Omaha daily bee., 1880-05-14
Voorhees, Exodus Clerks
-Exedusts With All
NJ the Papers. y
Secretary Evarts Strikes a Bold
2pAttitude on the Fortune III
Bay Question: W q
S9uIIFtue Eufa fLa.jETs
Col. Keogh Starts for Chicago
to Open the Republican Sc
Headquarters.
Report of the Congressiona,
COMMITTEES in the Ponca
Case.
A Lively Day in Both Houses.
er0yooHHErs' CLERK. !


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CHICAGO, May ,l3r 2. m.-The
journals Washington special s,ys.
The clerk of VOORHEES, exodus commits.
mission left for Georges q few days
ago, carrying with him all the papers
belonging to tie commission, and
Voorhees, has started a deputy ger.
geant-at-arns after him to obtain the
papers, If possible.
COL KEoeH,
secretary Of the national republican
committee, left for Chicago to-day.
where hs viii open his Office onsTues-
day next to furnish information to
delegates and others.
THE FISHERIES.
Secretary Evsrts will transmit to
the house to-day or tomorrow the
correspondence with the British gov
eminent relating to the Fortune bay
outrage, accompanied by a letter in
favor ofleQislstive action regarding the
fishing interests. It is believed he
will favor the restoration Of duty on
fish as the only means BY which
Canadians can be brought to their
senses in regard to the rights of Amer
lean fishermen under the provisions of
the treaty Of Washington. t-A y
INDIAN SETTLEMENT.
Dawes is preparing q report from
the special committee on the Obey.
enne and Ponca Indians in favor of
returning the latter to their reserva.
ton, to which they were removed
against their wishes.
CONTESTED SEAT. 81
The report on the Boynton-L oring1
election case is being drawn up by
Mr.. Calkins, of Indiana. The COM
mittee, with possibly the exception of
Mr.. Weaver, will be unanimous in
favor of Loriug's retaining his seat,
and against the claim set up by Boyn.
ton, greenbacker.
ADJOURNMENT.
The democrats are trying ,hsrir to
push the appropriation bills forward
30 as TO adjourn by the end of the
present month. The ways and
means committee have agreed to
to report a resolution ~prov:''ug lor
adjournment on The e0Sn OF May, and
v;II .noo.-to get the house to pass
it before adjournment tonight. The
prevailing opinion is that adjourn
ment cannot be had at the time spec
flied.
A LITTL ROW.
There was quite q little breeze in
the house to-day over the pension de-
6ciency bill and at one time it looked
as though two democrats
Cobb and Blackburn) would
have personal difficulty.
The former brought in the pension
bill, and e~ndsavored to pass it, but
objection was raised, and the house
was forced ~to ago~i into
committee of the whole to-
consider, when further objection
forced the committee to rise and re-
port TO the house. Blackburn charged
Cobb with reporting the bill without
authority of the appropriation com.
mittee, and Cobb admitted it, and
there was a spicy passage between
them. Finally an appeal to
the roll call was resorted
to in order to determine whether
the bill should be reconsidered or not.
The house was in great confusion and
much excitement existed. Before the
call was finished the house adopted the
suggestion of Atkins aud seat bill to
the appropriation committe, to be
considered and brought before the
house formally. bteiti0
HAMProNs SPEECH
on the kellogg cas- attracted . large1
audience to the senate cuamber to-
day, and he was given close atten-
ton by both republicans aud
democrats. Disclaiming his ability to
discuss the case from a legal stand.
point, Senator Hampton stated in a
brief but forcible manner the reason
which actuated him in soppos-
ing Senator Hills. (Ga.) report
and advocated Kelloggs legal
right to retain the sent no occupies.
He claimed an agreement in the SEN
ate to admit both Kellogg and Butler
was the final adjudication of those
cases, and that the senate had no pow
er to reopen either.
FILED AND WITHDRAWN.
Special dispatch TO The Bee.
WASHINGTON, May 13-4 p. H.
Ex-senator ChristiAncy's bill for di-
vorce wa filed in tho clerks Office ct a
very late hour and upon being recorded
were immediately Withdrawn with a
view of withholding them from the
press.
UP. Cove nmsns Directors. Ts7
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