The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-05-07
TFIEGRAPHIC.
Congressional.

WASHINGTON, May l.
HoUsE-Mr. Scales, Chairman of the
committee on Indian Affairs, reported
bill to accept and ratify the agreement
submitted by the confederate Ute In
dams for the sale of their reservation IN
Colorado. Printed and recommitted.
Mr. Cofreth. Chairman of the COM
mittee on Invalid Pensions, reported
bill fixing the salary of the Commits
sloner of Pensions at $4,000.
In committee of the Whole, Mr.. Black
burn, from the committee on Appropria-
tions, reported the postoffice appropria-
ton bill. Ordered printed and recon-
mitted. recommended an appropriation
of S3S, 100000. Mr.. Blackburn gave
notice that he would call the bill up for
consideration on Tuesday next.
The revenue bill being under consider
alton, Mr.. Carlisle, who had charge of
the bill, yielded The floor to MIR. Garfield.
He called attention to the paper received
from the Rowell advertising agency OF
New York, and the substance of which
is, that the committee on ways and
means are preventing the people from
having reading matter cheap, by prevent
Ing any reduction in, or any action OF
the house on the subject of reducing the
cost of printing paper, and which con-
cludes with statement that representa-
tive Garfield is powerful champion of
monopolies, and that with his Opposi-
ton withdrawn the restoration of
pulp to the free list would be
| accomplished in few days.
am told 5000 copies of this slip have
! been sent to editors of various newSpa-
pers. The firm that sends 1t seems to
know nothing of the truth of what if
states. 1t does not give the name of any
| body who asks to have 1t sent out; but
SAYS certain publishers of New York
daily papers, and certain paper manu-
| facturers have requested it to do so.
| Without vouching for its accuracy or
pretending to know anything about il,
| the firm sent it out to 5000 newspapers.
| This charge against the committee on
ways and means, joining it with the
| charge that / hold, as it were, the cast
| ing vote in the committee, and that |, by
my single vote. prevent the action of
! the committee, and of this house.
! | give that as "A specimen of the
way in which opinions as to public men
and measures are manufactured in the
| United States. Probably 5000 neWspa-
pers have come to me containing this
| editorial, but not the card transmitting
| it. Not for me, but for the cause of gen.
eral truth, ! asked the attention of this
| house to this method of manufacturing
| public opinion, and for the sake of say
| ing that if the people of the United
| States can be led to believe that MINOR
| ity of five in a committee of thirteen,
| and | as one of the minority of five,
hold the casting vote in that committee,
and for SIX to eight weeks have prevent
cd a report on that subject, of course
| that is an item of news that the
country ought to know. Every member
7 Al.
ment in the circular is absolutely false,
without one touch of foundation. Every
member of the committee knows it, and
vet not a day passes without dozens and
hundreds of additional newspapers re-
peat the charge, with all the iteration of
of circumstance. | say, for myself, fur
thermore, that it is perfectly well known
that | have, by several of my votes, been
entirely willing, for weeks, that this sub
| ject should be brought to the house. The
| only question was, whether il should be
brought in as u separate bill or not.
Mr. Frost-ls the gentleman in favor
| of or opposed to, free paper?
Mr.. Garfield-I cannot tell what has
| taken place in the committee. Pro-
| tected articles on the tariff list average
about As per cent. adyalorem. The duty
on paper pulp and printing paper is 20
per cent, less than one-half the average
of all protected articles; but because
| this brings but small revenue. l, for
one, am willing TO reduce it just as low
as it can be reduced without absolutely
destroying and crippling American in
! dustries. Below that l am not willing
/ to go, for any amount OF clanor from
any part of the world.
Washington Notes.
DEATH OF AN OLD GENERAL.
! WASHINGTON, May Major Gen
eral Samuel p. HeintZleman died this
morning
WAsHIXGToS, May a.-Nothing OF i'm.
portance transpired in Congress save the
passage of the House joint resolution IN
the Senate, authorizing the Secretary al
War to donate rations to the sufferers by
the recent cyclone, at Macon, Massachu.
sets.
GEN. HEINTZEI.MAN'S FUNERAL.
The funeral of General Samuel P
Heintzelman took place at nine O'Clock
this morning. The remains were es
corted to the Baltimore & Potomac Rail
| way depot, by battalion of the second
| artillery. An officer ana three privates OF
the second artillery accompany the body
to Buffalo, where the interinen: takes
place.
! HOSPITAL AT MEMPHIS.
A bill introduced in the house some
weeks ago by representative Casey
| Young, of Tennessee, providing for q
marine hospital at Memphis, and which
came from the senate with a slight
amendment, passed the house again 10
day. 1t apprupriates $4,000 TO pur
chase a site ana erect building.
Pouring In.
| New YoRk, May Five steamships
arrived today from Europe, bringing
4,391 Immigrants. The papers state
there are eT0,000 persons waiting foi
means of transportation TO this country
10000 are waiting berths in Hayre
Three trains were dispatched to-day and
| three extra trains, of tYenty-one carS
| each, will be sent out tO-morFnW OYER The
Erie, Pennsylvania and New York Cen.
/ trial.
A Good Dip In the Public Treasury.
NEW YORK, May I.-Postmaster James
has been ordered to pay into the court
sixty-three thousand dollars damages