Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-01-17

WASHINGTON, II. u, Jau 10 1872.
EX-Goy. HAwLEY.
EX-Gov Hawley of Hartford was upon the
floor Of the house to-day, and was the recipient
of many attentions from prominent republican
members.
RAILROAD MATTERS.
On Friday, the house committee on the iudic
larry will begin the investigation of the land
grant and subsidy claimed by the Central branch
of the Union Pacific railroad.
MR.. BOUTWELL, AND THE SYNDICATE.
1t is believed that the ways and means COM
mittee will soon report upon the acts of Secre-
tary Boutwell, in connection with the syndicate,
and will excupate him from alleged violation
Of the law
THE NEW ORLEANS COMMITTEE.
The New Orleans investigating committee
hope to leave for that city Sunday night. The
| composition of the committee is satisfactory to
both parties, though the LouisIanians say the
necessity FORTS labors will be over by the time
it reaches the scene of action. The Warmoth-
ties are not at all pleased at the refusal of the
government to grant the request of the legisla-
ture for troops.
CHARGES AGAINST JUDGES.
lDe house Judiciary committee began this
morning the hearing of the WILDER Hastings
complaint against Judge Field of the supreme
court and Judge Hoffman of the California dis
trict court on which he asks an investigation
and their impeachment Much of his case was
presented orally, and the committee directed
him to reduce his charges to writing and appear
before them Monday.
Attorney General Williams will make his first
argument in the supreme court tomorrow, in
the Mormon case of Hosea Stout, who appeals
on points of law from his conviction for murder
in McKcan's court last September. The gov
eminent will maintain that the supreme court
cannot properly review the case, and that in
any event. the proceedings were proper and
regular.
REVENUE REFORM" IN THE SENATE
One of the objects of the prompt report of the
tariff bill In the senate to-day is supposed to
have been TO forestall the action on free coal
and salt by the house, and thus secure to the
senate finance committee whatever credit there
may be in tariff revision.
The vote on Senator Trumbul's proposition
shows that the revenue reformers and free coal
and salt men have no strength to spare in the
| senate, and that they will have to take such fa
vors as they can get in a general bill. The
finance committee will report the bill back in a
short time
NO IMMEDIATE REPEAL OF THE INCOME TAX.
The statement that the ways and means com
mittee, we've that James Brooks has returned and
taken his place in the committee, will, now
promptly report bill for the repeal of the in-
come tax, NAV be taken with considerable allow
ance. The house has decidedly refused TO in-
stiuct the committee to do anything of the sort,
and if it were to bring such bill before the
house at once, it would pretty certainly fail
number of western members who favor
repeal say that they will not vote for it till the
duty on coal, salt and some other articles Is re-
moved. They state that it is impossible for
them to sustain themselves at home and vote to
relieve capital before they do labor and the
poorer classes.
BOWEN VS.. DELARGE.
The statement, tclegraphed to all parts of the
country, that the house committee on elections
is just ready to report in the case of Bowen VS..
Dclarge CT South Carolina, and in favor of the
contestant Bowen, is false in every particular,
so far from that, the seals of the manuscript
evidence have not yet been broken, and not
page has been examined or printed.
The committee has waited thus for to give
Delarge chance to put in his appearance in
the house. He has telegraphed here that be is
i'll, but Bowen says he does not come because |
he has no case. What the committee or house |
will do with the case nobody can possibly |
know.
OPPOSITION TO CIVIL SERVICE REFORM
There was a lively discussion on the civil |
service in the honse for short time It came
up incidentally, and was out of order, but the
members were deeply interested in it, nearly all
of them leaving their seats and gathering round
the speaker. Mr.. Dawes made very spirited
little speech, in which he expressed the opinion
that something besides increased compensation
or competitive examinations was needed to
purify the consular service.
Whenever. in the debate, point was made |
against the civil service reform as reported by
the commission, the house applauded it, Mr.. |
Hoar very APPLY called attention to the fact that
some Of the worst executive appointments were |
made at the solicitation of members of con- |
gresS. Whenever the subject of the civil SER |
vice is incidentally mentioned in either house, |
it is at once evident that the proposed reform is |
unpopular there. SAM WELLER