The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-03-31
RESUME OF THE WEEKS NEWS.
CONGRESSIONAL AND WASHINGTON NOTES.

CONGRESSIONAL AND WASHINGTON NOTES.
Senator Keliogg's speech In the Senate in
markRble one. 1t was a most extraordinary
scene. Such thing as a senator speaking in
his own defense has never before been known,
and vulgarity rarely heard outside of the bar
room. be called names; he initiated the
dialect OF negro witnesses. He challenged
nearly he could to a particularly dirty
scandal which is filing the columns or some
newspapers. His Republican colleagues heard
h1m with pain and disgust. Conkling buried
himself in a newspaper. Angus Cameron bent
his head and bushed. David Davis looked at
the excited figure OF the Louisiana senator as
though puzzled to comprehend how a man
could be guilty of such a breach of decorum.
All the Senate was uncomfortable while Kel-
logg spoke, and at the close OF his long, frult-
less and vulgar TRADE, only one man, Mr. Hoar,
of Massachusetts congratulated him.
There was an exciting and noisy parliament
tary contest in the House of Representatives,
on Tuesday, between the protectionists and
the friends OF tariff reform The votes were
the questions at issue not .being decided. On
Monday, Mr.. Townshend, of Illinois, intro
duced, SO quietly as MOTTO attract the attention
OF the mem beIs OF the ways and means COM
mtttee, bill placing salt, printing paper,
printing type, and the chemicals and materi-
ss Tsed e @ In fhe sd "a OF paper on tne
on revision OF the laws, of which he is a MEM
ber. This was In line with the action OF q
0unDSr OF 1ree u aQerS some weeks since, Wlen
they attempted to refer bills reducing the tariff
and internal revenue taxes, which, under the
rules and practice OF the House, should be re-
ferred to the ways and means committee, to
minor committees from whom they anticI-
pated reports upon them. These efforts were
| inspired by their desire TO secure some action
on the tariff, and their knowledge of the re-
luctance of the ways and means committee to
report tariff and internal revenue bills.
Tuesday morning, Garfield and COnger
tried to reverse this action and have the bill
referred to the ways and means committee on
a motion TO amendsthe journal, and were
voted down by lis TO liz, but had four major
ity on a motion TO reconsider. The matter
was left there and wraDgledsover all the rest of
the day. Townshend branded Garfield and
Tom Reed, Of Maine, both as as liars, and the
discussion was very heated at times. On
Wednesday the House ended the contest over
| referred to the committee on ways and means.
At is believed that the committee will not
pigeon hole the bill,
The Senate on Thursday, in executive ses-
| sion, rejected the nomination of Captain
James h. Jouett, of the navy, for promotion to
the grade of commodore.
The Senate passed number of pension b1lis
| on Thursday, and also the much discussed
| bill to incorporate the National Educational
association, and adjourned until Monday.
1t is said in Washington that Minister Sew
| ard s treaty with the Chinese Government was
| received by the department OF state some
time agc, but that IL is unsatisfactory and will
not be presented TO the Senate. AT any rate, NJ
| Angel has been nominated Tor minister 10
China, with two commissioners to negotiate a
treaty
| The Interpreter employed at the time the
| alleged agreement regarding the removal OF
| the Poneas was signed positively declares that
| their understanding was that they were TO be
removed TO the Omaha reservation, not to the
Indian Territory.
| Two colored men from the West test flied be-
( fore the Exodus committee on Friday that the
| exodus was caused by tll-treatment OF the ne
| groes in the South, but the evidence of one OF
| them was weakened by the discovery that II
| was he, according to ex-senator Alcorn, who
| caused the Friar's Point riot in 1875.
| The secretary OF war has sent a communica-
| ton to Congress, in compliance with the re-
quest for Information concerning the East
| river bridge.
/ In the House on Saturday Mr. Hutchins
made an unvailing attempt TO have the ways
| and means committee instructed TO report
back the bills referred to 1t. The consular and
| diplomatic appropriation bill discussed.
| Mr.. Blackburn opposed the whole diplomatic
| feature of it and Messrs. RIount, Robson and
| Monroe replyed to him.
| Mr. w. F. Channing of Providence son OF
| the celebrated DIR. Charming, appeared before
| the Canal committee of'the House on Saturday
| TO advocate his plan OF ship railway across
/ the isthmus.
The Senate Appropriations committee as
deficiency bill as II came from the House, a
verbal change being made in the clause re-
lating to marshalS in order to make ii literally
| comply with the terms of the constitution.
Senator Thurman was taken i'll during his
speech TO the Senate on Monday, on the
| Geneva award bill. He was forced 10 stop
speaking. but nothing very serious was appre-
Another huge batch of new bills was intro.
duced Into the Lower House on Monday.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS ITEMS.
Secretary sherman expects to have reduced
the public debt this month 100000 or s9OO0,-
Louisiana representatives have ordered large
quantities of the Life of General Hancock
for circulation in the South.
Virginians doubt whether the State will
cede TO the Federal Government Jurisdiction
over the site of the proposed battle ground at
Yorktown.
The Colorado people are strongly opposed to
the Ute settlement, ana say thst the INDIANS
have proved themselves TO be the best diplo-
mats In the matter.
At Shoals Ind, on Saturday, while two sons
of Lemuel Kelley were preparing raft of saw
! logs, they were struck by falling tree. The
elder AGED abor,. %. was killed instantly, The
| younger, aged about q, can not recover.
The visible supply of grain III the nited
States and Canada on the dates named wa
March ~, A, ,752 600 bushels: March l3 49, l66, 900
| bushels; March ., 49, ,Y90, 600 bushels: February
2S, 5l,l5S,UOO bushels; February 2l, 5l,i27 600
bushels.
A sensation was created in Madison, Ind >,
society by the arrest on Saturday of Samuel
w. Keene, dry goods merchant, on warrant
sworn out by Miss Kate Lewis, daughter of
Edward Lewis, charging Keene with being the
father OF her unborn baby.
AS an indication of the business boom. IL is
stated that in the car shops IN Philadelphia
Wilmington, Harrisbu.x and Vicinity there
are at present upW..rd OF 5000 men at work
receiving an aV erage adj vance in wages OF about
~ per cent as compared with the year 1878.
rhe senate committee on appropriations has
practically completed consideration OF the
| iBsmedissoe deficiency bill. The COMMITTEES
agreed to recommend the addition OF s2o0, 500 tC
| facilitate the speedy completion of the new
/ state, war and navy department building.
At Stockwell, town south of Lafayette, the
wind-storn Saturday morning blew down 8
| fine barn belonging to Henry Weitzell, II
/ which were five horses. Four of the animal
| were killed, and the remaining one mucf
injured. His farm implements and wagoi
| were broken TO pieces.
Saturday morning the United States shiI
Constellation left the New York navy yard
| amidst cheers and music, with supplies for tn
| Irish poor. Secretary Thompson instructe'
| Commodore Potter, of the Constellation, tina
he might land his cargo at either kingstown
| Queenstown or Galway.
The steamer City of Mexico, from whic
General Grant was landed at Galveston, ar
| rived at New Orleans In a disabled condition
and was very nearly wrecked In the recen
| storm. She is now on the dock. and an al
tempt Is being made To conceal her true cor
diIion by both officers and consignees.