Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-12-07
LATE EASTERN TELEGRAxS.



NEW York. Dec THE Sun urges
that one oi the first duties oi the national
house Of representaiives should be To- in.
guire into the authenticity Of the cipher
kilograms published on the eve Of recent
elections. and the means by which They
were obtained. This Is due 10 public m"i-
ais and To the arties implicated. who
should have an opportunity Ia ,indicaie
shems,i, $ or suffer the cons, quencr,
The sun adds: Whether cipher rrcgrams
were Procured fICm efforts OF the lat,
senator MOrt-n ar from the committee. of
which be was chairman. UT We're stolen
from the late pr, siGent "i the Western
Union. ar wee surr,ii.iiJusly obtained
from she Telegraph Office. in Ne way nj.
fleets the dH'N Il invcs'ica;iun. The Dem
oeratic committee oi Tie house stre out
witied VS. the i4'~- dcilc ~ - NJ 70 IN.
and IN that way SENATOR Morton en-
sble1 IA get pus>. >-i'E II all Iel, N,
and To- put ont nf the Ma, not ca all
material evidence AGAINST his Repu IA
friend>. hut al, 49, "aE oprrai., -
California by which that state Wa e.. .'vI
by "a fraud VIGOROUSLY organized when hc
was there in person.
An Array Nan speaks Plainly.
CHicAGu. No.. -. - The TrlbuDe's
Washington special says that Gen X II.
Marcy. inspector general Of the United
States army. la, prepared u paper chars-
ing the Indian bureau with being thor
oughlv impregnated with corruption, and
that any change would be advantageous.
He denies tina, the Indian bureau tends to
civiliZc educate and ChristianiZe the la.
dians There i, no progress towards self
support Meanwhile agents have amassed
fortunes out of 81 500 salaries. On the
contrary, when the Indians were under
the control of the war department, from
1888 Ia. 1870, there was no corruption.
Annuities were publicly and honestly dis
;ributcd. The army does not desire The
change. but it would be an economical
measure and stop immense corruption and
extravaganza.
Senate.
WtsnNcToYS; Dec. a.-The senate as
Anthony and Bayard were appointed
committee to join the house committee
and notify the president that congress had
assembled
Bills laid on the table pending the ap-
pointment of committees:
By Beck-To provide for retiring the
trade dollar and for its coinage into stand
ard silver dollars; also, to authorize the
purchase of foreign built ships by citizens
of the United States.
The vice president laid before the senate
the credentials of Justin s. Morril, elected
U. g. senator from Vermont for six years,
from March 4, 1879; read and placed on
file
The only senators absent today were
Barnum, Cockrell, Conkling. Gordon,
IIoar, Jones of Nevada, Herman, Merri-
man, Patterson. Plumb, Sargent, Sharon,
Spencer and White.
BY VoOrhees-A resolution irstructing
the committee on finance to inquire into |
the expediency of making the trade dollar |
u legal tender for all debts, public and |
private, and Of providing for its recOinage
into the standard silver dollars of 4124
grains.
BY Biaine-A resolution instructing the
judiciary committee to report to the SEN
ate whether at the recent elections the
constitutional rights of any citizen were
violated in any state, and what further
legislation is necessary to protect the citi-
zens in their constitutional rights, etc.
Recess.
Upon reassembling the message of the
president was received and read. The
reading concluded, the message was laid |
on the table and ordered printed. Ad- |
journed.
The house galleries today contained the |
customary crowd at the opening of o ses-
sion of congress- At noon Speaker Ran
dial raped the house to order, when the
chaplain made prayer and the roll was
was called.
The roll call showed 229 members pres
emit. Two new members, Bailey and Ma
her loN
A committee was appointed to inform
the president that congress was in session.
After recess the presidents message was
received from private secretary Rogers
and read.
When the reading of the message was
ended, Wood of New York rose and
moved that it lie referred to committee
of the whole house and ordered printed.
But first he desired to make sor1e COM
,ments upon it. Although as Whole the
document was highly satisfactory, yet
there were some references in it which
should be met at the earliest practicable
moment. He referred to that part relat-
ing to the southern states. He (Wood)
failed to see what the president saw-any
disposition in the south to avoid or annul
in any degree the constitutional amend.
ments He failed to see any indication in
the 6Outn OI uuWhHuRucSS W i've III Gu
tire amity with the whole country in re-
gard to laws, or to obey the government.
He regretted that the president, who had
commenced his administration with such
q noble and patriotic position as against
the military despotism exercised by his
predecessor, shoald now indicate change
of policy He knew there was a wing of
the Republican party dissatisfied with that
position. and it had been matter Of in
ierest to the whole country to know
whether the president would continuously
maintain his attitude. While the presi-
dent expressed his views in very mild and
very decOrous language. yet he indicated
quite clearly that the condition of things
in the south was not satisfactory to him.
The president had referred especially to
the elections in Ssuth Carolina and Loui-
siana- lie had been able to single out
40 states and only two solitary instances
q those states. That was an indication
Il vacillation on the part Of the execu-
tive, and 1t was only because IL was such
an INDIGESTION that he Wood, felt il his
siuty to declare that there was NO founds-
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