Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 16, 1878, Page 2

i 2 WASHINGTON. Tha Proposition to Give Cab- inet Officers Seats in Congress. Forthcoming Message of the President on That Subject. fenator Blaine Enumerates the Appointments Ho Has Solicited. His Unsnccessfal Efforts in Be. thalf of Billy Chandler and Frye. How the Democrats Proposed to - Oust Hayes and Put in Tilden. Senator Voorhees Delivers an .Elaborate Speech on _ Finance. Secrerary Schurz Explains and Defends His Recent Ine dian Inquiry. The Contract with the Syndicate to Be Immediately Dis» continucd. Outlino of fecretary Sherman’s Plan for Popularizing the Four Por Cents, THE CIVIL SERVICE. YOINTS IN THE FPORTACOMING MESSAGE OP THE PRESIDENT ON Till3 AUBJECT. Snecial Dispateh to The Chi@an Tribune, ‘Wasiixaron, D. C., Jan. 15,—Tho Presidont, in his messaze upon the Civll-Service reform, will probably make the expected recommenda- tlon that members of the Cabinct be allowed to have wcats upon the floor of the House of Representatives, and to partlclpate u debates relative to thelr Departments, Ho will not argue the question, for the reason that the arguments sro pretty well known. He will content himaelf with the recommendation. ‘This {s not a new subject. It was freely discussed In 186{, and tho report made to Conogress in April by Mr. Pendleton covers the srguments. The fact that the President fntends to make this recommendation fs not generally kuown, The following aro sume of the wmoro important feat- urcs of the argument lkely to bo made In tavor of this funovatlon. ‘The Committeo in 1864 reported favorably. The provis. fons sogreed wupon then wera these. That tho members of the Cabinet shall nt all timea have the right to occupy seats on ho floor of the Mouse, with tho right to par- ticipato In debato upon matters relating to the business of thelr respective Departments, and that it shall bo their duty tonttend the House at the opening of ita slttings two days In each weck, to flve {nformation in reply to such questions ns may be propounded to them by leave of the House. Detalled pro- vislons were made for notlce to Cabinet, vfficers, and for the plan of procedure, THE ARGUMENT IN FAYOK OF THH PROPOSITION 18 that, flest, 1t 15 the duty of Congress to avall itsclf of the best possible means of Iuformation in relatfon fo the measures of Iegislation on which It may be be calied to act; second, that tho influence of the Executivo Department upon the Legislative, whatever It may be, should be open, declared, and authorized,ratherthan socret, concesled, and unauthorized. Thero I8 now no regular recognized officlal channel of communi- catfon hetween Congress and the Departfnents except tho President's measage. Tho reports of the Cabinct ofllcers even nre not required Ly luw. An casy, ready, sntisfactory wmcthod of communleating oficial n. formatlon #8 destred. Now Cablvet ofiicers have no_ suthorized commanications with Con. gress. Thelr nuz{:usuons, even it in writing, are not recorded. No tracg of thelr exertions s left behind, and yet, alter a fow weeks, or cven after o fow days, it would bo dific 1o thow, although tnembers wers fully constlous of it, that they had produced nn{ cffect 08 to particular mcosures, or cven whal their oplnfons were fn relation to these mens- ures. Thetr sceret, slient, omniprosent Inily- ence fs felt, vet they aro without responsl- bility. It is mnot neeessarily corrupt because v 18 sceret and silent, hut it may be, and whenever opportunity for coruption cxists there will be, there ouitht to be, susbicion and distrust. Such asystem is Jable to abuse, possibly corruption.” Falso charges are wade which o Cabinent oflicer might snswer in & word, The corrunt excrelso of power would be Immediately disclosed, The uniforin usage of forelgn nadduns approves this {zmx. It was the usage in thu early kistory of his country. SUNATOR BLAINE, TOE APPOINTMENTE ITE (A8 SOLICITED. Special Dimatzh tn The €Aicugo Tribune, ‘WasiingTox, I), C., Jan, 15—Tho following important futerview with Mr, Blaino {s sent from here to the New York Tribune to-night: 1u # recent conversation with the Senstor from Maine, s friciil oeked Mr, Blaine If bo_had scon Lhe report onginaslly published in the Raltimore Hun, 1bat he hnd moru besters on fla with the Pres- fdent recommending persons for appointment than any other Senator. . Blame answered — that tha slate- me ho hardly thooght it had come from {he Freaident. regard to tho report Alselt, be safd he Lad no meaus of knuwlnr what other Senators Lad done. For mysell," he con- Goucd, ' { have uever sefuseid \v\'J\y(\ applicd fo to Indared tho appilcatiun of u guod Hepublican fur oftice, when [ tiave known i (o be hionest aud capable. Thave been ||:Ylu:d tu by mauy such gentlemen, and 1 have ulways very checrfully complied Witk their reques “>ilave such sccommendations gencrally been ful)' wae as) *No, " Mr. Bluine ch spplicants magined “eironcously that wy_nswme would aid thens with the sppointing power, “*How wany such recommendations bave you made! aaked his friend. **That | du not kuow, My scqusintances,' continued Mr Hlane, **wilh Mepublicons is ver; lacre throughoul the country, and lmulblg bave been applied tn by wmore pessons than atmost &ny other Henafor. Tut such recum- wiendations ae these are very different fium thos that aro made fur appointiments of supposed per- » Mavor or pulilical sdvanisges to ooesclf, Of these UESTS NEVEH MADK BUT TWO NE ©of the Preadent. Une wes (be sppolntioeat of my colleague, Mr. Frye. loa Cabiuct pontion, which u sldent dechined ™ *The othier,” auswered Mr. Blaine, a8 for tbe appointmeut of wy former editarlal Jobu” L. bteveus, 10 some dlplumstic pusition, Tuis the Picsldent reaponded to very cordially, sad wept Mr. Blevens to Sweden. ™ **id you aak for oy appolntment autside of the State of Maluer” BILLY CHANDLEE. *‘Yes; Losted the Presideot. aod very earnestly urged bim, 10 appulot Wilism E. Clandlertos foreign miswion. | represested 10 hiw that Mr. Chandler bad dune moru zesious, iotelliguat, and ehicient work tu organizink ibe Repulicsa party in twu or lhrge malionsl caswpiivos thao suy s of ibat Le Lad wy acquaiul 1tber soughi nor receive the appoiotinz puwer: LLat be was uow iuill-health d10m gverwork 1o the sctvice of the party, and [ thought it would be a wise, geaceful, spa fiting nct to teader Mr. Chandier & posiiua, ™ '*What otber fofucoce bad Mr. Chandler?™ taked Mr. Blaine's fricad **Nupe whatever. What ] did was dooe withoat Mr. Chaudler's aolicitativn aud withaut bis knowl- tdge untll afler it was done. The Pre Gesdieas Lo suy. did pol coisclde with wy > Ld M wndler ever sce the Becr bject? ™ c bad. " auswered Mr. Blatue, *'ogs later- View with Mr. Kyasts, { Wiuk, 12 regard (o bis ap- recoguition from biate oo the THE CHICAGO TRIBUNL: WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 16, 1878, request, sent ointment, hat it was at Mr. Eva [Brangh mysolr. 2 en the, Brenidedt for a fons arnestly mrge n_the Preald o) I:mm;e‘vl an‘HonR: tho Dlstrict of (‘nluml-ha wut in ‘lhh also the President did mot respon fayorably.® * Well, ," #aid his friend, *‘what s Iher‘::n‘!n“[lnwfl%m blectsinnars The Senator answercd: **It elmply comes to this, that the President up Lo this time has made but one appolntment to gratify me, And that waa certainly one of the very highest fifness. for which the President shonld thank me as cordially as 1 thanked him." On being asked what he thonght of {he teport that the statement in the Daltimore Sun had emanated directly from the White Honee, Mr. Blame said he #M not. belfeve 11, but that if it were 80, and came through Mr. Rogers, the Presi- ¥ dent's Private Sccretary, as rumot had i, he wonld Bladly authorize Mr. logers topubilah every letfee of his on the Presidential files, - Mr. “Dlatne further added, in sulwtance, thal such intimations comlng from the White-T{ouse wonld imoly & poli- €y Il the ure of patronage which the Civil-Serrice 1 can of the Adminlatration entirely disasowed, and if the suggestions and innuendaoes meant an. thing they meant that only those supporting the Prealdent's policy were oxpected to minke recom. mendations or indoreements in regard 1o any nv. pointment. Mr, Bisine did not secin overready to lnlk on the subject, viewing Itas A VENY PETTY PLIRQ from whatever aource it cmanated. He had point- edly declined to take any persunal notice of it, bt in snawer to & suggestion that his conversstion might he printed, he rald that while he had noth- Ing to declare he had nothing to conceal about If. éhu above daed not assnne o present the exact words of Mr. Rlalne, bnt it contsins the substance of hia remarks on the aubject stated, He declines absointely 1o talk on the general policy of tha Presideat. both as regards appointments and gen- eral subjecte. idr, Dlalne was never in favor of the appointment of Democrats nnder any clrcum- stances, and if ho knows it ho will never voto to confirm one In the Senate. Iie Ix no more in favor of the retention of Mr, Schurzand Mr. Kby In the Cabinet than he was tiid day they were appotnted, and 1t s well known that ho did not vote for their confirmation. \When asked whether lie intended v make A SURECH ON THE SILVER BILL, he raid he preferred not to indicato his Intentions on suy anblect in the fatnre. Mr. Blaine walks o and from the Capitol every day, and _says ho is, fo far as he can discover, as well and airong as be ever was, THE TILDEN PLAN. ONE TIAT WAS DBVISED, DUT NEVER CARRIED INTO EXECUTION, Apeetal Diroatch tn The Chican Tribune, ‘Wasiinatoy, D. C,, dan, 15.—Soma of tle Democrats, in the face of tho manifest oppost- tion of the Democratic caucus yesterday, pro- pose to Introduce a resolution to Inyestigate the Presidential title, and clalm that they have frranged with the Speaker for recognition soma day this week, when they will' move the resolution as n question of the bighest privilege. ‘Tho movement will be futile. Tho Democratle leaders ara not disposcd to encourago any such revolutlonary proceedings. Tho most tnfinentlal leaders of that party say that they will con- tribute mothing to any plan tending to disturb tho public peace, or to Interfcro ‘with -tho policy adopted by this Administratfon, but many of those leaders wero at ane time of a different dlsposttlon, and, in view of the attitude ot the present Adminls- tratlon and the foolhardiness of sonte of the desperate demagogues of tho Democraticparty, it may not be without Interest to state what THE REAL PROGRAMME OF THE TILDEN MEN was at the time when the policy of the present Administration was not known, and when Til. den still cherlshed the hope that thero might be lcgal means to make the entry fnto tho White Ifouse. This Informa- tlon 15 derlved from tho highest possible Dem- ocratic authorlty; in fact, from those who were active in the cvents described. The story, which, for convenlence, is put in the first ver- 500, 14 fn substanco this: When the defection of the antl-filibusters destroyed tho prospects of Tilden ou March 4, the hopes of his friends wero placed on an ¢xtra sesston, which most of them thought was inevitable, The faflure of the Army bill, {f It was not defeated for that purpoge, would, it was belfeved, have the éffect tocompel the culling of an extra session. In the meantime the fricnds of Tilden MUT IN COUNSEL FREQUENTLY to davlse the best means of accomplishing thelr urpase. There was a larzo dinner party in g{ew York City, at which David Dudley Field and most of the strong supporters of Tilden were present, Including a great many Iuwlv"v:u and Congressmen. At that conferenco thio best plans were discussed, ‘Tilden's qua warranto i1l was consfdered, and ft was gencrally, except possibly by Fleld himself. belicyed to’ be rad- lealty defective in that ft provided no means of overcoming the delay which could searcely be avolded, whether the casa should be origlually brought in the Supreme Court of the Distict of Columbla or in gy of the United States Courts. In the courseof the evening a plan was suw- gosted which, it waa belfeved, would avold this ditileulty and result 1 bringing the matter 1) an carly decision fn the United States Bupreme Court, one which would certalnly prevent such delays ns would preclude the posslhlll;ly of n final'determination of the question durfug the lifo of tho preseut Adininlstration. 'That plan was dgeflnitely agreed wpon in outline, and i there hiad becu au extra scsafon, und the troops had not been withdruwn from South Carolina and Louisiang, and the present Adinlulstration had followed fu the ways of former Adwmlnis- trations, that bill would certainly have been prescnted os the deliberato policy of the major- lty of the Democratic party, Nelther TIE DETAILS OF TIAT PLAN nor any hint of its real purpose have ever been publlshied. 1t was In substanco this: great difliculty bad been to find sume measurs which would avold the deluya fndicated, Such a plan, it was belleved, was found i the draft of u bill based upon Bec, 8, Art, 8, of the Constitution of the United Stutes, That scetion gives ordul- nal Jurisdiction fo the Buvreme Court of the United Statea fu thia lauguuge: In ali cares affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministcrs and Consuls, and those In' which a State ahall be & party, the Supremo Court shall have orfginal Jurisdiction, “That clause would givo tho Supreme Court un. doubtedly IMMEDIATE JURISDICTION OF THR TRESIDEN- TIAL CONTIOVERSY. ‘Tho two llouses of Congress could have, and probubly would la wed 3 b ompawering any State which folt that it had been robbed of fts Electoral vote, and _mistepresentod by the foter- vantion uf strangers lu ite Eiectaral Colloge, who had fraudulently cast the vote of that Stute con- trary to the popilar will, to sppear before the Bar of the United Btatea Bupreme Court and apply for A quo warranto. it was belleved that such a bill would pass, and (hat once passed the President coula not have declined 1o have signed I af pre- sented to him by the representativen of the people, such adeclaration would havo ralsed no strong & resumption of consclousness of a defective Litlo Tiat it was not for a mowent belleved that the Ex. ecutive would bave declined to approve the bill, Once passed, | o would bave busn LROUGHT INMEDIATELY BEFOIE TUX sUPKEME coim, without the {ntervention ol any intarmeat Unlted Statea or Districs Courts, witkout posstbility of any materiaf delay. "Flo difilculty of ecuring a 14y to consider the qucstions of fact were consldored, and it was sug. gestall that o jury could b oblaiued trom ainong by Chief-dusitces of the Biete Suprome Courts. o far, continued this Informant, did the deiib- erations go, bul no extra session wis called, TILE THUOVS WERE WITHLRAWN, and_the President carrled ont what we maintain were Democrsiic win:lfilu. and §, for one, and 1 think [ spesk for many Democrats, am opposed to disturhing the public peace h'y auy allempla to renow the agitation of fast irioter, or to reopen tho Prestdontial question. We feel that the Lomacrats will come Into power in 1880, and w.il coma to a3y, aud that any atiembt to disturb the present atatus would not only result in our present defeat, but possibly A DEYEAT YOI YUTURE NENERATIONS. ‘This {3 the statemnent aud opiafon of one of the most trusted leaders of the Democratly patl{). 1t urobablurmzunu the best acusc ol the Democrats in bothi Houses. The I tial questlon will pot be opened. may seck to make capital for themvelves. The statement which precedes shows how seriously the subject was once considered, THE SILVER QUESTION, SENATOR VOORNEES' SPEECH. Apecial Diwoulch (o ¥he £hlragn Trivune, WasaiNatos, D. C., Jan, 15.—Senator Voors hees, the Tall Bycamore of the Wabash, made his malden speech in the Scoate to-day, and had alarge audience in the gallerics and on the #oor. He acquired, while 8 member of ths House of Representatives, s distingulahsd repu- tation es 40 urator, aud probably no member ot Congress hay as many personal (riends, MNelsa tall, well-built man, in. the 30th year of bis age, with 8 large head and tawny hair sod beard. In figure and style of speskiog be sumesrhatre- sembles Heury Ulay, altbough the tone of his voice bes not the melody, neither has he the swile which made the Kentucky statesmsn so fascinatiog. ~ Hlis ulterances were ut times rapid aud somewhat indistinct, but the trumpet toucs ol bls voice UAVE NO UNCERTAIN SOUND a3 e demoustrated that ¢old and siiver had al. ways ranked tuzether as colu sinca the carllest davs of civilization, He spoke for two Lours and a half, Laviog bis manuscript before hiw, aud deuounced the fundiug of the Natlonal debt H 2 & a8 & scheme to benefit tho wealthy at the expensa of the working classes, who had thus heen oppreased for the nst _eixteen yaers. It fa eeldom fhat rla Scnators ifsten so attentively as they qid to hisdenanciations of the moneyed interests His thoughts’ were novel, and hia” conclusions often upexpected. The specch was warmly aps proved by the allver peoole, and {a heyond questlon the strongest yet made on that side. NACRING DOWN, ‘The New York City National Banks arc not 8 nnit_upon the gubject of conspiring to defeat the Biand hill. One of them at least” has heard of Ben Butler's threat of yesterday to National Banks, that a_combination of that sort might reault in the destruction of Natlonal Bank char- ters, Thompson, President of the Chase Na- tional Bank, bas writien a private letter lere favoring the Bland bill, and stating that he thinks that nothlng would do more to relieve the prescnt financial distre, SCHURZ, TB EXILAIRS AND DEFENDS HIS INDIAN IN- QuIRY. Wasninoron, D, C., Jan. 15.—~The following s an account of the (nterview with Becretary Behurz to-day on the subject of the recent In. dtan Office Investigation: Q.—DId you ace the dispatch of Prof. Secive and other newspaper statcments criticising the conduct of your Indian Investigatton? A.—I have scen them, and think Prof. Sce- I5¢’s dispateh shiows that he has no knowledge whatever of the naturd of the investigation that was held by the Buard of Inquiry, It s truc that certain charges wero brought by certoin versons, gome of whom were connected with Fastern Cherokee affairs in North Cavolina, Galptn himsell asked for an Investigation of theso charges, and I ordered 1t; but, ns I had for some time (Intended a thorough Inquiry fnto the eonduct of the Indan husiness, 1 cnlargzed the scope of tho (nvestigation ac- cordingly. To make it perfectly impartial and reliable, I nsked the Becretary of War and Attorney-General for a detail of ong officer each belonging to thelr reapective departinents to scrve ns members of the Comumfssion. The Becretary of War gave me Maf. Bradicy, of the United States army, and the Attorney-General Mr. McCammon, botn officers of the highest character In their departments. { added Mal. Lockwood, Chiet Clerk of the Interlor Depart- ‘ment, also an oflicer of excellent character und abllity, for the purposo of having on the Board ono member conversant with the routlne busl- ness of the oflice. In the coursc of the Investi- gation It was soon found that tho charzes brought and testimony given by persons con- neeted with tho Eastern Cherokees wers OF COMPARATIVELY LITTLR CONSEQUENCE. Most of tha charges wero thrown out early In tho Investigation as irrclevant, and tho testl- mony of many persons referred to was §n most part considered of littlo valuo and fmportance. In fact, but very fow statements in the report of the Board are based upon that testimony, and the wholo subject of Eastern Cherokee af- fairs is disposed of in une short parngraph, in which the Board recommends that the Pres!- dent appoint & commisslon for the purpose of settling tho clalms of the Eastern band of that nutfon. Prof, Seclye scems to have recelved some lossttul lotters from Eastern Cherokee men, but in fact they formed, together with Galpl, but s small item fo tho luvestigation, The statement that (lul‘l)ln was_convicted and distisscd on the ground of charzes brought and testlnony given by persons conuccted with tho Eastern Chicrokees i, therefore, ABSOLUTELY WITIIOUT POUNDATION, It 18 said In n prominent newspaper that dis- reputable persons—incaning probably those who liud mads thoe charges,—were In cluse Inter- course with the Board, and In constant attend- anco at its mectings, This statement {s abso- lutely untrue, They were presont only when they wero examined as witncsses, and thoy had no standing before the Bourd only in the char- acter of witnessca, When ofl the witness stand, they wero strictly cxcluded from the sittings of tho Hoard. It s also sald that Galpin was disintssed without a hearing. The truth is that he was before the Board for more than twenty days, engaged In his own defense, exuminlog aud cross-examining witnesacs upon charges brought agalust him which wero con- sidered of any Importanco at all, and irregu. larities which " hnd becn discovered and with which bo, was connected. But the charge that Gaipin was dismissed upon thotestimony of dis reputable persons APPEAJLS ESPECIALLY ABSURD when it {a considered that ke was dismissed orincipally upen the testlmony of one person alone, aud that wos himsclf, "Thus bis sworn testimony odmitted that for nearly two months ho withhield from the knowledgo of the Depart. ment charges and specifications, supported by numerous ullidavits, showing corrupt practices @Y the grossest character of Indian Agents and contractors, without giviug any satlstactory reasons therefor, it belug his plaln duty to communicato them at oaco to thu head of the Department, so aa to render Emmm action ogalust the gullty persons possible. flo with- held themwhilo o was hhnsclf In temporary charge of Indlan Aflfairs and Acting Connis- sloner, As s0or s these charges aud specifica- tions weoro transmitted to the Departinent of Justice tho pertlca concerncd wero Indictea without difficulty, Q.—Haw do you think Prof. 8celye came to put forth’such ‘unwarranted statements ju thy nowspapersf A.—1t 18 difficult to account for it. I have on my desk a letier from Prof. Beelye dated on the 1at of August, at a very carly stage of the In- vestization, In that letter lic stated that, as s member of the Indian Comnuttes of the House, e had looked (nto the conduct of - the business in tha Indlau Oflica himecif, and FOUND IT ALL CORRECT on the part of the responsible monagers of that HBurcau. “Then lie denounced the fnvestigotion ordered by me, und aald, **I can hardly conceive ol any testimony which would shuke my con- viction of thelr trustworthinesa” (ineanlog the Commissloners aud Mr, Galpin). Thus he pro. nounced Judgment when the investigation of which he knew nothiug had hardly com. menced, and, under ordinary rules,” would have dllquu‘lfltd Uinsell “as & furor, Prof. Beelya may have thought It ho couid not find any serious frreguluritica in the Indfan Bureau nobody olse could, und when othel peoplo did (ind thom he may have jumped ar tho concluajon that It {s o travesty of justice, and brought about by villalnous ‘means, Tho Prolessor was only otie of many whodld not discover (hfugs, I'have a very bigh respeet for him, ms scholustic attatnments, and his integ. rity and purlty of character, but [ can concolve of " testimuny which would shake my conviction 84 Lo b own fitnces for the oftice of Commis- sioner or Chief Cterk of the Indian Bureau. If, for Instance, hoshould argus that a Ghief Clerk and Actiue Commissioner withholding for nearly twa months fnportant and well-sub- stantiateld (uformatfon shuwing corrnpt prace tices on Lhe part of ageuts and contractors, from the knowledge of the Dopartment, should oot be dismissed, I should consider him A VERY DANQGENOUS MAN 4 the biead of Indlun affuirs, In that respect b fulls short of ex-Comstniusiouer Bnuith, whom 1 also bclicve an bouest maw, and whoso per- soual Integrity fs not reflected upon by the re- vort, [ Vur{ distiuctly remember when Mr, Suiith came uwmg' private ofllco fn og-state of great excitement, Loldlngz paoers in his band sud saylug, ¢ Hlere Is somethiug very astonish- fng which [ canuot underatand.” “The papers were those above alluded to, showlng frauds st the Pawueg sud Lewhi Agencies. e told ma that Galpin bad them in his possession for near- Iy two wounths, and now had given them up to bim. 1 wsked Mr. Binith what be would do with a Culef Clerk withbolding information of such importance for 80 long a time from the knowledge of his superlor oflicers. Would you npot dismiss him( lie answercdy “] think 1 should.”” [ asked fur. ther, “Can you coucelve of any pussible ox- planstion that might be satisfuctoryi” aud be auswered, ** [ can't think of any.” There s SOMETUING VERY BIGNIFICANT sbout the clamor raised by sone geatlemen about thls Indisa luvestigation, Wheo sn in- vestigation was hicld that led to woimportant dlsclosures, it was devounced s au lmpotent sud lhtl!nuhlng aflair Now that an investi- gotion la held that does discloss things, aud #ues 80 far that {¢ reaches to the bottow, haads are bield ugp in holy borror with the ex. clamation, * Things wust never be doue by such methods! 14 6 o matter of ex. .perieuce thet investipations of Judlun affars held. with opes dcors giving wersons futerested in covering up frauduleut trausactions the advantsge of knowicg from day to day everyttilug that happened, aud what they bave lo&(\nru agalost, scarcely ever led to anything, snd uow, whea a dlifereat method Is adopted that ls more eflicieut with the stero de- termination te discoyer what 18 wroog and to urify the service, the mcethod of inveatization s by sowe deuouaced a3 worse than the corrup- tion discovered. THE INDIAN SERVICE 19 DEMORALIZED by two clusses of peesons. Une consists of rase cals who rub the Government, and the olber of uprizhit und honurable gentlewen who, with the best futeutious, shuw tou ereat an apte uess to have the woul pulled over their eyes. It Prof. Beelye aud those who deuouncs the fovestigation will take the trouble to inform themsclves of its scope and fmportance, they will find that the method in which it was conducted was not only efliclent but absolutely necessary. Q.—I suppose you are awaro that you have a bliflzhton ‘your andsi ~—[am “well awarc of that, and also that the power that usually called the Indian Ring, and which has extensive ramifications, will stop at nothing.. But wo shall not cease our efforts, REOARDLESSOF ATTACKA mado on s, till the service Is purificd as far as the power of this Department reaches. 1t ma; he fnteresting for thegentiemen who denoun: the Investigation to know that in the Detrolt Post and Tribune, In an article pn the Indian investigation which hearamany evidences of having been written under the fnapiration of ex-Sceretary Chandler, the statement occurs that exactly the ssme men who were diemiseed in consequence of this {nvestigation were sus- pected and marked for dismisenal by him. The nrticle 18 severe unon Mr, Galpin, and 1t closes with the following words: **Beforo the explra- tlon of President Grant's torm it was in con- templation to remove Commisaloner Smith, hs causin 8mith, his Chief Clerk Galpin, and the Annulty Clerk Hoyden. There having been two extensive rempvals of clerks in that office within the previous fftcen imanths, suitable eraons as succeasors of Galpin, Bmith, and Floydun had not yet been determined vpon. But for a chanre In the Administration the re- movals would have been made sooner than they have been.” THE TREASURY,. QOOD-BY SYNDICADE. Snecial Dispatch to the Chicagn Tridune, WasnixoToN, D. C.iJan. 15.—The back of the Byndicate Is broken. At the Cabinet mecting to-day the Sccretary of the Treasury was in- structed to zive notico to the Syndicate of the discontinuance of their contract after the exol- ration of the ten days motice required by-the contract. tecretary Bherman very plainly sags that this actlon has been made necesrary In conscquence of the agitation of the sllver questlon. Mr. Bhierman also appearcd heforo the Ways and Menns Committee in support of his proposition to fesue a swall 4 ver cent Lond. The text of his bill and the details of his arguments have been given to the Assoclated Press. The plan will meet with oppositibn from members at Teast of the Committee. Judge Kelly asked Becretary Sherman what premiums these 4 per cents bave ever com- manded in tho open market that the Govern- ment should ask the workingman to pay a pre- mlum over legal-tenders for them? - ‘The Beerctary answered that there had never becn more than one-half per cent premium, but adided that they had never been below par. Judge Kolley maintains that this proposition for a small 4 percent gold bond 18 smply a devico 7O DELUDE THE I'EOPLE, and would really result in loss to them. He savs the Government would mako it practically {mpossible for n poor man to abtain a $10 bond excep throufih themedium of o broker, who certalnly would charge 134 per cent, and that by the time the proceeds reached the laboring man his 810 would bo reduced to 86, and that when money comes to be worth 8 or 8 per cent, the small bonds would fall below par. That consequently it is a delusion to ask gold for them from the people. BECRETARY BHERMAX'S VIBWS, ‘To the Western Associated Press, Wasminuron, D, C., Jan. 16, —Secretory Sherman to-day appeared befora the Committeo on Ways and Means, He maid it was known that there had been a Syndicate for the sale of the 4-per-cent bonds, but, fn deference 1o what was regarded as the popular sentiment, and also for the convenlence of negoliation, ft was deemed best to terminate that coutract and to place these bonds In tho market upon a some- what different plan, m\mclry to emblay, os far as possible, nll the National Banks and’ ‘bank- ers of established creait who would E‘n the requisite sccurity in tho saloof the bonds to reach, if possible, all clusses of people, to treat them all alike, to allow them all the same com« mission, and to deliver bonda to them in ony part of the country free of charze, and to invita flauulnr subscriptions for that purnose, When, owever, the Treasury Department came to put that lflun in operatlon- It was found that under existing laws TAERE WERE SOME EMDANRABSMENTA which, if Congress should see proper to removo, would onable It to very lorely increuso the Joun and to distribnte §t more rapidly than it could be dono at present under the law as it now stood, ‘The Beerctary then procecded to show tho existing vinbarinsaments, and presented to the considerution of the Commitico the draftof o blil to promote the deposit of savings and re- funding of the Natlonal debt, In commenting on the provisions of this bill, ho eaid if Cou- gross would pnss 1t Lo would borable to refund the publie debt yery rapidly, snd to carry ont the operations of the Treasury with increased advantage to the public. Ho preferred this mode to the one he had previously indicated for a popular loan, It proposed that any holder of United States notes mn{‘dcmult them at any postal-onder oflice in the Unlted Btates, and ahall bo cutitled to reeelve therefor, free of charge, A postal order on the Treasurer of tho United States. 8uch postal orders, when pre- scnted to the Treasurer at Washington in sums ofeten or any multiple of that sum, shall be CONVERTIOLE INTO A CERTIFICATE OF DEFOSIT of the United Btates of the kind and deacrij tion provided for fn thobill, Such certificato Yy e ued in exchaogo for United notes at tho Treasury of the United at the olllco of any Asslatant Treasurer, or at any designated depository of the Unite Btates, tha certificatea of deposit to bie fssued h& the Secretary of tho Treasury of such form an description as he may prescribe, and of the denominations of $10, 820, $50, and 8100, and bear intcrest ot tho rate of 8.65 per vent por anuum for the term of oue vear, and no longer, and shall ba vecelyed and redeemed by the United Btates in payment only for bonds, and tho certificates may be held Dy nny Natfonal Bank for that portlon of its reserve not required to lho kopt on hand in specle or legal-tender notes. The Secrctary Is authorized ta recelve cither Unitod States notes,.or postel orders, or certifl- cates of dcyucn at thelr market yalue in coin, in payment of United States bonds fssued under authority of taw, or in llcu of such bond a regis- tered bond or Ingeribed debt on the books of the Treasury similor in character, leaving the Interest to bo compounded over( alx montha, All United 8tates notes received {nto the Treas- ury to be applled exclusively to the payment of any bonds of the Unfted Statea redeeinable at the pleasureof tho Unlted States, or to the purchase of eoin or bullion to be applied ez- clusively to the pavment of such bonds, SEVENAL QUESTIONS werc asked by members of the Committes with regard o the true meaning and intent of this bill, smong others by Mr. Wood, the Chalr- mav, who [nquired whether the Secretary did nut think that the certiticates authorlzed “to bo {ssued i licu of the postal moncy-orders the bill calied for could not be used as currency, upechll{ a8 the denominations ran down as low as 810, and whether, after its explration of the one {enr in which they bLore Interest, the could not then be uscd upon their par wit acevued Intereat ns currency precisely the sumes s legul-tender notes now are, and, i this view ‘wus correct, whether the effect would not be to add $600,000,000, the aswount of the 5-20s yet unrefunded, to the circulativg medium of tho cotey, The memr re(lalucd that, bo thought not. Mr. Woud sald: But after the explrailon of the year durlur which they weru entitled to draw futercst, having in tlie meanwbile gone l‘lllllu popular circutation, the question is whether 0] MIQUT NOT CONTINUE TO BR (83UED 88 currency, and not presented for redemptlon or converslon. ‘The Secretary roplied that they never could ba vouverted fnto a more than 4-per-cenl bond, aud that they would be eutlrely presented for such within @ year. The Cnalrman safd he understond that, but the people did not receive any (nterest uow on the United Htates notes called legral-tenders, and if the holders of these certificates chose to reizard then {o that lgbt, aud as currency, you would bave no control over them, The Secretary veplied that the difference would be the United States uotes wers legal- tenderz, and these would not be. Sir. Wood said the legal-tender feature waa not of practleul fmportasce with rexard to a circulating currency passing fromn hand to hand. We bave lready a larze Nutional-Bank clreyla- tion, which {s not legal-teuder by law, but Vet it is u clrculativg medium of gereat value, and geaerally regurded as such. Now the question wrisea whether these certificates, reprosented generally by the postal orders, may not contine ue ln t{uulullml fo the same way, unless thero be somethiog in the uct to preveut it. Mit. TUCKEH, of the Committec, salll, as hie understood tho polut of the Chalrman, it was when the certii vates ceaso to bear fnterest Lhey wight pass as currency, 'l")c Sccrctary usked, ls there auy objectiou to thatf 3. Wood—{ have pot ralied tho question. | merely wauted to obtaly lwmr views ws to tha possibllities under your blll, ‘The Becretary referred to a featura of the bill which ba deemed of grest importance, and that was the French system of recelving mone: into tha Treasury, recording .them as An i geribed debt, and giving compound intere: ‘This was generally approved by the Cominittee, Alter further discusston, n which Messre, Kelley, Tucker, Burchard, Banks, Garfiold, and others took part, the Committee adjourned, IIOUSE PROCEEDINGS, ADSENTREISM, | Speclal Diepated to The Aicagn Tridune. Wasmixatoy, Jan. 15.—The resslon of tho House was unimportant, notwithstanding the immense number of bills introduced yesterday. A large number wera also prescnted to-day. The Democrats tried to zive effect to toeir caticus actfon by having the absentce unpatred members published in the Record, but no actton will ba taken, as somo of the Democrats sturdily objected to such a resolution, which they charac. terized as an {nfrinremotit of the lberty of the Represcatative, and an Insult to his intelligence. ‘The matter was referred o a cominittee, and it 18 probable, {f it shall ever be reported, that the volce of the Democratle party will by no means be harmonifous. t The Clvil-Bervice Committce was fnstructed to inquire Into the question whether the pat- ronage has bLeen distributed among the Btates according to Inw, PRICE ON THR SBILVER QUESTION. The rest of the day was occupled by a specel of lnst scssion which attracted considered at- tention in the West. Mr. I'rlce spoke quite as carncatly us before, and partieularly armigned what he'called the Eastern money power, which has taken its shelter under the shadow of Wall atreet. e deelared that Wall strect has ealled the Church ta {ta rescue, and has recelved the serylces of Talmage and_lenvy Ward Beccher to advocate the cauee of Fasterri intercats, THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK, A8 VIEWED DY TOM EWING, &Spectat Dispaich tn The Chcago Tridiine, ‘Wasnixaton. D. C,, Jan, 15.—Gen, Tom Evw- Ing has views on the watlonal situatfon, Ho says: * Wecan carry the States of Ohlo, Mich- igan, Indiana, and Wisconsin on tho Western {den, and elect o President without the ald of the East. The Western and Southern idea is bound to prevall in the next Convention. What the East will do under the circnmstances re- mains to be seen, Why, wo can no more carry tho Statcs of Ohlo, Michigan, Indiana, and Wis- consin on & plan satisfactory to the Eastern Democrats than we can fly, It Is out of the question. The mew Natlonal party would sweep in ond capture the votes of Western Democrats cverywhere. The Work- Ingmen’s party, so calicd, {8 the basis of what 18 uow an organization styling itsclt the Natlon al party, and it is growine, Look at tha strength it developed in the last clections. In Pennsylvania alone it _poiled over 60,000 votcs. It 1a “organized on Ideas on finance similar to thoso cutertained by the Democrats of the West and South, and will naturally take our votes from s if wo adopt the Enstern fdea In our platform. L say that if we expeet to hold New York, Conneeticut, and New Jersuy.wo smust do it on a platform on the money ques- :‘l:'u" v\::xllc'r,x would lose us Ohlo, Indlana, and NOTES AND NEWS, THE PACIFIC MAIL INTEREATS Special Dispaich ta The Chicugn Trivune, Wasiinoroy, D. C., Jam. 16.—~The Paclfie Mail peonle havo actively commenced apera- tions, and hope to sccure additional ald from tno Governinent. Thelr assumption {s nlmost incredible. The sgents of the schemo are bute ton-holing Congressmen, and approaching them through what ore euplionlously termed parlia mentary agents, WILLIAM TIESRY MytiT, Colleetor of the Port of Chleago, fs here for a fow days on privato business. s daughter, Miss Allle Bmith, 1s o guest of the White House, MEXICO. Representative Schlelehbr, of the Forelgn Aflairs Committee, Chinfrman of the Bub-Com- mittee investigating the Rlo Grando border, to- day expressed the opinlon that the Adminlstra- tlon would recognize Diaz suon after the arrival of Minister Foster from Moxlco, who s now en route. TUE WOMEN, The fouse Judictary Committee, more gal- lant than ‘that of the Senate, hos dovided to &1vo the woman-suffragists ahiearlng to-morrow, BAVINGS-ANK RELIZP BILL. <The Benato Finauce Committeo this morning consfdered Judge Davis' Chicago Savings:Bank Rellef bill, without coming to auy conclusfon, 1t 18 belloved that 1t will be favorably reported. ‘WATSON, the Chicago Bank-Examlner, arrived here to- day to vindicate bimacll. Ho wos summoncdby o telegram from the Comptroller of tho Cur- rency. Therearono elinrges against his personal integrity, but the Prealdent Is understood to be of tho oplnion that his uscfulness Is gone, Wat- son denies that ho ever represerited that the af- fars of the Third Natlonal and other banks were in good condition, but it Is nsserted that good cvidencs can be produced to show that ho aid state, s to the Third Natlonal ot least, that 1t was {n good condition, was solvent, could zo iuto lMquida- clon, pay its depositors, and return 106 per cont or mora to its stockholders. There i8 no doulbt that Watson witl be removed, but tho cholte of his successor tias not yet been made, NUNKLE, In explanation of tha {u: ment to Ma), Runkle of his back pay of 810,000, it Is claimed at tha Paymaster-General's oflice that she money was not taken from any vegular uppro- priation of the army otherwlse required, but out of what {s known as the Burplus Fund, contemplated In Sces, 8,000 and 3,091 of the Rovised Statutes. Although tho timo within which accounts may bo sectled (s Hinfted hfi the Intter of theso scetluns to Lo years the Bocretary of the ’l'reuur{( hoa Interpreted them to allow him togo back further, ns was done in the Runkle case to the oxtent of years, under the application of acerued appropriutions **not drawn né:ulun," which havo gono to the credit of the Surplus Fund. TIR VENERAULE CALED CUSHING appeared to-day before the Judiciary Commits tee in m?m“ of someclalm of the Geaeya Award, e sermed a8 vigoroua as over, RIVEIL IMUROVEMENTS, The first hu?urmm act of the House Com- merce Committeela to auree to unfmurlm sbout $LU,000 for the improvement of the Red snd Arkanses Rivers, 'This is the eutering wedgo of the great River uud Harbor bill, which Is set for couslderation early in February, It will be a log-roiling scheme. THH WILDEST 8CHEME set proposed is that lutroiluced to-day by Davis, of North Carollua, recommendiug the avolitton of tho entlre luternal reveuuesystem on account of its fuequalities, FARSIING COLONIES, Representative lloberts, of Maryland, pre- scnted fu the Houss to-day & patition of o large number of citlzens who prupoese to form farm. Ing colonica and scttie on the public domaln. THEASUBER WYMaN, In making out the commission of Mr. Wy man, Assistant Treasurer of the United States, 1t was wpechiied that the commission should run far four years. As thu Revised Statutes provide for the appolutment of an Assistunt Treasurer, without prescribiow any period as to the timo of his service, the question uruse whether it was in the power of the Presldent to specily in the commlssion how long or huw short 8 perfod 1t whould yun, There are many otlicers as to the length of whose terms the statutes are silent, and tho questlon was relerred to the Solicitor of the 'Treasury as a test. The Sollcitor has de- eided that the Prestdent has uot the power in tha absence of law to prescribe the length of Mwe for which 4 commisslon will run, Wy mon’s comunlssion will, accordingly, e cor- rected. The declslon doea not, of cuurse, afect the power uf the President to remove ut any timg, with tho couscut of the Senate, or to sus- peud an otliclal during a recess of the Scuate, TONACCO. Tobacco delegates from varfous sections of the country Lave formed themsclves into a Na- tioual Board, with Georze C. Avers. of Dau- ville, Va., President, aud Chiarles I Courad, of Danvllle, Vu., Secretary, B. F, Paslett, Baltl- more llnr( Welsinger, Loufsvilie; Col. But- ler, 8t. Loals; L. . Frayser, Richimond; and Julian 8, f Durham, N, C., were elected Vice-Presidents. Tho Natlonal Committea will meet Represcatative Wood, the Chailrman of the Comuuttee of Ways und Mcans, duriug the day, and will also visit the Commissioner of lu- terual Revenuc, aud Isracl Kimball, Chicl of the Tobaceo Bection of the Revenue Otlee. AN UNUsUAL 10T, At the Presidentisl reception to-night a feature that attracted aticution was the larce attendance of Boutheru cltizens, This (s the firat time sucis general soctal calls bave been made by the Soutlicrn peaple siuce the begiu- ig of the War, YOMTAL BILL. To the Weslern Assoclated Press. ‘Wasminazox, . C., Jau. 15.—TbLe bl intro- z. duced in the House by Mr Blalr to facilitate open correapondence through the malls and re- duied postage thereon provides that all such matter as now may he transmitted through the malils on postal-cards mny hierenfter ho trana. mitted In unscaled envelopes of the postare rate of ano vent for each quarter ounce, postal- cnrds, however, to_be supplied ns may be re- quired asat present. NO BACK TAY. Tho blll {ntroduced by Mr. Townshend, of iinols, smending Sce. 1,233, Reviscd Statutes, nrovides that in no case where any oflicer of the army or navy has been reatored lo the “milftary or naval service shall lic recelve any pay or allowance whatever from the thneof sitch dlamifsal by sentence of general Court-Martial until from and oYter the date of such reappointiment, unless sich pay or al- lowance ta specifically authorized and provided for \u.cach case by sct of Congress. THE KORTIERN PACIFIC. The Sub-Committee of the House Committee on Pactlic Rallroads is bearing arguments in favor of the extenslon of time for the comple- tion of the Northern Pacilic Ratlroad. APFOINTMENT, Qeorze Willlamson will bo nominated for Collector of Customs at New Orleans, TIIE RECORD. SENATE, Wasmixarow, D.C.,Jan, 15.—A rumber ot bills were Introduced and referred, Amocg them were tho following: By Mr, Dorsey—"To nuthorize the payment of fcea of counsel for the defcnse of poor persons In the courts of the United Btates, By Mr. Davis—To promote immigration to the United Btates, and for the protection of fin- migrants. o By Mr. Windom—For the restoration of wages in the Government printing offices, Mr, McCreery presented o memorial of the ‘Tobaceo Board of Trade of Loulsville favoring a reduction of the tax on manufactured tobacco, Referred. Mr. Hamlin, from the Commitiee on Foreign Telations, reported favorably the House bili to authorizo the Secrctary of State to afllx the great seal of tho United States toa document entitied, **Administralors of the United Btates Gavernment at the Beginning of Its Sccond Cen- tary," TPanseds Other bills were introducca and referred, s fol- lows: Dy Mr. Bpencor—To extend, facilitale, and chenpon the land and water (ransportation of freighta and passengers, and to promote indnstry and labor witliout farther appropriation of publie property or increase of the publle debt. Mr, Christiancy preaented a resolution of tho State Grange of Michipan In favor of the constrnc- tion of o ship canal across tho lower pentnsula of Michican, Tteferred. Mr. Morrill submitied an amendmont to the pre- amble of the resolution of Mr. Matthews In regard tothe rightof tho Government to pay Londs in sllver, reciting at length the provisions of the varlous ncts of Congross pledging tho falth'of the Gorverament, olc,, and sald I & long recital of the acts in the preamblo as submitted by the Sen- atot from Ohio there scemedd to be strango omise sions of somo statntes. lle hoped ' the Scnator would accept his amendment, Oridered printed. Mr, lereford submitted tho following: Resotred, That tho Becreiary of the Treasury be directed ta inform tho Senate. Tho amount of Oufcray ment bonds rold since March 4, 1ka1, I{l'lnl the mingunts of cnch fasie with iin date thus ‘rold, the net amounts recelved from the sale of each ssue, and the carrency 1a_ wiilch the saine waspald any ayndicate, Deraun, ur persons for piacing the same in {h market, ‘v'vre'r:rp'“'f hasloR tlio sanie, and in what currency they Agreed ta. Mr. Mitchell submitted a resolntion directing the BECEEMW of the Intertor to tranamit to the Senate & copy of tha report of Indlan-Inapector Watkins recommending the catablishient of a iarge Indian reservation or terrltory for the uso and occupation of nportlon or nll the “rereryation Indlans now on. tlhie varlous resecvations In the Nlate of Orezon and 1n the Terntorles of Washington aud_Idnho, to- Kether with auch rocommendationns as the Becretary of tho Interfor may deeni prancr to make lu refer- ence to such propoaition. Agreed to, Tho Vice-I'resident Jald before the Senato & commanication from tho Bocrotary of War transe mitting the petition of (.‘o{l G, Easton and Btewart Van Vilet, Lieut.-Cols, A. 1. Eddy, Rufus Bexton, J. D. Bingham, A. . Percy, and 1L, C. Ifodyes, for tha restoration to thair proper places on tho Army Hegister, Referred. ; Mr. Kaolloga eubmitted n resolution directing the Becretary of the Senate to pay John l(l‘l] and Will- 1am L, McMillan the compunsition and milenge of Eonators for the unexpired term of Willlam Pitt Kellogg In the Forty-sccond Congress, Reforred. Mr. Thurman called up tha resolution submittod by him yesterday, instricting the Commitice on Military Affairs to inquiro whether, asy, and, If any, what leglslatlon 1s neccssary to ncrease tho annual appropristion for arming ad cquipning tho militin of the Statea and ‘Ferritorise’to correapond with the fncrease In the populatio + sinco the pas. saiz0 of the act of 1808, and also to settlo cortain war clalme of the State of Ollo agalnst the Gove orment, Aftor romo discuzslon an amendment wan ngreod 1o providing that sald Committeo shall make the same Innuiry respecting the War claima and credita” of othier Btates of the Unlon (hat furnished troops In ald of the Government during the lato llohefi~ ton, and ss thus amended the resolution was sgreed to, At tho explration of the morning hour the reso« lutlon of Mr. Macthews In rogard fo the payment of bonds In silver, was takon up e unfintsbed busi- ness, and then laid aslde Informally, {n order that Nr. Voorhieos might sddress tho Senato on a feso- lutlon enbmitted by him before the holidays, dee claring it of the highest hinportance that the Onan- clol crudit of the Gavernment be malutamed. In order to be g0, the Government itaeif, in oll Its ao- vartments, should, in gooa faith, keep all its con- tmcu and obligations entcred fnto with Iis own citixann. Mr, Matthows, in uxsnulnz Lis willingness to hava Lis resolutlon taid aside for the present, gave hotico that he would sk the Senate to vota ou It on Monday next. Mr. Voorlices then sddressed tho Senate upon ho reanlution submitted by himn, 1la sald tho nwtuuor of the auestlon of financa will nover ccaso uniil tho people are satisfed that tho vast dobt [s in process of uxtinction un prin- ciplea of justica to tax-paying labor, or until, on o ottier’Rand, they ats aubjugated nio sllcnt submission, and (e (overnmant {tsclf becomes changed in spivit und form Into & wmoneycd arlse tocracy, Denunclation 18 now tho princtpal ‘weapon used by those who ate ranzed on ‘the sido of gray miwulm. "Thoro §s no epithet, howeyer Dbawy, thiat In not In dally use avalnat all' who ven- ture fo Lallove, as 1do, that to a great extent our wholo financial systom 4s organlzed crime ngainst the laborlng, taz-paying men ang wonien of the United States, 'l'hv.' groat plea of the presont hour for the continnation of wrong and jujustice ts that good faith roquires it. Thuse who, ilnding a monstrous evil smbiedded tn tho laws of thelr country, seck to eradicate it by peaccful legnialutlon, are at once, and with tha utmont fury, Asvaulted as violators of publlc faith, enemies of the pattonnl honor, and worse, if possible, than como Indlers. This plea, so loud now tn our ears, been invoked In behalt of evory wicked. ness that ever cursed the world, 'T'he naurper in- vokes it {0 protect the throne ho has stolen as soon ¢ holavcated. The tyrant {nvokes It to sheiter his prerogutive, an uobility fn turn fnvoke it in order to live In ease aud splendor off th Iabur reviewed the inanclal leglslation since 1802, and eald vxperience had shown the Tegal-tendor to be the best muney that over clrcu- Jated. Every Goverument boud which didnot un ita fa'p atipulate paymeot in coln was made pay- able by the expross words of the law in lezal-tender notes. This cnactuient guaranteed fo the Awmerl- can people the right (o pay three-fourths of tne natiunaldedt In natfonal cutrancy. 1L was the law of conteact when all tlie 5-20 bouds, amountlng to over §1, 100,000, 000, were purchased from the Gov- ernment by bandholder: paid for tn this curs rency aipar, when it was quoted at from 40 to 60 elow par in coin, Every ous understood b law 10 b hava wiated it at ths time of its passaec; In fact, the groat strugglo then was Whether even the Infstest on thu buonds { bave -H S mentioned should be pald im coin. No one in .debate made ~the slightest pre- tense or fatination that the principal ot ttio bonds was payabla In culn, Daring the fall term of seven cvéntful years that followed, there 18 nut & platform of " citlier political party ln auy Stato ju the Unlun which makes such an assertion. Ar, Voorhees nlluded to Becrctary Sherman's letter of 1508, favoring the pavmeniof bonds tn the vame kind of money as bought thew, aud his subsequent actlon in_procurlng the passaze of an act for tho paywment of bondy in coln, which he said was open_repudiationof 8 sulemn contract, and fastened an cxtortion of kot less thian $500, 000,000 on the steygering Industries of the country ive prodts of the operation. In the whole hislory of the civilized world no parallel can be found to this sudaclous decd of by falth, dellberate ireschery lo tne people, wational dishone: and It wtsnds out by lusclt, towering migh above all cowmon frauds, and dwarlog thew §n compariion with fls own vast It will bear "the names of who == enacted it to distant keucrations amldst the grodns, curees, and lamen- tations of thosa who toil on land and on ses. and more deeply engraven tban any uiber name will be forever found that of the Secretary of the Trease ury, A8 the author of what Lie bluwsel! said constl- :}a cd the (wolold crime of repudiation sad ez8at- ou, Mz, Voorhees, fu support of his position, ho angyage of enalue Morton in 186U, a8 fol- lows: *° A combination of atock-jobbers, as desti- tute of conscleace as pirates, analospired alons by #reed for monay, successtully tbundered at theso dours, and dnally dsove tbls Government into the miust stupendous sct of bad faith and legalized rob- ¢ry ever practiced upon any veople since the dawn of history.* e uext took up the Fundiog act of 1870, chbary fog it was tho offepriug of u appreheusion that il wurk of repudisting the contrack fur the pasine, of the Bve-twenty bouds wigha hob ba quite coti- vlete. Thus It was proslded that su {ssue of new cuin bonds should be made fu place of ihe original ouus, The awvunt saved fu interest {s trithiog \}hcn compared with the loss by the whale transac- tug, Mr. \'o,uheu then srgued thst by the lawsof March, 1800, and July. 1870, Londs vutstandng aud afterwards (0 be fesued were payablo in colg, 0ot {n gold aluse, vor lu silver alune, Lut ia culn, He gnated Mr. 8herman in 1800 as explicitiy fa- voring this vies, 3, Voorhees commented at rome lenrth on the snlu e of the Jaw of Feb. 12, 1873, which hesald oomed tha dollar of nur fathers, and (ta en ment wan as completely unknown to the people, #nd Indeed to four-Aftha of Congress {tacif, as the presenco of n burglar ina housa at midnight to it s:cening inmates, The siiver dollar was eliminated from our money eystem under tho cover of false prefense. S R Mr. Voothees rmtceded to ehow tht of the en- tire trading and commercial popalations of the carth, mare than four times as many people hava thoscn aflver s have choren gold, and mors than five times ae many huve chosen sylvee aa have choren Ruld and sliver together. The lsboring clarses desire money to be plentlfal, while thoss wha Wish to fasten their idlo weaith on productions of Iabor clamoe for scarce And dear money, 1t was in the interest of the latter powerful clase that silver was demonetized . 118 refarred to the actof Jan, 14, 1874, for the Teaumption of apecie payments, And #aid tho law ot Feoruary, taking away ellver -monoy trom the people, and the law of January, 1875, fizing the dsy now lers than o year in advance, when greenbacks sholl aleo perish, are twia monstera of evil, horn of the same parentage, and Hnked ‘(nrllnrr for tha destruction of all money save coll. He vividly porieayed the wffect of tach legielation upon business and Isbor. He *r.oke of the impossidility of reauming Jannary, 1830, and aitributed the vast shrinkage in the yal. we of properiy and universal distress to tho policy «f contraction, and esid dutlng the four years when the volumo of currency averazéd $1,000,« 000,000 the business fallures of the entire conntry reached only 2,107, leas fu number than occurred inany three montha of (he year just closed. Dure ing the period which )8 noiy atigmatized as one of inilation, the windows of bunincas housen were not darkencd, nnd bsiness men did not go as modrne era abont tho strects. Thao laborer dld not ge home sithout bread to his wife and children, Tielpless millions did not cower and tremble ot the fipproach of winter for lack of food and snelter. ‘The public peaco was not broken by riots in ree fletance to plarvation wages, Tho conrts wers not principaily occupied in enlorelng collections, fars. closing morlgnges, ordening Sheril's sales, or 1a punishing the destitnte and outeast, The apcaker next tnined his attentlon to the National Banks, and rald the system of natlonal banking now innac is the most claborate and com- vlete schemo for making people pay tribute to wealth, In order to obtain a clrculating medium, cver known in tho financial history of the world, ‘Thera In not a dollar in the hands of (ko Fenplc on which they have not paid a 1ax for the peivilege of having it nat_in clrculation by tho Gorerne ment, Tho National Bank (s the middle- man between the tovernment and the peoe dle, and s enormotsly paid for dolng ‘What the (Government ought dircctly todo itself, On Oct. 1, 1877, therosyere 2,080 Natlonal Banks, with renonrcen ‘of 81,741,000,000, and on_thers resonrces the Interest paid by people was $130,. ,000 per annum, Mr. Voorhees said he represonted thoss who dae manded— First=The restoration of the miver dollar exe actly as it stood before it was touched hi the act of Febroary, 1873, Thoy desiro that it shall have nnlimited colnsge, not fearing that it wili become too plenty for thelr wants, and that It bo made a full legai-tender, Lelloving that it is as good now with which to pay all debla, public and private, as 1t wuqflnrlm{n‘n ty-ono years of American history, Second—The repea unconditionally of the actof Jan, 14, 1875, compellingthe resainption of specie ayments on Jan, 1, 187, holding that tho ques- 1on of a roturn 10 & snoclo basls for our currency should be controlled nnllm)‘{ by the business inter. estn of the conntry. They do not believa that the country ahould be dragred throngh the deptha of ruin, Wwretchednens, and ‘degredation In order to reach a gold standard for the benofit alone of the income classcs. TAird—That the natlonal banking syatem be ro« muved, and a circalating medium provided by the Government for the people without taxing them for the privilege of obtaining it, and they ask that the amount thus placed {n circulation ehall bear & reasonanle and ‘iudlcloul proportion tothe business transacilons and popuiation of the United States, Fourth—That the currency authorized snd cir- enlated on the authority of the Government ahall ho mde a legal-tender [n payment of all dobts, public and private, including all duca to the Gove ernment, well knowing that it will then be st par '"lh gold, or mors likely st & premiom over ity anl Fifth—Thst horeafter the financial policy of the cauntry be framed nermanently in their interest, that they shall not.bo discriminated againat in tuture Icglalation, as in the past, and that their Yrosperity and not the mere growth of lmcomo te retired unl:-nm shall be the primary daty of the Gavernment. 1n conclusion, Mr, Voorhees quoted from artie clen he Liad noticed in certatn Esstern newspapers in regard to the rights of the bondholders, the dnty of tho laboring clasnes, aud the pollcy that should be pursucd by eapitalists to connteract tho effacts of anticipated legisiation on the silvor quesifon, and sald: 8ir, I have no word of menaco to otier on this floor, but in beualf of every laborer and every owner of roll whom I represont, I warn all such as value thelr investments that when these doctrines of deapotism are souzht to be enforced. thia fate Jand will sguin be convultod In aj the fires of liberty will blazo forth agaln did 100 years ago'In dofense of the natul of man. [Applanse in the gallerie wirdom of our fathera and banigni avert such an {ssue; but if it shaifconie, if fn: ation has selzed onr counctls, the result will only add .one more instanco to {he long catalogue of human crime and folly, whers avarice, smbi- tion, overleaps itnelf, and {n ita unholy upt ta rob others of thelr posacssions loses its own. | Great applause In the galleries, ) ‘Adjourncd. . Touss. = The following bills wero Introduced and ree oreds Tred: By Mr. Donnell—To declara jurlsdiction of the Unitod States over harbors and navigable waters of tho Unlted Htates, . By Mr. Blalr—For the reanction of. DOID{B. Ty Mr. lobbins—A resolution directing the Com« mll{ca on Rules to inquite into tho ununmanc‘ur a tule requiring the Zecord to print the votcs taken under four heads, to.wit: yeas, d absent unpaired; aluo, into the the rulo forbiddlng palring by mea. 3Mr. Davia (N, C.) asked leave to Introdnca and have roferrod to the: Committes of the Whole s resnlution reciting tho uncqual taxatiun fmpossd upon the diffeiont States " by the internal-revenue tax, and directing the Committes on “Ar and Means to inquire into the oxpediency of abalishing nid tax, e, Cavert oblected. 3ir, Willls (Ky.) ofczcd a rosolution for tae ape pointment of & sclect commities to ascertaln Whother the ‘Treasury Department has complied: with the act of Congress I\Y]nh'lml appointments In nald Department to bo_cqually distributed among tha sevoral Statcs and Territories, Referred, Mr. Franklin asked leavo tooffor a resolution de- claring it 10 bo tho oplulon of tho Houss that United Statea notes should be legal-tender in pays moul of duties on lmpo: Mr. Frys objected. J Me. Covert offered a resolution {nstructing the Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steamboats to examine Into and report upon the merits of various 1fe-saving apparatus, Refcrred. Mr. Springee asked leave to Introdnce and put upon Its passago a bill to prevent the rarther con- traction of the currency. It provides that the vol- ume of legal-tender nutes shall not bo contracted or reduced below the amount of $350, 000, 000, B0 that nnz surplus of such notes roceived or redaem ed by the Guvernment which may bo in the Trens. ur{ i excess of sums required to meot tho appro. riations made by Congrs hali be reissued by ho Becretary of the Tressury fn the purchass of coln for the payment of coln obligations, Mr. QGorfleld objected to (te prescut consldera. tion, and it was referred to the Banking and Cur~ reucy Commitice. s Mz, Cox (N, Y,), from tho Committes an Fore elgn Affairs, reported back the bill suspending for ten years the further operation of Sec. 5,574, Re- vised Statutes, which provides that when' a citizen of the United States shall aiscover » Tuno island, ho not sell guano except to cltizens of the United tates. Thu provision has slready beea auspended for fve years. Pamscd, Mr, Jones (Obto), from Lthe Committes on Public Tuildings and Grounds, reported back a resolution directing the Bub-Committee of sald Committes to roceed ' to_the Cltica of Chicago, Providence, r’lmhuu 81, Louiv, Loutsyillo, Detrolt, an Cleveland for the purpose of ascortaining tha wants of the public scevice in regara to public huildings In those citjes. Mr, Stenuer ralacd & polnt of order that the reso- lution, as it {nvolved tho expenditure of public money. must go to tha Commisice of the Whole, ‘I'ho Bpeaker sustained the point, and tho resolu tlon was referre AMr. Reagan, Chairmsn of the Committce on Commerce, reported back the resolution awend- ing ccriain wections of the Reviscd Bistutes con- cernlng the commerce and navigstion of stesm vessels, Referred Hr the Commil of the Whole, and made thu specis] order for Tuesday next, The lionsa went inte Committes of the Whole on tho state of the Union, Mr Hooker In the chair, for general dobate, Mr. Price add d the Committes in advocac of the remonctization of the ailver dollar. 1o ciaimed fLaxs & thing which did not admit of doubt that st the time when sllver was demonetized the sl dotlsrof 4124 grains was mors valusble than the gold dollar. He argued that it was the intereat of the United Btates to make both gold sud sllver legal-tender for all ebls, — public aud private, particularly now when ihla coun w such n large producer of silyer, ani at depreciation of real estaty n hnmlu{ to the demonctizing of silver by that country, Hs contradicted the theory that tho vast ucrease In the production of siiver (n tbis country had been the cause of the fsll in Lhe value of that metal, rnd alleged, lndenial of it, that India, Japau, and Chiua aloas bad taken in the courss of trads during the last was abuut 8225, product of the world. He crltle ihe sermons of Beecher and Frothe juzham, aud, i cuncigsion, d wo arg laborlug 10 get back to & dollar which bas been tried under every condition sud under every variety of circuws stance o thls countey, and bas pot been foun wanting. We aro directing our footstcps 1o the patbway llfihn‘d by the lamp of expcrieace. We are pot ploocers. We are only scekiog for old pathy wads Jumingus by tha foolprinié of the fathers of the Kepublic, They beckon ud ouward; they aay lous, b Tuls 1a the way: walk e 1o it."" [le who bas becn & watchiful lont ol latory canoot mistake Lis way. 1f wo be bive lateness wo nay bear from every biccze that ls wafted to tom the roarts of coui~ merce, from the ficld of the husbandmap, from the Lum of the loom. a:d fron the riugof the au- vil, words Of eucouragement 10 pursue sicadily the silvery rlIhwn] thbat shall condact our nadea W the gaal of Suancial erity. I'be Cuwnitites tose and the House adjvsroed. = rar $105,000,000 of silver, which 000 miore than the entire allver -