The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-03-20
IMPORTANT TOPICS.
How The Statesmen We're
Engaged Yesterday.
ia L Il q r IL ID K.
The Western Union Telegraph-Tarif
Talk Begun-The Chinese
Question Up.

WAsH,SGroS, March l6.-The chair laid
teiore the Senate II letter from the Secre-
tary of the Navy transmitting for infor-
nation copies OF the drawings and reports
ri the recent survey Of the Nicarauguan
canal route made by civil engineer Menocal
O. the navy. Referred.
Atl2 o'clock Mr.. Cullom took the floor
in the Senate to speak on the Edmunds'
resolutions, but gave way to Mr.. Morrill,.
wso then addressed the Senate upon the
resolutions.
WHAT ARE PRIVATE PAPERS.
Mr.. Morril's remarks were very brief.
and when he had concluded, Mr.. Cullom
tack the floor. He said the refusal Of the
Attorney General to furnish the papers
called for by the Senate, WAS n denial OF
the rights OF the Senate to inquire into the
management Of public offices. Reply ng to
lie remarks al the Senator from West Vir-
Goia, Mr.. kenna. as to what constituted
apublic paper. Mr.. Cullom said, 1.-THE i'm
,nrtauce or relevan y OF papers
rust be Judged by their substance. II
the President has removed no officers
except for cause such papers must be filed,
Indeed such documents had been invited by
tba present administration, in evidence OF
which Mr.. Culom read the celebrated con-
fdrntial letter Of POstmaster-General
Villas showing that docu entary evidence
would be required in making removals IN
which the Postmaster- General stated that
he smoke for the President. II such papers
we're now on file the Senate was entitled
+, them and the President ought in good
faith to produce them. II there was no
such papers on file let him say 80 and the
country could Judge how well he had re-
deemed every pledge he had made to the
people.
losed the resolu tions reported from the
majority of the committee. However much
the issue might be disguised, he said the
zeal object was to ascertain tho Presidents
reasons for the suspension or removal OF
officers.
1t was an attempt to do indirectly what
confessedly could not be done directly.
The report of the majority Mr.. Maxey
characterized as simply IL stump speech
,iignitied with the name OF Il committee re-
report. A complaint. he said, was made in
that majority report that CAB suspensions
had been made under this administration.
The complaint made by the people, Mr..
Maxey said, was that there had not been
ten times CAB.
REPUBLICAN STATEMENT.
Following Mr.. Maxey, Mr.. Dolph took
the tiGor in support of the majority report
The first consideration to which Mr.. Dolph
addressed himself was that involved in the
last clause Of the majority resolution, the
clause that relates to the discharge from
the Government service OF ex-Union sol.
iiers, and the filling of their places by men
who had not rendered similar service to the
country. He sent to the desk and had
read report of the Employment Com
inittee OF the Grand Army Of the
Republic, Department OF the Po-
tomac for the past year. The re-
port among other things stated this
had been an "off year" for the class which
the commit tee represented. That the greater
part Of their labors had been directed to
securing the reinstatement of comrades to
places under the Government from which
they had been discharged. Seventy-eight
Grand Army comrades had been discharged
during the past year as we'll as large
mumber of ex-U Union soldier and sailors not
affiliated with the Grand Army. That it
was not to he supposed that those who
served the nation in war were
skukers or bummers in "piping times
some cases to ostracism, the boys in blue
being boycotted for the advantage OF the
boys in grew who were to be treated as
"prodigaI sons" Mr.. Dolph had no means
OF knowing how many OF the 653 suspen-
sions we're cases Of Union soldiers, but
there were many. Several cases had come
under his observation in which one
armed and one legged soldiers were dis
charged. whose families were thus left in
destitution and their places filled by per-
who had rendered no service to the
Government. Who we're those persons
thus Disseminated against? Not strong,
ablebodied men. but men who, on the
anarch and on the battle field and in rebel
i,risons, had suffered for the cause of the
Union, men who, 10y their sacrifices, had
carried our flag to victory and saved the
Republic. Discrimination against these
taen amounted to a practical notification
ni ia~. At this point the Senate adjourned,
Mr.. Do'Ph retaining the floor.
House.
Under the call of States in the House the
following were introduced and referred:
By Mr. Oats, OF Alabama, amending rules
40 as to prohibit the speaker from re-
ceiving any resolution authorizing the
appointment OF committee to accompany
the remains of any deceased Representative
,or Senator beyond the corporate limits oi
the city OF Washington.
BY Mr.. Bynum, of Indiana, granting to
The widow of Thomas 4. Hendricks, one
years salary OF said officer less the amount
paid to Hendricks in his life time.
BY Mr.. Anderson, Of Kansas, to amend
rte tct to aid in the construction 1T tele.
graph lines approved July "a, 1866. The
act is lEanded by the addition OF various
sections xhch provide that, whenever the
line of any telegraph company which shall
ha e accepted the provisions OF this act
shall have reached any telegraph station
on the route OF any land grant railroad
and telegraph company, it shall have
the right to require tnat every
message passing over lts hhe
to such telegraph station, destined
to some other telegraph station on or De-
vond tn" route OF such railroad and tele
graph company shall be received and trans:
mitted without discrimination OF any kind
ds far as may be necessary over the tele.
graph lines upon such railroad. The bill
further provides that ''every telegraph
company which shall have accepted the
provisions of this act as herein before pro.
vided, shall be and is hereby prohibited
from engaging in the collection or selling ol
election news or any news OF the current
events Of the day, except quotations. OF
Niochs ana cOfnlDercIsll INdIhoU "AN e"Ay
neglect or refusal to comply with the pro
visions OF the act shall operate IN each
ease as Il forfeiture OF Il sum OF not less
than $500 or more than 81 900, tn be re
covered by the Attorney General in tht
name Of and for the benefit OF the unlteo
States.
INTERNATIONAL COINAGE.
Representative Little introduced Dill
in the House providing that the President
may cause silver dollars to be coined on
private account in unlimited quantities il
he shall succeed in reaching an agreement
with at least two OF the leading European
nations to do the same. The President il
also authorized to appoint a commission
to negotiate treaties upon satisfactory
assurances from at least two OF such
hations OF their desire to enter into thu
proposed arrangement.
THE YELLOWSTONE.
The Holman Committee appointed t6
inquire into the expenditure OF public money
IN the Indian service and the Yellowstone
Park submitted draft of bill to
provide for the appointment OF com
mission to inspect and report on the
condition OF Indians and Indian affairs