The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24
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WASHINGTON, Jan, lS.-At the meeting of
the House committee on public lands, G. Z.
Huntington appeared on behalf OF the CalifoT-
ma Oregon company. The first intimailnn
presence WAS when lie Was introduced by
Chairman Cobb. He came. he laid, as q rep
resentatlve OF corporation That had always
performed its contracts IN the time required,
cy, and for This reason he thought Congress
ought not TO interfere in this one instance. A
general outline OF the work on the California
q oregon road was gwen. He said the work
was suspended because the line could only be
built 10 the Oregon state line, where il was 10
connect with the Oregon & California. Work
on the latt1r, however, had been suspended,
making the buildingof the road he represented
ineXpedient.
Acknowledgement Brewster said 10 Star ne
porter this morning: Ii there IS or has been
any wrong-dong In the department of justice,
am entirely ignorant OF it aad desire the full
est investigation. l know the result " Il be q
most complete yindicatioD. When | took the
oiice intended to do my duty. feel have
succeeded, surely TO unearth and rectify irrrg-
ularltleS IN Offices. United States marshals
cannot be claSsed for breach of duty. If Spring
er does not summon me before the committee
will make complaint. l intend to be "a witness
Special attorneys Was fixed by nv pre tit
and had / refused to p y him the amount
promised he would have dropped the case and
the charges w uld have gone through the hands
o. an attorney in league with the star rou ers.
II anything is wrong in this department. In
Heavens name let it come out"
The Houss committee on commerce is by no
means unantnl2iIS concerning tie immediate
retaliat.sy measure against Erarce and Ger
many. TonHsend's bill was defeated In the
committee to.o2y and the whole matter post
pOned until TUESDAY.
The House committee on commerce dis
cuSSed for two hours the proposed measure
rela'mg against the prohibition of American
hog products by France and Germany. 4 sub
committee consisting of Clardy, Long and
Davis, appointed TO consider the subject,
The joint resolution OF Rir. T0Wnshend which
authorizes the president in his discretion to
prohibit the importation OF goods was reported
by experts as injurious, when foreign countries
prohibited The importation OF American goods
said to be deleteriOuS TO health. MeSsrs. Rea-
gan. Dunn and Stewar IOppOsed the
action in the absence of 3 communication
from the secrat"ry of state. Mr.. Dunn insisted
that sufficient information was not at hand to
pro ,'erIy Consider the measure, and seemed III
doubt as to the propriety of action. He indi
Gated that facts might exist Which would au-
thOriZe the action taken by foreign govern
ments In connection with this idea. He fay-
ored government inspection OF meats.
Mr.. Reagan believed facts existed which JUS
thy the passage of such measure, but said |
Ihe correspondence between the United States, |
France and Germany should be examined, in
Orde- that intelligent action could be taken. |
MeSSrS Long, Clardy, Davis. Qll.) Turner, |
,kenIu~Sy) and Peters favored Immediate ac-
ton. Mr., Clardy said all information neces-
sary had bSen given by the secretary of state
in former report, showing the existence of |
The consul at FrankfOrt-on-
the Main and Minister Sargent at Berlin not |
only called the attention Of the government to |
he fact that the action OF Germany was with
nut warrant and mare subterfuge or pretext |
TO evade treaty stipulA1ons, but also the Ger
nan people, as shown by proclamation In |
The ReicllStag, knew that 1t was meant to pro- |
,ect their own pork productions and not re-
sorted to o,d for sanitary On Sqrp9se5 Ihe
Davis, of Illinois, said the pork in |
.eerest OF the country is demanding, |
necessary, that Congress enact re1atory lcglS- |
alton. He believed the committee would be |
ustl1ed in going much further than was pro- |
posed IN the amendment OF the resolution.
The he number Of consular reports referred to |
and German governments to be for the protec-
ion Of their own products. The proposition to /
dept the originafresolution of Mr.. Townshend |
Humber q 'oi members that DfSSsf faSSor
ably hear AMENDED the resolution could
lave united action, so that When the i measure
5 reported to the House ii will not be antago-
lized by members OF the committee, The vote
N the report was postponed till Tuesday,
when an effort will be made to introduce such |
amendments as will secure the unanimous
support of the committee.
The House committee on private land claims
bill for the relief Of BIyra Clark
falnes. The bill provides for the issue of
)atents to Mrs. Gaines for SO .457 acres of land
IN account OF grant made by Spain 10 John
lind and Thomas Urquehart, from whom
received title, provided no mineral
andS be included in the grant.
ConfirmationS-Richard Lambert of Colo
ado, consul a; San Bias; Reuben A. Allen, of
(hlo, Indian agent at the Blackfeet agency
Montana; Commodore, Robert w. Shufeldt
Alexander g. r. Hind, and Thos. w. Pattison |
o be rear admirals: Chief Engineer Charles |
i. Loring t. be chief of the bureau of steam
of the navy department.
The Senate in executive session rejected the
Mexican treaty. A motion was ade to recon-
der the vote, pending which the Senate ad-
burned until Monday. Be, oDd these facts re-
,Orts in regard 10 the matter are contradicto |
y. Some confusion seems to exist in the |
minds of the senators themselves in respect to |
certain features of the proceedings.