The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-04-30
w AsHIN GTON.

WASHINGTON, April 20. The Democrats
Senatorial caucus favors making the con-
current action of both houses necessary to
reject the vote of state in 6eterming the
Presidential count.
In the Ways and Means Committee to-
day, motion by Frye was lost to adopt
as a separate measure the first section of
the hoop iron bill. granting relief to con-
tractors. The second section, imposing
35 per cent advalorem duty on hoop iron.
was agreed to- The entire bill having
been approved will be reported to the
House,
The House Committee on Education
ordered favorable report upon the bill
to constitute com mission TO report on the
amendment of orthography in public docu
ments.
Senator Ingalls, bill to facilitate treas
ury business. provides for the appoint
ment by the President of 6 Commissioner
of Accounts at a salary OF $4,000. whose
duty shall be to examine the system OF
book keeping and accounting OF the treas
ury. including custom houses, mints, sub
treasures and assay Offices, and prepare
system for the entire service. The bill
provides also for the appointment of
Deputy Commissioner of Accounts, at
salary of SO. 1000, both to be experts.
The Alliance has not yet been ordered
to newfoundland.
Springer to-day stated his case before
the select committee examining into the
Donnelly bribery question, and Finley then
began his statement.
Finley denied that he ever wrote, in
spired or saw the letter; he had referred
to Donnelly's constituents In his long
letter to Springer under the head OF
Those personally interested" he ex
planned various passages of his letter,
claiming they were written ih all earnest
ness and honesty; he had understood
Springer to say that he favored seating
Donnelly, and would SO vote; he never
believed Springer doubted Donnelly's
right TO bis seat; he had not meant Tilden
by the expression, friends in New York;
it was reported that Tilden was working
against Donnelly; Tilden never expressed
to witness any wish on the subject; the air
was filled with rumors about December
that Washburne was ready to use money
to influence the committee; Wm. ii. King
told witness if any money was any object
W hburDe would not hesitate to use it;
be was at Springer's house March 10 and
was politely and cordially treated, and
there was no intimatlon respecting the
letter of March g.; yet three teurs later
angry with witness for writing the letter.
Adjourned.
The debt statement will show decrease
during April of $l2 000,0 900 or more.
The treasury to-day purchased 425, 900
ounces of silver for the Philadelphia and
San Francisco mints
The judiciary committee have discover
ed new facts 10 the Ackien caee and will
investigate further.
The secretary of the iaterior to-day
received the following dispatch:
Los PINos AGENCY, April 27.-The
road through Blue Cauoa is opened.
Miners and prospecsors are daily invading
the reservation. May more are reporl ed
90 their way, most of them bound for the
the Gunnison country in the vicinity OF
the camp of the White River Utes. Ouray
suggests that troops should be ordered on
Immediately to prevent trouble. Ouray
reports everything progressing favoraoly
towards aspeedy settlem ept of the pending
negotiations providing trespassiBg IS pre-
yeuted here until matters arc arranged
Secretary Sehurz says it was in autici-
patton cf this daHger that ite Urged
prompt action u, - I ,.tc~ ment Dy
congress, in order that steps might be
taken to execute it before the prospectors
should have az opportunity to invade the
reservation.
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