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WASHINGTON.
Secretary Sherman Before the
Senate Finance Com
mittee.
The General Good Effect of
Silver Remoneiliatloh
Conceded.
llosamptlon Mn<lo Easier by tho
Aid of tho Sliver Bailors.
Renewal in the Senate of the Debate
1 on the Timber-Stealers.
Malice Toward Schurz Under
Cover of Sympathy for
Settlers.
Doorkeeper Folk's Dismissal Recommended
by a Majority of Garter Harrl
.. son's Oommittee,
RESUMPTION.
SBCBVTABT STtBRMAK BEFORE TRfl SENATE
FINANCE COMMUTES.
Special Ditpatch to The Tribum.
Washington, D. C., March 19.— Secretary
Sherman gave bis views at length to-day before
’ Hie Finance Committee regarding tho
House bill repealing the act for tho resumption
of spedo payments In 1879. The members of
tho Committee questioned tho Secretair from
time to time, and ho occasionally avoided giving
direct answers. Tho session of the Committee
and, although it is tho Sccretarr’s
ntcntlon to give the main points of hlslstatement
to the public, he has reserved his notes until
ho ran revise them to-morrow. Ho said ho
thought It unwise and Inexpedient
to repeal tho _ Resumption act. Not
that it would have any influence
at home, but ho thought It would be keeping
faith with tho creditor and the people abroad
If wo resume ln‘lß7o, as wo had promised. Ho
thought It was entirely practicable, ond that re
sumption could bo effected without the slightest
Injury to our commercial prosperity, and that
tho effect abroad would bo very beneficial In
demonstrating tho practicability of carrying
out the law as it stands. The Secretary gave tho
amount of gold and sliver now In tho Treasury
vaults, stating tho sum to be about 100,000,090
or $70,009,000 outside of all demands.
Ho was questioned In regard (o tho effect of the
Silver bill on tho resumption Question, ond says
that ho had to admit that tho effect of the bill
gcncrallv had been good, and that in connection
with resumption It had been
A DECIDED ADVANTAGE.
lie said be thought It would be easier to resume
with a double standard than with a single metal.
He said the disadvantages resulting from the
Silver bill were few. but the unfavorable effect
of It had been to stop the sale
of the 4 per cent bonds and to
send oar bonds homo from Europe. On
being questioned, however, he said he thought
they had nil been Absorbed by oar own people,
and that the price had not fallen. In regard to
the sales of the 4 per cent bonds, some of tho
members asked tho Secretary when tho sales
had practically stopped. Ho said on tho 10th
of October fast. One of the members then sold
that the Sliver bill could not have affected tho
bonds In that particular. Inasmuch as tho bill
• was not introduced at that time, and that the
special session did not begin until Oct. 16.
Tim Secretary could not bat admit that
the effect of tho bill had*been good. Ho said
ho could sell tor cither gold or stiver any
.amount of tho 4>£ per cents at a premium. Ho
said only about $70,000,000 of the 4 percents
had been sold. Ilg was not In favor of eliminat
ing the Icsal-tcudcr notes frotn circulation by
the operations of tho Resumption net, but ho
■was hi favor of
PUTTING THE MOTES OOT AGAIN
oa a i Ircolntliur medium. Ho was in favor of
paving customs dues In legal-tenders from the
Ist of next October, lie said tho banks wero
already strengthening tholr coin reserves, and
that while coin was n6t flowing Into the Treas
ury it was being increased in the banks, which
were already prepay g for tho beginning of re*
sumption less thuu ten months hence. Tho
whole iriior of Sherman’s remarks was that tho
Silver MU, so far ns present ellccts hod been
shown, had been beneficial to tho public Intcre? t.
A THOROUGH CONVERT.
In tho course of his argument upon the issue
ol r-ilvor-imllloii ccrtlllcntcs, Secretary Sherman
in ode the lollowlng statement. The passage
should furnish food for thought to the op
ponents of the Silver bill. It shows that Sher
nnn Is a prettv thorough convert: -
Krcfctsry Bhermnn—We hare been very murh
rtl-njinotnlcd In record to the reaaltot the measures
aiTorumc our coinage, and our legal-lenders. He
would be a who man who would undertake
to predict tho result of nnjr particular
measure. 1 have this opinion, winch I
ctn cn-rftu strongly, that amior the law as
It now stands wo can maintain tho silver dollar at
par with tho best money afloat, either gqldorcur
rimer, ami can issue fltty, sixty, or perhaps ono
hundred millions of these silver dollars, giving
great relief to the people.
lIEPOUB TUB COMMITTEE.
To fhr UVifrm A Undated Prr-V.
Washington,D. C., March 10.— The Senate
Committee mi Finance to-day heard Secretary
blicnnuu in opposition to tho House bill widen
proposes to repeal the Specie-Resumption act.
Tne questions discussed related to the practi
cability of specie payments, and the affect of
the Silver bill on resumption, and whether tho
bill assisted or retarded resumption, the amount
of gold and silver in the Treasury and tho coun
try. and cognate questions.
Members made Inquiries, and the Secretarr
replied, taking the ground that the remonetiza
tion of silver was an uld to resumption. The
Silver bill did some good and some harm. One
wav In which it was harmful was In the return
o( tmndH from abroad, but it produced good by
increasing foreign confidence lu our bonds, by
reason of the fact that ouruwnpeoptetooklncm
up lu large quantities. He wasstronglyupposcd
to tne repeal of the Resumption act. lie stated
that the resumption of specie payments could
nut be permanently maintained without retain
ing the legal-tender function fur about |3uo,-
UW,(XX) of United States notes,—ln other words,
that legal-tender poles, alter reaching par,
should bu paid out ugofu for Uovernmeut dis
bursements.
it was the understanding of the Senate
Finance Committee and Secretory Sherman that
iinthing concerning the statement of tho Secre
tary and the conversation between him and the
Committee on the subject of finances to-day
should find its way to the press except in an au
thentic form. The report of whut tool© place
having been written uui, tho Secretary revised
his statement at a late hour to-night, and an ar
rangement has been mode by the Committee to
furnish it ,lu printed form to the press to
morrow.
IN TUB BRNATB.
TUB I'ACiriO FUNUINO UttL.
Special DiipalcS to JUs Tribun*.
WiHinxoioN, L). C., March lU.—The Senate
liau uuotlier animated day. After the passage
of tbo hill authorizing a foreign register to a
Vessel lor the purnoso of the Woodruff
expedition, raid the discussion of a bill
relative to the occupation of timber*
thlevas, Senator Morgan occupied an hour
In the dlseuislonof the I’adtk lUllroad Funding
bill, lie took strong grounds lu favor of the
.Thurman bill. He drew a forcible picture of
the tremeudoua power* of corporation* in tbl*
country, widen U greater than the
nower of eome Kingdoms, and declared
that the country .cither must ulti
mately auccumb to theae corporation* or
become their masters. The time had come, he
said, when the Pacific railroad* should pat the
debt of Justice or bo unmade by the power
which had made them. lie thougnt that Con
gress should not aland in awe even of the eight
hundred milllooa invested to the railroad capi
tal of the country.
TUB TIMOBU TUISVB9 AND TUIItt TRISMUS.
When the Deficiency bill come up there was a
lon/, heated, bitter, personal discussion upon
tbe timber question. It was a renewal ol the
contest of last week, In which Blaine, the Mas
sachusetts Senator, and thu Secretary of the lu
leHor, by t)ts Sets. were central figures,
the border State Senators generally thought
the Eastern Senators should attend to
tliclr own business, and not Interfere In matters
of cutting wood on the public domain, of which
they were supposed 'to know nothing. Then
• Blaine took the floor. He declared that he had
bfen arraigned by the public press os being a
defender of timber thieves. On the contrary,
ho said lie favored an amendment designed to
check these timber thieves, and only spoke for
the poor settlers who bad been always treated
better by every other Administration than by
this.
m.AINB'S MANNERS
were most decidedly not Senatorial. lie Inter
rupted Senators without their consent, and re
ferred to them rcpcatcdlv by name/ fie carried
to the Senate his manners of the House, which
were not always decorous or dignified. Tho
conflict between Blaine on one side and Hoar,
Dawes, Ingalls, and Matthews on tho
other was very fierce, and lasted nntli 6 o'clock.
Eustls, of Louisiana, was an able adjntant of
Blaine in his attack upon Secretary Schurz,
Rnetls was more severe and bitter than was
Blaine last week. He charged Schurz with
violating the laws of Louisiana, and with com
mitting acts In the name of reform which werb
acts or oppression and spoliation,
and bo demanded that the Secretary of the In
terior should be taught that this Is a Govern
ment of taws and not of men. Tho Interior De
partment and Administration found its defend
ers in Senators Chrlstlsncy, Dawes, and Hoar.
Chrlstlancy charged the opposition toSchnrz with
having espoused the cause of the poor pettier
who carries his flag along tho frontier only for
the purpose of attacking Secretary Schurz.
Sargent returned to his old assaults, and de
clared that Schurz, by the enforcement of obso
lete laws, was seeking a cheap reputation as a
reformer.
In the angry debate which followed between
Sargent and Dawes, apologies wore demanded
by both, and given by neither. Senator Dawes
charged the people of the Territories with being
thieves and depredators, and Sargent accused
the people of Massachusetts of stealing ply
mouth Rock.
IN THE HOUSE.
tot tariff bill.
Special Ditpateh to Tht Tribune.
Washington, D. 0., March 10.—The House
had a busy day, which was devoted exclusively
to routine business. A resolution proposing
that there should be no further action ou tho
tariff, and recommending that the Ways and
Means Committee be discharged from the bill,
was Ibtroduccd In the House, but could not bo
acted upon, owing to a single objection which
was .interposed. It will be presented at tho
first opportunity on Monday.
A NBW MOVEMENT
was mode in Pacific Railroad matters by the
adoption of a resolution calling on the Attor
ney-General for information os to what pro
ceedings are pending against the Kansas Podflo
Road at tho instance of tho Government.
Tho remainder of the day was spent upon tho
Deficiency Appropriation bill, few changes be
ing mode in it. Tho appropriation of $75,909
for vaults for storing silver dollars brought up
incidentally
TITS SILVER QUESTION.
Some of the Western members wore frightened
at the word ” vault,” and sold they should not
vote the appropriation for the vaults to bo
built to hoard the stiver. Chittenden, of New
York, the consistent opponent of silver, said
that there Is a difference of one-sixteenth
of 1 per cent between gold and silver
to the advantage of the bullion dealers,
who purchase the silver and sell it to merchants
for the payment of duties, and that. If the Sec
retary of-the Treasury should payout the silver
•now, be would bo charged with
DIVIDING THIS DIFFERENCE WITH BROKERS.
Hanna, of Indiana, made a sharp point upon
Chittenden by calling his attention to tho fact
that a few days ago bo had denounced the silver
dollar as a clipped dollar, and now said It-was
within one-sixteenth of a cent of gold. Hanna
thought Chittenden might live to 4eo the day
when he would denounce gold as a clipped dol
lar, but the approoriations for the vaults were
Dossed.
LEVEE DILL.
The first attempt to secure an apnropriatlon
for levees was. defeated, an amendment pro
posing $35,000 for the completion of tho sur
vey having failed, but several Democrats made
haste to explain that they might vote different
ly If the subject should bo brought in as an in
dependent measure.
Representative Aldrich attempted to have the
advance appropriation for tho Chicago Custom-
House building Increased to 200,000, but It ap
pears that an arrangement was made with
(ho Appropriation Committee that there
should bo slo.\ooo only advanced to each
of tbo great buildings. Aldrich thinks this Is a
great mistake as id Chicago, and believes that,
if a proper amount was appropriated* the build
ing could be ready fur occupancy
IN ONE TEAR*.
whereas, under tho present system, three years
will bo necessary to complete it. Meanwhile,
local superintendents will receive comfortable
salaries, and the Government will be compelled
to pay rents fur incommodious, ill-adapted, and
unsafe buildings.
a'ms rosTAi, iultj.
SOME OF ITU IMPOSStUILITIBS.
Special Dtiptxteh to The Tribune.
Washington, D. C., March 19.—Tho House
Committee on I’ost-Ollleca this morning consid
ered the sections of the Postal Kates bill which
propose to prohibit the sending of newspapers
by express or by any other conveyance except
the mails. The impracticability of those sections
was explained to the Committee by Mr. Hud
son, Washington correspondent of tho Koston
Jlerald, who stated to the Committee thot tho
business of delivering leading dally newspapers
to the public now mainly belongs to the field of
private enterprise, and cannot bo oasumed by
the Government; that newspaper publishers de
mand to bo left free to use any method of circu
lating their papers which they may choose to
employ; that for this purpose they cow avail
themselves of
MANY PASSENGER TRAINS
on whlctf no mall or express packages are car
ried, express freight trains, and a great va
riety of private conveyances; that they often
employ special trains or locomotives at unusual
expense In order to supply the demand for
their newspapers; that If the Uovernmeut were
to undertake to do this work, or any consider
able part ot It, It would only Increase tho an
nual defldi In Rs revenues, since the business
could not possibly prove remunerative; that the
proposed law would Involve serious and dis
astrous delays, which would in many cases
amount to an Interruption of the circulation of
uewspuDers, and
GREAT LOSS TO THEIR PROPRIETORS;
that the proper title of such a measure would
be a bill to repress and discourage all euterprise
In the publication ul newspapers; and that the
alternative proposition of some members of the
Committee to collect postage on the whole
mailable editions of newspuimr matter now. de
livered would bo to make their proprietors or
patrons pay twice the cost ot delivery. Several
members of the Committee are fully convinced
of the impossibility of the proposed system.
Mr. Money entered a motion to strike those
sections (rum the Postal Rate bill, and make
them separate meaaurcs. Borne of the mem
bers of the Committee desired further state
ments to be matte newspaper publishers, and
Tuesday next wu appointed as the day for
hearing them. '
ANDBIISON BT Alj,
A, TEW FACTS BBOAKOINO TUB J.AJB VNFLIAB*
ANTMBSB.
Bpttial DUpaleh to 77i< rrtbuni.
Wasiunoton, D. U., March 10.—Now that
the case of Qen. Anderson, end really the cases
of all thu members of the Returning Board,
have been settled, It can he stated that, from
the day the Indictment* were found until the
action of tbs Supreme Court yesterday, tbo
President aud Cabinet have beeu-actlvcly at
work to prevent what was regarded as an un
just and purely political prusecution from being
successfully carried out. From thu first the
President ha* insisted that the arrest aud trial
were In violation of the plain spirit of the
agreement entered Into by Nlcholls. At the
time of the Louisiana settlement tbo President
sent confidential friends. In the very first stages
of the affair, to confer with Qov. Nlcholls, and
to ascertain from (Jen. Anderson what stops be
desired the Administration to take*
IN RBOAKD rO UU CAS I,
and lu what legal aud proper way the most
effective Influence could bo exerted tn bis be*
half. Both the President and members of the
Cabinet made known their view* lu the most
pointed terms In regard to the questions of
honor Involved on the part of the ncoole of
THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE! WEDNESDAY. MARCH 20. 1878.
Louisiana, and In this way and through those
who vlSited the officials of that State for the
purpose, a most potential Influence was excited
In favor of stopping these prosecutions. It was
found, however, that It was Impossible to Inter
fere with the proceedings In the lower court
before thev had
proceeded to judombnt. •
Many prominent oillcera of too State Govern
ment were brought to sco and acknowledge that
the trial of the Returning Board, as Instituted
and conducted, and considering the character of
the offense as charged* was n plain violation of
the whole spirit of the agreement made with
the Louisiana Commission. So active and per
sistent were the President and his advisers in
the matter that, soon after Anderson's convic
tion, an Understanding was reached that Gov.
Nicholls would pardon him If it was then do*
sired. Gen. Anderson himself, however, was
anxious that no pardon should Interpose before
Anal action by the Supreme Conn. Ills confi
dence In the decision of that body
. WAiVBRT GREAT,
and ho much preferred to Imvo his case settled
at their bntlds than by a pardoh bbforu his case
received final adjudication.
It will be seen from this brief statement that,
instead of the apathy with which the President
has been charged toward this case, he has from
tho first taken ns deep nn Interest and ns active
a part in it os was possible for the Executive.
Gen. Anderson, at least, Is known to he fully
satisfied with what has been done, and -with the
disposition manifested to help him.
TEA.
XT OAK CB GROWN IK AMERICA.
Special Ditpatch to Tht Tribune.
New York, .March 10.—Tho New York 7VI&-
um’s Washington correspondent says:- “A
gentleman connected with a prominent tea-
Importing house la Baltimore, and who
is an expert in alt matters pertaining
to tho culture and curing of ten,
come to Washington last week by appoint
ment with the Commissioner of Agriculture, to
Inspect 100,000 tea-plants growing In tho propa
gating booses of the Agricultural Department.
This gentleman has traveled In China mid Japan
in connection with the business of the firm. In
the latter country ho remained one season as
Superintendent of tea plantations and curing
and packing establishments owned by his bouse.
Ho Is, therefore, probably as well qualified ns
any American to pronounce upon the practica
bility of cultivating tea In this country. He ex
presses
THB UTMOST CONFIDENCE
In tho success of the Commissioner** plans, and
Is surprised that tea culture -did ribt lone ngo
become a prolltablo branch of American Indus- f
try. The gentleman further says that. In Ids
opinion, two-thirds of the labor expended In'
China is useless, and that, with one-tenth of the
Ingenuity displayed In the Invention of the cot
ton-gin,machinery can bo devised here which will
supersede every hand manipulation except that
of picking, ana which will produce results more
uniform and of better quality than can bo oth
erwise arrived at He recommend* to the Com
missioner that, la future documents on the
subject of tea culture, Oriental accounts bo dis
regarded, and that a plain statement of the ,
principles which govern the preparation of tea -
bo substituted. Processes, then, would suggest'
themselves, ho thinks, to Intelligent experi
mentalists that would remove the veil of mys
tery which has heretofore clouded the whole
question, and resultln the successful production
of American tea produced on American prin
ciples.”
VOLK.
HIS SENTENCE.
Washington, D. C., March 10.— Tho Com
mittee on Reform in tho Civil Service to-day
made a report on the charges against Door
keeper Polk, in which they say Col. Polk does
not deny tho major port of the findings In the
report, bat In extenuation be pleads tho ncccs
allies of his deportment, rawuess la
position, tho clamor ot needy applicants,
and post custom. Tho Committee believes
that with tho proper handling tho lawful force
under tho Doorkeeper has bean quite sufficient,
and think It was his dutv to find aui as early as
practicable whether or not
IT WAS SUFFICIENT,
and In no event to add to It until authorized to
do so by a resolution of tho ilouso; but that
no rawness In olllco and no custom can bo set
upiadcfebso to a palpable violation of known
laws. Tho utter disregard of legal restraints
shown by Col. Polk, his open violation of a
known law, to say nothing of his Inefficiency as
shown throughout Ids testimony, render him,
In the opinion of tho Committee, unlit for the
responsible add delicate position ot Door
keeper. Tho Committee, therefore, offered a
resolution recommending that tho position
of Doorkeeper bo declared vacant, and
that until the appointment of a new Doorkeeper
tho duties of the office be devolved upon the
Sorcconl-ot-Arms.
The report Is signed bv Representative Harri
son, tho Chairman for tlio Committee. Those
who with him constitute the majority are Rep
resentatives Cox, of Ohio. James, Pugh, and
Sexton, Republicans, and Potter and .Morgan,
Democrats. Representatives Cook, Cravens,
Garth, and Henry, Democrats, Join in
A MINORITY REPORT,
saving Col. Polk has not been guilty of corrup
tion In olllco or guilty of malfeasance other
than the employment of persons lu excess ol
the number renuired by law, and that they are
unable to llnd from the evidence that no Is in
terested in the claims and bills before tho
House for action. The evidence discloses numer
ous mistakes by the Doorkeeper, especially in
the earlier part of his service arising from inex
perience and a deslroto comply with the de
mands and supnosed necessities of tno House
nod its Committees, and the belief on Ids part
that his paramount duty was to perform, uud
cause to bo performed, such services
as were to his mind apparently neces
sary, trusting to supposed precedents for
appropriations to pay such force os ho might
employ for such purpose. They unqualifiedly
dissent from tho resolution of the majority be
cause the Committee was not authorised to
■o roitort bv tho resokpllon, and for the mani
fest inconsistency of Trying an otllcer upon a
charge of corruption and finding him guilty
and recommending removal for lucompetcncy.
NOTES AND NEWS.
PACIFIC RAILROAD RILL.
Special Ditoaich to The Tribune,
Washington, D. C., March 19.—Tho Senate
Railroad Committee to-day voted to report tho
Texas Pacific bill, but it was noticeable that
every member reserved his right to oppose tho
bill in the Senate. The vole, therefore, caning
be considered os un Indication of thp support
which the MU will receive upon Rs merits.
A DEAD LOCK.
The first step towards a dead-lock between
the two Houses was taken by tho House Appro
priations Committee to-day in non-concurring
In all the Senate amendments to the Military
Academy bill except one, which limits cadcts-at
largo to ten. As the Senate Is supposed to bo
firm In Its position, tho Conference
Committee will have a very difficult task. Tho
amendment limiting tho cadets to ton shows
that tho House Is not disposed to be auy more
friendly to the President than tha Senate was.
This amendment will prevent tne President
from appointing any more cadets, the ten
RUccs allotted to him having already been
lied.
BANKRUPT LAW REPEAL RILL.
The Senate Judiciary Committee to-day
agreed to a bill to runeul the Bankrupt law,
with a provision that the act ahull take effect os
to Involuntary case* from lu passage, ami aa to
ToluDtary proceedings, July I. 1671).
WHAT IT COSTS.
Persona who claim to be Informed as to the
coat of sending goods to Paris, say that the
Uovernmeut will be under very much mure ex*
Cense than It would had the goods been shipped
y private enterprise. The ship Constitution,
which sailed from Philadelphia, carried 100 tons
of freight only, and sunk only sixteen Inches In
the water when loaded. Thcro were &XJ sailors
and forty officers. Nearly every navy olllecr
made application to go to Paris, and so
many were assigned to the Consti
tution that two were put in
a berth and hammocks swung about the ship.
It cost |IU,OOO to prepare tno Constitution fur
sea, but this sum came out of the navy fund.
Five ships have already been ordered, and seven
will be sent. At thla rate it will cost near
*300,000 for the navy to take the goods to thu
Pam Exposition and bring them back. Tbls
woqid bo at the rate of 11,000 a tun to take the
goods over there.
ItBVBNVB CASKS CONPBDNIBBD.
• The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has
compromised nineteen Important tobacco4akc*
lu Surrey County, N, C., iu which the parlies
pflcudlmdtho revenue laws were arrested sever*
al mouths' ago. The cases have been
pending In the courts, and now tno
Coaimuslooer has agreed to compromise
on condition that tbo accused shall plead
guilty to violations of thu revenue laws, and tbo
sentence will be suspended during good beha
vior. If tbe law Is violated the sentence shall
be passed. In addition to this the uurtles under
Indictment are required to pay f Lf,WU lax us-
scsscd to tho Government. Tho action of the
Commissioner ts concurred in by tho Attorney-
General, from whom authority for effecting the
compromise la derived.
prospect or more currency.
The House Banklngsnd Currency Committees
hare determined to put all fhc currency In cir
culation that la possible. It has agreed to the
Mil providing for unlocking the reserves of
National Banka.. The reserve fund of these
banka averages from $ SO,000,(XX) to IKD.WJ.OUO.
Tbo Committee to-day agreed upon a bill pro*
posing that the banks keep their reserve
in 4 per cent bonds. The presumption is that
the banks would Immediately do thlfe, and re*
cclvc Interest In tbe reserves which they cannot
puff do on the legal-tenders ami gold lying Idle
In tbelr vaults, ami that tho result Would be
that litis large fund of *50,000.000 to f 100.000,009
of greenbacks or gold would go Into actual cir
culation, thus Increasing the volume of cur
rency.
■NOMINATIONS.
To Dii \fr»Um AundnUn Vritt.
Washington, 1). C.. March 19.—The Presi
dent scut tho following nomlhatlohs to the
Senate: John G. Austin, United Slates Consul
nt Iloilo, Thimphu l Islands,
Postmasters—James Cocy, San, Francisco,
Cal.; Melvin a. Cushing. Mtnonk, III.; Samuel
C. Camp* Wilmington, 111.; Smith A. Atkins,
Freeport, 111.; F. C. Kittenring, Dewitt, la,
tariff revision.
The Committee on Wars and Means continued
tho revision ot tho Tariff bill, and changed malt
to 20 cents per bushel of thlrty-foUV pounds.
CABINET MEETING.
The general condition of affairs In tho South,
with particular reference to the decision of the
Supremo Court of Louisiana In releasing An
derson, and tho nctloii of Qov.< lump
ton In bringing the militia forces of
South Carolina to tho assistance of
tho Government in HA efforts to en
force tbo itovenue laws in that State, was
tho subject of (lisciissluii nt the Cabinet meet
lug to-day, and expressions ot satisfaction
therewith were made by the President and Cabi
net ofllcers. The President did not hesitate to
sav that the particular events noted should bo
regarded as nn Indication of tho proper state of
public feeling in tbo South.
The Cabinet was also engaged with tho con
stderattoh of various appointments. The list
of Government Directors of tho Tadffe Railroad
has been agreed upon. The session was brief.
Secretary Evans remained for a long time In
consultation wltu tbo President after the other
members of tho Cabinet retltcd.
Mr. Sherman informed tho Cabinet of his ap
pearance before tho Committee oh Flnatico to
day.
DANK STATEMENT CALLED FOR.
The Comptroller of tho Currency has called
upon tho National Banks for a report showing
tbelr condition at tho close of business Friday,
March 15.
NATIONAL RANK RESERVES.
The ITouso Committee on Banking and Cur
rency to-day authorised Mr. Uardcnbergh to
report for passage tho following bill, which Is
tho measure introduced by him recently, with
certain amendments:
A mu. regulating the reserve fond of National
Banks:
Jle it enacted, etc,, That It shall he lawful for
any association ofennlzcd under the provisions of
the National Ranking act to aell or dispose of
legal-tender notes, which they are now required to
hold as a reserve fond for deposits, and to Invest
the saroo In nones of the United states bearing In*
tcrestntnot more than 4 per cant per annum, and
such bonds shall be treated at paras the reserve
fund of said associations now required by law.
PENSION DILL.
Tho Pension bill reported to-day proposes lo
abolish tho present eighteen pension Agencies,
effecting a saving to the Oovcrnatcnt of about
1000,000 annually.
GOLD CERTIFICATES.
It appears from the official statement by
Treasurer Gllfltlan on tho Itltli Inst., that tho
amount of gold bullion (bars) then In tho Treas
ury was $8,807,718, which is exclusive of tho
amount hem by tho mints and assay offices.
Tho gold certificates have never been Issued for
gold bullion deposited, although authority for
such Iflsuo Is given In the Revised Statutes. '
TUB 4 PCII CENTS.
Tho subscriptions to-day to the 4-pfcr-cont
bonds reachcd*lso,ooo. Tho total subscriptions
to date am $3,013,1W0. •
* HUmtAOB IN UTAH.
The Houso Committee on Territories to-day
agreed to report to the House, with a favorable
recommendation. Representative Luttrcll's bill
to regulate elections and the elective franchise
In Utah. Thu bill provides that after Us pas
sage every malo citizen of tho United States of
thu age of 2L years and upward, who shall havo
resided In tho Territory lor the six mouths next
preceding any election, and ton days lo tho
ward, township, or other election precinct In
which such person shall offer to vote, and no
other person whatever shall bo entitled to ex
ercise the elective franchise in tho Territory.
Tho bill disfranchises women, who now barb
access to the polls In Utah. •
TUB ItAtftlOADrt AGAIN.
The Senate Railroad Committee was ready
nut only to recommend a favorable feport upon
the 'iexas Pacific Railroad, but also to order an
adverse report upon the Southern Pacific Kail
road bill. The friends of the latter attrood to
make no further opposition In the Commlttco
to favorable action on tho Texas Pacific measure
provided that tbo Southern Pacific bill should
bo placed on the Senate calendar without on
accompanying adverse report. The bill retain*
mended for passage Is almost a copy ofTlhe
measure adopted by tho majority of tuo House
Committee.
THE IHSCOItD,
SENATE.
WAfuimaro.H, D. C., March 10.—Mr. Matthews
said that he was directed by the majority of tho
Committee on Railroads to report back the two
Senate bills in regard to the Texas Pacific Rail
road,—one Introduced by Mr. Johnston on the
10th 6f December, and the other by Mr. Dorsey
ou tho lllb of December laat, with n substitute,
and to rocommoud its passage. Placed on the
calendar.
Hu also reported’back, from tho same Com
mittee, tho Senate bill authorizing tho Southern
Pacific Railroad Company to extend Us railroad
from Its present terminus in Arizona to a point
on the lUo Urande, near El Faso, and aiding in
building tbe same, without amendment and
without recommendation. Placed ou tho cal
endar.
The House bill to authorize tho granting of
on American register to a fordßO-bntll ship, for
the purposes of the Woodruff scientific expedition
around tho world, was passed to-day, as Ucaue
from tbe House of Representatives.
Mr. Ulttlne. br request, introduced a bill for ths
better protection of acting plays and dramatic lit
erature. Referred,
Mr. Enitla Introduced a bill to authorise tho
Rarratorla Ship Canal Company tu construct and
oncrate a ship canal from New Orleans to tbo Gulf
of Mexico through the lands and waters of tho
United Stales, and to grant to said Company tho
right of way for that purpose. Referred.
Sir. Spencer, from the Committee on Military
Affairs, reported buck the petition of citizens of
Pennsylvania who formerly served lu the army
asking an appropriation tu encourage rlllo.practice
lu tbo army and navy and uniformed militia of tbe
country, and the Committee was discharged from
further consideration.
Mr. Davia (111. I. from the Committee on the
Judiciary, reported favorably on the House bill to
amend bee. MO. Chanter 1. Title L‘l, Revised
Statutes of tbe United Slates, tu relation to tho
Judicial Districts of Missouri. Placed on the cal
endar.
Mr. Rurnside Introduced a bill for tbe relief of
MaJ. Jacob A. Uurbonk, United Statci Army. Re
ferred.
Mr. Matthew* submitted a resolution directing
tlits Attorney-Ueucral to report to the Senate
whether the lands and right* granted by the United
State* to the State of Indiana by act of May U,
lb'J4. to authorise the Stale of Indiana to oiien a
canal through the public lands to connect the
navigation of the riven Wabash and Miami with
Lake Erie have, according to the terms of said
act. reverted tu the United States, and If an, what
action on the part of the United siaisa, legislative
or utberwUo, U necessary and prupvr to enable It
to obtain possession thereof. Agreed to.
The Senate bill to amend See. 2,4d4 ofthelte
vised Statutes, relating to the cultivation of timber
on the public domain, waa discussed.
During the discussion, Mr. Ingalls said the Tint*
ber-Cultur* act bad failed In every particular to
meet the expectation* of Its advocates. Instead of
being beneficent It had been Injurious. The whole
tbmg bail been a systematic evasion and fraud, aa
the people often claimed laud after planting a few
awltdiea not as targe as a gooseberry busn.
Just before the bill was laid aside. Mr. Deck
outereda motion to repeal (ho whole nr See. 2,404
eftbe lluvtacd Stalutea known as the Timber*
Culture act.
The Vice-President laid before the Senate a com
munication from fee Secretary of War calling at
tention tu the faerthat tbo appropriation fur print
ing fur that Department would soon be eabausted
and asking an additional appropriation of $*.15,000
for printing during the remainder of the current
fiscal year. Deferred.
Mr. I'addock called op the Senate bill which waa
discussed yesterday, authorising the Secretary of
the Interior to make certain negotiation* with (be
tie Indians in the Plate of Colorado. The amend
ment submitted by Mr. Edmunds yesterday, pro
viding that the proceeding* under the act sbonld be
reported to the Sonata only, instead of the two
Mouse* of Congress, was rejected.
The bill was then lead a third time and passed.
Consideration waa resumed of the Pacific lull
road Sinking-Fund bill.
Mr. Morgan argued that Congress had the power
to alter, amend, or repeal the Pacific Hallxoaa acta.
If Congress bad no such power, then it would
require but few more gigantic corporations to be
created to absorb all the powers of Coogi'j**, leave
the (iuvcn.uKol stranded, aud the people at the
mercy of these corporation*. lie argued that If
Congress had lbs power to make corporations* It
bad the power to unmake them, ilruuch toads
hire bi%n bnilt by these roads. They had tnllliobl
H their treasuries, fend the people of the fcoontFr
were crushed With tatatlon to pay Interest dd their
debt.
Mr. Mitchell then took the floor, bat Said ho
wonld prefer to go on with his remarks to-mor*
row.
The Ptnklng-Fnnd bill was then laid aside, with
the nnderstandlnjr that It should be unfinished
business to-morrow, and the Senate took
up the House bill authorizing tho
Secretary or the, Treasijry to employ
temporary clerk*, and making ah appropriation
for the same; alio making npiirbntlsPons for de
tecting trespasses on the public lands, and for
bringing Into the market public lands In certain
States, and for bthet purposes. ■
The Committee ort ApOMorlatloni submitted an
amendment to strike out of Ibfectattpe authorizing
the Secretary of the Treasury to employ temporary
clerks the words “not exceeding twenty,’ 1 also
that linking their compensation at t'J'porday
each, ann the appropriation tnetefor at 511,000 feu
as to allow tbe Secretary Of the Treasure to em
ploy temporary clerks without mentioning the
number, .and appropriating therefor 920,090 In
stead of Itl.fKK). Agreed to.
Another amendment, appropriating £2.000 for
tho care of horses and wagons for tho Treasury
Department, was agreed to.
The Committee ou Appropriation* reported Tin
following amendments: ‘‘Anl provided further,
that where wood fend timber lands In the Terri
tories of the United States ate not surveyed and
offered for sale In Ibo proper subdivisions, conven
ient of access, no money herein appropriated shall
bo used to collect any charge for wood or timber
cut on nobllo lands to tub Territories of the United
Stales for the use of actual settlers in tbe Terri
tories, and not for export.”
Mr. Beck moved to amend tbe last lino of tho
amendment so ns to read, “not for sale or ex-
Fort, "and. In support of bis amendment, argued
hat men shonid not ho allowed to go upon tbo
public land and make timber an article of mer
chandise. lie favored limiting the cutting of
wood for actual use only. , • • .
Mr. Dawes opposed the amendmentof the Com
mittee on Appropriations, and argued that every
means should he taken to prevent too people from
plundering tho public lands of timber.
Mr. Teller said there were no wood rings In Col
orado, and he (Toller) did not‘Hesitate to declare
it, tho Secretary of tho Interior to the contrary
notwithstanding. If the Hcnators who opposed
these matters presented for the benefit of the West
would take trouble to Inform themselves of tho
actual slate of things in that section they would
not talk so much about thieving and robbery.
After some further dllcusslon Mr. Beck modified
tho amendment so as to provide that no money of
tho amount appropriated shall be used to collect
any charge for wood or timber cut nn the public
lands In Territories of tho United States for tho
use of actual settlers In Territories, and not fur
export from tho Territory where tho timber grew.
Mr. Dlfeltto said ho would accept that amend
ment, lie was glad that the pending amendment
precisely and literally formulated tho issue that
had grown upon this question. A labored attempt
had been made to Impress tho country with tho be
lief that In thlfe Senate Chamber tho timber thieves
of the country found defenders and apologists, and.
under this eland of misrepresentation, tho real
Issue wblch bo raised against tho Secretary of tho
Interior was sought to bo obscured. I am fur
firosecating -tho ilmbcr-thlef. and I am for pro
ectmg the settler, and tills amendment,- If tt pre
vails, will force the Secretary of tho Interior to do
the same. The amendment only guaranteed to the
settler In tho Territory precisely what bo hail en
joyed from the foundation of the Government;
precisely what tho early settlors in Ohio, and In
diana, and Illinois, and MlcUlgad, and Wisconsin,
and Alabama, and Mississippi, and Arkansas had
all lu tarn enjoyed, and that privilege was simply
only that, until the timber-lands wero Surveyed
anil offered for sale in tbo Territories, tho actual
settlers might cut timber for their own use, and
not fur export.
Mr. Euetls said he wontd vote against any ap
propriation to pay tho Special Agents of tho De
partment of the Interior who were engaged in tho
business ot discovering and -pruseentimr persons
who werechargcd'wlth trespassing on tho pnbllc
lands. These agents, Instead of being rewarded,
as suggested hr tho Secretary.-should be dismissed
with disgrace from the service, The property of
tho people, of Louisiana was seized, anti In loss
than twenty-four hours the owners wore reduced
to beggary and Starvation. The pobplo absolutely
know nothing of thu proceedings ordered by the
Department of tbu Interior, which wero of a
despotic character. Tho seizures woro made on
Informal legal papers.
Mr. Dawos argued that. If, tho legal proceedings
woro Irregular, the Judge who Issued tfiO writs was
responsible, and not tho agent of tho Interior De
partment. lie was glad tho discussion had taken
place. It will teach tna Secretary of tho Interior
that It was hla duty to Impure into the conduct of
bis Special Agents charged with delicate duties. It
would teach him that this was a Government of
men. , 1
Mr. Ctulstlancr argued that the coarse pursued
In Lonlslana had no bearing whatever upon tho
course pursued In Montana. U was not to be ex
pected that tho Secretary of tho interior could havu
personal knowledge of ovory act of the timber
agents* The Bcnato would not havu heard all these
charges to-day had It not been that there was more
feeling ftrfblnst the Secretary of tho Interior than
for the poor settlers.
Mr. Sargent said when the Western Senators got
op here and asked for tho people of tho West priv
ileges which had been enjoyed by the people of
Massachusets, Vermont, and other States, they
were sneered at and their wants measured by
some county ot Massachusetts. This provincial
ism bo was opposed to. It Was unworthy of a de
bate like this. Western Senators were not to bo
turned from tbolr convictions in this mutter by
statements that they desired to attack the Secretary
of the Interior. Ko ono thought of attacking the
Secretary of tho Interior nnlll tho people of the
Territories wore dragged before the court*, their
property iclicd, nniUhoy themselves charged with
being thieves and plunderers. The policy of the
f resent Secretary of tho Interior was contrary to
ha wholo policy of tho Government In regard to
timber lands/ 1m (Sargcntl would so as far as
any man to protect the surveyed lamia and punish
men for stealing wood (herefrom. Tho action of
the Secretary ot the Interior was caused by a de
sire to Fain cheap reputationasaßeformer. Aeon
■ldcrato Secretary, Instead of turning tho Interior
Department Into a huckster shop to peddlu out
wood, would have called tho matter and asked for
remedial legislation.
Mr. Dawes said the remarks of tho Senator from
California (Sargent) were ns much uncalled for
by tne debate as they were by good breeding, ami
bis allusions to Massachusetts
Mr. Sargent—Will you piuoso quote anything I
said against Massachusetts) I deny that Isold
anything.
Mr. Dawes—l have the floor, and will not yield.
Mr. Sargent—l have yielded to the Senator from
Massachusetts frequently. 1 see Ills good brood
ing does not correspond.
Mr. Dawes—Tho Senator's memory Is as bad as
his manners. *
Continuing bis remarks, Mr. Dawes said then
lands of cords of wood wero cbt from fho public
lands in the Territories and ready lor tho market,
and It was that plunder tho Secretary of the In
terior sought to atop. no matter how much ho might
be denounced for being overaealous.
Mr. Sargent said tbesenator from Massachusetts,
in bis original speech, spoke of tbo people of the
Territories as tnleves and plunderers. Did the
Senator think that remark consistent with good
brcedlngt Ho thought be was entitled to an
apology from the Senator for quesUbnlng bis man
ners.
Ur. Dawes explained Ida remarks, and said ho
had no disposition tu indulge in any remarks of
fensive to the Henatorfrom California. He did not
mean to speak of the people of the Territories as
plunderers, but he did mean to say that those who
were taking property from tbo public domain were
plundering it.
Mr. Hoar argued that It was • bad thing for
either branch of Congress to undertake to con
demn a public officer Tor doing his duty, tho neg
lect of which would have maue him Hauls to Im
peachment. Tbe (Secretary of tho Interior, In the
very first report ho ever made tu Congress, called
attention at length tu this very subject of timber
depredations. Mr. Roar hero quoted front tho an
nual report of tbo Secretary of the Interior, sent
to Congress In December last, and. resuming bis
remarks, said Congress bad over and over again
refused to modify or change Hits Tlmbcr-Dcpreda
tluus set, and now charges weru being made against
a sworn public otllcer for enforcing a law tu pro
tect public property when Congress had over and
over again refused to modify the law.
Mr. Matthews said it bad been tbs practice of
the executive officers of tho Government tu punish
those trespassing upon tuo public lands for fire
wood or any other purposes, and bo challenged tho
bunstor from Maine (Mlalne) lu pulnt To any
statute authorising settlers to cat fire-wood from
tho public lands.
Mr. Rlaine asked If Itwaa tbe proper policy to
charge St a cord stompage.
Mr. Matthews said it was not. but It waa tho pol
icy of law, not tbe policy of tbe Secretary of'the
Interior.
Mr. Ulalne challenged the Senator (Matthews) to
point to an Instance where settlera bad, been
charged stnmpage,
Mr. IngaUa-Tcandolt.
Mr. Ulalne—Well, let us bear It.
Mr. Ingalls then quoted from the instructions of
J. M. Edmunds, CuiumUfiouer-fJoneral of tbo
Land Office In 1h64, issued to public Jaud-ontcers
to punish timber depredations, which’ Instructions
were submitted to tlie Senate with tbs report of the
Secretary of the Interior fur that veer.
In reply to a question of Mr. Ulalne, Mr. Imfalls
stated that the report showed that since the let of
January, 1(15(1, tbo sum of SIUU, UUB had been paid
tuto tbo Treasury on account of timber depreda
tions. He waa not assailing or advocating the
fioltcy of (bo Secretary or (be Interior, hue be* bq
icvcd in giving the devil bis dues, no mailer
whether It be (he Secretary of (be interior or any
one else. The Senator from Maine (Ulalne) re
minded him (Incalli) of tbo snake lalludlbraathat
“wired in and wired out."
Mr. Cbrlatlsncv inquired If anything bad bean
paid Into the Treasury on account of limber depre
dation* under the late order of the Secretary or the
Interior.
Mr. Ulalne said—Yes. About $5,000 had been
wrung out of the people of Montana.
Keplylugto the argument or Ur. Dawes in regard
(o the plunderers, he spoke ot that portion thereof
as a hole through which tbo Senator might escape.
Mr.JJanea-lf the Senator thinks anybody can
beat him in dodging from bole to bole to this do
bate he very much mistake# public lodgment.
The debate was continued at length by Messrs.
Wd before
the Senate tbs Sensta Military Academy Appro
priation bill, with a message from tbo House of
Itcprearnisilves disagreeing to various amend
ment* of the Senate to that Dill.
Ua motion ot Mr. Wiudoru, the Sonata insisted
upon lis amendments, aud a committee of confer
ence was ordered.
Adjourned.
UOUSk-
Ur. Phillips gave notice Hat when tbo Uotuc be-
rem to cohilder the bill tn relation to postal auk
lags ho wohld otter as a cdhMltnts tile bill favor
ably cdhildeted by the Committed on Hankins »Ad
Currency on tho name subject. .
Mr. O'Neill presented the remonstfaftce Of
printer*, elcctrotynnrn, booksellers, engravers,
and others against (he action of the Committee on
Wavs and Mean* In not Imposing dnty on Imported
stereotype and electrotype printing plates. He
fcned.
Mr. Durham, from the Committee on Kxpendl
tprrsln the Departraonlof Justice, reported back
the bill nil or the compensation or Jurors In United
States Courts, reducing It from s:i to $2. Passed.
Also a bill flxhtgthe feet of Clerks of said courts.
It allows a charge of 10 cents for searching tho
court records for liens on real estate, and provides
that Clerks shall account for the same.
Also a bill fixing the compensation of United
Plato* Marshals. It limits that of Marshals to
So, OUO, chief‘deputies to $2,000; other deputies
s.*• nor day. Passed.
Mr. Singleton reported * bill regulating adver
tisements for mall lettings, and ponding action
the tftornlng hoar expired.:
Air. Smith (PA.), from the Commute* on Ap
propriations, reported a bill making appropriations
fof the payment of invalid and otliOr pensioners.
It appropriates $20,280,000. Deferred to the
Committee of the Whole.
Air. Dnrh.im, from the same committee, report*
ed back tho West Point Academy bill, recommend*
ing concurrence In seme of thedonato amendment*
and non-concurrcnco in others. One amendment
tn Which concurrence Is recommended was that
depriving the President of 1116 power of appointing
ten cadets a year, and allowing but ten during bis
term. >
Air. O'Neill believed It wonld be bolter
to non*cuncur la the Senate amendments,
and to leave tlift power In the President to
make ten appointments at largo annually whether
law-or custom had established tho right., for many
Scar! youth! wbosS career In tho army, had been
istlngblsbed bad entered W6it Point by Preslden*
tlal appointments at large, and the act of Alarch 2,
18(19, affirmed tho power of annual appointment.
Air. Potter also opposed It. The Hoaso bid pro*
tided that when (hero Was no place in tno army for
cadets graduating from the Academy they should
rctlro Into private life. Tho Senate had rtlsre*
partied that action of the House, and had sent back
tho amendment which takes away from the Presi
dent the power of appointing Annually ten cadctq
to tho Academy, 110 hoped tho amendment would
bo Aent to a confotonto committee. .
Tim House then agreed to tho ropott of the Com*
mltteo on Appropriations.
Air. Hewitt (N. Y,) offered a resolution calling
on the Attoruoy-Ocncral for Information as to
whether foreclosure proceedings ar6 bow pebtllng
against tho property and franchises of the Kansas
Paclflc Itullroau. and the present condition of tho
same; also as to the extent of the Government in
terest affected or liable to bo affected by luen pro
ceedings, and what step* have been takob to pro*
tec; such Interests. Adopted*
The following bills worn Introduced and fe
forreds
DyMr, Blackburn—For the bettor protection of
plays and dramatic literature. It provides that
tho Copyright law shall cover nil plays purchased
from n torelgn author for the purpose of playing
or publishing In the United States.
By Ur. Springer—To authorlcfc the. coinage of
gold and silver on the samo terms, and to promote
tho deposit thereof. •
Tho House then wont into Committee of the
Whole (Air. Hunton In the chair) on tho Quncral
Deficiency bIU. The total sum rOcommcnded by
tho bill Is $1,980,405.
Without any general debate, theOterk proceeded
to rend the Dill by sections.
The clause appropriating 575.000 for construct
ing, repairing, enlarging, and renting vaults and
safes for the nee of tho Treasurer and Assistant
Treasurers of tho United States presented ground
for Inquiry by Air. Hanna whether these vaults
wore for tho purpose of hoarding up tho silver coin
lately authorized. If so, he was opposed to It,
bccauso ho wanted to eeo tho silver put in clrcula*
tlon Instead of being boarded. •
-Totals reply was made by Ur. Chlttofaden de
fending tho course of tho Treasury in not paying
oulnllvor coin for debts of tho Government. The
Secretary could not properly art otherwise, be
cause silver was receivable for customs duties, and
was now within I*lo of 1 per cent of the value of
gold coin.
To this Air. Hanna replied, quoting against Mr.
Chittenden a speech made by that gehtleruan char
acterizing tho silver dollor ns a clipped dollar. If
sliver was worth gold by within 1-1.0 Of I per cent
he would Ilka to know whoro the poor man had
been robbed.
Mr. Townsend (N. Y.) throw In tho remark
that nobody cared for the poor man half as much
us was protended.
Mr. Chittenden defended himself from the Ira*
nutation of Inconsistency on the subject of sliver.
Tho met* were beginning to bo developed, and tbo
gentlemen would And the Silver bill would bring
thorn results which they had not contemplated.
Mr. Young offered an amendment appropriating
for continuing tho surveyor tho Missis
sippi Ulver for tho purpose of reclaiming tho allu
vial lands of the Mississippi delta.
Mr. linker (Ind.) opposed tho amendment, and
argued that this was only the ontCrltig-wedco
which would open tbs doors of the Treasury to a
gltruntio raid.
Mr. Young said It would be very unwise for Con*
gross to etop this survey now. It had been going
on for years, and If it woro not now continued all
tbo woyk which bad been done would bo wasted.
Tho amendment was rejected. * *
Mr. Aldrich moved to increase tho amount ap
propriated fur the Custom-House and Sub-Treas
ury ut Chicago from SIOO.OOO to gdUU.OOO.
After u speech In opposition by Mr. Blount, tbo
amendment was withdrawn.
Without ilalshtng the bill, the Oonifnlttee rose.
Tho Sonata bill appointing Ucn. Sherman Ilogont
of tho Smithsonian institution, Instead of Geurgo
Bancroft, resigned, was taken up and passed, and
tbo House adjourned.
INDIANAPOLIS.
State-House Flans—Woman Doctors—Art—
Mllltln— I’aralyiils.
Special Dittxiteh to The Tribune.
Indianapolis, Ina., March 10.—Tlio cxamlna
lion by the Slate-House Commissioners of the
twenty-four plans submitted to them la drawing
to a close, ami It la boilovcd the decision will bo
rendered Thursday. The examinations have re
stricted the choice to three, upon wfylcb all five
arc unanimous as being the beat under the
terms; of tno law, and from these the Anal
choice will bo made. In conversation to-day
tho Commissioners acknowledged that they
knew the authors of tho three plans, but
they bad been revealed In a.way not Involving
tho architects in any dishonorable act. > It
Is generally understood, but not at all authori
tative, that two of tho three plans are those
of Bpptnghuusen, of Terre Haute, and Hodg
son, of this ettv. The latter built the now
Court-House. The plan of Mvers, of Detroit,
was thrown out because It could not be built
lor $2,000,000, the limit placed upon the Com
missioners. _•
The President of tho Faculty of tho Indiana
Medical College to-day reiterated the purpose of
the College to exclude women from tne classes.
If females want to be doctors, let them go to
female colleges, of which there are several in
the country, Into none of which moo could bo
admitted.
Tho Indiana Art Association will give a per
manent exhibition in this city during the month
of April, to which many foreign and Eastern
artists have promised to contribute.
A meeting of persons Interested In the pas
sago ,of a proper intlllU law by the next Legis
lature has been callud at IndlaoapolU for Mar
1(1 next. it U also proposed to have
a general parade of all military
companies In the-State. The proposition Is
under tho auspices of the Light Infantry of this
city, and in Indorsed by Adju-Ucn. Uuss.
Prof. P. It. Pearsotl, the oldest iposlo-teschcr
in the State, 88 years of age, ond one of tho
most esteemed citizens, was stricken with
paralysis to-day whDo lu Denham's music-store,
lie will uol live.
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Cufcisuuii, March IS.—Three wills of Tallis,
the millionaire miser, hare been found, and
were presented for orobate to-day. The one of
latest date, which bequeaths his property to bis
two Maters and numerous other relf tires not so
near of t Ua, Was secom paulcd by a written rev
ocation. The witnesses of the will,
however, after examination of the slgno*
turn of the revocation, pronounced It a forgery,
Thd more distant relatives will endeavor
to sustain tho will, ami tho two Alston are ex.
pccteil to do t heir host to act It aside. Between
the two interest! tho lawyers will probably fare
STATE AEEAIRS.
D«s Aloises. March 10.—In the Senate, tha
bill providing. for the organization of the mill
tie of the State was taken up m the special or*
deft and the substitute of the Military Commit
tee adopted. ‘ -
At 10 o’clock the hill to appoint o Board of
Hallway. Commissioners and to repeal Chapter
US of the Uwa of the Fifteenth General Assem
bly Was taken up, and continued until adjourn
ment. All the amendment! offered to the draft
nml second section* of the blit Were-toted
down.
In the House,tho following bills were paiscdt
To amend the code -excepting United States
lands from taxation; to authorize the Treasurer
of the Stdtc to par to sevefal counties tho
amount of awatnn-land Indemnity fund hereto
fore withhold under the law: extending tlm
time lor bunding.the cqunty.lndcbtcdncs*; to
legalize the foreclosure of .a corum mortgage
given by tho Trustees of tho College Of i’hya(-
clatls ami Surgeons of tho Mcdlchl Department
of the lowa University to tbd State of iorta lot
the use of the school fund; to establish a de
pository or depositories at Des Moines lor tho
collection of draft!, cheeks, or cortlllcalcs of de
posit received hr tho yrewarcr D f the State,
Considerable discussion was provoked on the
bill to tlx the fees of attorneys appointed hv the
Courts to defembpersous charged with crime,
and the House substitute for the Senate bill
was adopted.
In tho aitcrnnon session of the Senate, the
discussion on the hill to repeal tho Hallway
Tariff law was continued, and several petition*
wore presented on the question. Speeches were
made In opposition to tho bill by Senators Wool
son, flam, Humple, Young, llemcnway, llaana,
Maginms, liamcd, and Haines. The speeches
wore made on various amendments which wero
proposed to tho bill. No speeches wore made
by th 6 supporters of the bill, cither In Us sup
port or In answer to tho objections of Us oppo
nents. All tho amendments proposed thus far
have been voted down, the average vote stand
ing 20 ayes to 80 nays, every Senator being la
bis seat.
An evening session was determined upon,
when the discussion will bo continued. A Tola
will probably not bo reached until some time to*
morrbrt. *
111 tho Ilouso the following bills were passed:
Td legalize the act of tho Trustees of Algous
College; to provide for tho nppblntmcut of a
State Fish Commissioner at a salary of 91,500
per annum; to appropriate $1,460.37 for this
payment of military scrtlce rendered during
tho Strikes of 1877; to proscribe a delinquent
tax book; to remove llcmq and fur tho pay*
mont of taxes tft certain eases; making It un
lawful fbr Trbsttei of State Institutions to con*
tract any Indebtedness In excess of anproprla*
Honk, or to divert funds to any use other than
mentioned In tho Appropriation bill; to reduro
tho per capita of prisoners lit tho Ahatuwa
Penitentiary from $lO to $9 per month.-
The amendment to permit women to vote and
bold office was adopted by a void of 65 to 43.
OHIO.
fpteial DUpatcK to Tfia jyfAune,
CraoraifATt, 0., March 10.—The Democratic
Leglslaturo at Columbus Is making a record that
will provd exceedingly valbablo' to tho Repub
licans to tho approaching Congressional eleo<
tlons. It hoA gone through all tho public lust!*
tUtibna and tho large cities of the
State, and wherever legislation was need*
cd io turn Republicans oat of office
and pat Democrats .in It has been
promptly supplied. Tbd City Govommonts of
Cinclonati, Cleveland, Dayton, and Toledo
, have been reconstructed in a most shame*
.less manner, to stilt partisan'cods. Clove*
land, where the Republicans have- a popu
lar
ploco tho disposition of official patronage In
tho hands of tho Governor, while Cincinnati,
which baa a permanent Democratic majority,
Is tUrolshed with legislation of n directly oppo
, site sort, The attempt la now being made to
i Democratize tho police force o! Cincinnati by
putting it under a Board appointed first by a
Democratic Probate Judge and thereafter elect
.cd annually, two at a time, by tho people. Tho
; bill passed tho House under the party lash, but
I was defeated In tbo Senate to-day by.
;nno vote, some of tbo Cleveland Demo-
I crats, fearing Us application In their city, voting
j against It. It Is stated, however, that the nee*
cssary vote has been secured, and tho bill will
yet go through. The inconsistency of these
measures was sharply pointed out hi debate to
day. The Democratic argument was that the
parly just now needed the legislation, mid Its
representatives were bound to help It through.
Tho Democratic press, fearing the effect of tuts
kind of work, la Urging tho Legislature to pass
the Appropriation bills and adjourn. The ma
jority, however, ehqws no disposition to hurry
matters.
Columbus, 0., March 19.— 1 n tho Senate, bills
were introduced for tbo prevention of cruelty
to,children, and to punish offenses dgainss
chastity and morality.
Tbo House bill reorganizing tbo Hospitals
for the Insane was passed.
•In the House, tho House bill to restore tho
provisions of tlio Adair Liquor law was indefi
nitely postponed.
WISCONSIN”.
Special DlepateA to The Tribune
Madison, Wls., March 10.—Tho Assembly, at
the forenoon session, adopted the Senate
amendments to the Assembly Kcgistcry law.
Tho Militia law was killed. A bill appropriate
Ing money to tho various orphan asy
lums and charitable institutions of Milwaukee,
Undue, Green Day, and LaCrosso, was la
definitely postponed—(B to 83.
In the senate to-day, Gov. Smith sent in as
Insurance Commissioner tho name of P. L.
Spooner, Jr., of Madison, which was imme
diately confirmed.
Dills wore concurred to defining tlio liabilities
of tho railroads as to wages duo omotoyes; au
thorizing a dam across tho Chippewa River at
tho foot of Eagle Rapids.
Tho Assembly passed bills amending tho Ilu
vlsed Statutes relating to Ilona of mechanics.
Jn tho Donate evening session tho bill for tho
assessment and collection of taxes was reported
from a conference, with a substitute, ordered
printed, and made the special order for 10:16 a.,
m. to-morrow.
Dills wore concurred in relative to tho cor
porate Indebtedness of Racine; for the Improve
moot of Eau Claire River; relative to thu Police
Court of Eau Clalro; authorizing tho Red Wing
<fe Trenton Transit Company to transact bmU
ness in Wisconsin, and authorizing tho same
Company to erect a bridge across a slouch in
tho Town of Trenton; and a number of local
bills.
Tuc Assembly concurred In the bill to cheapen
the cost of the common schools of the Slate.
The Legislature will doubtless adjourn
Thursday,
AT CIdEVKLAND*
Clsvtland.O., March 19.—At midnight a Are
broke out lu tbo brick building, corner Superior
and Merwln streets, occupied by the Cleveland
Non-Exulosive Lamp Company. The building
and contents were entirely consumed. Total
loss ou stock, $300,000. Insured for SBO,OOO.
Tbo building was valued at $36,000. lusured.
but tbe amount la not known. Couso of lire
unknown.
AT PCORIA, ILL,
Fxoru, 111., March 19.—About 9 o'clock this
morning a (Ire broke put In' tbe furniture, estab
lishment of A. D, Host <Sc Co., and .damaged
the premises to tbe extent of $15,000. The in*
aurauefc la SII,OOO, m follows: Phmnlx, $3,500;
Itayal, $9,000: Ucrmao-Amcrlcau, $3,500: Ucf
moo, Bullulo, $3,000; Newark lire, $3,000. 1W
origin of tbe lire la unknown.
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Special Ditpatch to 3"w frtftunr.
Qbakd 1141*11)8, Midi., March 10.—Charles
Orcenabaw’s residence, near Holland P ll *i
burned lost night. Lou, |l,lOOj Insurance,
AT HAZLBTOX, PA.
Hailwtoic, Pa., March 19.—The Are on
Chestnut street destroyed three tenement
bouses end three barns. Fire families lost all
their effects.
OCEAN STEAMSHIP* NEWS.
SAW Fjuncisco, March 19.—Soiled—Stcanie*
Oceanic, for Hong Kong, via Yokohama.
CJubikstowm, March 19.—Arrived—Steamshll
Marathon, from Boston.
Naw Youk, March 19.— Arrived— Steamship
Enclapd, from Liverpool. ,
Movlllb, March 19.— Arrived— Steamships
Costaiia and California, from Mew, York.
IOWA.
FIRES.