The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-05-24


TO compel any person to render lnVol'
untary service under any pretext DE
set at rest by prohibitory statute
The second bill will be in accordance
with this recommendation, "Ihe
power to punish for contempt is lin
| tied by the laws of most states ana we
can see no reason why a like limita-
| ton should not be placed upon Ihe
powers of federal judges
Representative Bailey of Texas, a
member of the judiciary committee Is
of the opinion that the report Oh tne
| BOatner substitute committee u0es
not recommend sufficient acton, he
thinks Judge jenkins should be I'm
peached, although he aequlesced IN
| the decision of that committee TO
adopt their report He reserved
the right to propose Impeachment
proceedings, if he should conclude
that they were the only effective form
of procedure in the case. Mr.. Bailey
says he will take no steps bookings 10
che impeachment of the judge unless
he feels assured of reasonable Nentl-
ment on the part of the house III favor
of such q course He believes many
members would support proposition
for impeachment,
Mr.. Bailey said that while he real 70
lied fully that the matter Of impeach--
meut was q most DELEGATE one. and
that step was only to be taken in eX~
ceptional circumstances, he thought IN
case like that of Judge jenkins the
radical methods of rebuke should be
taken to emphasize the extreme nature
of the offense.
ATTORNEY APPOINTED.
The attorney general has appointed
Thomas NJ. Scruggs OF Memphis as the
United States attorney for the western
district of Tennessee and r. f. Sher-
man of Celeste, Tex, special assistant
United States attorney to aid in the
defense of Indian depredations.
POPULAR ELECTION OF SENATOR'S.
The house committee on election Of
president and vice president has voted
to make a favorable report of the bill
of Representative Tucker of Virginia
providing for the election of United
States senators by direct vote of the
people. The report was agreed upon
by nearly unanimous vote,
BRIBERY INVESTIGATION.
@. w. BUTT, who was very anxious
Yesterday to be represented before the
senate bribery investigation commits
tee, was not at hand when the com
mittee met today. Instead he sent his
attorney to explain that he was other
wise engaged, and asked to be ex-
cused from attendance for the present. [
On being questioned by the committee
as to Mr.. Buttzs reason for his cons
duct, Attorney McGowan stated that
his client was engaged in making |
search for witness who could |
his statements and
throw light upon the question
at issue. The explanation was far
from satisfactory, and Mr.. McGowan
was informed that Buttz was the man
wanted and not a substitute. Accord
ingly they called the sergeant alarms
to their assistance and directed that
subpoena be issued for Buttz.
While waiting the committee called
n several senators, including Messrs.
Voorhees,, Harris and Coke, to whom
which Senators Hunton and Kyle had
stated they had given information of
the approaches made to themselves
soon after Buttz had first made his
to them. They.confrmed
jhe statement of Messrs. Hunton and
Kyle. When asked if they knew OF
)ther attempts to bride senators
Messrs. Voorhees,, Harris and Coke
said they did not. The sergeant-aG-
arms reported to the committee at 10
o'clock that he had failed to find
Buttz. He, however, had ascertained
that Buttz had left the city on an
early morning train with the purpose
and expectation of returning by 2
o'clock, at which hour, he had stated
he would again appear before the com
mittee to continue his testimony. Both
Buttz and his attorney and his board
ing house keeper assured the
that he was only going to
q suburban town, the name of which
he did not give, and the purpose of his
sudden departure was to find a man to
corroborate his statements made be
fore the committee yesterday. Major
Buttz did not meet the expectations of
the committee by putting in an APP
pearance during the afternoon and the
opinion was expressed that he would
not be at the capitol before tomorrow.
None OF the members of the com
mittee think there is likeli~
hood OF his leaving the city to
evade the investigation. They |
account for the prolongation of his alb
seuce by the probability of his having
in finding the witnesses he |
was in search of. His clearinghouse
keeper says he left his trunk at his
house.
OSAGE INDIANS,
The house committee on Indian af
fairs has decided to grant the request |
of the Usage Indian delegation which |
appeared before it yesterday to detach |
the Usage reservation from Oklahoma !
and attach it to the Indian Territory |
An amendment to accomplish this will
be attached to the Indian appropria
ton bill.
A campaign is being made at the
door of the house by society called
the National league against those
items in the Indian appropriation bill
providing for the support of parochial
schools. The society is largely an
ecclesiastic organization. The Rev.
w. H. Parsons is its president. Hon.
William Strong, retired justice of
the supreme court, vice president, and
on the board of managers are Wheeler
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