Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-02-09
EASTERN NEWS.
YESTERDAYS DISPATCHES.
ESPECIAL TO THE DAILY sENTINEL.l
WASHINGTON INTEL
CHARGES AGAINST THE D00RKEEPER
OF THE HOUSE.
Blaine's Views on the Silver
Question.
ESPECIAL TO THE DAILY sENTINEL.l
A SCENE IN THE U
WASHINGTON. Feb. Z

WASHINGTON, Feb. Z.
The examination by the Committee
on Civil Reform in Public Service, to
whom charges against the official char.
acter of Colonel Polk, Doorkeeper of
the House, were referred, has not thus
far elected any facts seriously affecting
him. The friends of the Doorkeeper
say all charges will be satisfactorily
ex Explained. One of the charges orgi-
mated in the arrangements OF some OF
the members of Congress themselves,
in providing for their respective friends.
An announcement that Blaine would
speak on the silver question had the
effect of filling the floor and galleries
of the Senate to day. At least fifty
members of the House occupied sofas
and chairs in the rear of the Senator's
desk, and the galleries were brilliant
with fashionably dressed ladies. Sec
| rotary Sherman and General Sherman
were among the auditors on the floor.
Blaine's speech was listened to with
close attention throughout, and his
peroration, with a graceful allusion to
the problem which had come down to
us from Abraham's time, 1.-THE weight
of silver that shall be current money
with the merchant" was followed by
enthusiastic applause. His opening
declaration, that if silver had been de-
monetized he was in favor of remone-
tizing it, and that if its coinage had
been prohibited or restricted, he was
in favor of resuming and enlarging its
coinage, gave great satisfaction to the
advocates of the Bland bill, but they
were not so we'll pleased with his sub.
segment argument that, although We
need both gold and silver dollars. we
cannot have both except by making
each the equal of the other. On the
whole, however, his clear and forcible
advocacy of the constitutional and
financial necessity OF maintaing a
double standard has undoubtedly
given increased strength to the pros
poets of the ultimate enactment of the
pending bill, as reported from the
Committee on Finance. no~twithstand.
ing he insisted that 1t ought TO be fur
Their amended, and, although in its
present shape he himself will vote
against 1t.
A Times Washington special has
the following on a scene in the House
yesterday pending the Wigginton-
Pacheco debate: "Hiscock, of New
York, led the debate on behalf of the
legally elected candidate, and in a clear
and forcible argument, demonstrated
c~onclusively that Wigginton had no
more right TO a seat In the House than
had n of the pages. He was inter-
rupted during his speech by Luttrell,
who tried to break the force of his ad.
dress by irrelevant questions. The at
tempt was q signal failure and at the
conclusion Of the speech Hiscock was
the recipient Of warm congratulations
of all the prominent Republicans on the
floor. 1t is worthy of note that Potter,
of New York, was the only Democrat
who had manhood enough to vote with
the Republicans against the admission
Of Wigginton.
Wells Denies the $4,000 Rail Busi-
The Jury Find Anderson
Guilty.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 8.
The Court yesterday morning alluded
to the statement that Wells had said he
could give any amount OF bail, but had
not made up his mind; and said he
would raise It 10 1900. Wells was
interviewed regarding the matter. He