Telegram-herald., 1890-03-09
THEY'RE INNOCENT.
Senatorial Dignity Receives q
6t&gg gering Blow.
STlrESYEy PUT UPON THEIR OlrHS.
They swear They Do Sot Give Amsy
secrets - ths Exeeutiss sessioEs-Fhs
Keraualag 81 the Direct Tar Rec
oa.Eaeedsd - e. RltAl Gossip.
rHsY DON'T rArrLx.

leaks through which the public IS IN
+ formed Of the proceedings IN executive
sessions OF the Senate. Having failed
u extract any information from the
newspaper meE who were called as wit
nesses tie committee decided 70 take
/ the other tack, and, beginning al the
I head Of the list, IL summoned members
/ OF the senate TO appear before II and
put them through a course OF ques-
/ tiOning similar 10 the one applied
+ 10 newspaper men. The Senatorial
/ witnesses, II j. understood, satisfied the
COMMITTEES that they had not trans
I gressed the rules as they understood
them. most of them explaining that
they construed the rules 70 permit them
% give out the fact % the confirmation
or rejection OF a nomination.
There we're some amusing scenes IN
/ the conmittee-room and in the ante
room during the examination Of the
I Senatorial witnesses. II developed that
I the Interpretation placed upon the
+ rules BY Senators differed in some ma
+ terial points. Some OF the Senators
+ held, for example. that they were en-
/ titled 10 inform any one they pleased Of
( the confirmation or rejection Of a
nomination, whether the action cfthe
/ Senate had been made public" or not.
/ Senator Harris said that he had often
/ telegraphed a man telling him OF his
confirmation without waiting for the
/ Senate TO notify the President.
The examination OF members of tho
/
two or three days if all OF them are sum-
moned, and until IL is completed the
matter will not, it is understood, be
/ further discussed by the Senate The
! impression prevails that the resolution
20 imprison the correspondents for
! contempt will fail, but there is a proba-
! bility that some Of thom will be certi-
| fed to the district attorney of the Dis
trict of Columbia for prosecution on the
/ charge of sedition.
MONEY FOR TIE STATES.
WASHINGTON, March 6-Three re-
4 ports from the House judiciary commit
tee we're presented Friday upon the bill
/ to refund the direct tax. The ma ajority
} report recommended the passage OF the
( bill. Messrs Oates (Ala.) Rogers ARK. J,
Stewart (Ga.) and Wilson CIV. Va join
in minority report obiecting to the
measure on the ground that it is uncon
stitutional and that the policy of
such legislation is unsound. They seek
to fortify their argument by quot
ing Mr.. Cleveland's veto Of similar
bill passed by the Fiftieth Congress.
Mr.. Culberson TEX, one of the ablest
lawyers of the Democratic side, submits
a third report in which the bill is OBJ
jected to not on the ground of unconsti-
tutionality but because it does not go
further and reopen the Court of Claims
to the owners of captured and aban-
doned property.
THE amount OF the direct tax 10 DC refunded
10 the several States and Territories under the
bill is si5227,63 II it should become law the
State OF Illinois would be entitled TO receive
from the National Treasury 1914, 5eS which
Il the amount imposed upon that State,
less an allowance OF 10 per cent. for collection.
Indiana wosld get S769, 144; Iowa. 1854 ga: Mich
lgan, S425. .493; Minnesota sa2,245. Nearly
all OF the States and Territories would receive
large amounts except some OF the Southern
States which paid nothing or only part Of the
amount OF the tax imposed. The bill has al
have fair prospec, of passing the House.l
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, March s.-The Senate
yesterday passed public building bills as
follows: Sterling, Ill, $50, 900: Oakland,
Cal, $500, 600; Cheyenne, Wy. T., $780,
600: Chester, Pa, sl00 600; Helena,
Mont, $500, 600. The bill appropriating
| $4,000 for building at Salt Lake City
was debated At some length, Senator
Plumb Kan asking that the appropria-
ton be cut down TO S400, 600. A, . o'clock
the discussion of the educational bill
was resumed.
Senator Blair q. H. addressed the
| Senate. He insisted that the Repub-
/ lican party was pledged in its plat
form to the passage Of his bill, and he
predicted that If that party failed
to make good its pledge that fact
would put an end TO the party. For
himself, be owed no political al
/ legiance 70 party that lied, and there
we're other men in the country
who were, like him, testing the solemn
pledges of the Republican party. That,
be said. was no threat, but it was fair
warning-a fair warning from one who
loved his party and who had as much
blood in the soil which that
party had helped TO bless as any
of them. De again scored the
newspapers Of the country for
not publishing his speeches on the bill
The Jesuitical power Of the country had
decided that the way 70 get control of
the schools was first 20 get the control
Of the press. The press had received its
full share OF attention and had mani
tested its full share Of subserviency.
After an executive session the Senate
adjourned till Monday.
HOUSE
WAsHrvGToN. March S-The House
has adopted resolution requesting
from the President any correspondence
with the Mexican Government in re-
gard 20 the employment in the
regular army Of the United
statcs Of Indian scouts for the
purpose Of pursuing hostile
Indians n their raids into the terrific
res ~ she United States. and any cor
resoon5ence in regard % the proposed
transfer Of ne Apacne s10 t0lFlcanHs = =
Indians from Mount Vernon barracks a.
Alabama 20 Fort Sill. 7. T.
BUYING PACIFIC sTNErve e-rrvn BONDS
WAsH1xeToy, March e. Actin- under
An opinion by ths Attorusy-Gsns-sl that
"a tzs Discretionary power in +te nat
er Secretary Nindor has be1a tie
purchase of Psciac ral~osd sinking
'rns toras an5 TIE invssfrasut of
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