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ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN KANSAS.
,.,iJ co,1s,pond.pee 9th. Y. Tribune.

Special CorTespondence OF The N. T. Tribune.
LAWRENCE, K. t., Feb. 9. 1882
bill sbolsbirg Slavery hiss at las. been squeezed
through both Houses of the Legislature. The partic
ulsrs are these:
Some weeks ago the House passed BILL No. II, a
SYNOPSIS OF which has beer since gven IL abolished
slavery, repealed all former laws on the subject at
tached severe penalties to all who should presume to
exercise the authority of master, or TO restrain any
person on the pretsrse he Save, made 1t felony
for any ore hereafter TO bring slaves to the Territory
for the purpose Of holding them as such, and finally,
assert ed the civil rights o. the negoe, except vons
and attached penalties to any interference with them
This bill passed the House by decent majority, and
went to the Council more than two weess ago.
Now after last Light, only three days OF tue SESSION
remained ANY bill not before the Governor. ere he
shut up Executive shop for the night liable 10 be
pocketed by that iIustrious individual, and thus
quietly defeated
Now. when the House bill came before the Council
il was well Understood. The three House bills had
been well discussed in that body, and both inside and
outside the bar Of both Houses, there was pretty
general understanding OF them There Is one piece OF
Legislative management, shall not call II trlckery
which has been quite in vogue 10 the Council III Is
when bills before that reverend thirteen tor some
person. who does not ike it, 10 rise and move Ls refer
ence 10 select committee OF which he under parma
mertsry privilege, becomes chairman; Having thus
got the bill Ill bus pocket, the sw-nskDg gentleman
keeps il there Illustrating the proverb that there
ere more ways Of killing dog thsn hanging him.
Tie evil genius of this AntSavery bal wac Mr. Root
OF WysDdot. He lie New Highlander, from Connee-
tisut, and hes always been loud mouthed sgainst
Slavery. HS the process referred 10 he g1 the House
bill ibUGshDg Slavery in bs pocket, and kept there
The House aud the pubc be came iDpatieut, but Sill
the bill could not be got back. AT last the bill was got
back to the Council, by sending the Sergeant
after the reCussnt Root 70 his chamber, and drags og
him thus, by the authority of the Council before Il.
In this way the bill Was dissorged, but j1st on the
heels OF tue hour when the Governor could pocket t.
When the biz thus came before the Council it was
voted on and lost to :. The Council then passed
milk .anc-water thing, introduced by Leonard, which
doee little more than declare Slavery sbolshed--a
declaration with which the Federal Courts here are
likely to make short work. As might have been e1-
pected the House refused TO concur. There was no
time 70 amend, or have Committee OF Conference.
To hold back their oil in this way, and then thrust
such ghost in their face, was very shabby. They
refused 10 concur they had RICH. 70 do aud eit
the Council with the respoI sbity OF assuming the de-
/ feat OF measure sbolishiDg Slavery.
For that, probably, the Council was already pre-
pared but of its members recoiled st the gull
before them. The popular eroen WAS already audible
ard deep. Mr.. Leonard became quite earnest tie
took up the House bill, after helping 10 nick II out,
and urges, What YVES very proper th.t the Councli,
by lie cesy, rad really made 1t is duty 10 pass tue
House bill, unless il determined 10 deisa, such
measure.
The vote sgsin required on motion To reconsider
the vote Indefinitely postponing the House Oh. -
far as the Courc was concerned this vas really the
vote on abohshing Slavery. IL WA negaused, aad
| the bill nnsly lost by the following vote
Yras-lTo recOnndsr)-N.tsrs Alba. H5.iay, Hzrdlns
Leonard sbb.t; and Babcock6 THE lsiter yh' rsge.nt.
Lawt1c- sad that l. pcrsolsy opposed . as op o-t
pressure of his cnrsfi.l-nry, voted t1r ~
MAS Srcsier Chains, Mead, SLse, PATH Z, hoot sEd
WIeot-7 III Is Jstce Ar CIss % s.-t" that he = pr
ty ceasis,eIt he :. To- only po-s.vsry Deno-Fa' IN
sts.T HoEs; elected from Achsoc Comfy tn
Fee sse men SEQ haze ino ,e- A,sli~os sp-e iioa
hsvps FreiErc . eject pTOsasIy aoa have that place
| the (SEafy sedLl
IL order 10 make this little worse toe Council 60
up string OF motions and couGter Ho,leus, n -lch
the question Was chased and tortured 10 every shape
and the Yeas and Naye called on frivolous nD.isns
that were lot designed to pl N anything, bu, =
plsee the precious gentl-me1 " night on the rscyri
Mr. Root vsit even far 20 igtrotuce another bi
with the most stringent feasGres IL evsu gave ne
gToes the rgtt OF suffrage ani declared rGn4Says
| free tie m1men. they entered the Territory. Cd
course thus sas mere clspusp, - such ti could
not go through, sDd Il II could, lTe "a ~ ta'' 70
pHt q through. To make the natter Tor-e, Il posi-
! Bile this even was ref-Fred to committee,
TIE House instantly heard OF tbis action, sud tnro~
ing asde every consideration tax ap tns C0loch o'u
e. w.s, ard, under spur, pushed /: thfOa{l IN =
cs pe at moments. l. IVES the1 disps.csed Ia Ess.e
TO The Counc. 1t is very shot hiJ, and eaa.t De
j sIgIeessc u lev u1Ls.se, sLa ces-gsaot u Tie