The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-15
NATIONS CAPITOL.
YESTERDAYS SENATE PROCEEDINGS,
Senator Sherman ASKS for the Report Of the lH'
vestIgAtIOns Into the PeculAtIOn' Of Cus'
toLIa PItney-Freuch and German
Guests 90 General NcWN,

tOLIa PItney-FTeuch and German
Quests - General NCws.
WAsulSGToN, D. c., October l4.-ln the
Senate to-day the resolution offered ycster'
day by Lamar, relative to the intcr'oceanie
canal, was adopted, ms was also the rcsolu'
ton offered by Elmunds, directing the
Judiciary Committee to inquire whether
the proceedings for the cxtraditiOn oi Vim
ccnzo Rcbello have been proper and in ac-
cor,ance with the law, The resolution
offered by Sherman, calling on the Sccrc-
tary Of the Treasury for the report Of ]. 7.
Mcline was laid oyer one day, and the
Senate went into executive session,
Sherman furnished the only notable i'll
cident Of the session by calling for the re-
port made to Secretary Window by u COM
mittee Of treasury officials appointed to in
vcstigate charges against Custodian Pitney,
which report has been persistently kept
from publication by Window. sherman
had read the Washington dispatches, pub
lishcd in the Commercial .IdItNiScr, New
York, OF yesterday, In the dispatch, it is al'
legged, Window refused to publish, because
money had been abstmCted from the con-
tingcnt funds OF the treasury TO aid Sher-
mans candidacy for the Chicago
nomination. sherman said, smlingly,
that the author Of the paragraph
was mistaken in suppOsing that
the publication would CmbNrass him. lie
wished the Judiciary Committee to make0
thorough investigation, Although Edmunds
objected to the immediate passage ii
lies over until tomorrow. No doubt it
will pass tomorrow and the whole subject
will be ventilated,
Window says the grOSScst cXaggeTtions
have been INDUCED in in regard TO the re-
port, and that he suppressed i wholly be-
cause the investigation was secret in char
actcr aud the testimony taken was not
under oath, and the parties reflected on
had no opportunity to cross examine the
witnesses. Much Of the testimony taken
was in the nature OF hcarsay and rum0rS.
Its publication could do damage to the
character Of perfectly honest officials, and
could not aid in the detection or punish.
mcnt Of the offenders further than had al-
ready been done
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS.
After the executive session OF the Senate,
when the doors were reOpcncd, the privil-
egcs Of the floor were extended to the M.
tiOnal guests, and the Sergcant-nt- Arms
was directed to make suitable preparations
for their reception. A recess was then
taken until 3 T.. NJ. At that hour the g.l.
lcrics were filled to their utmost capacity.
At hl5 distinguished French and Ger
man visitors entered the Chamber and
stood In the rear Of the Senators desks.
When quiet lad been restored, Senator
Ihynrd said; 81 beg leave to apprsc the
Senate OF the presence on the floor OF this
Chamber Of certain distinguished officers
anu clllIchs Oh our SISTER Nepunlic' france,
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th0sn who hive hnnorrd us hv ihrir nrcs.
cncc that recess OF half an hour be taken
to enable the presiding officer OF the Senate
and each member to pay that respect which
represents not only our individual feeling,
but the feeling Of every State and every
man in every State Of our union Of States.
[Applausc. The motion was agreed to
and II recess taken, which was occupied by
the Senators cordially greeting their dis
tinguislCd guests. Alter recess, the VlSl-
tnrS hnVinv rnIirnI tIn SnnnIn want inIn