Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-02-12

Speaker Wiltz, it is said, rendered his resigna
ton, and Gov. McEnery, who was present by
courtesy, said by this action of the caucus il
was evident to him 1t was time to lower the
Democratic banner, and he therefore wished
to retire. AT mass meeting held on the
evening of the 9th, addressed by McEnery,
Wiltz and others, resolutions were adopted
'denouncing the proposed compromise in
strong terms, and declaring that nothing less
than the reinstatement of the legally declared
Legislature as it stood on the 4th of January
would be agreed to.
ONE of the Judges of the Cook County
(Ill.) Circuit Court has recently decided that
the law requiring ballots to be numbered so
that every mans vote may be known is un-
constitutional.
A BILL to abolish capital punishment has
been defeated in the Ohio House of Repre-
sentatives by AZ to a..
ACCORDING to Washington dispatch OF
the Sth William s. King had been found oy a
messenger of the House Sergeant Arms,
near Compton, Canada.
j. L. RoUTT, Second Assistant Postmaster
General has been appointed Governor of Colo
RADIO, vice McCook, resigned.
THE President has signed the Little Tariff
bill.
ArTY.-GEN. WILLIAMS has been before the
Select Committee ON Alabama Affairs to ex-
plain the sending of troops into that State
last fall. 1t appeared that he had no cor
respondence with the Governor of the State
on the subject, but acted on information from
other sources.
The following Is the message of President
Grant on Arkansas affairs:
To the Senate of the United States:
Herewith have the honor to send in accord
ance with the resolution of the Senate of the Sd
inst. all information in my possession not here
tofore furnished relating to affairs in the State of
Arkansas. will venture to express the opinion
that all the testimony shows that in the election
of 1872, Joseph Brooks was lawfully elected Gov
ernor of that State; that he has been unlawfuly
deprived of the poss ession of his Office since that
time; that in 1874 the Constitution of the State
was by violence, intimidation and revolutionary
adopted and a new State Government established.
These proceedings, if permitted to stand practical
ly ignore all the rights Of minorites in all States
recently readmitted to Federal relations on GER
tain conditions from changing their Constitutions
and violating their pledges If this action In Ar
whether a precedent SO dangerous to the stability
of State Government, if not Of the National Gov
ernment ALSO should be recognized by Congress
l earnestly ask that Congress will take definite
action in this matter, to relieve the Executive
from acting upon questions which should be de-
cided by the legislative branch OF the Govern
n1ent. U. 3. GRANT.
Executive Mansion, Feb. g. 1875.
THE Congressional Louisiana Investigating
Committee has concluded its Investigations
and adjourned to meet in Washington.
THE eastern-bound express train on the
Missouri Pacific Railroad encountered a
broken rail at point 115 miles from st. Louis
on the 7th, and the smoking-car, one passen-
ger coach and a sleeper jumped the track
and slid partly down the embankment. The
sleeping-car and the passenger coach were
badly wrecked, and twenty persons were
more or less seriously injured, one girl it was
thought fatally. -