Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1882-03-07
News by Telegraph
FROM ALL QUARTERS.
MISSING STATE PAPERS.
A Search for Certain Abb
stracted Documents.
THE RULES OF THE HOUSE,
A Complaint From the Democratic
Members.
CONKLING HEARD FROM
He Refuses to Accept His
Appointment.
CONKLING HEARD FROM,
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

Missing State Papers-An investigation
Into Their Observation-Disclosures of a
Democratic Caucus-Other Matters.
WASHINGTON, March 6.-At p. m. to day
the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
commenced, under instructions of the
House, an investigation into the alleged alb
straction from the State department of GER
tain correspondence in relation to Chill and
Peru. The only witnesses examined were
Sevelton A. Brown, chief clerk, and John P.
Haswell, chief of the bureau of archives of
Indexes Neither gentleman was able to
throw light on the subject. The committee
will resume the investigation on Friday and
Saturday of this week. There is strong in
clination on the part of several members of
the committee to have the proceedings con-
Quoted with open doors and proposition to
that effect was made to-day, but was not
pressed to decisive vote. 1t will probably
be acted on at the regular meeting of the
committee prior to the resumption of the in
yestigation.
The Democratic Representative held a
caucus Immediately after the adjournment of
the House to consider Mr.. Reeds proposed
amendment to the rules, which in effect ex-
tends the morning hour indefinitely and
gives to the committee holding the floor the
right to ask the House to consider and carry
to final action any measure the committee
may propose regardless of its place on the
calendar. General Rosecrans presided and
Perry Belmontw as secretary. After about an
hours discussion Mr.. Kenna offered the fol
lowing, which was unanimously adopted:
Resolved That in the judgment of the caucus
the amendment of the rule of the House of Represen
tatives proposed by the majority of the Committee
on Rules destructive of these just rights and
essary privileges of the minority in former Con,
that we will resist their adoption by every parliament
tary method at our command.
Resolved, Further that we will cheerfully sup
port any amendments to the rules Of the House which
tend promote their improvementthe proper facil
ties of public business and are not destructive OF the
rights Of the minority and the people they represent
Commissioner Loring left to. night for Hart
ford, where he will address the members eff
the Connecticut Legislature Wednesday eve
ming.
Mr. scoville babe Guiite3tR goodbye to-day.
Scoville says the prisoner said he was glad he
was going to leave the case. He expects to
go home to Chicago tomorrow night or
Wednesday.
In regard to the publication of the notorious
Garfield dispatch sent by Whitelaw Reid to J..
| Hay last March, District Attorney Corkhill
| says after thorough investigation that the
copy was certainly procured through great
| violation of faith son the part of
some one entrusted with the message or
| taken from the wires, but he cannot find any
| thing in the transaction which would subject
the parties to punishment under the laws of
| the district.
Five different patentees of cooling appar-
| atus are contending before the House COM
mittee on expenses attending President Gar
| fields illness for remuneration for the use of
the device that kept down the temperature of
| the room in which he lay at the White
| House.
| 1t is definitely stated tonight that the name
either of Blatchford or Clarence A. Seward is
| to be sent to the Senate tomorrow; the for
mer if he will accept, otherwise the latter. -