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vestigation. There is more feeling on the
subject than appears on the surface.
Captain Pike is understood to claim that
the loss of the Proteus is due to Caring
ton insisting in directing its movements
in iopposition to his more experienced.
Judgment. The Evening Mercury of st.
Johns, N. F., makes very emphatic state
ment in The matter which must have been
furnished by the shippers friends. This
paper says: GAIL this haste or bad man
agement seems to have been
done to destroy any possible
chance of rescuing Greedy. The
stores which were to have been landed at
Littleton island we're not landed, but the
Proteus was hurried on to Cape Sabine.
At this point ice was met. and Capt Pike
wished to remain until it cleared out of
Smiths sound. Darlington, however, es-
pied clear water, and insisted on going
ahead. His command was supreme law,
and Capt. Pike had but to obey. In fifteen
minutes after leaving the harbor it was
met and the Proteus continued hitting it
until next day, when at p. m. she sank.
All hands landed at Cape Sabine,
and in twenty -four hours had the intense
modification of seeing a clear track
northward, the ice having passe away, as
Capt. Pike had anticipated" The article
warns the public not to be deceived by
the story that the steamer had been landed
at Cape Sabine. The steamer piled north
ward, without leaving notes in the cairn,
nor provisions for the Greedy party. 1t is
at once seen that a cavalry officer ought
not to have been placed in charge of an
expedition of this kind, as his training
and experience was entirely different from
what is required of an arctic
explorer. In a question involving simply
knowledge of the movement Of cloggea
ice in Smiths Sound it seems as If the
shippers judgment should have been final.
Capt. Pike finds a good many friends
among naval officers who regard Lieutsn-
ant Garrington's appointment as an inva-
sion of their territory. They do not un-
derstand why cavalry officer should use
a naval command as means of advance
ment, and hence lay the failure to his
want of experience and judgment.
KELLOGG.
VIM. Pitt Kellogg is here. He arrived
last evening and has been busy to-day get
ring ready for his defence. He is nervous
and depressed. He says this centennial
prosecution is very annoying and expen-
siye. He is very confident he viii be re-.
venged when congress meets.
THE CHIEF JUSTICE.
Chief Justice Waite, who has entirely
recovered from his fall from horse while
with Senator Thurman's party has been
with his wife at Lynn. They will return
here before October.
HOW THE MEMBERS FEEL.
A canvas of the incoming house OF
representatives in regard to several lead
ing questions has been made by Wash
ington bureau. Letters were sent to all
members elect Of the house of represen-
tatives asking opinions of the policy and
practicability of attempting pext winter to
secure further tariff legislation, their views
of the repeal of the compulsory provisions
IN the silver coinage act and the suspen-
sion Of the issue OF silver certificates and
their choice for speaker. Many of the
congressman were also asked their opinion
of internal improvements and river and
harbor bills and OF forfeting land grants
not earned within the time fixed by the
granting act. Many of the persons to
whom this last question was
put either misunderstood or
are singuiarly ignorant of the facts. 1t
has never been proposed to forfeit grants
to companies that complied strictly with
the terms of the grant. All that has been
proposed is the forfeiture of land grants
where the railroad has not been completed
or was not completed within the time
fixed. This is question of e1pediency
and not of the sanctity of contract, be-
cause where the road was not completed
in the time set the contract has been
broken by the grantee. The question is
whether the contract shall be construed
literally toward the grantees and the time
limit expunged or strictly enforced,
the government taking the fullest
advantage of the strict letter of the con.
tract One-third of the congressman re-
piled to these letters, but several of the
replies were entirely noncommittal.
About 125 letters coming from all parts of
the country answered some or all of the
questions. Extracts from most of the
letters are given below. OF the 80 Demo
cratic congressman who replied, 50 favor
revision of the tariff and 81 are opposed
to repeal of the compulsory provisions
of the silver coinage, but of these % are
for Carlisle, II for Cox, s for Randall, bat ell
of them are from outside of PENNSYLVANIA.
and are for Springer, and all the IS Re-
publicans who replied expressed opposi-
tion to general reopening of the tariff
question, but want some errors in the new
law corrected, II want the wool duty re-
stored to the old rate, wanted free Ium-
Der and want lower rates on sugar. The
repeal of the compulsory provisions of the
silver coinage act is opposed by only Re-
publicaRs, and it IS favored by 26, 81 op-
pose silver certificates, Is favor them, and
are opposed to the present silver dollar
but would favor an "honest silver dollar.n