St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-02-25
From Washington.

stephens, Morrill,, Lctchcr, Wade, Quit
man, Winslow, Bennett, White, wal
bridge, Anderson, Stevenson, ADRIAN
Buffinton and Russell. Eight OF these
fifteen gentlemen are in favor OF admit
ting Kansas without inquiry. Inc
making up of the committee Is vio-
lation of all sound parliamentary prin-
ciples and precedcnts. The House
having determined in favor OF inquiry
the committee should have represent
ed the Judgment of the House.
At the first meeting of the Harris
Kansas Committee they had rather
stormy time. The majority voted
down every proposition looking to a
fair investigation of the facts. Mr..
Morrill, offered resolution summonlng
Walker, Calhoun, Stanton, and Hen
dcrSon for examination, and requiring
them to bring all documents In their
possession bearing upon the subject.
This resolution and four or five others
of like character were promptly voted
down by vote of to I. a resolu-
ton to procure from the State Depart
ment the census and registry of votes
taken in Kansas was adopted and the
committee adjourned.
The policy of the Administration is
| to crowd through Lecompton as speed
lily as possible 1t will first pass the
Senate, and then be put through the
House, perhaps long before the Harris
committee will be ready to report.
The Senate Territorial Committee
have made three reports on the admls-
sion of Kansas. Mr.. Green for the
majority reported in favor Of the UNI
conditional admission of Kansas on
an equal footing with the original
States. Mr.. Douglas in his report dis
scented from the majority on the ground
that the Lecompton constitution is not
the act and deed Of the people of Kan
sas. Messrs. Collamcr and Wade
reviewed the Kansas troubles and
wished the people there may be permit
ted to make their constitution and
laws without Executive interference
and in accordance with the Kansas
Nebraska act.
All the Republican Senator's are in
tending TO take part in the debate up
, on the admission of Kansas. Douglas
will make a great demonstration. lie
and the several other anti-Lecompton
Democrats consider themselves as fin
allv separated from the Administra-
ton party. They are not allowed lon
t ger to meet in caucus with them. A
, new political party on the anti lie,
compton basis will be the result.
t Mr.. Washburn of Illinois, from tho
t committee OH commerce, reported back
/ with a recommendation that they dc
: not pass, a bill to provide for the con
struction of a custom house and post
: office building at kcokuk, Iowa, and q
:. bill to provide for the erection of 6
:. marine hospital at the same place.
$ On the 18TH Mr.. Campbell asked
y leave to introduce bill requesting
, the President to negotiate for the pur
chase of British North America anC
Cuba-thc people of said provinces tc
regulate their institutions in their owl
). way. Ayes only 10
S The speech of Mr.. Fcssendcn o
e Maine, in the Senate on the Sth inst.
It reviewing the Lecompton message, The
+ opinion of the supreme court and The
o whole Kansas policy of the Govern
t ment, is pronounced one of the ables
4 and most lucid expositions which tho
: subject has yet received in the Senate
jeff. Davis was much excited by its
positions and declarations, and per
e haps smarting under defeat in tn,
- House, attempted to criticisc it ii
: rather an offensive tone. Mr.. Fessen
: denis reply was brave, manly ant
e prompt He told the fire-eater that NJ
n intimidation would deter him from ma
o king the freest expression Of his opin
S ion and action. and that when he wa.
compelled to regard consequences o
s any sort, i'll a question Of duty, HI
s would resign his seat.
e kcitt, the chief niggcr-drivcr in til,
y House, who had his comb 50 we'll cut
and his tail feathers pulled out b,
Grow, has not staggered half s.
q largely since. That scientific clip III
u der the car, which he mistook for
q stub of the toe, has done him good.
7, The Committee appointed to flint
Is out what became of the $S7 900, pail
T. by Lawrence, Stone & Co., to brib'
r. the the Free Wool Bill through Cor
gress, seem to be in pursuit of knowl
e edge under difficulties Williamson
e of New York, offered to prove how ;
g million of British and French gold hat
s. been employed to break down tn
e Wing tariff of 1912, and to establish
q free trade for European goods, at the
l. expense of American manufactures
But as it was understood, that this
money had passed into the hands o
& Democratic politicians, duplicating
u even Buchanan, the Committee shu
re down on Mr. w., and refused to heal
s. his testimony!
: The next witness summoned, was
= Wolcott, of Massachusetts, the conf
- Dental agent of Lawrence, Stone 4
. Co. He refused to tell what he di,
~ with $5s, 900 placed in his hands, as
corruption fund. He denied having
q paid it to members of Congress bu
- declined informing the Committc wha
= had become of the money. The i'm
preston appears to be, that it wen
into his own pockets, and that it wa
paid him after the adjournment in tw'
:, payments-one of $25, 900 and one 0
;, $50, 900.
n OF course, his employers supposed
If that be had disbursed it in the shap,
4 of brides to secure the passage of tn,
free wool clause of the tariff. 1t woulc
be funny, if he played Yankee upol
his Yankee principals. 1t is more thai
> likely that he creased his own fingers
- well, whatever he did with the rest o.
a the money.
it The Fort Smelling Investigation
q seems likely to show that the job wal