Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-27

Of furnishing the subcommittee with
copies Of the contracts with railroad com
panies, cable companies and press asso-
Citations be referred to the whole com
mittee. He claimed that neither the
sub committee nor the whole COMMITTEES,
nor the Senate, had power to require the
witness to produce said contracts; be-
sides, copies Of them cannot be made
without the consent Of the Board Of Di.
rectors, nor could they be produced
without the consent Of the other parties
to the contract. DR.. Green declined to
furnish information concerning receipts
from the Gold and Stock Telegraph
Company from cable contracts, etc. He
said there was nothing In the contracts
which he was not willing the committee
should know, but he declined to apswer
ON general principles. as the inquiries
were inquisitorial In their nature.
Senator kIIill said. "You are o
public corporation. are you not, Con-
gress has the right to legislate In the
matter, has it noi.'
'sNo, sir; not the least in the world"
replied Gwynn, counsel for DR.. Green.
Senator Hill-"Do you deny the right
Of Congress to regulate your interstate
business?'
Gwynn-.sNo; bnt Congress has no
right to interfere with the management
OF our private business.
HiIl-"I cannot agree with you on
that. Iconsider the questions pertinent"
Gwynn-"very well; we will try that
with you any day"
DIR. Green here said be had just re.
ceived q telegram from Mr.. VIM. Henry
Smith, general manager at New York.
and the Western Associated Press asso.
Citations, Ia relation to what he, DR..
Green, was reported to have said yes
terday. He asked If the committee
would ask Mr.. Smith to appear in person
before the committee and that that
would be better han 10 receive q
Telegram.
A FInancier's Optnlen
New YORK, Feb. 26.-Jesse Seligman,
in reply to an inquiry whether 1t was
probable that as much as $25, 900, 900
in gold would be sent abroad, said: II
certainly hope so. i think the export
Of that amount would be positive ad-
vantage to this country. It wonld he
only temporary loan, which we should
get back with more than compound IN
terest. 1t would be merely letting a
little blood from body in which cir
culation had become sluggish. We
should not miss the money and the
shipment Of it would stimulate business
activity hero and tend to keep conf.
dence On the other side. The result
would be higher rates Of interest in this
country and renewed buying of our
securities in Europe.
sterling. Exchange and honda
New York, Feb. 26.-- Sterling bills
on London, go days. s4.S7; Sterling
bills on London, sight drafts, $4.903; U.
s. Al Of 1891, interest quarterly, Sl.l4a;
U. S. As of 1907, interest quarterly,
81. 235; U. s. IS, $l.0i; Western Union
Telegraph, 765.
The First Cargo Direct from Aus
tralia.
BosToN, Feb. 26.-The steamer Gulf
of Suez, which arrived at Boston this
afternoon from Melbourne, brought the
first cargo which ever reached this port
~ steamer ON Au Italia direct. In
this case it is understood the wool was
specially purchased at low figures and
shipped at depressed rates for freight.
Being Decimated with Measles
DENVER, Feb. 26.-The TriJune's Al
buquerque, New Mexico, special says:
There is o terrible scourge among the
tribe Indians. Over one hundred chill
dren died with measles in the past
month, and the disease is still raging
The scenes about the Indian villages are
sickening in the extreme.
In Favor OF High License.
NEW YoRK, Feb. 26.-Thousands at,
tended the mass-meeting tonight in
favor Of the passage of the high license
bill. Henry Ward Beecher said he did
not believe il possible to enforce total
abstinence, but 1t would be good thing
now flourish in the metropolis.
Heavy Real Estate sale.
NEW YORK, Feb. 26.-The widow of
A. I. Stewart has sold Stewart building
at Broadway and Chambers street, to
Judge Hilton, for 81, 100000.
Nebruska's Presidential Prefer
enees.
CHICAGO, Feb. 26.-The Inter Oceans
special from Omaha says: The Repubi.
can will to morrow publish replies from
three hundred leading Republicans,
covering every county in Nebraska.
The replies indicate the first choice for
Presidential nomination us follows: For
Blaine l07, for Logan 60, for Arthur 81,
for Edmnnds Is, for Conkling 10. for
Lincoln ~, for General Sherman l6, for
Senator Harrison 6, for Grant 4. There
is a nearly unanimous preference for
Robert Lincoln for the Vice. Presidency.
Commenting on these returns, the Re
publican will say: II Blaine continues in
his present position of not an avewed
candidate, the Nebraska delegation will
undoubtedly go to the convention unin-
structed.
Democratic delegates will probably be
elected in the Congressional District
conventions