The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-24
XIV CONGRESS.
SENATE.


WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-The bill for
the rellet of Warren Mitchell, being unin-
ished business, Mcmillan moved to indeh-
nitely postpone further consideration of the
bill, as a majority of the committee on
claims had reported against it. Rejected
yeas IA, nays 81.
Mr. Edmunds then objected to present
consideration.
MIR. McCreery moved to postpone pend
ing and all prior orders and take up the
bill for the relief OF Warren Mitchell.
Agreed t0-yeas Is, nays %.
Pending discussion on the Mitchell bill,
Mr.. Window moved to lay aside the bill
nfor nally and take up the house bill ap
propriating 100000 to enable the secretary
of the treasury to carry out the provisions
Of section 264, revised statutes, in regard
to the expenses of transporting coin and
bullion, aud $4,000 for miscellaneous eX-
penses of the house. The amendments of
the committee approprlating $4,000 to be
applied TO defraying expenses in such in
vestigations OF inquiries as have been or
may be ordered by the senate during the
forty-ffth congress, 1882 for the army re-
organization commission and 1858 for the
committee to inquire into the expediency
of transferring the Indian bureau to the
war department, were agreed to. The bill
was then read the third time and passed.
| After an executive session, adjourned.
| HOUSE.
At the conclusion of the secret session
of the Potter committee, Butler offered
the following:
/ Resolued, That the committee receive
from Butler the cipher dispatches which
he stall present to them, and that the
clerk be directed, in connection with some
person whom Butler shall designate, tC
make complete inventory OF the dis
patches so received, duplicate them anC
certify to the same, one copy to be pre-
! served for the use Of the committee, anC
r one given to Butler; that al! cipher dis
patches SO received shall be printed TO
. the committee; that unless hereafter other
= wise ordered, before any of the originals
D or copies are given out for publication
, they shall be submitted to an expert to bt
chosen by the committee, who shall bt
] sworn to make faithful transcription 0
e and decipher the same, and that he vii
s not allow any cipher dispatches given hin
t to be given to any person, or given out TO
r publication, nor any supposed trans
lation, without previous agreemen
obtained from the committee s
to do, and he will return TO the commit
It tee all printed sheets aud kilograms con
It mitted to him, with such translations as h
q makes. receiving from the committee sue
e reasonable sum for bis work as the con
n mittee may judge proper,
TIE resolution was unanimously agree
t. to.
70 Mr.. Reed offered the following:
WHEREAS, Mr.. Hewitt, of New Yorl
e in his place 10 the House, after allegt
that Samuel j. Tildeu has been charge
, with the cipher dispatches, has demande
" that Tilden have an opportunity TO la
4. bis accusers before competent trlbupi
le therefore,
D, RESOLVED, That a copy Of the resolutit
u directing this CON mittee to investlga
1.-THE cipher dispatches be sent to Tide
aud that Tilden he allowed to be repr
septed by counsel in the same mann
y and under the same Limitations as al
g; person arraigned under theordlnars resol
IN ton constituting the committee.
of Mr.. Reed remarked that be offered To
~ resolution in good faith, and not IN al
In partisan spirit The resolution vas a
er cepted. The Chairman called st. Martl
It. who was examined at some length regar
q. ing his AFFIDAVIT, already published. II
ub following are the most important points
the testimoDey:
70. Ouestion-Your affidavit says that y
". were instructed by Stenger to report q
an found when you had any subpen@s
serve on a Republican witness. a.
was not Stenger. but Maddox; 1t was
mistake and | altered it as soon as saw
Ter IN the papers; this affidavit was ma
Dec. 2, and | did not alter it until /