Nebraska Newspapers

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FIFTEENTH YEAK , OMAHA , FRIDAY MORNING , FEBRUARY 19. 18SG. NUMBER 208.
TLo Senate Judiciary Committee's ' Eoport
On the Homoval Question ,
THEY CONDEMN MR. GARLAND ,
Advise Itofitsftl of Consent lo Ap
pointees "Where Demanded i'aiicrs
Are Withhold The KHr. John
Porter lllll Passes the House.
Hcnntc.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 18. Among the pctl
tlons presented In the senate and approprl
ntcly rcfcired was one by .Mr. Hoar from
"citizens of the United States , " citizens
whofo names , Mr. Hoar said , seemed tc
indicate they w o foreign born , praying foi
submission by congress to the several stale !
of a pioposcd constitutional amendment
abolishing the presidency.
\Vhcn tlio reports of committees wore nn
nounccd to be In order , ilr. Edmunds arosi
and said :
Mn. Pitr.siDr.vr 1 r.m instructed by tin
eommlttceon judiciary , to whom was rclcnoi
the letter ot the attorney general , will
aiithoilty to report with open doors , to mala
a report with sundry resolutions which I asli
nmv lie placed on the calendar.
Tbo President pro lempore Does the
senator desire to have thorn read' . '
Mr. JCdmnnds No , sir , but the senatoi
from Alabama ( Pugh ) desires to uiaku t
remark.
Mr. Pugh From the minority of the com
mlltoo on judiciary , as to tno report jusl
made , 1 deslio to state that they' knew
nothing ol the contents of that report until 1
was read to tlio commltt.'o this morning
The minority desire to prepare a repot tin
which they will present their views , and tr
enable them to do so they ask to have tint !
Monday week to picnaro such report , and II
Is desired thai the majority report audresolu
tious accompanying will not bo called up foi
consideration until wo get leave to iilo r
minority report. Tim time given us to do sc
Is not to extend beyond next Monday week
Mr. Dawcs Uun wo not have the resolu
tious ready
The chief clerk read tlio resolutions :
Unsolved , That tlio foreirolng report ot tlu
committee on judiciary be agreed to am
adopted.
Itesolvcd , That Ihe senate hereby expresses
Us condemnation of the refusal ot thoultor
uey general , under whatever Influence , tt
send to the senate copies of papers called toi
by its resolution of .January sio , and set fortl :
In the reports of the committee on judiciary
as a violation of ills duty mid subversive
of the fundamental principles of Iho govern
numl and good administration Ihereot.
Itesolveti , That It is under these clrciim
stances the duly of the senate to refuse Hi
advice and consent lo tlio proposed removal :
of oflieers , tlio documents and papers witli
reference to tlinolllclal or personal conduct o
whom are withheld by the executive or anj
heads of departments when deemed ncces
tary by the senate and called for in cousid
eriugthe matter.
Ka-solvcd , Tliat Ihe provision of sectioi
1,751 of the revised statutes declaring : "Tlia
persons honorably discharged from the mill
lary or naval sei vice by reason of disability
resulting from wounds or sickness iiicunci
in Hue of duty , shall tic preferred for ap
polntnicnts to civil olllcrs : provided , they an
lound lo possess Iho business capacit ;
necessary for the proper discharge o
the' duties of such oflice , " ougli
to ho faithfully and fully put in execution
and that to remove or to propose lo remov
any such soldier whoso faithfulness , competency
potency and character are above reproach
and to give place to another who has not rcn
dered such service , is a violation of the spirl
of the law and of the imwlical grali
tudo that the people and the govern
mcnt of the United States owe ti
the defenders of constitutional liberty am
the integrity of the government. All ol
which is respectfully submitted.
( Jr.oiiOE F. EDMUNDS.
JOHN. I. INT.AT.I.H.
S.J.ll. MCAIIM.AN.
( ! IOIUH : : F. iio.Yit.
.7 AS. F. WILSON ;
Wit. M. liVAllTS.
Mr. Butler la there any repoit uecom
panylng these resolutions' . '
The President pro lemporeYes. .
Mr. Duller Is H to bo printed ?
Mr. Edmunds Certainly it will be prints
under the rules. 1 ask that the report of til
committee- wall as tlio resolutions he prlul
ed in thu Hecord also.
The President pro lomporc If there be n
objection that order will ou made.
The rcpoit recites the fact and circum
stances of the removal of Dtistyn and Hi
appointment of his successor as Unite
States altornny for tlio southern district c
Alabama , it declares thut it has been th
uniform practice of the judiciary commute
since the leinuoof otlico act to call upon th
heads of department * for all papers ami ii
foi matlon in possession of tlio dcparuuci !
touching the conduct and administration o
the ollleer proposed to ho removed , and th
character ami conduct of the poison propose
to bo appointed. This ha ? been done wit
the unanimous approval of all the member :
although the composition of the commute
has been during a period S'omelimcs of on
political character , and sometimes ofanothe
lu no Instance until llils time has tlio con
mliteo uicl with any delay t
denials in furnishing such papei
mid Information , with a single exccptlo
lasting only Iwo or Ihreo days.
The report quotes tlio resolution adoptei
by the senate calling upon the attorney general
oral for the papers in the above iiientioue
ease , and his reply thereto , and continue *
This letter , although in response to the d
rcetion of the Bcnatcthal copiia of any papei
bearing on the subject within the give
icriod of llmu bo transmitted , assumes th ;
r,1 , attorney general ot tlio United States I
the servant ot the president , and is to give c
withhold copies of documents inhlsoflli
according lo tlm will of Iho executive , an
not otherwise. Your committee is unable t
discover cither In the original act of ITWi , cri
atlng the olllce of attorney general , or in Hi
fid of 1STO , creating the department of justlei
anv provision which makes tlio attorney gei
tiral of the United States In any snuso 11
servant , or controlled by , the executive In U
iicrfouimnrc of the duties Imputed to him I :
law or the nature of his olllce. Tl
executive is bound by tbo constitution and li
Ills oath to lake care tiiat the , h\\\sbufaltl
fully executed , and ho is himself us nine
bound bv tlio rosuliUlons of law as the bun
blest olllcor In the eervleo of the Unite
States , and liut'unnot have authority to in
del take to faithfully execute the law
whether applied to his own special function
or those otiliu departments created by lav
othorwlsu than by causing , so far as ho lin
fully may and by lawful methods , tlio d
partmoms and other oflleers of the Unite
States to do tlio duties which the law ami in
his will has Imputed to them ,
The Impoitant question is. then , whether
IH within Iho constitutional competence <
cither IUIUEO ot congress to have access
ofllchd papers and documents In the varioi
public cilices of the United States created 1
laws enacted bv themselves. It may bo fill
admitted thai oxcepl In respect of thu il
partmeut of the treasury thcro Is n
n statute which commands the head of ui
dopailmcnt lo transmit to cither house
congrceson its demand , auy Informatlc
whatever cone.i'nilmr the atdiiiulstratlon
his department , but the cMnnuUeo be
to bn clear that from llio very natuio of tj
powers entrusted by the constitution to tl
houses of coiigies.sn is a necessary luclde ;
lhat cither house must have al all tlm
the ilghl to know all that ollicial
exists or takes place lu any of tlm denai
nteiits of the government. The committ
feels authorized to state , after a somewh
careful rescareh , that within the toiegoii
limits there is scarcely , until now , any I
Dtauce of refusal by iho neadof adcp.utmei
or even of the president hlm elt. to eommui
ralo ofilchl facts and information as distl
gubhed iioui private and unoiVcial pane ;
motives , views , icasons or oplnim * to oilli
house of congiess wlien uiivriiuhlioiudly i
mandcd. Indeed , tlm early jouii.ala or t
tomato show great umiilicrs of instances
iltiectlons tolu-ad-iol' dfiurlments , to turnl
infers and reports upon all soils of alia !
liuih IvjjislaUvo and executive.
instances of r.cqucsts to presidents nnd il
lunrids o.f heads ot dopartmeuts tiy eaclrhou
of congress troiu tbo early tlujs 1111 now 1
iwjuas and iutortutillou on ovoy poncclrnl
subjectof public affairs arc almost Innumer
able , for II appears lo have been thought by
all presidents who have catrled on Ihe gov
ernment now for almost a century , thai even
in icspcct of a request to them by an Inde
pendent and co ordlnate branch of the gov
ernment they were under constitutional duty
and obligation to furnish to cither house thri
papers called for unless , ns baa happened lu
very rare instances , when the reouesl was
coupled with au appeal to the discretion
of the president in respect of
tlio danger of publicity , to send the papers ,
If lu his judgment U should not bo Incom
patible with public welfare.
PieccdenU establishing this proposition ,
many of which have been made public , are
cited and discussed at great length , and Iho
cporlcoirtInues : The committee feels safe
n staling from the icsearchcs it has nimlo
hat the crursa of the government 1ms been
oiistnnt and continuous and unchanged
com Ihu beginning until now , and thai lu
Is belief no Instances wlllilu the principles
md limitations before stated have occurred
n which ca'-cs for oflicial papeis and tiles ,
iddrcsMHl either to tlio president In the form
of leqitestH , or lo the heads of departments
n the form of command' ' , have not been
'omplied with , but it has sometimes liap-
icned where requests lo the president , not
u CM civ conditional on leaving it lo
ils discretion whether thu papers be
! ommuiiiealed or not. that they would not
JH communicated. The constitution of the
United Sta'es was adopted in tiio light of
.veil . known history , that oven ministers of
.ho crown were bound to lay before parlia
ment all papers when demanded on p.tln of
lie Instant dismissal of said ndnUlpra on 10-
us-al.at llio thorough rapid and effectual
nstrumcnlallty of a vote of want of eonil-
ileuee , and the constitutional coiicivsa had
for more tlmn ten years itself governed tlio
jouulry and had contiol of all papers and
records , not by reason of anything expressed
'n the archives of the confederation , but by
casou of tiio Intrinsic nature of the govern-
iient. The jurisdiction of llio house of con
gress to Icstslnlo and the power to advise or
withhold advice concorulng treaties and ap
pointments necessarily involves the jurisdic-
ion to ofllcially know cverv
itep and action of the odlcers of law , and all
'acts touching their conduct in the posses-
iioii of any department of oven the posses
sion of the president himself. There was no
iced to express such power , for it was ncces-
iaiily an inherent incident to the uxcrciso of
ho power granted.
It will bo observed that In this instance the
call for papers covered a period for more llian
ils months , during which the reztilar incum-
)0iitoflho ) ollico had been discharging its
lutles , and also a further period of more
; han six months durimr which the person
lesignalcd to discharge these duties on tlio
suspension of the ollleer had been
acting , and that that person Is
ho ono now proposed to bo appointed to
.ho place. It will also ho observed that the
president lias not undertaken to rcniovo the
iicumbent of the ollice , but lias only , in e.x-
inesscd ami slated perpetuaiico ol the statute
: > n the subject , suspended that ollleer , and
Hint the same statute also provides that such
ollleer shall not bo removed without the ad
vice and consent of llio senate , and if that
advice and eonsmil bo not given , the incum
bent would , unless his regular term of ollice
should have previously expired , at the close
: > f tins session of the senate bo restored to the
.awful right to exereiso Us duties.
The senate then , by this nomina
tion , is asked to advise and
consent to the removal of an Incumbent and
to the appointment of a candidate proposed
for ills place. In exercising its duly In
respect to these questions , it is plain that the
ouduct and management of the incumbent
s a matter absolutely essential to ho known
.o the senate in order thai It may determine
whether it can lightly advise Ills removal or
rightly leave him to resume the functions ol
Ids ollico at tlio cud of Its session , as well as
whether the candidate proposed has , In
exereiso of the otlico under his designation ,
conducted himself so as to show that ho is
competent and faithful.
Indeed , it may be stated ? itIl entire ac-
juracy thai oven in case of vacancy in ollico
and Iho proposed tilling of such vacancy , il is
important for the senate to know tlio pre
vious condition and management of the
illice , tlio state of its affairs , whether there
iavo been cases of misconduct or abuse of
power , embezzlement of moneys , and , in-
Iced , all tlio irregularities bearing on Its ad-
ninistration , in order that it may jiidu'e of
the suitableness of appointing a party or
person to take up Its duties with reference tc
the dillicultics that may exist in its affairs ,
the state of Its accounts , and everything con
cerning its admliiistralion , so as to measure
the fitness and competency of the partlcuiai
candidate to the emergencies of the case.
A table is presented , showing a largo num
ber of persons appointed in place ol ollicerc
suspended , and the quiroy Is made have
these suspended oflieers , or any considerable
number of them , been guilty of misconduct
In ollice , or any personal conduct makiiip
them unworthy to bo longer trusted with Hit
pcifoniianco of the duties imposed upon
them. If they have , it would seem lo be
clear that every consideration of public In
terest and public duty would require that tlu
facts should bo made known In order thatthe
senate may iinderstanrtlngly and promptly
advlso thtiiriemoval , and that most careful
scrutiny should be had in respect of sclectlni
their successors , as well as in respect of pro
viding butter means and sober legisla
tion for administering tlio laws of the
United states. Such Information , it would
seem , the executive is determined llio senate
shall not possess for Iho alleged reason that il
might enable the senate to understand whal
circumstances connected with the faitlifu
execution of the laws Induced tlio president
to exeieiso the discretion tlio statute confers
upon him to suspend them and ask tlio .senate
to unite with mm in their removal fion
ollico.
The report quotes a passage on civil servlci
contained In tlio president's annual message
and savs : "This highly important and vain
able ollicial communication , In the presence
of Gil ! suspensions from ollico , would seem te
lead to the conclusion that this number ol
civil ofllcers ot thu United Slates , elected tt
bo misponded and removed , bad been so dere
licit in the performance of tholr functions 01
inillty of such pcisonal mlfcoiieluet , as to pu
them In the category ot unlaltiitiil public ser
vants , deserving dismissal by the prcslden
and senates and the condemnation of thoii
countrymen. ' In such a state of things , wi
think Uiat Iho common sense justice and fall
play that is so much prized , we believe , bj
( ho people of the United Stafes would ra
riuh'o that in some way this largo body o
men should have the opportunity to kuov
the ; substance- their alleged misdeeds In order
dor that they may eiitlier admit their guilt , o
denying it , explain their conduct , or sliov
that , tlm accusation- ! against them weio sel
lUh and wicked pretexts , and set uj
for tlio mere purpose of obtaining Iheirsus
pension and ultimaio dismissal from ollico ii
order that others less capable and worth ;
mluhl receive llio honors and emoluments ! o
thiiirplace.
It fs known to every senator that so far ai
the scuata lias had to do , both with removal
and appointments , It lias for a great nuuibo
of yrurs been the practice when an otllcer o
pereoj ) was bctoro it for removal or appoint
iiinnt agalusl whom anv serious uccnv.ukn
ban been made which would , if true , ( iitlucnc
Iho action of Iho senate In the case
to cause the person concerned to b
intonm-dof the subatanco of tlio complain
against him and give him opportunity to elo
fond limeilfi ! and It Is also known thai a
Hits very session a very eonsldetablo nuuibc
of instances of thai kind have occmrcd , am
are of dally occuncnce , If the senate is pro
feeding iinoii a false jnlnelmo' In such in
stances it Is high tlmet that its course In tliee
rcspcclu ehoulil be roveiscd , and that here
after it should act upon sudi accusation
without nny knowledge ) other than thn
dciivcd limn the accusers , and Icav
the victims ot such injustice to console
solo themselves with the retlectloi
that all paities are now engaged in an eft'or
to reform lluigovoinment , Why should th
facts as they may appear Irom the papers oi
lllo bo suppressed' ? Because , that belli
brouiiht toliL-hl it would appear that mallei
mlsropri.'seiitation and perjury are somowha
abundant , or merely that lultfifuland compi
tent and hnuoia'jlo ' olliecis have been siu
petuled. and nro proposed to bo remove
under the ad.ica and consent of the scnqt
in order that places may bo found fc
partv ir.cn beenuso they are party me
or aw special objects of party favoi
How dues il happm , In this time ot suggest-
loform and purer mrthcels in government , fe
the fust lime it is thought important that tli
hlstoilfMUul administrative lac's le'.atlnx t
thu olViclal ami i > er oiial conduct oi c-U'cvrs ' e
the Vnltcil States should be wUhl rUi , ail
that tlio administration of the govcrnmci
should proceed with wciecy and mystery r
as lu Ihu days of the Star-chauibei
The high respect and consideration that the
senate inusl always have for the executive
olllce would niako It reluctant to adopl either
theory , bul at present the impenetrable veil
remains , and as tlio committee Is uiiablo to
suggest any other solution of the riddle It
mist leave until this veil is lifted and the op
erations of the government shall again be
mown. In this state of things the commit-
co feels It to be Its clear duty to report for
be consideration of the senate , and foradop-
lon , the following resolutions. [ The resolu
tions are clveii above. ]
Among the bills Introduced was ono by Mr.
Bowcti to provide for a new basis for the cir
culation ot national banks. Mr. Bowen said
10 would take occasion to make an address
to the senate on the subject of this bill at an
early dav , At his request the bill was. foi
tlio present , laid on tiio table.
On motion of Mr. Maxey , the bill passed tn
grant the rlnht of way for a railroad and tcl-
graph line through the lands of the Choc-
aw and Chlckasaw nations of Indians to
the St. Louis & San Francisco railroad com
any.
Mr. Van Wyck entered a motion to recon
sider the vote uy which the senate passed the
illl granting right of way lor a railroad
through thu lands of the Choclow and Chick-
isaw lndian < * .
The education bill was Ihcn taken up.
Mr. Plumb offered an amendment to it , pro
vldlng thai as to territories not the secretary
of the interior , but Iho legislatures of the sev
eral territorial shall have the administration
of the money.
Agreed to.
Mr. Coke addressed the senate in opposi
tion to the bill. Hooiiturcd an earnest pro
test against Its passage , declaring It to be
the most pornlcous measure Introduced intc
cither house of congress since the war. lie
prophesied thai as a preecdenl It would be do-
stntctlvo of the limitations Imposed on con
gress by the constitution. The bill , ho said ,
was a measure of despotism. 11 would re
sult , he said , in stirring up endless strife be
twcon tlie north ami south.
Mr. Evarts took the lloor. Ho remarked
that ho was heartily In favor of the bill , 1ml
would not speak on It if llio senate desired le
como to a vote.
Mr. Blair said that If Mr. Evarts was goiiif
to make a speech somebody would bo sure tt
move au adjournment.
This remark was greeted with loud laugh
Icr. in which Evarts himself heartily joined ,
and the senate went Into executive session
and soon alter adjourned.
House.
WASHINGTON , Feb. 18. The speaker an
nounccd the appointment of Mr. Findlay ol
Maryland as a member of the committee or
ranking and currency to till the vacancj
occasioned by the resignation of Mr. Curtinol
Pennsylvania.
Mr , Crisp , from the committee on Pacific
railroads , reported a bill amending the Pacific
railroad acts so as to compel the railroads tt
pay to the United States the amount paid bj
It for surveying lauds to which they are
entitled. Placed on the house calendar.
In tlio morning hour tlio house resumed
consideration of tlio bill forfeiting the
Atlantic & 1'acllic land grant.
The bill wns discussed without any resull
being readied until the expiration of the
morning hour , and then the house went lute
committee of the whole , A r. Springer in the
chair , on the Fltz .lohn Poiter bill.
Mr. Biagg closed tlio debate in suuport ol
the bill.
Mr. JSverhnrt moved to recommit the bill
with Inslrucllons lo strike oul tlio word.
"prior to his appointment under this act. " sc
as to make the proviso read , "Said Fitz John
Porter shall receive no pay , compensation 01
allowance whatever. " suggesting that this
gave an opportunity for vindicating Portei
trom any question of money consideration ,
He demanded the yeas and noes.
Ttio motion to recommit was lost yeas 112
noes 173.
Sir. Bragg , who had demanded Iho previ
ous question , withdrew the demand ant
again look the lloor hi support of the bill ,
After speaking some time , no said that the
gentleman from Michigan ( Cuteheon ) liar
taken tlie report of tlio second bailie of Bid
llun and read the number of killed aiie
wounded on the 2'Jth ' of August for the pur
pose of showing that there had been a gen
end battle. If tiio gentleman had been dis
posed to be ingenious lie would have statee
that the heading of these reports was , "Oasu
alitics between August 10 and Septembers. '
Mr. Cuteheon declared ho bad so slated ir
his speech.
Mr. Bragg You took tlio table of figure !
from a heading that covered almost tin
month , and you have published in yom
speech as evidence of losses on the 2'Jth , am
your republican constituents , who do no :
read anything but your speech in a republi
can newspaper , will think that historical ov
Idcnco of the war.- '
Mr. Cuteheon declared that the heading ol
llio Utblo showed precisely what It was.
Mr. Brairg declined to yield , and Mr
Cuteheon asserted his right to reply , us hi
had been misquoted.
Mr. Bragg advancing to the bar of the
house I state what you said. I state wliai
the figures
"Now , " exclaimed Mr. Cutclieon , also ad
vaucing Into tlie space in front of tlu
speaker's desk , "you are trying to ram f
falsehood down the throat of this house.1
[ Applause on the republican side.j
"i draw my own Inference as to your pur
pose , " cried Mr. Bragg , "and ( defiantly ) wll
lepeat them if you desire. " f Applause 01
Ihe democratic side. ]
At Ibis time there was a good deal of eon
fusion and excitement In the house , und 1
was with difficulty that the voice of eithej
gentleman could oo licard , but as the spcakei
rapped tlie hou.'o to order and stated to Mr
Cuteheon that he must not interrupt Mr
Bragg without permission , the former indig
nantly exclaimed : ' 'Then the gentlemai
must not falsify facts. "
"Ah , " was Mr. Brack's retort , "I am clad :
have driven that radical from under Stan
ton's petticoats so that ho has come to tlu
fjout. "
Mr. Culchcon then staleel that the tabh
was under the head of the return of casu
alticri lu the union forces commanded b' '
( .loncnd Pope , trom August 20 to Septcmbe
U , agnrejrating 1-1,402. Ho also atiotcd frou
otliur poitlons of Ids speech to show that hi
had madu no attempt to mislead the hoiisi
In this mutter.
"That Is the printed speech ; It Is not tin
writtpn speech , " was Bragg's comment.
The bill was then passed yeas 171 , noei
The following is llio vote in detail :
Veas Adams of Now York , Allen of Miss
ssippl , Anderson of Ohio , Baker , Ballon
ine , Barnes , Barry , Bayno , Beach , Belmont
Bennett , Blaiicliard , Bland , Bliss , Blouni
Bragg , Breekcmlelgo of Arkansas , Brccken
rldgo of Kcutuckv , Burlnlgh , Burns. Bynuiii
Cnfiell , Felix Campbell of New Vorl !
Campbellof Ohio. T. J. Campbell o
Now York , Caudler , Carla'on , Culhliigs
Clardy , Clements , Cobb , Cuilins , Coinpton
Comstock , Comb3.Crano , Crisp , Culbeiison
Cm-tin , Daniel , Dargan , Davidson of Iflorlda
Davidson of Alabama , Ulbblo , Dockcry
Dougherty , Dowdnuy , Dunn , Eden , Kj
I'lllU. , ! . % , * tl.t , I'l 1UI ) UU4PUJ , 4ALAI1II , J41IIL
Hall , llalstill , Hammond , Ilarmer , ( Ian I
Hutch , Haydcu. Hayncs , Heard , flemphll
Henderson of Noith Carolina , lieu lev , Her
bert , Hewitt , Holman.Howaid , Hutton , Irlor
James , Johnston of Xorth Carolina , Jones c
Alabama , Jones of Texas , Kloluc'r , Lall'oon
Laird , l.anham , Lawlcr , La Fovro , LoreLo\
e.rlng , howry , ilalionoy. Martin. Matsoi
Mftybury , McUreary , McMillan , Mcftac , Moi
riman , Miller , Mill * . Mitchell , Morgan , Moi
risen , Muller , Murpliy. Ncal Norwood. Gate :
' u'llora ' ' Mlssour
O'Forrall , , O'Xeil of
Outhwaite , Peel. Perry , Plielps , Pjdcock , I'll
dar. Iteasan.i llcnd of Keith Caroliiu
Hlchtuds , liiggn , Hobeitson , llockwel
Itogcrj , Sadler , Sayeis. Scnoy , Singh
ton , Seymour , Skinner , Snvdei
Snowden , Springer , Stahlney. Stov
art of Texas. Marlp ] , Styjio of Kentuckj
Stotio of Marylartd , Storm , Swlnburm
Swope , T.irsuey , Tauloce , Joliu M. Taylor o
Tennessee , Tliroekinorton , Tllmaii , Tucke
Van Eaton , YulleVadsworth , ward
Indiana , AVard of Illinois , \Vnrner \ of Ohli
Weaver of Iowa , Weber , Wellborn.VheeIe
Wilklns , Willis , Wilson , Winans , Wise , Wo
ford and Woithingtoti.
Noes Adams of Illinois , Allen of M ass :
chusctls , Anderson of Kansas , Atchlsoi
Diugham , Douiid , lioutelle , Urown of Pcm
syivauia , lirown of OhiorDrumm , Duchauai
Ihu-k , lluniHill , Hurrows , Uuttervvoith. U.uui
bell of Pennsylvania. Cannon.Caswel
Cooper , Ouichuon , Davciinoi
Dal.Dingier , Dorsey , Uiiuhaii
Kvan ? , Kverliait , Fanjubar , Klceiiier , Fulle
Fumilvn , Ualllngcr , Ullulluii , Urosvcno
( Irani , Gnenthcr , Hnnback , Henderson of
Iowa , Henderson of Illinois , Hepburn , Her
man , Hlestland , Hires , Illscock , HltU Hol
mes Hopkins , Honk. Jackson , Johnson of
Now York , Johnston of Indiana , Kelly ,
Ketchum , LaFollotto , Lchlbach , LlneUlcy ,
Little , Louttltt , Ijvinan , Markhnm , MeComas ,
McKcnim. McKlnlcjv Millard , Mllllkcn ,
AfnOIII Arm-i.111. Mnrmw. fJotrlnv' Ni'lsnn.
it. layi
Taylor
Thomas ot Wisconsin , inomnsoii , van
Scliaick , Wakeficld , Warner of Missouri ,
Weaver of Nebraska. West , White of Min
nesota , Whiting , and woodhurn.
The liouso then adjourned.
GRA.XD AHMY COMMOTION.
A Delegation in Illinois Denounces
l-'ltr. Johu Porter.
SiMitNOVinM ) , HI. , , Feb. IS , At the session
of the Orand Army to-day , a delegate from
Vandtilla preclpjlaled a commotion in the
encampment by offering the following reso
lution :
llesolved , That it Is the sense of the dele-
pates of the Orand Army represented hero
that Fit/ John Porter should not bo restored
to the army , and that our senators and rep
resentatives in congress are instructed to op
pose salel proposition.
Thereupon Iho most exciting and stormy
scene ensued. After Urn hoi blood hail cooled
eiown a resolution was almost unanimously
adopted protesting against llio morbid senti
mentality which claims thai the-tearing down
of Iho loyal memorials of tlio war Is de
manded by the spirit of patriotism. Another
resolution In comlemnatlon of hnlft masting
tlie state department Hags to honor Jacob
Thompson was also adopted.
Hock Island was selected as the next place
of meeting.
The following wcro elected as the council
of administration : C. It. K. of Chicago , A.
Cantwcll of Itoblns'on , J. W. Goudv of
Arcota. W. II. Dcrthlck of Belvedere , F. M.
Plekett of llarrisburg.
There was no choice for department com
mander on the lirst ballot , but the withdrawal
of Thomas W. Scott alter the announcement
of tlio result -jravo the election to General
Phillip Sydney Post of Gnlesburg. Colonel
Thomas C. Fullerton of Ottawa was elected
senior vice commander , and Iho colored
Ircops were recognized and honored In the
person of Kuos Bond of Chicago , who was
selected for lunior vice commander by ac
clamation. K. 1) . Wllkln of Danville was
made chaplain , and A. T. Barnes of Bloomington -
ington surgeon.
In tlm public Installment of the newly
elected oflieers to-night , General Post an
nounced as his assistant adjutant general II.
P. Thompson of Chicago , who succeeds to
the ) ollico held for the last four years bv J. L.
Bennett of Chicago.
JOHN B. COUGH DRA.D.
The Noted Temperance Worker Gone
to His Ktcrnal Host.
PniLAnr.r.iMiiA , Feb. K John B. Gough ,
the eloquent temperance lecturer , died at
4-10 : this afternoon at the residence of Dr. H.
Bruce Burns , in Frankfort , where he was
taken on Monday night when stricken with
paralysis while lecturing at tlie Frankfort
Presbyterian church. His wife was at the
bedside when he died. It was recalled to-day
that the last words spoken by Gough were ,
"Young men , make.yotir record clean. "
[ John B. Goii''h ' was born at Sanelgale ,
Kent , England , August 21J , 1817. llu panic to
America at the age ! of ,12 years , In 1S2J , anel
was apprenticed to luarn the bookbinders'
trade , lie pursued ; tu\ ! occupation fora'
number of years , but jfitbalways lu want aritt"
poverty by reason ut Intemperance. He
linally reformedahdln 1SW became a tem
perance lecturer , nissueeos , in that avoca
tion was remarkable. For ten years ho la
bored in tlio cause of temperance in tlie
United Suites , and in 1S.W went to
England where his work in redeeming men
from tlie habit ot strong drink was a repeti
tion of his successful labors In America.
Jtoturnlng to this country ho was to be found
always In the front rank of temperance
workers , his services being In eager demand
as a lectuier upon that mid kindred subjects.
His reputation as au orator was not alone
confined to that which might bn termed his
life object , for he was equally pleasing and
well Informed as a public speaker on various
topics. His ago was 0 ! ) years. His residence
was West Boylston ( Mass. ) . Of late years ,
on account of .ago , ho was not seen much in
public , making but few lecture engagements. ]
THE CJUN'ESK WON'T GO.
They Hole ! the Port In the Face ol'
Very Positive Orders.
Si3ATTi.r , W. T. , Feb. 18. When the Chi
namen were driven out of Snohomish City
last week , those who had propcity Interesls
were allowed to remain , but were notified
that they must leave by Monday last. On
Monday , when told to go , they refused
and said tliejy Intended lo re
main. List Monday night a dynamite
cartridge was exploded under their house ,
wrecking tlio building but not injuring the
Chinamen. Tlie latter pluckily moral into
the part of the building that was. not de
stroyed and reiterated 'their eletertnlnatlon"to
stay. This njjcirniiis : a number of shots wove
fired into Iher house' , but none of the China-
men were injured , and at last accounts they
wcro still holding llio foit and declaring that
they would not Icavej
More Antl-Glitticsc Moi ) Work.
NICOL.VUS , Gala. , Feb. IS. Early Ibis
morning a body of msskcel men compelled
Ihe Chinese , numbering forty-four , to leave.
They were put on tliQ steamer D. 15. Knight ,
and , nolwjltlistauding the protest of the cap
tain of thti'vcsscl. ho'was ' compelled lo lake
them as passengers lo Sacramento.
IMG OUT IN KATES.
The Tarlrt' Unto to the Coast JJowii
Onn.Thlnl to One-Half.
CHICAGO , Feb. 18. Following the dissolu
tion of the Transcontinental association , the
Union Pacific railroad to-day promptly re
duced passenger laics from tlio Missouri
river to the Paclllocoast one-third to one-hall
Ihotaiill' rates , making the s-'hcduloas ' fol
lows : First class , unlimited , Omaha to San
Francisco , SCO ; old rate SSI. First class ,
limited , SM ; eild rate 575 ; second class , Si" ;
old rate § 45. ThaB & M. . for the Denver &
Itlo Grande , and the Atchlson , Topeka A
Santa Fo for Itself at once met the cut , but nv
move has yet been mallo by the Northern
Paclllc. Freights are in a dcmomlUcd con
dltlon , nnduuto inercuiitoif.
OKIMI3.
Shoots His Brother und Wife anil
l''ircN Their Property.
BI.OOSUXGTOX , 111. , Feb. IS. In an attempt
to capluro David Sholty , insane , neai
Shirley , McLean county , this evening , Lev :
Sholty , a brother , was fatally shot in the
breast by the lunatic , who also shot Mrs
Lcvl Sholty in tlie neck , breast ami
leg , and her daugher in the wrist , The in
sane man then fired the barn with a match
totally destroying it , Involving a loss ot aboui
Sl.OOO , The whole neighborhood Is iirous-ee
and seavching the woods. Thrco denutj
sheriffs from Bloomlngton have starteel te
Join the posse.
Going to Uphold Hates.
CHICAGO , Feb. 18. Tlia 1'n ; s Interested In
the passenger trnfllq from Kansas city , Atcli
Ison , Topeka and St. Joseph to St , Paul ami
othci northern points , held another mectiiifi
to-elay and adopted a SlOO penalty agrcemen
to maintain the schedule rules.
The general passenger agents of the low :
lines also met and organized a rate uphold
Ing the association.
Weather for To-day.
Mifsot'iu VAI.I.KV Fair weather ; north
erly winds , slightly colder in southern per
lion ; followed by slowly rising tcinpcratuiu
slowly rising Icmneiatuiei In northern portion
tion- - *
THE BANKRUPT LAW LINCE
Hard Work lUfjuiiecl to Secure Ita Passage
tbo Present Session.
THE DES MOINES RIVER LANDS.
The Thrco liuportnnt QucslloiiH for
Congressional Action 1'ortuRo t *
litilco C'niml liniul Grant
l-'ltz Oolin Porter's Cnsc.
The llnnlcrnntcy Bill's 1'rospectH.
WASIII.VOTOX , Feb. IS. [ Special. ] At the
opening of llio pie > cntcougicss thoadvocatcs
of the baiikruptey bill were coulldciit of an
early report fiom the house judiciary com
mittee and wore sangulno that at last they
would bo able to secure llio passage of the
bill for which they have boon working so in
dustriously for years. Mr. Collins , of Bos
ton , who has the bill lu charge , was certain
that It had a clear majority In tlm house ot at
least twenty-live , and with Ham'all's ' power
of obstruction curtailed , It would ba possible
to secure a vote on the bill early in the ses
sion. Up to the present time , however , al
though nearly three mouths have passed-
since the house met , the judiciary committee
has not acted upon the bill ,
ami Its friends are not as con II-
dent to-day as they were three mouths
ago that it will ever become a law. It has
been the custom for years of Now York com
mercial organizations , aided by oilier eastern
bodies of a similar character , to send elelej-
gatcs here to look alter this , to llicm , very
important bill. Ono of these gentlemen , who
has spent the last six months In Washington ,
arrived here a day or two ago , and when
askcdby your correspondent what the pros
pects of tlie bill were , replied : "Two weeks
ago Iho New York and Boston boards of
trade had given up all hopes of the passage
of a baiiknititey bill. Their advices from
Washington were such as lo convincellio.n
that thcro was no chance whatever ot its
enactment nl this session. I have been among
Ihe members , however , for several days , and
have made up my mind that the situation is
not so bad as It was made out , but the bill
will not go through without very strong
efforts on the part of its supportersIf wo
sccuro a bankrupt law at all through this
congress It will only bn by tlio hardest and
most emphatic work on Ihe part of members
on the floor and parties In interest outside.
"There is no doubt , " he continued , "a ma
jority of the house Is in favor of thu passage
of u bankrupt bill , but whether the majority
will support the Lowell measure is another
question. "
Tin : Ti-s ) MOIXKS IHVER LANDS.
Alan early day Mr. Payson of Illinois will
call ii ] ) in the house the bill to quiet title to
settlers on the DCS Moines river lands in the
state of Iowa. This bill has already passed
thcscnato and will , without doubt , bo finally
passed in tlio house as soon as the period for
discussion has passeel. The Des Molncs
river lands have been Iho subject of unllm-
Ilcd litigalion and annoyance to tlio people
of Iowa for the past thirty years. The cou-
troversy giows out of a grant of laud nude to
u navigation company back * ! n Iho 'SOs ,
and the subsequent action of the laud office
in regard 'to thpso lanels.wJL'JujapassageuDi ;
Tlils'bilF-wlll'Sfve the courts nil'opportunity'
lo finally electde a question which has been
hi dispute for many years , and which has af
fected the title to thousands of farms In this
prosperous stale.
THE SII.VKIl QUESTION.
There is now nol Iho slightest chance that
congress will elo anything towards carrying
out the president's recommendation in re
gard to llio coinage of the standard silver
dollar. The southern men who advocate un
limited coinage arc very emphatic In their
elcnunclatlon of the course of the adminis
tration .towards this metal , and openly avow
their resolution of electing some one two
years hoiico wjio will carry-out their Ideas on
lids subject. Even these eastern members of
congress who have been most hopeful ever
since last winter tlie silver coinage law would
be suspended , have given up hope at last ,
and are now confident that nothing will
come of their efforts. In fact , ono of them ,
Mr. Darwin II. James , of Now York , who Ia
the secretary of the national hoard of
trade and transportation , which organization
has done more than anv other towards the
*
education of the people In to ; anil-silver In-
teresl , said to your correspondent in con vcr-
sation on this subject : "lam satisfied that
between the Iwo questions shall the coinage
of silver Do suspended ; or , shall we have inv
limited coinage ? that a majority of the
house would vote for the latter. There is now
piacticully litllo doubt that a bill to provide
for.Jrco coinage could bo passed by the house
but It Is not likely that it would me-ct a line ;
fate , in the senate where the unll-sllvor feel
ing is mucli stronger. "
TUB IIOIIS1AI.llRADr STOLEN.
Senator Plumb recently introduced In the
senate a bill to forfeit or to declare void all
the eerllllcation lists of lauds selected by the
Poitago Lake and Lake Superior canal In the
upper peninsula which do not lie contiguous
to Iho line of Iho canal. This Portage Lake
canal company was granted something like r
half million acies of land ( o aid In the con
struclloii of a canal , which , In continuation
of the Porlago river on the upper penlnsulr
of Michigan , cuts off nearly SCO miles of the
distance between Dulutli and Butfalo. The
company chose the best lands In noithcn
Michigan and paid no attention to the Hm
of the canal In making their selections. 1
is scaiccly probable that Mr. Plumb's bill wll
go through , or Ihal iho com Is would sitsluii
It If It did , but il is a Just measure. Unfor
Innately , like too many other just measures
It Is a ease of locking the barn door after tin
horse Is stolen.
TIUIIJ : : jjii'ORrAifT QIMISIIOXS.
The three most Impoitant questions nov
before the house are Ihe tariff , the silver am
llio bankruptcy bills. Morrison's tarllTbll
has antagonized the' rice and sugar Interest :
of the south , the Iron men of Pcnnsylvaiiii
and the few democratic lumber merchant
from Michigan who have seals In congress
The democratic majority in the foily-nlntl
congress is about thirty less than it was litho
the last congress. Of the loss to the party ;
great proportion has been from tlio ranks o
these who supported Morilson In his liori
zontal reduction bill ol two years age
II nco it Is more than probable that Jtan
duil's strength to-day is greater than It wa
then , and that the Morrison tariff bill of IBS
will meet with no butler success , In spile o
tlio fact that there is a democrat I
majority of upwards of forty , than 1
did in 168-1. It IB not settle
beyond dispute that nothing will bo don
with tlio silver question. Thu various vote
In llio house coinage committee have show
conclusively : first , thai a majority of th
members of the committee elo not favor in
limited coinage ; second , that a majority c
tlie committee do not believe in the ncgotl ;
tlon of ticatles which would bring about th
demonltizallon of silver through a bl-metalll
agreemcnl between thei commercial nation
of the earth , and third , that a majority of th
committee do not propose to favor the sin
pension of the coinage of tlio standaid. sllve
dollar even Jor a day. The other Importai :
business question which awaits llio actlo
of congress , and upon which there nui
be some legislation , is shall wo have la na
tional bankrupt law ? As on silver , parly
lues aio obliterated on the bankruptcy epics-
.ion , As a rule the castcin men favor a
bank nipt law similar to the Lowell bill , Han-
lall and a low of his staunch followers being
: hogieat exception , while the western men ,
'earing that the agilcnllurallsts would bo
ilaccd at a disadvantage , nro opposed to even
i consideration of the question In the house.
1MT7. .10HN roilTlill'8 CASi : .
Ono of the most attentive listeners to the
icbatos over the 1'ltz John Poiter bill , which
lave been occupying the attention of the
house for a week vmst , was Conciessman
John B. Weber , of the Niagara county dls-
rlct of Now York. When seen by your eor-
icspomlenton Wednesday and asked , "Will
yon vote for the bill to lostoro Filz John Por-
or ? " Colonel Weber replied : " 1 have not
vet made up my mind , 1 entered this con
gress pH'judiced apalust Vltz John 1'orlor.
Ilo was my old commander and McClcllau's
right-hand man. I am Inclined to think ,
strange as tl may seem , that both
sides of this question are right I
hat is to say , that the com I-
uartlal which convicted him did right ut the
; lmp , because it was necessary to kill Me
CIcllanlsin If nur arms were ever to bo suc
cessful. The worship ot McClollan was so
gieal among the boys that It ahsoibed love of
country and everything else. Still , 1 bi'llevo
that Poiter has been punished enough , for I
: an not bring myself to think that ho was a
tailor. A man who led us as ho did In the
seven days' light could no\er have had a
raltorous thought towards his country. In
hose army days the most Intense and
jitter jealousies existed , and 1 am
ncllncd to think that I shall
low vote to restore him [ and ho did so vole ]
on the principle that if thcro Is any doubt the
benefit of H should bo given to the accused. "
Mr. Weber is ono ot the c few men In con
gress who have paid close and rigid attention
o every debate which has come up thus far ,
mid in this ho gives proud so of making an
extremely valuable member In the future , it
its district takes a notion to return him
nurrisir POLITICS.
I'lie Toiics Meet and Talk Over tlio
Condition of A ( Tali's.
LONDON , Feb. IS. Leading members of
conservative party met at tlio Carlton club at
loon to-day to confer upon the course the
iartv shall pursue In regard to Irish affairs
on the reassembling of parliament.
Lord Salisbury , late prlmo minister , pre
sided. Lout liaudolph Churchill and ono
liundred and titty other prominent torlcs
present. The meeting was very enlhuslas-
, ic. The speeches made indicate an Intcn-
Ion on the pait of the conservatives to offer
the most strenuous opposition to any nicns-
ire presented conceding home rule in irc-
aud.
Salisbury predicted a union with the con
servative sect ion of trie liberals which follows
llartiiigton and ( iosschcu. Ho encouraged
ho conservatives to do all that was possible
o bring such a union into effect , faomo of
ho speakers commented severely upon
Jliurchill's attack upon the Catholics.and his
nlimacy with the Parncllite party. The
iiecliiig resolved to make home rule a test
question in the commons , and for that pur
pose will Btippoit the Parnellitos in their
leumrnl to have It precede laud reform in the
.umso.
The Impression is Raining ground that the
present cabinet will prove unworkable , and
: hatUtAvUUie-UiiWssIblo ) to hold It , together.
J-'hc Pnll Mall Uazctto states that tlio resigna
tion of GJiamborlaln , president ot the local
lovurnment board , from Gladstone's cabinet
3'but a question of a few hours. The resig
nation wJll belnade , the ( Jazotte Rayn , osten
sibly beekfilflo.Cliamberlaiu cannot brim * him-
vlt to acqmcsco in the government's policy
of coercion towards Greece , but in reality because -
cause ho Is unwilling to submit to what he
jcllevcsto bohls political future deatli by
identifying himself just now witli the home
rule policy decided on by a majority of his
colleasues.
_
Parliament ia Session.
LONDON , Feb. 18. Parliament reassembled
: o-day. Gladstone stated in the commons
ihat utter the government had concluded the
justness they had to place before iho hous
.hey would bo able to state a part If not tlio
whole of the Irish measure they intended to
introduce. lie expected , lie said , to bo
: iirough the financial business about the 2d of
Niarcli. Gladstone announced further that
Llio government had no intention of renew
ing coercion in Ireland.
in the house ot lords , Granville , secretary
of state for the colonies , announced that the
government would not Introduce any Irish
measures into parliament before Maich 1.
Alluding to tlio foreign policy of tlio new
government In the commons Gladstone said
lie would follow the eastern policy inaugu
rated by Ills predecessor , Salisbury.
lu the house of commons Mr. Gladstone.
said the desire of tlio government was to
propose to the house measures of a positive
iiiui substantial character dealing with Ire
land respecting social orderaud the questions
of land and the future government of Ire
land , Including a method for .such govern
ment. lie said that a further statement on
the subject would bo madu on the .M of
March , a
I'nsacd the
Unm.i.v , Feb. 18.The bundesnith to day
voted unanimously in favor of Jilsmarcl-i's
spirit monopoly bill.
THE AGKIOUI/l'UltlSTS.
1'roceoilliiKs nt' iho Third Day's Scs
Nion oftfin Association.
Nr.w YOIIK , Feb. IS. The third clay's ses
sion of the American Agricultural associa
tion was opened this morning. At the afternoon
"lood Adulterations"
noon session a paper on
by lion , George P. Lord of Ulgln (111 ( , ) was
read by the secretary. A. 0. Tuppor of Usage
( Iowa ) held that oleomargarine .should be
subjected to a stamp tax of one cent pe-i
pound , and that thoinaniifactuier and retail
dealers should bo compelled to take out ll <
ccuscs and display them In conspicuous
places in their establishment * ,
U wns decided lu petition congrns1 * to pasf
a law placing the control , manufacture and
sale of Imitation butter In the hands nl
United Status internal lovoniio commission'
ers , witli a view of placing a tax on uru.-li
pound ot butter sold , the tax to bo notles ;
than tor. cents per pound.
Opposed to ho It'o
Prrrenuiio , Fob , IS. Kepreseiitatlvea ol
twenty-two buttcrlno and olcomar ailnt
manufacturing establishments of the United
States met hero to-day and funned a national
association tor the purpose of protection , Ii
Is tlio intention to lust Urn legality of tlio lav
recently passed In New York , IVnn.sylvnnln
and other states , prohibiting the itiauut'ac
two of thuir product.
Condi ( Ion.
Loum'iu.i : , Fob. IH. Hon. Henry AVat
tcr had rather a bail night and Is pronounced
not so well this morning. JUs tcmperalun
has risen again to 102) ) , tlio pulse remaiiiiii ;
about 111 to 11C. Physicians express in
alarm , but nay they hope for a lavorabli
change in tlio course of the next tweiity-fou :
hours.
Kill Kl lit Shcop Heritors
DKMVJIH , Feb. IS. Tiibumt-ltopubllcai
Santa Fo special : Eight sheep herders on tin
ranch of Solomon Lur.a , Valencia county
New 3Iexico , near the Ail/ona line , had i
light with Apai'lies. All the hcrduis wen
killed. The Luna brothers , with two loreci
mounted , have gene to the sccno of the light
I5ushie.su Pallitro.
CJIICAOO , Hi. , Feb. IS. The Dally Newt
Paris ( ill. ) special says ; Jonathan Ogdtu
county treasurer of Kd gar. county , made ui
assignment toAlay. Ll-aulliUca , § 45,000 ; wit 1
an equal aiuuuut. , .
The More They Sound the Members , thj
Greater Assurances of Success.
A GREAT NATIONAL WATERWAY.
A Gentleman From lown Who AVniita
Iii'Klslatlon GovcrnlitK Hank Di
rectors KlorrlMoii'B TnrllT
Measure Capital Notes. M
The Chances for the llcnnepln.
WASHINGTON' . Feb. IS. [ Special Tclc
gram.l ltepic. < cntnllvo Mmnhy of Iowa , nnel
one or two other members are easting about
In the house for the general drift ot scntl-
menl existing on the subject of Iho llcnnepln
canal bill , and expect by the latter part o
next week to have a prctly accurate conclu
sion as to the piob.iblo fate of thai mcnsuro
when It Is veiled upon. Judge Murphy statcif
to your correspondent to-night that the
opinions which had been gleaned so far wcro
of the most encouraging character , and the
friends of the projected improvement wcro
confident of its sucee'ss. "Thero has been n
vast change of sentiment , " said he , "In favoc
of the Ilcnncpiu canal within the past four
years. In the Foity-scventli congress thcro
weio outspoken views against It. Now
almost every eme speaks of It In favorable
terms. If there Is anything In surface
indications I should say the bill will btt (
passed and al Ibis session. The senate liaa
for many years been favorable to the prop
osition. Wo have overcome the e > ld objection
that It was a state Improvement and ought
to bo made by Illinois. It has boon demon
strated to every mind that thejieneflts eif the
canal will bo widespread and felt In every
part of the country. Our exports of grain
are falling off rapidly every year on account
of heavy railroad tariffs , and 1 am qnlto sure
the American people arc unwilling to yield
up all claims nimii thofoieign markets with"
out one more effort , and this is the best
oppoitunlty afforded them for stimulating
exports. "
noi.i ) TIIR .ions Tiir.MSiu.vns.
Colonel Henderson receiuula letter to-day
from 1) . 0. Scott , of Plerco & Scott of Dubuque / .
buquo , which ho had referred to the house
committee on banking ami curioncy , calling-
Ihe attention of congress to the necessity of
some legislation which will hold the directors
of national banks responsible for any loss
that may occur to depositors by reason of
their signing statements as to the bank's con-
dltiou without knowing anything about It.
The letter staled that many person are taken
in as directors of banks who do not under ;
stand anything about the business , ami sign'
statements liable to dccciva tlio public ; that !
they should bo paid for their services § 5 n
meeting and bo held responsible. A hill of
this character has recently been repented ad-
vcisely to the house by the committee on
banking and currency. There Is a strong
feeling lu congress against a measure of this
kinel on account of so many congressmen
being national bank ofllcers.
WANT TO KNOW ITS KFFCCTS.
The committee on ways and means to-day
instructed Chairman Morrison lo request an
opinion f i om Iho secretary of the treasury as
to tlio probable elTcct ot tlio' tariff proposed In
'thTTMbrffSHti'VIll upon jroverumont revenues
iiiwn the basis of last year's customs busi
ness. It was stipulated by the low tariff
members that In c\ cat of the fallme of the
secretary to return an answer by next ' 1 ucs-
day the consideration of the tariff bill will
begin on that day.
TEKSONAl , AXl > OTIIIIUWI'-E.
Postofllces have been established at Man
ning , Knox county , Mabek ) , Brown county
and Troenoy , Buffalo county. The uost-
ofllcoat Greenwood , Polk county , ( Iowa ) , ,
has been discontinued. The mall will go to
DCS Moincs.
C. C. Wool worth of Omaha and J. W. Love
of Fremont are here.
The senate in executive session to-elay
confirmed the following nominations : If.
B. Haven , postmaster ut New Hampton
( Iowa ) ; J. F. Walch at Humboldt ( Neb. ) ;
F. D. Travis , at lloldrege ( Neb. ) .
Knforolnc 1'hcir KiKlits.
NKW Yoitic , Feb. 18. Claiming that the
EighlandNinth Avenue Railroad companies ,
or Us ofllcers , had not observed their agree
ment with their employes , tlio latter wonJ
out on a strike this morning for tlio purpose
of enforcing their rights. The Interests of
the men are being looked after by an oxccti-i
live ) committee of the Kuipiro Protective as
sociation. Both roads are being run by the
same company , and it is claimed that the now
time-table ngrecd imon has not been put into
effect. Of sixty-six strccl cars only twcnly-
eight como within the twelve-hour limit , tno
remainder running over time without oxtm
pay. Thu boarel of directors of the roads
and a committee of the Empire Protective
association are now In session trying to
come to au agreement.
Nnw Yeniif , Fob. 18. The Eighth and
Ninth Avenues railroad companies conceded
tlio demands made by their employes and the
strike Is at an end.
/V / Case olTaHh Cure.
Philadelphia Press : A Jong , lean , lank
cadaverous-looking man , with long gnv
hair and beurel und very thin clothes
ycslerdny approached a blind man at Ui
south west corner of Thirteenth unthMuv
kot streets , who wns peddling lead pen
cils. The stranger suannoel ilio features
of llio blind man for some time , und at
length said : /
"Brother , art thou totally blind ? "
"Yes , " answered the pencil merchant.
"IlusLnejvcr tried to lie hcalcdy"
"No use , " replied the other. "Myoyos
worn burned out In n powder-mill ex
plosion. "
"If thou hast faith thou canst bo
healed , " said llio stranger. Lulus pray. "
By lliis time u crowd had gathered
round llio pair , and a lively interest was
manifested in the proceedings. Tlia
npostlo of faith-euro knelt down unel
ollercd n long prayer for the blind ninn ,
while thu urowd kojit Increasing until it ,
nearly blocked up Thirteenth street.
After prayer the ancient uroso mid went
through iv series of gyrations similar to a
mesmerist , lie made all inimimr of
pusses in Iho air with ills hands , and
linally took hold of the man , rubbed hj.
oye'.s , slapped lily hack , pinuliud Jiia
cTicm : * , and asked him if ho could sees
To tlm great disappointment of the and-
icnco ho replied that , ho could not , ' . ( 'ho
faith-euro man was about lo liejgln his
performance ! ! a ain when apolii-omuu
came tip nnel ordered him to move on.
Tlio apostles wcnlofi'homoanlng the luck
of faith in Israel , while the crowd took
pity on the blind nuui and purchased hH |
entire stock of punoils.
"Cranks are : > f some usei. anyway , "
mnttoreiel tlm blind 111:111. : as novent otf
to pnnmusu a r.ow stool ; of mcrchandi.so ,
She Wished JIo AVVro n Star ,
"I wish I were you star , " ha saiel ,
dream ! ly ,
"So do J , " she ivturnml promptly , he
roically swallowing u yawn.
"And why , dear ono , " Im aske-l Impul
sively , "why do you wish 1 weroyon ; bril
liant orby"
"Hcoausc , " she rnplk-d in cold , matter *
of-fact lloston'psu tones , ' "because you
brilliant oil ) is jn-it .11,700,1171 ' 1111109
. -away.1 And'ho faelcel silently out tike a ,
mUt be/fort * u minuter buu ,