r * * t t FHE OMAHA \V \ PWELFTH YEAR NEB WEDtfEsSDAY MORNING JANUARY 10 1883 173 ' A TRAITOR'S TRICK > l The lofamous Action of Speak er Humphroy of the Ne braska Hoii'O. Courteoy nud Parliamentary Ueage Trampled Upon at Monopoly's Back. The Mover cf a Reeolution Re. fu-jed a Place on the Com- uiittoo it Created , And Four Monopolists pointed to Oouduct a Kail road Investigation. The Majority of the House In dignant Over the Ineult of the Speaker. The Heyuolds Resolution Draws the Lines Tight on the Railroad Question , And Puts Each Mcuilur Squarely totlioTistcn the All-Im- paitnut Is UP. Details of the Struggle Bills Intrc- .ducod The Senatorial Contest. JHJ2S.TIIUGGLE BEOI.VS. Special Dispatch to Tim Inn. LINCOLN , January 9 The only thing of importance that has occurred in the legislature , except the routine business nnd introduction cf a large number of bills , WAS tbo encounter over the Reynolds nonato resolution , providing fur the appointment of n special railroad committee of three senators and four representatives After a good deal of bushwhacking on the part of the railroads the question at ha. came to a vote and waa adopted by a vote of 52 to 4'2. The resolution allowed the speaker to appoint the fcur members of the t committee , and the moment the vote - _ _ - ' waa declared ho appointed four who { ft. / are acknowledged railroad men , leav- jf . _ . ing the mover of the resolution , Mr \ Nottloton , out in the cold. The 11 speaker , by the appointment ot the \l \ Btanding railroad committee , haa > placed himself squarely on the record ' aa an obstructionist to all railroad legislation. Mr. Nettloton , ot Clay , in an inter- I ) view eaid that he considered it a di rect insult to the house , to eay noth ing about the action of the speaker to wards him. The anti-monopoliata will undoubt edly move to reconsider thin after noon and have the house elect the committee. The four men who are appointed on the above committee are Grout , Ste venson , Gray and Brltton. Each ono of them voted against the reso lution. The Lancaster delegation i voted solid against the resolution If" < * except Whedou , and he dodged the IP' 7 "V vote. f A SPECIMEN BRICK. > Special Utspatch \ LINCOLN , Neb , January 9.-Speaker < . Humphrey' * ) railroad coramitloo is of / fifteen , packed with nine railroad cap- { pera. Humphrey a treachery to his ( pledgca maao bufpro and since hia election waa exhibited to day by his outrageous rulings , hia vote against the apacial investigating committee , nd his defiant violation of all parliamen * tary usage after the house had voted .him down in appointing the whole committee of men that had voted with him ngauiBt the resolution nnd are outspoken enemies of the investi gation , Humphrey's conduct creates intense indignation ana disgnst. The contest will probably bo renewed this afternoon. ' PILING ON INPAMT. Special Dispatch to Till ilil. LINCOLN , NEB. , January 0 There is no doubt now that Speaker Hum phrey belongs , soul and body , to the monopolies. The contest over the special joint committee to investigate railroad management unmasked him and placed him where ho belongs aa chief capper of the railroads. " " ' * " At 10 a. m. , the hour sot for Net- tleton'a resolution , to concur with the senate on a special railroad committee and appoint four members through the speaker , Railroad Attorney Ses sions opened the fight by moving on amendment to increase the number of members to bo appointed by the house from four to alx , Sessions supported his motion with ono of his windy harranguos. His plea was that four out of seven members would not represent the house fairly. The real object of Sessions' amendment waa to give the railroads two to ono on the com mittee through the connivance- the speaker , Robborta , of Bntlqr , in a forcible speech opposed Sessions' mo tion , innisting that the amendment meant delay , that the republicin party stoi.d plodgid to give the people re lief from existing abuses through antimonopoly - monopoly legislation , and any stops by the republicans to'lefor or obstruct legislation was FATAL TO THE 1'ATITY. Robborts fiaally moved to table Ses sions' amendment. Sessions promptly seconded Rjbborts motion. A mom bur rose to aak the epeakor what' the / - * remit of tabling Sosiioos amendment f * " " would be. Tn speaker ruled it would table all pending resolutions , Robberls asked leave to withdraw hii motion to table , but Sotalous , as second end , objected. Tbo yeas and nays were demanded on the motion to able. The speaker voted yon aa o member with the railroad strikers , and voted again aa presiding c liber , dto'ariog the motion to Ublo carried by jno majority. Uroat excitmeut fol owed. It wcs eooti discovered on compuinoii of the journal , that the motion to table wr.s lost , end .ho npe&kor BO declared finally The motion recurred on Scraioim1 amendment to increase the number of lonae members to six. Sessions again larragued the houa > . Ho waa follow ed by Grout , of Otoe , who could aeo no use of this special committee since ho railroad committee of which he waa chairman could co-oparato with .ho . senate committee. Johnson of founders , another lawyer , followed in ho aarno strain. General Holmau made a powerful appeal to the house 0 stand by the original senate r o * ntiou , as that would afford the pe < do and legislature aninaight [ into rallt ad uanagomont. Nettloton also mat o a brief but tolling speech ugaiunt ho amendment. Tno yeas and nays voro ailed and the nmoudmout wao dcfr < vt- od by 37 to EG The speaker again voted with the railroad , atttoruoys and brass collar clique. The irum [ nestion on Nottlutou's resolu ion was then put with the following vote : FOtt TUB JiEhOLUnON ! Aboil , Armitaso , Ashby , Barttn , Berkley , Oarnaby , Chopin , Olark ol yolfax , Ocokof JtfTjraon , Divenport , Jodd , Frcoburn , Gordon , Gdmstoad , lall , Hatch , Haven , Helmrlch , Holl- mau , Howard , Jensen , Jonoa , Kou- icy , Laird , Luthey , Martic , MsAlIii- , er , MeGavook , Miller , Morriaon , Net- ; loton' North , Palmer ol Dixon , 'almur of Saline , Ritclifft * , Robborta , Ijcho , Ruajell , Sadilek , ' Sivagu , ichrooder , Str > adwoll , Thompson , Town , Turner , Watts , Worhan , Whit- el , Wolph. LJO , who had voted against the eaohition an ho had with the railroad icn on all previous motions , rhangod its vote to yea , The following voted AOAissr THiucsoiunoN : tibnock , Biorbowor , liritton , Brown , Uatlc , Uhrlstopherson , Cole , Collius , } olpetzcr , Cool : of Nuckolls , Cox , ) awnon , Denman , Draper ot Ones , j"abliugor , Field , Franao , Gow , 1 raver , Gray , Griinte , Grout , Har- iugton , Hoebol , Homer , Johneou , Seville , J'ayno , Ranney , Spanoglo , feovor , Scephcuaon , Sncaonbach , \\ylor , TliDtnai , Tower , Walker , Veecott , Witsonborg , Worl end the pcakor Total tor the resolution , 52 ; gainst , 42 No sooner hud tbo applause which ollowod the declaration of the result ibsidod thau the speaker announced 10 following committee : Grout , Steph- uton , Gray , and Bntton. There was great indignation amongat the upporters of tha Nottloton resolution vor this Detection. Every man of : ie four h d voted against the resolu- ion and waa a pronounced enemy of lie proposed investigation' By com mon courtesy and parliamentary usage ao chair should have appointed Mr Nettloton , but ho not only snubbed ilm but insulted the entire honoo by lie election ho mado. It is a bold ttempt on the part of the speaker as biof capper of the railroads TO T11HOTTLE LEGISLATION. Members who have placed thorn- elves on record with him on this test ote will find it hard to explain to neir conatituonts if they were elected a anti-monopolists. BILLS INTRODUCED. podM Dlapfttch to Tnn list. THE WORK IN BOTH HOUSES. LINCOLN , January 9. The house nd senate have each been to work lard all day. The principal work has teen that of introducing billa. Jn the IOUBO fifty-four bil'a ' were Introduced , bout one-half of which pertained to ailroada. Among the billa Intro- uced in the house was ono by Armit- ge , of Adama county , reducing the > ay of the oflicern and raising the pay f privates of our state militia ; atau one by Mr. Oolpotzor , which seeks o amend section 15 of the law fer the ; overnmont of the cities of the first- class. The objects of the proposed amendment la to provide for a tunnel at Tenth street in Omaha. In the Bonate Connor of Buffalo , in- reduced a bill making it a misdemeanor meaner for H member of the legisla ture , judicial , state , county or precinct officer to receive or mo a railroad paaa , Butler of Pawnee introduced a rail- oad commission bill , taken from thu illinoli law. Raynolda of Butler in- reduced a bill fixing passenger and 'relght rates , the freight to bo carried 'or ao much a ton par mile ; also one relating to tolls of the Missouri river iridgo at Omaha , Brown of Douglas A bill to pro ? vide for depositing the money of a county or city and to obtain'interest : hereon , ' J Dolan of Rad Willow A bill auth- orlzing precincts to 'vote bonds for works ot internal improvement , Both branches atand adjourned to J 30 to-morrow morning. SCENtS AT THE CAPITAL , Special Correspondence of the Bee. LINCOLN , Neb , January 0 , 1883 10 p. m. Fully two-thirds of the members of the legislature are out c town and things look very quiet Nothing of importonco can possibly bo done before Tuesday , as it Is more than probable that only a bare major ! ty will be on the ground by Monday at 2 p m , The members who are In the Gapi tal have boon taken care of by the heads of the different Institutions Quito a delegation waa invited to look through the penitentiary and other tn stltutions also looked after their Bhar of the brethren from the country. 0 oonrao there waa no business In a lit itlo informal party of this kind only general deairo to got acquainted Nettloton , of Clay , "went out to th agricultural farm , so wo are told , to ook after a pig. Ho has not lost an mlmal of this kind , but he , being a armor ia desirous of improving his stock. Mr. Noltloton is not the hand somest man In the world , but ho is : i088aicd of good ability and wo looker or him to nuke his mark during the winter. Judge Gaslin Is in town , and in re sponse to nn invit.Uion to visit the lenitontlary ho declined , Baying that t Hould not be pleasant , for ho would ' \pcct to meet too many familiar aces. The judge ia in the city urging ho importance of a law which shall iboltah the grand jury system of thu he state. Ho ia very aollcitouc , and loolaros the grand jury ayjtein to bu ho biggest fraud ou our Btatuto books , in convctsitlon with him , yourcorre- ipondenv learns that n bt'l ' of this kind will bo introduced early in the KHslou , and ho is nopuful that it may > ocomo a law. Ho aayo that the sys- em has been abolished in Michigan and Kansas , and alee in a certain class of cases in the United States courts , and wherever It has boon abolished .ho judge is certain that it will never > o restored. It is now definitely known that the anti-monopolists of this state have nat escaped thu worst cataatrcphy hat could possibly happen them in ho matter of legislation. A few evenings oiuco thu lieutenant gov- rnoriior , who had prepared a railroad omuiittco , supposing that there would > o no hitch in his being able to ap- > olnt the committees , proceeded to oad the tame to a gentleman of my cquaiutanco , and it waa made up of n entire railroad lot with the oxoep- ion of ouo or possibly two , with larrls , of Boone , Lorau Clarkfa man , or chairman , John R. Clark is dcing his level > cut for Millard. He is to turn over wo or three votes from Lancaster ud i ono from Richardson , while Xtrna ia to turn over thu two mum- > era from Suward to the same man ; nd many of the bourbons in the leg > elaiuro do Bay that Dr. Miller is oally for the Omaha banker , but the emocrata of Nebraska understand hat Miller is for the U , P. railroad rat and the democratic party aecond , nd consequently his following will ) o fllim at the bent. When lion. G. M. Humphrey was rat elected speaker , the opinion irovfttled that ho would appoint an inti monopoly railroad committee , but otnohow during the day a c'-ango has ome over the people , and they now ppoar tu think differently. Mr lumphrcy will soon find out that hob- ebbing witb railroad strikers ouch aa Oipt. R. 0. Philipa , and having that kea of men aa hia confidential ad- iaera ia not calculated to strengthen tublia opinion as far as ho is con cerned The appointment of ox-Treasurer Barilett to the position of deputy ronanrcr la not meeting with the ap- > rov'al of cither the Democrats or the intl-monopolists at the capital. It was evidently the intention of the onatitution , in limiting the term of fiice of the state treasurer to four ontinoua years , to have an entire ivorhauling of the funds at least once iurlug that time , but with this ar- angomont no such overhauling will ) o had. Mr. Bartlett will simply write hia check , and the money will omain where it waa originally dopos- ted , and things will go on in the name ild way. Correspondence of The Bee. LINOOLS , Nob. , Januarys At ono ime ycatorday it looked as though the now storm might interfere with the return of the abjont legislators , but his morning everything is quiet and ill are expected on tlmo. Some "of ho senators were especially anxioua 'or the reason that the Reynolds reeo- Ion , providing for a special railroad committee , had boon made the special order for this afternoon at 2 p. m , This committee may bo of more mportanco than would acorn at first light.and it ia presumed that the railroads will take it all in , nnd fight t to the bitter end. The committee s to bo composed of three members of the sonpto and four from tbo IOUBO , and if the autl-monopa carry .ho senate on thla propoaltion , it is moro thau probable that the big fight will bo in the house , Ic waa bocauto of this roaolutlon that there was con siderable nervousness when the storm commenced ' yesterday , but everything 'a aorenc now. The aonato haa made but ono tnia- ako during the aoaaion that your cor respondent is aware of , and that la the election of Walt M. Seoloy , the job. 3era' man , for clerk of the committee ) f the whole , Thia nun haa boon the lircd hand of E. E , Brown and the railroad company for the past two 01 three mnntha , and hia election is a di rect blow at the anti-monopolists o Lancaster county , and they fool i keenly. Strange aa it may aoom , Judge Weaver la on tlio ground with a senatorial torial liahtnlng rod up , and it ii thought ho wfll get several votes , and Jim Liird has a rodalroady to elevate The people of , the capital look npoi Laird aa a railroad attorney , who is hero In the intoreat of the B. & M company , and every ono IB satisfiei that he will work In their Intoreat ii the United Statea senatorial fight 01 anywhere olao , Several of the legislators arrlvoc last night at this writing , 1 p. m The hotels are crowded again. Trazeii to Death. lpccin.1 Dispatch to Tui Iin. TOUONTO , January 9. Samuel MUea a 7-year-old boy , was found frozfli fuat in the ice in the Middle bay. Hi left homo to okato on Saturday after noon , and it ia thought waa driven on by the strong wind , ahd bolnc unabli to return , lay down and was frozei to death. To Bn Rotiretl. Special DUpatch to Til r. Ilxx. , WAHIIINOTON , January 9. Commo dore William E. Hopkina will bil retired tired to-morrow , i THE NATIONAL CAPITAL , The Tobacco Meii Forinulato a Plan Peculiarly ProfltaWo to Themselves , The Presidential Succession Bill Finally Passed by the Senate. ' * Members of the Cabinet in Their Order Invested With Cent tiagent Powers. Honso VlKcromly Lulnrs tea a Amorioau Com * m roe < Cat 1 Sprlcklo'a Sugar-Oontod Bonanza About to Disolve. PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION. Ml&l UlapaUb to Till Dim. j ? TUB BILL AH IT PARSED THE SENATE. WABHINOTON , January 9 The bill 0 provide for performance of dutibacf ho oflico of prealdont In case of removal % moval , death , resignation or inability , both of president nnd vice protldoiit , > asacd thoBouatoto day cute ! * ; That , in the cane of removal , death , caignation , or inability of both print- lent und vice president of thi Utriturt StatoB , the secretary of ntate , or , if hero bo uono or in the case of hi * emoval , death , rcaif < iiatiuii or Inabill y , then ntiuthor moiubor of the abinot in thin order of prejodenctf : Jocretary of the treasury , secretary f war , attorney general , p'tstnwstcr ' 'onoral , secretary of the navy , score- ary of the h.torior , thall act president until the diuabilUy ( a TO- moved , or until the vacancy is other wise lawfully fillud ; such officer being Hijiblo to the ollioj ot prustiont ( un- lor the constitution , and not under rticlea of impeachment of the liouso if representatives ut tliQ tpio the ewers und duties of thu tuTko shall evolve upon him ; provided , that whenever the powers and dwticu of ho president of the United States hall devolve npou any of the ppraonS lUmod , if con ro.ia bo not then in oca- ion , ur ifit would not meet regularly within twenty days thereafter , it Khali > o the duty of tb.6 poraon upon whom aid powers and duties ahall devolve to aauo a proclamation convening con- roes in extraordinary noselou , giving wonty daya notice of the time of mooting. SEC. 2. That the time of mooting hall only bn hold to dccorlbo and ap- ly to these cflioora who ehall have icon appointed by the advice and con- out of the aonato to\ \ the calces therein uamod. SEO 3. Tha1 seotion 140 of the Bo- viitd Statutes is hereby repealed. CAPITAL NOTES- jpoclal Dispatch to Tim DBK. A CABINET MKETINO WASHINGTON , ' D. 0. ] Aikju-y1 D , * A cabinet mooting waa attended by all ho members to-day. The principal question under consideration waa in reference to the Hawaiian treaty. TUB SUN FIIOM UTAH. The house election cnmmlttno to day decided to report in favor of aca'inp ' Llaro as a delegate from Utah. NATION AMI III3 OUQAN. Assistant Postmaster General Hat- ton , referring to the charges that ho lias brought niemb'ra of congress to aid him in extending the circulation of the National Republican now.spupor , said : "Tho lottnr they publish waa prepared by the business manaxor and 1 never siw it until after ita prepara tion. No congressman can say I Jmvo over asked him to sign such a letter , nor is it true I have nont my manager to the capital with letters. " FINANCIAL. The first comptroller of the treasury decides that neither thfl regiatcrs nor the receivers are entitled to a commis sion of ono pur cantuin of the mini mum of lands ) eniorod under the tim ber culture act , The secretary of the troasurv to-day authorized the coinage of non five-cent nickola pieces of a new design , a little larger and thinror than the present coin. TUB NATIONAL TOJIACf'J ASSOCIATION of the United States to-day adopted the following resolutions : RESOLVED , That it ia the ncnco of this asaoclation that the tax shall bo reduced to 8j per pound on plug , fine cut chewing and smoking tobacco and snuff ; the tax on cigars to bo reduced to 3 per thouiand , and on cigarettes to 7u3 per thousand. Congress should pasa a resolution making a rebate un der any any and all circumstances equal to the reduction of the tax on tobacco , snuff , cigars and cigirottts , provided that no claim for less than $10 bo allowed. RESOLVED , That it ii the earnest dosiru of the National Tobacco Asso ciation that the reduotion of tax on tobacco , snuff , cigars and cigarottcn go into effect May lit , 1883. RESOLVED , That the convention enter ita 'solemn protest against the proposed provision authorizing the sale of leaf tobacco by growers free of tax to consumers as a violation to all sonnd and rosognized principles by granting to ono class of citizens priv ileges denied to other clauses and as a public declaration by tbo government to consumers of tobacco that they should use unmanufactured and untaxed - taxed tobicoo to the utter ruin of manufacture IB nnd dealers In tobacco and to the lens of revenues to the gov ernment and that it would bo equiva lent to an act for the confiscation a ! our property. A CONSCIENCE CONTIUBUTION. Treasurer Ollfilli&n has been in cor respondents with T , M. Hurst , Naah- rllle Hgont of the board of publication of tho. Cumberland Presbyterian chni-nh , with regard to the disposition of $200 , which ho received from an anonymous source , to bo put to tiie credit o [ the onncclenco fund in the t'oosury of the United State * , but which ho deposited Instead to hia own credit as ngont of the board of publication for the benefit cf which ho hulioved the money was intended Helms informed the Treasurer of the United Statea that ho inrnlslnj ; a fund to pay the remainder i f the debt can traatcd in Ita orpanisutlon , nnd that unloaa ho bn instructed to the con trary , ho will put this oonsolonco con tribution to the board's credit. The matter waa laid before the secretary of the treasury to-day. The senate ratified the Corcau treaty. F LANDV The house judiciary oommltteo , by a vote of six ngatnat six , this morning postponed the conildoration of the Knott roaolutlon , declaring a forloit- uro of lands granted to the Northern 1'flcitio railrond , nnd took up the senate ate bill Increasing the foes of star route witnesses from the far west. The vote on the motion to consider the Knelt resolution was : Ayes Manning , Townsondof Illinois , Knott , Converse , Hammond , Pajadn. Nays Reed , Taylor , Briggsj Nororoos , Willott , McUord. The witness fee hill WM finally disposed of. CONGRESSIONAL. 8B.VATK moOKKUlWlB , WASIIINOTON , January 9. Tn the sonata Monell called up his resolution to provldo for' ' the termination of the Hawaiian reciprocity treaty , and moved its rofcrenoo to the commlttco on finance Aftur n debate It .was agreed to ayes Ml , nays 20. Van Wjok c.tllod up hia resolution requesting the poatnuBtor general to suspend oontrnotn the dally mail aor- , vice between Fort Nlobram and Deadwood nnd from Chamberlain to R-pidCity. Van Wyck Bald that the proposed route would run through n wlldln"-1 dim country , benttUting nobody bat the two r.iilroad companies , who do- aired to n aiuo in this way oonnootlm ; two iitngo lines at the government's expanse Senator Ingalls moved to r6for to the c'juiinUtoo ' 011 postoflices , Lost. Aftur repeating the lununlmont by StMi.itor Irgalls requesting thu poet- ma tor-gtiuer&l to cummuntoato to the aonato nil information in his posses sion I'uspL'oiiim these routes , Yun SVyck's rcsolutiim naa adopted. A joiut n-aolutiou nuthori/.mg En- sigh Itt'jimloa to accept n decoration from thu Emperor of Austria , Adopt ed. ed.A A resolution was adopted directing thu ni'crutary of the interior to trans rait to the aunato copies of the corres pondence ) relating to leasing of the YollowstoiiB national park. Senator Cockorcll from the committee - too on military oll'ur.i , reported ad- vorioly to the , bill to fix the date of entry into the military service , and to correct the record of clliasrs now in the regular army who served as ofli- core of voluntooril Senator Merrill called up his reso lution to provldo for the termination of tno Hawaiian reciprocity treaty , and moved Its referenceto ( the committee on finance. At the tlmo of the negotiation of the treaty the .ho importation of * sugar irom Ihu tlawaiian ialanda was quitu small , but under the treaty it went on increasing /ear / to year until 1882 the amount imported would yield under the tariff dnt ? to the amount cf $31 ( J 80 , 000 , while the whole annum of our ex ports to the hlanda wan $3 372,000. Therefore , if wo had given Hawaii all our exports and 8100,000 additional wo ahould bo as well oil'as wo uro un der the treaty , The intention of con- gresu has been defeated by the impor- lation of grades of sugar not designed ; o bo admitted under the treaty , Muscovado brown and gradca known ad ' 'Sandwich Inland" sugar were these .ntondod to bo admitted , but by the ntroductloi. af the centrifugal process .ho manufacture ot theao sugars na , hey came horn were eventually reined - ined , oumo of them being an high as No. 10 , Dutch standard. The pro duction constantly increasing , the Qenotita of the treaty were received , not by nutivo Ilawailann , but by speculators who have gene there since .ho negotiation of thu truaty , and who do not oven employ natives , but import their hboroni from China and Japan. Thu argument in favor of maintaining the treaty that it given the United States a foothold in the the Hawaiian Inlands , ho thought of litllo weight. Ho did not favor the idea of ever attempting to establish a sort of "jingo" empire in the Pacific In ciio of war the Hawaiian Islands would go to the poiror having the etroimon naval forcD , and our liar- lug a "foothold" would make no dif ference. Senator \Vindom thought the reso lution ought go to the committee on foreign affairs under the rules of the sanato. Senator Fryo remarked that the Hawaiian treaty had turned out to bo llko all other troatiea , Every nation , however Inferior , with whioh wo made a treaty succeeded in Rotting an advantage. Senator Miller ( Gal. , ) Bald the pro posal to abrogate this treaty involvot political question of very great ouiBiit. The nuoator from Yorinoni ( ilorrill ) propobed to abrogate the truaty because the production of sugar In Hawaii has Increased ; in fact , three fourths of the sugar now produced there waa produced by Araerl cans. It should bo romomborec too , that since thu negotia tlotiH of this treaty our exports to Hawaii had incroaiod eight fold , The resolution presented , of course , n financial question , but the politic * question wai far moro important. This was the proposal to put an one to a condition of things which makes Hawaii a dependency of the United Bliitua. The resolution therefore ought to go to the committed on for cih'U relations. Senator Ingalls ( aid ho looked upon the treaty as an arrangement by whiol a bounty of about ยง 1,000,000 , per an nuni IB given to a private citizen o Oalafornia , The resolution was referred to the committee on foreign affairs yoaa 31 noca 20. Tlio presidential succession bill was tukou up aa unriniahod buninesn. Tlio qucolion was on the atnrnd- nent oliorod oomo days aitco by Hon or Morgan , striking out the provision .ha n cabinet oflhor becoming acting incident shall continuo so to net intll the end of the regular lonn , and providing instovl that ho dull net > nly until the president ehall have ) oen elected or the vacancy otherwise awfully filled. Tlio hinendmont woo n roi'd to. The fir t section was amended oo r. to apoak of "tho pow- oia and duties" of the oftico devolving ipon the noting president , Instead tf 'tho olllco" Itself. Senator Ingnlls ofForcd nn amend- uont providing that whenever the ) owora and duties of thn presidency iuvojvo upon any of the cabers named , f congress bo not then in session , or within twenty days of its next regular Beasion , It shall bo the duty of the toting president to convene congress jy proclamation , giving twenty days' lotloa of the time of mooting , The amendment was voted don n in coin- inlttoo of the whole , but afterwards agreed to in the aunato by n votu of 20 nycs to 20 noes , The amendment offeredlaat week by Senator Morgan , striking out th6 pro- vtiuu ! repealing the existing law pro viding for a now election in cane of death , rcstunation or Inability cf the incident or vloo president , was ulao votud down In conunlttoe , but was 'ercoi to in the sonito ayes 28 , noes 20 The bill then passed by the foHow- ug vote : Ayes Alctrlch , Anthony , Barrow , 3eck , Butler , 0/undon / , Oamoron , Wii. ) ; Chilcbtt , Conger , Davis , ( \V. Va ) j lUwes , Fryo , O.irlantl , Gorman , 3roomo , Hall , Hampton , Harrison , Uawloy , Hill , llonr , JuoobsonLiumr , japb'aui , Lojtan , McDill , Maxey , Mil- cr.N.Y' ( ' ) ; Morgan , Morrill. Platt , Pugli , llolllnn , Saulabury , S iwycr , ibwoll , Shrrman , Blator , Walker , Windom.18. . 'Nooa lllnir , Oockroll , Ookn. Ed- nunds , Ooarce , Jonan , Jonns , ( Fla. ) : McMllUn , Miller , ( Oala ) ; Vance , Yeat , Yoorhocn , Williams. 13 The following paira' wera nn- lounced : Call with flrovor , D\vis til ) with Brown , Farloy with Ferry , Inrrh with Incnlla , IVndloton with VanWyck. Gill nntl F.irli-y atntod hat if they had not been paired they vould have voted "no" nnd Insulin hat ho would hnvo voted "nyo/1 ) uring the dlscmaion Senator Lei > nn expressed the opinion tint the major- ty of the pcoplo wunld vote to ex- end thn prosldontini term to six rcara nnd m&kp the president Inollgi- > ! o for ro election , and said that ho would vote for this himself if the [ iiestlon were prosentod. Senator Blair called up the special order bill to aid in the establishment and temporary support of common chcola. Senator Logan Bald ' ( the proposal o dlstribnto a fund upon the basis of llltor.icy waa n proposal to make cor- ain aiateapay1 f6r the education of ho people of other states. After nn executive session the aonato ad-1 ournod. HOUSE FIIOCEEDINOS' . ASUINOTON , January 9. In the . .uVdu oz > motlon n ? Riot ] , of Mas- aaohusottta , a joint resolution pro- vidino ; for a now inlxud commission 'or Yenc/.uellan claima was made a opccial order for January 10th. The debate on the shipping bill was then roeuraod. The regular order was in- orruptod to allow Blackburn to ro- iort back the military academy bill vith the senate amendments whioh were non concurred In nnd the con sideration cf the shipping bill was again resumed. Mr. Page ( Gala. , ) gave notice of an amuidmunt nurhorizdd by the committee - mittoo to the 18h Auction providing .bat the amount of drawback paid indor thin section shall not exceed ? 10 par not ton of admeasurement in case of sailing vcaaeld , or 325 pur ton n caao of steamships , and the untiro amount of drawbak psid in any ono fcnr shall not exceed the amount of .onnago tax collected In oaoh year , Mr. Rued ( Mo. , ) oaid in order to ) uild up commerce the government irould have to start it nnd the inetn- jora ought to bo willing to pay to nUrt ; ho buainess or clso forever after hold .holr peace. Mr. Specr ( Georgia ) was opposed to ; hs free ohin amendment which would make the United States absolutely de pendent on other nations. It would Uko about $200,000,000 to restore our merchant marine , and under that clause It would bo expanded in Great Britain and lost to America. Mr. Roboson Now Jersey ) If the United States wan to bo independent [ n pcaco and powerful it must keep within Ita own control that cornmurco which waa the vehicle of influence nnd the \voaponn of war. Why hud the United Stntca leather influence ? ho con tinued. Did the United States to-day control this continent as she ought to control and dominatn as a responsible nation of the world ? No ; that was given up to England and to Franco. The United States controlled nothing on the Spanish Islands , nothing In 'South America. The trade of South America , ita developments , Its civi'lr.i ' tion , Ita progrcai , and its foreign anc domestic policy had faded away undci our iulluonae and responded to thi touch of English interest Engllsl gold. Why was It ? Because Euglant hid maintained her commerce , hat opened when neocaaary the doors ol her treasury , had subsidised her ship and stripped the burdens from lie carrying trade , Congress was calloi on by the prosi all over the country by intelligent demands of the people to put the carrying trade on a dm batia. The bill was then road by section for uuiondmoniB. On motion of Mr Orapo ( Mass , ) the section prohibiting the payment of udvauco wages to aoa men waa amended so as not to app ) ; to soatnou in the whaling buEiueaa The bill then wont over without further thor action. Mr. Dann ( Ark , ) introduced ( bj rfquont ) n bill to incorporate tin KaiiBtH , Now Mexico & Pacific rail way , to construct a road from For Smith , Arkansas , to Albunuorqud Now Mexico. * Referred. Adjourned A LUNATIC'S TEA. The Deadly Dose Administered by a Crazy Woman'at Ulysses , Neb , Throe Poraom Killed by Hot Poieon. Capture of the Defaulting Treasurer of Tennessee in Texas , IhoOHlofi-Refusal lBrK Rail to Roleaio thoPrinantr. ' > Two or Three Other Grades .of Qrlmo Highly Colored. Ipcclal Dlepatch to TIIK linn. LINCOLN , January 9 A domestic .raiiody has developed out of the rays- orions death of three persons brttfly telegraphed last night. An old ohlld- OBS couple , Thomas Thompson and wife , near Ulysses , adopted a boy and girl from different families. When ; ho children grow to maturity they indulged in undue intimacy and the irl became onclonto. The old lady { row greatly onolted about the unfor tunate matter , and finally became in sane. Sunday night she prepared tea and put poison it it. All partook ex cept the girl. The old man was taken ilck-and the girl was aent to a neigh- jor's for assistance. When she ro- .arnod all throe were dead , The Defaulting Treasurer. Sprclkt Dleimtch to TUB list. NASHVILLE , January 9 A private dloprUch from Fort Worth says that ? elk passed through there yesterday , which would Indicate that he had ro- 'urged his route and is now seeking iin entrance into Mexico by way of ' .t Puso. Arrest f Polk. pcclal Dlipatcli toTnE Itr.it. * * NABUVILLS , TENN , ' January 9. < 'ho governor has received a dispatch , nnouncing the arrest of Polk in Texas by a deputy United States narahal , nnd that ho will bo hold for cqiiinition. , NABUVILLE , TKNN , , January l ) ) otoctives Porter and Field loit to- light for Texas , armed with a reqnla'l- ion from the governor and the noooa- ary papers to secure Oal , M. T. Polk , vlio was arrested near San Antonio o-doy. The Cop turn- poclnl Dispatch to Tux linn. ST. Louis , January 9. ublioan'a Lirodo , Texas apec deputy United States AlarahaU Jbe' ' 3hooly , ' of thla city , wai informed by , ho conductor of the incoming Inter- mtional train yoatorday morning that ? elk had gotten off hia truin at tatlon thirty-five miles from Jircdo. Shtely proceeded to this point and after a diligent learch found a detective be- onglnc to Jno. Price's outfit , whn. , ; * 7J Mr. ShooUar asfiataneo. After much persuasion no conducted htm tea a secluded spot , where Polk was hidden - don , seven miles aay. Mr. Polk at tempted to defend himself , but soon gave up and surrendered. Bhooly , it a understood frcm reliable antlfbr- ty , was oildrod several thous and by Polk for his release , which Shooly refused , and brought the prisoner to this city on the Inter national train this morning. Polk is under guard waiting the proper docu- nonta from thu governor of Tonnes- ROD. He haa but little money with him. It is reported his nephew , with i servant succeeding in crossing the ! Uo Grande with a largo sum of nonoy. Polk ia very rottcient , and will Bay but little about the affair. I The Tounesioo Treasury. Special Dispatch to Tun I } . NAHIIVILLK , January 9. A box has come to light , loft by Treasurer Polk > eforo ho decamped , with the former .roaauror , Dr. Win. Morrow , whioh ] ox und contents ho had instructed hia attorney , J. W. Childors of this city to take charge of. The box con tains various papers , mostly receipts , drafts and duo billa from diffarent persons - ] sons for amounts varying from $5 to f 528,000 , and aggregating some 8170- j ) GO. The papers were loft in the at- , torncy'a hand by Polk for collection 4 for the benefit of hia bondsmen. j Triple Tragedy. j Spotlal Dispatch to Tun Hut. , Sr. Louis , January 9 The Re publican's Dalian apocial Bays ; A shoemaker - . ' maker named Alex Hampton got jealous at hia wife , and concluded tote to Toxas. Accordingly , ho hired a man named Smith to transport him and Ills effects. They traveled ab'out thirty miles and stopped for dinner , when Hampton blew Smith's brains out , then n'ountod ono of the dead man's horses , returned to his wife , whom ho shot and killed , then killed himself , Iliril Luck cf Luoliy. Special DUpatth to TIIK BfK. OIIIOAOO , January 9. The Tribune says of Lucky Baldwin : It ia a won der that spmo of his victims have not assailed him long before this. He be gan life hi a stable. Ho got irnuionso- ly rich by speculation , but savored of the stable all his life , and if ho dloa , ho will dlo the doathauoh a wretch do- scrvoa , unknown by any ono. .flii Old Suit Sot tied. Special Dispatch to Tun linn. MAUOII CHUNK , Pa. , January 9. Judtro Droter made n decree to-day in the equity onit between Aaa I'Ackor'n catato and the late firm of Noble , Hammot & Co , , in favor of the Packer estate. The suit was commenced in 1857 and grow out of the building of the Lehitjh Valley railway. It involved a very largo amount of money. ' ' Mail. Upeotal Dltpatch to Til llii. NKW YOBK , January O.i-VlJho En glish-Australian mail goes forward to night via the Pennsylvania road ,