Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 3, 1881, Page 2

i z TIIE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1881—TWVELVE' PAGES. ELECTORAL GOUNT. - Garfield Will, Next Wednes- day, Be Declared Elected ng President. The Cauous Substituto for the” Mor- gan Resolution Adopted in the Senntq.' = Rejection of an Amendment to Have the House Come -to the Scunt(;. j \ Long Debate upon o Change of Wording Suggested by ’ Eaton, Jis Words- Caleulated to Enphasize. tho Non-Polentialily of tho Viee. President, ¥ L , This Amendment Rejected by ...a Non-Partisan Vote of Expediency. A Neat Piece of Sarcasm by Thurman at the Expense >, . of Blaine. Blatae. Will Work' igr_n Prostdential Commlttce, with David Davis " a3 Chalrman, Reminder of the Conspira;y to Capt- ure the Electoral Ballots in 1877. . A PEACE¥UTL COUNT. 50 MUCH BETTLED. Spectal Dispatch to Tie Chicago Tribune, WaAsuiNaTON, D. C,, Feb, 2—Thore i3 no longer reasun to doubt thmt the Eleetoral votes will be counted on next Wednesday, Feb, 9, in nn ovderly, formal mauner, with- out teelinlenl objeetions or disturbanice, and that no ohe in efther 1fonse will venture to question the election of Garfleld and Arthur, or attempt to ke any {rouble on necount of the vole of Georgin. 1f any one was dis- posed to Insist thot the vote of Georgin ouglit Jawfully bo counted, it would scem that it should be the Senators and Representatives of that State, themselves, But Ben 1111, In the Sennte to-duy, sald very plainly that To did not think that any doubts could prop- orly be rilsed with respect to Georgin, and that be QUITE AGREED WITI SENATOR THURMAN that the vote was Hlegnlly enst, and ought not to be counted, and ho rejolced that, such belng the ease, It was a matter of no conse- quence, 1s the vote of Georgia could not In- terfere with the result, Ile sald, morcover, and fn this hie was later in tho doy supported by Senator Blaine, that the American Con- gress would be gullty of u great crime 1f ‘it should altow four “years more to pass withopt having made by law some.safe and just provision for the detor- nination of doubtful Presldenticl contests, The debuto upon the adoption of this rule In . the Seniate was mainly of o formal charncter. The Republicans, withont any expectation that thelr views would bo supported, gen- erally tavored the smendment proposed by Edmunds, that the House should he fnvited to meet In the Senate, but ns to'this there were somo doubters, and, if any conslderable number of the Republicans had been dis- posed to make o contest on this ques- tion, Republicans enough would in the end havo voted with the Demo- crats to 'have sceurcd tho ndoptlon of the new temporary rule, which finnily was adopted. Some of the leading Republleans of the Sennte were not in very zood position to take uny radical stand with respectto some of the questions Invelved in this resolu- tlon, us It was malnly dus to Edmunds, Conk- ling, and some others that the twenty-sccond Jjoint rule was broken down, and they nlsodl- reetly or indirectl$ have expressed donbts ng to tho constitutional power of tho Vice-Prest- dent to count the votes, MR, LEDMUNDS MADE ONE I'ACTICATL BUG- QLSTION with regard to’ visiting tho Iouse, which subséquently gave Senator Ingalls (onie of the Senate tellers during the count in 1877) an opportunity to statu what he sald ‘was n secret chapter In the history of that romark- ablo procedure, Mr, Edmunds suld that the thue might come, and lhad come, when, to carty thesenrchives, the Electornl votes, an elghtli of amile’s distance from the Sonate to the Mouse through o greav erowd, lght be a dangerous sxposure, wards stated that the tellers became informed during the count thut, when the returns were belng carrled from the Senntoto thellouse for the Jolut cunventlon, the tellers would bo assnuited somewhera on the way and have the certificates taken from thewm, and that ex- traordinary precautions wero taken to pre- vent this, * NI INGALLS 18 INCORRECT in describing this nsa chapterof searot his- tory, for this whote consplracysof the uxist- ence of which thiero was then and Is tiow no reason Lo doubt, was fully dotaled in these dispatehes at the time. "Tho nformatlon camo to the oflicers of the Sennto having charge of the Electoral cortificntos through trusty detective sources, Tho plan was that a purty of ‘roughs from Baltimore and Virginla, ~ well armed . und . despernte, should seerete themsclves in the dark recesses in the narrow corridor adfncent to the Supremo Court room, nnd there selzo the Electoral certifleates, The fact that the knowledgn of - this consplraoy wis brought to tho nuthorities was one of tho real motiyes for the employment of - A QUADRUPLED POLICE QUARD about the Capitol on those days, aud for the exeluslon of overy porsun from the building exeopt upon ticketa which were obtained only’ upon ‘the most careful cortiflcation. During all those duys the pnssngewuy be- tween the two Mouses was guarded by a double Mne of,peked, armed ofiieinls, and it would hnve fured hard with any conspirators who might hiave attempted to obtaln possos- slon of what Mr, Edmunds Iy pleased to call STHOSE HACKED ARCHIVER" Every Demociat who apoke protested his be- Net In the falrness of the electlon of Gurfield und Arthur, ; BEN 1LY, took ‘occusion to deny that the vote of Georgla was counted o week Inter than it should have heen undor the Constitution be- causo tho oflicers and peoplo of that State clohaed that thelr Stato law was superior to the Constitition, On the contrary, he maintained that it wus due solely to o wlstaks In the almanse and o non-ob- servonce of the fuct that the flrst Wednesdny occurred before the first Monday in the month, Mr, Blafne made a specch which attracted more attontlon on account of aus declaration Ju It than because of uny ar- zumout, which 1t wade with respect to tho Eleeforal count. $le sald that it would bo wroug I :this serious question should be left open anotber four years, and that he himself, nt tho spring sesslion of the next Congress, SITOULD MOVE A COMMITTERE, conslsting of twu Demoerats, two Republic- ans, and ona Independent, David Davis, of Illinols, Chaluan, to prepare a bill to report to the December session of 1881, to providu a law for tho dotermin- atlon of - the count, 1f - Mr. Blalne Iato be Premier of tho Garfield Administra- . tlon, he will not have seat s Senator at the spring sesston of tho next Congress to move any commiltee, and his remarks have given gossipg another Cabinet text; and let them to syecitlate whether Blalne's slatement was o paliamentary slip, an intentional mystifica- tlon, or whether he mny, after all, remain tn the Sennte. Mr, Blafne's words on the gen- um'l quejtlon were of o serlous character, and 1E WARNED HOTI PARTIES that tho counts onght to bo taken off the cdge of a possible voleano overy four years, and not Dbe reduced to the necesslty of adopting mukesnifts for tho counting of the vote lke tho resotution adopted to«day, Some of the re- murks which Blalue mado with respect to the Prestdontlal election of 1876 might bo construed by one who rends closely between the Hues to indleate some doubt 18 to what his bellet now 1 ns to the results of that eleetlon. At all events, Mr. Blalne sald that I the Presidenttal term of Mr. 1layes had My, Jugalls nfter- | been forten years Instead of . four he did not believe our Repubtican Institutlons would have survived the strain, For this reason Mr. Binine indleated his opposition to a long Presidential term, s THE DEMOCRATH, : by the passage of this Eleetoral Count reso- Intion, have thus 1n advance done “exactly what the Republicans huve nsked thom to do, and have made complete the Democratie sur- render. The resolution reported by the Speetal - Committee and passed to-duy dilfers only fu forn and detail from the Ingalls resolution, which was proposed by the Republican Caucus Com- mittee, bt It does not ditfer in substance in tho result obtained. The pnssage of this resotution by the Senate wiil of course he followed' by its passage by the House, In- deed, ft was not introduced in the Sennte until it had heen consldered by the leaders of the Hounse, and it Is ncurious commentary upon the wisdom of Democratic statesinn- shiv in the Seuate, that the Senators should have been compolled to nceept the services of & llonse Demoerat to asslst them out of their dilema, THE, NESOLUTION PASSED IS THE SENATE "3 the one whieh was proposed for tho Demo- crats by Representative Carlisle, of Ken- tueky, &« man who hus rapldly come to tho front ranks In the connells of his yarty, The adoption of this resolution will put an end tot ngrout deal of idle ‘talk, and will make [ somewlint diftiealt for Mr, Randall, with his particalar personal followers, to explain why It Is that so' many days have been wnatea In the Ilouse In an attempt, which thoy must have known must uiti- wmately prove foolish nnd futlle, to seeure the passngo of the Morgan joint resolution, It is characterlstic of the Democratic mannge- | mentof the majority In the two Houses, how- ever, that they have surrendered the last tm- portant position which they had taken, only after such nn oxhidition of tmbeeility as has attended the effort to force the Morgnn- Bleknell resolution upon the skillful, obsti- nute, and now successful Republiean minor- ity, ‘The Democratic party completes its record in both Houses by a full retreat, UENRY WATTERSON hns arrived, but with him thero are not one hundred thousand armed men to enforco the decrees of the Dumocratle purty with're- spuet to the Electoral count, 'I'he Democratic party hias gone out of the busluess of making deeroes, TIE DEBATE. FroM “THE NECOND,” WAsSHINGTON, D, C.)'Feb, 2.~0n motion of Mr. Morgan, the Senate took up his Electoral Count resolutions, of the previous day, and, at Mr. Morgan's suggestion, they wero amended In miner detalls s0 us to. make them coneurrent, and to provide for two tell- ers Instend of one on the part of tho Sennte. Mr. Morgan, in advoeating tho adoption of the resolution, as the plan by which a pence- tul, orderly, s regular count would bo se- cured, remnarked that they followed the precedent In former Instauces, and were In nccord with tho precrdents running back to 1837, Mr. Edmunds s¢° that as the plan pro- posed avolded uny disposition of or deelsion upon the disputed guestions, he destred, upon sueh an understanding, to hnve tha ceremony proceed, 1le then moved an amendment for the assembline of the two Ilouses In the Sen- ute Chamber, Instend of the hall of the House, and in support of his motlon referred to the constitutional direetion that the Presldent of the Sennte shull open the Llectoral votes, There was LOT ONE PLACE whero the President of the Senato was sup- posed to be, and that was in the Senato Chamber; thevefore it followed the llouse should come to the Senate rather than tho Senate go to the House, A the President of the Sennto was custodian of tho Electoral certliteates, it followed tho Sennte Chamber was the proper place for the depasit, ‘The ‘time wmight come agaln, as It had before, when the earrying of these archives a distance of the elghth of n mile, to the hell ot the llouse, through a great crowd of men whom the Benators did not know, and In a thue of great exeltement, would be un nct mperlling thelr safoty, On the other hand, tho argument formerly mmle in favor of the hall of the Hvuse was one . that accommodations fur the members of the two Iouses could be found there which could not bu found In the Senate, This ar- gument hwd now no welght, as, since the oc- cupancy of the present Senute Chawmber, an abundance of room was at tho disposnt of tho two Ilouses fur o Jolnt meeting, MR, THURMAN hoped the amendment would bo voted down, Tor more than seventy years the Electoral vote had been counted In the hall of tho 1louse, and no Senator In golug to or returi- ing from that hal! had ever been molested or jnsulted. e was espeelnlly opuosed to It ot this thne, whan but seven days ramnined bo- fora the Senato would bu called to attond tho count, 18 introduelng u subject about which the two Houses might disugree, Mr, Hour, In opposition to the resolution, snid thut ono thing In regard to which the mandato of the Constitutionway express and absojuto was that the Elcctaral votes shall bo counted, and it was now soughtto get over this by a tumporury proviston for decluring the result without counting the votes nt ali, for until all tho votes wera countod . the count could not bo complete, It romlnd- wd him of the answer of the Irishman, who, boing nskod how many pigs ho had, replied he had connted eloven, but ong lttle ony ran nbout so much e could not count him, That was preelsely what tho resolutlon pro- posed to do with TUF VOTE OF GHONGIA, e nsserted that It was not In compllanco with tho coustitutionul requirement to nscer- tain who had been elocted, or whather thero had been any election, or for the two Honses to say thoy were satlsfied that Gurlleld had one or more votes more thun lancock, It mightbe that the mukeshift of the Committes would sufiiee to britge over the question g to who had the right to count the vote, but a8 » precedent It would pass tnto history as o snare and source of danger horeafter, pud ‘for this reuson he entered hig protest against it Mr, ‘Thurman suggested to Mr, Hoar that he offor wn winenduent, 1 ho thought neces- sary, declaring who shall make the count, in tho sense of deciding it. For one hy hnd no doubt the volo of Geurgla ought net to, be counted,. ok L SRS i Mr, Garland, In support of - tie resolutions, remarked that the Viee-Presldent, who was President of the Senate, would not be shorn ot nuy of the power devolved npon him by tho Constitutlon, ns he was made the presid- Ing oficer of tho Conventlon of the two Touses, and was AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE TIHE RESULT. All _controversy on that polnt and nlso as to Georgin's vote was avolded In the pian pro- posud, Tpon ,the Intter point he would say ho did not ngree with the Senator from Ohio (Thurman) that the vole of Georgin ought ol to bo connted, e had very gravoe donbta apon ity Ile did not think a State should be disfranchised becnuso of the nepligence of her ofticials or any Hke trivial eanse, Mr. Ingalls dvosnted the amendment of AMr. Edmunds upon threo considerations, 'The first one wns of otiquot. As they had cmanated {n the Senate tho resolution should Invite the Houso to the Senate Chamber, in- stead of declaring that tho Senate, without invitation of the House, would go to the hall of that body. Upon being reminded by Mr. Moraan that the resolutions had been nmended 60 as to wake them conentrent, Mr Ingalls luti- mated that they were, on that nccount, LESS ONNOXIOUS to the eritieism just mentioned, and proceeded to his sccond conslderntion, ‘This wns, that it might beadvisabla for the Senate to retain the power of having tho count in the Senace Chinmber by the oflicer designated for that purposa by the Constitution, ns- cmer- meneles might arlse requiring it {o ex- erelso this power. He wns ons of the tellers to annonneathe result of tho Electoral count four years ngo. During that count in- formntlon was recelved that, on a certain day, while the Senato was on the way to tho Tousy, an aitck was to bemade upon the aflicers of the Senate having charge of the certifientes, and, In the resulting. confusion he papers were to be stolen or destroyed. TIUA MAY ITAVE DEEN MERELY A RUMOT, but precautions were takon at tho thne in arder that ihe Attack might not nccomplish its object, Ile mentioned the incident now to_show that the-circumstances might again nrlso fn which it would not bo desirable to exposo the cortificates to the danger to which Mr, Edmunds had altuded, Ilisthivd consid- eratlon was that if, after the resointlons went to the House, that body should fail to pass them by, next Wednesday, tho Sennte would have committed itself in & way to prevent it from proceeding to count the votes In its own Chamber. On the other hand, the Sen- ate would be at liberty, withont action of tho ouse, to proceed to the dischargo of ilg duty on the day appointed by tha Constitu- tlon. e regarded the nmendment of Mr, Ldmunds as presenting the only practical «question Involved In tho discussion, MIL MILT, OF GEORGLA, after observing that tho clection of Garfield and Arthur was coneeded, nud not the slight- est Intlmation had been glven from any.ganar- ter that the result was to be disturbed, pro- ceedeit to explain that the wmeeting of the Georgln Electorial College onthe Wednes- ay after the first Monday in December, pur- suant to the Inw of the State, Instead of on the first Wednesday In December, ns disected by netof Congress, wasduesolely tonmistake by the Leglstature which pnssed the Inw. .The Legisiature supposed the day desig- nated by it was identical with the one Indl- eated by Congress, and overlooked the fact that “the Wednesdny after the fivst Monday In December” might be the second Wednes- day of the month. In conseguence, tho Electoral vote of the Stato was cast one weok Inter than the appomnted day, Ilesald he desived, In this connectlon, to deny the insin- uation whiel had been made, that tho netlon of the Legislature was due to an futention on thelr part to hold_the State law supreme to the Fedenl Inw, No such intentlon hnd evor been entertalned., HE AGREED WITIT TIE EENATOR FROM OIIO (TIURNMAN) that there was no doubt as to the fllegality ot the vote thus east, 1o regarded the net.of Congress as mandatory, belng designed to socure uniformity in tho thne of meeting of the Elcetoral College, Mr, Jonuy (Fla.) thought the discussion of the Georgla guestion promature, but destred to express dissent from the concluslons of tho Senntors from Ollo and Georgla (Thurmun and I11l1) on that polut. 1lesaid the constl- tutionul provision under which the net of Congress was passed provided that Congress “may* preseribe the day, and that, it It shall undertake to exerclse the power of preseril- Ing the day, 1t “shall” mnke the dav uniform throughout the country, Iodid not regard this 0s mundatory, elther s to tho tlme or place of meetlng. If, for rensons over which human suthority conld huve no control, such s forolgn invasion, n breach of the peace, or the prevalenco of un epldemie, the Electors of n State were pre- vented from mecting ot the State Capltal, the vote of thatState OUGNT, NEVERTIELESS, TO B COUNTED 1Y CONGIRSS, i IHd thought, in any such case, It wounld he proper to make an oxception, and he woukl hesitate long Lefore disfranchising a State under any suclt elreumstances, % M. i (Ga, would usk the Senntor this question: Admitting that the constitu- tionnl provision 1s onty directory, yet, it Con- gress In pursuance of its power 1o fix a day does fix it, Is n3t the law of Congress the supremo law of the land? . Mr, Jones (Fla.)—It tho constitutional provision Is only divectory, then the Inw that Is made In pursunnce of It Is onty directory, for the law must partake of the nature of the organle proviston, M, I (Ga.)—Do 1 understand the Sena- tor to sny thut the law, beenuse - In pursuance of (ho directory (non-mendatory) power, 1§ less supreme than would be o law that is In pursuance of o mandatory power ? 1s not |l:m:h’lu\v of Cougress au equally supreme aw ¢ X g ¢ MIL JONES NKPLIKD that the equality of supremancy of Inws did not, In his oplulon, affeet his argunent. A Inw might be suprome, and yet directory, It might be supreme, and yeb mandutory, Mr. Morgan ramnrked that the point now suggested was pending In tpe Judielary Com- mittée upen a resolution recontly adopted direeting thom to wmake Inquiry on the sub- Jret, nud would probably be reported upon ina day or twe, .Ilv loped the Senate wounld now come to n vote, Mr, Ednunds sald the Senate would come to & vota directly, AND THAT WOULD IR whon every Senator had had un opportunity to sny whut ho wanted to say, He did not think it necessary for M to go Into the question of the validity of Geurgla's vote, nsg the plun provided by the resolution proposed 10 uvoll that [ssuoe by means of the hypothet- feul statowent which would mako the vots of CGeorgin manitest, but would not count it. e went on to augrest n furthor Interprota- tlon of tho conatitutionsl provlsion in'an elnboration of tho ‘argument of . Jones, whieh, ho said, ho thought wWas onu of great foree, © - # : "At this polut; the vote bolug taken, Mr, Ed- munds’ amendmont * was rejected—ayes 22, noes 85— party vote, P Mr, Faton snld ho could not suppost the 1esulutions, as thoy LEFT ONE VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION 1IN . DoULT, ) g and that was whether the President of the Bunate had u right to count the Electoral vote, . e had hoped to have the opportunity of vothgz upun that question as It was pro- sented by Mr, Morgauly resolutlon, now on the tpble, decturing that ' no such right ex- Isted, but thig privilege lad been denled hiw," 1n order to brlng the question squarely beforo the Senate, he wmoved to amend that part of the resolutions - requle Ing. the. tellers of - the two Ilouses to nke u list of the votes as they shull be -decidoq, by striking therefrow the words, ** As they shall be deciared,” and substituting in lleu thereof the words, * As the certifientes shall bo upened by the Preat- dentof tho Senate” Mr. Enton sald that there conld be no iivo opipfons about tho words proposed to bo Inserted. They wero the words of the Constitution Hsell. Under this nmoendment, when the President of the Sunate had oxeeuted his duty in opening the cortifientes, tho ofiicers appolnted for tho purposo would ‘connt the votes, und then linndd up the lists ta the presiding oMcer, who would mnke the declaration of - the result,: Ile (Eaton) did not nttach to the amendment any practienl consequence, as the olection of Garfleld . and Arthur was conceded by everybody, but he thought the present oceaglon a fitting ono for an ex- presslon of the sentiment of the body upon the question, Mr. Thurman opposed the amendment ns unnecesssry. 1l sald the words *as thoy ahnll be declared” had been In uso for halt fcontury, and had never been tnken, by lin- plication, to convey the Iden that the Prest- dentof the Sonate had a right to count tho votofn thy sense of declding for whoin the volo wns or was not enst. If ho had drawn the orfginal resolution fu which those words oeeurred, ho would not’ have detnined thent, but, in vlow of the Interpretation glven themn by long usage, he did-nut regard theirre- tention as nffording any eausy for the appre- lienslon expreased by his friend (Eaton) that the Prushlent of the Senate WOULD EVER ASSUME TO MAKE TITE COUNT, 1le could not vote for the amendment for another renson, and that wns that 1t omnitted to mnke proviston for a deeislon in a disput- ed ense. Suppose two returns should be ro- cefved from & State. It had happened be« fore, and ho had heard it sald that somebody now held o bogus return from Oregon. The Senator from Oregon (Slater), he sald, nodded his head, Tow wero the tellers to proceed in_sueh wense? Taking o practical view of 1t, the question as {o thé right ol the President of tha Senate could not arlse ex- cept upon objectlon. So long as the votes wero -opened and counted without objectlon, the count wonld vroceed with the assent of the two lonses andd tho result would be rocorded, and nover yet when an objectlon was made had the President of the Senate undertaken to decldo that objection, nor dld he (Thurman) belleve that that ofllcer over would, WIL reference to what had been sald, from time to lime about the fallure to seitlo the question, Mr, Thurman sald 1t was no disgrace to this Con- gress that It hait not been able to ngree upon n mensure, -John Marshall and his associates, in his day, had tried to setttle ity and failed, Vun Buron tried 1t and falled. 1o (Thur- man) had hoped that n settloment might coma [n his duy, but it had not, nnd now the Committee had reported a8 & temporary ex- pedlent & plan substuntially laontified with that uuder which we had so far got along. . MIL BLAINE, roplying to Mr. Thurman, sald’ he did not agree with that Senator in tho assertion that, beeause soventy or clghty years agoJolm Marshall fatled fn trying to correct tho trou- Dbie then existing, there was therefore an in- herited disability in Congress and in the peo- ple of tho United States to escape In any way from the danger which now threatened tho country every four years, Mr, Thurman—1 sald nothing of the kind. I safd®tt was no diszrace to us not to havo accomplshed what Marshall and Van Buren falled to accomplish. If the Senator from Muine was to remain in the Senate, and [ regret he I3 guing out of It, 1 HAVE NO DOUNT JIE WOULD ACCOMILISIT 1T Mr, Blaine ropliel |hn§ he belleved n boily of good, squnre, sensiblo men (and he only claimed to be one such maon) could very readily be got to agree upon & remedy, But tho trouble was that the Democratie party, when It got into power, conld notapply itselt to this worls, und, In saying this, ho dld not nienn to attributs to that party anything that would not apply to uny’ other pard though the fritniers of the Coustitutlon in- tended that no politienl lm\]nrlt?‘ in Conpress should have anvthing to do with the clection of Presldent or Viee-Presidont, it now had overything to do with it “Ihe makeshift proposed, Hke that of the Bloctoral Commis- sion of 41870, showed that In the nostim- portantingtterthnt conld confront us—the Inw ofsuceesslon—thepeoploof the Unlted States werg to-duy witlfout a faw, Iie did not know what was to be the polltics of the next four years, We were golng to start out with o Republican Itouse, but, it any man conld tell him what tho Senuty was to be, nfter the Ath of Murch, he was o wlsor man than hime- self, [L(\IIIX‘I(EF.] In any ovent, he trasted that no {ml\tlcul party In 1884 would hold un- disputed sway over the Electoral votes, but that the senslble and patrlotie men |_)('hoth parties wonld come to seo that tarkls, aud tunding bills, mud everything clse wero of minor Interest in compurison with this great question, that might at nlmost any moment tavolve us tn revolution, TUE SPECTACLE OF REKORTING REPEATEDLY to somu extraordnary contrivanee to prevent the country from belng engulfed fn annrehy was hot at edifying ona in tho oyes of other nationy, After commenting on” the almost equnl numerienl strength of the two great parties, a4 shown In tho Iate election, Gar- fiekd |Ill\'h|f recelved the votes of nineteen States and Haneock the votes of exactly the suno number, the only difference belng that tho former had more” Blectoral votes, Mr, Blalne remarked that he thought the sever- eststeain to which thls country has been subjecied, nslde’ from the War of the Re- belllon, was the election tronble of 1876, and he doubted whethar, If tho Prestdentinl tevm Dind been ten years, the countey could have survived that stratn, 'Ihe fuel that the case might bo tried over ngain tour yenrs heneo wis of munt advantaze o us, The shorter Jerlods between our leetlons, TIE MORE CONTENTED ARE TUE PROPLE to submit to thelr resubts, and for this reason tha polities of thosy Status which lold elec- tions annunlly nre more peaceful than those n which blennlal electlons ure held, Afr, Morgnn sufd that he would assure the Senator from Connectleut (Iinton) that upan the first ouportunity he wonld undenvor to cnll up tho resolutloh denying the power of the President of the Swinte.to mnke the connt, In reply to Mr lulne, ho sald he ngreed in all that the Senntor had suld sbout tha (lute' of Congress to mnke “the proper reguintion on the subjeet, but thut the Soun- tor hnd 1o one to blame wore than hlmselt on this subjeet, Not only had that Senntor fulled to bring forwurd auy proposition in regavd to It but he” bl - falled (o maka the remarks he now nnde when thers was perhaps greater need for tem, and that was when the juint riale now pending in the Tlouss was under discussion tn the Sen- nta at the st sosslon, Other Senators had constautly striven to seeure by that rule the setttoment which the Senator (Blalne) now secied 80 earnostly o urge, & M. HIlL (Ga.) sald that QUITE A NUNBER OF SENATORS FAVORED the propesition presonted by Mr, Eaton's nwendment, who would vole ngalust on- firumng It on tno pending resolutions, bo- eving [t wonld mperil their pussage In' the Iouse, The vifort was now to cross tho stream when waters were quiet, by s pon- toon, and 1t was proposed that, when we got over this thme, wo would put up u permanent structure, Under other clreniustances, tho majority of the Sennto would doubtless fuvor the pumlhu‘ proposition, nnd he, thorefore, appenled to Mr, Eaton to withdraw It in or- der that 6 vate |u|4fhr, not be tuken upon it which might bo mlsunderstood, Stk DAYALD expressed regret that in consequenco of wls- representation by the newspapers and from other sources In “rogard to the Morvgan ruls hia pnssago of that mensure In the 1louse ha been Iu“)uduu and tinnlly prevented, Ho de- nounced the asswuption of power by tho Dresldont of the Senate to cunn}l}m vule as royolutionary, and u violation of the constl- tutionul rights of tho two Llouses and the spirlt of popular governmont, e did not thin tha ‘Words proposed to bu stricken out eonld ba construod to warrant that nssump- uon, Ile opposad the amen dment a8 unnee- essury. blll:.yliulun. replyink to Mr. Hill, sald that If ths auendment rre\'alled it would not be necessury to bulld nlli‘ pontoon bride four years from now, [Laughter,) 1o wounll any to the Sonatora from Ohlo and Georkin ¢Iurman wod 11i10) that, If 1t had turned ou that tho vote of Georgla would have elected Wintield 8. 1lancock Presideut of the Unijpd tates, R = LS UE BATUER THOLGKT . they and he would have founda way to count thut vote, {General merrlment.) Mr, Bluine sald ho agreed very cordially fu o - Al tho Inst reminrk of his fritnd (Enton), and added that he had no doubt It thore had been o Republiean majority in Congress they would have found overwliclming reasons for rv]vumui the vote, ‘The Senator from Aln- brmn }.Inrl:mn had spoken In rather re- pwonchful terms of tho faet that he (Blaine) ind not broyghit i neasure on Lhiy subjeet, nnd he woald now givoe ot tra sesslon of Congirss -was: . move for the Commltice o sit during tho re- ces to consider and renurt by the first Mon- «ny of next Decomber a remedy for Lhis evil, ¢ would also NI!!KQM that tho Committes bo composed of two Republicana and two Doto- ernds, and the Scnator from Iilinols (Duvis) for Chigirman, [REXEWED MERRIMENT] @ It wonld then ho organizail, to say tha least, ns fulrly a8 wos tho Eteetoral Conunlssion, Mr, Bluino wont on to snumerate thochanges in tho law which ho thought such a Comn- misslon onght to recommend. 11 would so madify the present systen ns to require the nanies of the Pregidentin eandidates instend of thussof tha Electorsto bo printed upon the ballots, nd estalillsh o district systom. Thovote buing taken, Mr, Katon's amemil- ment was rejected—nyes, 275 noes, 33, The vote wins not n party one, nor a fost of tho Senate upon the merltyof the proposition. ‘T'he afirmative responsy lnrgely cama from the Republican sides wiilly the negative voto included much of the strength of the sup- porters of tho resolutions, who were appar ently indigposed to fnpert] thelr suceess in the "Honso by appending the aumendment, ‘Tho vote In detail upon the resolutions was ns follows: . AvEs, Tnldwin, 11l (Colo.), Morrill, Hinir, Hoar, Pandioton, Hruee, ln;fnlln. Plumb, Turnalde, Kollogg, Piih, Camoron (Win.), Kirkwaod, Randers, Cockrell, Lo, « 'Totlor, Dawes, MeDonnld, Vest, Enton, Medilian, Willinms, Ldmunads, MoPherson, ' Windom—27, . NOKS, Hison, Groame, Platt, Anthony, Tlwmpton, Itnndolph, Doyurd, urris, Hansom, ok, oreford, Holling, Ttler, HillGn), Huaulsbury, Lull Jahnston, Hinter, Jonas, Thurman, Jonee (Fln), Vanco, L)y Kernan, Yonrhees, Farley Lamar, Whalker, Ourland, Maorgan, Withors—33, T'he resolutions reported by Mr. AMorgan ns nsubstitate for the orizinal resolution on the subjeet wera then adopted on viva-vove vote, and the Clerk was direeted to Inform the House uccordingly, OBITUARY." MRS, ELIZA BLAKEY. Bpecial Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, GALENA, T, Feb, 2—Mrs, Lllza Dlnkey, an estimable lndy and one of the enrly sot- tlers of Shuilsburg, Wis, expired yesterday morning from the cffects of n sealding sus- talued while suffering from a nervous spasm on the 25th ult, . She died In grent agony, having been frightfully burned by a vessel of bolllng wator into which she fell, WILLIAM Q. M'CORMICK, Epeelal Dispatch to The Chicagn Triburie. Ero1x, I, Fob, 2.—Willlam Q, McCormick, of I’ern, a farinor, aged 38 years, tlied'at tho Hospital for the Insane yesterday ot apo- plexy, Ho had been Insane ten years. Tho udy was seut to-dny to Peru for burial, A TI‘iRILLING ADVENTURE, A Womnn ¥fas a Dospernto Fight with Two Bears in tho Bluo Ridze Mounte alus=She Kills Thom Doth and Capt= ures Thelr 'Two Cubne Speciat Dispaten to Tae Chicago Tridune, Barrivonx, Feb, 2.—MMr. Thaddeus Nev- ans, of Waynesboro, Pa., who arrived nere tu-tay from up In the Blue Ridge Chain, re- ports nu exeithig adventure among the mountaing by Lottie Merrill, the handsome huntress of Wayne County, who o few days since had a terrible tussle with & blg binck bear, in which she vanquished the benst, but recelved serlous injurles herself. ‘Fho nar- rative, as told by the plucky Lottlo todr, Nevans i3, that on last Saturday, Just after the great sleet-storm which swopt'over the country, she detormined to go out on tho mountnins amd lovk for game. Ac- cordingly, sho donned her puninloons of doeskin, blue cloth blouse, and big snbw- shoes, and sallied fofth, enrrylng with her, of course, hor trusty rille and o brace of pls- tols, Winle crossing n mnrsh, just .before nsconding the moyntaln, she dlscovered foot- rrhus of & bear, 1er huntress henrt was de- iichted, and she started “P the mountains on the trafl. §he soon found bruin’s home I o cave in tha racks, ancd on v bed of leaves wors Q‘h\u two little cubs no bigrer than kittens. he captured the prize, ond was e treating, when she encountered an k- wense | she-benr, - the wmother - of the cubs, who had scentod the stranger, Boforo Jottle conld draw Lier ritic to her shoulder the animal was upon her, and, grasping her in her pows, gave her such o terrible squcezo that she fubited, when the bear, thinkhg her dend, refeased her grip. She fortunately re- gafned conselousness quickly, and while the old boar was pluylug with ‘hier cubs tho !lllmk)’ huntress drew her riile nnd shot her n theside. The bullet did not strike the nnlmut’s heart, and us the brote dashed at her again Lottie drew her hunting-knito aud with one boeli stroke nearly severed tha bear’s head from the body, Cun[.'mmlnung herselt upon her narrow, esenpe, the brave huntress gckml up the enbs and started homeward, she had procoeded but o shortdistance, how- when she enconntered another:of . tha uayaza bensts, the mute of the one she hnd killed, - Although herrifle was unlonded, the brave litile woinnn, born mud bred mnong the monntaing' dangory, retnlned her nerve, Un- shenthing ner clasp-knite ns the beust ap- pronched her, she plunged it Into his throat, ut ho had caught her far tho fatnl hug, It was a struigle for life or death, and the Lrava wominie fouzht desperately. Durln the struggelu the glvt and bear reached the edze of o elilf !ullf‘ o hundred feet high, aud_ sloping atan mgle of 45 degrees down to the Wallinpaupack Creek, As the antinal grabbed Lottie be commenced sllding an the sllppery erust down this nlmost perpendicun- lar alope, Lottie was enrried.with hiny, and every toot of the distance traversed witded to thelr velucity, When thoy resched the foot of the sloputhey struck against o tree, com-. plu(cEr kitling the bear and breaking two uf ottiw’s ribs and dislocating hor {.luht arim. She was pleked up Insensiblo y somo hunters . and taken to . her home In Damascus, Wayna County, where sl lies In a eritieal condition, "Thls s the third mirnculons eseapy this woman hins had among the mountaing, Lottie I8 well known throughout Westorn Maryiand and neross the Pennsvivania border, ‘The male bear which she killed welghed 484 pounds, e —e s ILLNESS OF ARCHBISHOP PURCELL. CixcINNATI, O, Feb, 2,—A dlspatel from Bt Martin’s Ursullno Convent, In Brown Cuunty, .reports Archbishop J, B, T'urcell paralyzed as to s left side, but i full posseasion of his mental faculties, The fecls jugof hls frlendsis divided botween hope for his recovery and fear that It will be speedlly fatal, [le has but recovered from an attack of Ynnumunln, and within n fort- night stond at the new grave of his beloved younger brother, COAL-MINES ON FULL TIME. PILADELIIIA, Fob, 2,—As the New York Companies have reached no concluslon re- garding the plan of operations at tha coal minea during February, the Schuylkill Inter- eat has declded to work full thine until a new prograw is agreed an, Even with complete restunption restrictlons In shipments must be materlal, for the Eastern- trade ls,‘:ll\ced 1 niost Bt standstill on necount of Ice in the Delaware. SAN FRANCISCO. WALKING-MATCH, ‘HAN Fuavcisco, Cal,. Fob,' '2.~Tho women's walking mateh closed ‘lust nlght with the following. scor Hownrd, 850; Lucapeile, 3403 Youhg, . Bhenman, 723, Fhe lntter wos off the frack wora than lmlf tite time on necount of Hliness, .- X o eeee— et EPISCOPALIANS IN SESSION, Bpectat Dispaten 1o The Chicyye Triduns Brooxyatoy, I, Febs 8,—The ‘Deanery of Bloomington Is In sesslon- here, many Eplscopal clergywen belng present and par- ticlpating. \ A0 U WL Dernory, Mioh, Feb, 2.—The* Michigan Grand Ludn;lulof_ the xlchhsnt O:ole;l of [Jnnlcud Workmen this mornlng glegped oficers, with B e i gk with soe or.” WASHINGTON. The Campaign for the Speak- -ership- of the Next House Now Open. Hiscock, of New . York, at Present Lending “the Many OCandidates! Grave Party Matters to Bo Oonsid- ered iu the Seleotion of the Offcora, A Messngo on the Ponen Question Sent to Congress by the Prosident. The Doéurfient Accepted by Sec- retary Schurz as a Com- plete Vindication, Capt. Lemon Suro that Commissioner Bentley Has Got His Pension Figures Too High. A Swell Dinuer Qiven by Vice-Prostdont Wheeler—Copt. Ends—Lalke« Front. Tho Jeannette—@$17,181,000 Reported for Legislative, Judioinl, and Execu- tive Exponses. ’ THE SPEAKERSHIP. MRCOCE, Spectal Dupateh t Lis G = ==iiée Wastuxaros, D, C, Feb, 2. -Within the Inst threa or four days Republican sentiment In tho House of Representatives In regard to thg Speakershlp has shown s marked ten- denoy to erystallize fufavor of ono or another of tho candidates. One or mmore of the candl- dotes hinve votes committed to tholr support; others have recelved assurnnces of o more or less definit charneter upon which they rely. Mr. Hiseock appenrs at this time to head the list of candldates who have some positive strenglh, Tue TRIUNE correspondlent learned to-tay that Rupresentatives Ciup, Crowley, Dwlgnt, Itamnond, Ketcham, Ma- son, Miller, McCuok, Richardson, Prescott, Van Acrunm, Van Vourhls, and Walter A, Wood have united tn o written communica- tion to Mr. Jllscock requesting blin toben candldate for Speaker, and pledging him thelr support and votes for that position. REFRESENTATIVES LAPIAM AND MORTON dll not slgn this paper, but there Is o proba- Liity that nelther of them will feel inclined to support any candidate in opposition to Mr. 1liscock. ‘The Jutter's fricils express the ut- most confidenco thot Representatives-clect Cornoll Jacobs, Parker Wast, and probably J. Hyatt Smith, will also cordinlly support Mr, Higcaek, With the solld support of the Republican members from his own State, Mr. Hiscock, . oven it he had no pledged support from any other State, would be n formidable candidate. But his friends soy thut he has such support, and some of the most ardent ndvoeatesof hils election ara tound among the Representatives of other States, . 1l1s friends clalm for him the three Republican votes of Connecticut, the two votes of Rhode Island, the two votes of Now Liampsnire, six or_sevon of the Ro- publican votes trom _ Massachusetts, and sainu votes from New Jersey, Conusylvanin, Qlilo, and Vermont. , 1IN OTHER WORDS, Mr, Hlscock's friends figure ug for him as nlrendy secured, or reusonably - certain, wmove than H0 votes, n greater number than any othor eandldate can reasonably clalin at this tine, Soventy-five or 7 votes will be regired to nominate w Speaker by the Re- publican ¢anecus. The friends of Iopre- seutative Reed nre making n vigurous can- vass iin his bohalf, and they ctaim to havo ro- celved positive nssurances of wupport from o numbor of wembers, Ar, Reed's friends are very enthuginstic and devoted to thelr candldate, © and thelr canvuss will. not lack energy. ‘They elnlin tn hidve recelved some assurances of aupport from Mussneusetis metmbers, and also to hnvo more encourngement than thoy expected nmong Western Rupresentatives, “Thoy- do uot at pregent state thelr strength in figures, MIL. BURROWH, OF MICHIGAX, whom some of the nawspapers nppear to mistakoe for the witty Mr. Ilorr, of tho samu State, is 'also makiyg o vigorons can- vass, e will reeeivo the soltd support of the Michigan Representutives, Ho nlso expocts votes from the Pocific Coast States, und from nearly nll the Western Stutes. 118 atrongth I3 not indicated by figures, Mr, Dunnoll, of Minnesota, 13 o candidute, and ls friends nre quite hopelul, bellevime that he 1s the only Western candidate named who can satisfy tho Western vote, AMr. Dunnell also elnlins somo votes frowm tha South, from the Paclic States, and from l’cmxsy]\'nnlu aml New England. : It 15 understood that he has recelved some ussurances of support from the 1ilinols Representatives after they have cast n complinentary, vote for Mr, lender- son, of that State. . MIt KARSON'S NAME 1s frequently heard fu conneetlon with the Speakership, snd he will no' doubt Le a formidable eandidate, 1o will recuive tho sipport of the lows members, eight in num- ber, besldes ilinsulfs How muehstrongth ho ling busldes it 18 diicult to esthnate, becausa Ty {5 absent and nobody appenrs to be acting as bils spuelal represeitative In the netive preliminury cativasy which Js tow 1 prog- ress, ‘UhoTnet thot Mr, Knsson I3 bersonully known to 8o few of the Rupublican members of the next louse gives other candldates an advantize whish they are not slow to nppro- clate and selze, Mt HUENDERSON'S CANDIDACY, oxcept among tho llinols wwen, has not thus far heon very ncilve, The Weatern States have so many candldates that 1t vesults to his disndvantage, Judzo Orth ls o 41||let candl- date, and he will recelvo the cordinl support of the Indiann members, and muy duvelop unexpeeted strength in. case of n profonged contest in the caucus, Uen, Kolfer will urob- nbly receive the votea of nll or noarly all tho” Ohio Republioan Rupresentatives, and i friends nlso expect he Wi got gnma votes from other States, Judge Kelloy I8 somethnes mentloned a8 o eatdidnte, but it Ifieult to nscertaln whethur Do lus any positive strength. 1o may, and ‘probnbly wlllf recelve o compli- mentary vote from the Pennsylvanin Repro- scntatives, but it la hurdly to be expected ‘that lie will receive many votes from other States, Soweof the newspapers lisve PANADED Mit. RONKSON ns o eandldate for the Speakership, 1o has never thought nor dealred to bo w'eandidate, and will support elthor Alr, Lteed or Iliscock for umn ce, A8 usttal, there are soveral dark horses,”—uen who would be purfectly. willlng to uccept the Speakership, but wha khow that thelr only prosvect ot ruullzh\r thelr hopesls In perfeoy passiveness untl fn cnsa of o prolonged and dnuhml_l gtruggle, thoy .ho brought for & comprouiise cindidates, ‘Uha antlogk for dark horses is not ut this time ,vx-fl:iq ifis- lm‘.. There ig.0 genernl toeling ombug Re- publicans that 'the very best mnu sl chioseh fo uggakcr. Tho Repnblican mu- Jority ut the best will be-a vy ‘uatrow one, und. already the.;Domoerats have begun to build hopes upoi) Reépablinin uiistakes in the nizatlon ot "ghui- body. - Conversations L:wiCHR LEADING REPUBLICAN membord shafy that thero I3 g very gencral determiiugtion to clicvss o Speaker wlose vlews upini all questions relating to flnanees and lionest - muney, the proteotlon of the ballot, and the puvity ot elections nre s mistakably known to be thoroughdy sound, The gentiomen say that for six ylams—ever since the House of Representatives hus been controlied by 8 Dunocratis mujurlty—ihers has really been no atfirmudlve leglsiation on any fmporiant subject. For six yeary legisl, tivedevelopment hms actually st ‘I'ho umlurlx\l interesta of l)llu ",fi'u"‘;‘,‘lgrckmm suffered great Injury In mnany s havy ciuse Congress has not been gy, Luu b polley of wlse ttellizence, but ji. nsed I sueh o wniner us (o nenaee gy e ness Interests of the connlry, 10 . 0, and { tho public credit, Tho whalh ehegs i Itepublleans hiave heen neceasay Of thy LY ey to averting dnngors threatoned | {hoteq cratle pnrty, A the Daung. THE COUNTRY NOW WILL Expg afMrmative Iufil«lnflun. "There nrfr thines to" bo done. 'I'here shoul bo anml cnr«(ulrvlslnq Of the tarlll oy, rolations -of -tho rallronds to the commey, e the country shontd be detined ang rg, “!m t If neeessnry, Some means shoul, 'fr aled, bie, 'bo dovised to make tlmlllvmitllg'lnm clisement’ of voters unprofitubly for u"‘"' States which allaw 1t to b done, Thy 0% sorvive needs to be readjusted ang Iix'..m“l nto havmony with our” rallrond devg] inent. - There should be remedial logiyigy, {o restore Amorlean shipbing and gl Industriés,-and to bulld wp Amerieqn "Lm“‘ merce, Theroshould be n general oyt of our legistution and polley relatiye hi' o Indinns, ~Our public landg systen néeds be reorganized, “I'hore should by h A GENERAT OVERHAULING of Govermnent expenditures, with A view f the exerelsa of an intelligent economy, Thi program seems to bo o loug vne, but ltm! talng noching unnecessary to earry g n'.‘. detnlls of such nline of policy, \Vu Iun? have, ns Speaker of the Iouse of Ilupmgu’b atives our best and strongest mui, SCILURZ. 1E FEELS GRATIFIED, Bpectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Wasusaros, D, C, Feb, 2 —Suerelary Schurz regards his courso on the Poycn gif. fieulties a8 fully vindlcated by the Prey. dent's message, which stales that thy evl dence reported by tho Comnnlssion shows that the Puncas reslding fn the Indian Tor. tory—52L In siumbor—are suttstied with theiy new hono; that they nre healthy, comfortz. ble, and contented ;- and that they are freely and firmly declded to remain there, ang thay they will not return to Dukota. . LETTER TO TIE RENATE, 2y the Weatern Assoctated Press, Wasnixaron, Keb. 2—The Secretary of tho Interlor, fn responsy to the Senatu rese. lutlon adoptéd Jun, 27, to-day transmitted t the Senate a copy of the report of the Cop. misslon and copivs of all tho correspondence botweon the Interlor Depurtment and the Ute Commission, and botween the Depait ment aud tho Governor of Colorado, con. corning tho Uto Indinns. sinee the 1athof June, 1830, Sceretary Schurz, In his letter of trunsmittal, snys: 1 nnt fuformed that during tho debato o Bovoraity B0 (b Bouito o - tho. Shin ity remurk Wi mide thut the Intorior Departneny had voluntardy snd wilifully withhicld the re port of 1o Comnnisslon from thoe knowledge of tho Honato. I beg 1o sny thut the communication of that raport wus not ealled for by the Senty untt Thuradny, the Lith of Jaminry. On thy #th and the 20th ult. the critielsm way ropeated, whilo the Sonnte resolution ealling for tho roport did nut reach tho Depurtment uniff tho 2tn. The volume of the report will cons viuce tho Sonate [t witg fmpossibie to make b coples with the aveliable forco tha Deparument hs for such o purpuso In iess time thun hay buou consumod uponit. 1. did not tranamit the report witiout call from the Senute, fur the simplo reuson that it contuins nothing concernlng the Uted in sovoralty exeept wout wis com tninod ju the letter addressed by 110 to tho o, Richard Coke, duted the 10th ult., which way communtented by bl to tho Setute in the debuto on the firat duy’s discudsion on tho biil, and the statement of tho Ute Colnmlysion asto tho deluys which provented them from proceeds ing witi the allotmont of Junds to the differen; lunds of Utes, ‘in complinnuo with tho act of June 15, 1850, ' i, n wlsz PENSIONS. NEW ESTIMATES, Speclal Duaputch to The Chicago Tribune, * WAsninoToy, D, C, Feb, 2.—Capt, Georps E, Lemon, one of the Iurgest pensloncluim agents in Washington, has been before thy Commlttee which fsengaged in investigating the operations of the ension Bureau, and testifled to o state of facts very differeut from those presented by Mr. Bentley Inhis annual report, Taking the figures In Mr Bentley’s. table ns 'a basls, he. reckons by multiplying the total number of mvalld clahs pending Junoe 80, 1880, by the average ullowed, “$WhLY, the total would be 81%H176,056, In + ke mannen the totul. for- widows and other helrs of claling would aggregato S10,084,46% making n grand total of $244,164,120, THIS 18 THE OUTSIDY ‘FIGURE, Dbut the Commissioner, ho says, ndmitted in u lotter to Secretary Schurz, dated Jan, %, 1891, that 40 per cont of theso clalmy would not be allowéd, Mr. Lemon thinks n further reduction of %0 por cent should be made to provide for future rejections, 'This woud leave 104,112 ponsloners, at' an average of S8, or o total of $130,242,124 to pay nrrean to all clulmants who will be entitled to {future benoflts under the Arrears law, Re forriug to Ar, Bentley's tostlimony beforoth Select Comimittee, wilore he admilts that per- sons expectinge small ponsions wonld not think 1t worth while to file clnims, ai additionnl fuet thut wany widows remary after an nterval of onsor two years, thus eatting ot thelr pensions, Capt. Lemon argues that the average penslon will for thess rensons, bs reduced to un averagool S0600, Instead of $7%, i AT "PI0IS RATE, (9 and estimnting tho number of futuro clsint 1o Tuach 200,000, the tatal for arvears woull bo but $120,000,000, {1 Mke manner Cept Lemau shows that Mr, Bentley’s estimateof $60,000,000 unnunily for arrears Is muchio Righ. "Allowing for tho nuwber uunualy dropped from the rolls, the awounts of 1 ductions for varlous cnnses, and carrylng ealeulntion through severnl uperations, he deduces the concluslon thut this total cas; nut exceed $32,851,851 annunlly. . 3 LANKTON'S MILEAGE, Ar. Lanston, Chief of the Speelal Serile Division ot the Penslon Bureat, was, bem{: the Specinl Penslons ln\'ustlgu:u:f, Coml ted to oxplain some charges ninde ml“’k ilm, 'Tha Committes ure Inclined to lhlu" that dr. ~ Lanston's — esplunations fl“ sutisfactory, ond that Dis practlee e whot s " sanctioned In all the partmoents © whers specinl agents M cmployed, ‘These charges nre bm‘!gnt byw l;mmon Who Wi !urmurlr an n.nmlni 5 tilo Ponslon-Ottlce, ‘Lliis Sviect Comnmlt will ot muke sny report boyond the l;‘im mony of the witndsses who hnve beei X800 ined. ‘Iho roason for thisls that lll?{:u' now so ittle time, wnd the questions l_nv?m’ " are so complleated and generally 50 ' o underatood, thut 1t hag been deened bt turn it over to tha next Congress. lll‘ o eney to nust')nme netion [s_prompted et by the unwillingness of the ltuvuuncm}- nl“ bers of the Comnlttes to to- v, Bentley pussible Injustice, . TIE * 300, THEY ABE FALLING AT THEN 0US% Hpeclal Dlapateh to The Clilcago Tridunk Wasuinoros, D, C, Feb, il dent has encountered nuother dificulty :m. some of s Alssouri nomiuations, ¢ are throats that they will not boconfifn“; 5 It uppenrs that the Stalwart R.emmllwl Missourl are in nrmq,nl:nhm suvumlflc'uL Presldonts rocent nominntlons. 1, N. Cook, whyyaa'n delegato {0 1 Chlengo Conveytloy, atid ono of tbo Lt linching Qb anen, was uumhml(& s Postunster g Colutbia, Mo., snd & nume hnd bR’ favorably reported Mnn o fiintlon " President withdrew e o nstjol, - "This pronsed the llunuulfll‘}“fldm. Gt men; who allogo that Coolk wes drnwi for standing by Grant, y . . ANOTIER CAUHE FOU cpnrz..uafm oi the part of the Stalwarts avlses "“. o nomiuntion of Mr, Fmnions to succe D Bucekner as Postmaster at Bt.‘Chn‘rle& 0 Duekner was backed by the alul\'ll;u " W sny by was supurseded bocuuse DS Sg one of the linmorial 803 ut Llllg'l\lf':. suntatives of tho Missouri St “, here endeavoring to l{‘nluca ammx& ] Ting to muke thelr fight o part of b . the Adwinistration, SR8 STEAMBOAT BOTLERS HULE TO LET TUEM BLOW UP 1¥ THET T - 10, ; . Bpectal Dispateh to The Chicopd THHTHE "WaAsininaToN, - D, 0, Feb. nouncement of the adoption by m"wlu Supervislug Inspectors of bw"‘"m...w“ rule requlring that tho botlers of '] upon Western rivers shail huvo 8 ?h fie it of six fuches around the bollers W a 9,—The Prest |