Show HARD AT WORK Conyrcsj Had Keforc I Yesterday aLong a-Long rrosraniiac 01 Subjects CHANDLERS RESOLUTION ON NAVY ORGANIZATIONS Cun > IiIcrulIe Dliciitilon KuincJ Ihtreon The Krcolntlou UN tlnialel J rccd To BrTelcnpi t the NEKI 1 HLMTC Orznnlanllaai Anionc > nTJ urn feral A rnslliyl IIrunlws W SIIINGTOS De 19ln the Small the house concurreut nsw lutlou for a holiday recess from Saturday next till Monday January Olli sOas concurred In Stewart from the committee ou military nflhlrs rcjionled a resolution resolu-tion directing an examination l > y the Treasurer of the war claims ol the State of California growing out of Indian hostilities and disturbances disturb-ances ton to-n Culloni to proIde for Uie ceiebnttiOu of 40011 auuUtrfeary of thedlcoverrof America by an ex jiosHIou of artn industrletjiuauufae burt and jiroducu In IS9J Uy Gvorgc to nrmit the titatui to tax national bank notes and United States notes Chandler called up tho resolution oQlrul by him In regard to orgaul zatloua among uiy officers and their Influence on congressional legislation and made a statement on Uie suljixt lie difIred if I j > o siblc to protect thai natal ollicxrs from bung levied ujion and induced or compelled to pay money nhtch they could i oorly Ia for the Iur 1 jof IlillULiiiiiig legislation Hen otid He-n year or two ago Thouias J COH if present aaWant paj master in tilt navy prepared a bill for mi Incruie of rank and pay of olllcers of the navy I sas a very comln heiisiTu bill I contained no feature fea-ture of economy nliateter That bill had not been Introduced in either house but had been flitting around priaUly in print In con jltea rLllilh t luctloit with i that bill there had Ixcnumovement organized to H cure money from imal oflLen That movement had taken thapu In certain printed tliculors One of thee Irculnr Chsndlr sent to the clerks desk and had read I was from Cowle and dated December hId IS9 I stated tint John II Thomas of Illliiolshad Ucnengaged OH attorney to take chare of and advocate the rssAtiiui TIn JIr framed by him fur a reorganisation and Kjualization of pay of 11w per sonntl of the nay and expressed a hone that all ollicers l would I respond re-spond fpromptly t to Thomas coni inuuimtion In connection with this circular one from Thomas hiuiclf was gent to the ckrks desk and read I states that he had Iifcn requested to act in the matter that expenses mut necessarily L Incurred and time ant labor must bo devoted to the work and billie Thomasj projiobition depended ujion the approil of the ofllctr ad dreised upou his tending a ntnln Ins fee of So 1 and signing the contract con-tract of which a form sItto fUt t II a contingent 1 per cent on the iicreaMjof i > aj fur one year Chand kr added there went 15UO naval olllctrsaud this attempt to bt them into the movement had taken an extremely ollinsheeliape He submitted mitted to the Senate that It seal all extremely oljectlonablu and discreditable dis-creditable attempt to influence nlellllt Infuenco legis lation lie did not believe tlmtpucli a contrict ell if entered into would l > e legilly binding but at any rate It was a contract which absolutely aral > zed tilt committeti > of Congress who would have the bill under consideration Jlali upi > orted the resolution I and was of he Kiiet a milter of deep regret SOME MOltTIUCATION to know tat public legislation and ouUide eflorts In the direction of accoinji < hlng I wre bein hawk l shout by attorue 111 Washington There were a great many men living in Washington and living pretty well vliosewiurte of income was ilerived from their suppoced Influ enceoil legislation He ho > ed the resolution would b agreed to and promised when the Information > hel Illronatlon was i recxhed tint the naval committee 111 mit would give the matter a thorough investigation McllierMJiidtfended the act ion of Iaj ma tir owl and raid if tint ollicer hat discovered a method In which tie pay of the ofllccrs of the navy could be equalized t the mtiv acton of all naval ofllcirs he should b regarded as a public bent factor lintler faid that while ho had lltcr whie Ind sug gested the resolution 0 referred t the committee on nival ntlalrs he had no jectlons to Hi being adopt ted norto the fullest Inetigatiow of the rl tc The spirit of reform was abroad In the land political n form education non temperance temper-ance reform mil now there was ton be to-n lobby reform He MinpoMni that it was Utter late thin leer but I appeared to him to bo a tel lest III n teapot It was unfair that nil ofllcer of the nnvy liecauou lie chooses to exercise hU right fu a citizen of the United States to eni ploy counsc to represent him before Congress shall b denounced as if i he had been doing a very Imprope Imprpr thing and the reputable attorney because chose to make a contract with naval ofllcer n held up toe to-e country n 1011 ng Hme ceo IltOlltim ASH IltXTITVIlK He thought the whole performance was unnecessary and wished the elfort to drive awny the lobbjlstB would L applied in other directions as well as to tile officers of tie army and nnvy vthoee mouths Were dOll Cockcnll ixprefesedaitonlthment at hearing the temtor from South Carolina toy theofliciTHof tliearniy and navy hid their mouths closed and could not approach Congress Congress was just as open to then OH to any citizen of the Unlteel States The < iuestion was whether he ulllcers had a right to go Into I combination keyIng n fixed fee In ad vance and agreeing to joy a contingent fee llutler Why should not offlcirs lID I as will a other citizens Coikrell ThepubUs will I answer th ItiJhe I hold In I my hand similar circulars i med I short time ago In reference to another bill t Increase the salaries of ofllceix In which it Is stated the fee I SXW as a retainer with a contingent leo j ls i of 500 Such thing he declared was s dlegrace to the army and navy IUAner After further discussion by But ler Cocknll and Call the resolu tion was agreed to The resolution oflercd yesterday calling for information as to the disposition dis-position 1 Iuds of military reservations reser-vations relinquished IIY tile War Department was AGItCLD T The resolution offered yesterday by Coke as to the attack ou J uttice Meld In California nnd the killing kllul of Terry was referred to the judiciary judi-ciary committee Mitchell offered an amendment to the Pacific Railway funding bill which was referred to tile select committee on that subject Hu explained plained the bill itself was confined to the Union Pacific and Its branch ne and the amendment applied to appled the Central Pacificand its branches RIO Senate then went into execu live session ecu After the doors were roopincd mcaaagrt wire received from the I Hoiijeannouncing deaths dur lug recess IleprcfentatlMs Lidrti Townsend and Cox A resolution expressive of thengrtloflhe Senate I I was offered by Mandcrson Cullom and Evarts and agreed to anti as a I furthcrmark of respect to the to ceased the Senate lhe |