The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-01-20
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON.
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WASHINGTON, January l0.-Whitelaw
Reid appeared In court this morning IN
company with W. w, Gorcoran, $, II
Kaufman and Othsr gsRtlemen, and his
counsel 4. &. Riddle, sNlessrs. CorcOran
and Kaufman gave bail for his appear
ance to answer the charge Of criminal
libel, and the party then left the court
room,
CALLED or THE PRESIDENT.
A delegation headed by Senator AleOrn
and composed Of two members Of Com
gress, each from Arkansas, Mississippi,
and Louisiana, called on thu President
to-day with regard 10 the reclamation Oi
the allnvial soil 0i the Mississippi ahll
support Of the levec system. The Pres
ident said in response 10 the statements
made to him, that he had not received the
report OF the lGvee Commissioners, but
would give it careful consideration when
It reached him. lie was kindly disposed
toward assisting In rebuilding the ma
terial prosperity Of the south, and re-
gretted that the people Of Shreveport
should bc disposed to Iawlessne@ 80 soon
after they had been relieved by the bounty
Of the Government during the yellow
fever, and thought that the Committee
would receive less sympathy from Con-
gress.
PROPOSITION To REIMBURSE THE STATS.
The House Committee on ApprOpriu-
tiOns to-day agreed to include IN the
items under the Sundry Civil ApprOpri-
alton bill one for rciunhing 10 the States
for their expenses in raising volunteers,
the suIn Of S2O7,000.
The Committee also, after considerable
discussion, voted to move an amendment
to the pending Indian Appropriation bil !,
viz: to insert the item Of 5000 for inter.
est due the ChickNsaw National Trust
Fund. fsH..
POSTAL TREATY COMPLETED.
At the Cubinet session to-day postal ar
rangcments with Canaln were completed,
and copy will be forwarded to Canada
Immediately for the proper signatures.
PACIFIC MAIL INVESTIGATION.
The Committee on Ways and Means,
making the investigation Of the Pacific
Mail subsidy business, had before them
to-day Charles A. WetmOre, Correspon-
dent, who said he bsed his published
statement OH circumstances apparent to
everybody, but had no personal know
ledge Of the dcrcliction on the part Of
members Ofthe Committee.
After numerous interrogntions to which
tho witness did not give satisfactory re-
plies, his dispatch, dated January 4, was
read, in which 1t was said that the lead
Ing members Of the committee, particn-
larly Dawes and Beck, and others who
were particularly severe In denOunCing
Irwin and calling for M investigation,
had become singnlarly silent or slow in
pursuit Of the facts.s EIal
Mr.. BcCk-Did you ever hear me llAe n
word Of dcnunciatiOn Of Irwin? II 30,
state II.
Witness replied that lie obtained his
impression from what took place before
the committee and the House Of Repre-.
sentativeS from addresses and speeches
In the action against Irwin.
Mr.. Beck-YOu named me.
Witness-Perhaps your vote indicated
II. II was an impression from the evil
tlence created In my mind.
Mr.. Beck-There Is not II word Of truth
IN II. Have ] IN any shape or form Strove
to let up on Mr.. Schumacher?
Witnes--I VIA sO informed IN New
York several times. gtg1.
Mr.. Beck-fTave | failed 10 ascertnin
any important fact from Mr.. Schumacher
Witness-Only that he has not been
called before the Bar Of the House.
Mr.. Berk-Did you not know that Mr..
Schumacher Is again TO appear before lI4f
Witncss-I do not know.
Mr. 1Ieck--lfave the COMMITTEES failed
to ASk questions they ought To have
asked?
Witness-l don't know that they have.
AIr. leck-Do YOU not know that Mr..
Schumacher Is still u witness?
Winess--l was told In New York, at
the Atlantic \ Pacific telegraph office,
think, BY one Of the clerks, that he had
seen Schumacher In town. lie having been
reported aS gone away.
Mr.. l}eck-What Il the significance Of
that statemeht2 ..asf.t
Witness-tSinfplS MI inference that the
committee hasn found out where he was.
lie had been told that the cammittec re.
fused to examine Irwin IA 10 the stock
operations, and Irwin told him that
Dawes had torn out u page Of the evidence
on that Shbject. Tke reasot assigned for
lIeck's ehsy Treatment Of Srlnmaker was
that The latter was q Democrat; a check
was also RAid TO have been traced 10
beck. ..'
Mr.. ljeCks-1 want the mans name.
WitnesS-I think II can be verified by
FAINT, %
Mr. Beck-Give the the mans name; II
IL II lie. .... aka.
Witness-lt was not stated 10 me as a
fact, and did not state LaR fact.
After further Questioning without OH
tanning the name Of Wetmore's informant,
Mr.. Beck asked that the witness be
brought before the bar Of the House.