, 1880-04-26
NOTES AND NEWS,
Rptk1Nnrn Ann y,t1NHNtJy.

Spte1at Dt,paeh TO 1ns Chicago 1,1bunt.
WASHINGTON. D. c., April eJ.-Tho Committee
to tnvo4tigAte tho authorship Of tho anonymous
lettnr sent tu mir. Springer, which Mr., Springer
has attributed to Mr.. Dunnclly, will uloet for or
ganiIatlpn ne1t Wednesday,, Tho resolution
creating this Committee did not provide a Clerk
and Deputy Burgeant~at-Arsns which would
Sectn To Indicate what bus been strongly slls-
.pooted from tho frst, thnt thcrp will le no IT.
vcst!gntlon. Mr.. HANDFUL, It Is sAid, DOES not
wunt my investigation into tho 1ffar, and is r.,-
ported to hive only appointed tho Committee
because Mr.. Manning hns cla1nurud for 1t.
Carl!slt, tho Ctnrtuun, In addition to bis
duties as q member Of tho Why's aud
bionns Committee, haa beau appointed ChA1rIllun
OF tho fiOus0 portion Of tho Joint COtninittep to
Investigate tho alleged fruuls OIL tho revonuo
In connection with the collection OF tho tobacco
tA1. and has little uMe To attempt to vindicato
MIR. DoDnally.
TMRABUNY ACcoUkgs.
Senator Davis Special Committee unon
Treasury Accounts, which begun its work af In
vcstgatton two ycarb ago, conoeta tAking testl-
nony two weeks aRo, md sinco that time Its
members hate Ind frequent Inuettu4s to hnr-
nouizo thoir conflicting vlows 50 thAt thoy
might mako unanimous report Last
wcok this was fouud to bo In.
possible, aud thu two itepubIcan members
determined TO make minority report. Tho
two Furorts will be presented 10 tho 5cnate next
"Wednesday or earlier. 1t Ia understood that no
new facts havo boen discovered, but that tho
investigation has furnished tho grounds for
Aoane valuable suKgcstIons for improvements III
the methods Of Treasury bookkeeping. No
frauds hay0 been discovered. md no effort hns
been mado 10 discover any. Tho Committuo
conAnOd Itself strictly To ita Original task Of
making itAuif familiar with tho last and prescut
motho+la Of kaeplng tho accounts.
THE Kxt.Loau- u-BporroNp CASE.
leading Democratic 6tliAtar IL authority fur
tho statement thAt u tho Republicans had called
Tor q division upon the question OF taking IN
the ke!lo8x-spOIurl clz9 enough Db1nUprAtA
would llayu votod no u havo defeated tho prpI,-
hand. It ls pF0bAblo that number Of Republicans
would hnvu rufru!ned fruu, voting OH tito grtltnl
Tint IL Tho ca8e nuak ba ttlteSrd into ut I'LL, Shv
present u buttur tilnu fur Ii than tA likely To
occur hereafter, And that II tho nennuru4H de-
Rato tAo matter vtHOr0usly 1t will only make
!INttcEs worse foF thnlr party, while tho ltopub-
licana VIII u coirae, vOt0 sol!d!y RKAlnst tho
Sesn!Auon from tho Committee On Privileges
1pd Elections. They aru quite willing tho I)elu-
fnunifcst tholr will to do wrunK whunevor they
have the power.
THE NATIONAL obsEHvArOAy,
Mr., MoE6O bus made up his mind that the Ma
fional Observatory ahau bo gltuatel whero pau-
pls who Walt tho National CupltaI eau easily
vlat 1t. lie has thurefatd selected BitO near
the Solaers' unIne, whiio A1mirul lloxer9 liz
i e!sts that 1t shAu be built s0m0whorv OUT In
+ Georgetown Wherc no ONO cAn GvuE visit II
I wlthoutg going entirely out Of ths beaten track
! Ut Sightseeing. Mr, Aorsos location Is III every