Show BY FORTY SIXTH CONGRESS congressional 8 ESTATE washington 16 bruce lbruce introduced a bill for the investment of certain unclaimed pay and bounty now in the treasury and to encourage the education of the color ed race referred windom offered an amendment to voorhees ea resolution of yester day respecting a commission to investigate vesti gate the causes of the negro nedro nero exodus the amendment instructs the commission to provide for the settlement in such territories ae as may be necessary for the colored people who have been deprived of their ri rights and may desire to emigrate ordered printed the house bill authorizing allowance for iose loaa by leakage or casualty of spirits withdrawn from the distillery warehouse for exportation passed A bill bin to amend seco sect sections fons fonn 2324 and 2825 2325 be Bt statutes atutes ao vio as to allow applications and affidavits required for obtainments obtain ments of patents for mineral lands to be made by agents of non residents passed A bill to amend article of the articles of war so aa as to provide limitation to prosecution for desertion and after being amended by edmunds so as to prevent its construction st as applying to difficulties a etc glo passed booth introduced a bill appropriating pria ting for erecting in the smithsonian Smith institute a statue of pro fro james henry referred plumb reported with an amendment to the bill introduced by paddock in marcu march iaal last to authorize the secretary of the interior to ascertain and certify the amount of grounds located with military warrants in the states described therein and for other purposes it provides for the payment of what Is known as the five per cent claims of various western states calendar on motion of mcpherson McP hernon hereon the bill introduced by him last session relative to the transportation of animals was made a special order for january ath after a short executive ber ser bession session blon slon i the senate adjourned I 1 HOUSE washington 16 king offered a resolution for the appointment nt of a select committee of 11 whose duty it shall be to examine into the subject of the selection of a suitable route for an inter oceanic ship canal to which all memorials and reports relative to such canal shallie shall be referred and which bhail shall have authol authority ty to report at any time referred the speaker then called the committee for reports the military academy appropriation pria tion bill was wag reported and referred to a committee of the whole scales attempted to report back the senate bill for the relinquishment of the ute die reservation in colorado objected to by mill mills converse chairman of the committee on public lands reported a bill for the establishment of a land office in dakota territory passed also a bill relating to the public lands of the united states referred money chairman of 0 f the committee on mica fica and post roads reported a bill for regulating the manner of expedition schedules on rates made a special order for the third tuesday in january bennett dakota territory from the F ame came committee reported a bill abolishing the military reservations lations of forts abercrombie seward and ransom dakota territory passed gibson asked that his bis bill relative to an inter canal now in the hands of the commerce com corn be referred to a select committee on inter oceanic canal this was agreed to and the speaker stated that lie he would examine the resolution adopted this morning to see whether it did not by its terms authorize the transfer of all bills relative rela lela tive to the canal from the committees which now have charge of them to it a new hew select committee morse presented petitions asking for the passage of a joint resolution now before a senate committee providing for the abolition and repeal of the legal tender power now given united states treasury note notes referred the house then adjourned AMERICAN washington 16 tha the result of the count in maine was the subject of general discussion about the capitol cap today to day senator blaine la Is still absent and some of his friends frienda say he will not come to washington till after the holidays congressman brye frye of maine says that in a political sense he ia is glad of it that it will react to the advantage of the republicans and that next year the republicans will eee bee to it that there will not be even technical grounds upon which they can be counted out congressman reed beed says the re publicans public ans are powerless to correct the abuse that all they could do is to submit to it that the fusion fata iata have a degl quorum of their own and that even if it the republicans attempted to setup set bet up a dual legislature tiie tile thes they X would not have a quorum quor tim congressman murch march a greenbacker says that governor garcelon acted in accordance with the laws and that an investigation wili will be instituted by the legislature which will demonstrate anat the republicans intimidated and bulldozed voters in the state it is conjectured that the chief purpose of this action of the governor and his bis council aside from the controlling state patronage for uhe the year Is to give the democrats a chance to elect a united states senator for maine with the aid of state senators now counted in who will hold over next monday being meeting day in the supreme court senator edmunds will move that the case made mado up by gen butler and congressman chittenden to test the constitutionality of the legal tender acty act be he advanced on the calendar wilh with a view to its argument and decision aa as soon as possible some persons are of the opinion that the court will refuse to advance it and will even pa reaps ultimately dismiss it on the ground that it is not a only a manufactured case but these apprehensions are not generally entertained chit is confident that it will be advanced he be does dees not believe congress will legislate en a the subject aud ald aud remarks that moat most members are glad that the matter is pending to in the supreme court 2 because it gives them an excuse to let it alone it Js Is reported on good authority that an old bill to organize the territory of Ok lohama which was yester yesterday dlly diLy introduced reintroduced re by senator veat vest the real purpose of anich is to open up the indian territory by settlement will be supported this session by a combination of western and eastern interests including the jay gould gouid railroad corporation so as to make its certain the house committee on the mississippi levies today to day agreed to report to the house a resolution authorizing and directing the committee to take a trip down the mississippi bis sis sippi about the loth of november 1880 for the purpose of gaining more accurate information in regard to the subjects within the purview of the committees jurisdiction the following dispatch awaa received tonight to night south pueblo col december to carl schurz secretary of interior yours of yesterday just received while traveling home your dispatch of the ath was received by us on the lith and communicated to ouray who immediately left for the camp of the white biver river utes to hurry up their movements before the receipt of your dispatch one of the 12 designated by us a son of douglass Dou glasa had bad been brought in but we instructed ouray to keep him and the others until the full number was ready to be delivered before B e I 1 left I 1 understood that a fe few w others were at his house but not all which was barely to be expected as a only nive five days had hid elapsed with the snow very deep traveling very slow and the indians indiana much scattered I 1 consider the surrender an accomplished fact and cannot think of the possibility that it be prevented although gen hatch may be delayed in bringing them out as the snow i fall in that country has been unprecedented eden ted and transportation por tation can hardly be obtained further negotiations in washington as to a reservation will be easier of accomplishment than our task so far will write you fully CHICAGO I 1 igi 16 it is stated that the vanderbilt roads are again moving in the much discussed question of the differential rates ra teson on esst east bound freight traffic which gives to baltimore and philadelphia a lower rate than new york it is claimed that vanderbilt is so dissatisfied with the arrangement and the discrimination there created against new york that he will begin to combat it a proceeding which would probably bring about a disruption of the present pool and cause another aggressive railway war the employees of the packing houses tonight to night held a meeting and decided to strike at 5 to morrow afternoon the immediate cause of the strike is the discharge by amour co and other firms of about a thousand union men the union now demands that paek pack era shall not employ nonunion non union men the packers say they will not allow dictation and are ready to remove their business from chicago rather than submit to it A number of houses did not buy any hoge this afternoon RICHMOND 16 the general assembly today to day voted for a united states senator to succeed senator withers the vote was was waa taken in the two houses in se separate bes ees sion in the house the nominees were mahone and general wickham the vote resulting in mahone 56 withers 40 wickham 2 in the senate the only nominees were withers and mahone the vote resulting in mahone 23 withers 13 the joint vote was as follows number of votes cast necessary to a choice 70 of which mahone received 79 and withers 53 the two houses will meet in joint cession session tomorrow to morrow a final ballot will be taken and general mahone declared elected united mates senator cincinnati 17 the first through passenger train on the cincinnati southern railroad started from here for chattanooga this morning the boiler in lewia lewis Trum trumbulls bulls Ps sawmill saw mill at collins Ind idd indiana iana laDa exploded today to day killing trumbull Trum buli bulJ his bis two sons tons and two other persons employed in the mill ET T louis louls 17 dr charles A smith was arre arro arrested eted and locked up yesterday charged with producing abortion on a servant girl named eilen eken singer the arrest was made on the confession ol 01 the zui zul aba and smith will probably be held on a charge of manslaughter the girls statement also designates a well known lawyer holding a high position at the bar and a married man as Ks the father of the ch child iid lid AUGUSTA me 17 the counsel were engaged last night in issuing the remaining certin cerlin cate which have not been bent cent out up to this time the members of the council official list will not be given to the public until tomorrow to morrow they say the house will stand 61 republicans 78 fusion and 12 vacancies the senate 20 fusion and 11 republicans washington 17 an informal meeting of the members of the national republican executive committee last evening resulted in virtually disposing of the main business of to days meeting the selection of a chairman and the time and place for holding the convention vent ven tion lon As soon as it was known that cameron would have a place upon the committee chandler and frye who had been considered strong candidates for tor the chairmanship announced that they would not make a contest with him for the position the general impression tonight to night seems to be that this will result in leaving a clear field for cameron A general canvass cany ass of yle yie views wo as to the availability of the various cities sug developed unexpected strength among the advocates of saratoga but chicago seems to be beyond any question the cholee choice of a large majority the republican publican Be national committee met at noon today to day at arlington hotel for the purpose of choosing a chairman in place of the late senator chandler and of fixing the time and place for holding the next national convention of the party the committee was called to order by secretary E R C Me Cormick A temporary organization was effected by the choice of elihu ellhu enos of wisconsin chairman and B R C mccormick McC grmick ermick of Ari arl arizona zons secretary nearly an hour was consumed in the examination and passing of credentials ol 01 those who appeared for absent members cameron of pennsylvania was chosen chairman of the republican national committee NEW yore YORK 17 the sun bounds sounds the alarm that the republicans are preparing to elect the president next year by controlling the legislatures of certain northern states the states particularly of in addition to new now york are connecticut new jersey ohio colorado nevada california and oregon new jersey and oregon have two democratic governors but the republicans have power to change to alter the method of choosing electors throughout the north the world has the following editorial governor garcelon and his advisors advisor have shave made a serious political and aud a not noi les ies moral mistake they have nullified the will of the people of maine as expressed at the last election en on account of technical errors and aversi oversights 9 ats these errors end over hights eights were committed commuted not by the electors but by the local calv canvassers ass the votes were in fact thrown out on account of informality in the manner in which they were returned there is no pretence predence pre tence that this formality was such as to leave the intention of the voters in doubt the tenor of all the statutes judicial decisions and treatises which deal with eleo elections lions ie Is that every presumption should be made in ta tsa tor of giving effect to the real intention of the voters the canvassers in maine have unquestionably nullified the real intention of the voters there is ja no dodging that facts fact and with lain lair minded people that fact will be decisive of 0 any controversy that may be raised it Is plain that the defeated legislators who have thus been counted in ought to refuse to serve and leave the organization of the legislature to the republicano republicans who vero were elected tolt to it only in that way can they remove from the democratic greenback party of maine the share of the disgrace which already belongs to the republican party ot of the nation Republic republicans auB should be permitted to enjoy a of the practices of madison wells and his colleagues if the democrats are to keep the advantage of position which john sherman and the two chandlers chandless Chand lers and S Ht ong stoughton on eave have ave secured to them the he republican of course are furious over what they call the maine outrage the star mar however says the democratic governor govern 3 or and aud an council bave have only done don then ther b L 1 sworn duty and in the next b breath r eath taunts the republicans with having set fet F et the example in the southern states regarding the maine affair a washington correspondent of the herald baya nays there is a most remarkable development of opinion among amour the republican members of the new york delegation whose views on the proposed caa change in the method of selecting presidential electors as expressed to your correspondent respondent col coi yesterday were published today to day days and showed with tew few exceptions a willingness to let the present a system Y stem of choosing them alone conversation with the same gentleman today to day showed that without exception they were in favor of the legislature assuming its full constitutional authority by repealing the existing law providing for the election by the people and enacting that hereafter the entire body of electors for the state of new york should be chosen directly by the legislature FOREIGN LONDO I 1 16 6 A correspondent of the timis is at babul telegraphed on the that the troops are in excellent spirits 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