The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-13
THEY WANT TO KNOW
PETER Calls for an Investigation of
the Bond Issue.
CHANDLER is AFTER FACTS
He Is DESTROYS of Looking Into the
Appropriations for United States
Marshals More silver Dis
Cusslon in the House.

| Washington, Feb. 12.-There was an
unusually full attendance on the re-
| publican side of the senate chamber
| to-day as Morrill,. chairman OF the
finance committee, had given notice of
motion to take up the tariff bill. The
deficiency appropriation bill held it's
place as unfinished business, and there
was no disposition to displace it,
Vest secured the adoption of a resolu-
tion calling on the secretary of agri-
culture to report what recent changes
had been made in the quarantine line
against cattle coming north from Tex
as. Vest explained that a recent pub
lication stated that the secretary had
issued a proclamation making radical
changes, to the detriment of parties in
interest
PETER came forward with a lengthy
resolution proposing a senate investi-
cation of the circumstances of all re-
cent bond issues. The resolution pro-
posed special committee of five SEN
ators and gives comprehensive direc-
tions as to the scope of inquiry. deal
ings with the syndicates, the effect of
such dealings and explicit information
as to the purchasers of bonds, rates,
Morrill, asked that the resolution go
to the finance committee, but it went
over, by the rules, until tomorrow.
Consideration Of the urgency deficien-
cy bill was then resumed. The item OF
5000 for expenses of federal courts
in Indian territory, was brought up.
There was a protest from Chandler
Two of the judges, Springer and Kill
q bg Of 4
had gone to the Indian Territory with
all the eXtravagant notions engendered
by life in Washington and membership
in a billion-dollar democratic con-
gress." Chandler said he was not yet
prepared to make charges, but he be-
lieved from letters received that all is
not as it should be in the administra-
tion of the Indian courts. The senator
pointed out that the last congress- dem
ocratic in both branches and with a
democratic president, had appropriated
$4,000 for the United States marshals,
and made it necessary to provide $780,
900 for deficiencies for United States
marshals. Chandler declared that the
fee system was responsible for the
growing extravaganza of federal court
officers.
the fee system was wrong. a supreme
court judge had recently pointed out
that court officials were encouraged to
get up fictitious prosecutions There is
a class Of habitual witnesses in the
South. They do nothing but earn wit
ness fees, going around "bamboozling
negroes" and getting whole teams of
negroes to prosecute fictitious cases
The thing to do was to reform the law
Sherman spoke of the cost of our gov
ernmental system, which arose in part
from the complication of appropriation |
bills. Vest spoke of the robbery and I
plunder" practiced by United States /
in order to obtain fees. There 7
were coteries and rings of these mar |
shals who made IL trade to go around !
men and dragging them hun /
dreds of miles to jail, not for the pur- 7
pose of justice, but to swell the mar
shals fees. The deficiency bill was laid /
aside at 410 p. m.
Hale called up the bill making Feb. |
10 Hincoln's birthday a national hol- /
iday. Hill said he had intended to offer
an amendment making the birthday of
Andrew Jackson a legal holiday, but
In order not to interfere with this
measure he would submit his bill sep
arately. Hawley objected TO the irnme-
date consideration of the bin and this
prevented action. The senate, at AIS
p. m, adjourned until tomorrow.