Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-02-13

made by one Of the opponents Of the meas
uIe, IN significant way. tO PTes.dent-maE-
ing. This brought Mr. Ward tm) TO his
teet. who said that Mr.. Blaine was in the
h2ll, and lie would like to hear from him.
MR.. BLAINE
expressed himself against the suspension OF
the hgtoas corpus as proposed il the pending 2
bill, which is 10 suspend il throughout the
whole United States at the pleasure Of The
President without limitat ion as TO time
thus making ii a permanent law OF the cOuH-
uy that the President may. at anv time
suspend the writ This, Mr.. Blaine said, he
could never support.
Mr. White. of Alabama. replied by quoting
the act Of 1871. authorizing the Suspension Of
the writ for the suppression Of The l1u-kluX
and arguing that the white iCaSuerS needed
SupFrcSSiEg as much now as the ku-5luX did
then and il could only bc done by ;ac re
enactment of such law.
The debate was further continued in oppO
SitiOn to the measure by MeSsrS PoIart a
VT: Smith, of Va. Garfield of Ohio and
Pierce. OF Mass; and in favor Of ia bv Me>SrS
" ara, OF III; Cessna. Of Pa; Walls, OF Fla;
Shanks. of Ind; Pelham. OF Ala; Albright
OF Pa; CObuTn, Of Ind; Wallace. of \ e
and HyneS, of Ark. After which the vote
was taken, and the bill, minus the third sec
ton, was adopted by fully a three fnurthS
vote of the members present. 4 resolution
was then adopted directing Mr. C0buru 10 in
trodUce the bill. The caucus then at few
moments after mIInIght. adjourned.
y BRInEGRoON's INsANTTN.-A diSpatch
rom BarkerSbUFg. West Virginia. to the
PlttSbUrg Commercial, dated February ..
gives the following particulars of a vprv.Sal
affair .nr. Reuben w. Vance. son OF Judge
Alexander Vance. of GalliOpOliS. Ohio. at
jGmpcd TO commit suicide here last night nv
shooting himself in the head. He was mar
RED few days ago in New York 10 "A very
esumable young lady, connected with some
Of the best families in that CITY. AT that
time he was suffering from a slight abcrra-
hon OF the mind, and as ne appeared to be
getting WOTse.it was deemed best to send him
nome 10 his father 20 be taken care Of He ar
rived mere last night in care OF one of the New
OfE metropolitan police IN uOdrnSS. but
VINO carried his badge. mace and credentials
win MIN. They put mp AZ the Occidental
Hotel IN q dOuble-bedded room. The doc
tor, before leaving New York had been de
rfiVed OieYeTN thing that could b. used to his
HlGrN. and all along had been tTactahIe and
manIcStlMC nOthiGg like "a spirit Of mischief
handcuHS, which he put with his revolver
ana NaluabtCS under his pillow. About yO
o CLOCK THIS morning he was aroused bV fnp
qOctOf speaking TO him, and gradually work
ing and leaning towards his bed. when, i'm a
moment, and before a single movement CouEd
be made, he snatched the revolver from under
The pillow and discharged q barrel into the
Top OF ms head. He fell back iuSenSible and
bleeding. y doctor was called in. but could
not hnd the bullet. BY morning Vance had
recovered sufficiently TO walk little and 10
eat ms breakfast, and il was pronounced safe
10 take him on home as fast as possible He
started this morning at ten O'clock by rail
Tor Portsmouth. The following note was
lound ON the table in his room after the Oc-
curence written in very nervous hand:
=, Cotofc, Jot'n Il. lotce:-l assure you and
lhe world, and Anna, that I die asserting her
innocence. VINO can have started such
stories? die loving her.
"REUBFN \. VANCE"