Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 17, 1883, Page 1

THE OmaHA Daily BEE TWELFTH YEAR. JUMAHA NEB SATURDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 17 1883 KILLING TIME. A Day Wasted ia Useless Work b by the Legislature. ‘Woman Suftrage in the Senate and Begus Railroad Leg- islation in the House. The House Railroad Oommittee Obarged With 8mothering Important Bille, ‘Which is Indigoantly Denied and & Demand Made t> Take it All Back, The Whole Forming a Pathetic Faros for the Cappers Speclal Dispatch to Tun Brn, Lixcoux, February 16, —1It will bea bleseing to the tax payor of Nebraska when this legislatnre adjourns, Its work to day shows that nothing is to be expected from it excep: joobery. The senate frittered awby nearly a whole day in the frivolous debateover the dead iesue of woman suffiage, aud the house outraged decency and dis- graced itself by itsshameless disregard of the popular demand for the aboli- tion of the present system of railroad asgessment and relief from extortion by restrictive railroad lcgislation. Nine-tonths of the legislature pledzed their sacred honor bsfore the election to carry ont these needed reforms, but, recreant to this trust, thoy have not only shirked their duty, but added insult to injury by devising a railroad bill through che cappers of the house committee that has not a single redesming foature. This bill, amended in unimportant pavtlculavs, will in effect simply take $12,000 ony of the treasury for a bogus commis- sion that 18 to guthor siatis.ics moat of which are already embodied in the | reports of the United States commis. sloner of rallrosds. No provisioa is made fer 8 reduction of paz senger or froight rates and no relief is afforded from GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. Epe ial Dispatches to Tir Bew, THE PARIS EXPULSION, Pants, Febraary 16, —In the cham- er of deputies, Marcou, reporter of the committee on the exgulsion bills, road the report aad demanded imme- diate disoacslon, The mialster of justice sald President Grevy, on ace count of the illuces of Falliares, had not yet accepted the resignations of tha ministers. The ocabinet, Deves said, was ready to place itself at the orders of the chamber., Floque an- nounced he wculd accept ns a basia of compromise, Senator Barbey's pro- posal rendecing princes liable to ex- pulsion by decres of the president. Tho general debate then closed. Proush, repubiican, then moved that Sanator Barbey's proposal, with a fieation placing the princes under inatead of depriving them of rank, be accepted; a Freppel pro- in the nuine of Alsace and Fronch and English shi ordered hero. ¢ ¥ BARTHQUAKES Pera, BRADLAUGH, Bradlaugh was not valid this session. The Marquls of Hartington said it was the businoas of thehouse, not the government, to attend to Bradlangh's voting, GERMANY'S THANKS, Beruiy, Febroary 16.—The presi- dent of Reichstaz gave an account of the fand for ths relicf of sufferers by the inundation in Germany, montion- ing the amount received from Amer- ica and elsewhere, Herr Bermuth asked that the house express thapks for thewe large donations amid loud ap- plause, which the president said ho re- garded as an expression of thauks by Lorraine against expulsion of the heirs of those who advancodjthe pro- vinces to France. Gon, Thibediau, minister of war, promised aiter the sonnte ndopted the bill, if such should be the case, ho would explam the coureo the yovernmout propesed in regard to the princes LsFrance roports the arves Pellttier, dires France, IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS Loxpown, February 16 — In the houee of lords Wolscley took the oath and nest amid choers. In the detate on the address In reply to the spoech from the throne the Marquis of Sallsbury (couserva- tive) complalued that the queen’s speech did not stats when the last of the British troops would qaft Egypt. Ia regard to Ireland he said great credit was duo Earl Spencer, lord lieutenant for his administration of offsirs in country, but the measures relative to Ireland, which the government had introduced in parliament were failures. Earl Grauville, secretary of atate for the foreizn department, said the ticlams of Salisbury were based on gosaip srd after dincer spoeches, A LETTER FROM HEALEY complaing ¢f needlesely Iritating prison 1ules at Kilmainham, THE QUEEN'S SPEECH, My lords sod gentlemen, I am happy to ntate that the improvement dition of Ireland to od in December con- tinues, Aguarian orlme s sensibly diminished, aud the law is everywhere uphald, Moasures will be promptly submitted to you for the establish. ment of & court of eriminal appeal for ¢ of Lio- e of (ha Credit de- legalizad highway © robbery by monopolies in any direction. In oth- er worde, Nebraska is to submis for nearly threa years longer to tho ar- bitrary and rapacious exactions of rallroads. True, there is decided op- position. to this brazen attempt to legalize the plundering of the people for three years longer, but there is & lamentable want of leadership and back-boné iif 156 hauss, Thelawyers, with the exception of Robberts, are all actively enlisted in the raiiroad in— terest. Speaker Humphery, Blerbow- er, Grout, Whedon, Field, and even Holman, are obstructing every effort to redrees the grievance thwt caused the anti-monopoly revolf las: fall. While the republicaus must bear the responsibility for the failure of this leglslatars to redeem its pledge, there are more rotten democrats in it according to their namber than thero aro republicans, These democratic jobbers and monopoly stool pigeons have shown their haud at évery stago. They vote for nearly every job and steal, and are always ready to sustain Humphrey and his gang of republican monopolists in opposition to any measure tending to limit the exact- ions of railroads. After patching up the house railroad bill, Robberts mov- ed that the senate Dbill to fix meximum passenger and freight rates which had beeu referred to the. committec . railroads bs retursed to the house to-morrow mornlog 80 as to give an opportunity for its consideration. Mr, Robberts in support of the reso- lution charged the railcoad committee with keeping important bills from three to four weeks so that they could not be properly considered by the houee. The reference to the committee, was, in his opinion, an effur: (o smother the bill. Whedon rose in high dudgeon over the imputation that reflacted up- on any member of the house. It was preventiog corrupt practices and per- petuating and amending the ballot act, You will also be tuvited to con- sider a proposal which will more effectually secure totenantsin England and Scotland compenaation for agri- cultaral improvement. You have provided in recent years by a liberal devotion of your time for the most urgent needs of Ireland, and claims on general legis'ation and other paris of the kingdom no— dame=3 won; wa. 1 swust, howaver, will bo able to dsal with some <f the legislative wants of Ireland for which provision has not yet beon mado. I rely upon your energy and prudence and beseech Almighty God now, as heretotore, to bless your labors. I ord Northcote was cheered #bile enterivg the Houge of Commons., The speaker read a letter from Bradiaugh, ring that the house having refus. ed to hear him or his conetituents he ey ot himself and do all the red in the endeavor to sit and The Marquis of Hartington, secrotary for war, eaid the government woula introduce at ones & bill author- ing members to jmake sffirmstions. Aasheron Cross etated he would oppose the bill as utronfly a8 possible. The speaker read a letter announcing the arcest of Healy, Hartington said the privileges of a member were unaffected by such an arrest and the government would not therefore move for a com- mittee of irquiry. Parnell moved the appointment cf a committee and he claimed Heply was imprisoned on ac- count of his ability. The attorney general opposed Par nall’s motion, contending that in cases of crime the government left the wmembsrs to find & remedy elsewhere than in the house, Justin McOarchy and O'Donnell, Irish members, spoke in benalf of Healy’s off:nse. The chief scorotary of Ireland said Hoealy's offonse was one of a most srrious character, con- sidering the condition of Ireland. Gorst, a couservative, complained that the govAle -t had given no precedent for Wm-m in regard to Bealy. The attorney general had ouly quoted an autiqaated case from the days of the Stuarts, Thocase o Heaaly, Gorst said, should be treate as that of an Baglish member of parf lisment wovid be. Parnell's motion wes rojscted—363 to 47, the first time during this session that any one had been charged with wilfal- ly impeding legislation, and he requested Robberts to withdraw Lis motion and the record be expunged so that future generations, when these members are dead, should not impute bad motives tothem, Grout as chalrman assured the house that he would expedite tha matter, but could not say when the committee would be able to Robberts finally consented to have the record ex punged. This dramatic incident cre ated considerable of a sensation, bu way down deep among the ringsters it was regarded as a pathetic farco. The Grand Island member who supported the capitol job had the satisfaction to-dsy to have hls bil locating & normal school at Granc Tsland defeated by a vote of 44 to 22 In the senate the capitol lobby have succeeded in securing a majorlty re- port fayoring the appropriation. The winority report, adverse to the blil, will be handed in to-morrow. ack, Parnell gave notice that he would introduce & bill smending the land act. . Jostin MoCarthy gave notice that he woald introduce a bill to abolish the Irish vice royalty. WAGNER'S FUNERAL, Beruy, Fobruary 16,—The au- thoritles of Bayreuth unanimonsly declded Wegner's funeral will be at the expense of the town, GERMAN PENSIONS, It iy still doubtful whether Reich- stag will asseat to increase military pensions, For » few days past there have been ramors of an impendiog conflict with the crown, The progressists’ organ, The Trib- une, ceases thls weck, AMERICAN CLAIMS, NSTANTINOPLE, February 16,— t the Bordan question, in which ne still upholds the Unlted States, Co Exo 708 | thls it Sow the house. In the senate Deves, ministor of justice, introduced the bill proposed by Senator Barbey, rendering princes liable to expulsion by docree of the preeident of the ropublic. The mo- tlon for urgency was granted and the bill at once referred to a committee, ——— The Star Route fuformer. Special Dispatch to Tus Bs WasningroN, February 16.—Rer- dell continued his testimony in the star route trial to.day, Witness tes- tified thatalot of bisnk sffidavits, letters, etc., were abstracted trom hin desk, and 8. W. Dorsey was the only mau except himself wko had a key to his cflice, Merrick, one of the presacutors for the government in the case, ssld to a correspondent: “When Rerdell pleaded guilty to-day the bottom dropped out of the case, so far a8 the other dofendants aro considered. I had an intimstion yesterday that Rer- dell wanted to ha used as a govern- mwent witnees, and I declined fo ac: cept him. I told his counsel that I would have nothing to do with tim unless he gob up in ocourt and pleadad guilty. He thought this over last night and to-duy did so. The deve!- opments that will be made before he leaves the wiiness stanc will convince everybody, and will raost undonbtedly regtilt im the conviciion of Brad, it. We kuow onoug meat he loaves tho £ try to do so, though we do not thuk he will, His evidenos will corroborate Walsh . in every particular, and these two, with the record and other evi deucs yet to bo presented will form a chain complete in evory link and con vincing ot the gailt of ail of the de- fendants. AR e RO R A Th» Tribuns on Senator Miller. Special Dispatch to Tun Bxn. Ouicaco, February 16.—The Trl- bune : “‘Senator Miller, of Cali- tornia, his ox gored on Wednes- day. te Ms remonstrances, the senate ously put a tex of 75 sents a ton on oqal, A _l;}rga o_part of miported, Mifies protested. He thought this not fair, it was unjust. It is not. It is the same way we protested when thissen- ator from OCalisornia voted to tax every farmer, workiogman and mer- chant of the tresless atates for the furthor envichment of a few lumbsr bossce, but Mr. Miller than thought that taxes were fair. It did not touch him or those he represent- ed. This conntry is evolving & new specie statesmen, whose only stan- dard of action is Le maurowed self- interest, The constitution has some- thing tosay abou: levying taxes for the general welfa Vhese protec- tionist bruses act o if they thought theso words of plersant sound referred to the name of one of the forgotten heros »f the revolutionary war.” —————————— The Wires Demoralization. Special Dispatch to Tuw Bux, CHicaco, Fobruary 16.—The Woat- ern Union officers hero say tha de- moralization of the wires is now cor- plete, and extends from Buffalo to Omaha, and from St. Paul to Caira, The poles themselves are washod away in some localitios, and the pre lence of a fog causes such a rapid es- cape of electric flaid and such induc- tion that where tho wires are Intact bueiness can with difficulty ba done, Speedy rellef 1s expected, howéver, and the atmospheric conditlons are improying in the west. The tempera- ture is lowering, beiug zero at Chey- enne and only 9 above at Omaha There has seldom been so long and coutinuous & prostration of the wires az during the past two or three weeks, Bpecial Dispatch to Tux Bu. WasuiNaroN, February 16. — W, Hood, appointment clerk of the inte- rior department, esid to-day thatv he had received a number of letters in regard to oharges against Pension Agent Cox at San Frauclsco, the great majority of them being in favor of Cox and in dental of the charges that there was any crookedness dooe, or intended, He sald Dr. Cox's side of the case was a thorough denlal of the charges, and if there was nothing else recelved Dr. Cox would remain in office, Heavy Wool Sales, Special Dispatch 40 Tun b Boston, February 16.—The sale of very heavy week's busiaess, but it was known that a great deal wes sold botween dealers. deal of anxiety to see if the move- Minister Wallace has arranged for settlement of all American claims, PROTECTION WANTED, Paxama, Februa roteciion on account of a revolution, g‘hn Amerlcan gunboat Essex and tradlng between dealers in the past week and yet aimost entirel; Hance the wool has gone Into use, ave been aro reported on the isthmus and in Loxnon, February 16.—The speak- er in reply to Neudegate, said the res— olution of the last sesslon againat nearly five and 8 half million pounds of wool & week 8o was regarded as a There was a good ment continued and if consamers were disposed to buy on a market which had advanced two cents & pound. There has been little or no sales have again been very large, nearly four and a half mil- 1 16, — Foreign | lion pounds, with advances in prices ol residents of Guayaquil have requested [ about one cent and sales have been to manufacturers, THE CAPITOL CURSE. Thron.h Al Eternity, Benatorial Votes on the Railroad Bill. Proposed New Deal of Judi- ocial Persimmons, Some of the Hogs Who Hope to Feed Off tha Miscellane- ous Appropriation Bill, A Live'y Skirmfsh in the House Over the Railroad Bill. Speclsl Correapondence of The Bee J Liscowx, Neb., February 16.— Your veration {n which Cupt. Lioe, of Fars nas county, participated. The Cap said: “We are voting thisstate fn'deb to an extont that will carse us 4o all oternity. Nebraska will never see day- debt,” “Yes,” said thejother, ‘‘I no- tice that THe Bex is making that kind of a charge.” “Tur Br?" said {he Captain, “Damn Tue Ber.” F this it must be apparent that the afore. sald BRe and the oaptain are not .on the best of terms, and it is more probable that he has been voting \for the steals mentioned and his course has not been endorsod by that news. paper, If the captain ocan reconcile his course with the statements here made, we wiil tarn him over to his constituenta and let the reconciliation take place in the county of Farnas, I *he sanate yesterday the senate resolution by Brown, of Douglas, pro- viding for the admission of an amend- ment to the constitution allowing women to vote upon the suffiage amendment, came up in the commit- tee of the whole, and occupied half e afternoon, Brown, of Douglas, spoke in favor of the reeolu- *| tion, and Ex-Goverror Butler spoke an hour and a halt or two hours, keep- ing the senate insession tlll 7:30'p. m. Senator Dech aleo spoke at length in favor of the resclution, McShane, Schoenheit and others opposed it, Be- fore a voto was reached the committee arose, aud the senate adjourned. It is understood that this resolation will come up rgaia to-Aay, Whon the vote was, day upon the senate ester- b’lll the following explanations of votes were |, sent to the secretary of the sanate thet u:;, might be mado a matter of ro. or Senator Kinkald.—I helieve that this' bill is utmmm& have been offered, {¢xporiecst Edultu be passed. i Senator Connor.—I do not believe this act will meet the just expecta- tions of the people. Ita provisions are not complete and ample enou:h to properly restrain aud control rail- road corporations, but, believing it will be impossible to enact more thor- ough legisiation of this character at this session of the legislature, I cast my vote in favor of the sot. Szuator Brown, of Dovglas —In ex planation of my vote on this bill, I wish to say that I entertain grave doubts respectisg the constitutionality of sactions fivo snd seventeer; yet I am coonstrained to resolve theso doubts in favor of the bill, trustirg that the bill, should it become & law, will be inetrumental in correcting the gross abuses and unjust discriminations as praciced by the raiiroad companies doing business in this state. Senator Butler.—I desire to say, in explanation of my vote on this bill, that the railroads of this state were ““aided,” as it was called, tn their conatruction by subsidies from the national aund state governments to sn amount exceeding thelr cost to the companies, that 1 am convinced that the freight rates of such roads a8 now and heretofore charged by ch companios, are largely in excess of the amounts necessay to pay arate of profit on the capital iovested equal ‘o the average earnings of invested capital in this country. That by means of such charges the compavien are now taking from the people of this state an aggregate sum of between thirty and forty million dollars an- nually, aud the enactment and en- forcemsnt of the provicions of thls bill will redace ssid charge by about oight milliens annuslly, I therefore vote ‘‘aye.” 3 Senator Reynolds—In explanation of my vote upon the vaseage of this blll, senate file No, 149 will say that whilo I do not think *his {s the best bill that might have 1 .en formulated by this senate, yc 1 do belleve it will be of groat ben. fit to the people of this state, and 1t being & beginning of the solutlon of tuis great question which more than any one other sub- ject Interests the greatest number of the people of this commonwealth. Therefore I vote ‘‘aye.” The consideration of the bill divid- ing the siate into ten judiolal dis tricts, having been made a epeotal or- der for 10 this morning, at that hour the senate went Into the committee of the whole to conetder the bill, and a lively fght was opened all along the line. Just before 12 o'clock the fol- lowing division was agreed upon: First dlstrict: Gage, Johnsou, Ne. maha, Pawnee aud Kichardsen counties, Second district: Cass, Lanocaster and Otoe conntles. Third district: Douglas and Sarpy countles—to have tw> jadges. Fourth distriet: Batler, Colfax, Dodge, Platte and Saunders counties. Fitth distrlot: Adams, Clay, Fill- more, Jefferson, Saline, Nuckolls and Tb&or countles, Bixth Voting the State in Debt|} Hxplanations for Record of Topographical Division of the fion Ry correspondent overheard a little cone q light again, she will never be out of | months 047 ard, Merriok, Seward, York and Polk Soventh distriot: Burt, Cedar, Cum- ing, Dakota, Dixon, M‘di:ol:,r 'Wu? Knox and Wayne , Stauton, coantfes and the Omaha and Winne- bago Da north of Knox county, th distriot: Franklin, E‘urnu Ninth distrlot: Antelope, Boone, ance, Greeley, Holt, Valiey and Whoelor counties and the unorganizcd territory north of Ouster and Holt counties and west of Holt and Wheelor counties, and comprised in the new counties of Brown, Chorry and Loup. Tenth district: Buffalo, Sherman, Dawron, Ouster, Keith, Cheyenne, Ldncoln and Sioux counties and the unorganized territory north of Kolth and Lincoln counties and south of the e county of Cherry. Bot as thero was somo little cor- troversy over the proposition allowing the governor to appoint thenew judges, e Gommitteo rosu with leave to sgaln to consider the bill. The dlv of territory is all settled however, would like to remark the miscellaneons appropriation 1o o darling, and the party that iy reservations, and unorganized —_— The Jspanese Indemnity Bill Agread to by Both Houses. , Hitohoook, Harlan, K“may: Sections of the Tarift Bill Dis- , Gewper, Red Willow, Web: m “::ontlu‘ Ohase and Hayes cussed and Acted Upon by the Senate. Being Oonflned to Grades of Iron and Imported Wines and Liquors, Rerdell Turns States Hvidence and Gives Away the Whole Gang, Other News of Importance From ‘Weshington. CONGRESSIONAL. Special Dispatch to Tun Brx, SENATE PROCEEDINGS, Wasuixaron, KFebruary 16,—The conference report on the Japanese in- THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. returns’ rolating to the comparative quantity of the present crop that a8 @ whole sascu, was unusuall; favorable, Returns are nearly unanfs mfll ':nl iacl;lring this staple longer n usual, whiter and com tve free from trash, B FOREIGN FISHERIES, Wasuinoton, February 16,—The senate committee on foreign relations gua agreed to recommend, and the ouse committes on forelgn affalrs to- day aathorizad a join: resolation to give notice of termination of the fisherles article of the treaty. MEMORIALS AND PETITIONS, Senator Grover to-da; entod in the senate . memorial 01'17:;: Oregon leglalature acking an appropriation to pay additional expenses of the Indian war of 1855 and 1856 in the territories of Oregon and Washington. He also rosented a memorial asking for the neorporation of the Nicaraugua canal, and General Rosecrans presonted in the house to-day petitions of dealers of mines of 8an Francisco, asking for oxtension of the guxlod of holding cglrlu in bond he ' petition says that the neglect or refusal of congress to pass the bill asked for will roin many houses In the wine trade and bring widespread oontraction «f credit and efght months’ conslderation of the ble for its pamsago will have | demnity bills was presented and after | matter. ¢k of & Beatrioe politician if it ks a taxpayer of this state to tioket hereafter, To shut the of the country press, it do- 'a wsmall glice to each of $35 for printing the gov. ‘s _suffrage proolamation. Of 0 The Lincoln Journal is included the list, for no steal 1s too magnl- ficont ‘and no case of larceny too !' ‘patit” to receive conalderation at its hands. It gives Bosa Stout $2,000 for some imaginary change in the east wing of the eapitol, e olgara and ohampagno used by the state officers in their patriotic campaign against tho Omaha rioters, and for which payment was refusad at the extra asession are now to be paid forin fall. Si Afex. ander wants 860 for a pleasure trip to Denver, and several noted lobbyists wre allowed sums varying from $10 to 8500 as “‘sherifi’s foes” during the late sanatorial campalgn. The men who pureued the Minden murderers in hope of getting the reward for cap tariog them, now want sbout $2 (00 for failing in’ thelr spoculation. This miscellnncous bill is one of the worst of its kind ond more than half of the itoms are downright steals. THE HOUSE, #pochl Correspondenae of Tho Press. Lancory, February 16.—The prin- clpal businees done in the house this moiuiog was the consideration in the |eommittee of the whole of tho rail- road commission bill, A very lively discussion took place vote {ts ho discuseion ngreed to, At 2 p.m. tho tarlff bill was taken up. Thepending question was the amendmont cfferod last evening by Mr. Oonger, providing for a daty of half a cent per pound upon charcoal iron advanced in iron manufacture be- rond pigs, in addition to the duty on ron made with other fuel. The senate prococeded to conalder ocertaln portions of the bill which had been temporarily passed over. Senator Jonas moved to reconaider the vote by which Section B, pro- viding that in respect to all articles in the sugarschedule act shall take effect April 1st, 1883, had been agreod to. The motion to reconsider was lost— 28 to 29, Senator MoPherson moved to take up the paragraph embracing iron jore and [pyrites. He moved to make the rate on foreign ore one dollar per ton, Motlon lost—18 to 36. ~Sanator Conger moved to make the duty 76 per ton on iron ore, inolud- ing mangsniferous iron, but mnot on pyrites, Loat—28 to 33, Senator Mitchell moved to make the rate G0c a ton. Lost—27 to 80, The amondment made in commitiee of the whole in relation to the daty on sulphur ore as pyrites or sulphato of iron was agreed to--31 to 24, The duty on card clothing was made 260 per square foot, Senator Beck moved to amend the paragraph embracing wines, brandies THE JAPANRSE INDEMNITY. The conference committee appointed Iaot nession have agreed on the differ- ence between the two houses in re- gard to the Japanese indemnity biil, The senate refused to pay the in. torest, while the house wanted to pay the interest and prinoipal. The agree- ment reached provides that only the principal shall "be paid. This {lfllfl groatest poesible disappointment to those who have been urging th sago of tho bill for so many years and one of the leading lobbyists of the bill said toa ocorrerpondent to-night that he had been working for elghteen yoars to get the bill passed as his fee was contingent upon securing the ine torest. He sald, ‘I am to-day having given ecighteen years of work to the damned bill and get nothing in re- tarn.” As there was a number of othera who depended upon the In- terost for their fees. There is much complaint, HAZEN'S INVESTIGATION. WasminaroN, February 16,—The secretary of warhas written Gen, Hazen a letter calling his attention to the groea discourtesy of Mr. Hazon'’s let— tor of yesterday In aeking the senate to appoint a commiesion to investigate charged by Reprerentative Beltxhoov- erin regasd to Hazen's mismanage- of funds of the weather burean. e reminds Hazon that he should have asked the war pepartment to investi- gate the matter, or the house commit- and other spiritous liquor imported in bottles by striking out the proviso laying an additional duty of 8¢ on and/numerousamendments were made. Tho bill as it now stands provides that each bottle. Loat—25 to 27. The pro- viso was adopted in committee of the whole on motion of Senator Alilson as ten, in which body the charges or- iginated. Hazen refused to allow a correspondent to see the letter, al- though the secretary of war mid he waa perfectly willing it should be the mecretary of state, the auditor and |an amendment to the salt paragraph. | made public if Hazen desired to. 1t L shall constitute the board of & oI5 ala0 svpronriates expenises of the board. Howard, of Olay, made a motion to have a section inserted fixing the maximum rates but it was voted down. Steadwell was of the opinfon that it would be unconatitational, as we had n. power to delegate the fixing of rates to any other body. He looked upon the bill a5 & very expensive way of providing to do nothing, Nattleton thought three cents a mile would be a paying rato, Neville said they had no more right to fix the rates of railroads than they bad to fix the price a farmer should sell his corn at. Jensen agreed that we haverno right to fix the price the farmer should sell corn at, but ho pointed out that the railroads virtually have that right already, and the people bave to pay the prico the railroads eay corr shall be sold at. Howard urged that if the railroads made a three-cent passenger rate, they would be more than amply com- pensated by the increased passenger travel. Franse knew of roads that charged only four cents a mile, whereas the expense of running these roads wae ac- tually elght cents a mile, 5 Payne admitted that there might be some roads that could carry passengers at three cents and barely make their expenses, but he was certaln on some branch lines in the state they did not male their expenses even with a four cent rato, aud oven if the rate was doubled, they would not make their exponses. Hollman favored a graded echedule. Gray did not be- lteve ina graded rate. He believed in auniform rate all around as the wely populated sections of the could ss illy afford to pay the higher rate as the more dentely popu lated. Robberta voted against the !J”l a8 he looked upon 1t as doing nothing but provide lucrative offices. Rainey mado a motlon that the board should cousist of Marquett, Poppleton and Thurston, Franse amended to have Rosewater substitu- ted, Both the motton and amendment were lost. The bill was recommended for pas- sage by a vote of 64 to 39, The com- mittee did not adjourn until past one o'clock, —_—— Aocidont Iun & Mine. Dispateh $0 Tin Bux. Bv‘s:lou‘:), February 16.—A epocial to The Daily News from Joliet says amine at Braidwood, a mining town twenty miles sonth of that poiat, caved in and imprisoned 70 men. A subsequent ilspatch to the same paper says 45 of these minors are dead. Tinkering with the State Debt Special Dispateh to T bus. NasuviLe, Fobruary 16.—A caucus of democratic mombers of the leglsla- ture, last night, adopted a motion to insert 3 per cent as the rate of inter- eat on the etate debt proper. Michig: Special Dispateh to T Derrorr, Februi 5! ballot for senator Ferry recelved 13 distriot: Hamllton, Hall, How- | votes out of 108, Tt provides for refunding duties paid on imported salt used in curing meats bz .. A “‘nent mittoe of the ravaiophed; B! viding that imported salt in bond may be used in curing fish taken by ves- sels licensad to engage in fishorles; in curing fish on the shores of navigable waters of the United States, such regulations as the secretary of the treasury shall prescribe; that upon proof of the use of salt for elther of the purposes stated in the proviso, the daty shall bo remitted. The section preacribing the oatha o be taken by importers was adopted. All reserved parsgraphs having been disposed of the bill was open to amendments gonerally. HOUSE PROCEEDINGS, At the house ovening session, Bragg, Dawes and Wheeler obtained leave to have printed in The Record, thetr remarks upon the Fitz John Por. ter bill, The house resumed in committee the coneideration of the legislative ap- propriation bill, CAPITOL NOTES. Spectal Dispatch to Tix Bex. COMMITTEE WORK, WasHINGTON, February 16,—Mr. Hiscoclk, chalrman appropriations com- mittee, said this evening that he may ask the house to finish the legislative bill to-morrow. He deemed 1t im. portant to send it to ‘the senate im- mediately, Probably within two or threo days, . The appropriation committee will agk tho house to lay sside the tariff bill and proceed as rapidly as pos- sibje with the remaining appropriation ‘Jfl In view of the near expiration of congress they caunot be longer postponed with safety. Membern of the republican commit- too of the house have had one confer- once with the senate caucus committee respecting pending tariff leglslation, with no rsult. A member of the house committee ssid this evening that he did not know when another confer- euce would bo held, if atall, and, in his opinion, prospects of any tariff legtslation by this congress are ex- tremely dublous, BOUNCING THE LOBBYISTS, In the executive session of the sen- ate to-day Edmunds called attention to the allegad abuse of privileges on the floor of the senate by lobbyists and others, who, through the in- dulgence of senators, been in the habit of obtalning cards of admlssion, ostinsibly as secrotarios, With a view of correcting the evil Edmunds in- troduced the following resolution. he is actually ampln{ed for the per. formance of dutles of the same,” resolution It was referred to the com. mittee on rules and ordered printed. THE COTTON CROP, The departmont of agriculture re ports the results of *‘Ordered, that no person shall be admitted to the floor as private secre- tary by a senator until the senator sppolnting him shall certify that in writing to the sergeant-at-arms thut such secretary and is engaged in the performance of After disoussion of the is understood that thecharge of Beltz- hoover wlllml;l ls_vu&lg_lpd through. . ?:24_9 There does nfii‘m‘qfl' matter. be any otaer way of settling 3 LINCOLN TO HAZEN, WasuiNaroN, Fabroary 16,—Gen, Hazen yestorday addressed the seore- tary of war, to which the latter re- plies: “Sik—I have the honmor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 14th inst., in which you refer to the statements made by Hon, Mr, Beltzhoover, of Ponnaylvanla, in a spoech printed in the Congressional Record, and ask that the president and senato bs requestad by a resolu- tion to appeint o committes of the members to thoroughly investigate the matters wlleged in that speech, and on any other matters that any person may see fit to bring up relating to the signal service, “I am unable to_consider your re- qnest favorably. Iam not advised of a precedent for an application by the chief of o department of a bureau, elther directly or throngh the head of a department, to one of the houses of congress for the appointment of a committee to investigate en of officlal misconduct made Ina debate by members, Your request is, how- ever, subject to a still more serious objection, tn that you wish the senate to appoint a committee to investigate charges made in a debate by members in the house of representatives. The mere consideration by the senate of your application would Involve a vio- lation of a general rule on parliament- ary practice, which can be found In Jofforson’s manual. In speaking of the separate branches of leglslature, ft is there maid: ‘They are, therofore, not to take notice of any bills or any matters depending or of votes that have been given or of speeches that have been made by the members in elther of the other branches of the legislature untll the same have been communicated to them in the usual parliamentary manner, It is belleved that any o2e of the admin- istrative departments of the govern- ment is able to investigate thoroughly the charges of misconduct brought againet cfficers, but however that ray be when the ofticer whose conduct is questioned is an officer of the army it would not seem necessary to resort to tribunals other than those provided in the articles of war. I have the honor to be very respecifully your obedlent servant, [Signed. ] Roperr LiNcoLN, Secretary of War, The Conspirators Speclal Dispatch to Tux Bex. Duguy, February 16.—The ex- olusion of the general public Is absolutely necessary on account of noise in the court room. To-day it was 80 great It was almost impossible to hear the witnessos, Kavanagh's horse and car that uzed to carry the witnesses for the crown attracted great crowds, It Is expected KEdward O'Brlen, present at the murders in Pheenix park, will turn informer on Satorday. The rumor is unfounded - | that two Irlsh members of parliament o statlstical | were arrested