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Show WASHI NG I'OST. Xews and Note" lrom lb Cupilai- THE CHINESE QUESTION. Washington, 29. Rcpreeentative Willis ol Kentucky, L-Drmg of Mta? chuseita, and Bell of 0 orgia, ti.-Fub-commiitee on ihe Chioet' question, ques-tion, have, to-day, agreed to recom mend the adopnou by the lull uousi cumuiittee on education and labor, ul tlie Sargent bill with amendment, allowing any one vessel to brioi; fifteen Mongolians wilhjQ the jurisdic tion of the LuiteJ oiatea, instead ot only ten, aiid providing thit the bill -hall go into e fleet next January in stead of September. They aino omit tbe provision giving informers one j half of the penalties. Tnis agreement j strongly indicates Bimilar action by 1 the lull" committee and by nolo the! houses of congress this session. AFTER S1IEBMAX. Representative Bui Hips' bill, intro duced to day, sets jpide the recent sale oMl per cenL bonJii to the sy ndioate, , declares the sales made with an' association to the exclusion of all other citizens to be contrary to public pohoy; also declares against sales for coin certificates instead ol coin. The purpose of the bill is to bring the matter regularly before the banking committee so as to report it back iu order to set aside the Bale, and leave , the sale of bonds for coin alone, so that bonds cau be sold to others withcut the consent of the syndicate. DESTROYING GREENBACKS, Tie secretary of the treasury has direoted the destruction of $1,167,696! legal tender notes, 80 per ceut. of the j amount of additional national bank J circulation issued during the month, aud the same amount will be dia-1 bursed in silver dollars for currency j obligations. SLibscriptions to the 4 per cent-1 loan to day, $25,000. OFFICIAL POLITICS. Chicago, 29. Journal's Washington: Washing-ton: The question of allowing clerks in the several departments to revive state associations to do political wurit in connection with the approaching connresdioual elections, has been the subject of consideration between the president and some members of bis administration. The administration : will not allow associations to be revived re-vived and Buch as have been organized organ-ized will he required to disband. On this point the cabinet is a unit, although no formal action has been taken. Employes of government will be permitted lo work individually in connection with republican congressional congres-sional committees, and contribute money to carry on the campa'ga, but will not be nuHered to maintain separate separ-ate organizations. WHAT KEY THINKS, Postmaster General Key, in a published pub-lished interview, Bays he does not beliuvc conjress will take any steps towards an investigation of President Hayes' title. He believes now, that Hayes was honestly elected, although he did not think so in November, '76, and the testimony of such scoundrels scoun-drels as MuLin and Dennis ought to have no weight with the public McOreery presented in the senate, to day, a petition that Raphael Seni me?, the Alabama pirate, be assigned a place in the liowgate Arctio expedition on account of the theory advanced by Semmes' father, wuich he is anxious to prove regarding regard-ing the north pole. Such action as McOreery deeiros would virtually restore re-store Semmes to the government service again. |