, 1880-03-01
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON.
Tho Dilatory hsasos, or Congrc~n-Tes.
tffnony In the Frcetmen's Hank Cako
Spanish nnd Ereucla ClalmH-Tax or
Ds"silled ,Spl1tn-Tlo EXODUS Ilc-
Funding HlI17R'orter's Caae-Tho Ute
| spteta, Dt.patsa. 10 TIT chteaeo Tribune.
WARRINGTON, D!C.. Feb. "o.-Congrcss Will en-
ter Tomorrow upSn tho fourteenth week Of iss
session, and h1onc Of tho regular business,
With tho exception Of tho pnssaXc Of Il few nm
Important bills, bus hccn transacted. Even fhe
bills rnnking appropriations for thu present i,s-
chi year have |cen withheld, although they
ahnuld hnyc ltcc1t passed. l,etOro tho Christmas
holidays. The pn!y instance In which thcro has
been lsunpt notion by tho tfouRo Of Representa-
tivca WIS on tht p1psage Of n bill voting supplies
for tho "Etar nnt1 service at tho South, and for
the West, concerning which thoro hRs been mitch
scandal. II fS8caker Randall tlocs mt loosen tho
brakes md permit tho transaction Of business,
Congress will hnyo to proong Its sessiou Into
Gen. Q. o. Howard arrivcd horc Inst night
from the Paeiflc Coast In response TO summons
TO testify tt{orc Senator 1ruco's Committee on
tho Frce1mfn'a q Hunk. One object nf tho III
u1r3 Is sn!t to be to ascertain something III re-
Knrtl to tliq collateral left By Gcsi. Howard ns
security ff sotno loans received frnm the Freed
| 4HC4t t1hlN AU[ llUNNE14 cr1ktHf
1srucca object fs to scclrp tho ult!n)nto paasage
of till which will do Justice to nil tho colnrct1
| deptasitort af tho country md reimburse thcm
| for IoEsca Hiistnned BY nfs.nanagc1ncnt. The
! Inquiry thus fur hns ccrtninly developed
| extr1tOnlnnTy 1uiamana4cment-
The rulings of 1]nrpn I,anc, tho umpire on
our Splu,tsh Clalms Commission, which ca,tsts
| sEM!n through its Commissioners TO block nll
further proceedings un,!cr tho treaty. hnye been
fully sustained In I'LL Identical By ono OF tho
highest Courts Of Germany. 1}ccause Ut IIarou
1}lanc'a decision, 9pAtn hns virtually ignored
tho terms Of thu TRULY by refusing 10 se1itl my
moro cases to tho umpire. Spntn Ii now playing
for tlsAy until after juno, when 1}nron Jlanc Is
to be;rccnllctl, and thon ycar will probRby
etnpso before an0thcr umpire eln 10 agreed
urnn..
THp SonAto Committee on Fnrclgn 1telRttons
hhtH unanimously approved the uuw Itrnch
trtuty, md reported 1t to tho Senate In cxcc-
utvo session. With recommendation that It l>o
11ttIt!ctl It has bcen placed OIL tho calendar aud
dwt.its act!on. 1t covcrs tho c1nEms Of French
citizens for property destroyed by Union forces
during tho Into Rebellion. and the clnims Of
Americans for losses sustained during tue
Freuoh occupation Of Mexico and during tho
Siege nf Paris. Tho amount 0f WILD c1al1na IL
estimated nt something less than $a,0oo,Wo OIL
.Mr. CarltsIe, Of Kentucky, Of tho Wnya aud
Mcuns Committee. will Introduce II hill to amc!ld
tnx Of, distilled liquors. The I'M clniss!Is IN the
n,ain tho points c1'yere hy the Ilc,norlni of The
pcntativcs are now III this city. Tho pr1,posctl
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