Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-02-17

only other temperance man of that COM
mittee. The committee will soon hear
| Neal Dow and other temperance advocates
| in support of bill to provide for COM
mission on the subject of the alcoholic
| liquor traffic. The bill has been presented
at many sessions of Congress and repeatedly
passed by the Senate, but thus far has
failed to become law. Its leading pur-
pose is to secure a thorough and authorita-
F, tive investigation of facts in regard to the
evils of alcoholic liquors, and. speaking on
| the subject, Price said "Wby could not
we have this commission to report for the
| benefit of the hundreds of thousands who
are being ruined, body and soul, by the
liquor traffic? Hitherto the brewers have
opposed US. | am told this year they will
favor a commission. don't see why they
should oppose us. If the liquor traffic in
| itself is good thing, it will be shown to
! be so by an impartial investigation. In
| that case the traffic will be benefited by
| the careful and thorough exhibit of facts"
Att srney-General Garland and the Pan
! Electric Telephone Scandal.
WASHINGTON, February 16th.-Attorney-
General Garland to-day said to the agent of
the Associated Press that he had nothing
new to say concerning the manner in
which he became interested in the Pan
| Electric Telephone Company, OF the cir
cumstance under which the suit at Mem
| phis against the Bell Company was
instituted by direction of the Solicitor-G Cen
eral last autumn, For" he adds, my
| published statement to- the President last
| October said everything knew about those
matters, and my attitude in regard to them
has not changed in the least since
| then. Besides this, it now appears
that an investigation, covering the whole
| question, is to be had by the House
of Representatives, and / am glad of
it. and hope it viii be thorough and COM
| plete, and that all there is of it will be re-
yealed and made public. In advance of
this investigation, which l heartily well
| come, | feel disinclined to go into the SUBJ
| ject in detail, but l will say this, however.
1t is asserted by some persons that as | am
| a member of rival company to the Bell
! Company, and the Government now is
prosecuting a suit against the Bell tele-
| phone patent this suit may result to my
| benefit or advantage, and that too, while
| am at the head of the Department of
| Justice, through the Solicitor-General of
which the suit is to be carried on, and that
| therefore something should be done by me
| to relieve myself and the Admins
tration from the apparently delicate
| situation indicated. | have considered
|
as far as | am able, and recognize the fact
that there is much in it worthy of thought
have discussed in my mind NEST thor
| oughly what | could and ought TO do in
| view alone OF this state of the case and
have determined to take steps to meet this
| in way that will, | think, receive the APP
| probation of all people who really desire TO
be satisfied. This would be at once con-
| summated, but as an investigation by the
] House is now to proceed, do not think it
right for me to do anything OF explain
! what ! intend to Go, until the investigation
IS concluded, as my motives, in view of
| this investigation, might be misconstrued ;
but whatever the result of the investigation
may be, | Will carry out and execute the
! determination | have reached, and of which
| have already spoken, and more than this
| ! hope you do not expect me to say or in
dictate"
But, Mr.. Attorney-General, will you
allow me to inquire whether this foreshad-
ows your resignation from the Cabinet ?"
mo, not bit"
| Capital Notes.
| WASHINGTON, February 16th-A canvass
of the House Commerce Committee was to-
day taken on the Eads ship canal scheme,
| and it was ascertained that there is clear
majority in favor of the bill.
Secretary Lamar has disallowed the claim
| of John T. Chapman, of Humboldt county,
Cal, amounting to S., 100, being compensa-
ton for depredations alleged to have been
committed in 1864 by the Mad River Indi-
ans.
In the House to-day, James, from the
Committee on Coinage, Weights and Meas
ures, reported adversely BANDS bill for the
| free coinage of silver, and it was placed on
the calendar. Bland obtained leave to file
minority report, and stated that the
| House would be asked to consider the bill
at the earliest opportunity.
! Senator Stanford, who is in New York
now is expected to return to Washington
| tomorrow.
Representative Morrow, from the Com
merce Committee, to-day reported favor
ably the bill authorizing the construction
of lighthouses at San Luis Obispo and
Point Sur, southern California.
The Committee on Pensions this after
noon agreed TO report favorably the bill in
| troduced by Representative Louttit, grant
| ing Mrs George S. Evans, of San Francisco
widow of General Evans, pension of $50
per MONTH and a pension of 81 per month
| for each of her children.