The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-06-10
CONG E II q q.
FOKTY-FIRsR rERNI--sECOND SESSION.

Mr. Myers the petition il Of 900 druggists
taxing spirits the distlery and capacity basis.
Mr. Mercur, from the Jndiciary COMMITTEES, reported
and Southern Judicial districts Florida Laid the
Mr. Kerr, from the same committee reported back ad-
yersely the House bill to create judicial district in
On motion Of MIR. Davis n " the Senate bill to regu-
late credits to prisoners for good behavior taken from
Mr.. BeaIan introduced bill donating pieces of
of Adrian, mishigan iS S Pa, Passed ,s,o, con,,,..
ported bill amendatory of the acts Of the 9th Of July
1866 and March 2 1857 IUr the removal of causes Use in
ing Their application to cases Of ejectment where the
OF title or parties in interest are citizens OF diff
5 from the GSm%itss Commerce.
delivery attached to the collection district OF New Or
Mr. Cook, the conference committee the bill to
establish police court for the District of Columbia made
from two to one Agreed to. '''''
oer and had ro% the Washns
ton tssgraphS ePTresp0ndence , of the sSs.g POST
Butler and asked him whether in his the day
here was no evidence before his s9m@ttee directly
fully there was no direct evidence against Mr..
6esn @ Fitch called
Mr. Butler Mass to state whether that statement in the
Mr. ButlerThe statement i, correct. and desire
matter may be understood desire for ownporsOnal
questions have tried for days bring the
as to get my report sanctioned by the Judiciary
such that it has been able reach this sub
ject but hope will be able to reach it on Monday
MIR Bingham Chairman of the Judiciary Committee,
to be brought up IN committee com the gentleman from Mas
of the testimony which reflected the gentleman from
Mr. Butler went on to say that there had been some
gentlemen named in the testimony oefore the committee
tS @ bonor or oronriey Of ac,ion of any meber t6s
House there had been evidence that some
Mr. Edrdge interposed the point of order that it
against the rules to make public what occurred before
Mr. Sargent insisted that the gentleman from Nevada
chusetts had told that there
pating the gentleman from Nevada.
Mr. Butler-I will come to it. have said that there
say again that there was some evidence tending to
MIR Edridge again interposed the objection that it
not in order to disclose what occurred in committee
stood the question OF privilege to be whether the gentle
paper sta tement correspondence with a reporter
Mr. Butler said tnat he was to prevent any
tatiop on the action Of any member OF the House All
been Dentoned but every there bad been
action on the part OF every member 80 far as anything
respondent he had been simply asked question by him
vada and any inference from what he said affecting
supposed to affect the gentleman from Nevada wholly
Mr. Fitch7win the gentleman answer me this question
explicitly. Is there evidence before committee
tending implicate indirectly any criminal act?
Mr.. Butterfly means.
Mr.. McOormick-Will the gentleman answer the same
question in reference to myself
Mr. Butler-Oertainly. As have said, every membs
Congress- far this gone has behaved
exs city a gentleman should.
Mr. Ftch-I desire 10 also in reference to edi-
orial which appears in the that don't know
Mr. N Il. Taylor; that never my knowledge met him,
and if there is testimony that either Mr. ~ b. Taylor
any other person approached or
offered any bribe consideration what
ever in connection with the Cuban or any
otheI matter 1t is utterly FALSE and shall ask the
House, Though feel some some delcacy m doing so
myself that this reporter w Scott Smith, who cir
cuated foul slsnder against me personally and reflect
ing the dignity of this House, and who in response to
public demaud of ID the floor of the House, has
erated it, and made another false statement putting
lanRuare into the mouth of gentleman from Massa-
chusetts which that gentleman states (sud doubt
truly used be account of that action
exbiuded from the reporters gallery of this House