Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-05-01
WASHINGTON.



the LtaL COMMISSION vas made to the
Secretary of the Interior today The
commissioners made detailed = ate
menf of the operations of the commis-
si0n 10 the past YEAR. They recommend
also the passage Of lax giving toe first
or legal Sife the right of dover. as a,
common law. or ne other .quivalen,
Interest IN the rel estate of her hus-
band. hey al-o suggest that. to facil,-
tate the execution of the punitory pro
visions OF the Law. the Department of
Justice should be furnished with fund
70 be specially applied to that purpose.
and that, as the Justices of the Peace
IN Utah are nearly all Mormons, II
would be wise to confer concurrent
civil and criminal Jurisdiction upon
the tnitsd States Commissioners. They
Also say We would suggest the ad
visibility IF cunsIdering a Law for the
appointment by the Government or Dis
trlct Judges of certain Territorial and
county officers VINO are now elected
The Edmsnds Phelp. CORE. DO q DE- &c
WASHINGTON. April 3O.-Ths follow
ing correspondence recently passed be
tween Senator EImdnds and William
Walter Phelps:
matted statNs Senate. Washington, lsth
Aprii- DEAR SIE: have read your letter
III defence of Mr. Blaine Ia the SUNDAY
Lf7ha"s, and also the editorial Of the
Iribnne thereon, ia which you say, Sen
ator Edmunds was understood to have
a block of Burlington and Missouri Sc
curitie-, and Senator Eamunds ac-
quired these interests In the Burlington
ard Missouri road when he was IN the
Senate, and supported the bill to rest ore
the land grant 10 those roads"
These statements, taken i'll cOnnec-
ton with the receipt of your letter, evi-
IDENTIFY mean that at the time of the leg
islatlon referred to, | was 90, .ewhat ia
terested In that road, or its securities,
and the editorial IN the Tribune states
that expressly AS being your statement.
Both yourself and the Tribune are to-
tally mistaken. have hunted up what
| suppose to De the joint resolution to
when you refer. being Senate joint
resolution NJ. q. Irst session OF the
Forty First Congress-. of hich | had no
Whatever before: bnt see
on looking at the Congressional GioBe
that at the time | did make single re-
mark on the subject of the House
which remark l commend
TO Your careful consideration. | had
not at that time, and never had before
any ownership or interest IN the money,
bonds or stock of that road or any 9th
er out of the State of Vermont
never expected to have and had no more
connection with the passage of the
JOINT resolution than you had, and |
knew no more than you (which l as
sumo WAS nothing at ALL, excepting
what may be inferred from my Remark
on the House amendment. More than
three months afterwards, and on the
18Th of July, 1863, | found on looking
at my old books that had subscribed
for 100 shares of the stock and 5000 of
the bonds of the Burlington Il Missouri
River Railroad Company IN Nebraska.
which, / assure, WAS IN some wav nf-
fected hy the legislation referred to,
and had paid III cash the same price
that all other subscribers did, and held
the stock for several years when | sold
1t ia the Boston market at tho market
price and no more; aud then or after
wards, bought moro of the bonds of
the same COMPANY, which l sold. This
Is the whole story, and | give you au-
thority to verify II by an examination of
the books of the company in Boston or
an examination Of my books, OF both.
II IL some consequence among men
who int nd To be Irlthfui, as have, no
doubt you do, to be somewhat accurate
IN making statements about the acts
and doings of other people. Ii you or
any body else wishes to know any thing
concerning my business or other trans
actions at any time, shall be happy to
pat you III possession of precise infor-
NATION, 50 that you will be certain that
what you say Is true.
am neither willing or DESTROYS to be
either a candidate or President, which
everybody who has either spoken or
written to me on the subject knows; but
AS l naturally like to stand we'll III the
estimation of FAY fellow citizens, l dis
like to toe accused either of corruption,
bias, or seltishness, or of acting Oh a
public question in which have pri-
waite interest, when such accusations
are untrue. Respectfully yours,
GEO. +. EDMUNDs.
TO Hon. WIN. Walter Phelps, House
of Representatives.
The Public Debt.
The estimated decrease of the public
debt for April Is $3.50, 600.
Treasury Appointments.
Henry W. Cannon, of Minnesota. has
been selected AS successor to Comptrol-
Ter Knox. and James A. Connolly. of IL
linols. 10 be Solicitor of the Treasury.
The Badeaa Charges.
Secretary Frolinghuysen stated today
in regard To the letter of Gen. Badeau.
that AZ all communications between
hi1 and the Department of State were
in writing, If any attention were given
the subject 1t would be by publishing
the correspondence.
Cheap 1eiegraphing.
The House Committee on Post Offices
and Post Roads today unanimously
agreed u"on a bill to secure cheaper
telegraphic correspondence. and direct
ed Representative Rodgers to report il
ut the first opportunity. 1t provides
that charges for transmission of tele-
grams. excepting public service and
government, kilograms. shall be prepaid
by telegram stamps or stamped paper
and the maximum rates for kilograms
of ~ words or less, exclusive of date
and signature. when the distance of
transmission is 1900 miles or under. tC
be - cents; for every 80 miles or frac.
ton thereof IN excess Of 1900 miles All
additional rate of five cents may bt
charged: and between the cities of New
York. Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore
and Washington, and such other points
separated 10y short distances As may bt
from time To time designated by the
p stmaster General, the rate shall moi
be over IL cents. day or night. On tele
grams to be- transmitted by night. ex
cept as above stated. charges shall be
one half the day rate. All words shall
be counted except date, address and sig
nature. and for every , additional words
or less one fifth of sn additional rate
may be charged. The provision rela
tive to penalties is amended to read
=" For failure or neglect to promptly ana
correctly transmit any message, the