Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-02-19
THE MASSACHUSETTS CLUB called at the In
terror department today to pay their respects
to Secretary Schurz.

to Secretary Schurz
INDIANS AS CITIZENS.-The Secretary OF the
Interior had an interview today with the
Board of Indian Commissioners and Senator
Ingalls, bill making citizens of the Indians,
was discussed. The Secretary favOrS the bill.
He desires that the Indians may hold property
individually, and not exclusively as tribes.
Mr.. RANDALL GIBSON CONTRADICrs Mr..
ADRIAN HEwITT.-The following is Mr.. Ran
dali GibsOnS statement. commenting ON Mr..
Hewtts card of the 10th inst in the New
York sun, in which Mr.. Hewitt admits that
MeSsrS. Tucker and Gibson did not express
the opinion attributed to them in regard 10 the
power of the Vice President. but stated that
Mr.. Gibson had in Paris last summer told him
that Mr.. Lamar had entertained the opinion
that the President of the Senate had the right
to count the votes Mr.. Gibson denies this.
conversation says that he has no recollection
of amy conversation at all with Mr.. Hewitt in
Paris on this subject. Mr.. Hewitt has evi-
IDENTITY fallen into an error in his note of the
10Th to the n. Y. san. l do not remember to
have spoken with him on the subject of the
conference at his residence on December Sd,
highly confidential character: but if have he
surely miStOOk the purpOrt of my remarks. !
could not have aScribed to any SOutherner
there the opinion that the Vice President had
under the constitution, the power to count and
declare the electoral votes Various suggestions
were made of the possible phases that might
was expressed that the Vice president hod the
constitutional right to count the votes. Mr..
Hewitt may have misunderstood some allll-
sion to these suggestions purely hyDothetirai
for the fixed opinion of some of 0nr friends
who wxe present SubseGuent proreedingS
and debates show that this was not the 0nni6n
OF MeSSrs. Tucker, Lamar, and myself"
THE COMMITTEE OF WAYS AND MEANS has
passed an order enjoining strict secrecy on
the part of members with reference to the
proceedings IN the committee room.
CONFERENCE OF THE .S11vrp Ir~,ou, ~,
THE Horsr -Aftar ,ha ,dionrnr,ant 80 ~, ~,
House yestordaI ahort svtU uU"i nf .mo vi .ne
IN favor OF rem0netIzation OF silver convened
III III the room OF the committee on the Judiciary.
Ihe{ were called TO order by Representative
Buckner, the chairman of the previous confer
ences, who announced that the executive com
mittee had agreed to call the association the
silver union Representative Eden. of Hi
nOlS, Ol1ered resolution that to-day, immedi-
atelf altef me morning hour, Il motion be
made by Mr.. Buckner to proceed with the bus
mess on lne speaker table, and on reaching
question shall be called on c0ncurrinr in the
senate amendments: and that there be no de
War Sorons i 1 III t nhouSnt tiitle
turned from the Senate One WIS ne tn thn
limitation of Coinage and another Sfrikin", ont ont
the feature of free coinage from the House
bin He wanted 10 make some nrotest arainSt
if for tbis was q diScrimination y on ;nSf hn,h
nersonS and tho motoI Rnnraramt -? i1it nJti
nf PpnnSvi~ania nforah = ~ .niti ~. Si,',
Senate. RepresentaIiye Hanna nf Indiana
ome yat i ne "5 III iavor 9i lree com.
them TO take m and mass the biIi He ia not ,ot
believe that the President would veto it. The
PRESIDENT dared not do it. Mr.. Hanna made
IilS 9GclafatlOn as Il radical republican. If the
PRESIDENT should veto the bill. twO-thirdS OF
UGh houses would pass 1t to the contrary not
y.iiv, sai,. lhe people Qt the county were III
intense business distress, and We're look Ing Tor
some relief from the remouet.,zation of silver. :
he Yentured tie assertion that not one hun.
dred thousand dollars would be put into crcm-
lation by it. He said that he did not lot want a
would not vote for.it. After further discmsSinn
the question was disD0sed of by agreain% r.
motion that the bill should be referred to-d.y
to /, the committee on banking and currency
the motion. This supersedes the other propo.
sitions, which were not voted on The confe"
ence then adjourned
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THE CABINET MEETING To DAY WAS ua-
usually short adlouYninr before one ocIoc,,
With tbe eycention of decidinr to ni,a am t;,,,
oo,arn,,,o,,+ dao,t,t " a. az,
Eo,ton hI', noiliay on the
tihs'al., th moihlhs put routine business Occup :d
question Of sending representative to the
Ear alopeam "t IN peace pea SnnSress at Baden Baden
ment Of Srata has nnt vet henn notitad M of
such congress 10 be held. The Louisiana re-
turning board troubles were not alluded to
The AGRICULTURAL CONGRESS met at IL
o'clock this morning at Willard Hall Mr.
Flaoc. the nresidenI not hai,r ,bIa TO atto,'d
Mr.. Jones was elected chairman. The follow
ins are tie states represented at the congress
ware VIM nean and Dp MmrnhW Dlt,iat Deia
of Columbia. T. A. Hopkins. ! f SnodgraSS
c. Dillingham;. j. l. Rinpham and T SsnI .
Georgia. +. j. CamD. + II MohIv Il NJ
Lemon. Il. =. Jones. ID II H. Caray G w Ma
Gsn,ro YIN; L. Igtt a'n ~, L. butltf; llnnoiS
Brown. for the SeminoIes and Jnn p iJora
for the Cherokees: New York. - Curtis and
W q; Markham; Ohio, }: nj. Pugh, John A
Marder, Welch and j. H. klippart: PENN
SylYanla, John :. HaineS; South Carolina, J.
way; Utah, Geo Q. Cannon: Virginia. r. +.
Kaglln and W; {. Miner: Missouri. VIM. w.
raeI ne apie ADDRESS Oh MT. flagg was
roi ro%u, ~ especlal!y 10 lhe agflcultu-
IT, foifo vi INC co,liltrA dl naTls.
before the congress diSperseS: "Sheep hus-
Dandfy and WOOL growing agricultural ed
ucatlOn," "Cheapening of transportation, and
the matter OF facilitating and cheapening the
communication between the producer and the
consumer.
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