, 1873-02-06

Tho purpose OF organization. II will be noticed
that two of thoBo Benntors, to-wit Merrill mud
Wright, were Oh tho Special Committee which ox-
oneratnd Clayton.
General Dodge, tho only Witness now left, OK
for all the 3120,000 lobby money beliovcd to
havo boon need bore in tie sp1lng Of 1871 IN tic
arrivo to-day az expected, and therefore no $685.
sion OF tho Wiaon Committee was held to-day
Tho Poland Committee. are atill awaiting tho
arrival Of OAlses Amos, whom tho Vice Preeidont
aud tho Massachusetts benefactor will be
ngain allowed to croas-exnmtno oacll other.
ii tho meantime, tho general featuros Of tho
report Of this Committee Aaye been agreed
| upon, and the report is now being prepared by
afr. Poland, Some Of # has aIready boon ap-
proved by tho Committee. Tho report Of tho
Wilson Committee will also bo ready to submit
III fcw days after the roturn Of the Chairman.
80 that tho continuance Of those two Committees
cannot be much longer prolonged.
The question Of tho nlivilogos Of mombors,
whon tho report Ia made, is oxpeotod will occupy
ton days OF two weeks, without regard to tho
character OF tho reports. It is expected that
some Of the members implicated in tue Credit
Mobilior disclosures will mako speeches. It is
known that tho Pacific Railroad Mill 10 defended
against tho Wilson oo.ninltle7. Mr. 1Ie-r 10
writing the report Of tho lattor Committee.
PENSIONS.
yania, succeeded in securing tile paasaSe Of
bill introduced by him, to repeal 30 much of
Section Of tho net approved July t. 1864, OH
titIod "An aot suppsentsry to "a af an
vides That no pension claim now on file, unless
] prosecuted to \ successful issue within three
years Of tho passage Of this aot, and no claim
horesf0f od t1 tnas t. f,on, sne 3S.
dato Of such filing, shtl bee, admitted
without satisfactory record Of eVidonco from
the War Department to establish tho same; and
any claim for pension now on file which in barred
allowed within two years from tho pasaage Of
this act, upon satisfactory phrol evidence, aa in
other caaeB.
THE PER GENT CLAIMS.
Tho Senate Judiciary Committee agrood upon
u minority and minority report On tho pcr cont
claim Of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. Tho ma
jority report ia agalnet tho claim, but it ia
understood that q majority Of the Senate
favor 1t.
Senator Rice, Of Arkansas, offered q roaolu-
tfon, to-day, inatruoting the Committee on privi-
leges and Elections to inquire aud report
whether there ia regular State Government in
Arkansas. Tho point Of order"as mado that no
member Of tho Committee waa preaont, and it
wont over
General Butler was again before the House
Committee on Public Buildings to-day, with ref.
tho House, SO that tho large ineroaso Of nom
bors In tho next Congress may he accommodated.
His plan is to romove tho partition on
tho seath s9we0n ,nd tho ns fnd .1f tho
former ahafl face tho south instead Of tho north,
and the latter face tho north. This plan will
not only admit, as General Butler said, the light
Of the sun and the, air Of heaven beautifully,
besides. There iB no doubt tho proposition will
DO adopted by tho Committee, although some
time WAS devoted to-day to the propriotty Of re-
moving tho desks and sitting on benches, as is
now done in tho English Parliament and 1ome
Of tho State Legislatures.
THE MORMON QUESTION.
The Presidents visit to tho Capitol, and the
consultations which he and his Cabinet officers
had with the members OF tho Hou1e and Senate
judiciary Committee, have been definitely ascer-
tanned to hayo reforenco to legislation on the
Mormon question, md it is 'oxpented by those
that tho President will send special message to
Congress before adjournment, asking some en-
phatlo action in tho premises. The President
is represented as very much interested
IN the subject. ss tho movements of Chap
and Delegate Merritt, Of Idaho, are such as to
induce tie belief that a determined fight against
the Mormons will soon be made. The frtt
proposition Is to obtain the removal Of Governor
to tho Newman-O Olaggett standard, but It is found
thta will bo difficult 10 do, because Woods WAS
appointed through the influence Of Attorney
donoral Williams, who is much less radical than
the President, Tho bill which the anti Mormons
bayo prepared has been introduced by Merritt
who, after March 4, will remove to balt Lake
City, and make it Ills future homo. The bill
il q sort OF mixture Of the CulIom
and Voorhooa' bills, and will bo urged before tho
judiciary Committco by Olaecett At the ear1ieBt
1av nonsiblo. II provi3ea:
EfatIThat fhe Marshal nav anno;nt Denu.
tjes in c.ch judicial District with tie apnroyal
Of tho United Staten Judge, and shall serve all
r,~a.ouuaa NJ TodarA1 Hc1rfa
secnnd-IThe District Attorney shall nroseoute
ali offancos arainst thn laws NJ the I1nitnd
Eiatcs a. wall "a the Laws Of the Territorv. and
NAV nnnoint A Denutv.
Third-Tho iurfeg. Grand md Petit. ara to
h, sr1cctei hy iJn;led states .Jmdre' thnc Attor.
nav ani MaYshnl. fho TERRITORY TO- INV ali *
nenees. and. in oaso the Territor1al Lerislnture
fails to make the necessary appropriation there
nav be- necessary for The said expenses
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