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!, Mel Sinclair, Morgan City, La; Ca
J, rol Bellinger, Luling. Texas Jas. !
: Ashcroft. Paduca, Ky: Harry
Grantley, Appleton City, Mo-; Linde
: {. Cantwell. Richmond, Mo-: Adria
f {. Case, Albany, Mo-; Mercator Jesse
Dardanelle. Ark. Benjamin McElro
: Frankfort, Kas.: \. a. Yeager. Al
gusta, Kas. Geo. Huyck, Ellsworth
Kas.
All public business was suspende
both in the Senate and in the Hous
to-day, on account of the funeral cerC
monies of the late Congressman Mac
kay, of South Carolina.
The House committee on election
dismissed the consideration of con
tested election in the case of Janin vs
Hunt from Louisiana, on the grOun,
that the evidence of the former wa
not introduced within the time pre-
scribed by law.
The Fitz John Porter debate viii
be closed Friday or, at the latest, OF
Saturday. In the course of debat,
last Saturday Gen. Slocum, who ha
charge of the bill, interrupted Mr.
Horn to say that he had in his posses
sion the original letters of Gen. Gar
field, stating that he was in favor o.
the commission. Gen. Slocum sale
| further: These letters will be pro
duced before this house by gentle
man on your own side, and whom
you have confided in" 1t is learned
the Republican to whom Gen. Slocum
referred is Phelps, of New Jersey
who is to close the debate in defense
of Porter. Gen. Slocum, on moving
the previous question, yielded his
hour to Phelps, who was selected as
an old friend Of Gen. Porter and be-
cause the latter since the war has
been a resident of New Jersey and the
district which Phelps represents in
Congress. 1t is understood the friends
of Porter have placed in Phelps
hands the private letters and other
which will fatty and authoritively
contradict various assertions made by
the opponents of the Porter bill in
the course of debate.
The president gave the first state
dinner of the season, at the White
House this evening. The east room
was beautifully decorated for the oc-
caslon with tropical plants, ferns and
exotics; the Marine band being sta
toned at the further end of the room.
President Arthur was assisted by Mrs.
Elray, who received the guests, who
were as follows: Secretary of State
and Mrs. Frelinghuysen, Secretary Of
War and Mrs. Lincoln, Secretary OF
Navy and Mrs. Chandler, Postmaster
General and Mrs. Gresham, Attorney
General and Mrs. Brewster, Secretary
of Interior and Mrs. Teller, Speaker
of House and Mrs. Carlisle. General
and Mrs. Sheridan, Admiral Porter,
Senator and Mrs. Vancock, Senator
and Mrs. Harrison, Senator and Mrs.
Conger, Senator Sawyer, Senator
Sewell, Senator Aldrich, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Hiscock, Mrs. H. e, White,
Mrs. Edward N. Kinley, Miss Lucy
Frelinghuysen, Miss Gresham, Bishop
Simpson and wife. Secretary Folger
is absent from the city.
Representative White of Kentucky
testified before the House committee
on expenditures of the department of
justice to-day in reference to his as
sertions in the House last week con-
corning the present governor of
Utah. He referred to the charges of
irregularities in Office by Murray
while United States marshal of Ken
lucky, and said the government had
been wronged out of thousands of
dollars in consequence of expenses in
CURED by fruitleSS and unnecessary
prosecution against citizens of that
state, by which they were harrassed
and emblttered against the govern.
ment and its officers. False, fictitious
charges for guards had been made,
and numerous prosecutions had been
instituted for the most trivial VIOLA
lions of law, and the arrested parties
were taken from the remote part of
the state to Louisville, passing en-
route commissioners who could have
heard their cases on the preliminary
examination. "This was" he said,
" not in the interest of the govern
ment. but apparently for no other
reason than to make cost"
Secretary Frelinghuysen has adj
dressed to the President commune
cation which will be transmitted to
the House of Representatives in re-
sponse to resolutions asking for pa
pers relating to the exclusion of |
hog products from foreign |
countries. He submits to the P-eSi- |
dent copies of all pertinent matter |
found on record in the department OF |
state, and gives in detail the history
Of the exclusion of American meats |
from France, Germany and other Eu-
ropean countries in March 1881. The |
secretary says The department of |
state prosecuted an examination of the |
various phases of the pork industry in
he western states, which resulted in
the fact of the entire
of the pork products.
The facts thus elected warranted
he department in represe nting
% the foreign governments concerned
hat their prejudicial judgment against
swine exports of this country was ex-
1arte and unfounded. When it was
lscertained that Germany was about
% issue an order of total exclusion the
PRESIDENT directed the imperial gov
of his intention to appoint a
commission to examine the whole
subject and invited it to SeLd experts
lere to act with the commission. The
invitation was declined. The presi-
lent has since appointed the commits
ion then contemplated. 1t is COM
posed of representative of the New
Z ork chamber of commerce, Prof.
Jhas. T. Chandler, representative OF the
Jhicago board of trade, w. BlatchfOrd,
Wo members nominated by the COM
missioner of Agriculture, F. d. Cur
is, Of New York, and Prof. d. E.
Salmon, the whole under the chair
of the commissioner of agri-
culture. In point of scientific COM
,etence and elevated impartiality. the
ormation of the commission pc
fits it for the execution of
is responsible tasks to it should be-
ong in a great measure the shaping
# the policy of this government to-
wards the pork question, in its do
nestle or foreign aspect. In view,
of the prominent parts
which the results reached by the
)ork commission must necessarily
,lay in the further treatment of the
question by the executive or by Con-
,ress, the secretary feels it incumbent
N him to advise that the president
ecommend to Congress to abstain
rom any immediate legislative action
Until the report of the commission,
which will soon be presented before
t. The secretary further says the
question to be carefully, frankly and
honestly met is, whether the pre-
Jared meat products that are exported
rom this country are injurious
% the public health. We believe
hey are not and have so represented.
Should it appear that the meat pro-
lucts of this country ale as we be-
ieve them to be, not deterious, but
promoters of health, 1t Is b.
ieved that those friendly nations
which have put forth the decree
If prohibiting the Importation of |