The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-01-28

Hitchcock Morrill, (Maine), Patterson, Foreman
and Clayton.
Richard B. Irwin was again before the Ways
and Means Committee of the House the other
day, and accounted for 1862, 900 of the Pacific
Mail corruption fund. The list of recipients Of
the fund is nearly the same as that given by
Albert Schumacher received 100000; VIM. S.
King, 1925, 600; and John w. Forney, 1875, 900.
Irwin testified that King and Whiting, who re-
ceived jointly 1925, 1000, were employed to take
care Of the Senate, and that they performed
their work satisfactorily. The company had
previously expended 5000, through ex-Post-
master General Randall to silence the opposi-
ton in the Senate, and Randall reported that
Senator Harlan was to take care of six votes.
Schumacher was to influence members of the
House, and all frequently compared notes.
Schumacher was again summoned before the
committee, but his memory was sadly at fault,
for he could remember nothing about any
money transactions other than he had already
testified to.
Ex-senator Harlan denies TWINS statement
that he, together with Daniel Drew, constituted
the Methodist bear movement in Pacific Mail
stock, and were silenced by the payment of
1856, 900 by Irwin. e
The. House Committee on Patents have con-
cluded to report adversely upon the proposition
to extend the Wheeler and Wilson sewing
machine patent.
It is alleged that the enormous subsidy grant
ed to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company
was obtained by corrupt means, and that sutfi-
Gent data have been obtained to warrant an in
vestigation, which will be instituted before the
close of the present session of Congress.
Some excitement was caused in Washington
the other day by fire breaking out in the Navy
Department building. The fire was confined to
the upper story, and many of the official records
were damaged.
The Senate Committee on Railroads have de-
cided to report adversely on the Northern Pa
cfc Railroad bill and all others referred to them
proposing government aid or subsidy for rail-
roads, except the Southern Pacific Railroad
bill.
It is thought that the result of the Pacific
Mail investigation will be the finding to GER
tainty that a great deal of money was paid to
congressman, but that it will be impossible to
prove it.
Political.
The Congressional committee sent to Vicks-
burg to investigate the cause of the troubles
there have returned to Washington. 1t is stated
that the Republican members of the committee
have arrived at the conclusion that White
League exists in Mississippi and is a very for
midable organization that the white people
instigated the riot which resulted in the slaugh-
ter of SO many negroes.
Judge Wallace Democrat, has been elected
United States Senator from Pennsylvania.
The Connecticut Republicans have nominated
for Governor, Hon. James Lloyd Greene Mayor
of Norwich Lieutenant Governor, Charles L..
English, of New Haven; Secretary of State
Col. A. Fem, of Plymouth Treasurer, o. D.
Arnold, of Meriden Comptroller, Gen. R. B.
Crawford, of Norwalk.
Joseph E. Mcdonald has been elected United
States Senator by the Indiana Legislature, by
the following vote Mcdonald, IS; Pratt A
Buchanan, 13 Thompson, 6; Curry, 8 Hol-
man 1.
Henry L. Dawes has been elected United
States Senator by the Legislature of Massa-
chusetts. The vote was as follows Dawes
140; G. F. Adams, 90 j; Abbott, 10 H. L.
Pierce, E. R. Hoar, 8; N. P. Banks c.
Devens, Jr., 10. Whole number of votes, 269 {;
necessary to choice, 1875.
Hon. Thomas F. Bayard has been reelected
United States Senator from Delaware.
A Washington dispatch states that the House
Republican caucus committee has completed the
work of devising a policy with regard to the
South, the general features of which are The
Endorsement of the President in his Louisiana
action a maintenance of the Kellogg govern
ment and denunciation of the Penn insurrec-
ton the passage of modified Enforcement
act and the creation of Board of Commits
sioners to investigate all cases of outrage with
authority to report the evidence to the United
States courts for prosecution.
The Michigan Legislature has elected Hon.
Isaac P. Christiancy, at present Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of the State, to succeed Mr.
Chandler in the United States Senate.
A. S. Paddock, formerly Territorial Governor
of Nebraska, has been elected to succeed Mr.
Upton in the United States Senate from that
State.
B. G. Caulfeld, Democrat, has been elected to
the House of Representatives. to fill the vacancy
in the First Illinois District caused by the death
of Hon. J. B. Rice. AS the newly elected men,
Der has but six weeks to serve, there was little
or no opposition.
General.
A fire occurred near Boucherville, Can, few
days since, destroying farmhouse occupied by
Pierre Dulude. His wife and eight children
persisted in the flames. Dulude was seriously
burned in his efforts to save the family, and is
not expected to live. His wife and children were
literally burned to ashes and ONLY fragments of