Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-03-23

WASHINGTON, d. c., March y.
DAWES AND SHERMAN.
Mr. Dawes this afternoon replied to Senator
Sherman's speech, made few days ago in the
senate, in which he criticized Mr. Dawes eco
nomic speech of ten days ago. Mr.. Sherman
undertook TO show that Mr.. Dawes figures were
incorrect; but the latter, in his speech today,
proved that every one of his statements are true,
and that his figures cannot be impeached that
his estimates, however, are based on the votes of
the house, while Mr. Sherman's are based upon
the action of the senate.
MR.. sTARKwEATHER OF CONNECTICUT
Took part in the house debate this afternoon,
though his lungs are still weak, and he is not fit
to be out
MIR. STRONG
OF the Hartford district has been i'll for day
or two with pulmonary attack, but he is so far
recovered as to be able to start for Connecticut
this evening; and he hopes to be able to take
part in the campaign.
AN ANTIDoTE FOR MR.. CESSNA.
The house has voted $3.50 TO John Cessna of
Pennsylvania to cover the expenses of his cleo
ton contest. 1t was stated in the debate that
the last house voted $4,000 to unsuccessful con-
teStants in election contests.
MIR. M'cRARY
OF Iowa will speak tomorrow in the house upon
civil service reform, and particularly in support
of his bill to make all poStmas tiers elective.
sPECULATIoNS ABOUT FINAL ADJOURNMENT.
There is a strong disposition in the house to
push forward the public business so that final
adjournment will be possible by the first ofJune.
The speaker and the clerk of the house express
the opinion that such an adjournment will
take place. Mr.. Garfield, chairman of
the committee on appropriations, favors
an early adjournment and Mr.. Dawes will
favor it if the tariff controversy can be settled
soon enough to allow of it. The senate is still
strongly in favor of it. The matter will turn
upon the tariff controversy. The strong argu-
ment urged in favor of adjournng before the
Philadelphia convention meets, is, that if con-
gress remains in session after June 9TH, politi-
cal debates will begin, and the session will run
far into July. SAM WELLER.
SCHURZ BEFORE THE ARMS COMMITTEE.
Mr.. Schurz appeared before the sale of arms
| committee this morning, and commenced his
| narration of what he knows about corruption
| He limited mysteriousy at startling stories,
SOllC Vi WHICH Udu Decll IOIu Ulln Ill commence,
| but did not touch bottom anywhere. The COM
| mittee have received through the state depart
| ment cable dispatch from Minister Wash
burn, at Paris, denying that the French com
| mittee have taken any action on the sale OF
| arms in the United States.
SchurZ refused TO give the name of the sena.
| tor who first gave him information about the
sale of arms until he could consult that senator
| and ascertain whether or not he was willing TO
| have his name revealed. Schurz also refused to
| give the names of other parties who had given
| him information.
During the proceedings, Senator Hamlin said
| he held in his hand an article from the Nord
| Deutshe Allgemine Zeitung, and transferred it
| to Senator SchnrZ, who read 1t, saying that the
| paper was printed in Berlin and was an official
| organ. The following sentence occurs therein :
| I'VE believe we are well informed when we say
| that our government takes no iuterest-or at
| the most only negative one-in the question
| which MIR. Sumner has brought before the
| American senate"
| THE CUSTOM HOUSE INVESTIGATION.
A letter from the secretary Of the treasury
was read before the New York custom house in
| vestigating committee to-day. 1t encl0seS the
| correspondence with the several collectors at
| New York since March, $50, relative to the gen
| eral order business, and says: "Aly views in re-
| gard 10 the eXpediency of employing ware
| houses under control of steamship companies
| for the storage of unclaimed goods, are stated
| in this correspondence and refer especially to
my letters of June 1St and 9th, 1870. The sug-
gestion made by me TO the collector at New
| York that the warehouses of steamship COM
| panies might be used for the storage of I'M
| claimed goods, always contemplated that store
| houses should be placed under the exclusive
control OF officers of the United States; and that
| owners and managers of steamships. and en-
| ployes of steamship companies should be treated
| precisely as other persons, and be excluded
| from all management OF the warehouses"
| The afternoon was occupied in the eXamina-
| ton of John J. OBrien, weigher in the New
| York custom house. He was appointed in 1870,
| shortly after Murphy was appointed collector.
| In the fall Of that year he was president of the
| eighth district republican association. He de-
| tailed the manner in which members of the re-
| publican organizations were approached by
| members of the Tammauy ring, and in many
| cases influenced by the money of that gang.
| He himself had been approached by Tweed,
| who promised him guarantee for his entire fu-
| ture if he would allow himself TO be used in the
| republican organization for purposes of Tam
| many. He told Tweed to put himself in his
| place and he would then find out what his an
| swer ought to be- Tweed then said, "Then we
| can't agree" but proposed to witness to exert
| his influence In specific ways
| The witness was closely Intercepted by Sena-
tor Casserly, but objected to giving the name
| of the delegate who arranged for his in.
| teryicw with Tweed, only for the reason that the
| delegate was now an invalid. The interview to
| which he referred took place at Tweed's private
| room ut the office of the board of public works