The Portland daily press., 1876-03-03

the Emma mine, and now felt satisfied that the
object of the parties interested was to secure
his political influence. In the House mes
sage was received from the President setting
forth that an appropriation is needed at once
to prevent great distress among the Indians at
the Red Cloud Agency. Referred to the APP
preparation Committee. A bill was passed ap-
propriating 100000 for a custom house at
Memphis was passed. A sharp discussion
sprang up in the House over the Dill TO restore
the pensions of such soldiers of the war of 1872
as participated in the rebellion. 1t turned up
| on amnesty, political records, etc. Mr.. Hill of
| Georgia said that when Southern soldiers were
fighting the enemy at New Orleans, New Eng
land men were in session at Hartford proclaim
ing the very doctrine of secession upon which
the South subsequently acted. Kasson asked
| If anybody attempted to enforce it but Mr..
| Hill did not answer. Mr.. Hoar replied to Mr..
Hills remarks about the Hartford convention,
and said that convention was composed of men
as pure and as able and patriotic as ever lived,
and when they declared that state legislature
was.totjudge of the validity of an act of Congress
they never contemplated any right to resist any
act by force. In the midst of a good deal of ex-
element and after various Interruptions Mr..
Hoar went on to say that he was tired of such
lectures coming from the gentleman (HilD
| whom the other side of the House seemed to
treat as its organ. In this connection he referred
l to Hills record on the amnesty bill, and Hill
| again undertook to explain the resolution
| offered in the Confederate Congress in regard
to punishment of pretended officers and soldiers
| of the United States that might be captured on
Confederate soil. A gentleman on that side
of the House (meaning Mr.. Cox in the
| same debate used language which it is hardly
| decorous to repeat, and spoke of distinguished
member of this House as as a hyena, an utter
ance that excited the disgust of the civilized
world wherever the telegraph extends, and yet
| the other side of the House seized tn first OPP
portunity to place the author of that utterance
| in the Speakers chair as their representative
| of the order and dignity aud decency of the
| American Congress. Mr.. Cox replied to Mr..
Hoar and said he was sitting quietly in his seat
when that gentleman's poisoned arrows were
hurled at him. When he( Cox used the language
charged against him he did it under provoca-
ton and without elaboration, but no one ques-
| toned more than himself its parliamentary
pungence. He had no special controversy with
| the gentleman from Maine (Blaine) or the gen.
| tleman from Massachusetts who came forward
as the defender of the Hartford convention,
and the blue light federalists who hung out
| their signals to the British. In conclusion he
said the best thing to be done with the bill in
! the interest of retrenchment and economy was
| to have it recommitted.
Senate-Wednesday- Bogy said be did
not intend in his remarks on Monday to cast
any reflection upon the brave men educated at
West Point. A bill was referred appropriating
| $32O0,000 to rebuild levees on the Mississippi
River. On motion of Mr. Morton the Pinch
back resolution was taken up, and Mr.. Alcorn
| spoke in favor of his admission.
House-A resolution was adopted ordering an
investigation into the New York post-office ex-
penditures. I bill was passed transferring the
| custody of certain Indian trust funds from the
Secretary of the Interior to the Treasurer of
| the United States. ..-......- gary
~a- THE ADVISORY COUNCIL.
The advisory council have completed their
labors and separated. The result was COM
| plete triumph for Mr.. Beecher and Plymouth
church. The report takes up the questions of
the letter missive seriatina and answers them
one by one In regard to the method of ter
minating a members connection with the
church, it holds that in case of several charges
againsta msmber the church may elect any one
and terminate his connection on that charge
without considering the others. This is equiv
| alent to saying that Plymouth church was JUS
| titled in terminating Mrs. Moulton's connec.
ton on the ground of absence from church
meetings, and passing over the more serious
charge of perjury and slandering the pastor.
The council finds that the investigation into the
charges against Mr.. Beecher by the church
committee in 1874 was adequate. but neverthe-
less favors the appointment of commission of
five to investigate the whole scandal. The
council deny the application of the Andever
| church for a mutual council, and are inclined
to hold Judge Van Colt responsible for the fail
ure of the mutual council to investigate the
controversy between Mrs. Moulton and Ply
mouth church. %
POLITICAL
Connecticut Republican State Convention
| was held at Hartford, Thursday. Hon. Henry
| G. Robinson of Hartford was unanimously
nominated for Governor and Hon. Frederick
j. Kingsbury of Waterbury for Lieutenant
Governor The resolutions declare for re-
trenchment and reform, for the pursuit and
punishment of public fraud and crime. and
| compliment Secretary Bristow, and Postmas.
ter General Jewell for their efforts in this di.
rection, charge the Democratic majority in the
lower House of Congress with insulting the
national honor, and hating upon great fnan-
cial questions when the industries of the people
are PROSTATE, favor the maintenance of the
public school system inviolate and return to
| specie payment. A resolution committing
Connecticut delegation to the National Con-
vention to the support of Postmaster General
Jewell for the Presidency was tabled.
| nPEAcHINa REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS
Southern Democrats are now engaged in a
vigorous crusade against Republican governors.
In Mississippi the House has presented articles
of impeachment against Gov. Ames, and his
conviction and deposal are probably foregone
conclusion The.ostensible charges are that he
unlawfully removed Democratic sheriff and
melted the negroes to rebellion; the real
charge is that he is Republican. He has re.
tanned ex-senator Carpenter to defend him
before the Senate, but as he cannot defend HIM
self from the crime of being Republican, his
conviction is probably certain. In Louisiana
the Democratic majority in the House have
| given another illustration of their perfidy.
The Wheeler compromise stipulated that the
right of Gov. Kellogg to the gubernatorial
chair should not be contested. In direct viola
ton of this, however, last Saturday the Demo-
cratic members of the House gagged through
that body articles of impeachment against the
Governor. To be sure it was sought to escape
the charge of violating good faith by laying the
"crimes and misdemeanors' of the Indictment
subsequent to the Wheeler compromise, but
this disguise is very thin and the movement is
in spirit, if not in letter, direct violation of
the agreement. 1t was doubtless instigated by
a few politicians who had personal revenge to
crafty. for protests have come from all parts
| of Louisiana against the movement and the
Democratic journals at the North have not
looked upon it with favor, fearing reopening
of the old fight and consequent disaster to their
prospects in the Presidential campaign, Never
theless the leaders in the scheme persevere,
and though Monday the Louisiana Senate
acquitted Kellogg on technical grounds, they
are not disposed to abandon the mOvement INIT