The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-07-27

down in Tammany Hall, and looked up smiling for
| the appreciation of William M. Tweed Cox, in re-
ply, reminded Tounsend that it was because
of Gov. Tilden's eminent services in driving
| out Tweed that he was now the Demo-
i cratic candidate for the Presidency.
AS to his (Cox's) taking his carpet-bag from Ohio,
he had always maintained his right of locomotion,
! and he had the right to go back TO New York in
| sight of his grandfather's old Congressional Dis
| trict. He did not care where was born so
long as he good and just. Lamar got the floor
and spoke of the Hamburg affair as disgraceful
and terrible but he denied that it's circumstances
were a legitimate topic in the House debate.
There were one or two facts that cleaned out in
| disputably. One of these that body of white
| men had put to death, without authority OF
law, number of colored citizens while prisoners,
not prisoners in the legal sense. 1nasmuch these
| white men had no right to deprive them of their
personal liberty He wished to say in this place that
no palliation could possibly be found for
that outrage and barbarism. [Applause on the Re-
publican side of the Housed The South had it's law
less class the North had He declared that there
was not community in the South which had not
been struck with horror at such occurrences as the
Hamburg affair. He deemed it wonder that So
cieSy under the governments which allowed such
lawlessness to stalk abroad in the land did not go
70 pieces. He declared that the use of the army
had never produced good effect in such cases.
The troops always got there after the occurrence.
In conclusion, he declared the occurrence at Ham
burg a mobifc element, not sporadic, but I'M
natural, and one that would disappear under good
government. At the close of the debate Hancock
moved a substitute for Smalls' amendment, to the
effect that no troops shall be taken from any state
or service where public interest requires their
continuance. Smalls accepted the substitute,
and it was agreed to-86 to 49, The discus
sion of the South Carolina matter subsequently
reopened by Hoge and continued by Cox, each
speaking of the other the carpet-bagger from
Ohio. but Hoge saying he had carpet~bagged with a
knapsack, to which Cox reiterated, with an intma-
ton that Hoge needed knapsack to carry all that
he had picked up Foster called upon Representa-
tves from Georgia to stop these internal outrages
and to be active in hunting out the inhuman hends
who crossed the bridge from Augusta to HAM
burg. Do this, and then ing to us pane.
in xyir6 of nI1fro 1aX iTCfQ
talking about your noble blood, aye, nobility
that murders in cold blood captured negro If
you have not the ability to stop these outrages you
are not fit to be representative of the people OF
Georgia. Do it, and we will say swell DONE" and
we will fall on your necks and rejoice. knocking
laughter on the Democratic side and shouts OF
"No!" "No Pc. Cook You have fallen on our
property and everything else, and we don't want
you to fall necks." Cox ridiculed Fosters
the necks of Pratt, Yaryan, Dyer,
Jewell, and others RS, and suggested tes th at
Mckee, Mcdonald, Joyce, Babcock, Delano. and
Avery, and would even rather embrace barrel OF
crooked whisky Loud aughter and much contu-
sion.1 The Republican side of the House had de-
Tended Grant and his Administration against all
those men, and when the gentleman from New
York (ToWnsend) talked glibly of Tweed and
others with whom he (Cox) had no association, he
wanted to know how it with Babcock, with
Avery. with Williams, and the rest of these men.
Townsend -" When did you dissolve association
with them" Cox" never had any connection
with them to dissolve. 1t was the Repub-
lican Legislature, of which you the
great trumpeter, which helped Tweed to his
frauds in New York. Everybody knows that [
never in my life gave voice or vote to help him"
Mr. Townsend-'You cast vote against
Tammany since God made you! loud shouts to
order.] You the most perfect tool of Tamma-
ny who has ever been in New York. daughter,
uproar, and great confusion.] You had to leave
that chair, thank God at the call of Kelly and go to
st. Louis. Thank 0od you out of it and can't
get back !" Cox-'' You sit down. have the floor.
fhotp l1oir thn 0f
any one, it is untrue. was elected as a delegate
from my district, aud, my alternate not being
there, had to GO but it at mans CALL"
TShouts of thine /" thine !" ''Order !" Order !"
and great confusion.
WEDNESDAY, July 19.-3eradte. Considera-
ton of the articles of impeachment was resumed,
and John S. Evans, the Fort Sill postt-ader was
examined. He testified that Belknap was ignorant
of the understanding between him and the de-
ceased aud the present Mrs. Beknap but admitted
that Beknap brought him and Marsh together when
the arrangements were made and the whole OF
the evidence of both Evans and Crosby, the chief
clerk of the department (who also testifed), was
damaging to Be.knap. Conference reports on the
Army and Sundry Civil Appropriation bills were
agreed to.
House.-Jones, from the Committee on Rail-
roads, reported bill incorporating the United
States Central Railroad Company. for the construc
ton of passenger and freight railway from Chi
cago through Indianapolis, Lexington, KY, Ash
vile. NJ c.. and Spartansburg, S. c., to Charleston
Port Royal and Savannah, with another branch to ST.
Louis. Referred to the committee of the whole
The Senate bill, extending the duration of the
Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims until
the 1st of January next. passed. :. The House
then Considered the South Carolina contested-elec-
ton case, the unanimous report of the committee
being that neither the sitting member, Mackey,
the contestant, Butts, is entitled to seat. The
port was agreed to without division. :. The con-
ference report on the Army Appropriation bill was
agreed to, and the bill goes to the President for
signature. The bill for the protection of the
Texas frontier considered in committee of the
whole.
THURSDAY July 20.-Sen0te. Patterson sub
mitted resolution requesting the President to
communicate to the Senate, if not incompatible
with the public interest any information that he
may have in regard to the riot at Hamburg, S.
bill was passed to continue for ten DAYS the act to
provide temporarily for the expenses of the Govern
ment The Impeachment trial resumed at
noon, and Blair, of counsel, opened the argument
for the defense, holding that the impeachment
should be dismissed on the ground that more than
one-third of the Senate voted against it. He
followed by Lynde for tho prosecution who COM
mented the effect of the vote of less than two
thirds of the Senate voting in favor of jurisdic-
ton, and argued that in the impeachment of Judge
Barnard, of New York, various Senators who voted
against jurisdiction voted in favor of his conviction
The question Of Jurisdiction in this case had been
decided according to law, and was binding upon all
Senator'S He quoted from numerous legal au-
thorities in support OF his views
.HouSe-The bill for the protection of the Texas
frontier was passed, authorizing the President to
station and keep on the Rio Grande two regiments
of cavalry field service in addition to such infant
ry force as may be necessary for garrison duty -.
Randall made conference report on the Sundry
Civil Appropriation bill, which was adopted Bills
were passed appropriating $1,000 for the expenses
of the joint select committee on Chinese immigra-
tion extending to the 31st of July the act making
temporary provision for the expenses of the Gov
ernment and to punish the counterfeitpg of trade
marks.
FRIDAY July 21.-Senate- impeachment
trial was resumed, but on the statement that Mr.
Carpenter and Manager Lapham were sick, the
Senate, as a court, adjourned till Monday. and
continued its discussion of the River and Harbor
BILL
Hotse.-A number of private bills were reported
and acted upon, after which the House went into