| Show BY telecy TELEGRAPH RAPH congressional SENATE washington 7 A number of bills were introduced and referred offered a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the conati constitution tut on providing that the supreme reme court of the united states shall decide decide cases of contested election in presidential elections sherman bherman called up his bis resolution offered yesterday directing the committee on elections to inquire into the recent election in louisiana and arkansas some discussion ensued as to the constitutional right of congress to inquire into lato the legality of an election in a state but bui the resolution finally passed HOUSE washington 7 several bills were introduced and referred hale reported the naval appropriation bill appropriating as the spee epee special al order for next saturday niblack Nl blaek black from the committee on ap pro privations reported the annual fortification bill which was made the special order for tuesday next the bill appropriates the blouse house then went into committee on the whole dawes in the chair on the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill the bill appropriates on motion of mccreary an amendment was adopted forbidding payment daymen t of contestant contestants in contested election cases in the course of his remarks he be stated that the amount paid to unsuccessful contestants during the last congress waa was after disposing of about one fifth of the bill the committee rose the speaker announced the following select committee ordered yesterday on the credit Mo biller bilier and U P K R JR question wilson of indiana hoar swann and slocum EASTERN armany ALBANY 7 the assembly orga organized nihed today to day and chose A B cornell for speaker who delivered a long address ad dresp gov dixs alxa message was read he congratulates the state for the calm caim which succeeded the national election he regards the fact that five sixth the states cast their votes voies for the same candidate as an indication that the animosities of the late ye rebellion bellion are gradually wearing away he believes a liberal and enlightened policy by congress and an eminent citizen in whom public confidence is thus signally bestowed will eventually lead to oblivion of past differences tho receipts for the past fiscal year were expenditures these are exclusive of canal and free school funds WASHING washington tom TOw 7 under tinder cross examination oakes ames amea in the credit mo bliler biller examination thought patterson dawes schofield benham Wil colfax applied when they heard it would be a good investigation JB A alleys leys leyb testimony seemed to show that ames made every exertion to sell shares and induced wilson to invest 2000 of his cifes money but wilson afterward insisted upon their being taken back dawes also gave back his bi shares to ames boutwell took no stock block LITTLE koce roce 7 the senate completed the canvass of the vote for the balance of the state officers last night reporting the entire republican ticket elected the new officers were sworn and entered upon their duties today to day cincinnati 7 W J halpin an actor died at noon at hotel from the effect of injuries received last thursday while playing hia his part at aa a a big wolf with ned bunt linea company harrisburg 7 simon cameron was waa ie nominated re this evening for senator the vote stood cameron 64 kelley and wicker Vicker wickersham bhala bhain 2 washington 7 the credit mobil ler ier committee resumed investigation this morning colfax was sworn and gave his testimony in written form he stated explicitly that no one ever gave or offered to rive give him any shares of stock in the credit Mo biller bilier or union pacific railroad rali rail road he had bad never received nor had tendered to him any dividends on cash stock or bonds accruing upon any stock in either of said organizations and neither ames nor any other person con connected netted with either of baid raid organizations ever asked him to voto vote for furor or against any measures affecting its interests either directly or remotely or to ube uye any personal or official influence in their favor but upon the representation sen tation of ames that it wais as a paying investment he agreed to purchase 20 shares in the credit Mb Mo biller bilier at par to be paid for as soon as he had money that he had paid or on this contract burnever but never received nor was offered any dividends that hearing that litigation would ensue he be gave them up and that he never received his back again john B alley maintained that ames was honest and that the cry of stop thief it was raleon by the thieves them selves the chairman said he had sent a subpoena to the secretary of the B R it company to bring the books showing the holders of stock or who have received dividends NEW york 7 goy gov dix in his message recommends the uprooting of the present system of the city govern ment mentoe of new york and giving power to the mayor to remove and appoint officials niel fiet ais sis and recommends that in the city of now york the principe pe a of minority representation in the legislature be ad opted he refers to the great increase of crime recommends legi legislation that will more surely secure the prom prompt P t punishment of convicted cr criminals mn and 4 concludes by promising an earn earnest at support to all measures of reform WASU washington INGTON tha supreme court yesterday decided in the case of hutch ings versus the state of california that settlement upon public domain does not confer such rights upon the settler as will wiil prevent congress in its discretion from disposing of the land for other purposes congress Con grees is not restricted in its power to dispose of lands by sale bale or donation or preemption pre emption right hutchings had settled on the yosemite tract before it was granted to california for a public park at a cabinet meeting secretary belknap received a telegram from general emory saying baying everything was quiet general sherman and other prominent army officers as well as prominent officials in the civil service express the belief that there will be no trouble in new orleans NEW yobu york 7 in the tweed case after recess it was decided that a jury be tomorrow to morrow A panel of a hundred jurors is summoned the committee of the board of steam navigation reported today to day that the steamer ints inis missouri gouri was seaworthy sea worthy and well fitted but that there was an utter lack of discipline on board also that the vessel might have been saved from fire if the hose had bad been beon attached to the pumps when the fire broke out suit has been commenced by mrs B R B R benson against Commodo commodore vanderbilt to recover the value of a large tract of land in Gowa govanus Go nue said to have been held by the commodore in trual trust for the plaintiff and which he is said to have given his son for who subsequently transferred it to one litchfield for a large sum ST louis 7 an ordinance tore peal the social evil ebli act and all supplemental legislation was introduced in the city council tonight to night and almost unanimously rejected fla fia 7 governor hart and lieutenant governor stearns steams were inaugurated today to day at noon both branches of the legislature met in the house A B con conover over state treasurer was elected speaker by 1 a democratic vote NEW YORK ia 8 Secre secretary tiry fish is reported to have said eaid on saturday that the cuban revolution revolutionists I 1 ats not having gained any more ground than they possessed three years ago are noi nog any more pa entitled titled to belligerent rights now than then he also said that our government hab has no scheme of annexation at tending the navai naval force forca atthe at the sandwich islands it was discovered yesterday that one kidd a twine twide merchant in murray street had a train of fuse connecting his premises with adjoining property whereby they could beset be beb bbb on fire kidd was arrested and his bis office boy testified to seeing him making the fuses three large warehouses geb ees were involved in this attempt and but for the discovery a heavy conflagration would have ensued as the trains of fuse were nearly all laid in the upper stories and from roof to roof the new city charter prepared under he the auspices of the publican republican Be general committee will be presented to the legislature tomorrow to morrow it is probable it will be adopted although many of the fundamental principles recommended in the charter proposed by the committee of seventy are included in this charter it does not comprise the provisions on minority representation for the municipal elections in the spring and one or two other points which the charter of seventy had adopted among the principal changes proposed are the following the abolition of the board of assistant aldermen assigning the duties of supervisors to aldermen the preparation pa ration of the tax levy is taken away from albany and is confided to the city officers the mayor may way be removed by the governor in the same manner as the sheriff CHICAGO 8 A washington special says a measure for retaining over five hundred thousand dollars interest Inte rost from the credit Mo biller bilier introduced in the house by Itan Ba randall udall dalli daili yesterday and adopted was submitted to the president today to day and by him at atones once referred to the attorney general who will take graat care to select two able attorneys to begin the suit but he will postpone the matter until the close of the present congressional investigation as ho he thinks it proper that the case should I 1 not be F settled fettled before the attorney general seems determined to take advantage of this resolution to probe the credit Mo bilier biller to the bottom advises advices from new orleans to the government state that there is no probability of an outbreak there dispatches received this evening declare there thene th ereis ls is 19 a general feeling of relief at the decision of the senate today to day to order a full fuli inquiry into the condit condition loEf of af malra maira and especially the alleged fraudulent election which produced it WESTERN los ANGELES 7 sunday law breakers were asses assessed Bed light fined in consideration de ration of it being the first offense off of anse which were paid without demur A steamer today to day carried the first regular shipment of the season of oranges santa barbara 7 quite a number of invalids have gone to the sulphur springs which are fast becoming at al resort the sunday law was being generally observed no disturbances EUROPEAN PARIS 7 the assembly has authorized the prosecution of a depury fur acting as recon second secona d in a du duel duei i el the carlista Car lists have torn up the ralls rails on the roads between mirande VI rande and bilboa and between alagna and pam they also set bet fire to a railway station with petroleum completely destroying it and made prisoners of the railway officials and employed emp loyes of the north of spain railway and obstructed ted the trains which temporarily ceased running ile ILL MEASURES TOWARDS utan UTAH the removal of DI district strict attorney bates and appointment of mr cary is in consonance with the new policy which it is understood the administration intends to adopt towards utah we think the crusade which is about to be inaugurated against the cormons mormons is an ill advised one that it will be attended with no good results and that public sentiment will compel its abandonment don ment A slight retrospect will outline the significance of mr bates removal it will be remembered that more than a year ago the rev J P newman went on a controversial contro versal mission to bait sait lake city he tried to make president young and his followers see the error of their ways in the matter of polygamy his visit was followed by great activity on the part of judge mckean of the supreme court of the territory by the organic law of utah the supreme court is for the first six days of every term and for oora fors a longer period if the docket requires it invested with the functions of a district and add circuit court of the united states the mhd process cess of its federal branches of jurisdiction is executed by the united states marshal that of its territorial branch Is served by the sheriff in the first the marshal em the jury in the latter the elective officer in one branch off kenses lenses against one ohe tue laws of the united states may be taken cognizance of in its territorial branch it is governed entirely by the law of the territory the mormons cormons could be proceeded against either under the act of con gress grebs passed in 1862 prohibiting polygamy or under the territorial statute against lewd and lascivious cohabitation the objection against prosecuting under the statute of 1862 was that very few of the leading cormons mormons had contracted any polygamous marriages af ter the passage of the tho statute and it could ot of course under the constitution have no facto force judge mckean undertook to meet the difficulty by proceeding against the cormons mormons under the territorial statute but in the united unite J states branch of his court the marshai marshal summoning th the jury ejury mr hempstead the district attorney of the united baates states at the time refused to be a party to the illegal proceeding resigned and was wab replaced by a mr baskin an ad interim appointee of judge imarean Mc Keans B on an appointment oon which he had no earthly warrant of law this was the state of matters found by byar mr bates when he went into office in december 1871 As aa united states district attorney he was wits required to undertake the conduct of about thir thirty i ty cases case against president young and the leading mormons cormons Mor mons not one of of which were triable in the united states courts he refused until the supreme court of the united states had passed upon the matter that tribunal sustained him and yet he is removed the indications are thus very pronounced that the extra judicial measures set on foot by judge mckean are to be adhered to and that the judicial machinery of the united states Is to be made the means of perpetrating an outrage whatever virtue there is la in an abstract opposition to polygamy the administration are putting themselves in tho the wrong the offense offence against the tho territorial statute should be tried in the territorial court by a jury summoned by a mormon sheriff the fact that he will summon cormons mormons Mor mons who will hold that a polygamous marriage Is not a lewd and lascivious cohabitation and who will acquit the indicted does not alter the right of the case a jot that statute having been framed by a mormon legislature was undoubtedly not intended to apply to poy polygamy gamy and it lean outrage to give it an operation which its framer did not dream of and by a judicial machinery outside of the law the thing is a double wrong it is not only violently wresting the statute from its real purpose but it does it through an illegal process we have no sympathy with polygamy in the abstract but we do not wish to see injustice done the mormon people they have been of very essential berv bervice service ce in the grand work of development of the last ten years of the united states they have made an epic and exceptional record for industry courage and sagacity we dont expect to bee see polygamy perpetuated in the united states but we dont want to see an era of persecution inaugurated that will result in absolutely no good and untold harm his brigham youngs strong and alert will has vitalized vitali zed mormonism and hu haa given it a history for persistence pluck frugality and industry not surpassed by any people on earth all youngs projects have been far reaching and saga baga sagacious clous elous 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