Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-01-20

w.su,saroN. January 1eth.-HoUsE =
NJ Ross rising 10 make . personal
exnlsnaton. referred to what be had said
Yesterday i'm reference to one OF his col
| kagues (Farpswortb) drawing pay as
Briyadier General and Is member 81 Con
cress at the same time. lie saio ne mao No
knowledge or iuformation OF his colleague
, having done SO, he therefore cons'oe'eo I"
proper and Just 10 take II back
Mr Farnsworth thought the retraction
very well a fer as IL went. but II did mol
cover the whole case His colleague had
| snoken of relatives OF his wearing ehouider
s,rsns or being employed in foreign missions
NJ Rosa explained that part OF bis re-
mark was not inten led TO apply to Mr..
Fsrnsworih, but to his other colleague tMr.
| Washburne)
! Mr. Farnsw orth stated that he hsd many
relatives in the army who wore the gaIb OF
| a soldier, but the only relative he had in the
army wearing shoulder straps was gallant
officer who fell at Gettysburg. He had not
rotated, as his colleague charged, from one
| place TO another. When the war began ne
| rs.s.d . regiment ami took IL into the field,
and was in the service fighting the enemy
| when his constituents elected him - Con
grcss. He remained in the service until
March 4, 1863, when he rendered his resig-
nat on, and from that day bis pay rs an
officer had ctased He wished be could say
that at that time his colleauge tMr RossI
| vas not member OF the knights OF The
Golden Circle, fighting the Union army in
the rear
Mr.. Ross declared any such allusion tc
him WAS entirely without foundation il
truth. He had never been member Of an
such organization. He had never had any
eympathy with those who had been stri
wing to destroy the government by rebel
lion, and had done with those now trying
TO destroy ii.
Nr. Fafnsworth asked whether his col
league had not repeatedly declared on th'
etump in Illinois that the war was an abcl
ton and unholy war, and that be never hat
voted and would not vote dollar to carry
II on.
Mr.. Ross assured his colleague he ha,
never done any such thing He had oh
Iected Is the Democratic party had obiecte'
10 the war being caflied on for abolition
purposes, bat as a general thing he ha
voted for appropriation bills, unless 1t wa
something very obnoxious.
4 Mr. Fsrnsworth said of course he wa
, bound To believe his colleague. but he ha
, been told this morning by gentlemen @
the highest responsibility that he had nos
| in his possession report of speech mad
!, by his colleague in lodge OF the Knight
Of the Golden Circle
Mr.. Ross repeated his denial that an
. such statement that be had been in such
. lodge or had anything TO DO with such a
: order was false in every respect
The House went into Committee OF I'll
= Whole on the State Of the Union.
i Mr.. Boder addressed the Committee o
: the.euhject Of the treaty tor the acquisitio
). OF the Russian American possessions, col
). tending that the appropriation to carry ou
that acquisition ought 20 be d!sapprovec ar
=. REJECTED.
!, Mr. Kelly addressed the Committee 9
. the industrial interests Of the country. i
!. attributed to the contraction of the cure
~ cy and the inordinatc exactons Of tax
!, the present paralysis of trade. The Seer
y tary Of the Treasury and his adhererts We
D responsible for the general prostratoD
r credit and business.
it Wood ward, Blain, and Hubbell. OF VI
,t also spoke on the subject of the finances.
> Mr. Axtell opposed the resolution en-
N bill, and the Committee rose, and the lleu
r adjourned.