Morning journal and courier., 1880-05-17
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. WORK OF CONGRESS. The Condition of Pending
 Legislation.
 The Prospects of Adjournment. Strong Opposition from Dis satisfied Democrats. THE CONVENTION IN ILLINOIS.
THE CONVENTION IN ILLINOIS.
Politicians and Delegates Cr0wding
 into Springfield.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

Condition of the Oarsmen-Amother Eizzle Predicted.
 l WASHINGTON, May 16.-Neither Hanlan nor ] Courtney were out on the river today, but 1 the shores about the head of the course were nevertheless lined to see one or the other of | the famous oarsmen at their work Courtney ' is worried little over the cramp he is having | in his legs He had one Friday which forced him to give up his pull, and he had even a I more severe one to-day He says he never had such thing before and does not antici- pate any trouble now. He has rested all day and tonight is looking and feeling good Hanlan has not had mishap of any kind and is still in perfect condition The city is rap idly filling with sporting men, and there is a good deal of betting about the hotels to- night. The drift of 1t shows a very general suspicion that the race will result in another fizzle or will not be fairly rowed. There is no apparent reason for such a suspicion be- yond the previous records of the men except the fact that the pools in New York Saturday night rated the men exactly the reverse of the way they were rated here. There Court ney sold for 120 to 100 for Hanlan here 12O for Hanlan to 120 for Courtney
 In comment here tonight over the fact that neither of the oarsmen have had chance to pull over the course yet owing to the
 presence of fishing nets directly in the course
 of the last mile. Theseare to be removed Monday or Tuesday night, but the men will not have an opportunity to pull more than
 once over the course before the race, and the
 result is likely to be some wild steering in the race. A sufficient number of stands are
 to be erected to accommodate the crowd that is expected, but only the first mile of the course will be visible from any of these stands. Arrangements have been made to keep everybody posted as to the relative posi- tion of the contestants throughout the race
 by means of balloon signals.
 The Whitaker Case-what the Cadet
 Has to Say.
 WEST POINT, May 16.-To-day was unu- sua1ly quiet here. The cadets have in no way expressed themselves on the facts brought out yesterday. though it was whis- pered about that they would go so far as to show Whitaker off the post. When the court adjourned Saturday evening General Schofield sent for Whitaker and asked him had he anything to say. He replied that he had nothing to add to his testimony in court After talk with him General Schofeld asked him did he want to confess. Whitaker re- piled that he had nothing to confess and in sisted upon his innocence strongly. In con versation Whitaker seemed to have no ob- jection to talking freely on the matter. He said 1t was foolish to insinuate that he had written the note of warning. He said his table always had plenty of his writing on it and plenty of paper ,and anyone could easily possess them selves of both. He said it was all the more absurd to charge him with writing the note when the writing near to his own writing He said if he desired to do such Q thing would it not be reasonable to suppose that he would disguise his writing effectually. He claimed it was part of a conspiracy to ob- tain some of his writing paper. He express ed himself confident of his future and declar- ed that notwithstanding the great mental ex- citement he has been under for the past five weeks he will pass in June. Tomorrow Whitaker will go on the stand very likely and the day will see the last of the testimony Two days will probably be occupied in pre- senting the testimony, as it is termed. This will be the end of the matter as far as the court is concerned. Whitaker may demand a court martial or. the Secretary of War may order one. The Boston expert, Southworth, is affected with heart disease, and when he made his remarkable discovery by fitting the note of warning to one of the sheets upon which Whittaker's unfinished letter to his mother is written he became so agitated that Recorder Sears thought he would drop dead.