The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-05-22
FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS - FIRST
EESSION.
ERNhTE.

WAsHINGroN, May 20. - TPress.1 - The
fnancs committee of tha senste postponed
| for one week consideration @. the resolu
tion for investigation of the csuse Of the
failure of the New York banks, in order to
obtain further information on the subject
II ia thought congressional investigation
will not be ordered.
WASHINGTON, May 20.-[Press i'm the
house Roseccs ans offered q resolution
directing the judiciary committee tr en-
Quire into the facts and law concerniog the
survey OF public lands belonging to San
Francisco. Referred,
Ellis, from the committee on apprc-
pria'ions, asksd leave to report a resolution
making al additional appropriation OF
$lOQ, 900 for tho relief OF s1fferers from The
overflow Of the Mississippi rives aud tri0u'
tRries.
Connolly objected to the conailera.
tion of the resolution.
Ho Wit, of New YORK, regretted that
he should be compelled to rise to personal
explanation, snd asid he only did go after
consultation with his colleagues on the
committee Of ways and means. A letter
had appeared In the newspapers addressed
to the chairman of ths committee on ways
and means, signed by Henry W. Oliver,
ir., in relation to the tariff bill introduced
by him. He was informed by Mr.. Morri.
son that the letter was given the prass be-
fore it was delivered to him. Yesterday 1t
appeared in the papers as letter adtr 3ssed
to Oliver and signed by him (HewItt). The
latter letter was q fabrication. He was to.
tally ignorant OF the authorship unit this
morning in his mail he found the following
letter rom Pittsburg:
DEAR SIR:-Under guise OF e letter from
you to Henry w. Oliver, jr., publish in
Sunday'5 Globe tomorrow and by Asso-
soGia.ed Press burlesque on Oliysr's let
ter to Morrison. 1t is considered COM
plcts tske.off on Oliver. You can use your
pleasure about disclosing the author,hip;
Hswitt said it was almost incredible
to him that any map, as familiar with the
legislature as Oliver ought to be, could have
written latter, which it appears he had
done, and that divers first statement was
that Hewitt's bill increased the duty on
wire. That was not true; 1t reduced the
duty on wire. Oliver was misled by mis-.
take in the copy; ,s the copyiss is.a. had made e
crease, but for the fact that there was
provision in schedule 30" that no duty
should be higher than 80 per cent. Sec
oudly, Oliver said that he (Hewitt) doubled
the duty on iron rods, OF which he is the
largest manufacturer in the country. The
statement that he was the largest manu-
facturer was simply untrue, and that 1t
doubled the duty was also untrue. In as
far as it was affected, it reduced the duty
on articles which he manufactured. It was
only inferentially noted by Oliver that
he was making barbed fence-wjre. He
had no relation to that business, therefore
no change in the duty could have.
affected him. In the third place,
Oliver charged he practically put
upon the free list steel rods, Of which
he was large consumer, and not manu-
facturer. He was manufacturer OF steel
rods ard not large consumer. All he
he m sds. He did not think any
mem Der would believe be would draw up q
bill for his personal benefit.
The speaker anncug Ced the appointment
of Ellis, Holman eDd Rya0, conirersss
on the Indian appropriation bill.
The senate amendme eusto Diuelev's ship.
ping bill <as not couculr5c ii..
The house rrocosde6 ,ho s;degstion
u th Indiana c9Gtestcd election case Of
Erallsh v Peel.
The majority resolution lc8ll-s William ,
Z EngliHh. H. duly eiCCs.d m a cr Gi
he Forty.eignth congress.
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