Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-05-23
EASTERN.
The New Orleans Exposition Loan
bill Approved.


The New Orleans Exposition Loan
Bili Approved.
WASHINGTON, May %. The President
has approved the bill granting loan Of
u million dollars to the Now Orleans TX.
position.
Investigation Ordered.
WASHINGTON, May 22.--Horr prom.
ised, If an investigation was ordered, to
prove q good deal more than he had
stated. The House has adopted rs so
luton directing the special committee Of
seven to inquire into tho question
whether or not the Hon. VIM. H. Eng.
lish has violated tho privileges Of
the floor, Or whether any ex-member
employed as an attorney In any contest.
ed election case. or for any railroad or
othec corporation. has abused its privi-
legss.
The Senate, by vote of yeas %, nays
20, refused to reconsider the bill prohib.
iting the mailing OF newspapers contain
ing lottery advertisements, and 1t goes
to the foot Of the calendar.
Charged with Violating His Priv
IIege English sworn In.
WASHINGTON, May PA decided
sensation WAS created in the House by
the action Of Herr in rising to question
Of privilege and charging the Hon. VIM.
II. English with the violation Of the
privileges of an ex-member by lobbying
in the interests Of his son, as contestant
in the English-Pe election case.
English was vigorously defended by
Randall and Cox (of New York;, aud no
action was taken, though resolution
will probably be adopted to-day direct
ing the Committee on Rules to enquire
whether English has violated the privi-
leges Of the floor. As q result OF the
English Pcelle contest, William English
has been sworn in as member from the
Seventh Indiana district. The vote was,
ayes 100; nayes 1876.
spicy Debate on H0rr's Question
OF Privilege.
WASHINGTON, May 22.-Horr, rislng
to Il question of privilege, said; ''No
ex-member OF Congress has the right to
the floor If he takes it and abuses its
privileges by attempting to influence
legislation here. now rise to say that
it has been brought to my notice by
Democratic member of this House that
an ex.member of Congress. who is the
father Of one Of the litigants in this case,
has been on the floor OF the House solic-
iting members, sending for them, taking
them into consultation and attempting to
influence them in their votes on this
case. II that be true, it is such viola
tion Of the dignity and Integrity Of this
House that it ought not to go unno.
ticed."
~ desire to say" replied Randall,
"that the father of the contestant would
be unnatural il he did not
take the deepest interest in his
sons contest" Applause on the
Democratic and derisive laughter ON
the Republican sidel. and / stand here
as witness that the gentleman has ex-
ercised the most careful propriety in con.
nection Herewith [Applause on the
Democratic side.
"And want to say further" broke in
Blount, "that. it's II notorious fact,
known by all members on this floor, that
this rule has been violated time and
again; that ex.members of Congress- in
TIE employ Of railroad companies and in
other interests, have been here impor-
tuning members on this floor.
"Why did you not call attention to
III" inquired Brown, of Pennsylvania.
"Why have not you done so?" inter
posed Blount.
because | have not known, replied
Bro ,n.
"Oh! my dear sir yon are very inno-
cent person, returned Blount. 81 want
to add that this rule has been obsolete
for months and years. 1t ought to have
been enforced, aud the gentleman from
Indiana is certainly excusable under the
circumstances, when the rule has been
obsolete in every other direction.
Springer made the point that the rule
related to a person who was interested in
claim pending before Congress. 1t had
reference to the pecuniary interest Of a
hired attorney coming on the floor and
advocating the passage of claim. 1t
had never been assumed that it had any
reference to gentleman who came
looking after the interests of friend or
relative in contested election case.
White, of Kentucky, moved that the
Sergeant at Arms be directed to arrest
Hon. VIM. English and bring him to the
bar to show whether he had violated the
privileges of the floor. White subse.
quen'ly withdrew it.
Biyne offered resolution instructing
the Committee on Rules to inquire and
report to the House whether or not
WIN. ii. English, an e1-member of the
House, had violated the privileges
thereof.
Hoblitzell objected, and Bayne with.
drew the resolution for the time being.
The question recurring on the minor
ity resolution. it was lost--ayes, 1913;
nays 100, and the majority resolution
was adopted-yeas, 1870; nays, l2D.
English thcn appeared at the bar of the
House and took the oath OF office.
senate Report ON the Postal TeIc-
WASHINGTON, d. c., May 22.-The
report Of the Senate Committee on Post
offices and Postroads, on the subject OF
p, stal telegraph. has been completed
by Senator Hill. 1t gives a summary
Of the history, increase, debts, rem
t.ls and capital stock of the Western
Union Company and the value of its
property, leased and otherwise. and says
the capital stock, $50, coo, ,0O0 has
arisen. nearly the whole Of it, from stock
dividends and from purchases made OF
the lines of other companies, which
were paid for by issues of stock. 1t is
evident, the report continues, that the
prices which the Western Union paid in
its stock for competing lines were vastly
in excess of either the cost or earning
capacity OF the property acquired.
1t was claimed before the Committee
by the President of the Western Union
that it had. IRON time TO time, expended
out OF its current earnings considerable
money on construction account; that is
to say, in addition to its lines and equip.
ment over and above their maintenance.
This may be true to some extent, but
cannot be true to the extent Of justify
ing the enormous stock dividends which
the company has made.
The committee arrives at the con-
clusion that the actual number Of miles
of wire OF the Western Union Telegraph
Company throughout the country could
be duplicated to-day for S24 500, 900.
The Postal Telegraph bill asserts that
the passage of the Postal Telegraph bill
will reduce the average charge per tele-
gram from 80 cents to 25 cents
immediately aud 20 cents in five years
aud secure Uniformity OF charges, ire.
spective OF the amount of business in
different places, for telegrans to news