, 1869-02-05
The Specie Contract Bill to
be Reported from the
Ways and Means
Committee.
The Railroad Subsidy Men Get
Another Set Back.


any tnerbcr Of Congrcet. After s~ex,lne the
Hiinees, Nt. BsoonaA atksd HIN If he wa. tie
author Of eeYtAfn dsti II ch, and upon receiving
IN atbsmAtive Answe., satd 1t was u lie from be.
ginning to end. He thtr, arer rainr questioning,
went iIto The meet btt!e, a-d sweeping dc.
nunciatop Of news.xpes NEE, and par
Ecularly o! Washington corEc.pon 1cut..
ae rad in substante tat their foul. b:1iEs q ID
principles were for ssle, and he world not hclteEe
tht N 6n oath. Hr continued ii. 4t1te uutil iu-
.tertapied By 1t. Gelx, Of Penns,1sau1a, who tn
FORMED The wfsIets tn1t in spite Of what tht
Chairman said there were teo members Of the
eonEaittee. allunirz to h,neelf and Mr.. plAnr,
oE Ohio, who did not ebx.e In such Views. The
1t1ck Of Bfoomaii WIS 70 Rross iba' the phoroR-
faphef VA directed II unit portions Of II. Th=
witness ttcn said he world Iot suoEis to IN ex-
amltaSton In such nauncr, when Ar. Broom Ill
thfexfened htu, with tic power 0. the Hoosa to
compel him TO testify. The matter is the sanject
OF very general talk to-right, aad The opinion IL
general that the While thu vas co ss.dly abuse
'of tie Porsr the cba.sm IN u u Co. -gres.i1ual
Committee has 0Tet 4 <itucss,
II 1uk sHNArE YESTERDAY.
The Eel asa spcIt loe Eornl1F hou. on the bill
for raEttG PeEntslsanls sveE1e, ef this e!ty
which xas not dtts'ed, snd the coc.tltuttopal
Auendntnt taket up. The two CoaIec'icut sen.
aiosa occupied nrst 0! the day with d!,eu.s.ou.
good e1t uxh in Itself but tv1dettlJ Intended fc8
effect IN their OWE Safe, and nut psnicululy o,
interest to tie county At large. Gove1to: Mort \
and detersl Warner nate bllef .peeches, and ,hs
matter then weLt over. N+Eb+rt mean to bstr E
Il to vote this week II possible.
7Hz nECCsAkT wlrN8ssy1
The House bid lively tlDae .o-cay. The mora
ing war spent II deali1g with the TWO n from
Stw York, who had refused, until put under r.
rtst. TO tesstfs before thu COMMITTEE on Election
Frauds. They wcrt examined TO-DAY and eubse.
quenfl3 released from euetodS. III. Dem 1tyats
TILED Estd 10 lo1ct the Mo7Re lao pay.nx the az
pertea Ut thtir aIr.tt, hut failed by a d cislye
vote.
ApCESk III TIE NoceE.
Tho Indian appropriation b.l. gave the spects-
tcst chance TO w1tltss a tteno which d,es not
'osttu occur in aIy form. and wrlch has revrs be.
fcte occurred IN exactly the form OF TODAY. rhe
bill. as reported. haF,ng BEEN tI1thed. Mr.. fla.
he'd moved Arew section trar.tessins III, 1ad.ar
Bureau to the WAr Department. wLicn was ruled
out ont On which he ana Ar. Butler made et,pcs
rpeecbes aeuureiatoET Of tho ~pscsett uxnser
:0ent Of Ii dlsn aHs,ra. Mr. wsndan. Of A:nrc
tota.. deleratd the burt4u. and told Ar. G G.tejI
he had better look Into tie extsayaRazt txpcpdt
t1res Of The Rn Department. M1. upl,
brock, Delegate from Idaho, then z xo1
che deor, And matc Wild speech In
an Rssauit upon everybody VITO does not
believe in lhs perfect honesty and integrity Il tho
nnlsu bnteau, II the course VI which he charged
Gcae7al Butter With mlkltg ttaf-uenn which
he kte~ to ho faIsc WHEN tic made them 70.
sata lan8 usge Mr. uoIhfook Was 4: once called to
order, ana there ~as Immediately secra Of grcat
sonfuftoE. Speaker ColfAx told up,beopk he
could Lot be SLOWED to 70 on TIL he htd &solo.
gized OF Ect,aeted. He refused IN a very defiant
=natner 10 DO either. and The Speaker declined to
hold any further Communication with hIE, TIL
the Heuee had passed on the question 1t usue,
NJ Gatatld EoEed c.reure By the
Rouse, but accepted Hr. scherck's epbs,ltute
Ordering Mr.. uolbtook's arrest and seyezr
'eentrfe by the SPEAKER. Tre sesolutton VA
At optr pAsed without objection from
slnsla menbtf, when Mr. Holbsook Va,
asnnEht 10 The bur By TIE Sergeant alarms and
ceIaurcd In grave and fotGb!c words By ths
speaker. Hs retired, looking very much hum,li
AID. and ~as Lot seen aRtir during the day
The thing wHa noticed oa two accoun,.--rot OF
ot the DeEoe1ats cana to Holnrook's aid, IN,
the vsE3 unrtuA cuuttt Vas adopted Of putin
him in charge OF tbs eergesn,-as-Arn.s. tn
proceeding waz OF { that will co, eoor b. forgot
ten BY the ANAL politicians who sfa4et the eoun
ttJ BY getting seats In Cor gres4.
TIE ros1AL 1kIfa RAru sE.1Ex
had hearing to-day be1o.r the tcnaie fo.t One.
Committee. Mr. Hubba!d md Mr., Derby. o
Bostcn. wde given dlseen nIIu es caeh 10 aayo.
cats the sytt:.1, Ard Ms. Orion the zane time tc
oppose II. TIC e1lnirat d:l+hes the 1puu,ry
about The posisl Telegraph, and the two Cnt n. +
eional Com m!steea Wilt cow make up their re-
ports. The trdica ions Ne tta4 both will report
aKains' the scheme. thishy on III. grop: i IT,.
sasrcss no time At the pre.eus session to d, auy.
1h!tg With 1t. a large Eiutstty regard * favor
ably. to"eve1. and utdeF otht. c,rcnustauce.
s9ne CT the OIL committee savos Its adj pt.on.
tbs At1A-v1A QuEa11ox.
The Houee Foyt1eE Affairs COMMITTEE, hpd
snE LIE tud OF the sesslon 70 ne&e, 8nd not Wish
tIR to cit bt7aSe the ne1t Congrets OF tsejud!ce
casc On which they could 1ot possibly take &c
tion- have coceluded to do ro,hlng moro In III
AltA-Fela matter, Atd will aAk ths House 10 b.
diaeha.gsd from it, tntthct cocsldrr.uoa. Tae,
have. OF adv1ees from tae State Department
agreed 10 report ac.tnst the bill 10. ths benefit c
Of FeLexuelAn claimants.
x1sslstIr11.
The Reconttluction Committee are uov tcsd,
20 t!ose the case with tr:pecs to the Ssate O
Aissts sppl. nd. II the evidence IS slI tn Yrtu,
Will to-n:ouuw take 1t tip ard see If tber "a,
ecme 10 decision. Th.Ee are cer,x,n to be IL,
reports, sId possibly th,eo The majority q,
aEatnst The admission OF the State ucocr ii, e1er
don Ct last year.
7uE CENTRAL BuAxcn RArLEoAp BILL
t~4AANHA 1A*sAA3 AlICA FUl S6kQ&EE IN 10
Sc1ate to-dly. Wtcr tie Atcttsou Branch Roa;
VAS billed. Hr. Couness entered a uotion 10 r.
consider, which Nj. FomespJ nov a.kcd th
eehate TO take up IN ordt1 ttas an nmtpcnen
lovoiFlrE the plan for Eoyescme.t ruxrsnte: O
ltte1st might be moved for future eoattaesa
uoa. IhAt body. By vote Of . 10 a5, refused 1.
toaea The bill. and the railroad trcn are Ia grtet
THE EAs:ssslsA1ior coNtrlRAroRs.
us Impossible to ASCERTAIN from tho Wat,s
aoaee whether the PEeRtde1t hss sclua!ly is-uet
= paftor ioF Dr. Audd Jet o. NOS; but Of biz i
1eluen 10 do no there seems 60 doubt. He ha
also tisnsnea his iuteztton Of tak1rc d the c.se1
o. Arnold and spAnE?cr, and the probabilities II
taN shey will be pasdozed b:io:e the ED Of h
;11oLth.
TEE nok FATKNrs.
r. H. Hoe hts been in the csty for sorne tim
4ook1nR att m e1te1tion Of patt Mt FOR Lis mini
uR Rpsese. Ills irp1aeatiun II endo1.ed b., ,arx
oemoef oil printers and pubtetesr, md vii! prot
ably be iAVorabiJ reported in tic House.
1H1 AtAskA sA1nkRx INTERPOLATION.
Ihe correspondent Involved II TIC etstemcnt
made - T. T. stAntou before tie Aluka H,1hr.
Committee, makes statement 10 uenabcrs Of I'll
committee which rnte m entirely ciGe1ent s,pse
.ou tie csee, AID he Will Tcpest this dc, nttt
Nj. stanton AID Robt. J. Walker were The nre
fesaiot 4. loob1 tsts Ia the Anka buslset.. IN
boih hsd flee aecets 10 TIC Il ,or TO car1y tkfour
their scheme. Ths matter loo X very much Iii
IN attempt 10 jute newspspers IN the interest .
The lobby.
ak oAA11f1p OF TER .Sp1Ax BrRxAr.
aetsfal 3ssncld. IL TIC House to-1ay, made
cat &Fe'e attack on'tas narAz.m a. OF ndia,
a'A1e .ssyinR That tie bureau xas oIe which dse
taRe rsst Of The villl.ry aod corruption {
s oov,to aoa tpeeslaturs. and thai, hereafter, b
- 'tses .ote to place collar 1t the cun'tt
Rr$
HI" sa asaetoqSeiy c'ea,ae1.
eLtHk or TEE NEXT uoctr
deEe!al hekleJ. pretent Ea.mh.r rf.h. u,.
1ron ONO. naa entered the lts.s r.n-,+,. :,
-cstdtdsie for the position Of uletk ~ ~. -,
Cor Grtss. Lie expec:s the support Of t,o ~
delegation Bts hltnts wilt pfse h. cI.,,,, :.
the ground Of his nii.a,y tcrv:ees,
4H1 1rR1xxp Gaze.
TIE sab-eomultxe Of the uon.e 1udtc.,rv
regularly Engaged stx Gays in the weak In tak.1
seetinooy In the cne Of Judge B1.tec1. T.
evidence taken einee last December IL nea,
equal IN amount t. the plgcl eore1ed IN The G:<
BY the &c sizes in both houses for the same LII
HoN. I. B. wAFHnC1H1
haB been quite unFelI Tor thr laei three Ct fe
*ttJs- Tut WAS able tt-dRJ 10 be up AIo At wofk
htt room. II Will probably be Al hls place In
.HoLae In few days.
TIE 1oAACeo 1SrKRE8r.
The Executive Ctmu3tteo Ct manufacturers a
dtaI.fs In tobacco have addressed letter 10
Commissioner of Inter- ii Reys, { II latire 10
optiAiions Of thst part OF the reytEunlaT rran
to tobacco, tusRe.tirR n4w form ef sianp. +
ute, and R1Yl1 ,helr v,eWs ~ To The manner
which they should be A1Ked aud cancelled.
the eourse Of theii LETTER they use the fo:l,w.
1AaxuAEt.
Skis Tie belief that the present law can be ua
SIC estfu1 Tor the collection Of the raxtesial p
tlon Of the4 t4x. and that If 1t fails to do 70,
FaTe no hope cf 4ny MODIFICATION BY Which Il {
oe e"e' accomplished. 'Wc t1ltk ihit tot.