The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-03-22

the discussion, Morton said that il
Pinch was not entitled to the seat.
Eustis would be, and there is good
deal of curiosity to see how he will
get round these utterances.
TREBLA.
The Work Of Investigator.
WASHINGTON, March II. - The
number and extent of the investiga
tions that are being carried on before
the various committees are unprece-
dented in any previous Congress, as
the following partial list will show:
The Judiciary Committee, through
several subcommittee, is taking tes-
timony in the matter of the Belknap
impeachment; of the Beardslie cadet
ship purchase and of the Texas and
Pacific Railroad legislation.
The Committee on Foreign Affairs.
besides the question of Cuban COM
plications in connection with the
State Department, has to grapple
with the Emma Mine scandal, which
is to be re-opened early next week.
The Ways and Means Committee,
in the intervals of their discussions
on the Tariff Bill and of It's giving
audience to bankers in connection
with the Funding law, and to dcputa-
tons of the wine and spirit and other
trades, pursues an investigation into
the operations Of the Alaska Fur
Company.
The members of the Committee on
Naval Affairs give their whole time
to the investigation of the supposed
frauds in the Navy Department pro-
per and in several navy yards. Not
more than two-thirds of the testimo-
ny has been taken at Norfolk Navy
Yard and been transcribed BY the
stenographer, and now sub-commit-
tee is at work at Kittery Navy Yard,
and after finishing up that investiga-
ton, Charlestown Navy Yard is to
be overhauled by the same gentlemen.
Mr.. Willis of New York, in the
meantime has been perusing, -
committee of one, minute researches
into everything connected with the
discipline Of the navy, and expects
to open an investigation at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard.
| This Naval Committee, with its
several branches, is accommodating
material that will make as many vol
umes as the Ku Klux outrages.
The report on the conduct Of the
war and Committee on Military Az
fairs finds work enough in endeayor-
ing to throw light on some ofthe
dark spots connected with the col.
dier's tombstone contracts.
The Committee on Printing labors
quietly but assiduously in piliag up
facts and figures bearing on the cost
of the Government printing office,
which, according to the estimate Of
experts outside, is fully SO per cent.
more than it ought to be, If It vas
not run as a Government political
machine. 0
: The Committee on Expenditures
: in the Interior Department and in
the Department Of Justice are going
very deeply into the maladmiDistra-
ton Of officials in Georgia and else.
where, and also are looking scrutin''
zingiy into the minor expenses OF
these departments, particularly u
: the matter of furniture, etc.
The Committee on Expenditures
+ in the War Department looms up
: over all the rest by its big bonanza
discovery of the Fort Sill trader
: ship. 1t has held daily sessions
: The "happy hunting ground Of .ne
gentlemen of the press, the seiec'
! committee on the Freedmen's BANK,
is the most methodical Of oil tns
e committees. Ever since it's appoiDs.
! ment early in the session it has me-
: on alternate days, and sat from ~
: till IL o'clock. The testimony tskeu
by it is very important, particularly
as revealing the manner in which 1ns
q funds of the bank were fritteIeu
J, away in loans without adequate %
: curity.