The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-19
WIRED WORDS,
SIGNAL SERVICE BUREA.
General Hazen's Correspondence to the
Secretary of War.
He Wants Senate Committee Appoint
cd to Investigate the Workings of
the Department.
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.


WASHINGTON. Feb. 19.-The vice pres
ident was before the senate with the memo
rial of the Iroquois club of Chicago, pray
ing congress to accept the Illinois and
Michigan canal, with view of making it
national water way to the Mississippi.
The senate agreed hereafter, to meet at
10 a. m.
The tariff, bill was taken up, and Sher-
mans amendment relation to duty on
steel is pending.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 19.-The sundry
civil bill was reported and referred to the
committee of the whole and will be called
up tomorrow.
Report submitted and laid over in
the contest election case of Cook VS.
Cults, Iowa, declaring the contestant en-
titled to seat.
Bills were introduced and referred by
Bedford to admit free of duty articles in
tended for the national mining and in
dustrial exposition at Denver in '83.
BY Anderson, to reduce the revenue on
all importations into the United States.
The following is late correspondence
between Gen. Hazen and the secretary of
war in regard to Gen. Hazen's request that
a senate committee be appointed to inves-
tigate the signal service bureau:
The Honorable Secretary Of Var: | have
the honor to acknowledge the receipt of
your communication uf the 18th asking
that the president of the senate be request
ed by resolution to appoint a committee
of its members to thoroughly investigate
the affairs of this bureau. / requested the
secretary to ask the senate to investigate
certain allegations against the adminstra-
ton of signal service, because l iwant
iYcf nd NV IF I
thought the end was obtainable by court
inquiry, equally as well. l should ask that
I GGk the senate committee, because the
house expires the 4th of March, and want
have time. HaZen CONT nues though the
senate may not investigate the allegation
made in the house. it can investigate a
bureau, concerning which it proposes to
legislate court of inquiry that court re-
port concerning legislation.
The senate. has bill on the
calendar providing for the organization of
the signal service. A full investigation
will. he thinks result in the inactment of
another bill, embodying the view of the
secretary before the senate for the transfer
in the interior department. He believes
the present system ought to continue, and
is anxious for congress to fully ex
anime the question. There is nothing
he wants concealed he wants the
whole truth He knows he has done
nothing wrong in aid of legislation, but
much wrong has been done him and the
service by our enemies against
that legislation. Fair treatment
demands congressional investigation of
the department, which should be driven
out if it deserves to be, not pushed out by
indirectiOn He looks to the secretary of
war for support, and is sure be feels willing
TO do the signal service bureau justice. If
he refused it was unprecedent and would
he least courteous He informed the Asso
ciated Press of the application, supposing
it was matter of course that there would
be no objection to the request, which he |
again renews for the senate investigation. |
This letter will be given to the press as |
three of the secretary's letters to HIM have |
been done The letter is dated February |
18th.
If the inquiry ends to-day the prisoners |
will be tried before a special commission |
Of three Judges. Special arrangements are
being made for the trial. Carey said he
liCin't see George Smith in Phoenix Park
on the 5th or 9th of May. Joe Smith
pointed out Burke Pat Whelan was not
in the dock to-day. Carey corrected the
deposition in several particulars, and said
Of Mrs Byrne that he had only been told
she was the wife of Frank Byrne, and also
corrected the statement that Jones Mullet
was with him when he and Carley met
number one.