The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-01-26

similar language applied to Trumbull
The galleries enjoyed the excoriatior
each Senator inflicted ON the other
and laughed and applauded. ! They
were warned by Mr. CoIfax not tc
make any demonstration over the fl.
nal vote, and all was quiet then.
THE GOLD PANIC INVESTIGATION.
Richards ehell, a broker and wei
known Democratic politician OF. New
York, appeared before, the Houss
Bank Committee to-day and testified
regarding the gold panic. 1t was hi.
opinion that the clearinghouse eff the
Gold Exchange Bank contributed
largely TO the panic N Septembes and
vas a system that should he done
away with. He gave at some length
the details of the panic and the wide
spread ruin that it brought upon
houses and parties who did not par
ticipate in it. but who were ruined by
the sudden unsettling of value. He
was unable to say whether any Gov
eminent officials were engaged in tha'
combination. sa. -s
FIERY DEBATE IN THE house OF
COMMISSIONERS WELLS AND
THE TARIFF.
For three mortal hours the House
quarreled to day as to whether il
should print 1900 pamphlet copie:
of the recent revenue reported Com
missioner Wells, and in this discus
sion the whole Pennsylvania delega.
ton got fired up on the tariff.question.
resulting in the most bitter denuncia
ton from that quarter of Mr.. Wells
and his report. MIR. Cake, i;of thai
state, charged that Wells had been
bought over to free trade with British
gold, @ .
MIR. Brooks Of New York, replied,
repudiating the charge. Mr.. McCar
thy, of the same State, reiterated it
substantially, and said that this age.
as we'll as that OF the Revolution, had
its Benedict Arnolds. Hetilted with
Mr.. Cook, of Illinois, and told the lat
ter; gentleman that he had made q
false statement, to which Mr., Cook
replied that he didn't notice such Ian
gHage. L "a@ az toiaf l9i :. Fr.i
Messrs. Logan and Kelly then got
into a row. Mr.. Logan said that the
Congressional Republican Committee
had distributed one of Mr.. Kelly's
high tariff speeches rs u campaign doc
unient. Vf-4 l-t ihT ,a's.-
Kelly said that it was not true
Logan said it was true. Kelly re-
torted that Logan knew it WIS not
correct, to which Logan replied that
he cou!dn't hold any further contro-
versy with Kelly. Both got very red
in their faces The members haughed
immodcrately, and the Speaker ham,
mered for quiet. The result of the
debate showed that the Western DEM
ocrats and Republican were united
against the Pennsylvania and other
protective tariff interests. The House,
by a large majority, voted to print
Wells report. .rn @Hr
@ AMERICAN SHIPPING. 100
The House Special Committee, APP
pointed to inquire into the causes OF
the decline OF American Shipping
Commerce, hold a meeting tonight,
and agreed to report to the House a
bill providing for semi IN monthly steam
from Boston, Portland, New
Baltimore, New o orleans, South
Hamburg and South ArLer7
The committee were mot
at first disposed so include New Or
but Mr.. Wells, of the commit
tee, insisted that the West should
have some representation in the en-
terprise. The bill provides for eight
f~rst-class iron vessels of not less than
three thousand tons, and if built in
this country, they are to receive a sub
sidy from Congress of six hundred
dollars, but if built abroad,
half a million per annum is t. BE-
The lines arr to carry the
and be officercd by American
naval officers. The list Of incorpora-
.ors on this bill from st. Louis and
Missouri are John S. Phelps, George
Knapp, VIM. Mckee, Chauncy FIJI
ey, John N. Bofnger, John S. Nc
.une, VIM. NJ. McPhersol, Girard
b. Allen, John ] Poe, james Harri
,on and F. w, Gould. The bill will
probably be reported to the House
tomorrow. |
BLACKS LETTERS on STANTON.
Judge Black has written a spirited
etter 10 Attorney General Huar, in
,eference to his remarks on Monday
N the Supreme Court, on Mr. STAN
en-, where n he alluded to the other
member of Mr. Buchanan's Cabinet
, socretrplotteE5 with treason. Judge
Black who was then in that Cabinet, 4
links, that this is aoreaection wholly
Inwsarranted by the facts, andthe calls
IN Mr.. Hoar to substantiate his asser-
ION. Judge Black; has Jwritten ans
other letter of a more public hnracter,
which he states that while General
Dix, Judge Holt andihimself, as MEM
bers of the Cabinet, were working all
.ostinight and dav against seesssiomy
their colleague, Mr., Stanton. held
himself in a subordinate position, and
took no aggressive ground at that
time -fil ~. ~ HI kY9! -l'f1
CONFERENCE OF DEMocRArIcb MEM
f'"'aF a'H| BEERS. IA Acaaai
The Democratic members Of the
House met in conference tonight. at
the Capitol, Representative Randall
presiding, to, consider the propriety of
the Democratic. members re-
tire from further service an the Com
on Elections, on the ground
the Committee was sc ultra par
tisan in its decisions Of contested
election cases that no Democratic
member whose seat was contested, or
Democrat who was a contestant for
seat stood the ghost of a chance.