New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-01-24


Police Justice Scott, with an intimatiOn to the
detectives that they ought rather to be COM
mitted, is poor encouragement to the police to
do their duty. Suppose the Chief of Police
takes his evidence before the Grand Jury. We
imagine the new Distrlct-Attorney will give
give him stronger welcome.
The Senate has done a creditable thing in
promptly shelving the proposition to increase
the salaries of Senators and Representatives.
Mr.. Hill of Georgia has the honor of intro
ducin0 an amendment to give each Congress
man $4,000 per year; the Senate has the
honor of defeating the motion by test vote
of 81 to IS.
One feature of the Butler bill for the dis
tribution of the indemnity to be padi to the
United States under the Geneva award ap-
pears to be entitled to commentator. In
favor of the proposition for the courts to set
tle the amount to which each claimant is en-
titled, it may be said that the claimants are
likely to be put to less Inconvenience than
would be entailed by the necessity of appear
ing before special commissions. But best of
all. there is less likelihood of jobbery and
fayoritism under strict judicial investigation.
We have heard, before now. of some of the
comically extravagant estimates of damage
inflicted on Texan rancheros by Mexican raid
ers. Some of the bills that have been exam
med by the Commission were simply ridicu-
ious in their extravaganza. 1t is now reported
that these claims are magnifed by directions
from the State Department. Mexico has
ssO.OOOOOO claim against us, on account of the
l. -, nd 10 said fhOf
we are preparing to offset these by the Texan
damages. For the sake of the tolerably fair
reputation which we have for honest dealing
with our neighbOrs, we hope no such sharp
practice has been authorized by the State
Department.
Some unpleasant facts concerning the man
agement of the contracts for building the
Union Pacific Railroad have already come out,
and more are coming Another of the Ameses
of infrm memory was before the Wilson Com
mittee yesterday, and the information which
was dragged forth was not reassuring. On the
Hoxie contract there is matter OF couple OF
millions missing, that amount being unac-
counted for in the settlement. On one OF the
Ames contracts there was profitable doubling
nm: 40 miles of road which had already been
completed and accepted was, by some hocus-
pocus, slid forward into the next contract of
Mr.. Ames. These points, with an unaudited
secret fund of $4,000. make up the begin
ming of the new case it promises to touch the
vital point of the relations of the Government
IN the Union Pacific Railroad Company.
II really looks as If there were TO be at last
n searcl,inR and judicial investigation into the
Louisiana election. There are three applicants
for seats in the Senate now before the Senate
Committee on Privileges; these are 7. b. 5.
Pinchback, elected by the Kellogg Legislature
for the long term; John Ray, elected by the
same organization for the uneIpired term OF
VIM. p. Kellogg, now acting Governor OF
Louisiana; and the third is w. L. Mcmillan,
chosen by the WarmOth Legislature for the
short term. The Committee Rr9Q2sa - IND