The Leavenworth weekly times., 1875-02-04
LITTER FROM WASHINGTON.
WAsHNGroN. ID. C. January :


EDITOs TINES: You have, long befols
this reaches You, been informed by tele
graph OF the position of the Civil Right.
Bill, before Congress, but if We keep silenl
about all questions save of those of which
no one has ever heard word, we will be
silent on most questions OF interest. Tn,
minority in the House are determined to
prevent the majority from passing any bill
on any subject that does not happen ,o
meet with the approval of the minority
They are enabled to do this by dilatory
pleas, under the rules established by the
Democratic Congress before they left thei,
seats to precipitate their States into The Re.
beilion, a-..-.
As A MEANS OF HANPEEiNG The MAJORITY
so as to de ;eat and annul The Fundamental
Z 60 &C e ne. =. hev at
lisned tne rule thai the gene. al ules which
give the minority power 10 hamper and oh
struct the majority should noi be suspend
ed by majority woe, bat that it would
take iwo-,hirjs vo,e to suspend. In plain
English, n majority carno, act freely, v,under
The rules, against The will OF he minority,
unless it is a ,wo-ibirds majoTi,y, SO they
may by two, birds vote susnend the rules
This condition OF tbioss has teen made
painfully manifest in correction with the
Civil Rights Bill now beio'e Cong.es The
majority wsoi 20 pass this bill. Tte min-
ority Is opposed 20 IL, and under tne old
democratic iule, they propose bv d"a'o'v
pleas, and all maoner
D'ssEPUrAB.E LEG.,I ,JlyE ECsHweAoG.
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Cn,"'.Ss '''' ~ '"'' sess''" "
ooh KANSAS DELEGATION
vo,ed solid for the suspension and would
no doubt, vote unanimously Tor The bill ii
they were permitted 10 vote on the subject.
There were sufficient number OF Republi-
cans 10 have suspended the rules il ihev
had stood true 10 their colors, but they
failed when the fight was hottest, and IA OF
them vo,ed vigorously against the suspen-
OF The rules, as they will against the bill.
The following list will show the fourteen
deserters 10 be from the southern STATES
mainly where it is not habitual 10 be true
to anyth ng but 10 love whisky and hate a
negro: Butler OF Tenn, Harrison of Tenn,
Lofiand OF Del, Lowndes OF Maine, May
nard OF Tenn Page of Cal, Sener of Va,
Sheats OF Ala, Sloan of Ga, Strait OF MINI.
Smith OF Va, Thornburg OF Tenn, Siam
ard OF Mo-, Hyde OF Mo.-14 These gem
tlemen, aii:kpf course they ore gentlemen,
hold the seals they now occupy, by The
chice OF their negro constituents-beho'd
the result! II these men, professional Re-
PuDi'cans' holdinS their posi'ions as repre-
nv 20 :he b,,ct man L;s n,,;on.j ,nd o',
si;,n;;onal riohts what sbonIJ We .. noe,
Of the fre.e,iing ne,ro-b,i;no white i.,o.
ne-s Of The sou,b Had these mon bee,
,rue the motion wopId have nr.va;Iad % :,
j. :, w,s host There rcro = p.nnbj;c,,
who failed 10 vote convenient w,v 20
avoid maI;ng , r,corJ b,J ,besa r,en,h. :.
vo;ed ibe measure wouId have nrrv,;leJ in
sn;,e of thc "a desa,,ers Tha fnIIow;r, !,
-, l;st os ;be ~ delicate Gentlemen who did
NOT w;.h {, burt oryona osnac;,IIy ,ben-
sslv.s. AIher, Of MI ,ih,;,,h, Of p,
CLARKE Nv P,p;ord of OI,;o E;alJ q.
Mich freeman of Ga FIVE q; Ne Har.
mer ri p, Have ~ of Mo Hend, If V;
UerSev of Ne Ho,rG + NJ W,ss Hoone,
n; Mas KiIIinger Of p, J,ns;ny oi NV
McD;II of WIS NcDong,,I Of X v Noore
Of Pa Wunn of Tenn p,cLor of p.
Ph.J,s Of NJ p;Le ofN II pl,;; Of 10
Pu,nam of Fl, .Sawyer Of WIS Scndde,
Of Y " Sbeldon of r, Sm;,i' of r.
Sm;;b Of n q s, Jo,n of n v S;oweIi
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WALL Of EJa Woodu"r,b Of 0hio VA
Of Al, Wheeler nj n w '
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IT, - has a. &C., ,i.r::oci
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an,..d lin h. - r.Oi.ma af ,La 9Jru
E;gais Eiil lint ihe time is com;n, and
now is, when they will want a civil, or an
IL, - 81, o. t.. f T.. ,n"m r;lI.s
nn, - ~. r;oh,s % an,.r ha,aIs nr ,nhI;o
o. "o',,a,aroo. 20 aS F. Anar;"an o;,;,an e.,
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IN ,ha ar,rs .ren muIsr ,i. no-t f,vnr,hIe
=; ia
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% ,LamSoi'a ~ "i "'' 'e "'''s" " ~''
coAAoS sho"L iki'il
no matter how many laws may be enac.ed,
unless they are enforced. The negro has
perfect constitutional right to send his
child to school the same as any other citi-
zen has, as the laws now stand, but who in
the south will enforce them? II Congress
shall pass score Of civil rights bills, who