Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-08-02

Wa .i,iI'rtAn, .Jul, 81

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Washington, Jul, 81
The Es.sas election case will be called
Cor 70. morrow At II o'clp~k, and the pre-
sioas question will be demanded al 3 -
clock, % that the whole matter viii be sell
lied to-morrow. Gov Reeder would have
been present and add e.. ed the House, but
- sick ~ Philadelphia, and will lie lrsard
ss, % q ell, BY letter.
Cossniitse Of the Who'll. on an smendur.n' /
making IN adJitaonsl appropp,atio4, - 500
no Tor the imp ovement OF X. nnebrc riv- |
o.. Nsine. u would have been adopted !
Bad not the committee been without quo
ysa. h roll call was ordered, aud the
committee rose aud reported 10 the Honse
ihai Il could do 40 business, as one hun
deed and twenty men had absentsd them |
Cen. Ian. We. preparing srly to Mr..
1nrIingaa.e's card in defence Of Nj
Brooks.
Il 10 reported that the President has ex'
pressed himself f,vorably iowa'ds lib |
esaiing Gov. Robinson asd comrades IN
Kansas.
New York, July 81.
The severe storm % last nigh, did con.
snierhble damage. The Fashion House
lssge and cos " hotel al Newport Race
cosrse, Long Island, was burned, said to
have hee0 struck by lightning.
81 Lnkes Church on Clinton avenue,
bS0Oklya, was struck and ne spIi- aud
tower - much shattered that they have 10
be rebuilt.
Warrington, July 81.
y0CsE.-Mr. Smith Of Tenn, called
sltsntion to the fact that the committee
% elections ia other contested cases had
reported resO' u,ion that tho contest
go va entitled to tho seat, but in this
they recommended that Recder be aa-
nittcd. Was right or might to prevail?
Nj Wsshburn repeated that neither
whitfield nor Kecder had boon chosen
BY existing laws. In the rrcs,n, case,
the committee had followed the preco-
dent Get concerning Wisconsin or Mime
sots Territories. II was competent for
tbs House to admit Mr.. Rcedcr.
Nc. Smith said that Mr. Reeder hal
NO legal right, but yet he would admit
him.
nr. Stcphrns, taking Issue with Mr..
Wsshburn, remarked that where there
10 . legal organized Territorial govern
1uoDt, come person must DO under the
Law legally entitled. In the case rcfcrr-
ed TO Ivy tho gentleman from Maine,
there was no organized government, but
~ kAnsas provision was made Wy law
for the election OF u representative.
therefore tho precedent did not apply.
IN the course Of his remarks he alluded
TO the adoption Of Mr.. Sberman's
amendment to the Army bill, saving that
y majority OF tho House TINS cyincel
dssire to strike down the main pillar OF
Liberty, namely, the right of the people
to bear arms, as secured by the consti-
tuition. When he saw such things he
Clwost despaired Of anything being no
gsrdtd as longer binding.
SENATE. motion Of Mr. Seward "A
resolution was adopted calling on the
Secretary OF War to report whatever the
public Interests required an Improvement
OF lhe roads connecting West Point with
to Interior country laying westward
thereof, and IL so what is the most expc-
dttious mode OF making such comlnuui-
cstlOn aud the expense thereof.
uOrsK.-The Speaker remarked that
M Rccder's statement was withou, date.
The Clerk then commenced reading the
statement, which is to the effect ihat a
great mass Of evidence renders it indis-
Iutable that the Legislative Assembly Of
Nansss vas fraudulent, usurpatinS
body, elected in q manner discraceful to
tho age. Ito Assumes that the law under
which Mr. Whitfield was elected was alb
soiote!y void, and calls for stern COM
meodation for such s,upendous fraud.
His own election so far rs time and place
were concerned. he says were not IN
accordance with previous law. lie
claimed, however, that no received IL /
large majority Of the legal votes, and his I
opponent though sustained by bands Of
voters from Missouri, falls short in the |
aggregate OF his legal vote. lie expros-
e. bis high qualification that bis previous
positions relative to the alleged cleo
tions have beer sustained by the recent
investigation, and repeats that ". Whit
held has no shadow Of right to the seat.
Intellectual efforts were here made by Mr.
Phelps and Mr. Humphrey MARSHALL to dis. |
pense with further reading. saying the state |
ment could be prinfe! Laid on the table. /.
M Campbell IF Ohio wanted the House |
10 60 into committee of the whole Oh tn. ,
forhfeation bill.
The public business demanded that they
should work after I O'clock.
The clerk then resumed The reading of
NIr keedcr's stat emenf. but before he had
hasshcd motion u adjonIn prevailed. Adj 4
Ournsi.
Mr. Sherman reported 10 Mr. Oliver re
psst OF the Kansas Investigating Committee
maintained that the truth of The statement '
set forth BY the majority concerning the in
.ss'on OF Kansas by the M,s>ourans aud
their violent conduct at the elections by
sranpIlng on the rights Of the resident ,o-
t.Is. Ha would vote for unseatnp Whit
field, because the latter represents the forces
who invaded Kansas.
Mr. Savage insisted tina, the whole trans.
ac,ion m Its origin was an Insult 10 the ron
sh'us'on and the laws Of the Uuit.d States.
he spoke violently against the free state
party aud Republic ans.
DEMOCRATIC CONvE TON.
Syracuse, July 81.
The Hards and Softs pursuant to cali Of.
'heir committee, met in tins city yesterday
ana organized separate conventions. They
afterwards united and the following ticket
MAS nominated f: Gov. Ama.a +. Parker.
81 Albany; L'ent. Gov, Judge Vanderbilt,
81 k'nEs onn'y; Canal Com John e. Rus
Sc" OF 81. Lawrence, States Prison IGspcc.
tos. NJ. G. Bergen Of New York CITY. Ci.,k
O. Court OF Appeals, a. G. Warner Of
Mohroe; Electors at L,rge, Addison Gard
ser and David l.. Seymour.