Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-01-23
NATIONAL TOPICS.
INVESTIGATION OF THE CIPHER DIS
PATCHES.
Mr., Butler Makes a Statement and Places
the Dispatches at the Service Of
the Committee-Ihe Con-
SuIar Bill - Com
mttee Work.
The Cipher Dispatches.

OF the committee is 10 place the whole
bundle OF the dispatches, which Butler
now has in his hands, in the hands of
the gentlemen who translated them,
and request them to pick out those
they have already translated and
to translate the others, ii there he any
others.
Col. Grosvcner and Mr. Ford will
probably be summoned in day or two
Perhaps the summons will be sent this
afternoon by telegraph or by special
messenger. 1t now seems as though the
investigation would be confined, for the
present, to the subject matter OF the dis
patches, and 10 show how they came to
be published.
Mr.. Reed will, in all probability, ofltra
resolution tomorrow to the effect that Mr..
Tilden be furnished with a copy Of the
resolution passed by the House ycster-
day, and he be invited to appear before
the committee. The investigation will
in all probability be conducted before
the full committee, and not in New
York.
Consular and Diplomatic Bill
WASHINGTON, January 22.-The Com
mittee Of Conference on the Consular
and Diplomatic Appropriation bill has
agreed, and will recommend that the
hill lie enacted to conform to the law OF
the last session, with an additional
clause providing for second secretary
OF legation dropped from the appro-
priation bill
Committee Work.
WAsHINGTON, January -. The House
Committee on Appropriations to-day
concluded the consideration of the post
office appropriation bill, and authorized
Mr.. BlOunt 10 report to the House. \
principal feature in the bill Is the pro.
posed division Of the amount to he APP
prOpriated for postal ear and railway
services. About one million and
quarter dollars are to bc given to the
former and the balance of the amprOprla-
ton for these two branches To- the lat
ter The legislative, executive and judi
cial bill was nearly completed, the ex-
ception beingin the proposed legislation
with reference To government surveys.
1t is proposed that all such surveys
shall be consolidated under one super
intendent according 10 the plan of the
Academy OF Sciences. The bill, how
ever, may be amended 50 as to provide
for a committee TO determine the char
acter and extent of the surveys from
time to time.
Representative Hewitt expects 10 re-
port the army Appropriation bill to-
morrow with propositions for rcor-
ganizatiun and reduction which il
already informally agreed upon.
The Potter Committee.
WAsHINGToN, January 22.-Thc Pot
ter Committee held long private seS-
sion this morning. The Democrats
brought up the question whether saint
Martin should be- called as a witness by
the Republicans or be- discharged hythc
Committee.
Mr. Shellabarger, in behalf Of ScCrC-
tary Sherman, thercupOn presented n
letter in which, after criticizing the
conduct of the Committee in not calling
st. Martin on their own motion, lac
asked that II. Martin be recalled fOT
further Cruss-cXamination un the tcsti-
monv given in New Orleans
aud on the affidavit which he recently
filed with the committee. The Demo
Gratis manifested disposition To-
acqueisCe in the request, although still
Contending that the Republicans ought
To- make il a matter Of their own witness.
The subject was, however, laid over
till tomorrow. The question then Was
whether the committee should call
witnesses in regard To the "cipher dis
patches III advance Of the passage
10y the Senate Of the House bill making
appropriation Tor the expenses Of inycs-
tigatiun OF funds, along with the wholly
exhausted question. which also went
over till tomorrow.
4 member asked where are those dis
patches that were published IA the
New York Trib,uS and Mr. lliscock
thcreupon expressed the belief that
General Butler hal them.
Cien. Butler then made statement
that certain dispatches hal come into
his possession early last spring. lie
found them upon his private table, but
had no knowledge OF how they came
there. These dispatches, II Was said,
were part otthOse printed IN the Trsc'usS,
II 50 he had nothing To do with their
publication. They hal been furnished
to the TribD.C before they came into his
hands. During the summer they
we're missed for seYeIal weeks and
subsequently, they were fuuni again
when he had them numbered dul
stamped and put ia a place ut safety.
lie Was willing ~ place them at the ser
vice ui the Committee. Ia doing - hc
contended that they should be printed
and made public, to he placed within
the power of any member OF the Com
mittee To- make public. At the same time
he protested against the whole system
oi investigating the dispatches, and in
sisted that II would d. wiser Tor 10th
parties not To inquire into them. How
ever, upon proper OecelPts helns gwen,
the committee could nave the dis
yathes that we're in his possession \
short discussion followed a. 10 whether
it would b. adv ibIe to print tie dis
patches at once iH pamphlet form, bat
that question also went over.
Adjourned till tomorrow
Mr.. Potter SAYS that subcommittee
will be sent To- New York 20 take te-ti-
lnOny in the cipher dispatches inyesti-
cation. The number ot cipher irle-
grams IN the possession 0f GENERAL But
Ter J. 60.
Pension Arrears Bill
WAsHISGTON, January 21-Ihe Pen
sion ArreAns bili Is undergoing onnsId-
erIiiOn by the Secretary Oi the Interior,
tO whom, in the regular cDurse a busi-
ness, Il Was reiert-a by the President
on its receiPt from the Capitol Ii J.
probable that further discussion 0n this
measure will he tai al the Cabinet
meeting Friday.
A Female Tramp.
Miss llAy Marshall, the pedetrienne
who On TuesiAy evening began the
task i walking 100 quarter miles IN
the same number OF quarter hours, had
scored s02 quarter miles up 10 ii o'ciOek