Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 6, 1881, Page 2

i i i i ¥ * he so mauny times before had arisen, to move * itwas the very resolution which he present- : 7 2 ; : ' THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE Government must assume wider and greater power. IIE WOULD REGRET TO SEE THAT DAY, but it could be made to cowe by persistent outrage and denial of justice. Mr. Hooker said that to cut down repre- sentation from the South would be to de- yrive the negro of the right to be represented in Congress. ‘The negro-was a very good in- stitwtion as Jong as he was forced to vote the tepublican ticket, but when he became a wan zud zeted for hiwsself, when he voted ti:e Demsoeratic ticket, the Republicans said there was a wanton departure from the principles by which he ought to be governed, and his representation should be gut down, Mr. Calkins did not think any Apportion- ment bill should be passed at this session. He was not satisfied that the last census was carrect. and instanced as 2 suspitious cir- cumstance the population of South Carolina, —an increase from 705,000 in 1870 to $35,000in 380, He was opposed to increasing the representation of the South on the basis of that census. MR ATREN wondered that the Republicans had mnot thought proper to order an investigation as to the number of votes cast in the South in 1872 In that election 19,000 Republican votes had been'cast in the First District of lis State, 20,000 in the Second District,. and 91,00 in the Third Distriet, while no Demoeratic votes had been cust. 1f there ever had been pharisaical righteousness it yras that exhibited by the Republicans on the question of rightand justice inthe South, The neero vote for the Repubiican party l}nd been reduced from three causes: First, - pravement by intellizence; second, icqu tion of p1v] and third, by protection from oppression by Union Leaguers and, Jesuitical associaticns. [Sneerinz laughter on the Republican side.] 1f he were to credit the *Stalwart” portion of the Republican party, a fair clection might never Zuin oceur in the South. He would say, from the heart of an honest man; from the heart of one identified from birth with the Soutliern people; from the heart of one havige a prenter interest in the welfare of the colored people than any man on the Republican side —that, if the “Stalwart” section ot that par- 1y enforced its threats, he would not wara it, but he would assert that, whatever fate: be- fell the South, THE WIUTE MAN WOULD SUCCEED. They never intended to have azain in South Caroling, or in any other -Soutbern State, that damnable domination of the negro to which they had submitted for eight vears. 3f political interference cawe between the whites and blacks of the South, aud defieq thepeople of that section on the presump- gion that -they were taking away the ights of the ¢clored wan, the South would reach that puint where civil liberiy would no longer reign. That race would suffer .wmost which wasmentally inferior.. If the Americau peoyle contided inthe Southern pecple, tie problem would be worked out favorably to Doth reces. Heread 2 letter written to him by a prominent Republican of South Care- lina,—William E. Eavl,—stating that the Ite publicaus kad not the material in that .State fora State ticket, and he had, therefore, ad- vised againgt it. He (Aikeu) characterized carpet-baggism in the South as political le- galized burglary, and asserted that Northern men going there 1o invest their money or to help develop the resources of the country were always welcome. Withous further de- bate the House adjourned, THE ELECTORAL COUXNT, FINAL PASSAGE OF TUT, RESOLUTIONS, ‘Special Dispatch to The Clicago Tribune. Wasnixerox, D. C., Feb. 5—The resalu- tion providing for the method of couniing the Electoral vote next Wednesday wis passed in the House to-day after an hour of interesting debate. The only considerable objection was to the conntiny of the vote of Georgia. The Republicans, who had an op- portunity offered them of exulting over the conceded Democratic surrender, ely Te- frained- from doing so, and the debate wis conducted in the greatest good bumor. As soon as the journal was read, Mr. Bicknell, of Indiana, who for so long a time haoshad charge of the Morgan joint resoin- tion, rose to a question of privilege, but it went without saying that he did not rise, as the passage of the resolution which had been the occasion of so much filibustering. Il simply moved the passage of the concurrent resolution, and stated that iie did not expeet that it would lead to wuch debate. Afwer some pieasant sparring it was agreed to di- vide the resolution, and to have a scparate vote as to the countinz of the votes of Géorgin. Mr. Bicknell himself ad- Titted that that was a doubtful question, and one with respect to which there was AXN OMISSION IN THE CONSTITUTION. \Whatever basis the Republicans may have had for alarm durlng the campaign or since, there was not a Democrat found on the floor to-day who did not cheerfully admit the fair election of Gen. Garfield. Yet Hill, of Olio, who asserted during the campaizn that Han- cock wasto be inaugurated whether he was elezted or not, was in his seat. JMr. Robeson prided himself upon the resolution provid- ing for the counting of the .vote, in that ed to the House before the holidays, which the Democrats then rejected. Mr. Robeson had followed the same project which Mr. Carlisle subsequently had presented o the caucus, and which the Democrats accepted. 2Ir. Robeson reviewea somewhat the diseus- sion of the Morgan joiatruie, and maintained that that was an ussumption on the part of the two Houses of Congress to interfere with the acknowledged constitunonal rights of the States, and that the Democrats, by the adoption of the resotution, had RETUENED TO TIME-HONORED DEMOCRATIC 1 IPLES. . AI. Robeson was very jous ot the ex- pense of Mr Springer. The latter had an~ nounced, during one of the heated passazes over the Bickneil-Morgan joint rule, that, unless that rule should be passed, he for one would not be present at the meeting of the joint convention. Mr. Robeson congratulat~ ed the country that the adoption of the con-~ current resolution to-day would make it pos- sible for Mr. Sprivger to be present, with his smiling countenapce and his white rose, for he thought it would be a pity, after the people lad appointed Electors, that Mr, Springer should not be present, as the wiltof the people would have been recorded and would have taken effect EVEN HAD HE BEEN ABSENT. The gentleman might have withdrawn, and stilf the world would have rolled on without a shock, and remained a monument of the merey and power of God. Mr. Felton, of Georgin, again provedto be a thorn in the Bourbon side, and showed very plainly bow ‘helpless the Demoeracy was in jts_effort to pass the Morgan joint rule. Felton an- nounced to-day that he, for one, would have voted aguinst it, as he believed it was un- constitutional, DI FELTON supported the concurrent resolution, and said that there was no honest men who did not concede the election of Gen. Garfield. But he could not vote to exclude the vote of” Georgin. He maintained that the people of * that State, who had chosen the Electors, ought not to be held responsible either for the iznorance or perversity of their Bourbon ofiicials. Ife thought it would be beiter to pass a resolution to declare that Georgia had 70 vote, rather than to lay it aside. .He was prepared to assert that it was the opinion of the people of Geor- gia that, when there was 2 Federal lawand 2 State law touching the National election, the Federal law was supreme, that a State law could be supreme, when the Federal law decided otherwise, was AN ENPLODED IDEA. As a citizen and a Representative of Georgia, he here declared that the people of that State were absolutely loyal to the Federal laws. . This announcement was greeted with en- thusiastic applause on the Republican side. It appeared subsequently in the debate that the law under which the Electors were chosen was one emacted in 1862, was intended to affect the election of the President of the Confederate States, and had found Its way into the Georgian code by what one of the Bourbons was pleased to designate as “carelesness.” Mr. Speer, of Georgia, helped to add to the Bourbon dis- comfort by congratulating the rest of the Democrats of tne House that they would finally come to the position occupicd by the hree independent members,—Alexander Stephens, Dr. Felton, and himself. Those turee gentlemen, he said, in this matter, and in other things, had opposed the Bourbon method in the South, and now tie Bourbons liad come over to the Independents,—a ‘declaration which was received with derisive ‘Janshter by the Dourbons, who were making an ignominious surrender, and who could not conceal their chagrin. T1E FIEST ONE OF TIE RESOLUTIONS— the one regulating the count—was adovted swithout a division, and nobody voted against jt. On the second resolution, which provides for an alternative announcement of the vote of the State of Georgia, the yeas and nays were called, and the resolution was adopted by a vote of 160 to 77, manuy Republicans voting in the afirmative. Thus a matter was disposed of over which the Tlouse has wasted weeks, because Mr. Rendall and the, other Bourbons would persist in their vain attempt to carry through the obnoxious and revolutionary scheme embodied in the Morean resolution. If there remained a lin- gering doubt or fear in any mind that Gen. Garfield’s election might not be constitu- tionally deelared next \Wednesday, it must have been dispelled when IR SPRINGER, OF ILLINOTS, arose and spoke in favor of the resolutions. Heat one time not long ago declared hsi firm intention to absent himself frow the count, znd to induce as many more Demo- erats as he could to do thesame. 1lis speceh of 1o-day shows that he has reconsidered his determination, and decided to allow the gount 1o proceed in a regular manuer. FROM “THE RECORD.” Wasmyeroy, D. €., Feb. 5.—Mr. Bick- nell, as a privileged question, called up the Senate concurrent resolution for counting the Electoral votes. Mr. Bicknell said it was alleged that the Electors of one Siate cast their votes on a day not prescribed by law, “The question would be made whether or not the vote of that State should be counted. A like difticulty ‘had arisen in 1821, 1857, and 5. - The object of this resolution: was to avoid such a difiiculty, Whether the vote of Georsia be counted -or not counted, would guuke po_difference in the result. Every- body admitted that Gen. Garfield had been culy elected President, and would beso de- clared, but, to avoid any diflicuity, the reso- lution was proposed, and he hoped it would be udopted unanimously. It provided for the same hypothetical counting which al- ready had tided the country over the difii- culties on two oceastons. Mr. Felton asserted’ that the people of Georgia should not be held responsible for the ignorance of their officials. This House, instead of laying aside the vote of Georgia, SIOULD ANNOUNCE TO THE WORLD - that Georgia had no vote to be counted or laid aside. When there wa$ a Federal law and State law touching Federal elections, the Fedeéral was supreme, and he wished it understood that the mass of Georgians recog- nized that fact. The old idea that the State Jaw was sovereign ‘and-supreme when the Federal law had “decided otherwise was an exploded idea in Georgin. [Applause on the Republican side.]” e wished the world to kuow that, as one representative of Georgia, he asserted - the fact that,” henceforth and~ foréver, the people of Georgin were absolutely loyal to the Federal laws. [Appfause on the Republican side.] The people of Georgia had no desire to violate the Federal laws, and when' & law has been passed under. which the Electors had cast their votes there had been no in- tention on-the part of the Legislature o con- flict with the Federal laws. MIL SPEER said the people of Georgia had been loyal to the Federal power sinee they laid down their arms in good faith in 1865, and when they accepted the constitutional amendments, they accepted them in good faith. The gen- tleman from New Jersey (Robes on) did an injustice when he said no mauw on the Dem- ocratie side dared stand forth and speak for what they understood to be true Democracy against the Morgan resolution. There were three Democrats who had done that (Felton, Stephens, and himself), and had recorded their votes against the reso- lution. e joined with the gentlemwan’ from New Jersey in congratulating his Dem- ocratie brethren that they had reached a so- lution of the question which would not 3o violence to the grand rights of a sovereign State. 1Ie had been enticised by the Bour- bon papers of Georgia. That criticism was due to the fact that he had voted against the resolution, and also to the fact that he had autagonized THE BOURGON METHODS OF GEORGIA. e now found the Democratic party stand- ing shoulder to shoulder with himself and his colleazues (Felton and Stephens). Mr. Springer believed in the right and duty of tne two Houses to count the vates, and, as a member of one of those llouses, he was very gratificd that he should be permitted, on Wednesday next, to attend to that official duty. Upon such a revelutionary and un- precedented count as was contended for on the otber side§he had no desire whatever to attend. It would be a mockery to attend the count as an idle spectator. The present resolution recognized the duty, under the Constitution, of the two Houses to count the Electoral vote, and he congratulated thg other side of the llouse that it had at Jast ALANDONED THTE REVOLUTIONARY IDEA that the President of the Senate had the right to count the vptes. Mr. Keifer (Ohio) characterized the reso- Jution as beinz an expedient to tide over o’ diftiealty, but objectionable because it as- sumed direction by Congress over the count- ing of the Llectoral vote. Ile denied that cither the President or the Senate or the two Houses haid a rizht to throw out the vote of a State. 1le was in favor of counting the vote of Georgia, because the people had in good faith cast their votes. _AIn Stevenssa thought that instead of adopting the resolution, which sct no prece- dent, Congress should now, when the result did not depend upon ¢, adopt somne practical measure which would serve during alf time. Alr. Cook declared that there was no law on the statute-books of Georgiain contra- vention of the power of the Federal Govern- ment. THE PEOPLE WERE LOYAT, with the exception of one man (alluding.to Rovert Toombs), who was the especial adyo- ca‘e of the Representative from the Seventl District (Felton). Mr. Hammond (Ga.) regretted that his col- league (Felton) should arraign the Dewmo- cratie party for dereliction of dutyin_order fy a violation of party duty and party allegiznce. Itmightbe a subject of con- gratulation that the tail now had wagged the dog. 1ledesired to-repiyto a suggestion thatthe Independent was always right by quoting from memory a declaration from Mr. Coke’s substitute, in which, undertaking to define a good parliamentarian, be said he might be like an elephant, because he was patient and wise, and because he was and he wished it to be understood that all *Georgians Tecoguized the fict thit the idea gregarious. Good animals like deer and cate tle marched in herds,” but hurtful animauls SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 6, 188 marched by themselves, such as wolves and foxes, [Laughter.] MU CALKINS contended that neither, the Vice-President or thestwo Houses had a right to count the votes, in the sense of determining any ques- tion of gisputed fact. 1lis judgment was that such a questfon should be submitted to some tribunal with power to decide the fact. Afr. . McMahon argued that, if the pending | resolution contained anything, it contained the assertion that the two Houses had the power to count the vote. Ilespoke for the Dewmocratic party, and, he thought, for the Independent gentleman from Georgin, whern he said that, whatever might be their views upon the Morgan resolution, they were united in the conviction that the President of the Senate had no right to count the vote. Tfe hoped that heresy was done for now and forever. ¥ . The question then recurred on the resolu- tion, the first branch of which was agreed to without division. The sccond branch was agreed to—yeas, 1605 nays, 77. THE REPUBLICANS, as a rule, voted in the negative, and the Dem- ocrats in the afirmative. The following Dem- cerats, however, voted in the negative: Aessrs. Acklen, Converse, Culberson, Hurd, Slemons, and Young (Tenn.); and the fol- lowing Republicans in the afirmative: Messrs. Baker, Belford, Bisbee, Bowman, Burrows, Calkins, Cannon, Carpenter, Chit- tenden, Crano, Daggett, Dick, Ferdon, Field, Fisher, Hall, Hawley, llayes, azleton, Heil- man, Wiscoek, Horr, Kelly, Killinger, Lind- sy, McGowan, dMorton, O'Neill, Prescott, Rice, Robinson, Stone, and Taylor (0.) Fol- lowing is : THE TEST OF THE RESOLUTION: Resolued, ctc., First, that the two Houses of Congress shull assemble in the hall of the.House of Representatives Wednesday, the 9th of Feb- ruary, 1651 at 12 m. and the President of tho Senate shall be the presiding oflicer; that ono person be appointed teller on the part of the Senate and two on the part of tho House, to make a list of the votes ns they shall bo de- clared; that the result shall be delivered to the President of the Senate, who shall announco the state of tho vote and the persons clocted to the two Houses, nssembled ds aforeszid, which shall be deemed a decluration of the persotis elected President gud Vico-President of tho United States, and, together ‘with the list of votes, bo entered on the journuls of the two fouses. Second, that if it sl appear that any votesof Etectors for President or Vice-President of the United States have been given on o day othor than that tixed for the cnsting of such votes by act of Congress, in pursuance of tho Constitu~ tion of the United States, If the counting or omitting of the counting of such votes shall not essentially chauge the result, they shall bo re- ported by the President of tho Senate in tho following manner: “Were tho votes of tho Electors eust on the —— day of —, 1880, -to be counted, the result would be for A'D for President of the Uuited States —- votes, and C D for President of the Duited States —— votes. It not counted, the result would be for A. B. for Prosident of the United States — votes, and for C Irfor President of the United States — votes: but, In citler ‘event, is elected President of the United States,” and in the same TIIE SENATE RESCLUTION. The following is the text of the resolution which passed the Senate yesterday concern- ing the right of the President of the Senate to make the Electoral count: Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representa- tives concurring), That the President of the Sen- ateisnot invested by tho Constitution of tho United States with the right to count tho votes of the Eilcctors for President and Vice-Presi- ' deat of the United States, so -as to determine what votes shall bo received and counted or what yotes shall be rejected, and that it Is the duty of Coogress, without deluy, to institute measures tosecure a duc and orderly perform- ance of said duty in the future. PENSIONS, LOGAN'S SPEECIL Bpecicl Dispulch 10 The Chicago Tribune. WasiNGToN, D. C., Feb. 5—Mr. Logay coneluded his two days’ speech against the Sixty-Surgeon bill to-day, The speech was an able presentation of all the arguments that bave " been made against the bill. In summing up, Mr. Logan said, in substance, the old law with a new Commuissioner would be more eficelive than a new law with the old Commissioner, whose mind had grown morbid over the idea that all pensioners wére dishonest men. Senator Logan disclahmed any personal hostility to Mr. Bentley, but claimed that he was warring ¢nly against his administration of .the laws - regulating pensions. In reply to a question by Mr. Hoar, whether he had any plan to suggzest whereby the payment of pensions might be facititated, Mr. Logan said JIE WOULD OFFER AN AMENDMENT, at the proper time, providing for an increased service with a thorough reorganization, the chiefs of divisions and the examiners to be paid Jarger salaries. Mr. Logan attacked the arithmetic of Senator Davis respecting the amounts of money required to pay the arrearages, and held that, after the first pay- ment, the annual paylients would not be so ladge. He agreed that the present laws-are amply suflicient to protect the interests of the Government, while recognizing the claims of the soldier, and that all that is needed is the reeognizing of their claims by a competent oflicer.. Both the Sixty-Surgeon bill and Mr, Withers’ bill 1E DENOUNCED as in the nature of retnedies which are worse than the discase. MMr. Kirkwood will reply on Monday, atter which My. Hoar has given notice that he will remind the Senate that the question whether an amendment is in order must be submitted to the Senate without [de- bate. Thus far the debate has proceeded on the bill (which is offered as an amendment) by {inanimous consent, while the question whether it is in order as an amendment to an appropriation bill is pending. The rules declare that no geueral legislation shall be attached to appropriation bills. FILLING UP HOLES. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. WasniNeTox, D. C., Feb. 5.—The proceed- ings in the Senate to-day were somewhat dis- turbed by loud hammering ‘over the glass ceiling of the Senate Chamber. It is reported that, one day this weel, the Senate Commit- tee on Infracted Dignity, early in the morn- ing, before these newspaper-men were around, made a very solemn and mysterious visit to the loft over that glass ceiling, and also to the reporlers’ gallery, see whetlier any member of the craft could have been concealed under the benches, or could have read the treaty through the key- hole. The report to-day was that the ham- mering proceeded froin workmen, acting un- der orders of the Architect of the Capitol, who were engaged in doing something by wlich future treaties. and. future executive sessionsshall notleak away through the roof. Meanwhile the Sepators, in alfabetical order, are reported as being . ON THE RACK in this Senatorial inquisition, with what re- sults does not appear. Itis-very probable that every Senator will state that bis copy is in his possession, aud has never been out of it. After the Committee on Dignity shall have proved- that neither the Public Printer nor liis officers, nor any official of the Senate, nor any members of that ‘body, nor any per- son who had charge of tlie treaty gave out any information conaerning it, it ig difficult to see how it can be proved: where anybody got it. | If nobody who had, or saw, or heard of the treaty gave knowledeze of it to the press, the journalists must have invented the treaty [ A5 DAVID DAVIS. TEMPTING IIDML Special Dispdteh to Tae Chicago Tridune, Wasmxggox, D. C., Feb. 5.—Tne Demo- crats of the Senate are inclined to make use of David Davis’ known ambition to induce him to vote with them upon the organization of the Senate. Judge Davis’ ambition, it is said, 18 to become_Chairman of the Judieiary Committee. The Dgmocrats are now throw- ing out feelers, to the effect that, 1f Davis will vote with them upon théorganization of the Senate, he shail be given sthe Chairmanship of that Committee. - ‘I'he Ropublicans would hardly be disposed to be so -generous. Af least, Senator Edmunds, of Verinont, would Dbe extremely unwilling to’ surrender to_the independent party_ the Chairmanship which he. for so many years has held, and of which he temporarily has been deprived since the . Democrats controlled the Senate. 'AS THE COMMITTEE LIST NOW. STANDS, David Dayis, if the Democrats retain the or- ganization, would not naturally become Chairman of the Committee, as there are three Democratic Senators on the list above him, either one of whom under the Senate rules and traditions would be entitied to the Chairmanship before tho Illinois Senator. The three are Bayard, Garland, and Lamar. But they all have Chairmanships,~Bayard that of Finance, Garland on Territories, and Lamar on Railroads, and the Democrats suy they would be satisfied toretain these Chair- manships and make way for David Davis. S ———— EADS. AN DMmMROGLIO 1N COMMITTEE. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Triune, WasniNGToy, D. C., Feb 5.—Capt. Eads, who enjoys the reputation of being extraor- dinarily skillful in the management of mat- ters in Congress, turned the adverse inajor- in the Interoceanic Canal Committes into a favorable mnjority of one thismorning. The Comunittee by a vote of 5 to 4 detided to re- port his bill favorably, subject to the condi- tion that Eads shall place his charter entirely under the control of the United States Gov- ernment, a condition which it would seemn from the Mexican charter which Eads has is utterly . fnpracticable. 1lowever that may be, soon after the Committee had voted, Mr. Whitthorne, of Tennessee, a mewmber of the Committee, who for two weeks hasbeenso ill that it had notbeen supposed that he would recover, unexpected- ly appeared in the committee-room and in- sisted upon his right to cast a voto agaiust the Eads bill, TIIS WOULD HAVE TIED THE COMMITTEE, . and have caused the measureto fall® The’ fiva majority (resisted Mr. Whitthorne’s re- quest, which soon became a detnand, and de- clined to pexrmit his vote toberecorded, pend- ing which the Committee adjourned, leav- ing the question still umsettled. Of Mr. Whitthorne’s patfiamentary right "to vote there can be no possible question, If the Eads people shall bring the bill into the House uuder such circumstances, Mr. Whit- thorne can raise & question of parliamentary privilege, and declare thab the pretended re- port is not the report of the Committee, in that he was denied the right to vote. SUBSEQUENTLY, the Committee agreed to report favorably the bill to grant a charter to the Nicaragua Maritime Company, of which Gen. Grant is au incorporator. PROVISIONS OF THE BILL. To the Western Assoclted Press. Wasm~eroy, D. C., Feb, 5—The bill adopted to-day by the Select Committee of the Xouse:on the Interoceanic Canal to in~ corporate ihe Interoccanic Ship Railway Company, authorizes the Company to issus stock not to exceed $75,000,000, and dispose of it as the Company may deem Droper, and-to make all necessary-rules and regula- tigns and mapage all matters connected with the business of the Company. It gives a guarantee of the Governwent for fifteen years after the raflway is completed for the payment of semi-annual dividends of not less than 8 per cent on the par value of §50,000,000 of stock, provided that no part this guarantee shall talke effect until the entire practicability shall be demon- strated of transporting a loaded vessel weighing, with its load, not less than 2,000 tons, at not'less than six wmiles per hour. When ten yifles have been completed the guarantee'dr the United States to the extent of $5,000,000 shiall at once attach.’” The guarantee of the, Government will attach to each additional $5,000,000 upon each sue- cessful experiment up to the maximum of §50,000,000. ‘The bill also authorizes the con- struction of & water-way to comnect the terminal works of the railway with the river or harbor at either end of the route. IT FURTHER PROVIDES that, in consideration of the guarantee of the United States Government, the Company shall transport all Government vessels, troops, mails, and officials, and transmic upon its telegraph lines all Government mes- sages, freo of charge. It reservesto the Gov- ernment of the United States the right and pawer to revise and contract the tolls, rights, and charges imposed by the Company, and the right in fixing the rate of tolls to discrim- inate in favor of vessels belonging to citizens of the United States or Mexico, but, in all such cases the commerce of Mexico isto en- joy every advantage and immunity equally with that of the TUnited States. It restricts the Company dur- ing the continuance of the guarantee of the United States from mortgaging the rail- way, and prohibits the Company from trans- porting any vessels of war, etc., of any na- tion v war with the United Statesor Mexico. It declares that the Government of the United States shall not, by reason of its guarantee, secure any right which will vio- late the letter or spirit of the concession granted by the Mexican Government to James B. Eads; that nothing in that shall be construed to trammel the said Eads inthe desizn, location, and contruction, of the sald railway. It limits the individual liability of the shareholders to the amount of capital stock subseribed by them. ——— NORTHERN PACIFIC. ‘A PROSPEROUS CORPORATION. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. WAsHINGTON, D- C., Feb. 5.—The Sub-Com- mittde of the House Committee on Pacific Railroads decided to-day to report to the full Committe in favor of the rightof the North- ern Pacific Railroad Company to execute the mortgage of its property, consisting of lands and other possessions, for $40,000,000. The report will practicaliy adopt the opinions of Railroad Auditor Freucll, who shows. that the road Is in o very prosperous ‘condition. The authonty for the exgcution of this mort- gage is the resolution of lastJuly, which sets forih that the Northern Pacific Railroad Com- pany shall be authorized to issue its bonds to aid in the construction and equipment of itsToad, and to secure the same by a mort- Zage on its property and rights of property. The Sub-Committee finds that the Railroad Company in question has forfeited nonc of its rights, and that, therefore, CONGRESS HAS NOTRING TO DO but to allow it to complete the road. There arestill 2,700 miles of the road to be built, nnd Auditor French estimates that the cost ot this will be about 875,000,000, but he ‘lays creat stress on the fact that the ands to be disposed of by the Company are worth mnot less thau $09,000,000, 514,000,000 more than the cost of the Toad. He also estimates the Northern Pa- cifie to be the wost valuable of all the Pacific lines. It will cost about $25,000 8° mile, whereas the Unjon and Centraf Pacific cost $100,000.2 wile, .. ——— ANTI-OHIO. STASNLEY MATTHEWS' BAD LUCK. Special Dizpatch to The Chicago Tribunc. Wasmixgroy, D.sC., Feb. b.—Stanley Alatthews’ friends are hecoming despondent at his prospects of confirmation. Some of Matthews’ near friends .express the belief that he will not be confirmed, and that, al- though he may not be rejected, his confirma- tion, through political ingenuity, may, lung up in the Senate and never reportéd from the Committee. A promiuentTilden Democrat -not in the Senate®&xpresses the Delief that that will ' the case, and denounces . his Democratic party associates - for th@it,, cowardice, 5 i I A0 % ‘I Ohio men. and for their subserviency m allowing them- selves to be used as the instruments of what e called petty personal malice. . The other . Oliio candidates, too, Whose nominations are pending in the Senate, are alarmed at the situation, as Democratic Senators certainly seem to be seized with asort of auti-Ohio panie. ' : : ) . GEN. WYKOFF, - ’ nominated to be Pension Agent in Ohfo, has. Deen before the Senate for four weeks, and has made little progress. The same is true of a numberof other minor appointments of « Sv great is the danger on fhis ground, that one Ohio man is. snid to be about to biblisha statement show- ng that Ohio has, thus far under the Ad- minlstration, not received an equal’propor- tion of the public offices. As the closing day of the present Administration approaches the hold of the President upon the Senate ap- pears to have become very much weakened. ‘T'he Senators of both of the parties who have supported the Adniinistration are no longer the'zealous advocates that they were when there wera Presidential favors to be received. A Senator interested in this matter seid to- day that it may be a game in which New York will checkmate Ohio. NOTES. YORKTOWN. Srecial Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Wasurxeroy, D. C., Feb. 5.—The Scnate has passed an aniendment to the House Bil requesting the President to invite the Gov- ernment of France to participate in the cele- bration of the Yorktown surrender, ‘and added an amendment appropriating $20,000 to defray ali exvpenses. Before the adjourn- ment last year, a bill was passed au- thorizing the Sceretary of State to invite the International Health Convention to be held in Washington on the Istof January. It was not without dif- ficulty, and with some opposition, thkt he was enabled to secure, late in January, an appropriation to bear the expenses of this Convention. The amendment to the cen- tennial bill was put in to avoid a repetition of such an experience, orD. T the Western Associated Press. WasmixazoN, D.- C:, Fgb.'5~The order retiring Gen. Ord was issued to-day. . GEN. SCHOFIELD, - of the Military Ulvision of the Gulf, an- nounces the following staff oficers: Maj. Thomas M. Vincent, Adjutant-General; Aldes-de-Camp, Lieut. Willinm . Wherry, Sixth Infantry; Lieut. Edward E. Wood, Eighth Cavalry; Lieut. Charles B. Schofield, Second Cavalry. ) TIENRY COUSINS (W13.) was nominated Register of the Land-Office at Florence, A. T. ¢ ; DURING THE PAST WEEK one hundred and four thousand four hun- dred and ninety-nine standard silver doliurs were distributed from the mints; in the cor- responding week of 1830 the a2mount was $117,195, 5 . TUE CIVIL APPROPRIATION DILL will be reported to the House early next week. The Committee is at work also on the Gederal Deficieney bill. - 5 THE ARCTIC RELTEF BILL. Thebill appropriating $175,000.for the Jean- nette search expedition would have passed by unanimous consent, but for the single ob- jection of Mr. Atkins, who vehemently de- claimed against the right of the Senate to originate such a bill. : W NOMINATED. - g The following Postmasters .were nomi~ nated: Mary B. Higloy. Manersville, Pa.; F. T. Albright, Mason, Mich.; C. ‘G. “Griffey, Negaunee, Mich. ; Sylvester W. Osborn, Dar~ lington,-Wis.; John E. Johnston, Warsaw, I, and Irving W. Card, AMason County, Iowa. THE RECORD. _ SENATE. Wasmrserox, D. C., Feb.. 5.—Considera- tion was resumed of the Pension-Appropri- ation bill, and Mr. Logan contitued His criticism of the Sixty-Surgeons’ bill pending amendment. - - AMr. Logan said the amendment. afforded na convenience to the pension applicaut, nor protection to the Government not secured by the existing Jaw. The applicagt would be re- quired, at his own expease, to bring his witnesses to the place of meetlng of the court, whercas, upnder the existtog law, he could have his application signed by Witoesses ot nis home. Ho would be Bubjected .to the bumiliation of beingexamined by a tribusal which had been coustituted upon.tho assump- tion that he was a fraud. Then the surgeon and Iawyer appointed In each district were to act under authority of the Commissioner, which was rather fudesinit, 23 to tho exact scope of thelr fuuctions. He would submit a proposition 0 increase the clerical force of tho Commission~ cr, and would be wilt ing to augment the num- ber of examiners 1t tuat should be called for, but hie could not countengnce the (ntroduction of tho cumbersome machinery indicated by the amenduents, and weuv on to eriticise its alleged expensiveness. = Jlr. .Wallace gava votice of an intention to call ¥p the Post-Ofice Approprintion bill as 509D a3 the pending bill was disposed of. Tho Pension Appropriation bill was then laid astde. A bill was introduced defining tho dutles of tho Assistunt luspectors of Steam Vessels. It amends See. 4,414 of the Kevised Statutes by adding a provision for the appointment, in the same manner 18 local Tnspectors are appointed, of Assistant Inspectors, with like dutjes in the Qistrict to which they may be assigned. so far us regards Inspection of steumers and other mu- chinery, and {ssuing of & certificato of inspec- tion or permit. Referred. Mr. Davis (1il:) presented resolutions of the Board of Agriculture of Illmols urging the Dussage of o law on_the subject of infectious disenses awong animuls in the United States. The following bills pussed: Fhe Senate bill for the erection of & public building at Quincy, 1L & The Houee vill authorizing the survey of parts of certain townships of Crawford County, Wis- Cconsin, and making appropriation therefor. The House blll togrant the cnr%om!e authori- ties of Council Blufls, In., for public use, Carr Lake. The House bill relative to tho erection of a Hmrln(umcut at Wyandotte Mission, Upper San- usky, Q. The Senate bill to establish an additional land district In Kansas. A joint resolution passed inviting the Govern- ment und people of France and the family of Lafayetto to join the United States in the York- town centennial celobraton. Twenty theusand dollars was npprud)rh“ e = A joint resolution directing the Secretary of Staté to withhold, pending action by Con- gress, further payments of 3exican “awards upon the Well and Lu Abia claims, and for {n- vestment in United States securities of tho money withheld, obtained some discussion but no action. Mr. Eaton stated that be. hed in- formution that the originul clsimants were frauds. The Senate bill restoring various navel officers. to former relative positions waos taken up. Pendmng nction, the Senato adjourncd. L ———— y THE ADDIS DIVORCE CASE. Nothing of Moment Elicited by Yestors day’s Testimony. . Spectal Duspateh to The Chizago Tribune. GRAND RAPiDSs, Mich., Feb. 5.—Nothing of much moment occurred in the Addis divorco case to-day. ‘The examination of Capt, S. IL Dallard, Mrs. Addis’ attorney in the former trial, wa$ concluded, and clicited now new points beyond wiat was telegraphed yester- day, he was called by Mrs. Addig’ lawyer and made her wituess, and after he had dis- closed that she did confess to him that the.| allegations charging ber with adultery were true. He was subjected to a day’s question- ing, evidently for the purpose of connect~ ing him with a—conspiracy sgainst her on the former .¢pse, or else to get an admission_s that he mismanaged her case. The effort failed - signally and devel- oped nothing to change the tenor of what he had saig. The onlyother Witness was a Mrs. Mazja P. Griflin," of Muskegon, who wus visiting at Addis! the. Sunday and Monday ‘Hjéfure the decree in the former case, aud the nly woman so early as. that”in whose presence Addis charged his wife with adul- tery._ She said Addis told her the story be: fore Mrs. Addis. DIrs. Addis said nothing, but shook “her head, and, later; all that she said to her nsan old friend was that it was false. Mrs. Grifiin further sald. that before coming into the court room she never had told any one that Mrs. Addis positively denied the charges. The case EO on next week, E THE WEATHER. - A Coal Famine Existing Through= out the State of Pennsyl~ - vania, .. Utter ~ Impossibility. of Getting Diners to Work on Account- N i of the Cold. = The Severest Weathor Ever Known .. Now Prevailing’ in Northern _ Wisconsin and Minnesota. Snow in Somig¢Portions'of . Those States Reported to Be Tiventy-five - Feet in Depthy’ A Blizzerd and Heavy Snow Preva- lent Throughout Iowsa Yes- p " - terday. oasas Yisited, After a Four Mosths " Drought, by & Tremendous "™ Rain-Storm. Thirty-ve Hundred Sqoare Hiles of Saeramento Yalley Inundated. A COAL FAMINE. Bpecial Dupateh to The Chicago Tribunc. PHILADELPHIA, P, Feb, 5.—There has | not been such o famine of coal in many years asnow exists. The cold weather has pre- vented anything like the usual work at the ‘mines, for operators cannot get the miners to work at all in such weather as we have had for the past week or,two. The collieries have "beén-in operation nominally on full time, but there has not been anaverage of two days’ full work during the week. Mean while the consumption of coal has been large and constant. In the East the -winter has' been so severe that supplies - have, been exhuisted miich earlier than usual, and manutacturers have found the stock at the mills going’ off at 2 ravid rate. Along the line furnaces have been busily engaged, and others have gone into blast, so that . THE DEMAND FEOM THAT SOURCE HAS BEEN GREATER than for the winter months of any year in the last seven. In the city the winter has proved exceptionally severe, and large deal- ers have been put to their wits’ eud to answer the calls upon them. The West, too, Iias had a famine, which has sant the price of coal higher than it has beensince anthracite [ coal was_first generally introduced. For this scarcity, there are other reasons. The. _movement of cars is.necessarily very slow in this extremely cold weather, and with the heavy snow-storms that have been so prev- alent the switehes have been clogged, and side-tracks- ieumbered so that there -has been a very unusual delay in the. delivery along the line, which has made cars slow of | return. MMotive power also is easily thzown out of gear, accidents are freqient, and they cauge vexatious delays. ‘The result hasbeen to cause : VERY SERIOUS TROUBLE 3 to the trade.. oo late the consumers’ find the risks of. the hand-to-mouth - policy -that they have pursued. Private consuiers. arc short, and the dealers have orders for ten times as much-coal as they Lave on hand. The sudden’demand has brought about ‘al- -most as'great a'pnic as in the iron trade last summer, for the furnaces and the manufac- tories are afl clamoreus for coal, and afraid unot getit. There is no longer | of size, quality, or price—ow:y 'EVERYBODY IS IN NEED: = - * and _the _ transportation companles eannot send it forward. fast. emough, even if the miners could get it out. Nor- is the outlook itiminous market mitch better. Itis i of prieés,—It is only a maiter not a gu | -of possibility of, shipment. "There are mines in the Clearfield region that have not worked |- a day during: the week. for lack of cars, and shippers have .been. unabdle to ‘meet. their Eastern contracts. ‘The Penusyivaniz Rail- road: Company- is"addinz new equipment every day, but- its- shops have been utterly unable to keep pace With its " 'COSSTANTLY-GROWING coal trade. It is quite patent that, as Jong as full work af the mines means really only about one-third of the usual consumption, there need be. little ralk of any suspension, and, the number of orders on. the books— now far. greater than at any time in the past three mauths—fully warrants the companies Inkeeping at work-on full time until April 1 atleast, ~When the’ spring season opens there ought to'be at least 100,000 tons at each of tho tide-water shipping points, and now therd is very liftle. With - : THE PRESENT OUTLOOK, . the West taking all 'the cool that can be shipped in that direction and at full prices, and all the local and line yards bare.itis quite apparent that the companies will be unable to accumulate any large amount on the wharves until nuvigation is fairly open. Rates arc nominally §2 to Boston, but no sailing-vessels arg going out with the fce as thick as how, and Charleston, Savannah, and Wilmington freights are the same, There are at present a number of loaded schooners in tha river waiting a chance to get out in safety. " ¥ . SNOW 26 FEET DEEP.. Bpectal Dispatch to The Chicago Triduhe. LA Crosse, Wis., Feb. 5.—Probably no time in.twenty years have the .people of Southern Minnesota and this vicinity expe- rienced so severe a winter as this: A reg- ular blizzard extending througtiout Southern Minnesota is raging to-day. - In.soms places snow is twenty feet deep. The railroads are entirely blockaded and all commiinication cut off except sixty miles west of 'this city. People ‘are using barns, fences, *deserted houses, and everything that will burn for fuel. The railfoads fear the farmers will burn their trestle hridges before fuel can be got to them, as they gre now doing on the Winona, & St. Peter Railway. All efforts -to keep. roads clear prove unsuccessful. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribunz, * : Wizoxa,Minn., Feb. 5,—The most furious stiow-storm of the winter has raged west of here the past® two days. A fall of twelve inches of light snow, accompanied by strong winds, has comipletely filled the rallroad-cuts. The storni W4 s6 severe that an objecs twen- ty feet away E’?ul ‘not be distinguished. On fhe entire length of the Winona & St Peter Road and branches not .a wheel has been turned. fo-day. Trains will be resumed Monday if thestorm abates. - A reportwhich has been extensively telegraphed to theef- fect that a family of five persons were frozen' to‘death beyond St:'Peter is contradicted by the Roadmaster wlig was snid.to, have made the discovers, L i 4 - “DAROTA.TERRITORY." Spectat Dispatekta The Chicago Tribine .+ Féb. 5~The weattier is There 'was_a viry light E ¥ _mproing. This evening at Fort, Buford tha,zhermometer stands at, 25° above zero and forgy; at Keogh St aboveand eloudy; at:Helena 42 above and fairs at Fort . Benton 28above andclear; at Fort Shaw 45 above andelear. Mild-weather throughout “c. SpectabDispatek’to The Chicago Triburie. '~ TorexA “Kas.; ‘Féb. 5 —The first fain in four months fell here this morning and con- tinued all’ day. “Reports from various, parts of ‘the State iudicate that the rain‘is genera and will be of vast benefit to the farmers. The 1.of the Sacramento Valley are under wakr. | railroads with snow. | Tennessee and- Ohio the Valley, incressig | cloudiness followed by rain or snow; nortt : easterly winds, stationary or higher temipers storin in the southwest was especiall and washed , away many bridges mfllys?:m miles of railtoad track. The Atehison, ?rm peka & Santa Fé Road wiil not take pos® gers for the present beyond Dodre City, i the washouts west of there have stopped oo running of trains. ‘1t is believed m‘h m.“eily mlg wé}l tl1;.:;:lnim agreat dea) o(‘&}: winter wheal at was beginni; brown for want of moisture- 5 © b < Spectal Dispateh to The Chicago th;oL.\ hcil;,. Feb. 5—A storm is prevailing, such as known at this sunsb 1 of the y;:::}e"l-‘irg !b,e are covered with water, and It looks Ly general break-up of winter. i ] Tetvun,, terrific HIGI WATER. OxamA, Neb., Feb, 5.—A Fort Bentop patch says the river Broke at that plagg 5 this morning, and the water rose nvera‘ banks. The woinen and ehildren were e yeyed to places of safety on the ki, = river fell eight or ten feet sinee da;‘ligb and now hopes are entertained that the w 4 isover. No damage has been reported, The Sun River bridge and the brigges Prickly Pear Caiion have been washed gpy. ‘The thermometer has been about ) a:.:y' for the past tlires days. L St. Louzs, Mo, Feb. 5.—Advices fron g, Far West say that the sudden meltipy snow in the mountains is doing zreat. age in Southern Colorado and Northery New Mexico. A serious Wwash-out is reporte the Archison, Topeka & Santa F& p v near Animas City. Colo., and several num track are under water in diferent places, o PrenLo, Colo., -Feb, 5.—The Pureyy River is tiooded Worse than ever Knon, 13 TLas Animas, abour four miles of the iy son, Tapeka & Santa F& traek IS covered. about three feet of water. No Eastem mg have been receivid for two riays, and ther no telling when they will get through, K IIEAVY SNOW-STORM. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicazo Tribune, GEDARRAPIDS, Ia., Feb. 5.—A leavy drif. ing snow-storm has prevailed for tweny. four hours. Wind southwest. The weather is not very cold, but getting colder. Neu every train on the Burlingion & Cedar Rzy-! {ds Railway was abandoned. Nota trainhy passed over that linc to-day. Trains o S gt o e ¢ ipec 0 The Chicago Tridune, Stow% CITY, Tae Feb. 5. Lho situaty mains as vesterd: on the I city and Wa ! £ St Pal & Sioux City Road, 1nd & stiags storm-of snow, sleet, and raiu, with 2 south. east wind, has prevailed allday, X special to the Journal trom Fort Sully, Dak,, says: Two feet of snow fell since § Tast evening, and it is still snowing hard. : THE UPPER MISSOURL. Special Dispateh to Ths Chicago Tribune, BrsyARCK; Feb. The following une precedented. break is reported in a Forp Benton, Mont., dispatch: The river opened here about 1 o’clock- this mornine. The water rose out of the bar depositing im- mense cakes of ice along the shores. Women and children were conveyed to a place of safety, but, fortunately, no damagze wis daone to life and property. The river ha fallen eight to ten foet since 4 o'clock. CALIFORNTA. i Sax Fraxcisco, Feb. 5.—It has beena faie day throughout. * A portion of the Statels under water, but the rivers and creeks are falling everywhere. About 3,500 square milss The Iosses cannot be even guessed atab present, but the total aggregate will baa stupendous sum. *COMPLETELY BLOCKADED. Spectal Dispatch' to The Chicago Tridune. McGrEGOR. In.,. Feb, 5—A windstorm west of hére last night has blockaded all the All traios oo the Jowa & Minnesota and Towa & Dakota Divis jons of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paal Railway are to-day snspended. BALTIMORE. BartnrorE, Md., Feb. 5.—To-lay a Baston steamer and steam collier and two barks ar Gff the cape but. cannot get througl. Tty Dominion Line steamer returned -to New York, unable to reach the Lewes. . -CLINTOY, ILL. . CLINTON, Ta., Feb.5.—A spow-storm, st companied by @ heavy gale, raged through Western Iowa all day yesterday, delayisg DES MOINES. : “Des Moryes, In., Feb. 5—A regular bl 2atd has been prevailing here since @ o'clock last evening. The railroad trains are demoralized. THE SIGNAL SERVICE. Wasmxeroy, D. C., Feb. 6—1a. m—Fr ture, followed by fallidg barometer. For the Lower Lake region, clear weatier followed by ifiereasing cloudiness, variabls winds, shifimg to northeasterly, ‘stationxry or higher temperature, rising followed bf falling barometer. o e SR For the Unper Lake region, increasizg cloudiness, followed by rain or Snow, south (ms}tl ve‘cring to no{thenst winds, st or higher temperature. s Fortha Upper Mississippt and Lower souri anlliys. bcle;\r, ;-‘\1 lau;:r,k with raiff ot snow, northeast generally back) norflluus& winds 5" the ;mrth and west P tions, and rising barometer. Cautionary signals continue st Milwankes Grand Haven, and Ludington. : TATIONS. A O e, P =103 B Thli.ll(li ll: T | e 1 | & e 2 |47 [S. 2|8 b o CloudY. e B 0 [Cloudre B Ee 2 Sioan barometer, G146 mean Liermometat Cu ‘mean BIwidlt bihiest thermometar, % o thermometer, 15. O Eter corrocted for thmperature, elevsiy and Instrumental error. GRNEILAL DISERVATIONG TCAGO, ¥ob, S-1%:13 0.2 Fas o RREEEE: Vies Winnemuce. Fankton. Physician and Patlent. Dr.X.1s un cminent pbysiciin of I phin; and, us 3 oficn the case Wit physicluns, is brusque and overbearing 17 ner. Among his office patients aae MOFGAT 2 gentioman v avho, afier occ_l:‘p{m 35: . great_mun 3 4 LA Bml:xe(. and mqulre:.lm the awod it note from B Bitey dollacs,” said the of thefee. * what yoO have gof,™ at; O T lly To bis. negrosorvant 83 bill irmed sorR Y *vemarkod: « That 18 £F his patleat coolly. “Tad ne that you hud a partnez.