Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 18, 1879, Page 1

TIE ENTIRE LY, on and alter DNE SDAY, FED. mum:}:l .:.‘1‘!:“""‘ e R ‘TIlIS BTOCK CONSISTS IN PART OF Pier Mirrors, Mantel Mirrors, Bar Mirrors, at aud Floeat in 1n the Larges e Engravings, Paintings, i ms.em Frames, &c., &c., the West, and wi THRADE sro capectal 1 by 5 iy B":;:‘K:IC‘}.VI‘HIOUT RESERVE, ¢.P.COGGESHALL 274,276 & 278 WABASH-AV. ELISON, POMEROY & CO., Auctionoers. DRY GOODS, WILL PLACE ON SALE THIS DAY 20,000 Yards HIRTING LINEN . INREMNANTS OF 19 Yard to 10 Yard Lengths, AT PRIOES RANGING FROM 20cto 60c per yd., Less than Half he Real Value, A RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR SHIRT-MAKERS AND OTHERS - To whom we will offer SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS. In buying large quantities. TOWELS. 1,000 doz. extra large Damask Towels, $3 per doz; the best value we have ever shown. 600 doz. Damasgk Towels, $2.650 per doz. A very desirable bargain, JUST OPENED. 2cases Genuine Turkey Red Table Damask, 60c a yard, worth 76¢. 121 & 123 State-st. Special Notios to Prop- erty-Owners. mmbite notice (s agatn iven that the City of Chieago bollen Irge numner ATy o1 s Sauana 1370, 1A1T, a1l 1874, for apcclal asscesmenta un Tea) ca- {aeforcuriain locsi_improvemonts, such s | {nz, peuing, or wideutuig atreets, fur lammih-pos Toob e i Bl el 07 3 ¢én conirm tiied. sud sales ardered,” Th Gity bas’ ho n ; Uity bas' 1o fiteres | Fellning theae certiticatcs for & s gle Chy, Bul LACY are {ofasteto ‘any bnrty desiFing 10 pujchmss, The mone o 'Il o the partics or contraciors who performs Mu]:"‘ Aud they are entitiod either to the cortliivaty {fuleorto the tnoney whiew samo b redeemed, and mt;l‘l’ ten lxll“ theinsclves of the former., The lawful l.\l:mAL.dJ[ ”L‘l", :':‘,:l;:fi:x OV‘QII', X l{]fllll'hl from date INDHo OXDITeR 1 Ew5 YeArs Aherefrom, wioy ‘mlm’flr‘l'l.!?““ltlu :-UF l‘]dv!d- OV:III.'"I 0 thelr sdvantage to call DZ;‘&;I:H at WiisofMce mnd redesm thelr IITD“FL'"YV a1 "-‘lm!n:’ Aot dally taking thess cerciicates for ine J. A, FARWELL, Comptroller, Hoom 3, City dall, OFTICIANS, MANANNE, OFTICIAN, Tribune Hultding, Jiae Spectacy elples, Dprorac lea suited 1o uli stighits un actentifio prine S0k, Bromennes, facld Ulasscs, Telescopus, Micro- = oi{éfifi7l‘fifik71-a. i STATE LINE T teow. Liverpool, Dublln, Belfast, 1. & m"l Itr#l 1 4 nll-:l.“?% l\gfldflfld!fl"b SLATR B g, 19 0 ik A e ST Ui PENNSVLVRRT N Tharaaars Kol 43 o33 to 870, aecording To acconnnodution, W BIU1 10 B1AL | Kecond o 4 Uik lickets, 873, - steeras at loweat paias. ™ #0019 AUSTINDALDWIY & COo Agen X 731 . Yo JAMES WANRACK, General Wertorn Mattary ‘wabiiugton-st., Chicago. North German Lloyd. P teamey e " 8 of {hia Compau; - .,.lh!':;nl.nnn;m Vier, fooe o "H‘u‘l:fllg."lrl&?;égl:. bwa, New York 1o South Lon, emen, firat vabin, $100; swcon Eif..“ll.‘?‘}nel;m: ‘Ih."k:‘l= W: s h . Far froth & 00, s Dowhiog Grecd, b be™® EMALL STEANERS CIheasg "y b’g’{%gflffifigfiz’:. 1:'::" “'1';1"‘"':"7& March 8,3 pm P mu'x'fe'c:: Mcii 10,1 1am "Hm Hxbinston 115& T £ HEiib, 96 Washlngton Cavlgy, i W. ERSON iU JHITE STAR LINE, BeulyU U8 Unlted Ktatos ana Tiayal Mail between Taence, R, For vasage spply o Come bt SAGERGREN, Gan X Urstieug M}m&em Agent. S0 Gry ro wnONARD MATL, LINE. ’T._) fi-flvm'ufifl:'.‘ week toaud from Britiab Card il :h‘;:‘;):l)",'t:’l' Office, northwest cornet DU VEUNET Qonmea] Westorn Avsat. BCALES, FAIRBANKSE® STANDARD SCALES OF ALL XINDS, FAIRBANKS, MORSE & 00, 111 &113 Lake §t., Chicago, Bezarfultobuy saly the Genulne, IFE Closing-Out Sale. Theflrm of W. A, Stnpson & Co. Nhaving been dissolved by the death of M. W. A, Simp- son, thelr large and well se- lected stock of Dry Goods will be offered it an ENORIIOUS SACRIFICE to tnsure the im- medlate closing up of the busi- ness, NOTICE. Our Store will be closed until 2 o’clock to-day to mark down goods. Look Out for Bargains! W. A, STMPSON & CO, 118 & 115 State-st. SILVER GOODS. Sterling Silver, PRICES REDUCED, Gorham Manf’g Co.’s Goods, Prosentation and Wedding Gifts, Tablo Silver in Trunks, Cases, and JOF 07, N.MATSO0N &C0, Bole Western Agents, STATE AND MONROE-STS, Yy Etcs N “AUCTION. Being determined to close out my entire stock of Diamonds, Watches, Silverware, Jewelry and Fixtures, &e., I shall con- tinue to sell at Public Auction, regardless of cost, until the whole stock is sold. Parties wishing anything that pertains to this line of trade will find this a rare opportunity to pur- A.H. MILLER, 163 State-st. chase, ronk PORK CHOPS. ‘Wa aro now selling Pork Lolua not only to ourOity Butcherabut to Butchers in HEaate orn Cities to out up into Chops, and would suggost to markot men in all the towns of thiu vicinity, thnt they can buy these and SAUSAGH of us, for daily shipment, cheap- or than they oan mnke them. All cuts of Pork, fresh nnd aslted, Also Bacon and Lard, at the Wholasalo Markot in our Pack.. ing Houso at Halstad-st/ Bridge south ot Twenty-second.st, UNDERWOOD & CO, TTAILORING. BARLY SPRING. 1879, Onr first Invoicos of CHOIOR IMPORTED WOOLENS for GEN- TLEMEN aro now holn%ognnod. 2 TEN PER CENT DISCOUNT during this month, EDWARD ELY & 0., Tallors, . MISCELLANEOUS, A A At st ASSAYS, GOLD und SILVEI Ores and fiultion carefully and e g ver (0r salo. CUICAGO REFINING CU., 150 FIfth+av.. Chicako. DISSOLUTION. ‘The firm of N, M. & R. L. Miller have gonae out of busincss and Jissalved by mutual consent. Outstaud- 0k nocounta will bo settled by I, L. Miller, Chicago, 1., Feb. 17, 1670. MEMOVAL. ] TRELEAVEN'S 4 S s o D singlo Fena ady to order t sult auy haud. Fous re-poluted, WANTED, Wamafl~AGnuflSecnnfl-hanflEngius, About 80-Horse Power, Must bu in good order. Ade tirees ARMOUR & CO., 188 Wablugiu-st, TUESDAY, The Potter Committee En- counters Two Remark- \ able Witnesses. One Who Remembhers Nothing, and Another Who IKunows Too Much. The Former Once the Private Becretary of Mr, Tilden, / And the Other a Member of the . South Oarolina Return- ing Board. A Tull Account of the Negotiations for Its Purchase. . One Solomon the Party Who Did the Talking for the Democrats. The Veto of the Chinese Immi~ gration B‘lll Now Confi- dently Predicted. Passage of the River and Harbor Appropriation Bill in the House. A Day’s Work on the Internal Revenue Blll in the Senate. POTTER’S COMMITTEH, \ DON'T REMEMBER. Speeint Dixpateh (0 The Tribune. Wasmineron, D. C., Feb, 17.—The Potter Committee has had another witness withouta memory, He came from New Yorlk, nnd was ono of themen whois on mtimato relatlons with the aflent man of Gramerey Park, Like all trusted followers of that Ieader bie was with- out a memory. Iis memory was so very bud, Indeed, that he coutd not remomber when he lost it, but, like Yopsy, thought ‘ho grew so. Tho wituess was Mr, Joseph L. Hanee, the pri- vate sceretary of Tilder when Governor. He scems to have been summoned by the Repub- licaus because ilie Iatter thoucht that he possessed knowledge of the cipher business, possibly knew the key, and had MADE MANY TRANSLATIONS at Gramercy Park. At all cvents, during the aventful two weeks aftor the clection in which mischlef was brdwing, he speut miost of the: time at Tilden's residence, acting, ho said, as private “seeretary and sttending to the routine dutics of tho Exccutivo oflico at Albany, exsm- Ining pardon-papoers and the lke, 'This Exceu- tive chamber busineos caused the Demoerats to furnish s most ludferous {llustration of the States rights doctrine. The witness pompousty Insisted that the scerets of the Exceutive oflice at Albony were privileged commmunica- tlons, which. did not concern a Commits tee of Congress, and the Domocrats were disposed fo concur with witness, At sll events, they desired to shield him, so that too scarch- ing fuquirios fnto tho nature of the buslncss at the Albauy Executive chamber which was trausacted at Gramerey Park might not disclose what the trusted confldential sccrotury wos dolng th re. Mr, Hauco TOLD THE COMMITTEE NOTHING it ho had auvything to tell, but I he (Hance) told nothing, Mr.Duaon, of Boston, ex-Comptroller of Bouth Carollns, and member of the Returu- Ing Board there, told a great deal, “It s cheaper to get o State with gold than with ateel; get we shall it by somo means.!” That in substance wos the statement made to Dunn during the ecssion of the Returning Board ,in Columnbia by gthe accredited agents of the Democratie parfy, Mr, Dunn's story will be told more fully clsewhere. It in briet furnished confirmation of the whole Republlean theory. It showed what the business of Smith Weed was {n South Carolfua and explained the visits made to Baltimore by Pelton and IHardy Bolomons, the banker foterceder. The corrupt attempt was made to BUY TUE DOARD, Bolomons was engaged to do it Tle worked under orders to roport to the local Chairinan of the Democratic Committee, [l had interviows with Dunn, who met bim, and fmmediately told Gov. Chsmberlsin. The latter advised Dunn to contluie his confersnces with Bolomons In order to discover the Democratic plan This was done, und it was learned that the Democratic Supreme Court was to be rolied upon; that the Returoing Board was to be asked to tako the $50,000, und to then do the bldding of the court ‘That Court was to declde that the Roturning Board had NO RIGIT TO AUT JUDIOIALLY, and was to direct the Boord what votes to count und what to reject. Dubn discovered the plan, spurned the offers, und, although the Democratic Conrt sent the Board to fall 4'iis part!s sun act was not successful, as the Board had al- ready completed its businces, declared the Hayes Electors olocted, aud adjourned without day, That, u the ahortest summary, s the story of the attempted purchase of thy South Caroling Returuoing Board, every dotai) of which fits Into facts already discovercd by lnvestieation, aud of the plaus und wmeetings of Solomons aud Pelton in Baltimore, the subscquent visit to New York, aud several confercnces botween Weed, Pelton, und Gramercy Park, Mr. Potter Tooked aa If he felt thut the motion he made last spring to create an investigating copmitive was not bearing good fruit. TUB TESTIMONY. To the SWaatern Avsociated Press. Wasminaton, D. O, Feb 17.—The Potter. Comumiitee to-day placed on file 1he affidavits of Judge H, C. Riploy sud H. M, Mclatosh, to the cifect that during the sittlugs of the Florida Board of State Caovassors they called st the ofllce of the Attorney-Geueral, and mct ot the door Attorney-Geueral Cocke, who stated that he had twice been to the ofllce of the Becretary of Btate, and had found the door locked, und that white standing {n front of tho Becretary's oflice thoy saw Gov. Stcarns und Qen, Noyes come out and walk across to the Governor's -oflice. McIntosh adds that Judge Cocke safy to bim: “Those Infernal scoundrels (McLin und Cawgllly the two other members of the Board) have got me locked out,” or words Lo that effect. Jobn ¥, Coyle was examlued at length, Ho sald he wont to Florlda durlug the election of 1878 upou request made of him by Col. Pelton. Edward Coopoer gave lhim his instructions and aliou ciplier key, Ho was to send his de- vatchea to Hewry Muveuieyer, Tho fustrues FEBRUARY 1 tlons wera to go to Florlds, and aid the Demo- crats there In obtaining all the evidunce requinite to sccure & truthful count, to defray any ex- nenses requisite for that purpose, and to sid then {n any way he could. He wasauthorlzed to employ money, limited In smount by his own Judiment and discretion. IHo expended and authorlzed the expenditure of pretwv nearly 810,000, ohtatned throuyh drafts on Cooper, No. 248 of the ciphers’ meant Edward Cooper, vide dispatetieat **1 have drawnon 24 for so wl g0 Witness bad destroyed his key. The dispateh stating ** Supply 87,000, credit Waoley and Cogle,”” was a mistake, as he and Wooley never {had any transactious together that required money. The 2rbune published another dispateh fn which he was made to say, * Only cash will avall,” This had never heen sent by i, Mr. Reed—8tato the details of Tng $200,000 rROPOSITION made you. ) | A—It was mado me by Aldxander Theln, & gentleman to whotn [lewitt Introduced e fore I left \thlu{:tun. e sa1d to me the turning Board could be bought for $200,000, but I liad recelved o telegrmn from New York cau- tioning me to have no cotnmunieation with the geotleman to whom [ had been futroduced fn the Natloual Comulttee roony, so A pald no at- tention to him, 1879—TWELVE PAGES. artics who commissioned him to come to you ns he state A.—~SBolomon gave the names of A. C. Tlas. kell, Chalrman of the Democratic Stats Com- mittee, e J. I, Palmer, President of the Char- lutte, Columbia & Augusts Railroad, Teslient In Columbia. Witneas then concluded: Weed, In his testi- mony in New York, Afienk! of seelng Solomon coming to e und tatking with me, and he says 1'would return aml converse with other mem- hers of the MHoard, nnd would then report to Bolomon, who would turn to Im and tell Tim (Weed! the result, or ta use Weed's phrascology, * Tel i what Dunn wanted,” I'desirc to say here emphatically there is NOT ONE WORD OF TRUTIT in that statement. Bolomon never spoke to me one word o the subjeot in the presence of any metaher of the Returnlug Board, and 1 never spoke on the aubject to a single member of the Bourd, aud T have no knowledge of even eceing Weed nt all3 certainly Weed never saw o in combany with Soluman. Adjouraed. IN THE IIOUSE. . BOMETIILNG DONE. Boecial Dispateh to The Tribune. Wasminorow, . C., Feb, 17.—The ITouse showed u commendable desire to sccomplish something, and to-day passed two approprin- .~Do_yout know {1 Gov. Tilden knew auy- ton bills, although as to the propriety of one tuligz of these dispatches A, —Well, my krowledze of Gov, Thden and ol theafTalrs of the canvass would make me pos- ftive he did not. Wooley ooes asked me if [ hud authority to draw nuy monoy. 1 told him I had for lczfilmntu purposes. + Wooley then in- quired It I felt authorized te draw n considera- blesum, I think ho mentioted 850,000, Under suma”circumstances I lght be autborized to drast o 1uch, I told him, Q.—Can you tell me what Wooley and Marble were dulng therel y A.—Well, [ can scarcely to! . Q.—They were not lawyerd, nnd sow them in consultation with'anyhod AL never did. I never knew Marble to be conaulted about busincss in any possible way, Marble secuied to be yisiting Cowgill and Me-. Lin, members of the Returning Board, WITIIOUT ANY SPRCIAL INSTIUCTIONS from.auybody. ‘The Chairman_showed witness a dispatch . dated Nov. 10, 1870, trom Florida, and sent to Alexander Thein, which read, “ Come quick with cornucopia green pateh,” My, Springer—That 18 a dispatch we can all understand, o Mr, Cox—It means, “Copie quickly with cornucopla full of greonbacks” Wituess (lu reply to Chatrman)—Theln showed me that dispateh, ™ He sald this preenbacks were to bo put up in six lota. I do not remember the gx;:num, of each, They wero not equal amounts, Know, \Vitness, continuing, sald during his stay in Florida there were several propositions of sccur- Ing the Returning Board from several peraons, but he always found them enanate from Theln. ‘Tallabussce was Ml “of rumors aud full of negotlutions, [Laughter.] Q.—-(l)nhn;ull:cr smfil A—L think so. Was it oot 8o, Mr. Chandier? \\l’fll(nm B, Chandler laughed, but mado no reply. f‘flll never 54 THOMAS O, DUNS, now residing in Boston, and in Novemnber, 1870, vne of the Bouth' Carollna Returning Board, testifled: I asked to be summoned, because In reading the testimony given by Smith M. Weed befora” the Sub-Committee fn New York I suW my name was meotioned by him as belog one at least of the Returning Board Wwhonade negotfations with Hardy Nolomon for the sale of the vote of that Board, und I declded to bocalled Bers that I might, so faraslum concerned, nud in the vindieation of the Board, assert 1hnt it {s not true, Q.—State nn{ converaation you had on the subject of the Returning Board vote. A.—Solonion came to me during the sersfon of the Board, Xe safd ho was requested to sce the nbera of the Returning Board and nscer- taln whetlier 1t was possible to gnter into any newotlations by which the v3s of that Board could be so:shaped as-to-give the Elcetoral vote of South Carollus, or s portion of it, to o Tildon Elector. e sald ho bad been requested to ‘undertake thes business because there was great danger of bloodshied and anarchy in the State unless a peaceabla solution of the question coull be arrived at; that the gentlemau who spoke to im - deaired ‘to_ have negotintions with the Returning Board, awd could select no more suitable person than him- selt, becauso ho had personal acquaintance with oll the members of the Board, aud its 'provious aflllintlons with the Republican party. 1 toli Solomon it was utterly useless for bim to talk of any negotiations with the Returning Board on such point; that the returns of thelr votes, without any disnute whatevor, without entering into m‘n!y of the disputed or cauvassed returns, showed clearly THE ELECTION OF TIE IAYES ELEOTORS, aud that the Returning Board of South Carolina would unguestionably do thelr duty in declar- gz their electlon, if pernitted. We had a fur- ther conversution on the subfect. Solomon seemed unwlilling to wo_back to those for whum ho spoke with such aducided negative at the start. ile talked atfll jurther, und undertook to reason the probabllities, and to give reasons why it was better to avcedo to shut appeared to Lo the determination of the Democratic party there to take the Btate, Q.—What armuments did he use? A.—The arzuments that he used, at least ono of the most promincat in my mind now, were thiat ie had been told by the Democratic Jeaders thero that they had the Democratic strenuth of the State {n arms nnd organized, could put 4,000 men fnto Columbia on a few hours' notice, ntd that they meant to take the State, peaceably if they could, forcibly if they must, The strongest mpression left onn iy mind fn reapect of the words usud §s that [t {8 better to use gold than steel, and that wos the reason e caing'to me, Mr, Hiscock—iio scemed to be in favor of a steat in any vvent, Witness {continuing)—This was at my house. T will do SBolomon the Justice to say that at the timo I do not think it wes of his own motion entirely thut ha came to me, or that he desired any such negotitious. I believe lie had been re- quested to enter Into such negotiations, and 1 belleve he folt his ‘!xuslllou in\ Columbia was such that he could only keep In faver with those on whom he supposed his business suc- cess depended by appearing to acquicsce fn thelr desire. I think thnt was his first, and chief, and prime motiye when he first came to talk with we on e sublect. 1 related | the conversation to {iov. Chamberlnin the next morning. My object in telling dov, Chamberlain wns because 1 had made up my mind to continve talking with Solumon on the subject, mnl if possible zet Solomon to [nform me what were the plans of the Democracy with refercnce to what was then troubliug ue fn re- gard to the proceedings before the Buyreme Court. They had the Returning Board bofore the Supreme Court on injunctions and muan- dutnuses und such things, und wo did not know what thelr object was, I determined to o ou with Bolomou talkiiyg over this matter so as to find out if possible thy object of the Domocracy, und I went to Gov, Chamborlaiy und told hilm what Bolumoea had proposed, uml what [ proposed doiug, 8o Gov. Chamberlain might, if such oceuston 88 the present should ever arise, sud my futentlons or rurpoau in hay. fugg these talks with Solomon on the subject were brought iuto ?uemuu. be able laécnur o8 to my integrity of purposeat the timo Chamberlain was Goverior of the Stute; and fn theso nego- tlations lor selling it he was one of those to e slaughtered, Witness, contfuuing, sald: Solomon and I had several conversations subsequently in rela- tion to the desire of the Denoerats ‘that the HRoturning Board should accede to the wishics 2l wie Democracy, and particularly I was fu. § furmed by him ‘that what the Board was re- gucuwd 10 do would be to acquiesce in the or-' ers of the Bupremoe Court, thut reply being in answer to u question of mine as fo how he (Butomon) proposed huvhys the Returuing Board. G0 BACK UFON 118 RETURNS after glving the State to _the Hayes Electors, 1115 auswer was that the Supreme Court would give us tha law If wo would only obey it. Q.—Whuas time was that} A.—~1he conversations most probably com- menced sbout the 15th of November, aud Ynust neceasarily have cnded on the 18th, for 1 think it was thut night Solomon started for Baltimoro to complete the arrangeinent, sud nro- suwe to get the money o he could. I nuver licard from Bolomon! [n any way, directly or ludirectly, aftey pe started for Balthnore, Whale 8olomon was in Baltimore ho telegraphod R, J. Donnldson, then of Columbia, foriner business partner of Solo- wion, suying there appeared Lo ba a bitch fu the arrangeiient, and he was requested to po to New York, und that by was In doubt whether he would ¢o or not, Solomon hait arrunged Lo communicato with the Democralle leaders by telegraph 1w Donaldson. Q.—Did Folowon communteats the ugtues of .on some other commodity, of them—the River and Harber bill—there are rome doubts, Western inen, particularly those from Illinols, comptain thint their scetfon hns been grossly misrepresented on the Commeres Committee, which has control of the River and Harbor bill, amd that the delegation wil be compelled in the next llouse to unite In de- manding of the Speaker i REPUTSENTATION ON TIIAT COMMITTER for an 1llinols member, As n conspleunus fn- stance of gross partisanship, the Hlinois men polnt to the fact that there is only an appropria- tion of $40,000 fur the Hiinois River and $73 for the Chleago Harbor, while the Oblo River hus $400,000, and swall ereeks fn Wiscousin und Minnesota have large sums. ‘The attempt was made by persuns dissatisfled with the blll to de- feat Ity but it was pussed by mure than 100 ma- Jurlty, much more than the necessary two- thirds, Iuisoxpected thot in the Senate some two milloas of dollurs will be added to ft, and that the House, to save fts own tll, will aceept the Senate amendments. Thus seven or elght milifuns of doliars will go for riversand harbors. There was ANOTHER DILL passed In the House this afternoon, the pretense of which was to make appropriations for the Ar- rears-of-Penslon bill passed recently, and to de- fino 1ts meaning, The truth appears to be that the amendment which came from the Pensfous Committee greatly increased the scope of the bill, and serves to open the way to the payinent of additfonal miillons, notwithstanding the monstrous sum appropristed in the original bill. The bill altogethier uporopristes ncorly 27,000,000, of which §25,000,000 {8 for claims for pensions allowed prior to Jan, 20, 1870, and 81,800,000 for army, navs, sl individual pen- slons for the flscal quarter ending Jun? 80, 1879, which 1s an addition to the anount hitherto ap- propriated for thnt puroose. There is also an aporopriation of the necessary sum for tempo- rary clerks, oflice rent, ete., requlred to do the addftional work in consequence of the Arrears- of-Pension bill, The vote upon this Penslon Appropriation Uil was 178 ycas to 60 nays. AMONO THE YTEAS there were of course some Democrats, but there was not 2 Repubtican in the negative. The House, fo the River and Harbor bill and this Pension-Aporopriution bill, to-day, without a word of debate, voted to take, in round num- bers, §35,000,000 from the Treasury, In the face of the fact that the. Beerctary of the Treasury has notitied Congress that, without making any provision for the Sinking Fund, there will be a certaln deficiency of $27,000,000. Mranwhile, uothlug bas been done by Congress to provide the Governmont witn the - means of meeting these enormons drafts ugon the Treas- ury: yot, ut the other eud of the Capltol, the Senntors were attemoting to force the passare of a Dbill, the 'lobacco-Tax Reduction bill, whivh the Secretary declares will deplete the Treasury S 4 BIXTREN MILLIONS MORK, making o certain defleit of $43,000,000. 1t is it~ tle to be wondered ot that, tn view of this reck- lcss management of the national fluances, the more conservative Congressmen declare that Congress bas gone mad, Eugene Hule succeeded fu placing the Demo- crats 1o practical antagonism to the Edmuuds asmendment aid to the provisions of the Conati- tution wizh regard to the paynient of clafms, e futredueed a resolution this morning to di- reet the Judiciary Comuwittee to report o consti- tutional amendment prohibiting the payment of clulina exeept upou absolute proof of lovalty. “This proposition the Democrats, by Allbusteriniy, dufeated. ‘I Deflelency Appropriation bill was passed without uny debate, 1 this biil no proviston 1s made for the salary of the Miulster to Grecee, IN TIIK SENATE, TIE INTERNAL REVENUE DILL. 8peciat Diwatch to The Tribune Wasninaros, D, C., Feb, 17.—The Scoate gallerles were well dlled to-day with the mem- bers of the enurmous tobaceo lobby who are ln- terested In the reduction of the tobacco-tax embodicd fn the Internal Revenue bill. At balf- past 12 this bill was brought upns the nnfinlahied buslness, An earnest attemot was made by the members of the Apuropriution Committes tolay it ‘sside und tuke up the Post-Ofice Appropriation blll; lit, on & yea and nay vote, the precedence was given to the Internal-Reves nue bill, The four Pacitie-Const Seuators, who were pregent, voted in accordunce with an ap- parent understanding with the suoporters of the bil), and against the consideration of the Post. Offies Approoriution i)l Scnator Bayard, in charyre of the bill, safd that the provistons em- bodied fn it were In 8 great measure THE REBULT OF IAST LEXIERIENCE. of ravenue oftlclals and provided the machinery for collecting -the revenue, No very rudies! changes were proposed in the rate of tuxation, except In that upon tobacco, e then briefly explained the proposed legislation ruducing the tax upon tohuceo, Senator Morrill, Chalrman of the Finauce Committee, mudo a telllng speech 1n opposition to the tobacco-tax scheme. - Ho called atteution first to the fuct tat the Government vot only had no rovenue Lo spure, but thers was an actual dotlelt wolch must be mode up by a tax He sald that the fricuds of the sclicmo now proposed to eucour- ago the consumpilon of chewlng tobacco, and place additlonal burdens upon THE NECE33ARY ARTICLES OF roon, Ho showed Ly tigures furnished bim from the Tuserns! Rovenue Dopartment that the preseut rato of tax,~—nenicly, 24 cents per pound,—pro- duced wore revenue than a hizber or lower rate, und that the Comulssloner oulioved from bls experience that s reduction of ove- third In the tax on tobacco would re- sult in a reduction of the same proportion 1u revenue recelved from thut service. The agl- tation, be sald, has been brought about by the tobacco-manufacturers, who, by fis weans, have. caused trade to stapuate, und left the growers of tobacco enlirely at thelr mercy, Roferrlng to the theory that a reduction i the tax would causo an fucrease of consumption, e ssld that tobacco was a luxury, uot o necessity, sud thal it was TERNICIOUS I IT8 EFPECT, and was loslng [ts bold upon mankind, the anly form which has obtaloed a hold upon the present generation of Amerlcau youth befug cigars. ~ He read from Richmond papers ta show that large minountsof mouey hud been exoended by the tubaceo futereats in Virginia to secure s reduction of the tax, nad that the rats of 10 cents would not bu more satlsfuctory thau the preacnt rale. Henatar Withers sald no other sgricultural production upon carth was over taxed so heav- i1y, and held that It was faulty statesmanship to sclect one product alone upon which to lay so larze a proportion of the public burden. He referred to the 1ISTORY OF TIB TOBACCO-TAX, and pald oll the direful foreboedings which were maide by Senators had been heard fu every in- stance when a proposition had been made to ro- duce the tax, yet le asserted every reduction hiad resutted in an Increass of the revenue, This he Ilustrated by tables nnd statistics, Con- &umers are lessening In numbers so rapully now by reason of the high tax that lo less than fiva years the revenue will disappear unless rellel {s afforded, “fhie present tax wos fxed when we had a redundant currency, when money was plenty. With every year tho rate has been growing more burdensome. It is Im- vossitile now to produce tobaceo and sell it at o vrice shich will pay the cost of production, Senator Bayard spoke azain, showlng that fu consequence of the long pendency of this bilt the toliicco manufacturing interests bad been AT A ATAND-STILI. The stocks of tobacco on hand upon which the tax had been paid was greatly reduced, and therefore the time was now opportune for mak- ing the change, Henator Whyte supported an amendment fix- Inz the thno at the 1st of Juae on which this bill 18 to tuke effect, Scnator MePuerson mude an appeal ou Lehall of the {dle operatives in New Jersey tobaceo factorles, il opposed any further deluy in settling this matter, Alnpxiont—The Indleations ure that the Senato will sit two hours louger, us protracted wrane- ling hus begun over an exemption of the saye ingry bank Interest, largely engineered by West- cra men. Sensator Beck HAS MADE A VERY DITTER sPRECH agalnst the Seeretary of theTreasury, denouties iniz the statement of an impendin: deflelt ae Losh, und fusisting that any deficlt should be met by using the surplus of lust year. The Becrctary lie paid had never obeyed the Taw ns to the 8inking Fund, “The Indications now are that the bill will pass abont 2 o’clock . m. sub- stantiully as it came from the Committee, vx- cept that the Committee bas been deteated in its suuff amendment, and thut hus been tixed ot 10 cents, as 1t was fn the House bill. TEGA AND COFPEE. 1 A, M.~S8tauley Matthews bas - sprung an amendment to the Revonue blll, putting a daty of 10 ceuts on tea aud 2i¢ vents on cotlee, and the Senate {8 all at sea again. TUE CHINESE BILL. A CHANUE OF BERTIMENT. Apecial Dispatch to The Tribune. Wasmxatox, D. C., Feb, 17.—It now apoears that the State Department bas been engazed for some time in nregotlutions with the Chinese Minister here to secure o new clause to our treaty. restricting fmmigration, aud that every- thing wus working harmonious when the sction of the Senate, which the Legation hud been led to regard as & part of the treaty-making power, has gstonished the Chinese ns well ns all other forelgn Legations, The Adiiulstration is thus placed in s most cmbarrassing position. The excuse on the part of Senators Is that they HAD NO INFORMATION to the effect that the President was taking any steps in the direction indicated, und they polnt to itasone of thelegithinate results of the total want of accord and co-operatiun between the Admin- istration uhd Republicaus In Congress. On the othier hand, 1t Isoaserted that the Senate should bave taken it for granted that the President had moved in the matter, siuce a Scnate resolution passed in June last expressing the optalon that “the Chinese lmmigration might be restrictedto the mutual advantage of both countrics” had been roferred to the President by Coniress with a view to detlon on the part of the Executive through dipjpmatit iegotiations, ‘Ta-dny the carrent feeling among ‘Republic- ans sceins 1o be sebting strong!y ayainst the bill, and there will be o pronounced sentiment fu favor of o prompt veto by the President, sioce it bas been nscertaived that 7 NEGOTIATIONS PROMISING SUCCESS are in prowress butween the State Department and the Chincse Legation. Even the friends of ‘the mcasure find no higher aretment for the signing of the bill than the necessity of carrylng the next Congressional und Prestdential election in California. it Is not certain that the bill can pass the House, Most of the friends of the President oxpress the opinlon that fu case it does he wili promptly veto it. THUTLST OF PREACULES, Special Dispatch to Tha Tribune & New Youk, Fob, 17.=~The Methodiss minlsters of New York and nelghboring citles, ab their conferonce to-day, discussed the Antl-Chinese bill recently passed by Cungress, uud voted ununimously to send the following to Presitent Haoyes: New Youk, Feb, 17,—To the President: The undersigned, the Committes revreacnting the Methodist m nirters of New York and fts vicinity, have been instructed 10 presenl you thelr protest against the anti-Chinese Tmmigration bill lately vagsed by Congrers, and now before you fur your Executive npbroval. 1t s the opinion of thene ministers this bilL s violatlon of & now cxistinig with Chinn, o that ¢ propaoses 1o do in o summary manuer, which muet be offen- sive to a triendly natfon, want would bo mors proporly effected by the customary notlee of a tes sire to revise oxisting trealy stipulations, Buch an sbrant wsten mirht Awmericau Interests In the Chinese Empire, and woald cettuinly placo 1n a most painful postilon all of the American mieslonaries fow there und euiped In tenching Chielstiunity to the Chinvwe people. We belleve, also, that the bill I8 repmant to the spirit of onr institutiony oud tho laws under which wa have glven hoepltality and a kind reception to the poor niut oppreswed who scck & home on our shures, Whatever evils are fncident 1o tho immigration of Chinamen to the United States can be remedied, we think, {n & smanner mure consonant with the dlenity of our country and the sonsibllitics of the Chinese Government. We trust, therefore, that you will uso your convtltutional prerogatlve, ang veto this bill. Jo U NEWHAS, 1. Dy O, W, Tireany, 1, 1, 4. It Brooks, D, D, THE PRESIDENT ASKED TO BION IT. 8AN Fraxcisco, Cal,, Feb. 17.—"The following resolutlon was tusnlmously adopted hy the Constitutional Conventlon to-day, snd ordered telegraplied to the President: Wiizizas, As a bill for the restriction of Chiness hmnigratfon hag passed both {louses of Congrdss; therefore, t view of tho vital fmpors tance of such pestrictive measure to citizens of thiis State, we, the delerates of the peopls lu Constitutlonal Conventlon wssembled, do here- by, on bealf of ourselves und our constituents, most respectfully ask tho President of these United States to approve such bill, Ban Francisco, Cal, Feb, 10.—~The Nevadn Assembly to-lay adopted s concurrent resolu- ton L‘x)rnullug the Prestleut to sign the Autl-Cul- uese bl OUR IoOS1T-0FICE, POSTMASTER PALMER TALKING WITU TUH AU THOIITIES, doeciat Disvatch te Ths Tribune, Wasmngron, D, C.,, Feb. 17.—Postmnater Paliner, of Chicago, arrived here to-day tn ube- dlence to a summons from the Postiinster- cral, who desired o confer with nim on the sub- fect of the future location of the Clicugo Pust- Ottice. Mz, Palmer had a louy conversution with the Poatmaster~Geueral to-day, in which he pave a history of the Chicsgo Post-Ofilcs endanser Jtroubles eiuce the great flre, uud described the nore recent firea fn which the Post-Oflics hiad been burut out. He urged upun the Departs ment the necessity of securing quarters for the Post-Oftico in THUR NEW GOVERNMENT DUILDING, nud represcuted facts wnl figires fntended to show thut the new buildlog could furnish uee commodations withuut Incouveniencs to the other oftices of tho General Governmont, He also said that within & very short tue, a fow months &t most, the new bulldiog conld bo ready for the Post-Ofllee, Mr, Valimer also called upon the Third As- slatant Postmaster-General, and explafued the fluuncial requirements of the Chicazo ofllcy, the security for the large amount of mency and ataups uud vther valuables, which onlv a first- i PRICE FI1VY. ngNTS. &+ It may be sald that the Postmaster.ticy o 18 Lhree nssistants, and all the heads of by . * in the Departinent AGIER gQ‘Mn. PALMER that tho Post-OUISS 31 b furnished accom- «* maodations in the® 'bullding, As the build- e, however, Is W charize of the Treasury Department, tham@ it of Gecretary Sherman Ml hinve to be e, 2, Mr. almor wilt o to the Treasury to-mor- row for the purpose of scelng Mr, Sherman, Ag the Firat Assistant aermmrly of the Treasury, liowever, Mr. Huwley, is from [linois, il knows all the facts {n the ense, it is presumed tint _the Scerctary will defer to his judgment, Mr. Hawloy anid Mr. Palmer served in Congress together, Postmaoster Palmer proposes that the Past- Office oceupy the basement of the new bullding until the portlons of the building desiened” for permanent occupation of the Post-Oflice are ul“i" m"m]. In the portion of the basement which fs - . clasa bullding could, ALHEADY NEARLY ‘PINISHED there s more rown for the office than- In the quarters now oxeupled, and the fifteen feet aren eives abundance of light aud alr.” The va: ment is tinished, except that more concreting ts necesgary, ‘The gaving to the Covernment'by the speedy occupation of theibuilding, in rent i aml beating, would be in round numbers 830, 00 annually. ‘Fhe removal wonld stopthe rent the temporary quarters now oceupted, and would. of course, terminato the .lense (n the Honore Building, as the - Connecticut Mutual Comnany.in {ta arguments here admitted that the lease wonld end 50 soon as the new. building should be occupled by the Government, PERIONAL. The reports {n the Chicago Zimes that a letter has heen sent hére by Charles B. Forwell rece ommending the removal of Postmaster Palmer awl the anpointment of All. Rawleigh do not seem to he well founded, Inquiry at the Post. Otlice Department and at ‘the Execative Man- slon, the ouly places where such a letter would have been received, shows that none has ar- rived, ‘The guthorities state that tiiey have not heard that any chauge s contemplated. The report undoubsedly is a baseless scusation. COLORED EMIGRATION. TIREDERICK DOUGLABS! VIEWS. . Sorclal Disvaiclt to The Trilune, . Wasmivarow, D. C., Feb, 17.—In conversas tion to-day Mr. Frederick Douglass expressed strong disapprobation of Mr. Windom's schuine to cocotrage by national legislavion, and per~ haps ald, the migration of colored peaple from unfriendly scctions of the Nouth to others where thelr polltical rights witl be recognized, or to o Territory set apart especlally for them. Mr, Douglass deprecates this attempt to chuet olass legisiation for the benefit of the negroes, as it will, he thinks, postvous the day uf peace be~ tween the races, und {ncreaso instesd of dimin- sl presént avimaositics aud prejudices against the negro. Ile also deprecates it ns a “cryof despair," for which there Is no real oceasion. The status of the negro s fixed by the constitu- tional amendments, and cannot{be changed; and Mr, Douglass says thaty whilo he realizes the deplorable condition of affalrs in some parts of the South, he belleves that it {s iinproviog. ‘The lamb {s stil] inside the lon, ft is true.”” hegald, “but then the lamb {s totact, the lon has taken time to think, and maoy think better of it." Mr, Douglass then went on to sketch the changes that have taken place within “the lnat quarter of a century, ot the beginning ot which n nearo was ltile, f any, better off fu Massnchusctts than lie- s {n_ Mississlppi now, He had himself been repeatedly put’off a rall- road trafu witlnn twenty miles of Boston simply because he was anegro, 1€ he vislted the trict of Columbia then he was in danger of be- iy thrown into prison, and sold into slavery to l)n}' his jnil fees, ‘The wondertul fmprovement that has taken pluce In the condition nnd prosnects of the ne- gro is not entirely due to the War,—part of it lins been cnused, ho sald, by the sflent inflncnee of progressive idens wud principles, und this in. fluence 1s as netive now as ever. Time is o nee csgury clemont In. the perfection of this ereat politieal and soctal chanme, and nbout all that it can be expected to necomplish’ by eonititutional uud tegisiative enactment hos beeu done, He thouzht personal ambltfonwonld ib course of time roise up pulitical leaders-for. the wegra votera iu the South wiho would court tlieir assistance, and for solfish rcasons, If no others, would insist ou their oolitical rights belng respected und protected. ‘The North, too, had . the atrongest motive to Inalst that the pnlhluul rights of the colered people should be respected ¥o long us the Electoral und Congressional representation depend oa them to 8o great an exient, R&ferriug to the numerous letters und petitfons sent to Mr, Windom by leading colored. men, Mr. Dourlass sald tlnt these mostly came trum dtsappointed men,—men whohad suddenls heeu thrown to the surfaee wid into places of fmportance by an sbhnormal state of aflairs fu the Souths then as- suddenly thrown out and down by u rebaund to the other extremo; nnd are now ready to jump at anything which scems to promise carly reliel from present miserics, and unwilling to walt for the moderate, normal reaetion that must como n time. Ile thinks there {s no reglon su inhospitable in climate or resourees that the Caucasian raca will not penetratedts thut no conntry can mals tain barriess of any kind ozainst iL wid that it would be futlle to " attempt to create auywherne, least of all in this country, n purely necro States.and, 1 it could be dune, it would not be wise, Wherever the negro goes ho will carry all his imperfections with hitm, und theso woutd hu likely to grow lnstead of disappear v a purely bewro community, He must live or dlie where emaneipation teft him, or he must migrate g bis own motlon and responsibillty, the samo us any other cltizen, That kind of miem&luu und” colonjzation Mr. Douglass ap- proved. Willo be does not thiuk Mr, Windom's plan practicable, Mr, Dongluss does not regard it as altoethier evile It contatns a threat which Is legitimate und may prove effective. Motives of sell-interest—u fear of loging a large part of their produetive population, and others of ke character—muy efleet whut nornl considera- tious nave fulled to do, sud fuduce the Southern whites tu cease thelr porsceutlons of colored volers on account of their political opinions. But 'l;'u does not seen very lopeful of such u result, TITE PUBLIC, PRINTING. . DUEMOCRATIO TINKERS AT WOIK, “Nweciul Diwalch to The Tridune. WastixaToN, 1, C., Fob, 17.—The Democrati of the House hold a caucus durlg the recess this alterncon for the purpose of considering what shall bo dono with the Government Print- Ing-Otlice, which scama to ulve the Domocrutic party a great deal of trouble, Mr. Finley, of Ohly, who has been engazed 1o an inquiry about thu public printing, and whose performauces have not commanded the support ol his party nssociates on his Committee even, repeated somo «of the accusatiuns azainst the management ol the Priuting-Oflive which have alrcady been pub- lished and refuted, uml other spceches wers mado fn favor of giving out the public priot- ing to private contructors,” The ouly ace tion taken wag thy mln{ulun of vesolution offered by Cul, B, A, Willls, of New York, declarigs that the publle prioting, a8 now dane, has been extravagzant In cost, aud ought, under proper restrietions, tobo et vutto T lowest priyato bidders, ‘The resolutlun alse directed the Chmirmanto appoint u committes of gseven to prepare o - bill smbodying the deas of “the resolutlon, aixl to repurt 1o unother caucus to bo beid next Thursday evening, NOTES AND NEWS, DEMAND FOR THE FOUR PPER CHNTS, Hperial Diwatch (o The Tribune. Wasminoroy, D, O, Feb, 17.—=The demand for4 percents s so great that the Buresy of Engraving and Printiug ran at full force on Sunday, the supply being so much leas than tha demuud, The Uovernument presses have not beun 80 buey since the War, and are ruuning all night to-night. . Bubscriptions to the 4 per cent Governiuent loan since Baturduy's report upgregate $3,179,800, LOOAR. There {5 a roport that Senator-clect Loga: may reach hers withia s day or two, and thus surprise thd Committea of Governinent clerks which has been making such elaborats preparas tlous for hia reception, 3 o . FRANK QILUERT, 3 Sub-Treasurer, v bere, the gueat of Xobert G Ingersoll oy MONTANA, 55 g The Presldent and Scctotary of War recelved