, 1875-01-20
WASHINGTON.
Newspaper Correspond
ents on the Pacific
Mail Stretcher.
Personal Encounters with
Members Of the COM
mittee.
|. How Dawes and Beck Were
Brought under sus.
picion.
Some Extraordinary Speci-
mems of Reckless Jour-
nalism.
A Recusant Witness Presented to
the House in Contempt.
Roderick Random Butler Lin
| BILE to Expulsion.
Tho Little Tariff Dill in a Fair Va.
| OF Being Defeated.
A Recusant Witness Presented to
the House in Contempt.
Rodericl1 Random Butler Lin
BILE to Expulsion.
The Little Tariff Dill in a Fair Way
OF Being Defeated.
PACIFIC MAIL.
SLAUGHTER OF TIE 1NNUCENTs.

WARRINGTON, D. c., Jan. 19--It waB e1plann-
tion lay in tho 1Iouse. The publication Of The
names Of certain persons alleged to have been
on the Dillon list CAUSED such OF the persons aa
aye now IN Congress- to rise this morning to per-
sonal explanations. These were Storm, Hays,
and Sypher. Mr.. Storm nado very indignant
denial as regards himself. His statement
seemed to carry conviction With 1t. Storm,
however, proved to be good witness for the
newspaper eorr0spondonts, II they, as now
eecm probable. arc to be put on trial
before tho Committee for their dispatches
respecting tho Dillon list. Mr.. Storm
said that at the tmo tue investigation was COM
| mcnced In tho Forty-second Congress lie was
Informed that the bookkeopor Of tho Sergeant
at-ArmB, Dillon, bad produced before tho Com
| mittee memorandum of tho initials Of 1notn-
| bcrs who, abont the time tho passage Of the
| subsidy has had e1,00U bills c1lnnged
at tho oiTico OF the Bergcautat~Arms. Tho drift
! now pcems to DO to Provo that 10 such list was
presented, and TINT no stms Of money Of that
magnitude were eseE changed Ut the oflcu at tho
! sergsant-at-Arms.
| MONACO MAYNARD, or TENNESSEE,
| waa also witness to tho existence Of
| famous Dillon list. 1lo said lloyd VIII
chester and others, who were charged
! with receiving Blch largo sums. did at
the timc appear before the Committee or Ways
| md Means, Of which ho himself was then q
member, aud retuted tho Charge Of tic Dillon
Ast: IT,, o.,,., ,,n ..
II the COMMITTEES on Wsys anu Means expect
to pro1e that Dillon did not present list to the
Gemm1ttee ~ ey!denee' taat he gave 40 evs.
acnco. and that evidence las, conscquontly. not
nsnn suppressed, a.; Mr storm ana mr.. Hayward
% saatp sqrssn WITNESSES nc tor sne
! with good deal OF buster, acknowledged tha.
bo Of times had as larRo q SUM a. *2o,U00 on
deposit With the Sergeant. at Arms. anu that ho
doubtioss had had a u ,0oo bill chauged thoro.
| ne aehies, aoWeyet' tAet he feceaSed my money
from tAe fAcilc ala'l COMPANY. md turned hlB
personal explanation INTO somewhat oa9orato
plea tor tho restoration OF tho grand old flag to
tho ocean, anu NJ that.
Hays alao dauied tue story, Dan Voorhees, iu
expected hero to deny tho report about himself.
Rem Bu-LER MEAsuiED "a; LAScEs WITH 5upaI f1oAn
on account Of Whiteaw Held aud was worsted.
Judge Hoar sntroaneeaa resolution nt inquiry
as to tho TACT whother the privileges OF the House
had not been violated by tho arrest yeaterday Of
Nhtelaw Held. 1t tue Instance OF ex-dov. shep-
herd: "hi1e Kela "as .. ~ a.son1auco upon con-
spite against 1toid and newspapers generally by
very feeble argument. but lloars resolution
was passed againa,t hutlerb opposition by largo
the arrest in civil suits Of pessons In a.tennneo
upon Congress aa Witnesses. 1t is supposed that
this law docs not cover criminal casos.
CHARLES a. WErAonE,
dlsy examined 1y tho Committee Of Ways aud
Aleana in the pacitic hfai1 investigation for re-
iuHng to anawer one question. anil VIVA directly
reported to tue 1iouso for contempt. Tho qnes-
ton which Wetmoro retusau to ansWer Waa Que
requiring hlu1 TO give tho namo Of tho peraon
mbo: Netm0re had alleged, eala that .
saeek on account Of shia ,s!, subsidy could
70 '3heoa thsooEn me eaaink1ng1aoaae oai,1s q
nccS. Ihel dispatches Of Wetmose Mero eVi,
| dcntIy written without careful dol'batation, anu