Show W 3 V V APH 0 na P ES S 10 N A L ry h enna nena re antt washington T 1 11 A jarge largo antim lu M 1 abe bei r of bills on the calendar not ob jact ejected eato to passed morrill introduced amendments to the itin sundry ury dry civil appropriation bill appropriating for a build building lug log for fon a natI national onal museum and for a grand stairway and terrace on the west front of the capitol ol 01 referred the blu bill passed reimbursing kan sas sag a 9 for repelling indian invasions invasion 5 resumed consideration of the river and harbor bill and the amendment increasing the appropriation pria tion for the mouth of red bed river 1 from lo 10 was agreed 1 to the lother other amendments of the committee committe ii on appropriations were agreed to appropriating for the improvement of the afis Alls missouri sour i river biver at Council bluffs and omaha and striking out the tor for lor the improvement of white river biver ar kauski kau sik morrill submitted an amendment ni modifying the last clause of the first section so that tho the secretary of war is directed to apply all moneys appropriated by the contract Ct radt when possible or practicable i 16 to the lowest bidder furnishes ili 1 ashes satisfactory securities agre agreed ed to burnside moved to substitute a Con eon commission linis lloil of hof three senators four representatives and three army engineers to examine estimate and report to the tho next neit congress regarding ing the gaps and crevasses cre in the mississippi biver river he said bald the present plan would ouid result in injury I 1 J ry ti 1 the country and produce conru crarup P tion lawes dawes submitted an amendment providing that all work undertaken must first be appropriated for agreed to p t I 1 burnside burnsides substitute was agreed saeed I 1 ta to 33 to 19 the question then belil belll being gon on agreeing I 1 to burnsides substitute for the amendment of bf ilie the committee it was rejected thus leaving I 1 both propositions out opt of 0 the bill 7 mitchell JJ submitted an amend emerit Ui creasing increasing the pip appropriation for constructing a canal around the 1 1 cascades of the columbia river biver oregon froin S to which was discussed at some length vand and finally allison submit A ted a motion to Iner increase ease case the ampro from to instead of Mi acce accepted pied the tho amend men mon and it was vas aas agreed to by the enate yeas 0 nays naya 2 I 1 aldef III submitted an amendment t to the second see cec certion section tion dir epting the of 0 var yar to cause elamin actions and surveys an and anh a astl estimated cited cost of improvements agreed to the senate then occurred in the amendments of the committee of 41 ati wa af whole and aud the the bill passed 35 to tr 2 sargent reported back tho the deficiency appropriation bill without amendment and ano it was taked take up in order that it should be ed business s tomorrow to morrow adjourned i washington naton 12 the house bill passed making appropriations for the tho payment of claims reported and by the commissioners i of claims under the ilia act of Corr cort congress gress of march with amend ia iia i ile indents ns extending the time of taking 14 vid ald evidence ell eli ce and ang submitting the claim gin sin gln cases now dow pending until march maich loth 1879 and also eltelle extending the term torm of office of the co corm corn in missioner claims until march mareb bolh 1880 provid provided edy edg that nothing in the act shall be so construed a as to extend the time for filing claims 1 before said commission n or enlarge W its jurisdiction or to auth authorize orize oriza fhe the v falin filin filing el of new claims ims 1 HOUSE t washington ll lithe the house 1 went vent ahtI into committee of or thew the whole hole bole 1101 aw an the sundry elvil appropriation bill 1 the a appropriation for the albany lIce ilce was increased from to r aldrich moved to increase the appropriation for the chicago cus q Q tom torn house HOUW from to awit J it would save to the government in the matter of rents at least aioo 0 within thel the ibex next two years S t mr foster moved coveato mo veato to fix the amoun amount tit at i mr atkins said that he had no hope of beating boating alayos aly aay of the apropo J forthe for the increase of appropriations since he had learned that last evening mr page had gone around rp un d c carrying alist hilst of names a asking gentlemen to attend a meeting for the purpose Eo he suppo supposed bed aed of forming a combination to put those appropriations appropriation s through and sayler bayler donled a knowledge of such a meeting meting log mr dunham sald said be had hoard heard of a combination mr bice blee 10 said that if a combination did exist its members were viere alive and should ba be trotted out and investigated ater further discussion mr fos proposition was agreed to an and d mr Ald aid richs richa motion thus amended was adopted 84 81 to 75 the committee refused to increase the appropriation for the cincinnati custom house the Ev and rapids government buildings appropriations were increased atkins stated that the house had bad indicated that ltd it I 1 desired estred to finish all nearly completed buildings moved an increase for the tho st L louis custom house from to rejected the committee then rose and und the house took a recess and will con elder eider the naval committees reports in the evening washington la 12 the speaker appointed wilson chalmers and anil bauks conferees on the mexican award bill the house then went into committee of the whole on the civil sundry appropriation bill when the section in regard to engraving and printing was reached kelly offered an amendment providing that no money herein appropriated shall bo be used for engraving issuing selling or otherwise disposing of bonds or other becu securities cities of the united states for the purpose of bringing about or providing for the resumption of spelle specie payments rejected ayes 89 nays I 1 AMERICAN ll 11 anderson after num hum numerous erous corrections in his way of telling ltv iti it informed the tho committee that he had haa given gen smith the letter stating that he be would withdraw all claims if his bis brother was appointed to the position in the ilia baltimore custom house bouse he hau had not nob thought of athla the other day witness identified a teut jett teller letter from himself to lieutenant governor antoine Ant olne oine written from clinton la september ard 3rd 1876 stating that the negroes did not re gister when the lists were first opened and that be he learned the reason was that the whites were keeping them in ignorance that he be had been counteracting this and organizing the party and thereby becoming obnoxious to the democrats who would bulldoze and kill him anderson except that they had bad been told that he was sent there for the express purpose of being killed and made into political capital and so he was safe witness further said bald that he did not depart from the truth bedfor the senate committee last year but bui made the tho best republican case he hec could in the after afternoon nood session Congre esi man darrall named the applicants for collector of customs at new orleans he believed no body was wal pushing hauth bouth the ap poin tee tea except the returning board matthews after interviews inter with witness authorized him to tt say pay ay 0 to o packard that packard pe ve acceptable to him although pre ly he had bitterly oppose t nac Tac packard kard witness testified at some length regarding the status of matthew Matthy wr rear regarding ding the lousiana affairs affair si rp mrs jenks being here ard add and she claimed to have a sherman asherman letter she had told bold witness sh wanted to help packard mrs jenks published a card saying she mever never had euch such letter and sherman denied its existence anderson told witness he had a copy of this document matthews had denied the existence of papers derogator derogatory to him and that he care to tako take them up matthews thought there was no sherman letter in a existence mcmahon handed witness a letter in witness handwriting by means of which ho he fixed the date of the conversation at about the of february this was the tho letter of darrall to Ander anderson son sOD giving an ac count of tile interview with matthews the letter ietter froni from darrall to ander son bon february was read say ing the writers prospects were good matthews and the cabinet reio were favorable and promising to write or telegraph anything new subsequently witness was I 1 informed firmed that andersons Andera ons atto attorney rhey was negotiating with tilden and his friends for the publication of these damaging in letters witness had not then seen matthews letters nor did he h know now of them mcmahon then read the following letter from darrall to anderaon march I 1 1 1 ary aty dear sir I 1 had an interview e I 1 with M this ev evening ening and told him what I 1 heard from potter and that you had been over and assured me the papers were all in your our possession and would remain eo so he said sald he had word from another a no aher ther source that propositions h had ad been made by some onea onen one and lad jad in talking re remarked marku marki d if all ali a 1 went right you were to give them up I 1 T said that would surely be done and be bp responsible hel he of course spoke only ohly of the sherman copy and I 1 referred to nothing else you had bad best write him that you were over but I 1 did not care to trouble him and that you assur assured edme me the papers were wr gresafe safe esafe in your own possession and would be given up when I 1 went in YOU understand neither of us referred to any paper you had from him and all lo 10 looks ag as favorable as we coula wish we will hear from marks tomorrow to morrow and 1 I will at on once i ce let you know write or not as you think best to M U but it 6 seems to me we better to write give my love to mrs A and tell her we are going to win write any news from the the sis SIA the understanding was bout about this that darrell was to ed collector and was to become responsible for the delivery of the sherman sher Aher mari mati letter when that was done A aldemon U derson derbon lad gad bad had writtie written assurances from Sher sherman bherman nian and nd beough h ton and matthews knew it that they would see him through andersen up to this times time deverre never represented to witness that he had bad done anything improper in the interest of republicans A letter was here read from darrall to an anderson derson march 17 1878 i saying that matthews told him hayes was dead against packard lind aud that he Al Matth atthews ewh ald tid did aid not want to appear in the matter more mote than he bad had on the next day darrall wrote to anderson calling ca fing ling attention to the of the louisiana court cohrt de lating the ibe he paper not such as could be forged which would deleme rele afao asao anderson and au all 0 of the others wels W was wan cuikau u to gor for for fon the purpose se it teemed of carry carrying ing out t hadu hade of some bome kind he says basis anderson tn derson should come over from philadelphia thul Thui thursday Aay three days later liter he express expressed et fear tear that wells would go in tor for packard and make trouble troubie Ero uble ubie witness being asked what the influence of wells a and ud ande anderaon AnJe rmon raon was in iii regard to th these thebe appointments said up to this date dale the only persons nominated were auch such is they had bad recommended they nad prevented the nomination of packard and himself and secured tho the nomination of smith that was his opinion april darrell broto brote to ander auder anderson son bon that it was certain that smith Leonard or would be ip pointed and the returning board vero were for smith which helped him he thanked Anderso anderson 4 just th the e ameaan ame a though they had bad succeeded on the ho he telegraphed ander on to come on th the a and bring tile the papers lie he elpi explained tined to the committee that he meant U all 11 the anderson andersen had and wid wanted 0 see what power anderson had ud wanted to see if he could aue ause matthews Mat thaws to render sufficient tS Ssie distance tance to him Laugn laughter ter ten matthews told witness be he had been informed that tilfen en or his agents had bad made matte a an u offer for the papers and the new york stork sun SUJ had a 4 copy of them and also sanator jongling Jon kling had a copy the commissioner of hid andian lan af ails fal s today to day received the following fol ful loWing telegram from donelson iq indianu alent at fort hall reservation idaho idabo could not keep the roa ining bannocks Ban nocks here while the mount of supplies was scarcely enough to feed the indians indiana engaged in farm ing see dispatches of april ad and ard ath the dispatches above ove referred to contained state statements ments that owing dwing to the spi allness af pf the appropriation made by congress s the support of these indians the department could not furnish any supplies tho the prospect 0 of f an issue being raised between helwee n the house and andsen senate concerning stanley matthews failure to obey the of the potter investigating committee has been almost entirely dessl dissipated p abed today chairman potters letter to r matthews assuring hia him that at the committee had na no desire to interfere with his performance of senatorial duties but on the contrary desires deares to meet his views of convenience veni ence as to counie time pf af attendance etc is lo construed to indicate very cie cle clearly r y that the democratic members of the com eom committee in attee intend fo to al allow lowthe the ma matter ater to drop dop quietly out ef of matthews of of course will not find it convenient to appear before potters committee while 0 o congress re remains malias in an session and after the adjournment the committee will obviously have no means of pressing the issue any further furth er ans aus and matt Mati matthews hews will continue to ignore alike its sub bub poona and this latest suggestion NEW NEV york 12 speaking of Furguson 6 new method of hatching batching mackerel and cod codfish ab the her ser aids rr r a 8 washington washing ton special saye A large r g shipment went from this city elty to sacra sacramento mento last night to stock the sacramento river rlyn and nd part of the young fish will be dropped at green gree n river which is dna one of tho the tributaries tributa ries of the colorado the washington special sas says there ere ia is a growing among decent people that the t e president ought for hla hia own sake ake to summarily pum marily dismiss from office the whole crew of disreputable people beginning with the members of the r returning a turn I 1 ng board whom his evil genius has induced hi him 1 m io fo favor contrary to the advice of many of the best men of his party the combination bubber kubber company of this city has failed filled liabilities william cullen bryant died at this mor morning washington 12 alex aiex H stephens has written a letz letter ietter to the chairman of the democratic exico executive committee of the eighth cov congressional district of georgia in iia which he says cays he shall neither seek nor decline the nomination at the tho hands of the convention soon to meet but if he says inthe the cofi convention shall repudiate me as an unfit representative of democratic principles pres pies and shall atte attempt t to ruie rule me out of the democratic party because of anything connected with my recent public acts or sentiment sentiments then isay tsay to y you 0 u and them plainly and distinctly that J X bhail shall regard their edict edlet as but a beutum fulmen issued rued sued by an irresponsible action faction of 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