The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-01-06
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ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.
TO TIE D4MY INTELLIGENCER
CONGRESS.
Governor Grover Before the Senate
Y ASs1 Committee. 'N B
Strong Scent Of the TiIden Bureau.
Gov. Hendricks as a Shyster and
Demagogue.
The Great Mine Fire still Raging.
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The AshtabuIa Inquest.
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y q MAsHINoroN. January q

20 - " MAsHNGToS, January b.
On motion Of Mr.. Atkinson, Of Tenn,
the Senate amendments to the bill max.
ing an appropriation for the payment Of
invalid or other pensions, was noncoh.
CURED in.
The House then went into Committee
OF the whole, Hooker IN the Chair, on the
Private Calendar. When the Committee
rose the question Of the recusant witness,
Mr.. Barnes, the New Orleans manager of
the Western Union Telegraph Company
was taken up. Barnes was before The
bar Of the House and Submitted in writ.
ing his answer ~ prepared by his eounsil.
The answer being under oath. The an.
swer Of the witness and all questions re.
lating thereto, have been referred to the
Judiciary Committee.
The SergeSnt-at-Arms was directed to
retain Mr.. Barnes in custody. The House
then went into Committee Of the Whole
on the contingency deficiency bill, Mr..
Haskins in the Chair,
After about two hours spent over the
deficiency bill the committee arose and
tue Dill H'As pAsseu.
The HOUSE then adjourned until to.
morrow.
SENATE.
The President laid before lhe Senate
a memorial of the National Board Of
Trade Of the United States praying for a
revision Of the bankrupt law and Of the
tariff and internal revenue laws, Re.
ferred to the COMMITTEE on Judiciary
and Finance. -
MIR. Morton called up the resolution
submitted by the Committee on Prvi.
leges and Elections on Wednesday last,
declaring that William NJ. Turner is in
duty bound under his oath to answer tue
questions propounded to him by the
committee in regard to the transmission
Of telegraphic messages through his Office
at Jacksonville, Oregon, and that he can
not excuse himself from answering the
same by reason Of his official connection
with the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany as manager Of their office at Jack.
sonville, Oregon.
Mr.. Kelly hoped the resolution would
be adopted. There was no reason why
telegraphiC communications should not
be made public when justice demanded
1t. 1t was well known principle OF law
that written communications no matter
how confidential, must be produced in
courts OF justice when necessary to serve
the ends Of justice, and nothing was more
sacred than confidential letter between
two persons. Turner had unquestiona-
bly, been leaky. lie had disclosed some.
thing about the dispatches passing
through his Office, and now he should be
made tell the whole. lie Kelly WIS very
confident that no communication which
passed over the wires referring to the
political events at Salem, Oregon, would
show that anything wrong had been done.
II any improper telegram had passed
over the wires he kelly would have
known something about it. lie was sat.
isfed that nothing improper could BE-
shown, and that not dollar had been
expended unlawfully or improperly. He
was present at Salem at the time and
knew OF all the transactions. -
The question was discussed at length,
and finally a vote was taken, which re.
suited yeas 80, nays 3-no quorum voting.
The Senate adjourned until Monday.