Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-22
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
MORE CORRUPTION CHARGED.
Texas Pse fie Land Grants-An AI-
legged Explanation OF How They
Were Obtained-YesteFda in Con.
gress-WaIsh showing Brady Up.

mittee on Rules, reported a resolution, pro-
viding that during the remainder of the
session the hour after the reading of the
| journal shall be devoted to the consldera-
tion of measures reported from committees,
subject, however, to four objections.
Adopted.
Mr.. Kssson, Of Iowa, from the Committee
on Foreign Affairs, reported bill to incor-
pOrate the Maritime Canal Company, of
Nicaragua. Placed on the House calendar.
Mr.. Page submitted the conference report
on the river aud harbor bill. The report
(Which is a disagreeing One) was adopted,
and a new conference committee, consist
ing of Messrs. Page of California, Town
send OF Ohio, and McLane of Maryland,
was appointed.
Mr.. O'Neill, of Pennsylvania. from the
Committee on Appropriations reported the
pension appropriation bill with the Senate
amendments, and the amendments were all
cOncurred In except one, which was YER
bally changed. This will necessitate the
return of the bill to the Senate.
Mr.. Hiscock submitted the conference
report on the general deficiency appropria-
tiop bill. The report states that all diff
ferences between the two Houses have been
recnociled, except that relative to the
mileage Of Senators for the extra session.
The recommendations of the committee of
conference were adopted so far as the
items which were not disputed were con-
cerned. Among the amendments of the
Senate which were agreed to is that for the
payment of the physicians attending the
late President Garfield.
A further conference has been ordered,
and committee, consisting of Messrs. His
cock, Robson and Cox OF New York, was
appointed.
The bill to modify the money order says
TEN was called up and passed. It makes
the maximum amount for a single
order one hundred dollars, and the
minimum and maximum OF postal
order fees eight cents aud forty five cents.
1t also provides for the issuance of postal
notes for sums of less than five dollars at q
charge OF three cents.
A number OF bills affecting the postal
service were reported from the committee
and placed on the House calendar.
On motion Of Mr.. UpsoD, of Texas, the
Senate bill was passed authorizing the COT
structiOn OF street railway over the Rio
Grande between E Paso and Paso del Norte.
Adjourned.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
In the Senate, Mr.. Butler, rising to uues-
tion OF personal privilege, remarked that he
observed in the Record this morning that a
person in another place, in discussing a con-
tested election case, had made a wantOn At
tack upon his Mr.. Butler's) character and
committed a breach of parliamentary Urivi-
lege, for which he was not called to order.
He would not, at this late day, be BETRAYED
into q controversy with this individual, whose
acquaintance he had never had the misFor-
tune TO make, but would rather leave him
to the judgment ana contempt of alI honor
able men for attacking another in a forum
in which he could not be answered. and
under cover of the privileges of that forum
declining to make a correction of the false
hoods he was uttering, or his garbling of
evidence, perversiOn of truth and falsifica-
tiOn of the record. He (Mr. Butler) had
withstood the mastiffs OF the Republican
party In the past and could afford to dis
miss with this brief notice the yelpings of
this cur OF low degree. The name of this
creature, he believed, was Samuel II.
Miller, Representative from PENNSYLVANIA.
and member OF the House Elections Com
mittee.
Mr.. Mcmillan submitted the conference
report on the river and harbor bill, and sta
ted that agreements had been reached upon
all the items exceOt those relating to the Po-
tOmac flats, the Hennepin and Chesapeake
and Delaware canals and the Mississippi
river appropriation. the controversy unon
propriated He said the conference recon-
mended concurrence as to al the items
sgreed to; that the Senate insist on its
amendments in the four items named and
appoint new conferees.
A long argument followed. Several men,
bers protested against the adoption of the
report as jeoplrdizing the four items upon
which no agreement had been reached, and
which they regarded as essential features Of
the bill.
The conference report was finally adopted
by vote Of Al yeas to II nays, and Messrs.
Mcmillan, Jones of Nevada and Ransom
were reappOinted cOnfeTees on the part of
the Senate.
The House amendment to the Senate
amendment to the pension appropriation
bill was concurred in. The bill now goes to
the President.
The Senate, soon after four o'clock, re-
sumed consideration OF the revenue tax
bill.
Upon Mr.. Bayard's suggestion sauff was
included in the provision already adopted,
fixing the rate on manufactured tobacco at
twelve cents per pound.
Without further action and without con.
cluding the consideration OF the first section
the Senate adjourned.
THE STAR ROUTERs.
Judge Wylie to-day rendered his decision
upon the afmlssiblity OF the testimony OF
John \. Walsh in the sar route cases. The
testimony was admitted, and the defense
noted an exception. Walsh was in court
and at once took the stand. He testified
that he loaned Brady money at various
times, taking his notes, and when he sought
a settlement Of Brady, in an interview held
IN the Office Of George II. Sheridan, Brady
had asserted that his debt had been can
celled by the increase and expediting Of
I~1I
view the Brady notes lay upon a table
in the room. During the conversation
Brady picked them up and put them in his
pocket, and told Walsh that so far from
owing him (Walsb) anything Walsh was his |
debtor, inasmUch he had not paid an |
assessment of IS, 900 levied as his share of
what was known as the Congressional cor |
ruptiOn fund" used for procuring the pas
sage OF the star route deficiency bill. Brady |
suggested that if Walsh chose he might |
bring a civil suit.
This suggestion Walsh adopted, and |
brought suit in New York for $40 600, which |
suit is still pending. His lawyer in the case |
is Mr.. Henkle, who is counsel in the pre-
sent case for Rerdell, one OF the defendants |
indicted with Brady.
Mr.. Henkle was In the court room and |
listened to Walsh's testimony. Counsel |
for the defense cross-examined Walsh |
closely, with the object of dscrediting his |
testimony, but did not embarrass him in the |
least. Walsh will go on the stand again to- |
morrow, and bis examination may occupy |
several days. The admission OF this testI- |
mony puts an end to the predictions OF a |
speedy termination of the case by its being /
thrown out Of court. 1t is now likely to |
be prolonged for several weeks.
ALLEGED CORRUPT TEXAS PACIFIC LAND |
GRANTS.
A memorial has been filed with the Ju-
dietary Committee of the House of Repre-
seutatives bvJ J. ?. Newell, of Washington,
representing that the land grant hereto
fore made in aid of the construction of the |
Texas Pacific Railroad should not be retained |
by them or transferred to any other
on the ground that they were
originally obtained through Congress from
the United States by bribery and fraud, and
that in recognition of the broad and funda-
mental principles of the law, that
fraud vitiates all contracts, there is
no direct or implied obligation resting upon
the government, upon which any extension
of time for utilizing any such grant Of lands
to said company, or transfer to any other
company. can be claimed or justified.
Mr.. Newell then goes into history of the
granting legislation, and says that the cor
porators of the company raised $50 600 in
cash, and made a written agreement to issue
5000, 600 in first mortgage and grant bonds,
to be used in buying legislation. OF this
sum S62 600 was placed In the hands of a
Senator, to be divided by him
with three other Senators, that
the 100000 worth of bonds were
to be distributed by these four Sena-
TORS among their fellow Senators who as