The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-02-03
WASHINGTON

w ASHINGTON. req. Z Senators w III
lace. Mcdonald. Garfield, Hoar, and Blair
will go to New York, Thursday, to take
testim ony as a subcommittee of the Sen
ate select committee, formerly the Teller
CON mittee, appointed to inquire into the
alleged frauds in the late election. Ii is
understood that this renewed inquiry will
be directed towards the operations of the
chief supervisor, John l. Davenport.
The House Committee on Commerce,
| this morning, took up the question of inter-
State commerce. and gave hearing to
Representative McCoid, of Iowa, who urg-
ed the passage OF the bill introduced in the
House by him, claiming that it was im-
peratively demanded by the agricultural
interests of bis state. That the object of
| bis bill was to secure an intelligent system
of natural legislation controlling inter-
State commerce by the railroads. He
| opposed all legislation which would inter-
! iere with the present competition, and all
efforts TO discriminate IN favor of water at
the expense of localities whose only safe,
speedy an direct way to market was by
rail. 1t was the duty of the government
to provide some measure Of relief for the
injured citizen in case of a controversy
with railroad. AS it is now, a corpora
ton can drive a citizen from the field of
! litigation because of his weakness and
| their superior strength He claimed that
his bill net this emergency by proposing
| the establishment of a Board of Railroad
| Commissioners to take cogniZauce of
grievances of citizens and 10 the pame Of
the government to investigate them and
accord relief
| 1t is expected the Secretary of the
Treasury to-day or tomorrow will adver-
tise for ten or eleven millions of outstand
ing six per cent. bonds for the sinking
fund.
The House Committee on Postof6ees
and Post Roads, decided TO report adverse.
Is upon Springer's bull, which proposes to
repeal the acts authorizing the Postoffice
department to print and furnish. without
extra charge. special request envelopes, or
envelopes printed with the request for the
return OF unclaimed letters,
The Senate confirmed the following nom-
nations: To be supervisor of census in
illinois. James q. Wright, first district
d II. Sunderland, second; John W.
Bailey, third; W. Ell. Mcdowell, fourth
William A. Northcot,, seventh; Edwin j.
Udell, fifth.
The bill introduced by Representative
Wells provides for an appropriation oi
$150,000 to continue work on the st. Louis
postoffice and custom house,
The bill introduced by Representative
Phillips provides for aD appropriation OF
$4,000 for the survey and improvement OF
the Usage river.
Senator Voorhees, Exodus Committee
examined several witnesses to-day. B K
Morris. real estate agent of Indianapolis
testified that to lis belief there is abundant
room aud ample opportunity for industria
employment in that State, for colored emf
grants, and that he had no knowledge oi
the present immigration beipg-a political
movement.
Thomas Mills, Republican from In
dianapolis, answered squarely to Voorhees,
questions that they wanted negro men not
women and children. and they were wanted
to vote for Republicans and lay out
Democrats. They wanted 10000, and
would scatter them around in close
counties. He thought these views were
generally concurred in by Indiana Repub.
licans. He thought it was right to give
the negroes fair chance in Indiana
which they could not get in North Caro-
lima. All the negroes who went to the
rural districts have found work. He
knew of no organization to secure emi.
grafton.
Supreme Court decisiou-Samuel r.
Lowery. eolored. was admitted to practics
on motion of Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood.
\ No. 76-Neal Dow, plaintiff in error, +,
Bradish johnson, in error to Circuit Cour
of the United States for the district o.
Maine. This is an appeal from the judg
ment of the Circuit Court awarding Il
defendant in error the sum of $2.659 il
satisfaction OF Judgment obtained in tn,
Sixth District Court at New Orleans OF
the 9th of April 1868. At the outbreak
lof the late war johnson was the owner ol
asplantation onsthe Mississippi river. forty
three mics above New Orleans. In 1862
after the capture of New Orleans by th,
Federal troops, certain property of John
sons. including twenty five hogsheads o
sugar and some table silver Was takeE
from his plantation for the use Of ths