, 1873-01-24
Additional Details OF the Credit MobiIier
$500 investigation.
Proceedings 10 Congress Yesterday.
Special Despatch to III. Chicago Tribune.

this Committee would find itself absolutely u!
sumlng Jurisdiction as to the legality or llt
galty Of State Governments, and affecting I
decide conclusivolg thereon For time, it va
the opinion Of the Committee that the resi-
luton should be sent back to the Ser
ate with the request that it be
far modified as to limit the Committee to til
usual and constitutional method Of inquiry j,
euch cases pursued, but to this course it WIS Of
1ected that if the matter again got before til
Senate it would precipitate debate Of yiolen
and partisan character, which might last weel
Or two. aud 30 It was finally decided that tn
Committee itself under the resolution should in
quire " to the full scope Of the duties imposed
Undertaking only such, however, as we're copsid
BRED to be legitimate. Tho three subjects to-
Investigation we're classified as follows:
Farst-The disputed election Of Electors.
Sccoad-Whether there State Government /.
I0uistana, md who constituted 1t.
ThTd-The contested Senatorial election of Mc3ul
len and Ray.
These Senatorial contestants are already here
and Governor Warmoth arrived tonight. Tht
COMMITTEE propose to give hearing to the wit
neaaes OF the respective factions, first e1amin
ing one and then another, Hay aud Mcmillan
themselves act;ng as counsel for themselves anG
their factions.
The examination OF to-day was as to tho cleo
aon OF Electors. The only thing they elicitet
Vas statement Of fraud from one side, and Z
charge Of violence and intimidation from the
other. Tomorrow the examination will be or
the E2me questions.
TIE AusTnA1lAN MAILS
Tbs b1u offered in the Senate a few days ago
py Senator Anthony, authorizing the Postmaster
General to pay $225,000 annually for The trans-
portation Of tie mails betTeen San Francisco.
the Sandwich Islands, New Zealand, and Aus.
t1alih, was intended to give General Burnside On
opportunity to compete for this subsidy.
already. has a bill pending in The Senate which
this same sess1iee, $500 900 per 'De annun,. M
General Burnside to-day appeared be-
fore the Senate Postal Committee, and
made long argument in behalf Of the Anthony
biz, He denounced the appropriation to the
Wabb Line aa ewindle, and said that oue-half
of the sum for which the latter applied was
enough to compensate any steamship line. The
Webb lobby, which has been gathering here NOW
tor several days, became frightened at Burn
sides presentation Of the case, and got Nr. Nye,
Who is the champion Of their interests, to have
special eTening assigned for hearing On their
o!u. The game is to have an evening session, at
which the friends Of the bill shall attend and
push it through, ii possible
GOVERNMENT BUSINESS ON THE PACIFIC RAILWAY
The Senate, in Committee of the Whole. to-
day Agreed to the Hubbard amendment, striking
ont the ninth section Of the Legislative Appro-
*AAA.!VA pai- 41ie eectlou, II WILL DO remembered
provides that the Secretary OF the Treasury
shall not retain more than one-han Of the money
due the Pacific Railroad on account Of freight
md transportation When the bill is reported
back to the Senate, it is expected that there will
pc netce contest to hare this provision re-
TIE TRAEK1E9 PRIVILEGE.
TOMORROW General Farnsworth will report the
bill abolishing the Franking bill with the Senate
amendments to the House, and ask that it be
Immediately put on it's passage. 1ts speedy
passage is confidently anticipated.
ANOTHER BELIEF BILL.
The Committee On Ways and Means, today,
gave Il hearing to Representative Hanks, Of
Arsanhas, who made 40 argument on his bill
providing for the admission Of iron used in the
construction OF tho Iron Mountain j. Helena
Railroad FREQ of duty, His argument made q
favorable Impression On the Committee.
although they took the matter under further
confederation
TIE CREDIT MoBnIER SCANDAL.
The session Of the Credit Alobilier Investi-
eating Committee promises to be more lively than
usual tomorrow. Oakes Aues, who says he is
how bound to defend himself, proposes to pro-
duce al the original checks and drafts that
pAssed between him and the members Of Con-
Credit Mobiler. He will show the check paid
b Congressman to him for the stock, and then |
MS checks to them in payment Of dividends |
On the stock: As Mr. Ames gets down |
70 70 the hard:pan OF his account books |
his memory ls more accurate and his |
statements more important At the outset he !
did not intend to bring tlese ont, but the course
pursued By certain members Of Congress. in |
denying his eVi1ence, compels him to do so,
It is understood ti:at Tomorrow Judge Keller
end General Garfield will 80 before The Com.
Enittee, and deny so1ne of Ames' gtaternenta Of
sesterdny. Ames says, however. that he ia fnllv
prepared to meet them, and to show the Com
The losa of rnarnorr aoan,a - - -. ~, -
|eading charncteristic among tho witnesses he
Tore the Wilson Committee Is among those h.
tore the Poland Committee. and It IS featnra
\ The Amos family TO M alarming extent.
Oliver Ames, the brother Of Oakes, was before
Ee former Committee nearly all day. and The ia
:iity with which he fnilcd to remember tho most
events WIS tho subject Of general re-