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Tho Mccavrahan BUSINESS.
WASHINGTON, March l6.-The hear
ing of evidence in regard to the Nc
Garrahan claim was resumed to-day
by the Senate Committee on Public
Lands. Jeremiah M. Wilson, g. p.
Shaw, e. 9. Ingcrsoll and Ex-senator
Logan appeared for McGarrahan.
The New Idria Company was repre-
sented by Jeremiah s. Black. Judge
David q. Wilson, of Iowa, Burdett
Ex- Commissioner, and Curtis Ex-
Chief Clerk of General Land Office,
and VIM. Nicely Thompson, Thomas
u. Stewart and w. S. Lincoln of New
York Representatives in the fortieth
Congress denied under oath that they
ever know anything of the Panoche
Grand Stock. Senator Paddock, act
ing Chairman, remarked that the let
ter purporting to be from c. r. Shaw
to Mr.. Franks, secretary of the Pa
noche Grand Company, had not been
put in evidence. Shaw then asked
that the paper purporting to be list
of outside private stockholders be
filed by tho committee az an exhibit
for future reference. Regarding that
it was not in Franks hand writing
and might have been manufactured
by anybody. herequest was granted,
and Jeremiah Wilson then called on
the other side to produce the book on
which the paper was assumed to be
based. He said he would prove by
this book that the New Idria Com
pany had committed fraud in the
matter. Judge d. G. Wilson replied
that the book is not in possession of
the New Idria Co. Jas. F. Wilson,
of Iowa, made statement saying ii
there was any other paper or docu-
meht, or books in possession of the
New Idria Company, or its attorneys,
purporting in AM. manner to connect
him at any time, or to any extent
with the Panoche Grand Company, he
wished it to be presented. None
were forthcoming. He testified that
If any such exist they and the alleged
list of stockholders are audacious
forgeries 80 far as the mention of his
name is concerned from whatever
source they may come, or whoever
may produce them. He then recited
his official action on the McGarrahan
claim while Chairman of the House
Judiciary Committee, and affirmed
that he had never received any com.
pensatiOn in money, stock or other
thing of value. He had no promise
or hope of reward and the charge in
every possible phase or contingency
was absolutely and audaciously false.
4 Judge Black-Why you do not sup
lpose that we made any such charge :?
| Witness-Yes, do, for you have
published a book containing an al
legged list, accompanied with unmis-
taxable innuendoes against me.
| Judge Black and Judge D. L. Will
son thereupon remarked that they
had never seen the book until after
it was published and had not present.
ed it as evidence. Judge Black add
ed: We confess judgment in your
favor.
Il c. P. Shaw referred to a reported
statement of Judge D. G.. Wilson at
last meeting, that all action favora-
BILE to McGarrahan had been procur-
ed by corruption. This statement,
he said, was direct assault upon the
character of JAS. F. Wilson and other
gentlemen named in the alleged list
of stockholders. ID. G. Wilson en-
phatically denied that he made any
such sweeping statement. He added
.. that words were exchanged between
1.-THE two attorneys which compelled
the chairman to call them to order.
Subsequently Judge Black said the
list referred to is not reliable, but is
in fact false list, as it contains the
,, names of some persons who certainly
. were not stockholders and omit.
ed others whom he believed were
: stockholders.
II WASHINGTON, March 16.--The com
: mittee Of whole, without discussion
struck out the enabling clause of the
. bill for the relief of certain Southern
: mail contractors and reported its &C.
ton to the House. The House con,
Cured in this action which defeats
the bill.
WASHINGTON, March 1S.-Edmunds
; from Committee on Judiciary, report
ed adversely on House bill in rela.
ton to certain legal disabilities OF
women and moved that it be indcfi.
: nitely postponed. 1t provides thai
any woman who shall have been q
member of tho bar of the highest
court in any State or Territory or the
: District of Columbia for a period oil
three years may be admitted to prac.
tice in the Supreme Court of the Unit.
ed States. Edmunds said the ground
of the adverse report Of the commit.
. tee was that by the law of the land
as it had existed since the organiza.
ton of the government, the Supreme
Court, as we'll as all other United
States courts, were authorized to
make their own rules touching such
admission of attorneys, SO that there
no obstacle in law prohibiting the
, admission of women to practice in
United States courts. 1t depended
entirely upon the discretion Of the
court. The Committee on Judiciary
thought this act would make discrim.
ination in favor of women, as it com.
PEELED the court to admit women to
practice when it was not bound ia
admit men.
On motion of Sargent the bill was
placed on calender with adverse re.
lport.
SHERMAN ON SILVER AND RESUMPTION.
i WASHINGTON, March 19.-Secretary
Sherman, before the Finance Com.
mittee, took the ground that the re-
monetization of silver was an aid to
resumption. The silver bill did some
good and some harm. One way in
which it was harmful was in the re-
turn of bonds from abroad, but it pro-
duced good by increasing foreign
confidence in our bonds, since our
owa people took them up in large
quantities. He was strongly opposed
to the repeal of the resumption act.
He stated that the resumption Of spe-
Gle payment could not be permanent
ly maintained without retaining legal
tender function for about three hun
dred million dollars of United States
notes, in other words that legal tender
notes after reaching par should be
paid out again for government dis