Morning journal and courier., 1882-04-24
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. CONTESTED ELECTIONS, The Cases Coming Up for
 Discussion. 4 BITTER FIGHT IN PROSPECT, Both Parties Eager for the
 Struggle. SCOVILLE TO LEAVE GUITEAU. Arguments on the Bill of
 Exceptions.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

Tfle Contested Election Cases-A Bitter
 Fight Expected ina the House-ScoviIIe
 to Retire From Gufteau's Case-Other
 Matters.
 WASHINGTON April 22.-It is expected that the House will take up the contested election cases this week. The first business to mor- row will be the vote on the motion to refer to the Judiciary committee the bill to refer claims to the court of claims. This motion received a majority vote on Saturday just be- fore adjournment, but the point of ''no quorum" having been made and sustained, a vote must be taken again tomorrow. Possi- ply some combination will be made tonight by which the bill may be passed tomorrow, but it is hardly probable as Holman's amend ments adopted yesterday practically rob It of it's usefulness. This bill disposed of, the House will probably take up the election cases, and long and somewhat bitter contest is expected. The Democrats insist that they will resist all attempts to unseat any of the members by every parliamentary practice known to the minority, and as the Republi- can majority is so small it will be extremely difficult for them to muster quorum with which to transact business if the Democrats refrain from voting, as they promise
 Senator John R. McPherson, of New Jer- sey, who has been mentioned in connection with the Cochet claim, as one of the original stockholders, says: "To be frank and hon. est about this matter will say that if there is one thing on earth about which I know ab- solutely nothing, it is the Peruvian company. [ never owned share of the stock; I was never asked to take, to buy or to be given a share or interest in it. The report published, so tar as it concerns me, is unfounded false and malicious. If there is any law in the land mean to have this matter set aright, Untill the investigation into the affairs of the so called Peruvian company by the Commit tee on Foreign Affairs had no knowledge of the existence of such a company, if any such exists and consequently could not have spoken of or commended it to other persons. l am not the mysterious Senator, if any such there be, who paid $1O,0 900 or any sum what soever for shares in the SO called Peruvian company I have placed tho matter in the instructed him to arrest immediately all par ties connected with the libel.'
 Snow fell steadily for four hours here to- day. The streets were covered with slush. Gardens and lawns are under two inches of snow. The Maryland and Virginia heights as far as the eye can reach are covered With snow. Fruit and shade trees have been badly damaged by the weight of it.
 Vermonters here have sent home for maple sap from the Green Mountains to be used in sugaring off on the 28th. State officers and the Vermont Congressional delegation will participate
 The Zunis have gone home, excepting two, Mouqi and son of Pedro Pine, who remains with Gushing to assist in oataloguing the col lection at the Smithsonian. Those who went carried the water taken from the ocean at Boston and also some secured from the Poto- mac on their trip to Mt. Vernon before they went to Boston, also a supply of shells to be ground into meal to use in their religious cer- emonies.
 Comptroller Knox has received no answer from the person he proposes to appoint re- ceiver of the Buffalo First National bank, hence no appointment is likely to be made before Tuesday. He said to-day that the failure was 8 very bad one and resulted from bad loans and the management of officers. | Knox did not know anything about the con dition of affairs, nor could he say what the ! bank would refund to losers. The careless I work of the bank had been done within the last six months. Heretofore banks that failed | in New York had paid one hundred cents or l the dollar. This was the first bad failure II that State and the second national bank fail ure since November, 1880.