Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 27, 1879, Page 1

VOLUMEXXXI1X. MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1879, The hicage Dailp Tribwne, | 'l ___—_—_____—‘ PRIG ol I‘lVE CENTS, BIERTS, SHIRTS WILSON BROS. pesire to call the atten- tion of the public to their superior facilities formanufacturmgthese goods. Sixteen years’ experience, close appli- cation to business, and a desire to furnish the best goods at the low- est prices, has given them the largest bus- jness of the kind in this country. They pur- chase all their goods di- rect from the manufac- turers of Europe and this country, securing them at bottom figures. Their help in the Man- ufacturing Department is highly skilled from long experience. Your patronage is so- licited. 67 & 69 Washington-st., Chicage, 69 & 71 Fourth-st., Cincinnati, 408 North Fourth-st., §t. Lonis. e NEW PUBLICATIONS. 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ARE MO WANTED If a man wants you to come to his place of business he will invite you through AN ADVERTISEMENT, IT I8 WRONG TO INTRUDE ON PRIVACY. This may wake up --me of these othor Clothing Desnlors. We will wait and soo. You may get the impres- sion from The Tribune that There1s Only One Clothing ¥ouse in Chicago. But thero are some moro., You will notico Cloth Signs, Assignoo’s Bale, and large posters, eta.; also, clothes hung out around the door, That is the way they advortise. You see they all hug around the corner of Clark and Madison-sts., goet what trade they can from our ¢ thunder,” and if trado isn’t first- rato they burn out or settle at 26 conts. Cannot do & squarc busi- ness, *¢'We' have a different way. When ‘“wo? Bay ‘*wo ** wo” aro speak- ing of WILLOUGHBY, HILL & CO,, sometimes called Boston 8quare-Dealing Clothiors, corner Clark and Madison-sts., the only Clothing concern that nevor slecps, Restless and Sleepless in their of- forts to show you tho BEST and SAFEST placo to clothe MANLY FORMS with 8TYLISH RAIMENT, Loading and Liveliest Clothing con- cern in Chicago. CORNER CLARK AND MADISON-STS., With a Branch Store, 532 Milwai- kee-av., cor. Rucker-st; also, another Store,238-240-242 Blue dsland-av., cor. Twelfth-st, OPEN TILL NINE EVERY NIGHT. l“lNANLIAL- YERMILYE - & CO. 9 BANKERS, Nos. 16 and 18 Nassau-st,, NEW YORK, Ty and sell flncommlulan for carhy bron u\lr’(n all securities dealt {n attho New York ftocl Al Itareat on depostis BaBJect to eheck AL SEne: 2d Tmake ad¥Ances o appraved collaterale, ovarn: ity, and County Bonds for saloand lm- PRESTON Kean & Co, BANKERS. 1. 8. BONIIN bougnt aud aold. The new & per cents on liand for | i dellvery sty and often below, Baverament ratess Fant raice anlowed Tor CALLED BONDS. ATNO BUY AND KELL COUNTY, CITY nnd HCHOOL 1 aid 4 pec cent BONDS. A N Forelun Rachanger Letintaof Croai NO'I‘ICE Tuaxsuny DrrARHRST, Orvicn or THE Cmu'nloLLln oF TR CimARNCY, 1y [l'mm the I'reface B T . In The Tribune Building, two vcry dosirable offices on tho socond floor, and ono on the third floor, y nwcr- 1o turee’ monthe from this cial brost & e KIS ouad d d 10 Ja Apply to Hecetver, “thcl[u, i hate, Wit tha iekaL b thereof, wit! wili be disaliowed. ‘WM. 0. DOW, Room 8 Tribuno Bulming, WATCIES, JEWELILY, Etcs Don’t You Forget It. NO. Comptroiler of ths Currency. T, B. AP, STEDIEN PEABODY. Mooy of e Stock Exchango, HKNAPP & PBABODY, Bankers and Brokers, 24 New-al., New York. buy and aeli Stacks, Hionds, and Sacirities of ull Xinge w:tehn. Jovo)ry and Plated Ware can | A the New York btuck Rxchias bou o, nnn half the usual n_mm sullcited. Refer hy peri Lfi N O Yqunl pricss st | L'eaboay, of Chicaxoi Aukistus ¥, ?‘AXLJEWELRY BTORHN, 187 Biate-at. John @G. Ashleman, 107 State-st. EDIIEA'I IDNAlu e I_Ilulllu\‘\lh LEVEN A COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION FOR LADIES. ARI' b'll‘ol 'Eh. & Th. 30lld branches—3lusic and WESTON: et ey B, AP 1 EDW. I ZEETON, Pres, liig e, i:'.! ‘Bz?u" LYANIA MILEFARY REAL ESTATE. Manufacturing and Dock Property. FOR HALK--Lota on tie Korth lranch and Nort Taath CAFeL ot o The ST\ W emtern whd Lhe ChICHED & Tacin laiirosds, on favarable teri AGD LAND COMPARY, oo mqrnnu idiny . Bouthwest comner Lakeand Clark-sie. Specml Real Estato Notico. We ll" lnlhur cd to offer, for A few days only, at rcaion, saio of the hest lieskiance and OHESTBR, PA. ;u.."!n... 5“’5‘ RN o ars voady rorough lastruction In Cirll o T Wiheheatern = i) n.'m:"m:'m oroun Instruction In CIvl | den aud Winchester.a Lon, Van 1 L hEor fi’ur. l‘rr:l;:n!. Hurteq:yeakromy {Iriza, ;ll'l'll’l‘l() TALLORING, 'oxm( 5 DAYS MORE OF 20 PER CENT DI SCOUNT 0n all Garcenls ordered of 1S fn Janeary, 1879, STANDARD THE HIGHEST. EDWARD ELY & C0., Tailors, 163 & 165 Wabast-av., Lorner Mnurue st ANTA ncn. " ERKENBRECHER'S Bon-Ton Starch Is absolutely odorless, and Chemi- oally Pure. It'ia snowflake white, It is susceptible of the highest end most lastiog Polish, It posseases greator ntrbngth of body than other trade brands. It is packed in Pound FParoels. ¥ull Weight guaranteed, It costs less money than any Btarch in the World, It i3 manufaotured in the heart of lehlnblxl‘oatan coreal region of the It is Sold universally in aAmerica b{ Gropers and Dealers, ts annual consumption reaches Twenty Million Pounds. ANDREW ERKENBRECHER, Erieadrocher's I'Drl&}’flrllu (er &ONA fnl Food. . FAVOR & KN, Sole Norliweakera Ageate, uuun. nexi, Catarines, autifull DYED o sod BERALRED, ST pra ...‘.'i Lnil ’nrrucb. suqn Labiks axp UENTS, s iawls, dyed ot cleaued. eto. L uul.AN NTEAMNIIPS, “North German Lloyd. o unln 18 of Lhis Col It aa 3 Tlumen bia Company wi Illlcvriv‘?l‘:ur pasgs-broih New York t . &nd Dremeu, Ares cab dthamplon 00; sccond e flcketa to ull poince s0d pannage Jlanllnlarcen, Nete % INA'rm‘Al. LINE OF RTEAMKHIPN, thflu ‘wlc- o week trom New York to Queenstows, \ Sud Luadun Excunjon age frouy ‘fi Lo §70 curreuc! JJ s MR HIR TR A i 'Ilrth r ‘llf rmation a| B e S a el Chari-at. OFFIcE Cntxy QUaBTERNASTER, nlrll‘l’ll)fl vr Dakora, L, Minn., Juu. 23, 167V, muemm TP Sihde it Toe. 2u Bruposals fur Lransporiation vo the Mis- +bouri m Vel owstons ihherads sqwased so s o latile apriation o ull polate nam: Jfl pointe ! umubez-m. sloux City, Ia E‘"‘ sbetween Yaskian, h‘!iou s‘l“ wall PaiA Dxrkmum Geaeral U. 8. y . crept into every branch of the rervice. Noone is found with the hardihood to deny that the history of auch frauds ja vistble on every page of Indian management for the last score or more of years, Indeed, so flagrant are the frauds, und so deflant “have their perpetrators become, that It appears & notorjous fact hut a Ring exists, composed of contractors, employes of the Bureau, and wealthy nnd influential per- sans outslde, whose object is to swindle and de- fraud both Goverument and Indlans. The opinlon entertained by the undersigned i=, that these frands will forcver exist, even with the most vigitant, scrupulous honesty which can be brought {uto the muvagement of the Indlan Burean, because we belleve the method or sys- tem of that Departtnent are inadenuate to pre- vent fraud, however honest the head of the ofiice mity bey und for the reason that the system of accountabitity in the Department is not close enough todetect corruption. We are aakea the very pertinent question whether or not the sanie abuscs and frauds would be practiced it flie management should 'ba thansferred to the War Department. Wo think' not, for A YEW PLAPY AXD OBFIOUS REASONS, to wit: Whatever elsc may be rald of our army officers, they are, as n cisds, men of high honor wmd strict fntegrity. Thelr tralning hes im- presscd these high qualitics upon them, nwl hietr associntion requireq thelr constant observ- ance. Every officer In the army is a chieck upon WASHINGTON. Report of Four Members of the Indian~Transfer Committee. Rensons Why the Service Should Be Given to the Soldiers, Efforts of the Railroads to Get into the Indiun Tor- ritory. Resolute Resistance of the Choctaws and Chick- asaws. Despicable Action of the Governor of Florida in Evading His Duty. Sherman Will Leave the Country to Judge Between Him and Conkling. The Potter Committee Will Get Out a Campaign Document, as Orig- inally Intended. Great Greenness of the Rural Printers Nosing in tae Largest Estal. lishment Extant. Doarborn Btreet Af\ajr Its Post-Office— The United Btates s Mile Too Wide, THE INDIANS. REPORT OF TIE FUUR MEMDERS OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE FPAVORING A TRANSYER. Wasnixatox, D. C,, Jan. 26.—The report of the four members of the Joint Committeo of the two ilouses of Congress who faver the transfer of the manogement of Iodian affairs from the Interfor to the War Department has Just been completed by Representative Boone, and will bo submitted to the iHouse at the first opportunity, The principal festures of the document are as follows: . *“The nistory of our maneagement ol Indlan affalrs and our treot- ment of the Tndians is one of shame and wortifi- cation to all right-thinking and liberal-minded men. A proper solution of the *Indian prob- lemn ? {3 pressing itself more strongly upon pub- lic attention every year,, demanding the im- mediateattention of Congress, and caunot with either safety to the Indlans or houor ta the Government be longer deferred, ‘The fallure on the part of our Government to discharge its duty to the Indiana Is not confined to the last few yesrs, Our wrongful treatment of them s coequal with our oxlstence, thouzh®| not to the same extent fn the earlier and porer duys as at present. - Durfog all the years post complaints have boen made of violated pledges, broken promises, and LACK OF RFFICIENT AND RESPONAIDLE MAN- AGEMENT, Indced, the system of mansgement in Indisn affalrs we bave pursued (if we bave had a sys- tem at all) have been unequal to the demauds of our duty, nor has it mat the expectations of the instigutors und advocates, mud to such an extent havu these wrongs been multiplled, and to such an extent have frauds and peculation crept into the management of Indlan affalrs, and so glar- ing ond shameful bave these become, that an indigoant public opinfon witl no’longer look on with indifferenco und unconcern, but demands that these matters be looked tnto, and the wrongs as far as possible be righted; that o policy be adopted which will covform with the dignity and character of our Government, and secure at the same time full sud ample justice to a suffering unid outraged people. That thess wrougs and abuses do now exist, and to a fear- ful extent, we think no une at all scqualinted with the facts will deny. If proof upon this point were wanting or demanded, we have but to refer tothe statoments of all who bavo ia- veatizated the question, and those most famllar with our preeent inansgement, and to those who are to-dsy strenuous advocates of the present system, aud who ask {ts contlnu- snce, and who seen to belleve in its ultimate success. T0 GO BaCK into the history of this question, it will be found that our systew of Indlan management has always been virtuaily und In effect the sys- tem now o vogue, Even while It was nominal. Iy uuder the War Departmeut, prior to 1849, the system was veryiuuch tho sanc as now, We are awaro the geueral impression is that, bofore that time, o different systcm provatled, amd that the change in that year to the Interior Depart- meut was a radical change tn system, but such {8 not the case, sud while it is true that Buperin- tendents and Ageots, belng fow la yumber, mude reporta to tha War Ofllce, IT IS ALSO THUS that nelther the Secrutary of War nor any offi- cer in the War Department bad anything to do with the appointment of these oflicers, nor was the War Oftico charged with the duty of super- vising them or controlling them In any mavner up to 183, While, by the act of 183, the Becretary of War was wiven &' sort of general superintendency of ihe conduct of Agents and Sub-Agents (appointed by the President), and while by that act the President was suthorized to solect military men to dis- charge the dutics of lodian Ageuts, It is further truo that s lurge najority of tho Agents sclect- od wero takon from clvil lle, and much the same machluery employed fn the conduct of In- dianoffairs as now. We claim that the Indisn agement has ever beew, substantially at I , &8 at the preseut time. Therefore, what- ever failure or wrongs have characterized our management (o the past are justly chargeabls to eur present systemn, and whatever of success hus attended that management should be ered- fted to that system. Ycar after year large amounts of money bave been expended with s view to civillzing these people, and yet failurcis written upon every page of the past history of our efforts in this direction. ‘The inaugura- tlon of the peacs pollcy In 1863 by President Grant, fu the oplnion of the undereigued, was a virtusl sdmisslon that the Inulan Bureau was jncapable of the proper conduct of Indisu affairs, and was compelled, therefore, to delegate muck of its authority to other hands. From the slow progress made In vivilizing, educating, and Christisnising the ln- disos, to which your,Compmitte bad their atten- ton ¢alled whilst among thein last fall, thero is woroom to doubt thay we should try some method of dealiug with this question differeat from that now in vogue. TUX GLOWING ACCOUNTS of the rapid strides of the Indisns (n the way of civilized llfe, and their rapld march toa standard ol civilization, are not borae out by the facts. Sbameful irregularities und £roes frauds bave honestly without being ing detected, punishment surely, The fora lmited time, subject st any timo tore- other branch of the public service. question'of absolute justive to Indians, comes every other offlcer, aud such s the sysiem of accountabllity fn the srmy that it Is nearly if nat quite tmpossible forf an officer to nct dis- :ielected. and, upon be- followas mltlly and With civil Agenta this is not the case. are apuointed generally as partisans, and moval, pald mnall solaries, and can only hops to lhold the position a few years at ost,. and henee have not the eame inducements to act honestly aml fulrly thut the anuy ofllect has, We do not un- dertake to say that the War Department is so perfect in management that abusesdo not oceur in ita administration also, but we think it com- pares favorably with any other Department, and that fewer Instances of dishoneat pructices have been 1ald to its charge than to aluost any tHext to the the comparative cost of the two systems, aud we are decidedly of opinlon that a large amount of munev can, und will be, saved If the transfer is made,” “1f," the Committez say, ‘it be true that arary offleers can perform the dutles of Indlan Agents as faithfully, diligently, and bonestly a8 civil Agents have und are doing, nnd if the War Departinent can purchase as cheaply s the Indian Bureay, and 1f the means of transporta- tion fo,the War Departmeént are tnuch superior, and {f the systems of inspection are equal, and 1f army oficers ark not so apt to be- coma victims of temptation, and if wa can secure & more falthful and houest adminlstration through army offlcers, and thereby avold some, 1t not all, Indlan wars,—we say, i these, or any number of thes e prupositions, be true, then who can say that wa shall not save milllona of dollars fo our Indian management it this transfer is made, snd ot the same time secure justice to the ludian, the lack of which Las caused so much trouble? The report concludes: *““We beliera the in- terest of the Government and the good of the Inatans will be best promoted, by travsferring the management of Indian affalrs to the War Department, leaving it discrctionary with the Becrotary of War to appoint civil Azents tothose ‘Agenclen at which, in his judzment, the inter- est of all concerned can by -lLieat secured hy such Agont, aud offlcers of the army whers the {nter- est of nm servics requires it." THE " NATION.” Epecial Dizpateh to The Tribune. Wasminaron, D. C.. Jan. 20.—The con- test before tho Senate Committce on Ter- ritories between the raflroad compantes nnd the Indians on the subject ot the openiug of the Indlan Territory to the ralironds and to fottle- ment {8 becoming very bitter. Charges of speculation und of fraud on the part of the rail- roud companies nud of thelr agents are freely made by thelr opponents, awd In the conflicting testimony it {8 difficult to arsfve at the truth, The Committeo itaelf finds this so, and has been compelled to postpone a deeision as to a report until next Friday, It s clafined, for Instance, on the part of the Indfans, that most of the wit- nesses who appeared before Patterson In the Indlan Territory in favor of the scheme of the raffroads wero adventurers and Apeculntors. A aumber ol these, under dprotection of . A DRUGGINT'A LICENSE, are engsged in seiling bad whisky to Indians at wediclual prices. It is also urged by the attor- neys of the Chickasaws and Choctaws that, not- withstanding the Chinese wall which shuts out Anglo-Saxon civilization from the Indlan Tuerls tory, somc leaven of clyllization hus been intro- duce by the rallroad missionary, for, at the Jast electlon of a Qoveruor by the Chickasaws, the ruflroad's mieslouarics zot posscaslon of the polls at a vumber of precincts early In the day, and manaped to keep poasession so thut thefr opponents were not alloved to vote at all, and thereby they nearly succeeded fo carryiug the cleetion. TIN CHIEROKEN DLLEOATES filed a document, In which they complained that 1lie printed procecdings of the Bub-Committes do not sgres with the original records, because soniv 3,000 names of Clierokescitizens navo been stricken off from the protests which wera filed by them und aecepted by the Committer, and that the protests themselves are prioted with- out the ofliclal certificates which give them uu- thority. Bomebody appears to have takena good many liberties with the testimony, If what the Cherokecs say ia true. They present an aualysis of the testimony taken by the Bub- Commnlttes {n thelr country, which shows that 8,287 Cherokeo clitizeus, Including five colored persons aud elghiy-seven adopted whites, op- posed any change of the present stutus, Thres rdupted white cltizens und sixteen mixed-blood Chetokees favored fodividual titles to lund, Five mixed bioods, four adopted whites, und two colured persons would ke to have a Unlied Brates Territorlal Government establlshed. They also SUBMIT A FROTEST agalust auy change in the forin of the joint res- olution uusnimously adoptea by thelr Nuttonal Cuuncil 8 month ago, sl another of the sume tenor udopted bya General Councll of thy thirty-four tribes resident jo the Indisu Terrltory several years ago. In the ar- gument” of Col. W. I Ross, of the Chero- kee delegation, is an interesting statement respecting one of the railroads, 1the Missourd, Kansas & Texas. 1t s charged by Col. Ross that & large advance touk place ln@he securitics of this road i the last siX months of last yesr, notwithstauding this increase could not be ex- plaioed by su {ncrease of busiuess. Mr. Koss inafntains that a little calculation wil) show that, In New York, the lucky holders of thess securi- ties realized a profit of sbout $200,600 from the actusl transactions of only ten days,— SUOKT NOVEMUEK DAYS, T00,— when tle Scoator from Bouth Carollna, though almost an iuvalid, was esergetlcally ransacking tho Indian country In a special reilroad train, exainiulog witnesses by the score, scores of wiles spart, whoss testimony 18 a slogle day makes a respectable LOOK us 10 sizc,—days when, at Mo Alister und Striogtown, Mr. Putterson was gainiug valuable informstion respecting the cou- dition of affulre fn the Indlan Territory from white mon who bad lived there on ths line jof the ratlroad for six mooths and more, lumber- men and carpenters who, under the solemu ob- lzations of su oath, favored him with their oploivas a8 to the lorin of goverument which would best promote the civilization and pros- perity of the Indians. THE REPNRSEXTATIVES OF TIE RAILROADS, on the contrary, claim that the opening of the Territory Is dcmanded In the Interest of com- meree nnd civilization; that the people of the Territors renlly favor §t, and will be greatly benefited by ity and that no valld, legal treaty, or commerctal or moral reason can be assigned why the Territory should not be opencd. A number of Chicago zentlemen here are very carnest In suporting the movement to open the Territory to these rallroads, and sar that the commercial Interests of Chicago wl be greatly promoted by such action on the part of Congress. Some of these gentlemen, It 18 true, have a direct personal fntercat in the scheme, as they are interested In bonds or stocks, the value of which would be increased should the Indtan Terrltary be opened; but, astde from this, It {s malntained by these gentle men that -~ CHICAGO WOULD BE BENRPITED, nand that it [s time for the natlon to cutgrow the puerile method of training the Indisns os & natlon, and of making solemn treaties with them, ARTHUR AND CORNELL. MIZRMAN'S PROGRAMIE, Epectal Dirpateh to [he Tyibune. Wasnsaroy, 1D, C., Jan, 28,—~Secrctary Sher- man I8 preparing to carry the war Into Africa. He has a? last discovered that it is necessary to have public ovinfun on his side tocarry the Custom-House nomination through the Ranate, oreven torescie the Administration from an embarrassing position, and possibly from much personsl humilfation. The polley of concesl- ment which, in most public matters, {s followed by the Treasury s to be abanduncd, The no- tions of ctiguette of the Senate which Bhermoan carrled (rom the Benste to the Treasury Departinent are to be disregarded, nnd Sceretary Sherman has ot last decided to make pub'ic bis decisfon. The letter of the Treasury Department containing the charges agatust Arthar and Cornell will proba- bly be made public to-morrow, niul Becretary Sherman will also send to the Scnate to-morrow, in open sessfon, o letter which will be in sub- stanco Identical with the request recently made by Roscoe Conkling, as Chairman of the Com- snerca Committee. That letter, the Treasury ncople think, was not presented to the Commit- tes by Conkling, DUT WAS POCKETED, for Sherman's friends clabn that, had It been pregented to the Committee, the latter could scarcely have declined its request. The latter will osk for a copy of Arthur's reply, and that permissiun be granted to make answer to it 1t this letter s submitted to an open Benate, Sher- man's friends maintain thot & will be imposal-, ble to refuse it. Speclal Agent Binzhom, of Boston, and Special Agent Hinds, of Chicazo, membcers of the Bingham-Hinds Comintssion, hovo arrived here. They state that thelr business has to do with the regular routine work of their districts. But there 1s no doubt that they have been summoned hera by the Treasury to be in readiness to assist in the mat. torof securiug contirmation of the New York appointinents, particularly tu the way of glving fuformation nnd evidence, il the Departmont shall be allowed to give cyldence befors the Committee. FLORIDA. THE CAKE OF BISDER, Special Ditpat:h fo The Tribune, Wasninarox, D. C,, Jon. 20.~It dves not scem 1o be generally known in the North that Mr. Blsbee, Republican, the present member of the lipuse from the 8econd Florids District, has succeeded, by the ald of the Bupremo Court of the Btato, I securlug a reenovass of the votes cast ot the Jast election, which clearly proves thut he, instead of Iull, to whom Gor. Drew has glven o certifivate of clection, was fairly elected, and that the Board has so de- clared. Altogether, from the sworn cvidence, it appears that Bishee was clected by at least 400 mujority of the votes cast, notwithstanding all the efforts to prevent Ilepublicans from voting Ly changing the boundaries of election vreelnets, challenging without cuuso, and other devices, which cost the Republicans at least 200 votes more. The prosecution of the gullty oflielals, which & correspondent of the Sa- vannah News cstls * warring upon the loertics of this people,” have resulted thus far inthe convietion of three members of the County Board of Canvessers for Brevard County, who havo NEEN SEXT TO THE ALDANT PRNITRNTIARY. Hull himselt und the other oftlcial of tho same county, are under ludictment for conspliracy to commit the same crime, und will soon be tried by the United States Court. Republicans say the evidence against both 1s o overwhelm- ing that they can hardly escape conviction. ln addltlon to these, about twenty other officisls, in different parts of the district, are under in- dictment for fraud In the last clection. There s another phase of this case which merita atten- tlon. As soon as Hisbes learned thut the State Board had, by rejeeting the return of Madison County, declared IHull elected by 12 wma- Jorlty, he nadressed a letter to Gov. Drew, notl Iyinge him that the Supreme Court would be ap- plied to fora writ compelling the Btate Can- vassing Josrd to receive und count the votos frots Msdisun County, and suxgesting to hin propriety of withbolding a certificate until the decislon of the Court could be reversed, ‘The Gioyernor DISUEGARDED TIIIS SUGGRATION, and gave Hull the certiticate on the Bth fnst, ‘I'he Bupreme Court fssucd a writ requiring 8 ro- canvass of the votes, whivh was made, und Bla. boe declared elected. He thereupon addressed snother letter to the Governorasking that a cer- tificate bu fasued to him in accordance with the luw, which requires that the Governor shall fs. wue & certificate to a person declared clected to Congzress by the State Canvosalug Hoard, This letter the Governor referred to the Democratic Attorney-ticueral, who gave o writtcn oplnlon that §t was the duty of the Govetnor to fssue the certliicate, nind L is sald thut othier Demo- cratie lawyers with whom the Governor consult- cd agreed In this opinlon, Moreover, the prece- dents in Florida sustaiu this view, Gov. Drew himself holds his office by virtue of a recanvass of the votes ordered BY TIE VENY SAME SUPREME COURT, after Btevens bad been declared clected, by the Btato Board, two years ogo. J. W, Purman hela a certificute of election to Congress by virtue of areturn of the Btate Canvassiug Board. Alter- ward the Loan! was compelied to inake @ recan. vass of the votes by u mandate of the SBupreme Court, and Davldson was declared clected. Gov, Drew promptly 1ssucd a certillate of elcetion 1o Davidson, tbough vne hat previously been given 1o Purinan, and Dayidsou now holds bis seat In Cougress under that certificate. In view of he facts above recited, relating to recent oveots in Florids, with all of which GOV, DREW I8 THOKOUGHLY FAMIL'AR, and in two of which he was personally and 41~ rectly fnterested, ono moy well be suprised ap the letter declinlog to lssus to Mr, Bishee the certificute to whicn he s cloarly entitied. Tt will bo secn that Gov, Drew does not deny Bls- bee's election, bLut proposcs to allow bis deo- feated oppunent to take his scat at the opening of tho uext Coogress and take part in the or Ranization of the Ilouse, If clreumatances, over Wwhich he may have nu contrul, do not detaly him st Albavy. POTTER'S COMMITTEE. TIS CIPUBKS, Apecial Dispaick o The Tribune. WasninaTon, . C., Jan. 26.—~There is con- alderable criticlsin of the courso of the Potter Cowmittea with regard to the investigation ot the ciphers. Thie most ingenfous plan scems to have been devised to so delay the investigation that no report enn poseibly be made to this Congress. The Demoerats themscives admit the gennineness and suthentieity of the eipher dispatches. FPotter. in the Committee, has satd as much, andeven If the dispotches are not genuine, It would be & simple thing to summon the supposed authors of them, Eren Peiton has returned from his Canadian retreat, and Moses, and Woolley, and Cogle,and all the reat,are within the jurisdlction of the Committee. ‘These gentlemen could castly be summoned, and, within three days, conld aflirm or deny the authorship and translation of the dlspatches, or refusc to anawer. ‘Ihelr own testiinuny. unless they should commit perjury, would, of course, be the best avaflable, But the Committee has, on the contrary, selccted a Southern-born Pro- fessor at the Naval Obscrvatory, who was not ruceessful In translating the ciphers of the Trilmune, ss an expert, upon the result of whose researches the action of the Committce Is to proceed. THE RETORT ANOUT TO NE DRAWN. ‘The statement among Democrats speclally fn- tereated In the Potter Committee uow is thut it will ba turned aside from ita Iceitinate work by the cipher business, but thut the Democrats will prepare a full report, taklng the ground that, in spite of the apparent contradictions of some of the witnorses, that v has be=n cstab- 1shed beyond question that the legal votes of Florids and Louisians wera cast for Tilden. and that corrupt intriguing on the part of Repub- licans in both these States occurred while the Returning Board were deliberating s that fraud- wlent Electorsl returns were forged and sent from Loulsiana, und that evidenesclearly cstal- 1ish the fact that, though the Wormley confer- ence, and shinilar consuitations hetween certain Republlcans representing Uov. Hayes and cerinin Bouthern Democrats, n bargain was wade which controlled the Electural count. The report will also present the names of those charged with the vorrupt dealings It eonncetion with prepar- ing election returne, and clalm that nearly all so charged NAVE SINCE RECBIVED PEDERAL OFFICRS. ‘It is clalmed that this courre fa'the only one open to Democrats, snice, tu make no report, or to muke one without Inststing that a cotplete case sgalnst the President hos been made out, would bring lasting ridicule on the party, where- 28 [t 18 held thot 1t will be possidle to writea report which, detached from the zreat mass of testimony, will be offered as a Democratfe cam- paign document. DEFRELS. PINLEY 84T UPON, Reeetal Dispaten 1n The Trionne. WasnixaTON, 12, C., Jan, 20,—There wasaent Inst nizht to several Demacratic newspapers o pretended synopsis of an allezed report of an Investigation that the Committee of which Fin- 1y, of Obio, Is Chalrinan, bas Leeu making into the affalrs of the Government Printinz-Offlee, Thero {8 no such report as that which these dis- patches profess to summarize, The document from which these dispatches were tande 1s o pa- per which Finley would be glad to have the Committee accent as Its report, hut which the Cowmmittee, a mnjority of whose membera are Democrats, bas dectlved to do. The Cominit- tea haa refused to do this for the veason that a maljority will not consent to affix thelr signa- tures to any exprersion of belief in the (ishon- esty of John 1), Delrees, Publle Printer. TIR FINLEY DXPERTA, g who are resnonstble for this report, are Hkely to be us natorious as the Glover experts, save that thelr ignorance {s " more dense, amd their efforts more_clumesy, -"Uhis Conunlttes bas hud for its expert (whose duty it hos been Lo pass upen the methods of the largest printing-ofiice in the world) the edltor of o Mttle country newspaper in Oblo, who probably, untll by caine to Wasli- ington, never even heard of one-tenth part of the different kinds of type, paper, and presses now m use at the Uovernment Printine-Oftice. Ansualysis of the pretended {uvestigation of these experts will boone of the richest fn bur- lesque of muy chapter in the hlstory of the cruditles und malivious partisanshio of Demo- crutic investigation. - Finley 18 sald to have pro- posed to the Camnmittee thaut IR WOULD BTRIKE OUT ALL OBJECTIONS uron the personal lonor nnd Interrity of Pub- Ne-Printer Defrees i the majority of the Comn- mittee would sign the repart, but the Demo- cratie lawyers of the Committee are reported to have sald that Finles's whole ducunient was based on the assumption of the dishonesty of Defrees, and to concedo thut Defrees was hon- cst would be to reject the whole repart, which {ls Cominittee accordingly did. Finley there- upon wislied to be excused from further service on the Cominittec. PENSIONS. PREFANATIONS TO I'AY OUT. Wasmisaron, D. C., Jap, 2.—There s one point in the Penston Arvears Ill which it is thought wiill probably be refesred by the Tute- rior Department fop construction from the De- partinent of Justice. The now low savs the ar- rearuges of pensions will be pald at the rate for which the soldfer was orlginally pensioned. As Congresa has changed the rate several times, and the Iatest apolicauts origlually receved the largeat pensions, the man who gets peastoned now gets a heavy suw In arrearages. The total- 1y disabled man origlually got & per month, Now he gets §73. The question then in case of a totally disabled new prusioner 18 wnetlier he shull be pald arrcarages av the ruto of §72 or 88 per month. The Commisaloner will sak Con- greas at once for an apurovriation to carry out the law, and that it be made immediately avail- able. The additional evidonco needed ju the cases of those now recelving pensions will be very slight, ‘The Comuissfoner will ask a small fncreuse of clerks, and tiut the pensfon agencies be redistricted witbout an fucrease of furce. BRAGG. SOME DEMOCIATS TUISK THAT TO HIOLD PAST TO THEIR PRESENT MAJOKITY I3 BETTER, Apecigl Dispatch {0 The Tribune, Wasmxotox, I, C., Jav. 20,—Thres Demo- cratic newspapers here have attaked Gens Brage for Lis udependent speceh on Bouthern clalns, und a good muny Northers Democrats bave becn expostulating with him privately, Meauthine, it has been axcortained tunt Mills, Chaluens, aud Mooker will not reconsider thelr determination to attack Hroge in debate during the next morning hour, Dragg fs slso prepor- Ing blwself Lo continue the discussion, To-day (e Sunday Herald, the wost respectable Demo- cratle journal here, takes tho followlug part in the contest: * Wo ar unable to sy why Gen. DBrugg's speech sbould baye ralsed such 4 durry. It may as well be beleved first s last, thut the Democratic party ut the North caunot live 1€ it Is underatood that Democratic succoss nivans placiog the Natlonal ‘I'reasury at thie merey of that ininority—but uctive and vio- lent mlnority—at the Bouth, who consider Dem- ocratic suceess ouly & ncans of allowlce their section Lo recottp the losses of thy War, and of the years of reconstruction, A careful reading of Bragi's speech FAILS TO PIND BUPFICIENT FROVOCATION for the exploslon of wrath which has followed, Do the Southern leaders expect thut the lsuda- tlon of e herolsu, valor, sud sucrlfices of the War shall be contined to those vrutors whose euloglums embrace only the soldiers who ad- bered 1o the lust eauset ‘The Northern Dem- crata caumol coufeds, by ellence even, that they fought on the wrong side. If the Soutlern Detmocrats cantot appreciste s steady devotion to the principles of constitutional Goverument un the part of the Northern Democracy, which nas aided them {o obtalniug thut grestest of all boous, lueal scif-government, und exvect ow tobe conclliated with war-claims and rallwag subsidies, they 1Al BETTER PR UNDECEIVED AT ONCR. The Democracy lost a larzs number of Northern Conaressional districts at the last electlon. It will not be difllcult to lose enough of therest. next time to dissipate the present majority, and Ieave the solld South confronted by a practically solli North. A little undue ucmmfm on tho part of Mr. Ellia and his - colicagues will make thls practiealiliustratlon of neulnml politics oxs cecdingly easy of realization.” Pty CHICAGO POST-OFFICE,., TNR DEARNORN STREET PROPLE WANT IT BACK.. &peeie) Dispateh to The Trivune, Wasnixaron, D. C., Jan. 20.—The formai argument of Robert Lincoln on behalf of ths Connecticat Matual Insurance Company, owners of thie Ilonore Block, will be made befora Mr, Freeman, Attorney-General for the Post-Office Department, to-morrow. A statement las aiready been submitted to Mr, Freeman, in which it is claimed that, both legally and morale 1y, the Qovernment {s hound to continue the Post-Uflice In the Honore Block, It Is urged, on hehaif of that butlding, thnt the owners of It are nnt responsiole for the fire, and the reports of Matthew Benner and of the Snperintendent of the Fire-Palrol are cited to sustain the theory that the fire orizinated - fn the shop of the carpenter employed by the Post-Ofice authorities, The theory that the firo originated in super heated steam, on account of inndequate engines power, is controverted, and it {4 mnnintaloed i1 the Jolsts and wood-work In the vicinity of the flue whers the firo Is slleged to have started were covered with asbestos, and were In no way injured. A petitlon {s cxpected ficre from Chicago within a day or two, protesting against the removal of the Post-Ofice from the presont loeatlon, and clalming that husiness enterprises were wndertaken with the understanding that 1l Governnent was to occupy the temporary Post-Oflice in the frnedlate vietnity of the per- manent Poat-Oflice Butiting, which wouid not otherwise bave been hegun, 1013, . it I8 clalimed, were last year bought In the vldn— ity of the IHonore Buliding for no other reason’ than that it was the Post-Office street, and was tu continue o to be. Another argument used {s, that all the present runways are arranged with n view to the locatlon of the Post-Oftica wheru it has been. ‘Telegrams from the agents of the bullding represcnt that it is now fit for ucenpaney. Tideed, it s clalmed that a portion of the premlses in the Honore Bullding occupled by the postal nutborities has never been fo- Inred, and avas uot vacated untii twelvo or.fours teen days after the fire. The portion referred to I8 the back bmilding In the upper stories, tn which the mail-bag repalr-rooms were located. PIELD & LRITER WANT THEIR GLD STAND. ‘The Post-Utlice authorities liere are still une willing to stare what huflding they expect.to secure, but it {s cxpected that tho premises which tave been wentioned by -Fostmastor Palmer are the stores on Wabash avenus now ovenpled by Field & Leiter, The Iatter firm, it 18 clalmed, 1s anxious to return, to tho Sfuger Baliging, and would do so {f it could be.ro- lieved of the leaso on the preseat luuuon. and would, to sccurn the change, ‘bo willlug to snctlfice considerable It the unvntnmanl won!fi assumo the rental. %, BURVEYS. . . . . SCHEME TO BTICK TUE GOVERNMERT. « Soectal Digpateh'to The Tridupe. ., — Waminxaroy, D, C., Jan. 26.~1t is slaimed fo favor of the now general tovographical 'sarvey of the United States, provided for i the Legis- Intive bl $o be repucted to-morrow,. or Tucsday, that it whil show that nearly all the prominent interlor lines and supposed locations of promi~ nent pinces are now out of place AThe Prevens” maps. Thus, It: is - satd .that Columbuy, Q.18 nlmost o milo from where it should be op an ac- curate map, oml that Salt Lake s cral miles out of place., At s alap clalmed ‘that somo portion of - the aprese ent _boundarivs of mearly oll. the Btates are naccurutely located, aud that the same. is true in a lesser degree of ncarly every county division, cspectully thoss which aro - furmed: of iines established by the surveys of the Lund- Office, It (s yls0 claimed that the reodotic sur- vey han already demonstrated the fact- that the United Stuted is & full mile_ wider betweon the ueeans than was supgosced. 50 MUCH OPFOSITION * lias been manifeated amnong the Western mome ers to those features of the oriziual planwiich contemplated interferonce with - the present public Jand system that this portion of the pro- posed reorgaaization has been struck out by tha Committes. New opoosition Is now springlng up over the prospect of Introducing boundary contests between nearly all the States, and any of the counties ln each State. . 8T. MARTIN, 4 i TS TESTIMONY CONTINUED. . Wasuinoroy, D, C, Jan, 25,—The Porter Commlttce to-duy coutinued the exsmination of Bt Martin, ‘Ihewitnessreferred for testimony as tolisgood. character und socla} stunding to Gov. Nicholis, the Attorney-Gieneral, the Disteict Judge, and the 8uerdff. Weber told him thero was no_such | document m exiatonce a¢ the **Bherman loiter,” und ateo that 11 he found he could make nothing hy,testifying to the non-exletence of the leter, he would go over to the other sile and swear that be witnessed fts destruction. Webereps deavored to persuade the witness 1o testify to e destruction of the document, but he. would nat do sa. . St, Martin contiuueds Iwasin the habitof golug to Weber's bouse avory day, and one day there arrived o letter from Mra, Jeuls. Heread the letter and handed it to jue. I resd it and suys he, * Mre, Jonks {8 a d~d fool. Ikiow nothlug of such document” (the Sbernan lete ter), THAT BOAKD BILL, By Mr, Cox—=8tato distinetly how much board bill, ete., was paid you while you acted as Bere Reunt-ut-Arms of the Commlttee, und by whom, A—Mr. Maddox snd Mr. Carter pald me, Carter gave mu some $3 or §3 in miver, and Maddox paid the board bitl snd took o recelpt, Mr. Cox ssked that this letter bo put on rees ord, as it buil a distinct rofercace to the letters and telegrams with rezard to tho settloment of Weber's School Board cese, 1t wss part of this trausaction, but of itself was ot little moment. ‘The lester was 8y lo Donu peoNviLLE, Nov, 21, 1875.—?111“118": 8 Lewspapor yuhrday toat Gibson had & lnllm{olfl\'llh 'ilgen. Beo Maddox nmnnll bima 1 heard It, and writo me what he says to you, and tell lloarsy you heard this was a fact.snd ses woat be says. 1 mm wofe afrald than evor that my dehuul Board caso will bo Leld over mie. wou't l‘inn d a nickol to see 1t aettled, for 'be s szninst Tilden now, (lo aficr HMesrsy and Mad- dox, ‘Tell Acklen ubout 1bls tou, ‘Telt them [ wrote to you that nothiug had Imn doue 18 m‘y e whun 16 will be settled. Toll e interceted in il Dlon't forget ta #ond thewt caps., If you fafl w sond them (u-mog- row moring by the tralu, aive them to C-m. Libauo on ln- Cannuon 10« mosruwv e My* zocs 10 Buyou dara oi bor Satardsy nignt. A‘-ll Liwm to utve them to het un Loard, bood this letter back tu nie. Your [r) kot the Incloves 4o Seddox. It be ls not thers retury Lo e, St Martiy salds 1 told Gov. Cox befura T put the correction regarding Btenger In the pewspapers. The mowent 1 saw the mistake printed I went tu thereporters ol the Hepullican sud New York ZLimes und ssked thew to NI'M . Gen. Butler—Theu, baviig fouod out (\w mistake, you waited cigtit or tea days befurs You put {¢ right? Mr. Reed—The sfiidavit, Gou. Bnuu. h‘d nob becn publshed {u any way. Gen Butler—It would have bnn a :ood thing, it sccms to me, If the mistake bad beca «mm:d before it was publishod. Mr. Reed—Well, this man was in \Vllhlnx&o. before the Cominlttee to corroct it You bava