, 1879-01-25


!
anu 1fu't'ess discussion As to The privileges and
pte'osauses OF inc opper House. TOWARDS the
'lose OF the Iast session. IN June, 187S tue Sen
hte tent back to the House it, bill for The estab
| lishment Of post-routcs, loaded iown with
| amendments. rhprc vcr. amendment. m.ttno
| n oha.,: - ....t," '.,"'. -
a>"4ute u pap!1c revenue "n'cn II cla1neu u
| CONSTITUTIONAL prcrogat!ve BY the HouAc.
Tho House asserted this pFerogHtive By demand-
| !nr the rrturn at the MI from si,~ aen,te
| hv . vo,. - 1ao - 40 .,.',.."s c"...-
rnce tro, ,nno,n4.d .ht,, Jsn,an. - s..,,..
I,,cL th,t ,,aItt,,, ~ ~ s,,, Iii. .
.s',. "a. =. tue w 'e.s.ok 10 po''-
'oate'' om'ttlnR inc ones 10 which tie House
objected. Tie report was adopted by the
House Ia the closing hour Of last session, but
the sen.ie tc,nt M .rtfon. Tndav s.r.to-
Ferrv nov.d N +,ks ~ ~. .. ....''..
fs'! 'n"Seu 70 LAKE up tnia conference report
AMI to appoint t'ew conference. He proposed
dropping the amendment relating to the frank
fnv prtvt]crr anl kcenfnr lin ma gront,n1 III,
bate of four hmm. m thts The who1s ,wh,ect
Va. referred tn a committees AZ nvc. 4 nottnn
was ttcn made 10 aatourn. but Mr.. Fklmun,1s
moved that
uts coxnrt1r11ora,, auxnnursrs
be taken IN, that thcv ,nfoht la thne no,f4 .ha
,,r,.r NJ ~. 1,v uon,sv 1ht. ~.. ,,,,, .ooo,,,,.
bin tn ,,,e ne,notrntx. vim in mi ,.tt ~ III.
cu.. tlr ,.on,t,,,,t,rnot smordrsnt. .nd Oh,
In want In ua., warrcn Nitrhctl,. Inn r,otm
IL they moved tn adton,n, TN . r.fnf, vo,e thfs
waa carried. but vi. E1munfs dem 1n3crs t,,c
Jcas ami ,,ays, hnd Il waa lost bs 81 against o5
Mr. Edmuuds then renewed hia motion, but Mr.
Eaton moten tnat wv senate ptoecen 70 thf
fo.t hr IL e,ss n,f Fs,nr ,t,.t ,1ov. ~ ~ -
jourr, witch was slso lost ,,y tic vote. Nr.
Eimunds again moved to take up ht. resolution,
wien Mr. "hyte moved 10 lay 1t on tile table,
a"a .......
suec4ephp NJ oaH hA!ohlIf'
;a..l hSa.n az. & Euaun.ln .t uoYea 70 ;aKs up nis
r., stlInnrn. nnsl 1t. mottnn ' RI. car;1e1 ~rnos
81, psycs % There afe Two Rcpubljcsn Sem.
tors in the cftY whu were IN tile Senate Cham
per 10 ny u'e atteraoon, oat WHO "ers ahsent dnt
t!.I is tI.e Mau su.,ou: ~
With III resolution araiu. and If thc RepublItnn
Senators arc on hand tho Democrats will hayu
to make record on them.
TIE POl"IEtt COMMlTTEE.
st. MARTINEZ cRoss-KxANiHArlok.
WAsHrSo7os, D. c., Jau. A.-To-day the
cfoss-examlnation Of st. Martins was proceeded
With before the Investigating Committee. He
stated he had never heard that hls discharge
from the position II Deputy uty-setRcant-at-Arms
Of the COMMITTEES ~aa due 10 tlc action taken
oy alt. to1 because the &tfidaVtts were improp-
erIy sersed. Air. Cox must have known wit
ncsaea were being tampeEed With. because they
"crn Ill kept In ono room by Gibson.
Weber. aud Carter, aud not allowed to leave
except to 70 on the stand to testify. These
witnesses had boen promised various sums from
500 to $500 for contradtctfng their evidence
given before the Returning Board They were
paid $to or 800 beiore tcst{fYtnG- Thcy never
got the rcst: nobody got any.
Hhcn witness t1rat Informed Weber TINT be
should expose them. Weber replied: "rhey
hass not fulfilled their promise 10 me, und
don't care damn what you DO" Witness
admitted that he had been thrice Indicted, once
for shooting man, sMl twleo for cutting. Yet
he avesTcd he had 10 clear record II any man
In Loulsiahsi
;. st. Martins further tcasthcl: Maddox told inc
thc1 wanted i certain wttucss to recant, aud
they
WANTED TO MIKE cAss
against 9hrru,an, or something OF that kind, aud
II thought could get thesu witnesses
to rccant by making them certain promises
l WAS 10 do 30. We Ind Witnesses tl,e2
and told them what to SAY. We toll them arst
what questions would ,,e aske,,. on,i then wl,a,
n,,.t ha thri, nn.ver. Tha wI,n... e,,sss
u....a . xnat,. ~. ...,., , -.
""nteo el,o""1 nn es'oenee,ai@4 fctnembcFI
spoke to Stenksr about u'at, tut he ncrcr took |
any notice Of It, Weber had already told slayse |
t),at be voutd not give him 1890 hut ronld
TO- h,r, esnn ason,o. .,,,.t 49,. rs,,
sTe a''o $ao0' o'e"ses muAs nave Known oil
abnnt u.
Mr.. Reed &sked that witncaA' affidavit, which |
had bssu tic su,,Iect Of tI,e vro.s.o.a,njnat,on
.honI,, INV he ,,,n.Io "'''''
A "o" " "."
'AAr " THE RECORD
Mr. BpFtnQcr--1 do not sec why we should |
tncuttlber the record With mpss of fattcl,ood.
ar. Reed-l .,n prn1 10 srr ur. sp,nrr, !.
h..o,.,,,. - ..".....a .,,.... ,.'..,"'''4 -
rcetr1 with falaehoo1.
No further objection was made.
Nr, Cox took III tDe crDss.exam,natIop. frat
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