Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 4, 1883, Page 1

e eial - i ] L I | TuE OmMaua Daily BEE P — e} Bl,r..b.” TWELFTH YEAR. OBLIVION'S ECHO. ains s reparted in my last bienniul mes- RS F ooy vaadn e in a7 40307 85 A Doleful Sound From Out the| — ' —— Under tho relief bond act jof 1875, provision was rade for paying the iu- terest and principal ot the bonds by levying an aunual tax of one-teath of one mill. Sabseqaontly_this pact of the act was rapeated and it was pro. vided that the iiterest #nd priroipal of the bonds shall bs pald out of the sinking fand. This left a balance of £10,643 33 credited to the relief hond fund, and as the bonds will become The Giant Btrides of the State dn!hlll 1885, 1 mm in l::. opinion A of the treasarer that the al amount Desoribed In Dae. should be transferred to the ainking zling Oolors, fand. Depths ef Political Le.en racy. Tho Biennial Narrative of Gov. Nance, With Numerous Hab: 1 ishments. by AUDITOR'S mn‘n-‘t. © aggragate valuation of propert With a few Full-face Figures uu-o:'f‘o;rnnfi.hlfll. : -how: Hers and There to For- was 801 142, 36 within the Otoe and Pawnee In d'an reservations, the land commis sioner and attorney general, acting under the direction of the board of educational lands and funds, made selection of lavds on the 14 hof Oc- tober, 1881, in lieu -f a portion of the double minimam lands within said roservalion — aggregating 11 9044 06 acres, A ltst of the Ilands selected was filod in the land offise at North Platte, and the attention of the gen- eral land ¢ mmiesioner has been re- poatedly oalled to the subject, but theso lands have not yot been con- firmod to thestate. Ta view of this extraordinary delay the land commis- sioner suggests that an agent of the state should personally represent ita interesta in this matier at Wash. ington. The large and increasing volume of business and numerous complications thut have arisen in consequence of the imperfoct manner in which the man- tify the Faot. The rates of levy and amow «shat will accrue t;flufll on the «ssess A Well-Worded Plea For a ::::l":;;' "’.‘::“:‘ Soito Monopoly Protection and Sinking ft r ohool fund, 1 Preservation, University fand § * .. 21 587.47 86 951.56 4 .| A special effore ¢ And a Vicious Kick at the Vi ool U SRl tals of Anti-Monop- treasurers, .?4,7 B oly Lienders. mafal. | Ths Glories of Camp Dump Re-|P called to Boost an Ap- propriation. GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. Gentlemen of the Senate and louse of Repre- sentatives: Legslative -authority has been con- ferred upon you at an susplcious period in the history ¢’ o state. Since the last regularser 1 of the legis- lature there has b a marked de- gree of prosperity every depart- ment of indusery, . our growth in population and wea * has been a mar. velous event, even those who had | for the expe indulged the most guine anticipa. | during the us@® § tions in contemplatiug he possibi iee | Under Seap? of the future. A bri- review of our|stitution you state history may | ‘orofitably con- [ for the sidered in this coonestion, At the|the state date of admission into the union, 1867, | 31st, 1883 4 the population of NuL ' ika was etti- | estimate mated at 70,000, rnd the aggregate valuation of taxabli “roperty ot the|of departmen state was $20,115 2 The popula- | thet will be & tlon at the vresenc ti_g, ~s eetimated | appear in thy on the bi.s of a mlorete increase [mitted over the census of + 1), is not lees| LAND uagpl‘f‘g than (00,000. Th ;' ‘otal assessed | A very sal/ ) value of property a:” own by the|in the repor grand asacosment rc' 1882, on file { ehowing in the offizs of the ¥ a suditor, is | during the $98,5687,47¢ i1 ber 30, 1882 the past two dda;':lw of ‘ation of §18,- -noy and pro. yOATs, 80 87,612 54 000 to cover vide supplies recommen: in the ineurance ending Nov. 30th, $14,178 62, bein, ount appropriate: of depastment \rin?: pattmen ing the two 1882, amoult mors _than 4 ; nired to““,‘% expenitolo 3 'wfmm » ol w s rs and heads the amouats ' purpose, b ewith sub- The spar umame".of 1867 were remote fr . centres . trade and railroad © . . sctions, M1 were de- prived 4 1 comfél s, g: lifs. *The peoole o into olc Jr ¢ ‘ations [ gu the obm- Ak o oAbt . lat gratifying fatt that evéry organized |afifount ot . L, ,_,E county Ta the state, except eight, has | to the state, and have bumlfiqmyr rallroad facilities. Two principal | leased to other parties. i agencies have accomplished this trans- | The amount of interest and rentals formation. The homesteaders, under | due the state and now delinguent, on the liberal policy of the general gov- |school land sales and leases, Is $02,- ernment, accepting a heritage, which, | 984, an increase of $13,950 over th: wos a valuable .legacy, have toiled |amount due in 1880. Thia mgsult is from tolled from year to year with un- [ doubtless dus to the fack t)# many tiring energy and splendid success in irresponsible persons have hased {mproving the linds thus secured. | or leated sghool lands aole! specu- The capitalists of thisand other c.un- | tive purposes, and to/the er fact tries, having & degree of faith in our | that tho power of they gta¥'<® enforce fature, which has been more than [or annui these ml?, justified by the resalts, pushed tho | ficiently well defir K work of railroad cxtension in Ne- [recommend thaf thf brask with unexampled zsal, and thus | tional lands and fo opened the way for the large immi-|to cancel all sch gration which followed from thy oast- | upon which the pt jser or lessee is ern states and the old world, in default for nor yment of inter- The policy of the general govern-|est or rentals for a fager period than ment, in granting aid to railroads, es | two years. i in giviug homes to settlers, was de-| In my last bien: 'l meesage I called signed to promote the common wel. | attention to the §. /vision of the aat fare, and it speedily gave us arailroad | of 1879, sllowingfurtics holding edu system which has been a potentagency | cations) lunds undgpr lease to purchase in developing our natural resources, | thom, and nskegy that it be modlfedso The practical ¢1-operation of the above | a3 to auydop, o board of educa- mentioned agencies has brought us to | tional lads tl funds to withhold a period of prosperity which is con- |contracts Whey “gae ) jsernent 1s templated with feelings of pride by |manifestly & o action was every citizen of Nebraska, taken by the ldisslature, and this ob- FINANCIAL, noxious featurefi the faw continues The condition of the state flaances | in force, Parfs may conspire to de- has materially improved since the |(raud the by & dishonost sp- date of my Jast biennial message, al- praisement, aAd the board has no though the treasury has not yet fully | power o defeat the conspiracy, as & recovered from tHy embarrassing re- | contract must issue when the law has sults of the act of 1879, limiting the|been complicd with. I urgently re- rate of taxation for genocral purposcs [new the re;ommendation I o at to two mills on the dollar, The in-|that time, l:lieving you will resliza creaned levy of 1881 has afforded par- | the im) of ‘ami the sot tial reliof,” and under the energotio|in the sugges management of the treasurer, all lia-| JIn July, 1880, the general land bilitiss of the state have been prompt- [commissioner aldressed a letter to ly met. 1cis bolioved that no seri- | the land commicesioner of this state ous complications can occur before | informing him thay in order to reach the general fund will be suflicient to & satlafaci setfement of clain s for cover all expenditures, Indemuity due tfe etate outside of Oa the 19:h of October, 1882, the [Indian keservatidns, a carefully pre- board of investment, crested by Art. rflfl list of th'e deficienctes occurring 13, Chap. 83 of the Compiled “Btat- |11 eash of said seotions (16 and 30), utes, decided that the U. 8. 4 per|“giving eredi: against each section for cent bonds, amounting to 850,000, | the indewnity which o been heretofore purchased by direction of | selected therefor pproved,” the board, should be sold on she best |should be forwarded to the general terms to be obtained for the purpose |land oftice for comparison with the of sustaining the public credit and |records, meeting carrent demands upon the Of the class of lands above referred treasury, The salo was effocted and |, over 8,000 acros are still due the upon the 23d of October the returns |state. The records of the land com- were placed to the credit of the state. | missioner office do not farnish the Tho transaction i ly set forch | neces: ta required by the gen- in the following statmen Original | eral land commissioner, In order to $1 03 1-10 (less | prepare such a report a visit to each of ! 875, Amount realiz-|the United States land cffices In the ed on saloat $1.104, [ Profit | state for the purpose of examiaing on investment, $3,031.24. JIaterest|plats and records would be nececssary. received on bondas to date of sale by | The force employed in the land com- the state, §5,5000. Total profit, §13,- will not admit of a 531 dotail suflicient for that purpose. I The receipts and disb he recommendation of the treasury for the two years ser that an appropriation be ber 30th, 1852, as shown by the traacurer’s | made to enable the board of educa- gaubewus sy tional lands and funds to procare the 3) o g 5 g1 | necessary data and prepare the lists from all sources dur- called for by the geuneral land com- two yrs. endin | miseioner, , inclu ding | In conformity wade in 1880 by tha commissioner of ab=aska o, gow brought o authorized and contracts with a decision Potal ame 2,286 316 25 | Disbt ] Bt i #8030 23| tho gonoral land office, the subatance iacluding transfers 1,614,211 75 | of which was embodied in my last biennial message, under whigh the Balauce op hand, Nov 50,1852 472,114 50 | state was allowed indemnity for The bonded indsbtedness of the state n:-!zuhn 1 lands in lieu of sections 16 and # E-n zwion of the land department, il v‘ uditor’s office dur- |.n; Art. 3, of *“!ant of public ivstru " | Cnsh in treasu: 882. . 7 azement and disposition of educational lands was conducted prior to the or. as prompted the commissioner to draft a bill embodying proposed legis- Iation which is considered essential to the proper management of that de- partment. The varions suggestions therein contained will be considered by the hoard of educational lands and funds, with a view to reporting the bill to the legislature in a satisfactory I trust that it will have your caroful consideration, and that a libor- - | al policy will be pursued in affording facllities which will enable the land department to properly control, pre- serve and utilize our large endowment of educational lavds and funds. The number of ac*s of these lands held by the state, November 30ih, 1882, was 2 582,366 65. Of this awount 217 080 acres have been sold but not deeded, 480,440 have baen leased, leaving 1,872,846 65 acres sub ject to sale or lease. During the two yoars preceding the above date 274, 699 70 acres wers ieased at an esi- ted aggregate valuation of $824,. 099 10. Daring the same period 88,- 627 aores were sold for the sum of 8057 971 42, being an averago of §7 42 per acre. The report of the atate superintend- on embodies a fund of valuable information concern- ing the common school ayatem of the stais, the various institutions of Jearn- other educational interests. 0ol attendance in 1882 was an incremse of 14 770 aver 6 number in atteh the previ- ous year. The total of sghool property is es$ $2,004 - 04910. The fully preparod atal mansnt schosl fuud ner in which it i gregate amoumt, 8. State fanding bonas. Cl in hands of Attimey rul for collection., .. t| Notes from sales. of sohcol COT I oo Grand total 2,262, 68; The fund derived from this endow- ment has insrease d from year to year in about the ‘same proportion, as the increase of pupulation consequently the distribution per capita, has not materially changed. The graded schools of the state are justifying the anticipations of those who have given attention to this fea- ture of our educational systam, and it is evident that they have established a higher profestional standar i among teacners, from which pupils have de- * | rived correspondlng benefite. The superintendent of public in- struction recommends that the law in regard to holding institntes bo changed 80 a8 to make the attendance of tead ers compulsory, If held while schools aroin progrees, it is recommended by him that they be temporarily sus- pended, and that the several -school boards b required to pay half wages for the time that the teuchers are thus neczasarily absent, A small appropriation is asked for by the state superintendent to bs used in publishing and distributing plaos for the constraction of echonl houses. 1a view of the tact that the most ob- vious and important sanitary consider- ations are frequently ignored in the construction of such buildings, any saggestions that may lead to improve- men's ia this particular, shonld have proper considerations, STATE UNIVERSITY, The unfortunate controversy which way for some time a disturbing ele- ment in connection with the affairs of the state university has been brought to a close, aud the faculty is in process of reorga: enables the institution to enter upon a period o1 enlarged usefulness and prosperity. The position of chancel- [or will undoubtedly ba filled by the board of regents at an early period, A fund has been accumulating in the state treasury known as the regont's fund, derived from the leasing of university lands and from other sources, It is suggested by the board of regents that the amount now on hand, viz: 85,115,91, bo appropriated for the use of the university to make necessary repairs and cover other in- cidental expenses, Itisrecommended also by the board that the levy of § of a wmill be continued for the present, STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, A period of Interrupted prosperity is reported by the principal of the State Normal school —the last year be- ing the most prosperous in ius history, Tho catalogue shows an attendance of 318 students. 1t is belicved that, in point of efficiency, the school will compare favorably with similar insti- tations in other states, This institution is exclusively de- voted to the work of preparing stu dents for the profession of teaching, and while all who graduate may not follow thie voeation, it will undoubt- edly add large numbars to the rolls of thoroughly competent teachers in our common s:hools, The wants of the +chool aud appropriations required for the e )8 two years are fully set forth » reporé of the principal, [ Continved on ;'uurth FPage | OMAHA NEB THUR on upon a basis which | re SHAKING WITH AGEE, “Oold Days” For Monopolisis in the Vicinity of the State Capital. Ths Lieutenant Governor Shiy- ering Beverely Thess Arctic Mornings, The Pawoee Equaw Fails to Straddle Both Factioos in the Senate. But Finds Sure Footing With His 85,000 in the Monoyp= oly Camp- The Senatorial “Bar’i’ Anxiously Looked For -Formation of the Committees. Special Dispatch to Tus Ban, PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE, Lincouy, January 3.—The house was oalled to order at the usual hour by the speaker, The journal cf yesterday was read and approved. The Rev. Mr. 8sott offorod & pray- er, and the permanent organization was then pr cseded with, the follow. ing cflisers being elected: Second assistant clerk, Frank A. Woods, of Otoe; enrolling clerk, Cora Smith, of Otoe county; chaplain, Hw. Mr, Soott, of Clay county; sergeant-at- arms, Martin Warren, of Uicharde county; doorkeeper, Jet S.uaders, of Polk county. It was moved and ocarried that the speaker appoint the balanvo of the officers of the house and he announced Wm, H. Kasckly, of York county, as postmaster and T. S. Bader, of Franklin county, as mail cavtizr. On motion Messrs, Johnson and Grant were appolnted a commlittes to walt upon the chiei justice and request him to administer the OATH OF OFPICE TO THE officers elect. Assoclate Ja tice Codb appeared and adminiatered the obli- gation end the organiz:'wn of the house was compiete. Th¢ cauvass of the vote for atate officers wi'l be had this afternoon in the huil of the house. THE BENATE Dichat 10 8, m. A resol:ti‘n provid- ir1g fo37ha election of pag* squas voted Carried by a ¢ fiig 18 to 15 i W to:mor. e AL troduced the following resolution which was laid over until Monday at 2 p. m , the anti-monopolists agreeing to the proposition, preamble and res- olution: *‘Whereas, It is desira- ble and highly important that this legislature should have a most porfeot and distinet understanding of all matters baaring upon any subjcet that may come before it, and whoreas THD RATLEOAD QUESTION is one of first importance to tha statc; | therefore be it Resolved, That's committee of three on the part of the senate be now ap- pointed by tho senate to act and con- fer with a committee of four on the part of the houee, to ascertain the | bearing of the presont system of rail- way management upon the public wel fare, and to report what legislation, if any, is needed to better defiue the re- lations of railway companies te the state, and Resolved, That eaid committee shail have the power to fuond for per- sons and papers, and othor materials necessary to such investigation, Afternoon Nession, teh to THE Bun, Spectal DI LiIN v, Nob,, January 3.—A¢ 2 o'clock the honee was oalled to order and the usuzl preliminaries over work was once wore cominenced by a re- port of the committee on rules. This rt was & recommerdation that the rules of the Sixteenth general session except the eixty-first rule which reg- ulates the number of members for each committee In the houss be adopted, which was agreed to, The committees will be as follows: Judic- lary, 9 membere; fiosnce, ways and 11; mi'id nge 11, evg bills 9, aceounts county boundar county seats and township orgauizations 9, reilroads 15, priveleges and elections 11, emi. gration 11, school lands 11, claims ), live stock and grazing interests 9, and all other committees 7 each, On motion, the spesker appointed oight pages as follows ank Goff' of Otoe county; Harry Kliss of Doug- las, Paul Bhade of Lancaster, Sia- ney 8, Harrts of York, Harry Heck- ney of Baunaers, Eddie Roberts of Lancaster, Charles Squiros of Jeilor- son, The senate convened at 2 p. m. No business of importance was done, At 3 the setiate repaired in a body to the hall of the house, where the governor | delivered his meesage, after which the senate and houee in joiut convention listened to the reading of the abstr: of votes irom the diferent countivs w6 read by the specker, but without compléting the canvass the conven tion adjourned uutil to-morrow st 10 & o, After the ad journment of the joint conveation the senate agaln convencd, when Benator Buder, of Pawnee, wmoved to add the name of Senator SDAY MORNING JANUARY 4 Sowers of Adams, Senator Day of Fil T 1d Senator Walker of Lancas. committee which was yoa. terday ciooted to make up the stand. committeon of the aenate. The \otion was voted down by a voto of tn 16, when the senate adjourned tll 2 p. m. to-morrow, THE AN oN TOP THOUGH AGFR IS SHAKING, 8pecisl Vot sapondence of Tiw Hxw LixcoLy, Nob., January 3.—To say say that Licut-Gov. Agee is mad does half express it. When he came to Lincoln about a week ago he sought out the railroad strikers and » scheme was devisod whereby he was to ap- point the committees of the senate, as did his illastrious predecessor two yoara ago, but the antl-monopa thought that inesmuch as the railroads had gono out of politics and left the field with only twenty-five or thirty lob byists on the ground, that they would look after the committoes themselves, and yesterday thofi proceeded to knock the pins higher than Gilderoy's kite. They 1ot only elevated an entire sot of anti-monopoly officers, but they also appolnted a committee to form the atanding committees for tiat body. And this is why MR. AGEEIS MAD, In onnversation with a gentleman from York county yesterday, the lieu- tenant governor said York county has ra'sad h—1'in sending a delegation here to work with the democrats, The gentleman need not worry him: self. York county's delegation will take care of itself, and he can set it down in his book now that they are not railroaders. These gentlemen who are howling about demoorats helping to oryanize the senate, forget that it took five democrats to organize the house. N Mr. Agee feels that he has been slighted, he can know that in casa of his absence from the chair that his place will be filled by a good tquare-toed auti monopoly republican, whnose views will accord with ,the views of a mojority of the senate. IN MAKING UP THE COMMITTEES It is harily likely that Mr, Brown, of Lancaster, will be chairman of the crmmittee on publio lands and build- inys und the $600,000 capitol appro- priation may possibly suftsr in conse- qnence. Q¢ oune thing the people of Nebraska may be reasonably certain, and that is that the seunate railtoad committeo will not bhe made up ac- cording to the dictation of railroad attorneys, as has been heretofore the case. Tha committee appointed to maka the standing committees of the sonate will probably complete their Iabors by to:w.crrow. On the night of the lst of January, when all was hubbub, the anti-monops had a cancus called for the purpose of deciding what to do. Ex-Gov. Batler was invited and participated, but it was noon discovered that he was AN ELEMENT OF DISCORD and the meeting was obliged to ad- s-avz.aine die Bm-m»dluulynnuther meeting was called and Batler wis n; invited and then and there the anti- moncpoly slste was made up and the combined railroad interis; and all their lobby was not able to smash it, In the house the railroad crowd olaim to have everything, and while the election of Hou. Gieorge M. Hum- phrey as speaker does not warrant such a covcluston, the election of Brad Slaughtor weu!d, Mr, Hum- phrey has pledged himself to a large swber of people to avpoint a rail rond committeo that will do the will of tha paople and not b controlled by the raitreads, and we havs faith to be- lieve thav he will do it. The house does not divide as many sapposed it would, with the railroad repubMoans on one stde and the anti-monopolists and democrais on the other; the rail- road division knows no party lines and many of the srats profer re- pubiicnns to democrats when railroad interests are to be joopardized, The election of Mr, Slaughter as chief clerk was fathered and urged by the Lncaster Aolegation, Mr, Sessions making a specicl plea in his behalf, end it 18 fare to presume that this del- cpation have a night to expect such PECULIAR AND PARTICULAR AIB o8 he can give, ns keeper and ousto- disn of tho records in the paesage of tol appropriation bill, as shall poclally adapted to the require- ments of the ring. This early in the game it is evident that there will be much dissatisfaction in the commititees cf the house, as at least fifty men expect to be put on the railroad commirttee, and forty-three disappointed members are vot likely to wke it kindly, The gentleman from Lancaster, Mr, Session, has al- ready commenced to make himself disagreeabie by taking the floor evory five minutes, and circulating around awmong the seats on the floor, In less than & week every thing he advocates will be dead to start with, and unless the citizous of Lincolo choke him off carly in the game they may as well hang up the fiddle. MILLARD, VHE DATE for the United States renate, is ex- pectod here to-day, with li necessary baggagd., Most cf the other boys are already on the ground smiling and bowing in the most approved manner, As usual, just before an election of M BARKEL CANDI- United States senator, the Commer- clal hote) is crowded to suffocation, snd the second-hand tobacso smoke that prevades the halls and passage- wiys is suflicient to kill & Sioux In. dian in less thun a month, A §t. Joe Fire. Spocial Dispatch to Tus Bux 7, Josern, Mo., January 8.—A digsstrous conflagration occurred here &t 10 o'vlock this morning, The fire begen iu au unused grain elevator of the Hanniba! & St. Joseph railroad, and spread rapidly destroying the old passenger dopot of the Hannibal & St. Joseph, two box care, several flat cars loaded with lumber, and & number of small frame houses. The elavator originally cost $100,000, 1883 THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. A Test Vote on the Porter Bill Shows @& Strong Ma- jority in Favor, Logan and Conger Uafurl the Bloody 8hirt and Mop the Eenate Floor, The Army Appropriation Bill St411 Under Fire in the House. The Henate Committee Slash the Tanfl on ail Artieles. CAPITAL NOTES. Spocial Dispatches to Tun Bxe, THR TAVIFF BIIL, Wasnixarox, January 3.—The finanoe committee of the senate to-day virtually completsd the tariff bill, which will be reported to the senate to-morrow, Two or three items re- main te be finally acted upon, among them brown silk, silk threads, or yarns of every descrip*!nn, purified or dried. The tariff commusion recommendhd upon the former a dity of $1 50 per pound, and upon the latter $2.50. These figures have been reduced by the ccmmittee to $1 aud $1 76, res- pectively subject to final action. More important changes were made by the committee on various articles. THB STAR ROUTERS, It is stated on apparently good authority that the members of the louse committee on expendituresin the department cf jusiice, contem- plate inquiring into the detaila con- nected with the star route proseou- tion, SOURCES OF REVENUE. The communication of the searetary of the treasury transmitting the sen- internal revenue of the amount of money required to refund taxes on cigare, oigarettes. tobacoo, distilled spiri‘s and matches, notes the diffi- oulty of arriving at an accurato esti- mate, saying there are 304 (92 deal- ers in manufactured tobacco, 1,328 rectiflars of distilled apirits, and 4,241/ wholesale dealers In distilled liquors. The tax paid on distilled epirits in _the hands of the trade,is $24,600,000; the tax pald on manu- factured tobacco' ia. the hnnd%rot dealers 40,821,223 pounds, is 88 285, 721. ‘The number of cigars and/cig- arottes is 782,224,107, the tax on which is $4 204,242; the tax on aiches in the nands of dealers is $1,090,763; total amount of taxes to refunded, $36,080,716. A eonsid- erable portion of the articles above mentioned are now on broken pack- Ag( s, !Bundnrd silver dollars in ciroula- tion January lst, 1882 was $85,791, 043; January 1st, 1883 the amount neatly §10,000. CONGRESSIONAL. Spectal Dispatch to Tirs Bun. SENATE PROCEEDINGS, Wasnisaron, D. C, Jagary 3, — Senator Logan, in conel® i speech on Fitz John P& Wiy fs it that whenever comes up the senate isd political linee? It ought not’ beoause there was no politics’ caso, It was morely a questiof’ versing the verdict of s court i upon a man convicted and sens at a time when agood many sel on the other side of the chamber having their own court martial d¢ south, Could it be possible t gentlemen and others of their polyy would now vote, without referency 4 facts or law, that the action of tL court martial be reversed and'thi man put back into the army, merel becauss he belonged to their party: and because they were preju him and the president who approve the conviction, There was no other ground on which they could give such vote, He had hoped these old preju- dices had passed away. He did not think it was either good taste or good policy for the gentlemen on the other side to undertake to revie and reverse what had been done here during the war according to law and facts. They had hetter let the men who had proved direlict on the Unton side, and who had been deslt with by the’ gov- ernment, alone, ‘“‘They are of no sorvice to you,” said Senator Logan, “and of none to us. They are of no service to the country, They may serve themselves, but no one e{u.“ Senator Sewell replied briefly to Logan., He eald the verdict court martial that couvicted Gen, Porter was based on the idea put forth by Gen, Pope; that there was no fores in Porter’s front; that Longstreet had not arrived at the time the order was sent to Porter, and that if that order had been obeyed Porter would have encountered no obstacle until he struck Jackson's right flank, showed clearly that General Pope did not understand the ettuation. His whole campaign was directed against one corps of the confederate force, the one commanded by Jackson, ut- terly lgooring the fact that Longstreet had passed through Thoroughfare Gap and was in front of Porter and McDowell with 26,000 men. Sewell read copiously from the testimony and documents in the case in support of his views, Sonstor Hale moved that the bill b indefinttely postponed. Bonator Sewell called for the ayes and noes and the motion lost by the following vote: Ayes—Aldrich, Blair, Cameron, Wis. ), Ohileott, Conger, Davis, (Ills ), Dawes, Edmunds, Hale, Huwley, Hill, Lapham, Miller, (Cala), Win- dom; 20. Noes--Beck, Brown, Cameron, Cooke, Davis (W, Va.), Garland, Gor- wan, Johnson, Jonas, Jones (Fia ), ate estimates of the commissioner of | o diced sgainst the court that convieted| Lamar, MoPherson, Mahone, Maxey, Morgan, Peedleton, Pagh, Sanlabury, Swall, Slater, Vanoce, Vorhees, Walker—28 The following paira were announced : Allison with Bayard, Anthony with Barrow, Harrison with Oockrell, Plamb. with Vest, McMillan with Ransom, Ferry with Farley, Sawyer with Oamden, Van Wyok with Fair, Saunders with Williama, Ingalls with Harris, The bill was then reported to the senate Senator Hoar moved to postpone its farther coneideration for a week in order to give the senators time to ex- amine every evidence in the case. Senator Conger said twenty-eight sonators, ono-third of the senate, were not present to record their votes and take thelr share of the responsi- bility for this work, and he thought the senate ought not act finallly upon the bill without thelr presence. Seator Allison moved to proceed to fon of exrcutlve business lost, ayes 24, noes 29, Senator Conger asked for the read- ing of the report of the committee on the Porter case and the secrotary be- gan reading. Senator Sewoll said it was evident Conger waa determined to prevent a vote on the bill this evening and therefore moved to adjourn. Agreed to. Adjourned. HOUSE PROCEEDINGS, The army appropriation blll was taken up. . Heowitt (N, Y.,) called atsention to the fact that in the warious items of the bill there was a reduction in the appropriations and inquired whether the reduction was for the purpose of making a good showing. Butterworth (0O.,) replied that the appropriations were sufficient. He would assure the gentlemen the re- publican party would pot turn over to the next congress as many opportun- ities for making up deficiencies as it had encountered when it came into power, A 1engthy debate of a political oter followed. At the close of the day considera- tion of the bill was practically con- olgded (with the exception of compen. lon allowed the Pacific roads for tansportation), snd the committes Tose, The District of Columbia s) n:rll- - tion bill was reported and m}:gr to committee of the whole. It appro- priates about §3,350,000, a decrease of $30,000 from the appropriation of the current year. Adjourned. ey THE DEAD STATESMAN. Special Dispatches to Tin Bax. THE REMAINS IN PARIS. Paris, January 3.—The body of Gambetta hos arrived. A deputation of the Marseilles corporation accom- panied the remains from Belleville, The Alvace-Loralne delegates pre— cede the hearse at the funeral, MEMORIALS, The memorials of Gambetia were - placed in the coffin, including a bronze medal bearing his effigy, and an ingrav- ing representing the gfamous 163, sev- arsl gold and aflver of the letter of initation to the faneral, eigned by Joseph Gambetta Leris, Madame Loris, and Michael Gambetta, his father, brother-in-law, sister and uncle, A unational monument is proposed. The Cadets Ecole Polytechnique asked to be allowed to act as a special escort at the funeral. It is stated Gambetta repeatedly expressed a wish that he be interred with his mothor’s remai A BERIOUS CHAR/ Benriiy, January 3. —Dr, Neumeyer, b | an eminent physician here, in a public logture ascribed Gambetta's death due to incompetency of the doctors attend- ing him, AN AMERICAN WREATH, New York, January 3.—The Cer- p ol Francaise De I'Harmonie to-day bled The Republique Francalse to & wreath on the cofiia of Gam- French societies nold a me- meeting Sunday. A WISE SUGGESTION, Omicago, January 3.—The Daily we will say editorially: ‘It would [y IN:’ mark of respect for the ory of the greatest and truest re- blioan France has produced since nln{flu, if congress and the various 1ysislatures of the several states, as sy may be in session, should ad- journ over Friday in honor of Gam- ta.” AUSTRIAN KESERVE, ViENNa, Jan 3.—The Austrian al ufl‘.xune B great re- serve in their references to Gambetta's death, The Neue Frei Prosse considers it a mistake to sup that the revenge ides has died Gambetta, The Friendenblatt doubts if Gam- botta's death will be favorable to the peace of Europe, INVESTIGATING THE WOUND, Paris, January 3.—Strenuous ef- forts have been making to procure a judicial inveatigation into the circum- stances under which Gambetta re- celved his wound, COMMENTS ON THE DEAD FRENCHMAN, 81, Prrerssurc, January 3,— Novoe Vrena)s Gambetta's death is an irreparable loss to France and to Earope. R . — ‘Wasburne on Gambetta $pocial Dispateh to Tuk ne. " Cmicao, January 2,—The Tribune has & long lettor by telegraph from the Hon. E, B. Washburne, at San Antonio, giving reminiscenses of Gam- betta while Washburne was minister to France, Ho says a great light has gone out, and the world loses one of its most gifted, brilliant and eloguent men, Drying Dynamite. Spocial Dispatch to Ths Ba. LexinaroN, Ky., January 3 —A Winchester special to The Daily Press says, three ocolored laborers on the Kentucky Central railroad extension put wot dynamite in the stwve to dry this morning, 1t exploded, blowing the two to atoms, serionsly injuring the other. The houss was completely domolished, naand 8 eopy |