, 1881-01-22
Tic Senate Bill to Retire Ord ns
n Major-Gcncral PASSED. by
the House.
LONG Season Of Obstruction In the
House Over the Bisbee Elco.
tion Case.
Logan Struggles t1lc Grant Bill Through
tic Senate Committed, ilnl It
Is Reported Fnvorably.
Lakc-Front Argument by Ayers Before
the Land Committee Davis
Not Notified.


THE INQU1S1TION.
HEATING TIE HUNS.
Spseidl Ditpafeh to TAs Chteneo Tribune
WAsmlNGToS, ID. G., jim. :,i.--The Senate
Committee MI Privileges nlld Electtlns held
meeting tu.aay. They requested their
clerk t0 lca'c tho rutll,, nnd then gave all-
thbr1ty TO Chairman Salisbury to lnsk Up
tho papers which llatl published tile Chinese
trcati.ss ai'l accompanying ttoc,s,nents ami
Issue suhptnnas for their Washington. corre-
spondcuts. Mfr. Salisbury has taken tho
subject In earnest consideration, md 1t Is
understood llo will do Ills duty faithfully.
SENATOR LOGAN
says the Senate hasl better u 90 slow " iii this
lnyesttgatIon. Tic recalls the fact that When
TIE TnipuSE correspondents were ni,tler
nrrcst for tic publication Ut tile Treaty Of
Washington those Senators who st0oli III to
their bargain and tried TO carry tic Iuycstt-
gntlbn through tn successful ohI were
ro.lnttty abused by tile papcrs everywhere,
wlsilo those WHO backed ont wero trented
,nore kindly. lie ducs not wish to enter
upon this business unless the Senators will
cnrry 1t through to tile end. Senator llill, OF
GeorgiM. snys lic does not carD n continental
wl,nt tho newspapers say Of lin, and he II In
fhyor of pushing matters to the bitter end.
TllEltrs AN: SOME Curious sroIiltA
told III connection, with tho contemplated In
ycstfgatloll OF .llp publication OF the Chinese
treaues, Ono story il tint Senator Ben iltl1
and one or two with him ilave Ind a,l Idea
tl'at they might cntcl, II Republican n1la cx-
pei him. aiA 50 insuro nDemocrntic 1natorI-
ty for the organization Of tho next session.
Hill anAt Salisbury, who have faich so COM
p1ctely in tlletr efforts to rally their party
vote agalnst kellogg. nre reported to have
becn informed That Kellogg gave away his
copy OF tho treaty. II they eau prove this,
they think they can 81. =:
ENtEL kE1.r.ouu
nnd thus Indirectly accomplish their p,1r-
pose, but It ts now suggested that 1t may be
possible that the copies Of the treaties used
wer0 The copies 0f Democratic Se.latory;
thnt, possibly, one of theso Senators may
have been from State where tho 1.egis!a-
turc or. Governor Is nav Republican, md
TINT acttUn III this matter may lend to expul-
slons which would inevitably give the Senate
10 tho Republicans after tho It'll OF March.
Thus If this Is tho true theory Inns the Del,1-
peratlc sIsle been caught with u bare liOui
by tllut noted and skillful truut.liser-
,na's, Senator E'lnsu1ltls. II the Democrats
had thought twice before they wcrs carried
olf their feet by the assumed indignation, Of
the Republican side over lhe regular press
| reports Of tho executive session, they would
making OF them. :,
A. uAr,rr,t nj, rAcr
for tl,re yrnrs hurk fl,o rts,,orts NJ exrcuttva
sessions hnyo lecomo su muct, n ,mntt"r ~
nrcss rouiine lint they hsvn hrrn ieft hv
norrnu,,or,,o,t, ,,t,,..t o,,.tsn,,, ~, 49, ~
ctataI ,,rass nntsa s,'n.,;1vo ~ s,.0 ,'s
n,l ",ua ',n,1s,. ~ W. "nn
-. ueea.as
-, .su .e"' ",.'at
,'rs lT soi"s' W tha , aa a' ''Ru s, 'o.y .! .,o
..., .., 1.'' De9 .sa:u u" tnt" ~ 1'Mto
hnu'' aat NV, wy .t "I y. pas.
s,,t 49,. .u ~, - o.to' .l!''' 1''e
's,sape's y. uio ~ sss eon a'ot 'msotfe ~
ns.ss"tu . !. ~ ..!u ee.aao au'o u ancS shoun
~ ~ ,,s "ns - ~ ~" p."p,Seu 20 "gSa .c'n u
~ ~ .'.n Me, "''uSe '''e 7ou'eeS
" t"c't 'n'vt',M.'o.s. N1..'.' .,
!; T.. ~ 80 ~ M-eitE. III! MF rcn1lc, Policy,
~ ssi9s seen 1!'ht n.sso eSeeutlse SESSIONS
| w" ,aol ~ nseo1" VIZ" t!ao present spirit OF
w.. iHS"lal'ons' ~ laea Is that seventy
elgns hleh SHOULD a1lnt themselves
up III rnol.l md nsstl,nc
tint thoy hayo. q right to say tint When 1t
conles to actIng ul'n'l treaties which, nI1.y In
volyo nll the cotan'erclal Interests ot tilu
country tho American people shall know
nothing about tho mAtter, nntl slIall hayc. no
opRortunIty OF dlscl.sslns the subject until It
Il lataily sctt|ctl.. Az to tic Inv Ut this chse
thu SetAto can TO little. 1T has by tpcfsl0I
of tho Supreme Court 0f this District, hu
power tn lnlrls0n fur cul,!eMnt, NS WIS pro,
posed III yester'las's executive session, IN tie
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