Show I 1 A a ae congressional 3 i kii kil h SENATE 19 ther vloe vlee president pres Tres ident resented presented a memorial aam from thi the dakota nakota legislature asking aid for the comp leVon of the Nort northern hern bern railroad D C 20 clayton introduced a bill to protect faeh fach each state stathin in the union from invasion hild and I 1 for tor other purposes the bill makes bakes the fhe invasion of any state for the purpose so or of violating the daws jaws of said state or of the U sa S or Unter interfering dering in any manner with the execution of the laws a fe felony lolly punishable by fine fino and imprisonment it gives the 17 S courts court 3 jurisdiction I 1 in ris in such cases and the fhe officials of such courts and all ali other ont onn officers leers who may be specially em powe redby by the president resident P of the US U S are especially required to institute eilf slie ute uie proceed proceedings ings logs against offend ers em and authorizes them to call upon i the land jand and naval forces of ithe the i 1 theu thou U a if necessary for tho the eu en grce Arce arcement ment went of the provisions provi slona siona of the bill the consideration of the legislative appropriation bill was eds thle the amendment reducing the rent of alex R shepherds house used by the post office department to isoo 1800 ISOO 1800 was agreed to some other minor amendments fc were we r 0 maue wade and the bill was report ed ed to the senate and the amendments ador adol ted and the bill passed the senate then took up the fortifications ficat ions lons bill and passed it it appropriates less lesa year al the consular consula and fand diplomatic ap atlon bill was then taken up ene eno the cue only important amendment reported by the committee committe ewas was one appropriating ap pp for the salaries les ies and expenses of br the U 8 und and mexican claims commission which wasl was agreed to and the bill passed tha senate then theu took up the pro posed amendment to td the submitted by the committee on privileges and elections provid ing dor dof the election of the p president resident and va vice ce president by tho the direct but without pro further than thun the reading of othel other the amendment the banate went into executive sessio nand naud adjourned I 1 washington T D 0 21 the vido vide vice president presented the mes mesi i of the president in reference ito 0 o strengthening the coast defendes defences de do fences haahn himlin from tho the committee commit on and retrenchment reported adversely adversely to the bill to re duce the salar salary y of the president of t the liou ilou U si a witha with a request that it be placed on the calendar with the adver adverse e report and it was so or tue the unfinished business ss being a from the committee on orl privileges and aud elections proposing linw ling t amendment an to the constitution n i in regard to the election of al dentandt den debit tand dud vice president came up morton motton addressed the senate in an elaborate argument in favor ot OE tap the proposed amendment he said the ithe question quA tion was wai entirely nonpar non par tian tinn ti an being simply it a proposition to home to the people pie ale as near as possible and at the parrie same time avoid avold the dangers by the present preset it mode mude lie recounted the imperfections of the present system among them the undue power of the vice president or president of the senate in the custody and counting count illg ilig 1119 of the elec ethral vote voto the danger of death or defection among the electors elec and 1 the virtual disfranchise hise mente ment orf a a large number humber of oi voters whereat in the case of many southern states in there was wab no electoral ticket fon for republican candidate candida tep another gi giat at danger was thab that attendant on throwing the election into luto the house of representatives the provision for chic which 4 be argued was grossly unconstitutional an election tion i by the house had been twice tried and the country ca kamenear came near boing being shipwrecked shipwreck ed thurman fully appreciated the danger ballge of th the present system aut hut thought this remedy failed fabled to meet thet danger as it provided for no nd tribunal hon bon the tho settlement of a contested election in the electoral college I 1 morton explained that there was a difference of opinion among the committee in regard to what this arl Ari tribunal bunal bunai should be and they concluded V to tb leave that whole matter 0 o congress thurman was wati unwilling to confide this great power to congress he be wanted it provided for in the constitution another objection WS was W S that it provided that a plurality and not bot a majority should elect Heur he urged geLd caution in dealing m ith sucha sucha grav enave crave mat matter teli and wanted the resolution laid over to for va a closer examination conkling con klang expressed hearty con currence in the several position thurman thurmal Thur man maD and thought the matter should rec receive elve elvo the most careful consideration pending the the discussion thurman moved to postpone its further eor cor sid bration until the first lylon ISIon monday day in february bub but as morton was wai not in his sea heu seat heat he deferred tor for tt fy vote chagla from the committee on 0 n naval navai af mior fiur reported adversely on ocl te the resolution to appoint a joint to inquire into the condition i pf af he navy nays of the 17 S n edthe committee was wash dies discharged charged frond erom its further consideration ad iou lou after the preen presentation tation i of a large number or of mitno memorial r llala resolutions and bilts billa of little public inheres In interest teres tse 60 question quest lour came cabe up or of the reconsideration ide ration of the vote rejecting the indian a appropriation bill and arld the vote was waa reconsidered to 81 hale me moved to Ze commit recommit the bill to the committee on privations aith instructions to re port it buch baek with the choctaw amendment mei dment struck out ou rejected yeas nays holman moved to lay the bill on the table not agreed to yeas nays and the bill was arain arnin rejected J yeas seas nays the vote rejecting the thel idil 1311 bill was reconsidered reconsider edi edy and the bill was referred to a committee of the whole on the state of the union to the speaker said aid the bill went to the committee committie of the whole as an entirely new bill subject to amendment i I 1 HOUSE I 1 i dawes pr presented dented Wet mores apology an and y intimated rat that it was satisfactory and abid alow d his discharge akrel abrel agreed to 0 o smith of NY N Y from froin the ille committee an n elections reported in the case of the utah mali delegate a resolution to exclude him on the ground of polygamy ordered printed maynard presented the tue report of the committee of confere confer conference ence enie on the hittle hittie tar tariff jar bill billj and explained ita its modifications beck sid eald he refused to sign the report because the house had yielded in every essential particular to tho the senate proposition to I 1 increase carease Da rease from 50 to u 6 60 per er cent the duties op on oll mixed silk good of which 25 per cent I 1 is cotton he characterized it as a little bit of stealing gotten up chiefly to be benefit nellt helit three ginev ew jersey manufacturers manufacture ra and would result in the loss of a million of revenue Ic kasson assoil di dissented irom from this vew burchard bur Bu chard ichard opposed the bill bin reily kelly a aser alerted ted that it would increase the revenue cox thought it wort worthless worthie hie bie s except as a miserable jobbing bill finally tt tile conference conf erenee frence report wo was agreed to 09 A motion to reconsider was tabled and the mii mil how woy goes to the president dawes presented the ca calof c of C A wetmore of the alta aua california califor nia and other pacific coast papers who having aid bid faid said in ivis lils ils that there were runa ot cibull ci V tion w with the pacific mail sidy was summoned beford the committee when ihen he said gaid the rumor was about the tracing gra pra a check from font bankier ban kjer to beck but he refused to lo give the name of bleau his hid authority tho rity ia after aate an indignant n t speech by beck a resolution was adopted summoning wetmore to the bar of the house bouse the sergeant at arms armb appeared with wetmore who still reclined to td give the name of the person mentioned becks name to him he asked till tomorrow to morrow to consider whether he could answer without a breach ot confidence dawes offered a resolution declaring that the witness was in contempt of the the house houghton advocated granting the time asked by tho the witness and moved to postpone further consideration of the matter till tomorrow to morrow cobb moved to adjourn which would have the same effect on tha witness the motion was carried adjourned the proposition to pay the choctaw indian award of nearly three mili wili millions lons ions was discussed at length and fiu fin finally ally alls agreed to and alid the bill reported to the house th the e choctaw claim was then amended by reducing it to six hundred thousand an and aud agreed to the bill was then rejected III lil to loughridge Lough ridi moved the reconsideration of the vote 1 hate suggested the of the bill to the committee on appropriations with instructions to report rt it back baek without the choctaw claim as that was the point of objection jec tion the speaker presented the presidents message calling especial attention to the absolute nece necessity sity for the proper armament of the sea cost de defence fences referred to the committee on milf mili military ann aff affairs hIrs chas A wetmore the recusant laci taci nio fio mail mall witness wit nes was vas again brought bi ought before the house and nihed whether he was now ready to answer the questions fie he replied bhat that he bb could not answer unless the question ivas was modified and he proceeded to read a statement showing why he be complained 0 of the manner of his examination yesterday saying that it must have been originally adopted by some person desirous of having the examination conducted so that the evidence should be made to confirm the preordained pre ordained judgment of the committee he said the cross examination of dawes had confused him so that he could tot yot not lot tell what he did know hu he had an idea that the person who told him that beck received a check was a friend whose confidence he be ought not to violate without con consideration 81 dera ti on of the subject he lle therefore asked time but was refused and was rushed before the bar of 0 the H house ouse he protested in the name of every american citizen against such examinations in future he ha proceeded in a rather impudent way to explain that he be not give tho the name arany of any party to whom he could trace the rumor and concluded by paying saying that hat ho he was ready though not wIllI willing Dg to go to jall jail but he expected the house would be satisfied with his bis statement dawes thought that the statement read by the tho witness was wags such buch u ch an arraignment of the committee that it was proper for tho the house not the committee to take notice of it 11 he moved the ordinary resolution that wetmore be considered in contempt of the house lamar thought the witness had purged himself of contempt by answering explicitly and positively that he be was unable to give sive the name of his informant and intimated doubts of the accuracy of his hla dispatches hale N Y moved to substitute ro for r dawes resolution that wetmore under the pretense of answering to the charge e of contempt had been guilty of a serle series i of gros and wanton insults to the houge house 1 11 in n the greence pre preb ence bence of tho house and that he therefore there foie be adjudged guilty or of contempt and committed to the custody of the sergeant at arms and confined in the common jall jail until the further order of the house garfield In intimated timatea his beller belier that the witness was not of sound mirld and le if this was ao ilo the punts punishment bulent ought to bo be milder page asked nale liale whether tho the witness ival was to be sent pent to jail because his answer was insulting to to the house or because of his refusal to answer the questions of the com corm mitte milte hale replied that the resolution spoke for itself hales haies substitute was thon then adopted and the wit witness fless fiess was removed by the sergeant at arms arnts and was subsequently conducted to jail ad journee jour Joul neu ned washington 22 monroe offered a resolution calline on the attorney general for information as to what steps should be taken to secure from each state the fulfill fulfil ment of its contract to preserve undiminished the principal of the fund derived from the sale of lands granted under the he agricultural college bill adopted obrien asked leave to oner a resolution asking the president to state by what authority the co courts arts or officers of mississippi at vicksburg b arg had been interfered withey with by t tha 1 lea arnay array r my 1 1 1 I 1 conger objected because that tbt was an assumption that they nley hi had nd been interfered with AMERICAN philadelphia pa 21 Edwin M lewis trustee of the jay cooke estate has commenced paying a dividend of five per percent beul in cash to the creditors of the estate whose claims were audited and approved up to fo dec lasta large number of creditors have been paid this dividend which is a practical be ginning of the settlement of the estate washington 21 clark oark bell read the certificate ate odthe of the secret secretary ary of the pacific mall mail company saying s that the records of the C company do not show that either or parsons ever were employed hy by the company dan and boyd winchester te testified stifled that the report connecting their names with alleged corruptions corrupt ions were utterly false and basele baseless bas elesy tho the senate committee on territories will report in favor or of forming a new territory north of dakota to be called pembina with its cap eap capital at bismark DETROIT 2171 21 1 tsaan s naacp P christian ic the new sena senator tor has been for seventeen years year 9 0 one of the judges or of the supreme court aud part of the time chief justice which position he has been elected twice wice by the unanimous yote voie of both parties ho he was originally A a democrat then a free boiler then tien a rp publican he is years of age and a resident of Jau jan JL ansing slug OMAHA 21 lung kinz kalakaua arrived here this morning mornin ghe 1 1 hv leaves leaver for san francisco tomorrow to morr morrow w ami NE NEW W ORLEANS 21 all ali the m mystic ys societies here have icide decided d to dispense with the customary parade en mardi gras on account of the absence of his royal hight highness ien leb king ki f ng prosperity sioux olty CITY 21 J despe Des pes pervis arvis arrived here liere to from the black hills he went out with col grows growls company which I 1 ch left lift liere here last october his party confined fined their operations to the southern part rt of the hills they found 9 gold 0 in every place they prospected 1 d but not in paying quantities the he eather weather has been unfavorable for dor gulch guich mining they recen recently fly struck a lode of gold bearing quartz of which he brought several specimens and good judges say it is very rich and will assay lodo 1000 to the ton captain Rus russets sels seis party which left here about the same mma time he be says are located in a more central part of the hills and are reported as m having been 21 successful indians who came ioto col growls camp reported abo about u i white miners in in other parts |