiea- j tious are that Senators B.iyard and I Kernan, by their con-ervAtism, represent repre-sent t:ie real spirit of the majority cf the democratic senators, rather than Senator Tburman. The attitude of ibe Ultcr is only to be explnmed as a piece of political dernngu')', under- ! uten wi;b a view to tne advauru-' m en I ot Tuurmau's presidential aspirations. aspi-rations. I Time' Washington: Senator Mat-! thews f ankly s'ated to a secret session of tbe Belect committee oi the senate, appointed to inquire in-quire into the matter, that he had tried to get James Anderson an office for reodi-ring what be believed to be proper service to the republican iauee. He made a full and complete acknowledgment that ht had been i;ros.-ly deceived, and that Anderson had turned cut, contrary to his expectations, ex-pectations, to be a rascal. He raid that he knew nothing of the frauds to which it afterwards transpired Ander son naa neen a party, muco less could be have been in celiusion with Anderson, An-derson, in so far as trying to net him rewarded for his connection with the so called frauds. Tne statement made so good an impression on his col lenguee, that they passed a resolution exonerating him from the charge ot conniving in the presidential frauds. The house committee on expendi-turei expendi-turei in tbe department of justice, this morning, instructed Chairman Durham to report a bill to repeal the sections of the Revised Statutes authorzmg the appointment and pay ol supervisors of elections and special deputy marshals. The committee also decided to report a hill regulating tbe mileage of marshals, and lor other purposes. Snhscripiicns to the 4 per Icents, $5,059,600. The revenue agent at Raleigh, N. C, reports that he has captured a number of distilleries and stills, and a larye quantity o( low winea and whisky. In the fight, two Moon sbicera were wounded. |
