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Show The InTPMlcallug Committees Cnremr's lc!ouce ol' Belkuup. Chicago, 25. The Teleuranh'a Washington special says that the republicans have been canvassing about among the democrats and are going to take advantage of the latler' desire to get away from here, and have agreed among themselves Ui oppose all reports of tho investigating committees being brought into the house except upon the regular rail from these committees. As these commilteeB have been called one this se.-siun, and other business ejver the precedence, it m y take month! to bring them into line again. Unle t the republicans gie way ihry hav. the entire control of this matter, u: the report of the committees cai I only be gotten in under a iiispenaion 1 oflhn rules, and tho democrats are not hlrong fnonh for this. So great has been tho eflect of this that several . chairman have slopped work upon their reports until the tost is decided . upon in the report from the invesli-i invesli-i gallons of the naval department. The weather has moderated to such a degree that just now this contest may prolong the adjournment. Of Carpenter's speech to-day a special aays: Ho declared that the mull arraigned before them, trammeled tram-meled though he was by circumstances circum-stances and public (.pinion, was innocent in the aiyht of Cod. Carpenter Car-penter then proceeded to justify his course in defence of Belknap by quoting from English jurisprudence. He repai d to the arguments ol Jenks who had qunt'd extensively from scriptures to show that it was wrong lo receive gifls. He said that argument argu-ment would have answered well enough if il nad been made to a con giegation of circumscribed piaris';es and Jews, but it was the height of absurdity when delivered before a body such ns t senate of tho United Slates. He satirically quoted in ex-tons;) ex-tons;) from th scriptures himself in imitation ot Manager Jenks, to show that tho Almighty had frequently reversed his judgment, ho could the senate reverse- its action as to the question of jurisdiction, which he went to show was wauling in the cise before. |