Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-03-02
WASHINGTON.


WASHINGTON.
PeasloA Bl1ls Pass "a.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 9.-The House At
tne evening session passed about twenty
pension bills.
TIE keafes.8sysssa Csosrsves.y.
WAsHs0ros, March 1.-The Keifer.
Boynt0n Committee resumed it, session.
Boyntou presented A. II. Ramsay, attor-
ney Of the Commercial Gazette COMPANY.
saying that Ramsay represented him q
counsel.
]. w. Elder Of Washington was the
first witness-He had had Q conversa.
ton with B3ynton, Charles s. Garfield
being present. He spoke to Boynton
about small bill in which the witness
vas Interested Boyntou said thas the
Speaker had declined 10 take an interest
in . bill which he had, and il he would
not interest hims0lf in that, he would
not in a email one. BOyntos said that
be bad bill he wished 70 rot the
Speaker 70 aid him in posing.
Coleman said this was the last witness
be desired to call, bat be reserved tbs
right TO present further evidence If il
should be found necessary or desirable.
General Boypton took the stand. and
said his first knowledge of the n Gar
rahan claim vas derived from the read
ing Of the report of the Committee on
CiaiDs, and he at that time wrote q
letter to his paper supporting the claim.
This was long before he met 4c6arra-
han. During tho last session of Con-
gress Me0arrahAn came to him ~ q
friend4Of Speaker Keller and asked him
(B0ynt0n) 10 ask the Speaker to recoR.
nize some one TO introdsce his (McGar-
rahan's) claim. He said that il Keller
came TO his office he would do 90. Not
seeing Keifef for two or three days, he
wrote the note previously spoken of in
the testimony. and sent II to the Speak
or at his house.
Relative to his visit to the Speaker.
witness said he went to the Speaker
room to speak about the appointments
of another man in place of Reid, a.
Government Agent at Walla Walla,
which had been pending between them
sinoe the December previous. He then
referred to his note about the McGar-
rahan claim, telling Kcifer that he had
NO interest in it, except that he had
promised MCGarrahan TO do 20. Keifer
replied, "Oh, that's all right. have
already promised TO recognize some one
in that manner" Witness said he had
always been on good terms with Keifer
till the trouble about opening the press
gallery, and that the Mc0arrahan
claim had NO connection with the rnp-
ture between them. Boynton further
testified that he could prove by Eve wit
nesses that on the night of the day
upsn which Keifer says he approached
him corrup4ly, Ksifer vas in his (Boyu-
ton's) and held long and friendly talk
concerning the tariff bill.
The Public Debt.
The debt statement shows decrease
of the public debt during February Of
q, So, 587, and q decrease since June
Sd, 1883, of t67, 59O,O74. Cash in the
Treasury. &896, ga, l52; gold certificates
outstanding. tiO8, ll3, 500: silver oertifi-
Gates, $1lO, 137, 82l; legal tenders, $685.
68l ,Oi6; cash balance available on March
LIST, 1884, $l45,534. 261. Bonds issued TO
the Pacific railroads, interest payable
by the United States, principal out
standing, &64 623,5l2; interest accrued
not yet paid, &6l6, 235; interest paid BY
the United States, Isl, leo, 79e; interest
repaid by the companies by transpOrta-
item, 81, 985, $50; by cash payments, Ave
per cent of net earnings, $665, l98; bal
ancs Of interest paid by the United
States, q, ,973.
silver Coinage.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
prepared q statement showing that the
total coinage Of standard dollars under
the Act of February 18th, 1873. - March
LIST, 1884. was $l66, 125, ll9; held in the
Treasury offices and mints, $126 81, 399;
outstanding, 81, 30, TO. Or the amount
hold by the Treasury there are held TO
redeem outstanding silver certificates
~, PAT 1927, leaving owned BY the Treas
ury go, 4,67s.
Another lavessiGasiss.
w. A. BuEleieh, formerly q delegate
in Congress from Dakota, but now 70
siding in Montana, was before Spring
er's Committee today and was ex-
amined in relation to the official conduct
Of Judge C0nGer. one OF the District
Judges Of Montana, recently succeeded
by Judge Coburn. of Indiana. Witness
testified that Judge COnRsr was under
she influence Of liquor % often that
business suffered. Burleigh had seen
him 90 to sleep on the bench while i'm
p0rtant casss were being heard. The
delay in appointing q successor to
Judge Conger, Mr.. Burleigh asserted,
cost the district from $4,000 to $780,
CO., and had also cost the Government
large sum.
Ex-Chief Justice Shannon was also
before the committee. He said he had
Investigated the charges against Con-
ger. The testimony from two
counties Of Congsr's district had been
in favor Of him. while that from the
two other counties was against him.
JudRe Shannon testified in regard TO
the charge Of gambling that he knew
that Conger, while holding q term of
court at Niles City, played poker for
money one Sunday afternoon, while
during the morning OF the same
day be had delivered An address
before Sunday school. On other O.
casiOns witness said he found that
Judge COnger played stud poker and
faro for money, liquors and drinks. In
relation 10 the. charge Of having dis
reputable associates. Judge Shannon
said that Oonecr had been ssen In Miles
city in June, 1882. at . dance given BY q
colored woman Of bad repute. Az to
tho witness testified that
Judge ConRer had been seen on the
bench on several occasions when under
the influence of liquor and unfit to be
t1ore.
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