The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-12-30
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DALLAS. TEXAS.
THURSDAY MORNING ;;;;: DEC. 80.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Cleveland Wants The Republican Ma.
tIOnal Convention Held There.
General BabcOck's Indignation at the
lnter-0cean's lnSlnuatiOn.
General COwen Explains the Arkansas
Agricultural College Scrip
Sensation.

WASHINGTON, December 20.-Mr.
Marescal, Mexican Minister, denies
that he has made arrangements to Sc
cure immigration into Mexico.
The Comptroller OF the Currency has
called upon the National banks for a
report showing their condition at the
close of business on Friday, December
II, 1875.
A very earnest movement IL In prog
ress to influence the National Republi
can Committee, to name Cleveland as
the place for holding the Republican
Presidential Convention. The claim
is made on the ground that it would
influence the vote Of Ohio, which holds
the first State election in the presiden-
tal canvass.
The Appropriation Committee in
tend to report the Military Academy
and the diplomatic APPROPRIATION bills,
so that the House can go to work on
them the next day after 1t reassemb les.
These are the only two appropriation
bills In which no reduction will be
made. The subcommittee are looking
into details for reducing the expenses
of the army and navy. Those Of the
latter, it has been found already, can
he reduced S6,000,0O0.
The Chicago lnter-Ocean sensation
was not fully understood here until it
was reproduced in full in Washington
papers, and then It's clumsiness became
too apparent. General Babcock is
very Indignant, and declared to all
who saw him that, 50 far rs his name
was implicated In any evidence incul-
pating Secretary Bristow in the Whis-
ky Ring, it was an infamous lie. The
act of Congress which it was claimed
would shield him from conviction In
court if he testified before committee
of Congress, has no such powers, and
was misquoted and misrepresented.
Indeed, both Bristow, as to the details
alleged against him, and Babcock, as
to the claims made upon him deny the
story from beginning to end. The ed
itOr-in-chief of the Inter-0cean tele.
graphed that the article was published
without his knowledge.
Cowan, Assistant Secretary of the
Interior, makes the following state
ments with reference to the article
published in New York last Saturday,
charging him with issuing Agricul-
tural College scrip to the State of Ar
Kansas in defiance of the expires ssd
will of Congress, which required that
State to previously make arrange
ments for funding certain of its bonds
held as u part of the Indian Trust
fund. He says the article lacks one
item of Importance to the completion
of the history, namely, the fact that
the old and worthless bonds of Arkan-
sas, held by the Secretary of the Int.
rior in trust, were refunded, principal
and interest by new bonds, In accord
ance with III arrangement made be-
fore the Agricultural scrip was re-
leased, though not completed until
afterwards. He further says the Sec
rotary of the Interior holds the new
bonds. AT this time there was no inn
propriety in the action of the Depart
ment in regard to the matter and the
whole transaction was regarded at the
time, and is still upheld, as proper,
regular and strictly legal.