The Portland daily press., 1874-11-21
WASHINGTON.
The Arkansas Investigating Comp,;t,.

The Arkansas Investigating Committee.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2O-Judge Poland chair.
man of the Congressional committee to investi.
gate the Arkansas troubles, arrived this morn
ing and had a conference with Attorney Gen
Williams, prior to the meeting of the Cshinat
He will have an audience with the President
tomorrow and leave for his home in Vermont
to morrow evening Judge Poland states thst
the report of the committee will not be pre-
pared until after the meeting of Congress. as
all the testimony taken at different times by
members of the committee has not vet been
examined by the full committee and which
must be carefully looked into before the report
can be prepared.
The Sandwich Islands DeIeuatiou.
Mr. Allen, Minister from the Sandwich Is.
lands, called upon the President to nav his re-
spects. He was accompanied by Mr.. Carter.
commissioned by the government Of the Sand.
wich Islands, to negotiate commercial treaty
with the United States. Secretary Fish was
also present
Treasury Balances.
The following are the Treasury balances for
t3f-a G.; Sl564ooo4; special deposit
deposit, $53 5000; coin, $50 255, 9O2. ipclndno
coin certificates, $22, $685. 1O1; OUTSTANDING LEGAL
tenders, 1882, 100000
Fraudulent Claim.
The Treasury Department has discovered
that the Sugy. Fort claim is entirely fraudulent.
A member OF Congress is implicated. A large
amount OF testimony in q case already settled
was distracted and adapted to this fraudulent
claim.
The cabinet ON the ArAausns Question.
The Cabinet session to-day continued nearly
three hours All the members except Jewell
were present Arkansas matters were the
subject of comment. Attorney General Will
ton and several state officers in Arkansas, urg-
ing the recognition of the Smith party by the
federal government. but the general opinion of
the Cabinet was that since their last meeting
nothing had occurred to alter the decision made
at that time, namely, ''That the government
has not in its possession such information as
would Justify any interference with the contro.
yersey in that state.'
The Message.
The President and Cabinet bad an extended
conversation on the subjects to be presented by
MIN to the consideration of Congress in his an
nual message. Facts to aid in the preparation
OF that paper were furnished by several mem
bers who have completed their reports, and ad-
dltional data will soon be given by other MEM
bers respecting their several departments.
Arkansa
Gov. Garland of Arkansas telegraphs to
Low g. Archer, his cour sci, here today from
Little Rock as follows: "All peace. No noise.
No disturbance.
The Treasury Report.
0ho hASo siAnC III Hdlly years IQo report OF
the Secretary of the Treasury will be consistent
upon the finance question. 1t has hitherto
been the practice to allow the Treasurer aud
the o4her Bureau officers to present their indie
pendent views. The consequence was that the
various recommendations of the finance report
would satisfy every school Of finance General
Brlstow, however, has insisted that all recon-
mendations which were not in harmony with
the views of the head of the Department Should
be stricken out This is the reason why Gen.
Spinner's inter-convertible bond theory was
stricken out after it had been printed.
Masonic.
The officers of the Grand Chapter, ROYAL
Arch Masons of Massachusetts of the Grand
Encampment of Knights Tempar of the same
state are on the way to Nashville to attend the
the meeting Of the General Grand Chapter Of
the United States, to be held next week, and
the meeting of the Grand Encampment of the
United States, to be held at New Orleans on
the week following. They are now in Wash
llngton, under charge of Lafayette Chapter, and
leave for their destination tomorrow
Navy Estim ates.
The navy appropriation bill as completed BY
the House Committee on Appropriations is for
the navy establishment proper without refer
ence to the continuance or improvement of
navy yards and construction of new vessels.
The appropriations aggregate $17,OOo,OOO.