Washington Letter

Froru our Regular Correspondent. Washington, D. C, July a, 1884. The President returneJ to the House, without his approval, the bilí for the relief of Fitz John Porter. He and h8 eabinet think that the judginent of the original court martial should be final, and conclusive. ' The veto message expressed the fear that the proposed legislation would establish a danjrerous precedent, calculated to imperil the binding forcé ofthe judsrments of various tribunals established'under the Constitutional laws. Senator Logan, who ha; always been the most earncst opponent of the bilí, said a man need not have a very vivid imagination to oonjectnre his feelings on the subject. It was suggested that Senator Logan influenced the President in his action on the bilí, hut Presimentioned the Porter case to him in any marnier, shape, or form. Gen. Logan would have been the last man to have urged his views personally upon the President. Tho Democratie House composed largely of ex-confederate ollicers passed the bill over the veto amid cheers and hisses. Wlien the veto message was laid before the Senate the yeas and nays wcre taken without debate, and resulted in a tie vote. Gen. Swain is confiued to liis house with the Bank President's disease - nervous prostration. A Congressional delegation went to the AVhite House to urge he Presideiit to let Gen. Swain down easy without a court-martial. The President not only rcfused but sxpressed surDnse that an offleer in Swain's position should not urgently demand a courtmartial to clear his name. There has been a good deal of fervid oratory expended In the House this week on the Navy deadlock. Btr. flandall would sooner keep Congress here all summer than recede an inch from his position ou the Cruiser and Monitor amendments. One of the number who ably met the Chairman of the appropriation committee in debate was Heprescn tative Calkius, the Itepubliean candidato for Governor of Indiana. He said one of the chief reasons of Democratie opposition to sufficient appropriation was temper. The party had forgotten its traditions and had becomo simply a party of criticiem. L'nder the leadership of the gentleman who was a prominent candidato lor the Presidency, the fiat had gone forth that the Navy should not be built up until after the next Presidential election. If that were the position the gentleman chose to ámame, the Rcpublican party was ready to meet it. The Senate has decided to let the trade dollar bill go over till the next session, tbe House having amended the measure to death. The Anti-Chinese bill got safely through, however, to tlie great relief of liepubiican Senators, who insisted it would be to the 'lisadvantage of the part}' to have it said that the Democratie House promptly passed the measure, bui that it died in tlie Kepublican Senate. Although yesterday was t'ie "glorious fourth" tlie Senate was in session, but before proceediug to business it sat patiioticaly and listened to the readingby the Secretary of the leclai atiou of Independence.