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Show WISIIIXGTOX. The Texas i'aciiic Railway The Committee!, tic. Washington, 11. West's Texac Pacific railread bill heretofore reported re-ported is in all its material point? the measure which Tom Scott will urge hereafter. Its friends aievery confident of success, but many well-informed, well-informed, unbiased men consider them over-encoorageti and sanguine. The St. Louis convention has gained 1 them some western votes, but there is claimed lo be oflset by the southern indisposition to make St. Louis the real terminus. Huntington Hunting-ton wants to have the house railroad committee constituted to suit the Central Pacific interest, but failing in this, pays he will not offer last year's amendments concerning the Western and Southern Pacific railway, but will oppose all subsidies on high general gen-eral principles. Page and Wiggin-tou Wiggin-tou certainly will oppose Scott's bdl. Luttrcll and Piper will prooably decline de-cline to support it. Booth's support is not expected. bargeut declines to pronounce in its favor, although his irieuils maintain the sincerity of his hostility towards the Central Pacific management. He explains his retirement re-tirement from the senate railway committee solely because the democrats demo-crats have been accorded the fourth member, and one of the republican members was compelled to retire, and Sargent was the only one who already had more than a full share ol committee places, namely four, instead of three as usual. The democratic representative of California have recommended each other for the following committees: Lutrell, chairmanship of the Pacific railroads, Indian, naval or postal affairs and a place on appropriations, commerec, banking and currency. ! Wigginton, lands and Pacific railroads, rail-roads, in case Lutrell fails. No one can foretell what Kerr will do regarding regard-ing these suggestions. Lutrell and Laue iutend conjointly to move for au investigation into the alleged abuses of Kusso-American citizen in Alaska by the military under orders from General Howard. Tho charges are of unjust arrest and detention for illegal periods, and harsh cruel treatment generally, amounting to military despotism. Affidavits proving these charges will be submitted. |