Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-12-21
The Investigating Committees Decided to
Have the Right to Send for TeIe-
graphic Dispatches.
The House Committee in New Orleans
Still Hearing TestimOny-The Senate
Committed in Secret Session.
The Florida Investigations Coming to a
ClOse-The Count of the Board OF
CanVassers Show Tilden's
Majority 119.
Mileage for Electoral Messengers.

Mileage for Electoral Messengers.
WASHINGTON, December 20.-The treasury
department has made up the amount of mile
age for messengers bearing the electoral
votes of the different States. The total
amount for all the messengers is eight thou
sand eight hundred and fifty-seven dollars
The messenger from Oregon gets the largest
amount, nine hundred and thirty-one dollars.
Some one viii haveto decide which one of the
Oregon messengers is entitled to this amount
In the Committee Rooms.
WASHINGTON, December 20.-The house
committee on Pacific railroads to-day recon-
sidered the vote by which they heretofore au-
thorized their chairman to report for passage
the senate bill extending the time for the
completion Of the Northern Pacific railroad
This action is taken with the view to consid-
ering certain amendments for the protection
of homestead and pre-emption settlers, ETC.
The session was mainly occupied In discussing
the new proposition providing that the South
ern Pacific company, of California, shall be
allowed to build seven hundred miles of the
western portion of the transcontinental line
under the provisions of the original Aiken
bill, making the through line an open high
way for the government and the people, and
all other railroad companies; reserving to
freight and passengers. The committee ad-
journed until tUSmorrow, without action.
I'm New York.
NEv ronn, December 20.-A majority of
the house committee on JuuI%,ary decided TO-
day that the special investigating eommrlsees
have right to send for telegraphie dispatches
when, in the opinion of the committee, such
dispatches are essential to the purposes of in
quiry, or, in other words that any Of the
committees, demands fortelegrams, Ebf.; must
be complied with, under penalty OF being
held in contempt Of the house. This was, in
substance, the position taken by Lynde,
chairman of the subcommittee, to whom the
subject was referred for report. Hurd and
MCrary reported that In Their opinion the
kilograms called for should be specifically de-
scribed, and in this view they were sustained
by Hoar and Frye, but Lynde's proposition
was adopted by vote of five against six, the
affirmative votes being cast by Knott, Hunton,
Ashe, Lynde and Caulfeld. Messrs. Laird and
Lawrence We're absent.
In Louisiana,
New ORLEANS, December 20.-The SENATE
committee met at half-past eleven o'clock.
The statement of the votes rejected in each
precinct, and at what polls rejected, was re-
ceived from the returning board. Senator
M'Donald made a mOtisn that a subpoena
duces tecum issue to the returning board for
all protests and affidavits accompanying the
consolidated statements of supervisors; also
for the returns of each pon in each parish
Senator Howe, chairman said he could not
understand what figure the protests and affi-
davits which formed the basis of action of
the returning hoard could cut in this investi-
CATION unless the committee proposed 70 re-
view the action Of the board IN al appellate
capacity Senator NJ Donald said it was not the
province of the committee to determine any
thing-the committee wanted only facts for
the information of the body from which the
committee derived its authority, and the COM
mittee ought to know the facts upon which
the board rejected the votes, which by their
statement received they admit they did re-
ject. The committee commenced its work in
secret to-day. A large crowd was in attend
ance, but the committee decided to exclude
all except counsel for the political parties,
witnesses and representatives of the press.
The house committee continued taking tes-
timony. Among the witnesses examined
were General Anderson and Charles Cassa-
nave, both Of the returning board.
In Florida.
TALLAHASSEE, December 20.-The house
principal committee left tonight for Live
Oak, where it will be met by witnesses from
Jasper precinct, in Hamilton county. 1t Will
go thence to Jacksonville, where the Duval
and Alachua witnesses are waiting. The in
vestigation will be closed there. Il is proba-
BILE that the final report will be made on the
first of January. The subcommittee will
proceed to Jackson county and canvass that
county. The senate committee still holds
secret sessions and spent the day In examin-
ing the witnesses from Monroe, Monatee and
Jackson. The supreme court did not render
a decision tonight, but adjourned until to-
morrow, when decision is looked for. The
senate committee called on the secretary of
State to-day for a tabular statement of the
vote for Presidential electors on the face of
the returns, which was furnished, figuring up
Hayes 24,370, and Tilden, 24,312; this
including return No. l, from Baker county,
which was by unanimous action of the board
rejected and other returns substituted, which
gives Tilden 119 majority.