The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-05-01
Last Nights Dispatches.
WASHINGTON.

| April 30.-The suprem,
court of the United States has adjourned
until Monday. May 10.
| At the meeting of the cabinet to-day th'
! threatened invasion OF the Ute IndiaI
reservation for mining purposes was the
subject of somewhat protracted discus
| sion. Ii was decided to send Gen. Nc
KeD2ie and his forces into the reservation
| to prevent a collision between the whites
and Indians. It was determined to defer
action on the army appropriation bill until
the deficiency bill is received, when both
will be considered and disposed of togeth
| ier Some allusion was made to ReDresen.
tatiVe Morse's resolution now ;pendlng
before congress. providing for the appoint.
ment OF commissioners to ascertain and
report the basis for a reciprocity treaty
between the United States and the British
provinces. but no action was taken. Sew
eral members expressed the opinion that
any measure touching reciprocity treaty
should be general in character.
In the Donnelly- Finley Springer case.
Finley further explained his letter to
Springer and was sharply questioned as
to the expression Il hold close and
confidential relations" and said he re-
ferred to Donnelly's constituents iu
Minnesota, but confessed he had not
been in Minnesota since 1877. He had
written Hewitt that the air was full of
rumors of money being used to keep
Washburne in his seat. and Hewett re-
sponded that Tildea was not interferinx g
in the contest, Donnelly testified that he
did not write the anonymous letter inspire
it or know who wrote it, He first saw il
March g. when he told Mrs. Springer the
handwriting seemed like that of W. 8.
King, of Minnesota; had promised Spriu-
ger to do his best to discover and punish
the writer. Springer said he would rather
give $4,000 than have the matter get
into the papers, Springer Thought Finley
wrote it; witness thought there was no
similarity in the writing. but / most posi- .
lively did not say that sEinley could not
have written both letters because they were
upon different papers; from early kin the
winter up to the 9th of March was con :
vinced that Springer was in my favor; on
the 9th of March Manning told me there
was no doubt as to the course of Springer
in voting to unseat Washburne, but that
there was doubt of bis voting to seat
me: | told Julian and he called upon
Springer and argued the case with him for
two hours. and came away with the i'm
preston that Springer's course was very
doubtful; | saw Finley that evening, and
on March 6 talked the matter over with
him; nothing was said about his writing
Springer letter; had frequent inter
views with Springer during the winter; he
had said it might be polite to hold back
my case until after the question of select
ing Presidential electors was settled
or it's agitation quieted in New York: that
if nv case was decided at once the Repub-
blicans would raise a clamor. whereas, he
said, if the case be held back, we (the
Democrats) will have that much the ad-
vantage 10 determining your case; on the
morning of the Sth OF March | was seated
with Julian upon a sofa in the house.
and congratulated Julian saying, Julian
the work you put in Saturday has had its
effect on Springer; he has left town paired
and wants me to go ahead and decide the
Donnelly case before he returns; | went
outside, and meeting Finley shook hands
with him and said to him. 1T is all right"
at that time was satisfied that Springer
was all right; do not charge that W. s.
King. of Minnesota, wrote the anonymous
letter, but do say there are string simi-
larities between his handwriting and the
anonymous letter; / received long and
threatening letter from King on q Ist of
April and upon close inspection | IVES sat
fed there were grounds for suspicion; /
have given the letter to an expert. who
will be summoned as a witness; Kings
letter to me was dated Minneapolis, Mimi,
April II, and was received by me on the
2lst; | do not know whether he is in this
city now, but he has been here this winter.
Adjourned.