Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-01-30

wi '"r C"n-Inued cries OF quorum lack
ing. and ''more time for discussion''
that are cure to be raised ut the introduc.
lion Of reilly important questions. The
subject of counting the electoral vote,
which has been kept in such q constant
state OF agitation during the whole of the
present session thus far, still remains
unsettled Both parts of the committee
are di'igentlyat at work upon it. however.
oosaining authorities and precedents, and.
although they have held no joint meeting
az yet. confidence is felt that the delay Is
favorable to ultimate concord AMI it is
rnmored thai they will very shortly come
toge'h h.r, decide upon and present TO Con-
gress such report as shall be most per-
feet and satisfactory.
The Senatn held quite discussion. a
day or two since. on the privacy. and
publicity of telegraphlc dispatches in
general. The debate was called out, by
consideration of the case of w. @. Turner,
the Oregon operator who. refusing to
make public kilograms thai passed through
his office, during election. relating to
electoral affairs, was brought before the
Senate on the charge Of contempt. The
case was not finally disposed of, Of course,
but the discussion called nu. the honest
opinion of several Senators. some of
whom advocated the destruction, by
operatives. of all original kilograms so
that. # they must be made public, they
should be obtained either from their sen-
1ers or receivers and the responsibility
rest upon them rather than upon those con-
nected with the telegraph. 1t Is said that
this hint has already been acted upon BY
some operators and probably will be by
many more.
The arrest of William Turner has since
beer ordered e.,..
The robbery at the Treasury, which
was committed on the 9TH of December,
and which the best detectives in the
country have since been investigating, is
at last cleared up The thief was arrested
yesterday afternoon, and the employees
of the Cash room are accordingly relieved
from the oppression which was naturally
frl: from the knowledge that more or less
suspicion rested upon them. The guilty
man was one of their number, Ferdinand
5. Winslow, person fifty years old, and
native OF Copenhagen. Denmark; mar
ried, and has been in the Depar .ment
only since 1875.
The lnvestig alton of the gambling
houses and the Board Of Police that has
been going on for two or three weeks
past, in this city, promises TO result in
something even more serious than was
anticipated. Already the entire Board of
Police Commissioners, in compliance with
peremptory demand from President
Grant, have rendered thei- designations
which. excepting that of Mr.. Murtah,
have cen accepted. and new Board ap
pointed And now Congress is taking
the matter up; sweeping investigation
Of the affair was yesterday ordered and a
Congressional committee was appointed
for that purpose. Hon. Fred Douglass,
who now r. sides in Washington, is one OF
the new Police Commissioners.
The heavy fall Of snow on New Years
day has given Washingtonians such a
taste Of real winter and its attendant com
forts and discomforts as they have not
experienced for the last fifty years. Sat.
urday's rain brought the festive part to a
close, and was celebrated by sleighing
carnival on Pennsylvania Avenue. The
event was very merry one. more than a
bundred sleighloads Of inaskers paItici
pating Everything that could be placed
upon runners. dry-goods boxes, old beel
barrels, aud what-not, was drummed into
service for the occasion and many orig
| inal representations were seen. Conspic
Gus among them was vehicle bearing
the Oregon Electors" Cronin acting a
j. hu fr the triplet. Rum Row.
New Police Board" and ''Camb:er'
Ring" were present. the latter composed
of several black-legs playing cards. Man,
busloess men took advantage of. the oc
cxsion to advertise, and some excellen
representations were gotten up in thel
way. Prizes of a sleigh. a side saddle an
fine pair of skates, were given 10 th
best msskers-"Sitsing Bul'' receivin
the first. N. II. w.