Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-01-31


February on account of the impending
of 5 Justices, to form the
Judicial branch of the tripartitc cleo
toral commission.
The Proposed lmpeachment-F Fer.
nando Woods Committee.
special Telegram TO the Inter Ocean
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-Fcrnando
Wood wants to impeach President
Grant. and for that purpose has Sc
cured the passage of n resolution
raising a special committee of eleven
TO inquire into the use of troops in
the South. Randall appointed the
committee to-day, and if any men
can find ground for impeachment
this committee can. Wood himself
is Chairman, and he has been the
genius of impeachment during the
whole session. The remainder Of
the committee are Goode, of Virginia,
who complains of the use of troops
in his own district, and who made
the war speech yesterday Southland.
of Ohio, and who is another impeach-
CIR; Throckmorton, of Texas; Cald-
well, of Alabama: and Smith, of
Georgia, all Of whom have the cx-
Confederate, dislike for Federal
troops, and Carter Harrison. The
republican end Of the committee is
very strong, the members being Kas-
son, Foster, Page, and Eamcs.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Jan. 2S.-The
testimony in the Oregon case taken
yesterday, in connection with that
given by Cronin, places Tilden, Pei
ton, his nephew, and Hewitt, and
through them the democratic party,
in position which cannot fail to fas-
ten the attention of the whole coun-
| try. 1t will be remembered that Gro
min testified that one Patrick claimed
to be acting at Salem for Tildcn, and
promised Cronin any Office, or about
anything else he wanted. The tele-
grams produced yesterday showed
that the $4,000 deposited under Pei
toms manipulation in New York was
not wanted by telegraph, as the same
amount reached San Francisco in
time by express. Pelton was tele.
graphing to Senator Kelly to save
one vote in Oregon, and promising
ALL THE MONEY NEEDED.
Patrick was found to have been il
direct communication from Salem
Oregon, with Tildcn, and, while these
dispatches were in cipher, they were
so far interpreted by some other evi
dencc as to show that they referred
to corrupt transactions in Oregon
The signatures were fictitious, Blu
identified as Patrick's. About TWEEN
ty-iive kilograms between variou.
parties named arc in possession of til,
committee, and some are retained til
| certain threads of evidence whicl
they disclose have been followed fur
Their. There is q marked feeling o
disturbance among the democrat
over the matter. In the light of bud
ley Fields performance with tn,
Florida operator, who swore t.
hearing certain dreadful kilograms
from Secretary Chandler, this sort o
thing is beginning to be regarded a
desperate attempt to concoct testi
mony to forestall the effects Of pub
lication of those which they knew
were about to fall into the hands o
: the Senate Committee.
There is not the slightest doubt tina
the Democrats are basing their Who'll
hopes of success upon the chances o
the tribunal deciding that Governn
Growers action is final, and that hi
course in giving the certificate t
Cronin when Watts was found III
eligible was justified by law. Croni
J did not act with other two electors
and only two votes can be counte,
: from Oregon, which will leave a ii
in the electoral college if the Demo
. cratic programme is carried oul
That this is their programme, an
that they base all their hopes upo
! this is evident from the conversatio
of Senator Thurman, Jerc Black. an
other orthodox Democrats who AZ
familiar with party secrets. TIL
Republicans fear that the technical
ties in the Oregon case will hav
weight with the Supreme Court Jus
tees, although no one can deny tina
the citizens of Oregon chose th
Hayes electors. These justices are il
the habit Of deciding upon matters O
. law.
J WASHINGTON, Jan. 99.-The Demo
: cratic causus tonight balloied 70
, three members Of the House to serv
on thcsElectoral Commission and SC
! lccted the following members Payn
J ilnnton and Abbott. No other bus
mess was transacted, the caucnses O
the two houses having selected thei
candidates to be voted for tomorrow
The Electoral Commission will con
sist of Senators Eamunds. Morton
: and Frclinghuysen, Republicans
Thurman and Bayard Democrat.
Representatives Payne, llunton an,
: Abbott Democrats: Garfield an
lIoar, Republicans. Supreme Coul
Associate Justice Clifford, Strons
Miller and Field, the fifth member [
be selected from among Associat
, Justices Swaync, Davis Bradley an
+ Hunt.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-Associat
: Justice Davis, as soon rs the bill pass
ed both houses constituting the Ele,
, toral Vote Commission, notified III
9 associates and other friends, that i
the event Of his being offered the fit
: place in the judicial branch of til
Commission, that under no circun
] stances would he allow his name
be used in this connection.
| Rumors are abroad that attorney
for the returning board of Louisian
now in contempt of the House {
E representatives, had made applies
, lion for q writ of habcas corpus II
, turn for which was fixed for to-mol
: row. There seems no doubt that ar
plication was made to one Of tn
Judges of the Supreme Court OF thi
district, but up to very late hou
{ the Clerk of the Court has not issue
the writ. Chief Justice Carter, il
believed, was applied to and refuse,
to grant the writ.
Grant and Resumption.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-The pres
dent stated in conversation to-da
that the condition Of trade and nor
etary relations Of the United State
at home and abroad had reached tina
point which would warrant an immt
date resumption of specie payment
He said that he had observed fo
some months tendency in the finar
cial status of the country toward re