Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-07-01
TRE NATI0MAL ClPITM.
The Excessive Depart
mentn cat sg Funaa.
ne 0hlo Cslgre.znss urEs a. InFesti-
gnaisa of sAs Payns Elsssion-Pro-
posea Insrsaus II ne Fewer q
tie Prsssasut.
ne KxsentaVe Bspartuenss yElshszi

ne kxeenaaEe Deparlnnenls Vlths1t
Rmnaa-
WAsarNazoz, June a0s--0unQssns hav-
ing failed 20 pass tha legislative. exsea-
tive and indiaial appfopriafion bill BE-
fore ths beRinninR of The rear 10 which
4 Is % apply, the Exeaative Depart
meats vii oDsn tamorToW withoat fanda
for ths paymenf of any oG their en-
ployes. Under the provision of she iau
Whioh fsEbids any department 70 expand
money In any fsoal year IN excess of
the appropFiations or 10 inVaiVe the
GoVernment IN any oantrae1 for the fn-
tnFo payment Of monay 10 excess % ap-
pEUpriaeions, it IL questionable whether
The heads Of deparlnaenta hare Z right
10 aeespt ths saFxioes a their employees
with any understandina that they ara q
b. compensated When appEopEiations
shall be made.
However, undsr the anssptsd legal
kkeorv that in general contracts thsra
ere no fractions Of q day, Is i hela that
no embarrassment will fellow the fail
ure 70 pass she bill, Il the Senate, as Il
pFobabiy wili, shall tomorrow take up
and pass the emergency resolution
passed by the House to-day, extending
the appropriation Of the last rear tenn
porarily. In this event. Il the President
approves the resolution, i will bear the
date Of July lat, and wlll cover the SER
vices rendered daring that DAY, and
thereafter until iis teFmination.
Olsis Csngressmen uFzing an EnVestl-
aasaon.
WAsHTNoroN, June 30.-The RspuhH.
can members OF the Ohio delegation IN
ths HOuaa Of Representatives, today
hled With the Senate COMMITTEES on
Privileges and Elections q c0mmunioa-
tion asking for reconsideration of its
decision NOS so grant an investigation
into the eieotion Of Henry p. Payne to
the Senate Of the United States. The
communication having been submitted
10 Senator sherman. be said: II heartily
agree with every word in Il and have no
oejection 70 my position becoming
known"
Another communication from Repre-
sentativea Little and ButterWorth vas
addressed 10 Senator Hoar. bearing on
the Payne investigation and announcing
the possession Of information psinting
10 the bribery Of members Of the sixty
sixth General Assembly who voted for
Payne. TIE eommunication gives ex-
tracts, letters and telegrams by way Of
illustration Of the nature Of the informa-
tion referred 20, aud eonaludoa: "YouE
COMMITTEES. We venture 70 add In Goa
clusiou. will not overlook the faot that
our showing, made in abe faca Of the
most persistent aad powerful opposi-
ton and unlimited means and expodi
ents, has been one for an investigation,
and not for hnai action following al in
vestiRation."
Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury.
WAsHuxoros, jane 30.-Ths President
today nominated Hugh Smith Tho@p-
son, Of South Caroline. 10 be Assistant
Secretary Of tue Treasury vice Wm. +.
Smith, resigned.
CloshIng the PFesldeat with Power.
WAsHrxarox, jane 30.--Among the
bills introduced in the Senate today
was one which, il it shall become q Law,
shall vest Ia the Presidents ths sole
power Of appointing large anmber Of
officers. who are nov appointed sby and
with the adsioe and consent Of the
Senate" Among these are Postmasters
Of al classes, Collectors Of Internal
Revenue, C0llectors Of Customs ai
ports Ia which the gross revenues do
not exesed g., and all other Gus
toms officers. all Territorial ofiioeFs, ex.
cepl Judges Of the sapEeme Courts, all
District Attorneys aRd United States
MarshAis. indian Agsuts and distriot
land officers. The bill was introduced
By Edmunds.
What the CemmIttee Reuna.
WAsErN0roN. june 90.-Dhairman
Boyle, Of the Pan-Eleetria Telephone
COMMITTEES, presented 30 the House 10
day q report on she result Of the invsa-
tiRatiou signed By himsslf and Messrs.
OAkss, Eden and Hail, in which the
following are the principal points
made.
The stock transferred by Rogers 70
Garland, Harris and others vas an In
tegess n the inventioa, theu Of no value
and only TO Be made valuable By the |
joint efforts Of the owners. Az that |
time Garland Was not thoaQht Of f0g !
Attorney GsueFAl. and the others men /
toned had no cfhsial place OF prospect |
which vas likely 20 benefit she property. /
The Cemmittee failed 10 ind that any |
legislation was contemplated at the /
time she company was formed; there IL (
no evidence that Garland ever heard Of |
IL. Rogers undoubtedly expected te
profit oy the association With the gen
tlsmen Of known ability and distinct /
ion. Bat the report anks, "did theea |
men, 20 whom wrong doing bad never |
before basn imputsd, intend 20 become,
and did tney beoome soundrels, ell - |
oncef when . man enters Congress be |
vas not expected, and it 10 not the prae
tiae, for him 10 ronounos worldly bugi |
nesa. All that is expected OF him Il
that be shall not use the inhaence Of
bis place for the advancement Of bic
private interest"
Tae report reviews the history Of the
conferences pr0ose4ings and lads moth
ing In the cOndaoi Of Good deserving Of
censure. The report says the auit -
test the legality Of the Bsl patent right
Wss fully brouaht, bat the same could
not result 20 the bene6t Of the Pan
Electric Telephone C0mpanv. as many
inventions preceded that Of Rogers.