Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-06-16

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! OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
: Special CSrrespcndence of Courier.
q WASHINGTON, D. C.,l
May 81, 1916.
The sensation of the day is the charg
against Speaker Kerr. 1t is hard to be
lieve even In these days ofpost tradership
sales that Mr.. Kerr sold his influence, ye
that is the charge, A man nam ed Law
renee Harney, q door. keeper of th.
House in 1866, says and swears, that dur
ing that yeara friend of his named Greer
asked him (Harney) to help HIM get !.
commission in the army as Lieutenant
He agreed to do SO and spoke to Mr.. Kerr
on the subject. An interview was agreed
upon at Kerr's house, and there Mr.. Kerr
agreed to get the place provided Green
would pay him $500 and procure some
letters from prominent New York Demo-
1NAOto NAOO4olAk olCCu 6HICCu 10
this-got the letters and gave Harney
$3.50, which Harney says he gave to Mr..
Kerr, who then went to the War office
and procured the commission which he
directed and forwarded to Green's ad
dress ip New York. Green says he did
|spelk to Ha1ney, was by him introduced
to Kerr, that Kerr talked with him about
the commission, but said nothing about
money. That he gave the money to Har.
ney and got the commission through
Kerr's influence, but never believed that
Harvey gave the money which he, paid to
Harvey, to Mr.. Kerr. The records of the
War Office show that Mr. Green was ap-
pointed upon Kerr's recommendation :.
Mr.. Kerr denies knowing Harney, or re
ceiving money from him, but says he had
Green appointed upon the letters of re.
commentator from political friends IN
New York, There is direct question
of veracity under oath between Kerr and
Harney, the weight Of character being
decidedly in favor Of ferr, and the CO.
robborating testimony in favor Of Har
vey. 1t is hard to believe that Mr.. Kerr
was guilty of the act charged and both
friends and enemies (polticaD hope he
will free himself of the charge,
The Senate after lorg session, on
Monday night voted to take jurisdiction
in the Belknap case. All the Democrats.
.-.'~ Entnn nrd T~----c
ed for jurisdiction, and with them voted
Senators Booth, Caperton, Daw es, Ed.
nunds, Hamilton, Morrill,, of Vermont,
Sargent, Sherman, and Oglesby, the
other Republicans voting against. It is
the trial will commence next
week.
Decoration Day was observed here byI
ceremonies, all the depart
nents being closed and immense crowds
going to Arlington.
The news from abroad is startling. Alb
lul Azlz has been dethroned by the Softas,
he most intolerant Of the Mahommedans.
md his nephew. Mahommed Murad, is
low Sultan of Turkey. The depositionI
vas effected was without bloodshed, and
he late Sultan js under guard. II is sup-|,
,osed by many that this act means fan
,tical religious war: but that could only
esult in the total destruction Of the Ma |,
not only in Europe but in
Asia. There are conjectures thst the {
sothchilds are in favor of such wal,
!oping thereby to become the possessorsfr
f Palestine and reestablish the Jewishle
with Jerusalem as the capital. h
England will not agree with the pro- Il
ramme made at Berlin by the Emperorst II
f Russia, Austria and Germany, and is ID
einforcing her feet and forts in the Medi- h,
,rranean. France, SPAN and Italy sus-Ei
.ins England in her position. and Servia s.
nd Montenegro, want the Provinces OF l.,
turkey adjoining their territory added to C.
,ese principallties. Altogether the situ- ii
lion is threatening and may result in the
reatest war Of modern times with north
n and eastern Europe, fighting the
outhern and Western States. It is con HI
dered certain that England will not conf b
mt to any division of Turkey that endan- T
ers her supremacy in India, or threatens hi
gypt in which she now has such q great 70
axe, as the highway to her Indian pos til
sstons. Such war would be of vast n,
.nefit to this country in every way. but y,
e can hardly be SO selfish as to wish for 4.
on that account, A few days will tell =,
e story whether Europe is to be envel- =,
,ed in blood OF whether q peaceful solu I'm
I'D to the troubles can Be found. n.
SAXON. v
The Aunt's Remedy. ~
The Dubuque Herald says of aresident II, II;
that city: HE and his new wife WIS., f.
ID his good old aunt, and she asked d !; !;
,ndred questions on the all important :. =
bJect to her. He was profusa in his -
'swers, being only too happy to extol +;
. good qualities OF his wife. He con- q q
nded the eulogy by telling the old lady i.
ct his wife had . wonderfully sweet. :.
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