Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-06-09
Senator s!ater's Explanation OF the Re-
suIt I'm OREGON.

DOMESTIC NEWS.
Senator S!ater's Explanation OF the Re.
suit in oregon.
WASHINGTON, June Sih.-Senator Slater,
of Oregon. said to-day that the result OF the
recent election in his State was due to sew
eral circumstances Among Others, to the
influx of immigration to the State, the ma
iority of the new voters being Republicans;
to the influence of certain high officials of
the Northern Pacific Railroad (by whom
he did not mean either PRESIDENT
Willard or the managers OF the company, but
resident officials), and to the use OF money
sent from Washington. The Democratic
failure. he said, was also largely owing to
their having received no assistance from
abroad. The only help they received from
the committee was in the shape OF documents
on the Chinese question; but that was not
made an issue. Had the veto of the Chinese
bill besn given Just before the election, and
too late for the passage Of any other measure,
it would have been an issue but as it was,
the question did not enter into the contest to
any extent
The Bonded Spirits Investigation.
WASHINGTON, june Sth.-The Window
committee examined A. G. Buell., Charles
Nordhoff and Hawthorne Hill to-day. The
latter said he published in the Cincinnati
Commercial substantially correct statement
as made by Anterior. Witness said from In
formation he had received he had reason to
suppose that one of the correspondents named
in the Critic-Nordhoff, Boynton and Carson
sometimes received valuable considera-
ton, but he had no reason to suppose that
any were interested i0 this case.
more Witness had early in his testi-
mony excepted from all suspicion General
Boynton.
Buell. confessed that he had been prejudiced
against the bonded spirits bill. He believed
it job, and gave it no mercy. His informa-
ton was general and cumulative. He knew
of nobody being offered any consideration in
connection with this bill. He had suspicious,
because he never before knew bill involving
800 DOC, GOO pass the House under suspen.
sion of the rules. That indicated to him
fraud. He had only alluded to newspaper
men as joke. He thought two members Of
the House and one Senator took unusual in
terest in the measure.
Nordhoff took the stand, and said that for
the honor of his profession he had been try
ing to discover the names of journalists, if
there were any, who attempted to profit cor
ruptly by this legislation. Carlisle agreed
with him (witness) that the parties should be
exposed, and told Colonel Wharton thaNhe
could give the information. At his (witness)
request Colonel Wharton called upon him,
but he declined to give the names, and he
(witpess), with good deal of warmth, said
to him, / have never known in past years
any scheme of rascality in danger of being
exposed, that it didn't have lawyer stand
ing in front Of it to protect it." Laughter, in
which Colonel Wharton joined heartily
Anterior made statement that the first
time he heard the name of Senator Voorhees,
"a Al. Ill
when it appeared in dispatch ; that he
never spoke with Carlisle, or Willis, or
Thompson about the name of the party who
approached him.
The Star Route Cases.
WASHINGTON, June Ssh.-Iu the Criminal
Court to-day, Judge Wylie said great injus-
tice had been done by articles in the New
York and District of Columbia papers to the
Marshal of the District and the jurors. He
then explained how carefully the Jury in
these star route cases had been selected
When jurors are regularly accepted, they
ought to be free from criticism, and 1t was
cruel injustice for newspaper writers to assail
them without basis, as he was convinced had
been done. He thought the District Attorney
ought to take official notice of these articles.
He cautioned.the jury to be especially careful
to keep secluded and disarm suspicion. Nc
sey.
When the Court reassembled the examine
ton of witnesses was begun, but the testi-
mony related entirely to the business system
of the Postoffice Department. The Court, in
overruling an objection of counsel for de-
tense, said he was not going to allow argu-
ment on such trivial points.
United States Senate.
WASHINGTON, June Sth.-Grover called
up the Senate bill to authorize. the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury to examine and re-
port to Congress the amount of all claims of
the States of Texas, Oregon and Nevada, and
of the Territories of Washington and Idaho,
for money expended and Indebtedness as
sumed by the said States and Territories in
repelling invasion and the suppressing of In
dian hostilities.
The bill was passed as amended, to include
the claims of Nebraska, California and Colo
RADIO, and the expenses incurred on account Of
Mexican raids.
Hawley reported from the Military Com
mittee joint resolution appropriating SlO,-
600, or so much thereof as may be needed, to
furnish food to the people made destitute by
the Mississippi foods. He said the planters
there are feeding the field hands in expecta-
ton of being remunerated by the coming crop,
but a new flood had dissipated these ex-
peetations, and made necessary this add.
tional provision.
The joint resolution passed, and the Senate
adjourned.
House of Representatives.
WASHINGTON, June Ssh.-The bill was
passed increasing to $40 per month the PEN
sion of any person who in the late war lost
an arm, leg, hand or foot, or received DISABLE
tiles equal thereto.
The House went into Committee Of the
Whole, and resumed consideration of the
general deficiency appropriation bill
The only discussion was upon the clause to
refund to Missouri the payments made to
officers and privAtes of the militia of the State
for services actually performed in the sup
preston of the rebellion.
It was fnally egreed to. The amount in
volyed is 1924, 594.
The committee then rose and reported the
bill back to the House.
Ths first vote was on Holmans motion to
strike out the clause approprjatiLg S125, 600
for the payment of army transportation to
such land grant railroads as have not re-
ceived aid from the Government In lands.
Lost-ayes SO, noes IS.
priating 1862 600 for the Bureaus of Con.
struct;on and Repairs and Steam Engineer.
ing was also lost-ayes 81, noes 81.
A motion to strike out the clause appro-
priating SIP, 600 for the payment of Special
Deputy Marshals at Congressional elections
in 1881 and prior years, was lost.
The bill then passed-ayes 116, noes 81.
The House immediately went into Com
mittee of the Whole (Robinson, Of Massa-
chusetts, 10 the chair on the legislative ex.
ecutive and judicial appropriation bill, and
after short debate adjourned.
Mexico Takes a Step Forward.
WASHINGTON, June Sth.-The Mexican
Minister has received official information
from the State Department of Mexico to the
effect that the Mexican Congress has repealed
the export duty on silver coin and silver
bullion, which has been in existence since the
beginning of the Spanish rule, and which
was one of the principal drawbacks to the
development of the mining industries of that
country. Among several reasons which de-
termined the Mexican Congress to repeal
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