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Show CAPITAL CIIATTEIt. Ills tr let Court J mixes lr WusliioiltoiT Territory. Washington, fO. Too president, to-day, sent to the sena'c the nominations nomi-nations of Kogtr S. Grccuo to be chief justice of the supreme court, and John P. Hoyt, of Michigan, for associate asso-ciate justice of Washington territory. In the Seward investigation tc-day a question arose as to whether Seward can bo required to tube an oath and testify on a tubf ccna served last night, requiring him to produce certain books, papers and vouchers, alleged to have been taken with him from Sbauhu to Pekiu. His counsel, Merruk, claimed that Euch demand was a plain violation of the constitution constitu-tion and common law, Seward bimg the prosecuted party. Mr. Carpenter contended that Seward must respond to the subecena, and could only plead the personal privilege not to criminate crimi-nate himself. The chairman indicated indi-cated his concurrence in Carpenter'B views, but reserved his decision. Tribune's Washington: Blaine's friends state this as his position on the southern investigation. Blaine ! declined serving as chairman of the special committee appointed under the resolution to investigate the southern electioo, because he knew well that if be accepted and went eouth in the discharge of the duty-there duty-there would be a howl all over the south that he had come to eti r up strife and ferment disturbance, that be might thereby improve his prospects pros-pects for the presidency. Inter-Ocean' 3 Washington: Yesterday Yester-day one of the curiosities ol the debate on the Indian appropriation bill in the house, was a speech from Wright, Pennsylvania, the "old man who likes to be called a demagogue," in nihlnK It nnnncr:,! a rrnn r i a 1 inn of $500,000 for "the nou-produciDg, non-taxpaying Indians," while not a cent was appropriated for working-men. working-men. Wright calls the Indians "tax eaters," and estimates that of the $20 per Indian that is aopropriated every year by the United cutes the Indiana get $2 and the otiicials of the Indian bureau get $18. During Wright's remarks the members of the house btocd in breah!e-j ut'.etUion, hlcI upon his conclusion congressmen, with no resDect for age or the demagog dema-gog je, hho'otird enhm-iasticaily, "Bully for you, Did man!" j Journal' j Washington: Tne Bliine ' committee will remain in Washing ton and expect to securo damaging evidence without tioing to the expense ol proceeding south. |
