The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-05-25

+ TO give 10 the public:through tlle press, th
e documents which The committee had de
Cllned 10 receive upon his terms Shiphert
leaves the city this afternoon but expects tC
: return Monday, when hG will make ar
rangsnents for the publication Of his docu
ments.
i THE REASONS.
WASHINGTON, May 23.--The reasons oi
the democrats for declining to discuss in the
house the Mackey-O Connor election con-
test are stated by leading members of the
party, among them Representatives Ran
dali and Carlisle, in the following words:
There are two questions involved; first,
the forging of the testimony; and, second,
! the right TO q seat under the rules of the
house. II the democrats consent to con-
sideration OF the case the republicans
will seat Mackey by a party vote without
investigating the forgery. The democrats are
ready to consider appropriation bills and
other public business, but will not consent
to try this case until II full investigation of
the forgery is had.
EX-MARsHAL RUSSELL.
Sullwell II. Russell, ex-Cnited States
marshal for the western district of Texas,
who was ARRESTED on the charge of misap-
preparation of government funds, was ar
raigned in the criminal court and placed |
under $4,000 bond to appear before the
Texas, at the June term.
THE CHnI-PERUvIAN NUISANCE.
The house -oreign affairs committee again
to-day took up the investigation of the Pc
ruvian company. The eX-assistant-secre-
tary of state was the only witness but all
of his knowledge had been obtained
while acting as Interpreter between Blaine
and the agent Of the Credit Industrial COM
pany, when the latter gentleman visited
the state department in the effort to secure
the intervention of the United States in be-
half Of Peru. The gentleman, though rep
resenting the Credit Industrial company as
its agent, had only sought Intervention in
the interest of humanity, not of his com
rany Upon all other points Mr. Hill was
profoundly ignorant. He had first heard
Of the missing papers after he left the de.
partment; never saw them; GER
taiAly would have remembered the
same if he had ever seen them;
it was hardly probable that they would
come direct to the department without his
seeing them. Witness was asked III rela-
tion to the status Of of Trescott in the state
department. at the time he was apparently
employed by the department in connection
with the preparation of dispatches touching
Chill-Peruvlan matters, and replied that
Trescott had just returned from China,
where he had been one of the commission
ers. Pending the settlement of that matter
be was consulted in regard to the
Chili-Peruvian matter and made
thorough investigation and pre-
pared a statement of the facts
upon which the secretary could act. He
was specially charged with this matter in
connection with the preparation of dis
patches, and with exception Of the secretary
was the most competent person to expl ain
the meaning of every word in those dis
patches. He was very highly esteemed in
the department, and on account Of his high
standing and experience as diplomat was
selected as commissioner TO visit the South
American states. The chairman announced
that Blaine would again come before them
tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, and the
committee adjourned.
To BE REPORTED FAVoRABLY.
The house committee on war claims, to-1
day instructed representative Houk, of
Tennessee, to report tavOrably the bill for
payment of 81 ,250 10 Mitchell e Childres,
of Knox county, Tennessee, in payment for
supplies furnished Burnside's army in 1868