, 1874-01-31
WASHINGTON,
fgonttnmctl frnm tho First l'nHo.,

tco conducting tho examination, beca,,ao II 1t
compiotoly oxonerntetl Con. Ilown ard Ills case
would bn M u,lsnttlod then hH now, A largo
portion Of tho poooplo would boliovo it was d
ease Of pol3ticel E wl1tG,wsinsnli,g: i t., y.
investigated Gen. 11ows*t'a cano III 1871 waH ,,1,-
fa,r, and mid that important witnesses agntnBt
Con. Howard Ind boon excluded from tue COM
u,ttt1o-ronnl mud not examined
q. L. 1lOAlf, WHO lad boon men1or Of that
Committee. replied to Mr. Woods allegations,
a1tl nasd tint aftor Ito {Wood) Ind consumed
sixsy days OF imo Of tic Committee, tl,reo days
Ind boon allowed to Con. Howard, atul ti.o1l
hir. Wood desired to ro.opon tho caBe, which
from South Carolina. Oou. Howard, ho Hnitl,
l.ad nevor p1oaded tho atntuto Of limitations for
anything IN l,H lifo.
1lr. WoOD rotortcd upon Mr.. IIoar by stat
Ing TINT TINT gentleman hatl bnon' the friontl,
counsel, Htlvser, dofenttor, and small legal trick
stor whit, had engineered tho caRe Of Con. llow-
As is aoon aa tho word "tric1ster" " wna pro-
no,,nred tho Speakers hummer fell.
llr. GARFIELD called 1Ir. Wool to ortlor,
mid tho Speaker decided tint tlo expression was
l,npnrlinmentnry.
Mr. WOOD withdrew tue word " "triclkstor."
AIr. RANDALL moved Tint Mr. Wood bo al-
townd to proceed in ortlor.,
The mntfon wnH ngrecd to. ..
MIR. W11EELER-"l Tins not tho hour to which
tho gcntlemnn from In<liann (Coburn) was e1'-
titled exllreu e. ,........
Mr.. WHEELED Then Gull for tue rcg,,-
lar order al husuosa."
tlr. WooD-"I hope my colleague will not
interforc."
Mr, WHhEl4Eb~"1 inslst on tho regular
Tic Speaker then put tho question on 1lr.
Frye's anont'nont, and 1t was adoptod-yeas,
IT.; nays, 64.
passed.
rnIYATE n1LLs,
Tho House t{leu proceeded to tho conRit1ora-
ton Of private bills. 4 private bill involving
now aud important principle gavo rise to consid-
cradle discussion. It wRs n case Of n traaing-
vessel, tho Norman, which WAS prossol into Bor-
vico during tho last war, and which wes captured
BY tho onolny, the h1astor and crow boiug thrown
into military prison, whoro the Master died.
Tho bill gives to his widow tho pension attach
Ing to tho rank Of Master IN tho navy. Il waH
6upported by MoBars DUFEINTON and BUT
LER {aIass.), aud opposcd. by Mr. HOLMAN as
billasas passed.
TIE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD.
A joint resolution providing 1or furnishing
copies Of tho Congressional Record to rno,n-
or's table, mud tho substitute adopted by
tho Sepatn wns non.concurred III, nn1
a committee Of conference ordered. Tho
ioint-resoution na originally pasBcd provided for
tWenty-t0ur copies Tor ehch oenntor anu menl"
bcr. Tho Senate substitute provides tweuty-
tIlrno copies for members and forty-oue for
Senators.
IrERo1SM RECOGNIZED.
Dir. cox offorcl n jotnt-roaolution giving the
thanks OF Congress TO tho officers aid crow Of
the steamship Atlantic for saYiug the cre7y Of
tho brigantiue Scotland III mid-ocean. Passed.
ADJOURNMENT.
Tho House adiourncd, to-nlorrow's session to
10 for dobato Gully.
CONNECTION.
A Bontepco in tho skotch OF Representative
Ncs1nith's speech yesterday OH tic subject of
Indiaua, instcad Of roading rs it did, should have
read " Ii John tho Baptist had gone preaching
tho Gospel in that wilderness, ho would not hare
kept the hair on his head twenty -four hours."