Show = ABOUT MONTANA The Senate Committee Takes Up tile Montana Senatorial Con lroicr y DR NORVIN GREEN BECOME EXCITED Canada S Independence The DA Lola Lottery Scheme loira Senalonfalpeic Bj Itlnmtt B lie EWEI rROJX THE CAPITAL The JlonUinn Nrnnlorlnl eaten TnYlIoIU Indian Etc WASHUOTOK March 1 The Senate committee I ou previleges and election took uji the iloatana sen torlal controvir y today Several hours Were devoted to discussing the legal questions Involved but no conclusion vas reached In tact the members or the commltieo hat but Just rcitJed printed copies of the arguments made by Paine and Jenks two weeks ago and haLl neither time nor opportunity to study them As to the questions of fact In the case the members of the committee knew Ilitlu or nothing and Chairman Hoar aud Gray were appointed a sabcommittee to collect the facts and report to the commit tee next Saturday ilvniLt bracts JltCleary today presented In the IIou < a rtsolutiou requesting the President to communicate to lint body If not Incompatible with Lb lie interests any correspondence had with tile MeStIdItn 1Oerumnt regarding the employment In the regular army of tho United Stateso Indian scouts for the purpose or pursuing hostile Indiana in their raids In the United States andMex co also any correspondence in n Kard to the proposed transfer 1rn th Apache Indians to Fort Bill THE SHIDV CASt At the resalott bf tile House com mlttcB investigating the charges against the Civil Service Commission Commis-sion today representative Kwart read a telegram from eiCommi9 eloncr Egerton saying that the charge that Campbell had givcnou civil tcrvlcc questions WaS neVe made known to hlth Egerton un1 tII the evening before he wrote his eltet towb the President and the reason why el was withheld was > eat known to those who conducted It Oberly had testified the other day that Egerton refused to have anything to do with the charge against Campbell Superintendent of Census Porter sold regarding SlildyVappoIntmcn In the Census Ofllce that Korevel came to him and raid that he Rooteveltl thought Shldywasun ustlydlsmlssed from Milwaukee lostofllce and asked him to appoint jhldy to a position In the Census Bureau He would not have ap eintod Shldy bad he been told that cln made falMj certifications In he Milwaukee pr > sb > nicc PostmasterGenernl Wnnamake was theu asked concerning his action ac-tion in the c1 < ot Shldy Reeve velt had told him that bhldy hm aided the Commission in Its Invest pitlon and Postmaster Paul had aken ofTenso and dlstuisfed Shldv Roosevelt had not told him of the charges against Shldy of making false certificates He was asked lit had been stated to him batShldy was guilty of the charge agaInst him he would have enter tined a request for a personal en oreement for a tiosltlon for hIm Vanamaker replied Certainly not Ho would consider a duty to warn tho heads of bIte depart mcnts against such a proD TUB PO11IJO IJEirr STATEMI3r for the month ending February Stl liowed total cash in treasury as per 73612 reasurera general account S2 |