Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-01-27

feasibility OF Congress to enact law
providing that customs dues may be paid
with certified checks, instead OF actual
cash.
Debate ON the FItx-Johu Porter
bill.
WAsHISGTos, Jan. 26.-HorsE
Committee of the Whole, Thomas, Of
Illinois, delivered violent speech In
! opposition to the Fitz-John Porter bill.
He reviewed the war record of General
John Pope and pronounced him hero
for his valor, gallantry and ability. He
vigorously defended Pope's course to-
ward Porter, and scathingly referred to
Porter as the officer who had sulked III
his tent. Thomas referred to the cir
cumstanco of General Logan being
superseded in the command OF the Army
Of the Tennessee by a West Pointer,
three days after he logan had saved
the army. He said the removal of Nc.
Clellan filled the heart Of Porter with
venom and hatred toward everybody. He
characterized Mcclellan as a man taken
up by the Copperheads and Sons OF
Liberty for the Presidency against Abra-
ham Lincoln
Follett, of Ohio, appealed to the House
to discuss and consider the question
from wholly non partisan standpoint.
He deprecated the Language and animus
of Thomas's speech In doponncing grad
uates Of West Point. making the ones
ton political one.
Belford said he had the courage and
boldness to do what was just without
regard to any popular prejudice; that
Pompey, Hannibal and Napoleon were
conquered, but Grant never lost bat.
tie, and that Grant, who had fully ex-
amined the case, said injns,ice had been
done to Porter. On the judgment of
that great soldier he proposed to predi-
cate his vote in favor of the bill. He
believed that doing justice TO man was
the sweetest attribute of humanity, and
he would follow Grants judgment gainst
that Of Captains aud Colonels of militia.
Laughter.
Horr, Of Michigan, characterized him
self as "siay-at-home." Speaking Of
Grants letter favoring Porter, Horr said
it had been his pleasure to come as near
worshipping Grant as he ever did any
man the country produced. Gentlemen
on the other side had been villifying and
slandering Grant, calling him all kinds
of hard names for years. They called
him butcher and other names which the
presence of ladies' in the gallery pre-.
vented him repeating. laughter. Grant
was grand old man, continued Horr
He made a mistake in this Porter case
and as long as it was the only mistake
of his life. he Horn was going to stand
by him longer than the gentlemen on
the other side would. They had not
ogreed with GRAFT for minute except
in this one case, when Grant happened
to agree with them. I4aughterl Gen.
eral j. S. Wise, speaking not as Con.
federate General, paid a most eloquent
tribute to the memory OF the dead SOL
diers. He declared this the most anamo.
lous scene ever witnessed in the history
OF any land, where the vanquished were
called upon to cast the decisive weight
in the contested balance of the victors
For himself he accepted the issue pre-
sented. Horr concluded: 'In the name
of good discipline in the army; in the
name of the thousands Of men whose
spirits are calling on Congress to do its
duty; in their memory he protested
against the passage of the bill. :"
The Committee rose and the House ad.
journed.
sterling Exchange and Bonds
New YORK, Jan. 26.-Sterling bills
on London, go days, $4.86; Sterling
bills on London, sight draft, S4.SSt; U.
s. AIS of 1891, interest quarterly, 81. .l4a;
U. s. As of 1907, interest quarterly,
Sl.235; U. s. IS, Sl.O0t: Western Union
Telegraph, 7Ss
The Crested Buttes Horror
of the Bodies Recovered.
DENVER, Jan. 26.-Twenty-three more
of the burned bodies were to day recov.
cred from the Crested Buttes mine, max.
ing fifty-seven in all. But two remain.
These were recovered to-day, all found
in chamber No. and in the passage. way
in the immediate vicinity. Many have
their arms and legs broken, skulls
crushed in and clothing burned in
many cases so that it drops off
the body when it is moved. The
hair is burned from the heads and all
the skin is burned off the faces and other
exposed portions of the body, leaving
an utterly uurecognizable mass of raw
and bleeding flesh. To-day the com.
pany began the erection of large frame
building where the bodies will be
placed and where funeral services will
be held. Crowds are coming on every
train and on snow shoes from all the sur
rounding camps.