, 1879-02-22

G2mmsstoncrs fnally adopted tho May plan
~ voted fur II aa considering 1t tho must 1ncr-
itortogs u'a'l., had no knowledge oi ita being
M.s pla'' nnle,a took the authority Of news.
papcre:, had Ind no conversation VIII! Mr.
hinY Until Within n few t1nys Of voting, /
dld noe know what nlnn wnut.l yoto for. 'ri,sso
vas no .prcdetern,inntion No change was made
aan,s ~ te May plan Unit! ntter aoptlon Aftrr It's
auontton. In my duty ns Commissioner, I
thought u coull bc bothered, a, to tho atlysn-
ttaaRe Of tha etate, BY making changcs,n and he
ttcn detailed the changes made aud tito roasons
Tor tho same.
The Senate hns'passei bit authorizing cities,
towns. mid townships which havo voted aid 10
tho constructfon Of railroads, to enfotca cnr-
tract4 with The railroad companies under which
the ad was voted.
dERRTMAHpBH1H1.
-, conal,ltatton Of leading members OF tho
Natonal party Was hoa Inst night ut Tho ttrau,l
Ll"tel, attended by sunntnrs Polnlcxter al
Davis. The purpose was to TX up t,e apportiou-
ment Tor bath o Conarcss!onal md Legislative
purposes: lie CONGRESSIONAL scheme gives tic
uomocrats seven members mud the Republicans
stx. The Democrats are Rivan twcfity.acyon
senatora and the Opposition twenty.tlIrec. In
the House tho Democrats hnvo about forty.ilye
t1emt'era, The Opposition the rest. Tl,e Nalfon-
earo.a es Understand tut tl:cy sannot elect snrc
efforts werc directed 10 concentrating ti,cir
y9tee 20 as TO hold the ba1nnco IF power IN ,lc
districts. Thts they c'alm to llavo accomplished
uALECA AldtltcL1 LllIGE t1GJ1hLt}flH4 ana fNEYH
Representative. Thu nll1, II fathered BY Davis
Ansl FoIndr1tcE, Will bG presented To both par-
Ties 9s an utttinntur, and II not accepted these
two senators broposo TINT no apportionmcnt
sta,l paas n gil. The bi Is said to lp the work
OF y. u smith, OF the Tore llaute Express, who
hopes to succeed Mcdonald as Senator two
years hcnce through its operation.
THE sTATs-llousR INVESTIGATION
,a.. W. taxcn up tns efening whore tue morning
under cross.examlnat1on. Nothing new or nil
tcral, however, was elcitcd, anil Thomae ii,
johnson, Of Columbus, u, was ca1le,l rs al e.
pert nrehtteGt al,!l engineer OF stxteen ycars ax
nequItted himself with 10 much credit in the
Investigation Of the Ashtahuln acci,lent. uc Is
now II tho employ Of Kannamarher Il Danp
s state nonse sontrac,ors He had made
ad bs!eSea to boer Of In orgnn sond s5 S paa @
within the. cstilnate. no taen showed Tic
strength nf every part OF tho building, nro.
no9nclsiK It safe In every particular. His exnm-
inatton Was exhaustive md yery satisfactory,
1ceaaso OF ITS cloarncss and nccuracy.
GEN. JOHN LOVE,
tho Commissioner against whom tic most seri-
Gus charges are lodged. follnwcd Mr., Johnson.
but, owing to tile 1atcness Of tic hour. hts
staminns!o s;om @ was INTERRUPTED before It's coclu
enne Con. Morris, untl dlIlered littto + from ON
i. ~ denied openlng any Of the scalrt1 letters
boforc tue award, or of knowing tllr
names of the competing nrctltects, or
thu contents Of the letters. Ho Ind scarcely 4
spcaklng acquaintance with Mr.. May before the
award. No charges In the plans were suggested
befoso the award, nor di1 he know which plnu
he should vote for three days before The ipyesti
CATION. ''''~''''
At THE CAUCUS
Of the Democratic Senators tonight IL wns
agreed to gust Bears from the House alll Smith
irom tao Senate at and also to pass te Davis Ap-
will oppose tho Davis bill, aud 1t ia believed d..
US :, III Do lIkew!sc, aa they .lumand tiiat It
s6a tlrst pass tho House, md thus cut off Tue
lattcr's power to ame1M It. Ilo Democrats.
hoHcycr. claim that Davis Will vote for its ow1,
pill. even though 1t be frat tutrotlucci
IN tile Senate. The action Of Senator
sarntghauseh IN unscating senator sn,ittl
Is STILL 10 doubt, und fears aro Expressed that jlo
VII! not be- willing TO net with his party In this
matter. He was himself uuscatsl by' a tecl1u-
cality and Is on record as bcng thoroughly op-
p9se4 , to eueh political trtclsery and dishonesty.
desperate atni cxtFeme measures for party pur-
poses from this time Oh to tho end Of tic aes-
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