Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-19

1t may be that the carriage of the company's
own business correspondence by the hands of
its own employees is an infracton of the law,
as alleged In the report, but it is practice |
very generally in vogue in various
kinds of business throughout the country.
The carriage of official letters reports, etc.,
for the Western Union Telegraph Company, |
referred to in the report, was discontinued |
some months ago upon an intimation from |
the Government that the practice was objec-
| tionable. Wells, Fargo 4 Co. are willing to
discontinue the carriage of Central Pacific
Railroad officials reports as soon as the prac-
| tice is prohibited on other lines. 1t claims
| the right, however, as long as other
| lines are freely permitted to do So" Mr.
| Parsons said in conclusion that, if the Post
masterGeneral should refuse the company
| the privilege of carrying letters an effort
would be at once made to get bill through
Congress. Such bill, he thought, could be
easily passed. as the facilities furnished by
the letter express business were strongly
favored by all the members from California,
| Nevada, Arizona, and other Western States
and Territories.
AN EARNEST PROTEST.
| WASHINGTON, March 1Sth.-All the Pa
ci6c coast Senators, Representatives and Del
egates in Congress have to-day united in a
letter to Postmaster General Key, in which
they say: Learning that the Commission
to which you referred the question of letter.
carrying by Wells, Fargo & Co.'S Express
have reported adversely to a continuance of
such service, we beg leave respectfully and
earnestly to protest against any action by
your Department prohibitive of such carry
ing of letters in Government stamped envel
| opes, as being against public interest, and a
serious blow to the business facilities of our
people"
The Maine lnycstigat.0n-Sev lndici-
ment of GarceIon and the Council.
AUGUSTA (Me. J, March 1Sth-The Lesis-
lative Committee, inqui1ing into tie conduct
of Ex-Governor Garcelon and Council, has
made its report. 1t states that Garcelon,
while evincing willingness to disclose every
thing, was infirm in his memory and failed to
give a satisfactory reason for his course.
When the evidence was laid before him he
ceased to longer defend the contingent,
passionately declared his own innocence, and
declared that some Judas among the Council
had done the villainy. The committee say:
First, that returns were kept from candi-
dates, contrary to usage; second, that during
such time alterations, erasures and forgeries
were made upon them, for the purpose of
counting out Republicans third, that during
such time defects in the Fusion returns were
surreptitiously corrected and affidavits Sc
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fourth, in all such cases the results
invariably counted out the Republican
candidates and counted in the Fusion
candidates; fifth, this result was reached
by refusing to allow Republican errors
to be corrected; sixth, rules were
laid down and strictly applied to reject the
Republican returns, but not applied to count
the Fusion returns seventh, many of these
rules were evidently invoked in order to Sc
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gal and fraudulent acts were part of pre-
meditated plan to secure the Fusion Gov
ernor and Legislature, and both the Governor
and Council must have been parties to it
ninth, different appropriations by the Legisla-
ture have been diverted from their legitimate
purposes, and in many cases have been ex-
hausted public funds have been withdrawn
from the Treasury by Governor Garcelon and
his Council without warrant of law, and have
been applied to unauthorized purposes and
flor unlawful ends. a large sum of money
belonging to the State remains in the hands
OF Governor Garceion and other officials of
last year, which Should be converted back
into the Treasury. The recklessness of man
ageirent disclosed in the transactions of last
year tends to destroy public confidence, I'M
dermine public credit, and introduce practices
which, if unrebul,ed. will prove fatal to the
future prosperity and progress of the State.
| Ine axe iHVestESatlOn.
WASHINGTON, March 1Sth.-The Commit
tee ON Indian Affairs continued to-day the
examination of Chief Ouray. He was asked
If any agreement entered into by the Gov
eminent was satisfactory to him ard would
be to his people? He answered inasmuch as
he had fitted up ranch at a good deal of
trouble and expense, he would prefer now not
to move off the reservation, but whatever
would be satisfactory to his people would be
satisfactory to him. There might be some
difficulty in persuading some of them to
move, but If it was explained to them that
not all of them would have to move from
Colorado, he thought they would accede to
tine arrangement. It seemed to him the best
thing they could do in order to maintain
peace. Ouray was asked if he did not fear
that the whites would swindle his people and
eventually get their lands if the proposed ar
rangement of granting them lands in severalty
is carried into effect. He replied, laughingly:
''As | understand the agreement with the
Secretary, the lands are to be inalienable for
twenty-five years, and 1 think my people viii
learn something by that time. Ii not, they
ought to lose them"
Westcrn-Bound Passengers.
OMAHA, March 18th. = The following
through passengers were on to-day's train,
| leaving at 1880 P. NJ, to arrive in Sacramento
! March 22d: Senator Sharon, Miss Sharon,
Miss Davis, San Francisco Mrs. DR.. Chase.
Peoria, H.; Mrs. Poiudexter, Oakland; f.
L. Woodford, George w. Mahoney, New
York; John w. Drew, Concord, N H.;
Prof g. H. Hitchcock, Dartmouth College.
Monmouth, n. H.; John H. Mckenzie,
| Fred. w. Bowyer, Liverpool, Eng; Landon |
c. Rose, Laporte, Ind; j. Kirkner, Plain.
| field, n. j.; Charles Waldeyer, Butte county,
Cal; e. E. G. Boardman, Marshalltown, Ia;
j. S. Fisk, Portland, Or; Mrs. l.. NJ Nc.
Coll, L. W. McColl, G. A. McColl, Newton,
Mass; 1. N. Van Nays and wife, Los
Angeles.
One hundred and twenty-one through emf
grants left on last nights emigrant train, to
arrive in Sacramento March 18th.
Horrible Tragedy at ST. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, March 18th. A horrible tragedy
occurred early this morning in the northern
suburbs of this city. Conrad Hieman, who
was Just recovering from delirium tremens,
attacked his wife as She entered the ROOM
driving knife into the lungs of an infant
she held in her arms. He then buried it in
her heart He also stabbed brother who |
attempted to disarm him. He broke away,
ran toward the river and has not been seen
| since.
SECOND DIsPATCHl
ST. LOUIS, March 1Ssh-Hieman was ar
rested this AFTER DON in Carondelet, the ex-
IRENE southern part OF Tie Guy. lie was a
raving, incoherent maniac begging protec-
ton from pursuing demons. The infant will |
die.
The PianOnaacrs' Strike.
New YORK. March 18th.-The Commercial |
Bulletin says; The lockout in the piano |
manufactures still continues. and although, |
at some of the factories, the owners of which |
have joined in the movement against the |
| Union, few foremen and nom Union men |
are engaged in finishing up, work is practi |
cally at standstil. 1t was reported that |
capitalists, representing several Chinese com.
| panies, had offered to take the factories, |
stock and material of the manufacturers and |
set Chinese at work making pianos. The |
men who made this offer, it is said, agreed to |
furnish security to the amount of SO, 600, 600, |
and to furnish Chinese laborers at 90 cents a |
day for the first year and 70 cents day for |
the second year. Several manufacturers
doubted the story, and said that while. with |
slight instruction, Chinese would prove good |
workmen, such radical measure could not |
be adopted except after careful elaboration
and investigation.
/ Rhode Island Republicans.
| Providence, March 1Sth.-The Republi- |
can State Convention to-day nominated A. |
II. Little6eld for Governor, Henry H. Fay
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