Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-05-31
SpeokeP Kerr's Case.

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speaker Kerr's Case.
We hope and believe that Mr.. Kerr will
succeed in establishing his innocence of the
charges against him, and yet IL cannot well
be denied that with the single exception of
that against Belknap, the case, as made up
against him, Is as strong as Is that against
the accused In any of the investlg atoms car
rfed on by the House. AS against the wit
ness Harvey every candid man in the coun-
try would take his word without hesitation,
such is the confidence In his purity and in
tegrity; but 10 Will not be safe for him to rest
bis vindication on the point of discrediting
the testimony of Harvey, and denying his
agency IN the matter of obtaining the COM
mission for Green. AS succinctly put by the
New York Times:
are that Green obtained a Iieutenant's COM
mission In the army by Mr. Kerr's influence,
procured by Harvey s interposition, and that
Hsrrey told him that the money was paid
to Mr.. Kerr, but that he did not at the time,
and doss not cow, believe that 1T was so
paid. lEarney, on the contrary, testifies that
he gave the money to Mr.. Kerr. Mr.. Kerr
denies IL.
"The only point seriously at issue, there
fore, Is this between Harvey and Mr.. Kerr.
On this poil Mr.. Kerr is explicit, but on
several ctrcu ,Is tances corrected with it he
Is at fault. He could not remember having
ords show that he certified that he did know
him, ard regarded him as physically, men
tally and n orally at IN discharge the duties
did know Green, he was introduced f by Ha ne
ney, but Harvey swears that he was, and
Green, who plumply says that he thinks
confirms Harney's testimony in this regard.
II would be gross injustice to condemn Mr..
Kerr without further hearing; he may be In
nocent In spite of his bad memory and his
contradictions; but when the further hear
ing is had, 10 IL to be hoped that Mr.. Kerr,
instead OF continuing to Deny Harney's agen.
cy IN the n after, VIII direct his efforts to-
ait is settled that Mr. Kerr secured a de-
sirable and much sought appointment for
Green, whom he did not know, who was not
In bis district, who was opposed to him in
politics, ard who WA Introduced to him by
q man who took money from the applicant,
ence with Mr.. Kerr. Why was this? That
Is the question for Mr.. Kerr to answer. We
press IL, not because we desire In the slight
est degree to exaggerate the suspicious cir
cumstances In the case, but because we wish
the explanation to be complete. 1t will not
be SO unless 1t covers the points we have in.
TIE New York Post concludes temperate
article upon the same subject by saying:
at would be unfair TO hold Mr.. Kerr re-
sponsible for democratic plumbers; yet in his
own person the Speaker is a victim to the
vicious 81 stem which his own political as
sociates have adopted in carrying on reck-
less, wholesale and undiscriminating inves-
legations less to purify the public service
than to serve partisan end"
The late g. NJ. ID. BIoss, of Che Cincinnati
Enquirer, who was killed by a railroad acct
dent few days ago, wrote a very illegible
hand. and it is stated that only few COM
rosi;oTS, w1O had by long experience become
rsmiliar with his peculiar chirography, could
C-cipher IL. 1t was remarkably like the
Handwriting OF the late Horace Greeley, only
Infinitely worse, which is saying good deal
1t was formerly the custom of certain ambi-
tiOus youngsters to secure scraps OF Mr.
Greeley's manuscript and try to acquire his
peculiar style. They were probably una
ware OF the fact that Mr.. Greeley himself
frequently deplorsd his inability to write a
legtble hand, especially when his compost
tors interpreted civilian II. Seward--the
heading Of a leader-"Richard the Third
and "True Hearts among the Lowly,""Two
Beats among the Lovely"
As many of the Senators spoke extempo-
raneously In the debate on the question of
Jurisdiction In the Belknap Impeachment
case, and as 70 short hand reporters were
present, the debate cannot now be given with
accuracy. 1t was q mistake in closing the
doors OF the senate during the discussion.
This course was adopted out of respect for
precedents, which ought not to be followed.
George Parker, who tried to ride sos miles
In fifteen hours on Mexican mustangs, but
failed on the 226th nile, because Of the fall
ure Of his sight, proposes to try 1t again to-
morrow. Thirty mustangs are to be used,
and the rider will remount another pony At
the end OF every mile. To accomplish this
feat he must ride every mile In q little less
than three minutes, which includes the time
taken in mounting and dismounting, and
each mustang viii be required TO run ten and
one sixth miles IN all, with sufficient time
between the mile heats In which to become
thoroughly rested. The feat looks compar.
atively easy for the nc mustangs, but II is ex-
ceedingly questionable whether the rider has
sufficient endurance to perform his part of
IL.
Red Cloud, whose legions Of Ogallalla
Sioux covered the hills like red cloud, as
he expressed II, and who achieved the leader
ship of his people by calamity fighting his
way up from the ranks, Is fast losing control
over his young men " 40 are reported to be
cofno off daily nv the hundrei for the sca ma