The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-01-23
capacitated for the performance of man,

capacitated for the performance of man
ual labor. Referred.
Mr.. Mills, of Texas, introduced bill to
extend the trade and commerce of the
United States, and to provide for full reci
procity between the United States and
Mexico. Referred.
Mr.. Mckinley called up his motion to
table the motion to reconsider the vote by
which the house yesterday refused to sub
stitute the resolution reported by the COM
mittee on rules las amended by the adop-
ton of the Cannon resolution) for the
original resolution offered by the commit
tee. The motion to table the motion to
reconsider was agreed to-yeas, IA; nays,
l42. The question then rested on the
adoption of the original resolution as fol-
lows:
Resolved, That select committee of nine
members be appointed by the speaker to be
called the Worlds Fair Committee" to
which shall be referred all matters relating
to the proposed celebration of the 400th an
niversary of the discovery of America, or
worlds fair, 1892.
The resolution was adopted-yeas, al !;
nays, 1876.
Mr.. Springer, of Illinois, changing his
vote from the negative to the affirmative in
order to offer motion to reconsider.
Mr.. Springer said he only desired tn at
the committee should be instructed to re-
port next week to the house plan by
which the location might be selected. As
it now stood the committee would be au-
thoriZed to select the location. He with
drew his motion to reconsider, stating that
he would trust to the fairness of the COM
mittee of the house.
Mr.. Flower, of New York, introduced the
New York worlds fair bill, and it was re-
ferred to the special committee when ap-
pointed.
ton increasing the membership of that
committee from 8 to ID. Referred to the
committee on rules.
The house went into committee of the
whole, Mr.. Burrows, of Michigan, in the
chair, on the bill to provide for town site
entries of land in Oklahoma.
The house adjourned until o'clock to-
morrow to enable members to attend the
funeral of Mr.. Walker Blaine.
THE BALLOT BOX SCANDAL
WASHINGTON, January H.-In the pro-
ceedings before the investigating committee
today having in charge the Ohio ballot box
scandal the leading witness produced a
number of letters from Messrs. Sherman.
Butterworth and Mckinley and said there
was striking resemblance between the
genuine and forged signatures. AS to Mr..
McKinley's signature he said that he had
felt disposed yesterday to ask him why the
signature was a bad imitation. AS
matter of fact the "W' which
Mr.. Mckinley thought was a good letter,
was the only one which witness suspected.
The names he understood had been put on
paper by tracing-something he knew
nothing about at that time and the process
of which he had never seen yet He had
supposed the forgeries were committed by
getting hold of a signature, putting
your tongue between your teeth and
copying it as near as you could.
He knew nothing of glass and tissue paper
tracing. Soon after getting possession OF
the paper witness boarded a train at
Springfield and met Mr.. Halstead on the
train enroute to Cincinnati from the east.
He made no allusion in his speeches up to
that time to the paper. He told Mr.. Hal
sted that he had the paper and had got
more than he contracted for; that it had
come in such form that he did not see how
he could make any use of it. Witness re-
called how Wood had told him that the
papers interlocked and that a general
knowledge of the whole proceeding was
necessary to give significance to any one
| paper. Witness had copy of Contract
| 1000" as it was known. Witness gave MT.
Halstead the papers and talked with
| another gentleman while Mr.. Halstead ex,
ahmed the papers. When he returned
| Mr.. Halstead expressed his surprise at the
contents Of the papers.