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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION 1 . ATLANTA, GA^ TUESDAY MARCH ! 3 1886
CONGRESS.
Proceedings of the. Two Houses
. Last Week.
With the President and His Ad
visers—General News.
Tbi main event in congress this week was
• tilt between Benston Beck en4 Edmunds, In
which the Kentuckian wonted the Seotchm to.
The president win nnqUeetlonabty whip the
republican senators. The silver debate drift
its elow length along. The Pin Electric Invet-
ttgatlos le intereftlng and ihonld be closely
read, u It inTolvea the honor of the demoeatlc
admin iftratlon and will be made an lasne In
the next campaign. Dr. Bogen explains why
he gave Attorney-General Garland and others
the bloeka ofatock.
The Senate*
WASHINGTON, March 15.—Senator Morrill
today introduced a bill to appropriate (300,000
for the erection of an extension of the execn-
tire mansion In the sonth of the present atrnc-
tare, of equal and similar exterior character,,
and to be connected with the exeentire man
sion by a corridor.
' Mr. Ingalls submitted a proposed amend
ment to the constitution, providing that the
present presidential term, and the second ses
sion of the fiftieth congress shall terminate ou
April 80,1880, and that the succeeding presi
dential and congressional terms shall begin
on that date, the one hundredth anniversary
of the inauguration of the tlrst president of the
United States.
The committee on finance has voted to re
port favorably upon the nominations of a
number of internal revenue collectors, whose
predecessors were suspended, and Is likely to
report all nominations before It within a few
days. A mutual understanding between the
committee and secretary of the treasury has
been reached, covering all suspensions from,
and nominations to offices which have no fixed
terns. ■*“
The senate passed, without debate, lire bill
providing for a commission of .five persons to
investigate the alcoholic liquor traffic, its rela
tions to revenue and taxation and its general,
1 *—•--• • -- 6 • ‘‘"caspects,
is, social
economic, criminal, moral and scientific aspects,
In connection with puipsrism, crime, social
▼tee, pnblic health and the general wolfaro of
— .... Qfplg - -
commissioners shall not bo advocates of t
bltlon, and that they shall sevvo without
•alary.
The senate also parsed, without .debate, tbs
MU providing for the study of the nature of
alcoholic stimulants end narcotics, and their
Abets on the human ay
In the senate Mr. Onllr
the judiciary '•iuiuilt.« on resolutions. Do
said that in ihr hundreds .u calls that hud Iteeti
made by tl-o senate for Infornation in rejarJ
to removals, them had boon very few In-
Stances in which the request had beeu refused.
It might} perhaps, bo assumed that the presi
dent had the right, as he claimed, to consider
inch communications aa private papers, but
alter he forwarded them to the department
ai *1 placed them on the files, they certainly
be me public papers. If the president has
no.otedno officers except for cause, some
m i h papers must have been filed. Indeed,
soih aoenments bad been Invited by the
G nunt administration, In evidence of which
fr. Culiom read the celebrated confidential
letter of' Postmaster-General Vilas, showing
that documentary evidence would be requited
in making removals, in which eircnlar the
ncstmsster-general stated that he spoke for
tho president. Ifsnch papers were now on
Ale the senate wss entitled to them, and the
preeldent ought in good<h to produce them.
~ Mr. Haxey replied. He denied the right of
tho senate to condemn the head of a depart
ment undor inch dreams ances, Who so well
asthat officer could know the Ctcts en which
Us action reitedf Beferring to Mr. Ed
monds's likening of the president’s recent
Charles .the first, Mr. Maxey said the
tode did not exist. The fatal Imbecility that
hraoghttboklngtothe block by the sem
blance of a court—a court organised to convict
—would not be found In this case. He who
wonld attempt to play the role of Cromwell
her* wonld find that this waa not the oonntry
for It, nor this the occasion for It. The Crom
well had not yet been hern who, in tho name
of the senate, could grasp the constitutional
powers vested in the executive of this republic.
Mr. Dolph followed. He claimed that the
provisions oflhe law Intended for tho protec
tion of the union veterans had been disregar
ded by the present administration.
The House.
Washington, March 16.—The house com
mittee on foreign sffislrs today, by a very cloeo
vote, (seven to six,) postponed consideration
of the Morrow Chinese MU, and will Instead
take np the president’s message reoommendlng
the payment of an Indemnity to China for the
outrages perpetrated on Chinese subjects In
this conntry. The chairman (Belmont.) who
cut the deciding vote, declared himself op
posed to the Morrow bill, on the ground of lte
being a violation of treaty obligations.
By Hr. Bold, of North Carolina, a preamble
reciting the passage of the Blair education
bill In the senate, and the report that the house
committee on education has postponed its con
sideration till tho third Monday In April, a time
when the session may be too far advanced to
secure proper consideration of tho bill, declar
ing that It la undemocratic, nnropublican, un
just and nnlUr to prevent action on the bill
by nnnanal delay in reporting It to tho house,
and directing tho committee on education to
report the bin forthwith, with each recom
mendation u it may aee proper.
The Pan-Electric scheme,
Washington, Much 15.—It is now believed
that a suit to test tho validity of the patent
of the Bell telephone company will be insti
tuted daring the present week, and most prob-
ble || Columbus, Ohio.
When the telephoslo investigating commit
tee met today, at the request of Mr. Banner,
J, Harris Bogen wu recalled to the stand. He
mid that the partlM forming the original Pan-
Electric company paid nothing for the stock In
addition to tho price dxed in the contract.
The gentlemen were to give their
name* u a guarantee to outside parties that
the company wonld be honorably and Ihirly
conducted! That wu the considera
tion for which they were given thetr respective
Interests. The gentlemen agreed to get a
charter and give their names, and they had
broken their bargain. The, witness
said that A. S. Hewitt had de
clined to take the stock reserved to Mm, on
the ground or feeble health and accumulated
holiness. The w<tne*s, with Herds, and
Atkins, had gone to eee Hewitt
personally about the matter. The interest re
served for bBn had beeu divided and sold.
SenatorVestbooghtsome, and two lady ac
quaintances of Senator Harris also bought
stock. dOOLOOO in stock wu received by Gov
ernor J.C. Brown. He wu to receive the
■area terms as were offered Hewitt, except
that he wu to pay a smaller amount. Senator
Hurls aid that the ladies referred to bought
(be stork u an investment. The proceeds
wen divided among the gentlemen. The wit-
ncu gave Father Bockford, of St, Domontc's
church! (100 OOO In stock. Hea’so gs-e (10,.
COO to Richard Wintersmltb, of Kentucky.
Banney—Yes, I have fen his letters.
Ha seemed to bo. very grateful.
Itscrmsto have made him ve. 7, very happy.
Did he give anything for it? •
The witneu replied in the negative. He
raid he had also given (10,000 la stock |to
Marcus Wright.
Chairman—Yon put year inventions into
thw association, and yon expected services
from the gentlemen to whom the shares were
aarigned? ,
Witness—'Yea sir.
Chairman—Wu anything said about offi
cial iafinence?
Witness—I don't think any of u> ever
looked for legislation in the beginning. We
did net depend on it or care for It
Chairman—Did you assign them the inter
eet because of the official position they held,
or become of their standing u lawyers, ant
because you expected to be bonefitted by their
services,?.
Witness—There were three tease—
One reason was that they held official position,
and from this fact they were widely known.
The second reason wu that because they were
lawyers. The third reason, last but not least
wu because we had known moot of them for
yean, and we were satisfied they wonld con
duct everything on an honorable basts.
Washington, March 17.—The Pan-Electric
Investigating cimmittee of the home today
examined Dr. J. W. Bogen. He said he was
ft practicing lawyer.
He explained that the meenf of hin-
self and son had not been snfflclont to conduct
the electrical experiments in which they were
engaged, and they determined to form n stock
company. They naturally turned their atten
tion to the subject of the great
names of men of influence, In that
view, witneu wrote to or called
upon Atkins (then chairman of the honae ap-
proprlationts committee). Atkina seemed
pleased with the idea. A few days later wit
neu uw Harris, who had already talked with
Atkina on theanhlect. They came to witness'!
honse with Casey Young. The witneu offered
to each one something like (100,000 of stock,
on the batiijof $5,000,000.
They had hesitated, at least Harris, more
than any other, bad hesitated about going Into
it, and notMng wu done at that meeting. At
the second meeting there were present Harris*
Atkina and Young. Witneu proposed that
each take (500,000 in stock. They agreed and
entered the enterprise. Some time in Feb
ruary General Johnston came to wit
ness with a letter of introduction
from Harris, and wu (hewn the Inventions.
While there wu no definite statement on the
subject, it wu understood tbst Johnston wss
one of them, that he had gene into tbs com pi
ny. So it was with Senator Uarland. The
witneu could not recollect that anything wu
said about his going into the company, bnt the
witneu looked upon him u one of the company.
Mr. Boyle—“And yet yon do not recall a
word, or the substance of the conversation
ujon which that understanding wu found
Witneu—“I do not recall a single word.
Harris uid they would come in, and they
seemed by their coming to acquiesce. The
gentlemen associated with himself in the com
pany were to par nothing for their interest.
The witneu alihed to secure the co-operation
of men of integrity and of national reputa
tion."
Mr. Beyle—“Wu anything said by any of
the gentlemen with reference to the company
deriving any advantage from any official posi
tion heitl hr auy one of them?”
Wlterss- “Never a whisper, nevera breath
Theuqid l wu to bank on their names and
reputations, and on uiy son's genius. Two
meetings turn held in the loom of the senate
judh iaryicommittee fer the organiutlonofthe
telephone eempany. There were present
Looney, the witness's s->n, Harris, Garland
and .Tohneton. Atkina wu not t.ioro.
At the first mcctlug a gen
eral rg'vtiuint w.tt ruth-I. Hr.
Uailnnil' prepared the papers, nnd subnlited
them at tor second meeting. The chatter for
the telephone company was obtained iu Ten
nessee, and the one fur a telegraph dm? uiy
wss obtained in New York. Dissensions arose
because the stuck wu not issued. Cor.id cites
were issued saying the respective parties were
entitled to a stated Interest in the Tan-Electric
company. The witneu wanted the stick la.
sued, and Harris opposed It,
withdraw if the stock were
He uid the senatorseemed to believe the wit
neu wonld be stricken with a ohill at the
idea of the withdrawal of grant men. The
witneu had replied: "We shall be very
melancholy, senator, if yon withdraw," The
witneu supposed the gentleman waa nnwilling
to have their name go on the stock.
in that cue all concerned wonld be looked up
on u scoundrels ”
Tho witness’ object In trying to get
the stock issued was to raise money
on it to pay the expenses. So fiir
u ho knew the original associates held all;of
their stock at the present time. The witneu
then went Into a long account of tho establish
ment of the various local or state companies
operating under the Pan-Electric telephone
charter. Looney bad sold the right for T~
neases for ten thousand dollars. He then v
to Texas, when he had used wire foncu for
telephone transmission, “and the women and
children begau to cry for the telephone."
Looney had also sold the Texas right
& $10,000 cash (which wu divided),
one-quarter of the local stock. The lut
the witneu heard from Texas, the women and
children were crying forthestoek. [Laugh
ter.] After describing hla eflbrta to distribute
the stock in his enterprises among prominent
man, the witneu said: "I told, every man I
ever sold stock to that the only place I would
guarantee he could get money for itwu at
Wheeler’s, on Seventh street, where he could
get a cent and a half a pound.”
The witneu described hla fruition efforts to
Indnco Randall, Carlisle and Sam Cox to oe-
cept (took#
Mr. Banney—“Yon seem to have confined
yourself to one political party.”
Witness—"Yea, air; birds of a feather lloek
t °lvitneu explained that he bad always been
a democrat, and most cf his friends belonged
to tint party.
In answer to a question, witneu declared
that he bad no idea, when the company was
organised, that Uarland wonld be Utorniy
general, bnt had done hla beet to make him
attorney general after Cieveland'a election.
He had no idea of using Garland’s influence
to promote Pan-elcet rirjfnterett except la so far
u hit name might be rendered more illustri
ous. On the 21th or May last, he
had aent a letter to Attorney-General Uarland,
asking him to Institute salt against the Bell
company.
The chairman—“Prior to that tlma bad
anything beeu said by any member of the
Pan-Electric company In regard to the suit?"
Witncsa—“No; never. The Idea originate
with me. Seeing the article published, it oc
curred to me that If Brewster had done it,
Garland might do it. I did not reoelve any
reply from Garland. Young acknowledged
the receipt of my letter to him. end uid be
thought Garland might feel a delicacy about
it."
The chairman—’Do yon remember Young’*
having come to your booae and told yon and
your ion of an interview with Garland?"
Witneu—'“Perfectly. He uid the salt
would now he brought, and there ware good
prospects of success. l eaked If Garland had
promised, and he said that he had.”
The chairman—“How did yon come to ask
him?”
Witness—"I thought It wonld hav* to como
through tho premia, of Garland."
The chairman—“Did Young indicate that
ha had had an futorrtow witn Garland?’
Witness—"Yea, I think so. It w»s predi-
cated on that, n'ben he uid Garland prom-
bed, I uid very emphatically -If Garland has
pron l<cd, ho will doit.’ Then Yonng said:
■Rut Garland has aaid he will refer the matter
to Goode.’ Then said I: ’now shunt that ?
How would Goode act? Would he do a» well-
aa Garland?* ‘Oh, yea,'said he. 'I believe I
wonld rather have Goode than Garland. He
will be all right.’ That is the snbetance of the
CC ThVclurinnan—Wby did yon famish these
llPrn?
On account of an ar»fcl® in tbe
World which represented me at being hMd
de%i) in ft kind of Oakes Am** ere lit mobilier
affair, end wbl. b repreaenied senators and
congressmen associated with me i-Jeing dupes
of mo my son.
The chairman—Did yon furnish (his mate
rial with a view to vindicating these gentle
men, or attacking them? ....
Witneu—First of all, to vindicate myself;
end collaterally, to vindicate them. In order
to vindicate myself I had to vindicate them.
Mr. (tales inquired ae to the present feeling
between the attorney general and wltaua
He replied: "I expect he b friendly to mo.
I would not say that ! tool friendly toward
him, bnt I don’t feel unfriendly. I think he
has acted very badly toward me.”
Oates—Yon mean because he wonld not give
you tho appointment t
Witneu—From that and some other things.
I have no malice against Garland, but I think
that when he had a chance to be generous he
acted meanly.
Witneu corroborated hb son's statement
that no money had been received for thole
published letters. He did not charge
Garland with hb foilnre, bnt felt dluppolnt-
ed, “just as you wonld if yon asked for some-
thing et the white honse and did not get it,
said the witneu to Hale.
“Waa it not for the reason that yon did not
( let the position that you publbhed papero?"
squired Bale.
“No! No!" exclaimed the witneu vehem
ently, u he struck the table with hb palm.
"I would have published them If the heavens
fell—If Garland had been dead or at Hominy
hllL They were published to vindicate my
•on and myself."
Mr. Banney asked if the witneu had seut
one of bb pamphlets to Mr. Cox, knowing that
leffislation wonld bo asked.
Tbe witneu replied that he expected that
Cox wonld do aa Harris had, rise in congreu
and state that he was pecuniarily Interested.
Tbe witneu would have given Cox more than
he had offered, because he wu an illustrious
man, and his name stood like tho eon in the
heavens, and he would have helped witneu eell
his stock. He did not think a million of stock
wonld seduce Cox. He «aw no impropriety in
giving stockjto members. “Congressmen do
not toko vows of chastity and obedienc e,” said
tbe witness. “I went upon that principle," he
added, to the amusement ol the spectators.
J. Harris Bogota waa then recalled. Hr.
Oates then inquired if the witneu Wss cor.
rectly reported in the interview publbhed in
the New York Tribune of Haroh 10. Witneu
•aid the interview wu correct.
Mr. Oates—It b set out there that Colonel
Oates wu an attorney for Senator Harris aud
Colonel Young.
Witness—It waa sir. Mr. Hlne told me that
Colonel Oates and Hr. Hanbaek were attor
neys for Colonel Yonng and Senator Harris
He is a newspaper man, and uid he had so
reported It to the press I believed It, and
thought It wu highly probable. I had heard
before this, at Bladensbarg, that yon
were backing Colonel Young in everything.
1 paid little attention to it then, but when
Hlne told me, and yon acted so austerely, and
S oar snbscqucnt action, led me to believe that
ten wu great truth in what he eald.”
Oates cross-examined witneu with a
view to convincing him that he had merely
betn asked to assist In assarting the letters
tnd placing them in the order or their sup
posed relative importance, because of his fa
miliarity with them, bnt the witneu adhered
to hb assertion that an attempt had been made
to nae him improperly.
Bogen preferred to bo associated with
old friends on whose honor and Integrity
he could rely. Some time in March It was
agreed that there ehould be a meeting In New
York. The meeting resulted finally in the
drawing up of an agreement. He did not
know that any definite terms were agreed
upon, but he did know that there never was
one word said at that time, or at any other
time till long afterward, about the stock
being a gift or a donation. He had no
doubt Dr. Rogers would have given it. That
wu hb way of giving things to hb friends.
The Fight on tlie President.
Mr. Brown then took the flooi in the debate
on the demand of the unate that
the president should send too
papers on the Duskin can to the unato
to the report of the majority of the commit
tee. Mr. Brown said it seemed to him that
there wu but a single question at inns be
tween thepresldent and the majority of tho
senate. Tnat the qneetion was, “Htd the
president sritbont the advice and consent of
the senate the power to remove a federal offi
cer when, In hb opinion, public interest re
quired sack removal?" Thb wu praetleally
a legal question, aa the constltutlen
wu the supreme Uw.
Mr. Brown cited a number ■ of ox-
tracts from the decblons of Chief Justice Mar
shall, and from Judge Story’s work on tho
constltntlon and tbe opinions of attorneye gen
eral, to prove that tbe responslblUty of the
president wu not to the unato, but to the
people in cau of removals from office.
In conclusion Mr. Brown uid:
•Tbopeople or tbls rountry constitute a high
rest ofappeab and it b theJudgcmunt of that
If h court, not that if the president luu nied tho
nrer ol removal, hut that ha has railed to uw It
Itb sufficient energy. If there is any ohargs
siiinrt him In the popular mind it I* note charge
of commission, but a charge or ombaton—not that
he hu made mistakes on making appointments or
removals from office (doubtless ho nu made some)
but that hb mistake has been that he emitted to
now fills, and placed In hb hands, u a groat tnist,
the oxccutivt power of Ihb government, they ex
pected, In carrying out thb policy, that be would
Iput In office, and retain In offioe, u hb uabtaqts,
E ^um of ability and-lntegrity, who eononrtnhte
■ mill are ready to render Important and
^■servicelit carrying It Into sxocttUou. It
political spies, plotting bow they can soonest over-
ibrow the admlnlstrsuoa.snd sympathising more
with those who, from the outside, make war upon
it. than they do with the president and hb
friends, who are attempting to sustain bb policy,
which b Intended to advance the but Interests or
Iqwhtch fis •xstebsehb'dlscreUon in the matter
of remoreb from office, will order enon-stilt in the
GroverC
great caw of George F. Edmund
managers of the senate, Venus
president or the Dolled Stale*
Id make no attempt
pologito for It; that
the fortunes of the republican party were
very dear to him. Me would not attempt to
deny he wbhed tbit that party might, here or
elsewhere, reap every flair party advantage
which might be taken from blundenand short
comings, if any such thero were, of thb ad
ministration.
Mr. Spooner, alter reading the senate reso
lution calling for the papers in tho Duskin
csso, and the attorney-general’* reply to it
rhararterlsed the attorncy-generaTs letter u
tbe most remarkable response ever coming
from an executive officer to a legislative body.
No power oouM be so dangerous to the re-
] labile u the power thus asserted by the presi
dent that tba papers relating topubllo business
on the filee of the government were hb
irivato papers, to be removed from files
wiled in the cellars of tbe white hones or
carted off to Buffalo, if he choose, merely be-
caurn he had used them in exercising hb pow
er of suspension.
How conM a people be expected to
yleto cheerful obedience to statutes when the
first citlien of the republic—himself charged
with their execution—WM hoard saw rung
that a statute could harmlessly fall Into dis
use? But,” Mr. Ppooner ‘said, "the president
did not believe hb own statement—hb acta
h»d been better than hb words, for he had sent
in a largo nnmbor of nominations to take the
places of officer* suspended by him under the
authority of tho very act to which reference
hud been made."
Mr. Wilson, of Maryland, opposed tbe report
of tbe majority. He did not propose to recast
any part of the great hbtoric debate on tho
question where the right of the power of re
moval from office rested, hot would rather aim
to argne the question upon postulate* derived
from our bbtory, but eepecUUy from the point
of view of common muse. Tho senate of Rome,
he said,in the height of it* grandeur,could have
scarcely treated a poor pro-consul as the sen
ate of the United States had treated Preeldent
Cleveland. Poor, indeed, in spirit, and
dwarfed in political significance, should tbe
president be who dared not addrese to thb
senate a communication on a (abject to which
this senate itself bad brought into question.
Under the drcnmstanooe the democrats were
thankful for "oflkutva partisanship,” which
would be the key which would open to. them
the door of the promised land. Mr. Wilson
commented on the fact that the officeholder,
Duskin, had made no complaint, but had as
sumed that he wu suspended for political
particanihip.
Mr. Beck did not wonder that Duskin was
not here for himself. Everybody knew, Mr.
Beck mid, that Duskin waa nominated In
March, 1881, and the senate did not see fit to
confirm him. He wss again appointed after
the adjournment of theaeasion, and nominated
at the October term of the same year, and the
senator from Vermont (Edmunds) had notfelt
justified in even reporting him to the senate
for confirmation.
Mr. Edmunds, rose, sea matter of duty, to a
question of order.' The senator from Ken
tucky, he said, waa. violating tbe dqty of a
senator in respect to proceedings in executive
session. -
Mr. Beck denied this. The reootds and the
public papers, he raid, showed three nomina
tions or Duskin, and It waa because the sen
ator from Vermont knew that ha was unwor
thy, that the papers was asked for, bocause he
expected to entrap the department.
The chair stated that the senator from Ken
tucky had an undoubted right to refer to
public facte, but
Mr. Beck (Interposing,) remarked that he
had, and that tomorrow ha would provo tho
public facte by the prase of the country, and
also prove by the records of the house of rep
resentatives, which were public, that Duskin
was sn utterly unfit man to hold (he place
from which he wu removed, among
other reasons, beoauso of hla oouuectlon with
Btrobsck, the marshal, and that the senator
from Vermont himself knew the fact, and Mr.
Beck thought he could produce records from
tbe attorney general'! offioe—of the republican
attorney general,Brewster—verifying the foot
stated by him (Beck.) Me hoped also, in ex
ecutive cesslou, to get the vote of the senate to
compel the uuatur from Vermont to produce
the evidence which he had before his own
committee, t< show Dtukln'a unfitness. He
hoped to prove that this effort to make an it*
sue in regard to Duakin wu because the sens
tor from Vermont .believed Duskin i
caio so bad that the deni'
ocratio administration would
glad to prove how bad he wu, and then the
senator would claim It u a precedent in good
esses; end I hope to prove,”eontinuedMr.
Beck, "that tho movo now mado with such a
flourish of trumpet*—I will not uy what I ex-
poet to prove, for I could not do it perhaps In
parliamentary language."
SIB. EDMUNDS SHRINKS.
Mr. Edmunds said he would hereto leave
entirely In silence what the senator from Ken
tucky had stated In regard to aflhln In exec
utive session. "I feel bound In honor," he
Aid, “not to make any allusions to any such
auhiect*. The ldeu of senatorial honor,under
the rules of the senator from Kentucky,
tnd my own, are entirely different.
Ferbape mine are wrong; perhaps
hte are right Every senator is
sworn to a faithful performance of hla duty u
a senator, according to the regulations of
the unato, tbit are made under the constitu
tion. If the senator from Kentucky thinks It
Is honorable to garble and mb-state the exist
ence of oircnmttance* in the closed doors, of
course, 1 have no criticism to mako on hte
senu of what is honorable and right I can
not make any reference to what hu taken
place under any circumstances, when, 'under
the rules of the unato and my oath, the dooti
arc closed.
Mr. Bock uid he had not sun any papers In
the attorney generate offioe, relating to Dus-
kin, nor baa he ever uked to eu one, nor had
he ever spoken to the, president In regard to
Duskin, 1 “and u to my konoraud my oath,"con
tinued Hr. Beck r T hope it is as sacred
u that of the senator from Vermont
Ifitwu not atleutu good u hte, I would
not have u much regard for myulf u I have.
Now, J propose to stand upon my integrity u
a man and a uuator, and I uy that forty
parson power would not do Justice to much of'
the hypocrisy tbst Is now preunted to tbe
•enatcln tho pretences of a desire to establish
public Jostles. Duskin wu known to be an
unfit man for tbe place he occupied, and
nobody knew it batter than tho unator from
Vermont, and he had uloctod this particular
esu beetnu he believed that tho executive
officers, knowing that Duskin wu unfit,
would show the unfitness, . and
that would gfvo the senator from
Vermont .an excuu in tho other cues
to seek to mako trtmblo by uking for what he
and the country knew tbe unato had no
right to demand, from the executive, in prtler
to bring scandals before the epuutry. The
uuator from Vermont spoke of hte honor and
cath aud Integrity, and compared them with
mine. I am willing to stand by tbe compar
ison. Thank God, whatever I uy I uy bold
ly and openly. I will move now, In order to
see whether I am telling wbat la trusor not—
and If I cannot movo it now I will do ao at
the Hist opportunity—that all the proceedings
In March, 1881, October, 1681, and December,
1881, and all papere filed with the Judiciary
committee, and all tbe proceedings
bad ' before that committee In
the cue of the nomination of Duskin
shall be made public, ao that the county can
judge whether what luyla true or not. HI
have falsified anything I will taka it back,
and If 1 have not, I want a chance to pruv* it,
•lace comparisons are made between the oath
and honor of tbo unator from Vermout aud
myulf.
Mr. Book inquired where Mr. Edmunds had
got the Thurman matter the other day?
Mr. Edmund* replied: From tbe committee
minute book, upon an order of the unato with-
drawing •ecrecy from it. Ferliaps the sen*
tor from Kentucky can sea tbe distinction.
“I can see a bam,” replied Ur. Beak, "bet I
cannot see a fly on barn door without seeing
the barn.”
Mr. Edmunds—Undoubtedly, and tbe sena
tor hu uen a good many barns, undoubtedly,
I am inclined to think he hu not aeon much
of any thing else. [Laughter.]
Mr.Bcek— 1 have not seen the fly.
Mr. Edmund*—No, the senator never takes
retiring on the fly. [Renewed laughter.]
Mr4B«k—Nor on the |riy, either. [Up-
roarons laughter oo the floor and In the ga).
lerieu.1
Mr. Edmunds moved on executive soaslon.
When the galleries had bun cleared and the
doors cloud, Mr. Beck offered a resolution that
the injunction of Kersey l» removed with re
gard to the papers In thehandsof tbcjudicteiy
committee relating tortte- Duskin cue. He
uid he did not wish to rest under the imputa
tion pumed upon hte honor by tbe senator from
Vermont, and wbhed to ehew to the pnblie
that be bad good grounds for all he had aaurted,
Mr. Edmundi dbavewed all Intention to
cast any aspersions on th* honor of the senator
from Kentucky, whom he held in th* higheet
return.
The Silver Debate.
Washington, March 17.—The house com
mittee on ooinage, weights and measure* to
day considered propositions looking to the
redemption of the trad* dollar. A tie veto
resulted on a motion to redeem the trade dol
lars, in anbsideiy coin, instead of standard
dollars. Tho anti-allvar men carried the
proposition to hav* th* amount of tnd* dol-
lars redeemed coma out of the monthly silver
bullion purchased.
Tbe most signal victory the ailver men have
yet gained in congreu was whan the hotiu,by
over two-thirds’ majority, today, voted to fix
the days forth* discussion of free ooinsgeand
set a Urns to vote upon it. This decided vote
makes Bland and some other advocates of free
coinage hopeful of the adoption of their views
by congress, Imt the result of the entire squab
ble over silver will be to leave tbe Uw exactly
as it now is.
Mr. Bland, under instructions from th* com
mittee on coinage, weights and maasures,
moved to suspend the rule* and adopt the fol
lowing resolution:
That bouse bill 51100, "for the fro* coinage
of ailver," be made tbe special order for Satur
days tbe 20th and 27U> Inst*., and Saturday,
April 3d, and the same to bo again taken np
Tuesday, April Oth, after th* morning hoar for
the consideration of bills reported by com
mittees, and so to continue from day to day
until disposed of: provided that unices sooner
ordered hy the house, th* nrevious queatton
•hall be fading thereon at 3 o’clock Thursday
A mil 8th, this order not to inUrftre with the
previous or general appropriation bills, except
on Thursday April Htn, fixed for th* final die-
position of tbft order.
jlr. Bteeoek, of New York,demanded a tu
mid, and th* motion was seconded; HUM 28.
After some debate, th* motion to sorpoad
the rules and adopt the resolution was agreed
te; yeas 179, nays 87. The announcement of
the result was greeted with a round of ap
plause from tbe silver men. The vote cannot,
however, be regarded as a test vote, iu as
much aa such well known opponent! of the
free coinage of silver a* Findlay, of Mary,
land and Bayne and Scott, or Pennsylvania,
voted in the affirmative, whUe Blount, of
Georgia, Cnrtin, of Pennsylvania, and Dough
erty, of Florida, who at first voted In the neg
stive, changed their votes at the solicitation
of friend;, who desired that discussion shonld
be held. Had not this change been made,tho
motion would havo lacked tho necessary two
thirds in the affirmative.
Under the apodal order mado on Tuesday
last a limited debate on the adverse report on
the free coinage bill was begun and the floor
waa taken by Mr. James, or New York, in op
position to the bill.
Mr. JtmM premised hte speech with what
heffiutod were a few,words of personal expla
nation The people were wont to look to law-
yen aud professor* and politi
cal leaden for legislation on financial
2 tications. Instead of to business men, such as
ewas. The remit of this, looking to lawyers,
professors snd political leaden, was that now
the country wu In a dough. It
wu not a queatton of making good time—it
wu a question of getting the wheels out of the
dough. It wu a queatton whleh bna-
inen men ought to ulve. If
buslncra men had dealt with the ellver
question, the team of state would not have
been stalled In the mire u It wu now. They
should have spoken out and Insisted that thdr
•dvloe ihonld be followed. They ehould join
their forces for the Judicious
handling of great questions.
The MMtalled demonetization of silver
bad been from the atari a great bntlnres blun
der. Coinage, under the Bland act, shonld be
suspended, nr the continaano* of tho Coinage
wu but an organised chaoe.
Be went on to argne that Germany,
France and England were In a condition where
a little presrare, inch as the suspension of
coinage fn this oonntry, would force them
into sdoptlng on international bimetdtem.
Mr. Hemphill, of South Carolina, add that
the queatton before Congreu wu as to the
beat method of restoring gold and silver to a
parity at money metals, and he advocated u a
mcaruttathteend.theappointmentofacommte-
slon to secure an international bi-metaUo union.
The preunt standard silver dollar had noither
a dollar’s worth of silver in It, nor wu
It a prom tee to pay a dollar In
thefoture. Every time that tho government
bought eighty cents worth of silver and
•tamped It u a dollar, It stamped a falsehood
on the fkce of lte own coin and robbed the
man to whom it wu peld. Congreu should
not require tbe secretary of the treasury to
perpetrate this grou Injustice, and by forcing
ailver ou tba country, evcntuaUy put gold at
a premium and drive It out of circulation.
Mr. Tillman, of South Carolina, suggested
that greenbacks, national bank notes; silver
and gold alike, paid debts and taxes.
Mr. Hemphlu replied that greenbacks and
national bank notes did not pretend to be real
money, and no man accepted them u inch.
They were promises to pay In the future. But
the man who took a gold or silver dollar had
a right to rely On the honesty of the govern
ment, and when he took a ailver
dollar worth eighty cents be wu
fooled thereby. If farmers were to be
S id for their cotton In silver, worth 80 oenta
e day of this prosperity was,In hla opinion,
forever gone. Your retetlvo value or silver
and gold would be fluctuating in th* to tare u
in the put. Your cotton grower-mutt make
allowance for thte. By the time the deduction
was made from the value of cotton for freight,
Insurance, weighing; elc., and the dlffisrence
In the value between ellver here and gold In
Liverpool, there wonld be little or nothing
coming to the mm who sold It Ho asked the
gentlemea who repreunt northern ronstltu-
entato consider well before they adopted a
policy which tended to tarn their agricnltar-
tats over to th* tender mercies of money sharks.
A good deal had bun said about the stock
Jobbers oT Wall' street. If there was one
thing they delighted in, it wu a fluctuating
money market. The great fortnnoe of Wall
street had been mado almost entirely wbon
gold wu st a premium and whontho hu tineas
of tho conntry wu conducted ou a flanctust-
ing currency.
If congreu shonld at any time withdraw the
legal tender function of ellver, down It would
atones fall to Its real value and every cltlion
of tho republic who had ailver in hla pocket
would in tbe twinkling of an eye find that it
had follen twenty oenb on the dollar. Had
attcb thing ever been? In 1873 the trsdo dol
lar had been made a legal tender for any sum
not exceeding (8. In 1876, when 1,540,000 of
thru dollars bad gone into the pockots
of tbe people, Congreae had deprived
them of their legal tender qualities, tho tress-
ary refused to resolve them, and they were
worth only about 80 cents. The government
wu in the peculiar condition of receiving ut
the treasury a dollar containing 4121 grali
and repudiating anotherconUining420 grail
It multiplied lte inferior coin ut tho rate _
»20.000,(100 u year, and refused to recognize Its
better money coined out of oxaotly tho same
~ eta).
He then amt on to discuss the policy of
Great Britain, which ha declared wu the
richest nation onearth.endMld, In conclusion:
HcwhaaEngUnd aebtered this * —
SSgWfeg England'hu
thouzandsu geoduhe who helped to save
the country, who are starving." Continuing
he uid that tho practice of granting Ur*:
pensions to.tho widows of men who had been
receiving big salaries and who died po„r wu
destructive of American manhood. The in
fluence wu to make men live up to the latt
dollar of their salaries in pomp and extrava
gance and champagne. It shook every prin
ciple of justice ana created* privileged class.
. « r - Bingham regretted the necessity of
tehiug the bill bclore the house
In full session. He tbought it would be such a
aracefo] set, such a generons act, to paw tho
bill now, that he felt that lire gentleman's own
coMtttueuts would applaud him for being a
Patty to It. He (Bingham) could not argue
this question without losing his patience, for
four year* he had served on Hancock’4 per-
smtalrtrir, and he regretted that the-pension
of the widow of the general should bo fixed as
lowu (2,000. The bill Introduced by Mr.:
Fnlltaer, granting a pension equal to that of -
the widow’! ofex-presldents, would have been
more in accord with hla fueling. With the os- •
copttanofKr. Lincoln, he knew no man of
modem times who had done more for hia coun
try, for civilization, humanity and liberty than
Hancock. [Applause.] Ho trusted the gen
tleman from Wisconsin (Price) would let tho
question come before this gathering tonight.
Let this cue go through, u cases of thte kind
should go through—a tribute of the repre
sentatives of tho pepplo to the widow ofono
of the bravest and most chlvalric soldiers of
our war.
On the question of passing the bill the voto
slued 25 to 4 (Price, Zach Taylor, Johnston of
Indiana and Wlnans,
Capital Gossip,
Washington, March 15.—[apociai.]—While
the flags over the capital were still at half suit
on account of the death of Senator Miller, of
CaUfornimcame tho announcement thatBcp-
tentative Hahn, of New Orleans, had suddenly
died. It wu at first repotted u a suicide, bnt
this statement provtd entirely wlthontanyfoan
dstion than tbe exclamation of the frightened
Unman who saw him lying on the floor, that a
man had entbte threat. The evidence of Dr.
IIIIm, and all the circumstances clearly prove
that the unfortunate man died of a hemor-
rbftfft.
Quite a crowd of Washington bloods congre
gated st the courthouso this morning to wit
ness the trial of their friend, Butler Mahonc,
eon of Senator Hahono. Butler is indicted for
assault with intent to murder John Willis, a
waiter at Welcher’s hotel, about a year ago.
He fired at WUlis; and the ballet te uid to
havo disarranged hte well-parted hair. The
case wu postponed until the 2tith.
Senator Colquitt addressed the YoungMen’s
Christian association, and a largo audience last
night, on tho aubject of prohibition, Ho gavo
t he result* of hte recent ohurvstions, to show
ty per cent. It te proposed to spend
' In Louisiana in experiments o
[of Ull [ho W ° statesmen Si
or all worthy ll.ltigs to coutril'.'itn^'kotncliriNgdur-
Idx the years of my active manhood to tho true de
velopment of this crest country snd lo tbo lm-
irovemenl snd amalloraUou 3 th* condition of
generous people wbo have chosen me to Ibis
office snd with whose good nsm* I shall be
prond to have nine UMCteled as long u anyth log
Is Mid or dona by me aball be remembered among
the sous of men. |Apptause.j
The Briueatlonal Dill.
Washington, March 19.—[Special.]—Th*
education bill received another torero blow In
tbs house commutes on education today. It
bsd bun demonstrated that s majority of the
committee wen opposed to tho bill, bnt It*
friends had hoped to indoce tho committee at
least to allow U* bill to be reported to the
honse, bat the motion to reconsider tbe recent
action adverse to the bill, wu defeated, after
considerable dtecuseion, by a vote of seven to
four. It te foued that today’s
action will prove fatal to tho bill, though the
committee hu agreed to voto on it again on
the third Monday in April, ir notion Is then
advnras, Mr. Willis, of Kentucky, will offors
Mil In the honse, substantially
same u that which parsed
the eenato, snd will move its reference to
some other committee. Thte will enable the
friends of th* bill to test their strength In tho
honse. Mr. Willi* uys there are flva com
mittees which wonld report tbe bill favorably,
and tooneoftheubswlli move It reference.
A Ripple on Fanrions.
At the evening teuton th* house parsed
thirty pension bills. The test bill to be non-
ilderedwa* that granting* pension of (2.009
a year to tbe widow of General W. H. Han
cock. Mr. Bingham, of Pennsylvania, elo
quently supported the bill snd quoted a* pre
cedents the cases of the widows of Admiral
Farragnt and General Thomas.
Mr. Price, of Wisconsin, opposed th* bill,
snd stated tbst it mast bo considered in a foil
bouse. He knew that tbs country htd paid
General Hancock, brilliant, brtv* nnd geasr-
ous in *11 hte proportions, the tarn of (152,000
daring tho last twenty years.
"He helped uve your conntry,’’ suggested
Mr. Bingham.
Mr. I’rice—“And there are hundreds of
• j. m. man,
Th* Regulator and Controller of Low Prices.
Will mall samples of til cissies of Dry Gouda, snd
pa? express*** oo *11 orders above: 110.00. Yon
will save money tnd gtt better variety to select
pom by writing ns about what yon want tnd get
ting onr samples. Tbs largest stock In Atlanta snd
the acknowledged lowest prior*. 44tnd48 .Whlte-
strtet. Atlanta, Ga. Mention this paper.
A number or gentlemen nowtn Wsslilugtoi
prominent among whom 1s ex-Govcrnor Wsi
mouth, of Leu latent, treurgingtho agricultural
committee of tho honu to pnt into its general
appropriation bill aa item of ono hundred
thousand dolten for experiments in what Is
known u the dlflbilvo process of making
sugar. It 1a claimed that wbllo the present
methods of sugar making raroly result Hi
more tbsn fifty per cont of sugar from
S nip, thte prooeu will Insure over
nsiy per c«“‘ *'
fifty thousand
can* and fifty thousand In Kaneas In experi<
mention sorghum. Tbo agricultural com'
mittce agreed today to pnt in lte bill two
hundred and fifty tbotuand dollars for tho
traatmentof pleura pneumonia. This item
will undoubtedly be sharply antagonized, hut
the Hnators and representatives from tho cat
tle reglone are enthusiastic for it and My it
will surely be allowed.
wEStNowN, H«ihlB.-A dispatch from
Richmond announces that Stonewall Jackson’s
old charger died at tho confederate soldiora’
home, Richmond, this morning, or old age. It
la the intention of the giivurners of the home
to have a cast mado of tho horse, and have hte
Skin Bluffed and tho skeleton mounted.
The president lent tho following nomina
tions to thosenatc today:
William L Trenhoim, South Carolina, now
civil service commissioner, to ho comptroller
of tbe currency in place uf Henry W, Usnnon,
resigned.
Jno. U. Oberly, Illinois, to bo civil Mrvlee
commissioner, in pinto or William L. Trcn-
holm.
t'barlrj Lyman. Connecticut, now chief ex
aminer or tbo civil service rommlaxlon, to lie
civil Mrvlee commissioner In place of Dorman
B. Eaton, reslgnod,
John N. McDonnell, collector of easterns for
tho district of St.Marks, Florida.
Washington, March 10.—A special agent
of tho poetefllce department has been
Mnt to Madison, Conn., te look into a caw of
boycotting. It appears tbst tbe inhabitant*of
that plsco are displeased with their poslmMter
and as his Misty, belonging to the fourth ctesi.
bregolitod by tt* number of »Utn|n ho can
cels. they sn determined to stsrvo him out.
All tho merchant* in tho town are republi
cans. aud they havo posted notices In their
stoi cs requesting tho people to purchase stamps
of them and ioave their letters with them to
lie mailed. Every tlmo the train passes
through tba town clerks sre rent down to the
station with packsgos of loiters to matt In the
postal car, aud turn Up their offensively par
tisan noses st tho now postmaster, who comes
‘ iwn with sn empty hsg.
Washington, March 18.—There have boon
rumors current about Washington that Mr.
Hlilnewss using his influence te defeat tho
purposes of tho republican caucus and cripple
Edmunds In tie fight with tho president.
These rc|oirts aro founded upon the ps-a-
graphs in Blaine's book which were read by
Mr. Kcnns tbo other day, and'upon tho state
ments made here by Joseph Manley, for
merly posliuutor at Augusta, and an intimate
friend of Mr. Blaine. (
Manley says that the latter does not approve
of the poeitlon tbo republicans hav* taxan,
that bo believes tbo president 1s right nnd tho
“This addreaa havl
desire to add my cor
^^ittonnWBL
proposition and a matter of policy tho ropnb-
Icon programme te Impracticable.
Washington, March 19.—A delegation
from the recent conrerouco of the oolorod men
of Virginia, visited tho white house today,
and read an address to the president th taking
him for his expreraionsln regard to the futnre
of the colored race, and ezptasrfng the hope
that tinder democratic admlnistraRon, the
bitter controvoray between tho citizens of s
common conntry would Ire removed. The
address Is Indorsed by Governor Lee, of Vlr-
* ‘ fist
submitted to me, I
d Indorsement of tho sent!-
i, and to lay stress upon the
r „ . soon como when tho poll tl-
scilon of citizens of oar country will not bed!-
Jed by race or color, but by bonest conviction «
> what li bert to be done to promote the growth of
The address te also Indorsed by Congressman
Baibour. Tho president. In reply,MG that k*
was glad to know tbst matters partaking of
the nature of a problem were being adjusted
by the people themselves, snd that while he
had expressed himself thoroughly on such
point*, ho ws* willing In every legitimate way
to extend the encouragement.
Washington* March 19.—The secretary of
the treasury today received n conscience con
tribution of ('2,500 from nn unknown resident
ef New York. The notes were cat into halves
and placed In Hparato envelope*.
Washington, March l'.i.—Brigadier .General
Howard was today nominated ns major general
j tho army, vice General Pope, retired.
"The action erthe election committee on tho
contest of Frank Hurd for the acst held by
Jacob Rometes for the Toledo district, wu s
considerable surprise. Hurd snd his friends
have been hopeful from the start, snd recently
were quit* confident that bs wonld ire tested.
Tho cue wu thoroughly argned, snd then re
armed. The committee rejected, by s vote of
8 to 0, the resolntion declaring Hard entitled
to tho seat. The vote was not mado public,
hat It te nndesrtood that three democrat*,
Turner of Uecrgia, Green of New Jersoy, aod
Boyle of Pennsylvania, voted against Ham.
A Mil has been introduced in tho house, re
quiring congress to meet on the first Monday
In October, Instead of tho first Monday In De
cember. Thte wonld not Affect the first
of each congress, for that bM no limit, but te
wonld add two months to th* aeeond, orahort
session, which expires on the 4th ef March
(very alternate year.
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