Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-01-21
FSG.u EgsNEN'G 1877.
ESPECIAL 10 The. ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE.
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ESPECIAL 10 The. ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE.
WASHINGTON, !. c.. 3ar. q,
TIE chief attraction at H. Gagjtc!i0 i2T Sos
tie speech OF Gsu.r-, Bu:l.r ia tic House.
Tie galleries were crowded, great Interest Vas
manifested, ard TIC s.rcte5i a,tcu!ica 02s paid
TO every Word be uttered.
Mr. Potter as socn ls tho j5uyo2l VS. Iccd
called up his resolution, Introduced yesterday
afternoon, apprcpriatag $4,000 for :GVe3i!ga!-
ing the famous cipher dispatches. 10 doug 90
be enphaticaIig aud with ea ar That Ted
conviction With it denied eli the ch.!ecg OF IT,
leres.ed and partisan mc!Ivas that h,d been
made against biu 10 coas; qiarce OF h:s atI!:-
msnship of the commi!tcc, aId SAID that. lie Otiy
offered the resolution il oonscq1eac' o! l@sAu;.
tons to that effect by Tie comcititca. lie G!5o
explained tho expenditure oi the so. 600 q
ready appropriated, sni ssh Tia! b. sugp9.ed
ST., 900 would be sufficient lJI the proposes IL
ves.ga,iop, but that Inc aiiell member, Of he
House had fixed the amount 1T $40 coo
General Butler then G!cs?. Ia :alt ;hat
whether the CIPHER dispatches we're li:@@ds q &c
buy the votes Of certain States or Eo, tGcy had
certainly effected no such purpose, th@t th,sc
who sent them wtra not ia TIE elr!cy =! The
Government, aDi tbs. rs VS. sho"n tg the
action of tho Hou:a = the Ackcu c2sc th2
House had nothing 10 do with p-@!lc,' private
character, and shGnii nee appropriate cthtr
peoples money to any such purpose; t::nt the
whole affair was EclnGa and that INC pepper
plan TO edopt towards il TCuli 81 10 aGTa1G0
upon il backward ard cover it With The maaitc q
oblivion IS A Disgrace 10 ireo iu1ltnticns. N!h
regard TO the possession Of the dispatches, he
| said they were delivered 70 COMMITTEES o: the
Senate upon The order Q! that BODY acd That
| the Weslcra Union Telegraph Company "as II
| no way to blame as it had resisted the dcV,Etog
thereof as long as resistance VAS p1ssa2. lis said
! that if the Investigation was nov entered up1a
| it could not possibly be th9;Gush a1d c9nn!c;a
as the dispatches had been ueguatdec. So:ae
| bad been lost, somc distracted, and so'2o pcs
sbly altered. The whole matter, EoTc7c7:
| Eas private affair, with which Congress- had
nothing to de-; thss if Co7s7cs: wanted to siT1
| eIsy 10 900 let then give it to soule csltct
that would help tha poor, and that enc Ct The
reasons that induced him 10 oppose The !:sou
| ton was that ho wasted the pG0p.c Of tie
country to know thai they had ono ctrcI5:an?:A
| independent enough aod disiuteres;2j cacugh
| to be 10 favor ct derolipg the few remaining
| days of tie session to Da:iona! Interests tIGn II
| party motives suffered, or desire ~ sfc'rob
somebody's character T3s GngTaiii.2d.
MIR. Hale, Of hiaIoc, fav2rci th; ad)ps:ta
| of the resolution, arG 10 weak atteGr' g, s-f
casm said the Investigation TJa:d hc the oo,y
opportunity afforded tho POO: Cd man WHO
| had been imposed Upon ~ hi Unde;!HE5--
sl!udiog to Mr. TildcnI to deie0a himself.
| Mr.. Cougcr, Of Michigan, made orc Of Iii
characteristic speeches IL !a7cr OF the res1n
ton, and attributing its lairjduc III. SHieiY to
The spurs Of the republicans.
! Mr.. Hewitt, Of New Itrk, also :aTorci iac
adoption Ct the resolution. end said he lc723.
| iigetion would prove that 10 telegram at!e:GTt
| Jog to buy an electoral vote hal ever bees re.
| csived or sept By member Ct he Nl!io1at
| Democratic Executive Commit; ;Aa. NJ.
| Tildeu was The fairly elected presi:aGt oi tie
country, and that he ri.dcc vas auiit?t's ci
| all the charges that bad ben tgcc:hl aaajns:
| him. That there was u truth n tie charge
! that he bad attempted tG use maGrf. Ar. !. ~
| lit asked if tbero WIS 2 n:E.b,r q 'aa House
who supposed tina. il money had tgca waited
| for any such purpose there Wsu'd haze @acn
sry difficulty 10 obtainiar i. Ills 'n2 <
| pircd bttcro no had c0uc;ui-d Liza Tam1fk5
| and the republicans bsigg arS'1u5 to
reply, Mr. Garfield moved 70 extend TAG iialo.
! ard on this tho ayes and roes waro called. and
were being taken a. q quarter before 3 o'ctoci;,
when this report closed, tho democrats yol!aa'
j
| no, the republicans eye.
1t having been stated lhat 2 lon the FiT9n-
| IL delegation had determined 10 make 81 e;lJr.
10 attach Vrginis's cisim to The sIadig c;S!i
appropriation BILL Mr. atkins, caai.nsH q
| the Committee on Appropriations. asys thG; such
en- effort will be subj sct to o point OF o-ccr -
| now buanefs, md tia. ho will mako il.
The Finance Committee of lh9 Genst2 = s.Ii
| engaged on the House internal TcTgGue bill the
| principal proposed amendments 10 HAicn sT9
| The removal Of the tex en- matches 97t - due
ton in tho tobacco tax. As iir. morrill,, TIC
chairman of the committee. is opposed 20 the
latter, and has the means 81 his Gi.posal o. de-
laying action, and seems ti.pQsc1 10 uso lie 4,
tho friends Of the measure are ret IS sanGwiro ~
| its success IS thoy have been.
| Messrs Garland snd Bslcy. ;le democratic
membars OF the Teller committee. have Tc!u7c-
ed, ard Mcssrs. Randolph ard wallace, haze
gone 10 take their places.
| Col. Josenh Sagas's Claim %: pay as Sen.'c1
from Virginia still hangs fire in the senate. Iho
Colonel, by the way, is quite SICK win the S1GJ
The Committee en- Commerce og Tho Gou:n
| this morning heard arguments rro G1i con or
the question of free ships.
Should the bill now before Congress for pay
| ing the collectors Of custom houses onmission
on all expenditures made by them pass, it Il
add quite little sum to the receipts o; the co.
| lector Of the port of Alexandria.