Morning journal and courier., 1882-04-18
News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS. CONFIDENT lAS EVER. GUITEAU ABLE TO CARE
 FOR HIMSELF. A Row With His Brother. Persisting in His Claim of Inspiration. THE DEBATE ON THE TARIFF Hts yaEme as a Party Expe-
 dient.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL,

Am Inveterate eCrank-Guiteau Refuses to
 Grant His Brother q Power of Attorney
 Claiming to be Able to Care for Him.
 self-Party Value of the Tariff Discuss
 sioh-Other Matters.
 WASHINGTON, April 17.-John w. Guiteau had 8 second stormy interview with his brother this evening His errand was to get a power of attorney to act for the prisoner in the sale of his book, procurement of counsel, &c. The prisoner was indignant at the sug- gestion that he is unable to take care of him. self. He utterly repudiates Scoville and has retained Reed to argue the exceptions and wants no one else He says he does not care how the case results. He says he was in- spired and those who touch him will be slain by God. John W. will leave papers for his brother to sign when he is in better humor if he wishes, but he leaves for New York to- night.
 The Navy department has received letter from Melville, dated Jan. 31, while en route to Delta Lena, when 800 versts from Irkutsk, saying that he had every reason for hoping to find De Long and his party and the books and papers. He says that he is confident that he can search all the coast with the force at nlS command, between now auu June 1st, when the floods will set in and sweep away everything in the lowlands Danenhower expected to reach St. Petersburg by April 20.
 Sergeant Mason's case on motion of the Attorney General was placed at the foot of the list of assignments for to-day, which carries the hearing over to Wednesday or Thursday.
 Mir Bliss of Morton, Bliss & Co.,, MT. Ran dall of the Credit Industriel and two witnesses whose names were privately given to the committee by yaShipherd will be summoned to testify before the Peruvian company investi- gating committee. Mir. Blaine will not be heard before next week.
 Representative s. S. Cox says that he, in common with other Democrats, is satisfied that the tariff debate will be of very great ad- vantage to the Democratic party in the next canvass. He says it is perfectly well under stood that the commission bill is simply an expedient for delay, and that the Republicans in private do not deny this. Mir. Cox says that Messrs. Carlisle, Beck and other Demo cratic leaders are quite right in stating that the Democratic party will ally itself next time squarely with the revenue reform and low tariff issue. He says that there will be no tolerance in the party of men who are not in sympathy with this doctrine, and that the party will make bold and aggressive can vass in favor of a reduction of taxation, both
 
 sistent with the necessary expenditures of the government, and fair reduction of the debt If the sentiment that prevails here represents the general feeling in the party, Mr. Barnum will not be invited to conduct it's canvass again. The party here seem to have lost faith largely in his abilities as po- litical manager.
 Two letters from Attorney General Brews- ter to MT. Sanders of Charleston, S. C., ffoYox hon hn a spondence concerning the election trials are given for publication. One dated April 4 expresses confidence in Melton and the de- sire of prosecuting counsel for Sanders to so inform United States District Attorney Mel ton, but impresses the idea that these causes were not political and nothing written on the subject had been written to produce politi cal effect. He expects each representative in the department to enforce the law no matter what public excitement may surround poh- tics. Only the broad sense of national right enters into these cases. Whatever the end it must be reached justly and not by the ex- ertion of undue popular influence or excite ment of local hatred. In the second letter, dated April 10, Brewster says he could not see how Judges Bond and Bryan could have decided otherwise than they did, but thinks, however, indictments should have been all ready for new parties who were irregularly introduced in the former information. He fears that it is now too late to permit of their escape. The loose way of doing business by Northrop, the man who filed the information, must have been very careless. There is no merit if the cases are conducted in 8 slovenly way He is willing to render all necessary assistance but sorry that he was not inform ed of the exact state of affairs sooner and that he is now asked as if he ever had refused anything.
 The Democratic caucus tonight was called to hear the views of Democratic members of the Elections committee on the pending contested cases which the Republicans pro- pose to take up immediately. At 8 o'clock, the time named for the meeting, but one member was present and there were not more than forty at any time. General Rosecrans was in the chair, Blanchard secretary. The proceedings were informal and no action was taken beyond determination to call in all the absent members. The caucus adjourned at 9:3O p. m.
 It is understood that an effort will be made in Congress to enable the President to carry out his design in the Fitz John Porter case. Army officers say that the legal position ot the President and Attorney General is right, l and that the only thing President Arthur can | do short of an act of Congress is to pardon General Porter and then restore him. That I the President has offered to pardon him is 1 true, but General Porter and his friends have
 declined to accept that solution of the dif fiji l culty. Congress will be urged, therefore, tc extricate all parties from the embarrassment
 of the situation by suitable legislation.