, 1870-04-12

Bill introduced Providing for
Secret Ballot in State
Elections.
SLOW Progress Made on the Tariff
Bill.
Lively Time in the Supreme Court
On the Legal-Tender
Question.
Mayor Bowers Shrcyyd Game.
and How 1t Was Frustrated,

Mayor Bowers Shrc1v<l Game,
and How 1t sYns Frustrated.
Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune
sHKEwD grr UNSUCCESSFUL CANE
WARRINGTON, April 11--Bowen and hts friends
played sharp Eatne on the House OF Represents
Hves during the morning hour Today. and xere
quietly sunbbed for It lust before adjournment
Ihe circumstances were these: Some time s,ucg
The BOYS In b1ue made arrangements to celebrate
tne Fifteenth Amendment on the 18th Inst, and
extensive preparations have been making.
pen to he opposed to Bowen's rc-clec.
uno- So the friends Of the latter met
and agreed TO celebrate the ap1!yorya7y OF En,an
Mpaaons which falls on the 18th, in connection
With tho amendment, hut nxcd On the 18th instead.
N order to fofestal1 the demonstration OF the
bo51 In Blae. The next step WAS to &C.
cure the Introduction OF resolution
allowing the use Of the Hall OF the House, which
Was Carried Within An hour the real character Of
TIC trick played on the House by faction Of tho
CITY rasty became known, and, IS soon As the
Committee Of tho Whole rose, the resolution to A.
low the use Of the Hall Was rescluded tg A nearly
DAntmous vote.
wa AM hAAOh4lNIG IN AN CEEAST POSITION.
"A fesolutlon waA passed requiring the Speaker to
appoint committee Of nse TO confer win thr mi.
ofed citizens and agsee ufnn the ruaune, to which
toe Aoase saoult participate Great laughter was
csed4tu when The n1mcs OF Cox and Ildr1d9e
Hefe read rs two Ut the committee. Nj Coz ~
SOON ~ the Eoar of laughter had xut,saei. rose
and got even with General Butier for hia "shoo.
fV' stton ty announcing To tho House that he
would uot object TO acting on tho commit
A1FtA Ayfa
Hom Massachusetts wooll e1ltEeu the exercise
WIN some Of his choice gems Of negro nlnatrelsy
EldsidRf Frenrtof1ly refused, but afteruatd re-
peuted. and the whole committee soon after met
lx'Kc delegation from the city. While they were
Fe15 busy rerfectinG the order of exercises mes
ecngcr came in and announced that the House had
rcAc3nded the resolution granting the use OF the
han. At this, those who had arranged the trick
after slGn'1lng few minutes In growing ut the
House. sneated on to the CITY Hall
INK LoCIsvulK CANAL
The statement that the Louisville Canal Com.
rAny have fl5o,ooo on deposit, which could be
used on the work n place Of any appropriation, Is
an e11or. THIS sum Ia sinking fund held to meet
na1t Of the bonds falling due in January next
The whole sulu On deposit will not coTe1 the In.
debtalneaA
EEcRET BALLOT.
Mr. lawrence, Of Ohio, to-day introduced \ bill
providing for secsct ta11ot at State electtons II
Was drawn up to meet tho Law lateiF passed In
slg1n1a prescribing that no Totc shall be counted
anlesa The voters nAlne is written Tn 1t. Referred
to the Committee on Reconstruction,
1uk F1GlI OVER THE NORTHERN Pacific Rattnn.n
BILL.
The Northern Pacific Railroad bill. ahout which
there "a 70 much talk In the Senate has 70. tts OBJ
1ect th1es tnings7 viz, to make land grant for
me branch line from Portland, Oregon, 10 Puget
sooho, which no" has nothing but the ngh. Of
way; to authorize the company 10 mortgage 1ta
Whole Line and all Its lands, and 10 gIre it moro
land than 1t can now get under existing lava
The chief debate is On the proytsjon
Last named The original act of s1x years an
gives thc company tho odd sections Of land within
ten miles On each Eide Of tho line in Tlsconstn
minnesota, and oregon, and within twertF miles
On each Side IN the territories. Since 1t MAS paasei
seftle11 have AIKEN un Rome land IN the Ssatcs
don tue company now aals to ht{e the ordatna,
grant made good bJ Al extension Of ten mllcs On
each sjde The line Of The Limit within which it NAV
male se1ectionA
TUE ELL p1scoS11SC1xa TIE fREEpxgS.s urKT.r.
Inc I'LL closing up tho FFeedmen's Hureau and
transferring Its educational work to the Bureau of
Hdacataon, has hetn farorably reported In the
eenate BY the Retrench,nent CommIttcc, with
thfee or four Amendments, the only one Of eonse-
qnehce being that providing for tho recovery Of
money ana properly by the Commissioner Of Edu-
Courts
RosEcRkNs' MEXICAN scuKxR.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee today
gase hearing TO General RosecrRn4, who wants
government sanction In the way Of charter for
hs scheme looking to the opening Of railroad
md the establishment nf = bank in Mextco. He
spoke of It quite enthusiastically, bui it does not
eeeu 10 " casc In which Congress can interfere
SATURDAY sRss1oSa
Generals Schcnck and Butler got beaten in thc
HOUSE today on their proposition to do away With
oatafuaF st.ss1ons, and make up fot tt by sitting
na!f an hour longer N other days. Sir, Dawes
called attention TO the state Of putllc business, and
carried his point against them ny twenty majority
Jnk TARIFF Hill.
ufaes drea1fullY in the house, md though eight
Gays have been spent ou 1t, only quarter OF it
has been considered, and the great questions at
tssue On iton, steel, coal zat h!des and the free
LIST have not been reached. 4 good deaf OF the
WORK has been done when bare quorum was
present, and there is a scattering among members
every day. when It Il taken mp Its friends work
pretty well together, while the opposition u not
organized The talk WIS quite general to-day
that motion to een1 It 10 tho table viii be 1uade
the Las. OF this week
06 fEos BoRS TO TUE y1cg PRESIDENT.
At this hour 10 p. my OF Monday, April II, $50,
the fine AMI healthy son Of Vice President ColfaI
Is eight hnusF Of ago. and his mother Is In m casy
and comfortable condition
BCTLER's ISQClsrr1oS.
The Judiciary Committee haAc to-la5 given l,1i-
icr gentle back set lie applied 10 the full CON-
mittcc for authority to bring wltncss teforc the
baf OF the Housc In case he
1cfnsc to answer his questiols The committee
would not agree to delegate my such general
power, and rquircd Butler to submit rhc qucs-
lions he proposed to Ask. This he, in turn de-
rlned 10 do, and 40 each has bottled up the other
for tho time ls!nR.
The LEGAL 7ESrER cAsEs
There was very lively scene In the Supreme
Court this morning, The oldest lawyers practising
there hnE1ng witnessed nothing like 1t In their
day. II asose in connection with the lecal-tendcr
case, which 1t waa expected would be- again argued
on its merstst At the proper hour, Mr. Potter, Of
New York, who is counsel In ono Of the cases
On which the Court hai consented TO hear
1urtnet argument, tn effect asked pos,poncnaent,
TOT the reason that the senior counsel Was cneagcl
elsewhere, md others were absent on account Of
Illness The Attorney General responded against
postponeMeut, and In the course OF hts remarks
Fpokc nfthe necessity far early hearing md de-
ctslon because tho coutrF Is disturbed and will
conunue disturbed unix thc whole question at is
sue Is settled lie nisa alluded to the fact that
thesc TWO cases invovc roln1s somewhat
kc those In the cases recently decided, and in
Iepl5 10 lottcf, acnlcd that any order had been
made which rrecl1tlel hearing on the rotnt then
decided. The Chief Justice herr tnsefrun.ed. 10
Say that, accurding to his recollection. ouch nm
order had been made This waa said with evident
feeling. and Justice Miller remarked with cqual
feeling that he knew of no sueh oflcr, Justice
feleon came to the rcecue Of the Chief Justice
and Justice Davis Rpole IN that he
coucutrcd With Miller The Chief Justice re-
reascd his statement with emphasis and hardly
suppressed passion, aui upon the suggestion Of
Judge Davis, who remarked that It was not worth
while To bandy wortls II was decided that the CAGES
might 50 over TO next Monday. The Attorney
General meantime boxcd TO the reco1ec-
lection Of the Chief Justice, and
merely expressed his regret that in q
matter Of this importance there was no record
1he point on which this dispute, 50 astonishing in
Inc supreme Court, came mp, seems to be whc,h-
q tncfc *as or Wis not such IN order 1nae, when
Esasts vas AttnEaey General, as prevents Z fur
tnef nearing on the question whether the Legal
TENDER act applies 10 debts contracted l,cfoec II.
passage.
TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS
hAsf1INd1oS, April 1f.-nr. IIAYca WIN hefo-.
INC HOUSE committee On Appropriations to.isv
and gave NE f1eFe a. to The 1rnprtety OF ntttn9
out IN expedition to thc Arctic rcEiona st the .,
crnment cxrcnse He explained lie ursette.f{nt XIII.
Il and showed the Adv1ns1fc which would re1nif
70 science bJ thorough exploration 10 tie t1nen
Polaf Sea, which Dr. Kane and himself hsI
reached He would found ColonJ IN
Smiths Sound, and In the frr1ug cross shF
Ice bclt to G1nnen Land, Wherr he womb