The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-11


IND the terms employed In the schedules ap-
pended to their reports. but nothing OF gen.
sral interest WAS elicited. The committee
meet again Tuesday.
THE sPoFToRD KELLOGG CASE.
The Senate Com mmittee on Privileges and
Elections took up the Spofford. Kellogg case
to-day. The only witness called was John A.
Walsh, banker. of this city. dis testimony
was In rebuttAl Of the testimony OF Barney
Williams, who testified before the sub com.
mittee In New Orleans that he had conducted
five OF Spoff rd's witnesses TO Kellogg 8
room about midnight on the fourth OF June
last; that they remained there long time,
and that Senator K-ilogg produced an envel-
ope containing twenty five one hundred dollar
l,ilIs, which he distributed equally among the
five witnesses. Walsh testified that he ocou-
ped the rooms adjoining kelogg's on the
night In question; tt there was oonue citing
dunr between bis room auu that OF Kellogg.
which was usually open. that he was In and
out Of kelloRg's room IT. qu.ntly before mill
night, aud that from Ia o'uiuck till after half
past in the. morning ne WAS In Kellogg 9
parlor eonversinE uninterruptedly, and that
he WAS positive that neither Williams nor
the five witnesses were Id Kell0gg's room up
to 80, and, moreover, he believed they could
not have visited Kellogg 8 room after that
hour without his knowing It,.
After the examination OF Walsh, Judge
Merriek declined to allow the witness to be
discharged until after Mr., Walker, his 1850
ciate counsel, now on his way to Washington
from New Orleans, shall have had an oppor-
tunity to cross-pxatnine the witness.
The committee then postponed taking fur-
ther testimony until Monday.
THE EXAMINATION OF THE UTEs.
The examination Of the Ute Indians, now
en- route here, will bs Conducted secretly, on
account OF the very delicate questions to be
examined into.
THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AF-
FAIRS.
The Senate C,mmitte on Military Affairs
held special meeting to-day aud decided To
report favorably on all pending army noml-
nations, about l60 In number, EXCEPT two
lieuttnants promotions which were laid aside
for further information. The Fitz John Por-
ter case will be taken up Monday.
GEN. sHERMAN's Views on THE SUBJECT OF
TEXAS RAILROADS.
In answer to letter written by Senator
MHxey, in regard to the military Importance
Of the early completion of a railroad or roads
to tho Mexican border, Gen. W. Il. Sherman
writes as follows to the Senator:
assure you that feel the lveliest interest
in the development Of o1r whole country, and
notice with pride that Texas has entered the
arena Of competition. AUD holds her own with
rival States and Territories. InsteHd OF 50
many small competing rnad- would rather
see the United States and the State Of Texas
finish the great east and west line via Fort
Worth to Ell Paso, and the other Southern
line from San Antonio to Mexico; then local
roads will soon follow to Accommodate pri
vate interests. l want to see San Antonio q
centre Of radi.ting railroads. as Houston now
is, and DOUBT not that you will have In five
years q railroad from San Antonio northwest
to connect with the Ell P4so road about Con-
cho, another west to Fort Clark aud San
Felipe: another to Laredo, and still another
to Corpus Christi via San Diego. Then the
Rio Grande will ceaae to be mere screen for
Mexican banditti and raiders