, 1877-01-14
WASHINGTON.


The Appropriation btlls-hottenness Oe-
vc1opcd by the Police 1nvesttgatton--Fef-
jured Witnesses In the Eenezuela Case.
specta. Dfspatch to The Tribune
WASHINGTON, d. c.. jan. 13.-It is not
likely ,hat arr ,ivcr or harnor hill will
,A' .uas ~ ~ .l1. ,,s- Tha
oe fepo1teo IN tne HOUSE Luis sesslon. tAe
reason Is that the President has taken sucF q
position that he must almost necessarily veto it
If passed. There Is besides an nnexpended
hotarro ~ oho,t a. m m arauoa~;ota5 forthia
'aA"o - aoou' S"'ooo'ooo oapp'op''Ateo 1ot >4'4'
lusposc iast year.
Holman, OF the Appropriation Committee,
hopes to get the appropriation bills all passed
III the House this month. They would stand
poor change for passage unless fully considered
and practically determined upon before the pro-
cecdln9s connected with the Electoral count be-
gins
Springer has been compelled to acknowledge
charges last SESSION in in r,,nneriton ] on with 1. the
Venezuela awards. Fla has stated that he
wrongfully gave credit to the charge ngaInst the
validity Of tic Umpiro's appointment. The lead
ing witnesses before Ills Committee have been
encc Of the year 1868, which the other side
within i few days has prescnten to the Com
mittec. It would seem TINT one result Of this
confession Of Springer's must be that the
charges against Godloye s. Orth, OF Indiana,
must fall. '0 - - ~'e>'''
The Western Boards of Trade interested IN
preventing the passarc Of the Bill RESTORING the
Acad-mopev tax Imposed upon Immigrants In
New York should Be advised that the PROPOSE
tion of the New York "Reminiscences Of Emf
Commerce Committec. Tho suh-committee has
aerced to report the Coz bllI. With some modii-
cations. This bill imposes q tux Of $50 upon
every immirrant landiug 10 New York harbor,
In the event mt that Senator Fer1y should re-
sim the Vice-PrcsIdcncy, it is said that some
n Tho leai7inr srnatora are ser;onslv consider
Inc the nIan Of electing some person not d Sen
at0r rs Vice-Presidenf nro temnore. The au-
thorities hive been examined. and the best
that thcrc is notiline to prevent the Senate from
eIevtinn t6 that office n nerson who Is not a
Senator.
To the Western Associated Prem
WAsu1SGros, D. C., Jan. 13.-The House
Committee making inquiry Into police matters
here had Detective McDevitt before them to-
Cay, and hc was cross-examined by Judge VIII
son, counsel for Murtagh, but nothing new was
ELECTED. Witness, however, varied the routine
Of the Investigation BY declining to answer the
question, !" Have you Mt any time in the city
gambled within two ycars2'' and informing
counsel that Murtagh WIS in the conspiraEy,
adding, t.You are trying to get away from tie
Whitthornc conspiracy to distract the public
mind from 1t. propose to keep you up to it,
Detective Miller corroborated Maj. Richards
and McDevitt.
In reply to question whether he knew OF
any other attempt to use tue police force for
corrupt purposes, Miller testified that, during
the pens1ency Of the suit OF William McGarrihan
against MuEtagh for libel IN 1870, after the jury
had hecn sworn in Alurtagh met witness near
the Courthouse and asked him II he knew any
of the jury1ncn. Witness replied he thought
not, but he had not yet seen i list. Thereupon
Murtagh said that, If witness could
reach any Of them in his favor, he
would nav anY EXPENSES that might be
incurred. Subsequently he met Murtagh in
company with Richards, and Murtagh asked
him how matters were getting on. Witness re-
piled, :Smoothly." Hc returned this answer