The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-05-15
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Conversational and Other Proceedings.
WASHINGTON, May SIN the house
the senate joint resolution passed in
regard to the ceremonies to be author
lZed for the completion of the Wash
ington monument.
Clardy, from the committee on COM
merce, reported a bill authorizing the
appointment of Missouri river COM
mission.
Dargan, from the committee on pat
ents, reported bill providing for the
revision, Improvement and amend
ment Of the laws relating to patents.
WASHINGTON, May THE Swain
court of inquiry met this morning,an
was two hours occupied IN reading the
report of proceedings of yesterday.
Bateman then continued his testlmo-
nv. He testified to the circumstances
under which he had withdrawn his
charges made April Is, which, he said,
were that Gen. Swain had agreed to
secure the withdrawal of the suit
against him (Bateman) on the due bill
about which the trouble arose; to
surrender this due bill, and re-
fer the whole matter to arbitration.
Bateman testified that Morrow not
only Implicated his pay accounts but
quadrupled them, obtaining $4,000 on
vouchers worth but $500. Swain,
he said, loaned Morrow 1925, and took
a bill of sale On Morrow's piano, but
it, like the pay accounts, proved
worthless, and Wehn the bankers took
ONT stock action to protect them
selves in the Morrow matter Swain
informed him (Bateman) that unless
the bankers contributed enough to
paw SWANS claim against Morrow,
he (owain) would so fix
things at the war department
that the bankers would get nothing.
WASHINGTON, May To-day in the
senate, Sewell, from the committee
on military affairs, reported favorably
bill authorizing the sale OF portion
of the Fort Hayes military reserva-
ton, in Kansas, to the Ellis county
agricultural society, Of Kansas.
WASHINGTON, May 8.-The entire
morning session CT the Swain court
of inqairy was occupied In the cross
examination of Bateman. This Cross
examination was directed principally
to showing that there had been dis
satisfaction on the part OF Gen. Swain
with respect to the manner in which
certain business had been transacted
for him by Bateman 81 Co, with the
object Gas Calkins, counsel for Swain,
explained to the COURT of showing
there might have been an honest diff
ference of opinion between Swain and
Bateman as to the accounts of the
former. The principal transactions
about which Bateman was examined,
were the purchase of the claim pend
ing before the French and American
claims commission, or the award made
by that commission and the purchase
of 10000 shares of the Columbia copper
mining stock. Calkins endeavCred to
secure an acknowledgement from wit
nesses that Gen. Swain had been
authorized to purchase an award al
ready made to one DR.. Austriai by
tie French and American claims
commission, instead of the unsettled
claim which was purchased by wit
ness. The latter, however, insisted
his instructions were to purchase the
claim, and he asserted at the time
these instructions were given that no
awards had been made by the commits
sion, and claimed the purchase was
for $4,000, and that Gen. SWAIN depos-
tied with the firm of Bateman 81 Co,
a check for $1,000 with which to pur-
chase it. The amount thus deposited
was credited not to Swain, but to DR..
Austriai, who gave his note, secured
by transferers claim, to Bateman u
Co. for $1,000. This claim bad not yet
been decided, and the $1,000 paid in
by Gen. Swain remained on the books
of Bateman & Co. to the credit of DR..
Austriai.
WASHINGTON, Nay Son motion
of Ellis all prior bills we're set aside
and the committee proceeded to the
consideration of the bill appropriating
100000 for the celebration of the
Worlds Industrial and Cotton Cen.
tennial exposition at New Orleans.
Kelly said he was heartily in favor
of government aid to the exposition
, without scrutiniZing too closely the
possibility of encountering direct
financial loss. An exposition such as
was to be held at New Orleans, al
which the world would assemble, and
in which congregation the American
7 people would be an active and pre-
: dominant element, would pay the pee
, pie one hundred dollars for every dol
/ lar which should be lost if the govern
{ ment should not be repaid single
: one. He wished God speed to thu
s New Orleans exposition.
: Henderson, Iowa, was heartily IL
q sympathy with such action as would
q bring every part of the country il
: juxtaposition, hand in hand and hear
f to heart.
$ Young favored the proposition a
: being of a beneficial result to tn
J. business interests of the country, an
= Summer, California, IN the name o
l. the people of his state, gave it his sup
d port.
). Potter could find in the constitution
e no warrant for the measure. 1t
were necessary to grant n million do
IL lars in violating the constitution a
}, reconsolatory fund, let the purpose b
l. avowed, and and not disguised unde
e such subterfuge as this.
h Holman opposed the bill, and said
8, was unconstitutional.
d Hunt answered the constitution;
objections raised against the measur
J. and quoted precelents in support
E. his views.
S. Shaw opposed the bill, and sarcasti
" ally suggested that the United Stat
a. treasury should be placed upan cha
tered car and attached to the Barnul
circus train, in aid of the exhibitio
throughout the country.
Beach spoke against the bill.
McCord supported it, aud though
10 New Orleans was the proper place
Il, which the exposition should be bel
d. and regarded that city as the gre
n commercial port of the future.
as On motion of Hiscock an amen
Id ment was adopted providing tn
he the sum appropriated shall only
" paid on the. treasurer of the Unit
ed States being satisfied that 5000
be will be contributed by the World /
Is. dustrial and Cotton Exposition.
ed The committee then rose, and t
be bill passed. Yeas, 1872; nays, 81.
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be The Swain Trial.
WASHINGTON, May Sin t
Swain court of inquiry to-day
cross examination of Bateman "