The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-01-06
Draft of the scott-Huntlngton
Pacific Railway Bill june
ton West Of I'll Paso.
Barnes Holds the Demand of Congress Is
at Variance With Pablo Policy and
Constitutional Rights - Spirited
Defence OF Gov Grover
Cabinet asetinE - nominations -
GOSSIP,

=" NNl nut hNNHlug luult tuhh IoullNt
bu iness was attended to,
The Star says Congressman Pnrman
Florida, Republican, ~ preparing d
apeech on the recent election In that
Estate He viii denouuoe the action OF
the Returning Board,
The nominations comprise q, W.
Patton, marshal, West Virginia; NJ
Al. Fairfield, collector custom, IT.
Mary's .diatrict, Georgia; w. 4 Cole
postmaster Grenada, Mississippi
rhe Oregon Matter--Gov. Grover an
the slnuJ.
Governor Grover, Of Oregon, was
before the Committee on Privileges
and Elections to-day. lie maintains
that he acted in accordance with the
Constitution and laws; that he had
been furnished some data upon which
TO base his action from gentlemen IN
the East. Nothing Of importance was
developed. The galleries are quiet,
but full OF anxiety to see what will
happen to the telegrapher this after
noon.
The Senate has reported tho resolu.
ton TO compel Turner, the manager of
the Western Union Telegraph Office at
Jacksonville, Oregon, to answer the
questions propounded to him by the
Committee on Privileges aud Flee
tons, Ia regard TO niessages which
passed through his office in reference
to the count OF the electoral vote OF
Oregon.
The scOttHuntiDgton Pacific Ran
road riiii.
The subcommittee of the House
committee on Pacific railroads have
concluded their bill, except NJ 10 the
exact point where the San Diego
branch shall reach the main line, and
the point Of Junction Of the Southern
Pacific OF California and the Texas
Pacific. The junction viii be- some.
where In tho coal fields OF New Mex
lco, not, however, nearer III Paso than
one hundred miles west OF that place.
The details Of the bill, with regard TO
Substituting, etc, are those OF the At
kius Bill Neither of tho roads are TO
receive any subsidy for the portion
alrenjy bulk, bu. receive the same
from their present terminus TO the
poiut Of JnncIure ~ those built under
Tho former construction acts. The
present terminus Of the roads are
that 81 tic Texas Pacific, Fort Worth,
TrNss; Of the Southern Pacific, Fort
lGma, California. The full railroad
committee have agreed to report the
bill extending the timo for the com
pletlon OF the Northern Pociilc road to
eight : ,ara. They meet to morrow to
consider the Texas Pacific upon the
report of the sub. committee
Mr. Barnes, OF the western UaiOn Tel
esraph Company,
was presented NJ The bur OF the House
for contempt of it's privileges In DIS
obeylng u subpoena requiring him to
produce certain kilograms before the
New Orleans Investigating Committee.
His answer 10 the argument prepared
by his counsel takes the ground
Flrst--That the paper served on him
was not subj @na ut all. Second
That before its eeryIee he had trans
mitted to the superintendent at No
plle all the business Of the office from
November l to December 0. THIRD
That evon If any of the messages were
IN the Office they were not legally IL
his possession, but in that OF the COM
pany. Fourth
| The remand aads IN AT Variance with
public Policy ana with constisu
tionaI Rights.
The whole subject was referred to
the Judiciary Committee. No other
business ofimportaDce was transacted
Defense Of Gov. Grover by Senator
Kelly.
In the Seifate, Mr.. Kelly hop d the
resolution regarding Mr.. Turner, the
telegraph manager at Salem, Oregon,
would be adopted. There was no rea.
son why Geographic communications
should not be made public when jus
tice demanded. This witness, Turner
has unquestlonably been leaky, he hac
disclosed something about dispatches
through his office, now he should b'
made to tell the whole. Mr.. Kelly VIZ
very confident that not u communion
ton which passed over the wire refer
ring to political events at Salem, Ore
gon, would show that anything wron
had been done; II any in- proper tels
gram had passed over the wire he M
Kelly would have known something
about II; was
Satisfied Nothing improper
could be shown; that nota dollar 'hs'
been expended unlawfully aud Inn
properly, He was present Of Salem .
the line, and knew all the tranaac
tions. He waa very much III
topished at the vituperative asaau