The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-25
WASHING T0N.
Report of the House Judiciary
Committee on C. NJ.
A BUCKETFlTL OF WHITEWASH.
Morrill's Senate Report To Be
Presented To-Day.
PATTERSON TO BE EXPELLED.
Harlan To Be Severely Censured and
General CenSure for the Rest.
PASSAGE OF THE FISHERY BILL.
A Long Wrangle Over the Agricultural
Colleges Land Steal.
CONGRESS IN NIGHT SESSION
Butler Proposes an Increase Of Executive,
Judicial and Legislative Salaries.
PASSAGE OF THE FISHERY BILL.
A Long Wrangle Over the Agricultural
Colleges Land Steal.
CONGRESS IN NIGHT SESSION
Butler Proposes an Increase Of Executive,
Judicial and Legislative Salaries.
HAWLEY KICKING IN THE PARTY TRACES.

The Rivers and Harbors Appropriation
Bill Passed in the House.
WASHINGTON, Feb. "a, 1873.
The Reception OF Buffers Report from
the Judiciary Committee in the
House.
When General Butler got the floor to-day to sub
init the report Of the Judiciary Committee In rela-
ton to the resolution OF the House recently re-
ferred to it, there was the most profound atten-
tion BY some mysterious influence, whether in
the atmosphere or otherwise, when anything of
special interest comes up there is swarm in the
galleries. even If, during five minutes preced-
Ing they had been empty To-day was no excep-
tion An eager, expectant crowd looked down from
the galleries, and the number Of people on
the floor OF the House was nearly as large as on
the day when Poland submitted his report. Butler
was in his usual aggressive mood, and the report
which was drawn up by him seemed of the decided
Butler type. 1t was read by the Clerk, Mcpherson,
In his usual droning voice. but the silence was pro-
found that it was heard by every one who cared to
give attention During the reading OF the report
The faces OF the Poland Committee were studics
Poland rested his face on his left hand closed his
eyes nearly, and never moved during the entire
reading. Some of the passages of the report
must have made him vince, as they rejected in Q
slight degree upon his legal judgment but the ven.
cradle ex-senator from Vermont never moved
Banks flushed up and bit his lip at times; Niblack
looked stern and f0rbidding; Merrick looked sur
prised and then angry; while McCreary away in
the background, pulled feeby at his whiskers and
looked puzzled. The man who had pulled the
string that had set the automaton Clerk reading lay
back on his desk, sucked a huge cigar and fairly
revelled over the thought of the opposition which
the report would awaken Occasionally he looked
around the House from under his peculiarly shaped
eyebrows as If he were defying the forces of the
opposition.
Cakes Ames was deeply interested in the report
With his huge hand in confidential relations with
his right ear, he bent eagerly over his desk and
strained to catch every word Brooks looked
anxious at frst but his sallow face lighted up
with pleasure at the deductions Of the report
Toward the last his face frightened up consider
ably, and he toyed with his eyeglasses in a cheer
ful manner quite new to him. Such roar and a
CHATTER as ensued At the completion OF the report
has seldom been witnessed in an assembly
50 little noted for order and quietness
as the House OF Representatives "Mr Speaker
Mr.. Speaker ~ came up in agonized rosrs from the
democrats, insuted committeeman, and from other
excited members who had nothing to say but were
inspired by the laudable desire Of adding as much
~ possible to the confusion. The uproar was
quelled for moment, however, thanks to the re-
peated pounding Of the Speakers desk, and Clark
SON Potter submitted his minority report Good
rich followed suit, and Butler then moved that the
resolution which called it forth be laid
on the table, and that the committee
be discharged. -Poand's, white head doomed
up here from mass OF indignant
and excited faces as he demanded that the report
be recOmmitted to the committee. The excitement
became uproarious at this juncture. The members
rose to their feet and the space around the front
desks became crowded. Buffers eyes twinkled
and his billiard-bal head swayed to and fro as he
calmly listened to and answered the numerous
intersections and criticisms hurled at him. Sam
Cox objected to the irrelevant matter introduced
into the report. Butler said that no one objected
to Poland's talk about impeachment which
he c0nfounded with expulsion. Poland's
report was not patented. The uproar
increased, and Butler, seeing the committee
would not be discharged in the present temper or
the House, moved that the matter be postponed for
consideration until next Wednesday. Meanwhile
Banks roared an indignant rem0nstrance against
Butler, VINO was artfully contriving to get the
House to discharge the committee, and thereby
commit the House to the infamous report, as he
called it. Butler insisted on his motion, however.
nays were called and the motion Of Butler prevailed.
The dominant idea in the House is that Butler
framed his report with view of crushing that of
the Poland committee, and providing loophole Of
ESCAPE Tor his client Cakes Ames. The extreme
Tepuhlicans welcome his doctrines as it viii allow
all the implicated Congressman to escape: but the
democrats and q large proportion OF republicans
dissent widely from the report Of the majority of
the Judiciary Committee.
The Report Of the Senate G. M. Comm itt 90
TO-day-Pattcrsom to he Expelled. Har.
Ian Severely Ccnsured, and the whole
Gang OF BrfkctalLers Donounccd.
Tomorrow will be rich in sensations. The House
has this session had the monopoly OF them but to-
morrow at least the Senate will not be outdone by
the House, Senator Morriii's Credit Mobiler Inves-
tigating Committee VIII present its report,
wEich wfll startle those VINO have thought
that It would follow in the traces OF
the whitewashing committee of the House. The
report will condemn in severe terms the whole
Credit Mobilier concern, its connection with the
Union Pacific Railroad and the Congressmen who
neld stock In 1t. The report will then detail the facts
al senator Patterson's case. II viii show that he
mad entered into transaction which he knew to |
De fraudulent one, since he at subsequent |
period falsely denied all connection with it, II !
will declare that the stock he held was received in
the nature OF bride; that he had been guilty In |
the rst place, ofuttering deliberate falsehood ano
lastly, OF deliberate perjury. The committee have,
therefore, unanimously agreed upon resolution |
chat Mr.. Patterson be expelled from the Sen
e for conduct calculated to bring that