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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&lth 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. L INDISTINCT PRUTTB