The daily gazette., 1882-05-04
WASHINGTON SPECIALS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
THE CAPITAL.
A SENATOR TO BE INVESTIGATED.
The Shipherd Republican
Congressional Committee Secretaryship
The Soldiers Home Inquiry, etc.

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Congressional Committee Secretaryship
The SOIdiers' Home Inquiry, etc.
WASHINGTON, May 3.-The House For
| eign Affairs Committee have arrived at the
conclusion that they cannot afford longer to
shirk the Shipherd investigation. If what
| Is heard to-day be borne out, Mr.. Blair will
be subjected to a most vigorous cross-exami-
nation Some members believe that q pro-
per examination of Mr.. Blair Will bring out
the whole truth so far as the Peruvian Com
pany is concerned. 1t is quite likely that
the examination will last two or three days,
and there will be no squeamishness If the
present purpose of members is carried out
in asking Blair the most pertinent questions.
| Some facts have come TO the knowledge of
the committee 1t is understood, which will
guide them In the cross-examination, and
unless Blair eyades, dodges, or refuses to
answer, II is believed that he will be com
PEELED to make statements which will do
some prominent Government officials no
| credit
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEES SECRETARY.
The secrctaryship of the Republican
| Congressional committee has been settled,
although the election has not yet been held
ID. b. Henderson, of Dubuque, Iowa, is to
| have the position. II is understood that he
district, bat has pledged himself to give his
whole tim, TO the work of the committee,
and will De in Washington all summer in
connection with his duties. The committee
will open It's quarters early and by the time
nominations are made will be ready to
cooperate III the campaign.
WANTS AN INVESTIGATION.
Senator Voorhees, of Indiana wants to be
| investigated. story has been published to
| the effect that certain persons, who desired
| to blackmail the whisky men interested in
the passage of the bill TO extend the time for
keeping whisky in bond, said that they could
control Senator Voorhees, vote on that
| measure.
The Senator from Indiana to-day intro
duced resolution asking for a special com
mittee of five to investigate the alleged cor
| rupt action of certain senators in connection
with this measure. Mr. Morrill, of Vermont,
| chairman of the Finance Committee, before
which the bill is now pending, asked Mr..
| Voorhees, If he knew of any facts indicating
that Senators had been approached in con-
nection with this bill. Voorhees, emphati-
cally replied that certain statements had
been published that were not facts, and the
allegations, so far as they concerned him,
were utterly false.
Mr.. Morrill, replied that so far as any
newspaper statements affecting the character
| of members of the Finance Committee
were concerned he regarded them with con-
tempt, and he objected, therefore. to the
consideration of the resolutions. Senator
Voorhees, will confer with Mr.. Morrill, as to
the expediency of further pressing the pas
sage oihis resolution, and it is probable that
the matter will be allowed to drop.
BELMONT ON A STILL HUNT.
Mr.. Belmont to-day introduced resolu-
ton in the House calling for the correspond
ence of the Navy Department in 1881, in re-
lation to the South American fleet. This
resolution was the outcome of Mr.. Blair's
statement regarding ships of war. Mr.. Bel
mont does not know what the correspond
ence, if produced, will show. 1t may show
nothing, and 1t may show that instructions
were issued to the fleet which could only be
explained on the theory that the Administra-
ton thought it would be as well to have the
fleet in readiness for serious business.
THE PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION.
The proclamation issued by the President
to-day admonishes all citizens in the Terri
tory of Arizona against aiding, counten-
ancing, abet ting, or taking part in any un-
lawful proceedings against the laws of the
United States, and warns all persons of the
Territory engaged in obstructng the laws,
to disperse and retire pcaceably to their re-
speetive abodes on or before noon of the
18th day of May.
THE SOLDIERS HOME INQUIRY.
The report submitted in the Senate by Mr..
Sewell concerning the Soldiers Home is
very exhaustive and makes number of re-
| concentrations as to the conduct of the
Home. The report says the Surgeon
General and the Comissary- General of the
army, under u custom that seems to have
existed for years past have been receiving
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bles and flowers weekly. The Adjt. General,
the other member of the board, on his sue
ceedng to the office by virtue of his promo
tion to be djutant-General, refused and
has continued to refuse to receive these
articles The other officers mentioned, mem
bers of the board, stated that they had no
recollection of when the custom commenced
but that originally these articles were sent
with the compliments of the governor OF
the Home, and as there was an abundance
of them, they did not have any delicacy in
receiving the same.
THE SILVER PROFIT FUND.
} From the report of Mr.. William Shearel
of the sub Treasury of New York, on an
examination of the "Silver Profit Fund
Account" he says that the total amount
placed to the credit of the silver profit fund
during the period covered by the inyestiga-
tion was Sl0,0S1 ,49G3l, of which amount
81, ,77G, ,020.24 has been desposited in the
U. s. Treasury. During the three ilsca
years, 1878, 1880, 1881, there was coined at the
; Philadelphia Mint S2l ,0S1 rs subsidiary silver
coin, and the additional profit arising from
the difference in weight between two half
dollars and standard dollar was credited Il
the silver profit fund as an additional profit
Mr.. Sherer states that in his opinion it il
impossible to divert any of the fund.-
belonging to the silver profit fund account
from their proper channel except through
collusion between the Superintendent ant
the several officers of each Mint. He alsC
states that he is satisfied that the fund has