New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-26
HnrsE OF RErREsENTATIvEs.

Petitions were presented rs follows:
mir KETCHAM G!cp, " N.J-Of citizens OF Hudson
New-York for ana TO Can't. Halls Arctic expedition.
SIR WARD GRep. y. YJ-of citizens of WelIs'iie' ~
Mr. WOOD Deiu, y. N.j-Of the wdrluugmen of New
York in favor Of setting aside the public lands for actual
MT. C0X Dem. n Y-of the plumbers OF New-York
and BROOKLYN for free Pig Lead.
MIR STRONG rep. COnn)Of the citizens OF Hartford.
Conn, To the like effect
Mr.. HAIGHI dem, n J.l-Oi crizehs OF "-JtiSeS
for the abrogatiou OF the income tax.
Mr. BARNUM Dem, COnu.)-Of smpowners ana snip
of Calais, Me- for the improvement oil bridge
Nj JULIAN CRep. Ind offered resolution directing
the Committee Public Lands To inquire INTO the pre-
prety Of extending the land laws and Government sur
veys 10 Alaska. Adopted -,..,,..o
snbmtted resolution 10 admit Adolph Bailey to seat
a. Representative from the lid Congressional Dslct
PAINE Rep Wis., objected that it was not qucs
ton of privilege, the subject OF the Louisiana eiecuohS
The SPEAKER sustained that veN OF the case and the
resolution not received. 1890
Mr. HALE (Rcp.. Mel introduced a bill 30 compensate
officers and of the kearsarse for the destruction
Mr.. cox Dem y " offered a resolution instrnctinc
the judiciary Committee Ia inquire into the expectancy
81 renortinc h to provide for writs error in crl-
nal cases In United States Courts; as0 for peremptoy
challenges ard 10 allow defendants To testify. Adopted
Mr. RANDALL dem PENN introduced u bill to regtl-
late the manner of the payment of pensions Reierred
,pr bour 10 the cali Of Committees for bills private
character large number of private bills we're reported
and disposed o. under the cali
TIE CADETsnIr BUSINESS ACAIS.
Mr. RANDALL Dem, PENN, by unanimous consent,
sent IN and had read "A letter TO himself from W J..
Lehman OF philadelphia, eX,memher OF ne AAANilh
n,rcss dem, NJ for himself The nuputatOn contained
i'm Mr. Keeys pccch yesterday, as 20 cadctShp SAFE
lie Nlr. RandalD hoped MI Kelley would explain "ha'
Mr. KELLY rep PENN said he had not Intended dc 70 e.
,6eccssors Mi Lehman has been his colleague, asso
ciae and friend. and was as honorable man as 1T
Mr. RANDALL could not believe that his colleague in
tended TO include such Of ms predecessors as MesSr
Ingersoll. Robbins and Moore o,,oor,,,,, ..
III ed those
ne had excepted Mr. Lehman, yet he reirined what ~
Ia LA Yesterday: that after his election. and before
taking his seat he heard matter OF common ruihor
of the sale Of cadeslps by some OF ms predecessor
when he spoke TO one OF them about ts S1 , W
mat perGu-es eked out the small pay OF members ana
named cadetships q one OF the perquisites. .
Mr WOODWARD dem. Penn) reminded the HonSe
shat when the resolution OF inquiry was ouereu a;
courage the House 20 into the investigation ana tha
he then had alluded 10 case mentioned 20 nun ~ lu!
In his district He had subsequently, received
pbadcnia on the subject winch he deemed It MS duty
10 Law before the Committee, aud ne hd Shnmeu then
10 Mr. slocum His friend (Mr. Kelley had Defh -. tx
rciv charged in at three OF these letters ana INT
name OF lady had been gwen whose son ne i peet
81 600 lie now learned that that charge wa, substantially
true reference 10 ms Mr Kelley m e,1.e , AZ
Kelley 10 name his immediate predecessor 80, 4.
Mr. KELLEY-I named HIM yestsTG I q, en ,Ir Mi
least see his name in the papers Caudhe w. W
yard1 am grateful 10 my colleague thI "oo1Haiu
for the course Inc pursued There Is hotng Hsa
more reason TO lie proud Of IN my COngresslOai ne &
my administration OF that function Between lh9 un'
INV eleetl u aud the took my seat III tAt noue'
tbere vas notorious sale Of cadctsip5 IN my hlslrlt
and found that people held me rcsponslDe loI II
The man mat believe sold that cadetshlp was the sih
man CNr Milwardl who begged 70 CONFER an apIoint
Inent ON protegc OF his. and hucksered the appoint
through the streets OF Philadelphia, halIy SetIns ~
81 Coo and swearing that he put the morley I'D MS
except that he thinks he PAID 900 10 ms agent W.
seent denies so that he BETRAYED the friendship oil ar
Covode, attempted 20 brand MN "lt' hi"i'' '"'
his agent and pocketed the slVo into Committee NJ
The House then, o'clock, went INTO committee
the Whole, Mr. Wheeler IN the Cbair, on
THE TARIFF BILL A., .,
and Mr. ALLISON (Rep., Iowa. continued the argument
which he commenced yesterday, III favor OF
OF taxation. He notice that lac WOId move 10 re
commit the bill To the Committee on Ways ana meals
with Instructions report general reduction OF ~ PEI
cent and this he said, would not fully compensate iO
the reduction made III the internal revenue. inns re
ductiOn could be done la two days without difficulty
WAS bat Justice the great manufacturing interests
the country which not projected ana ~ the gIca
consuming interest, that the reduction should be made
now ana that IL should be made IN the interest Of con
snners aud not In the interest of special classes
Mr. sCHENCK Rep., Ohio asked DIR. Allison 20 stat,
whether his proposition WAS To make a reduction OF u
per cent on iron anything. lie subsequently
stated that he meant the same reduction 10 apply also
wool and wO0ens. -, ,,
MIR DICKEY (Rep, PENN asked him whether blanket
were not now cheaper than they were before the pro
hilitory duty was imposed. ,,,
MIR ALLISON replied In the negative, and said that tn
blanket which cost 80 In 1860 cost ~ now. Coming TO III
estion OF iron and steel he claimed that the new car
sdcation Of iron though 10 reduced the duties on som
rlasses was on the whole increase OF duty He cal
xated that tbs present duty On the steel most Largely