The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-07-19
WASHINGTON NOTES.
stormy Debate In The House over the
Removal Of Troops from
South Carolina.
Likewise In the Senate Between Boutwell,
and Davis Grant Takes the Back
Track Concerning Pratts Reslg.
ration Success Of Eads
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| WASHINGTON, July lS.-Masou
Bmymsu, OF Wisconsin, has been
nominated for Governor ofldaho, vice
General Bennett, declined,
The Committee of Conference on
the army appropriation bill have
recouciled all their differences.
Captain Eads explained to the House
Committee CA Commerce this morn
ing the PROGRESS Of his jptties at the
mouth of the Mississippi, and shows
that the work was complete success
SCI far with every circumstance and
prospect IN his favor
Commissioners Pratt has returned.
His resignation isnot yet accepted 10y
the President With reference to the
report that he will be retained In his
present office, Mr. Pratt says II he re-
mains here after the 3lst inst, 1t will
Oe because he Is persuaded against his
own inclination 10 do So
House A blll was intro uced pro.
vIding for the election of Governor,
Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor and SUI
perintendent OF Schools, in the several
Territories. II provides that these
officers nhaIl be elected 10y the people
Of the Territories, and that such eIec.
ton shall be held on the first Tuesday
after the first Monday In November.
II also provides that the President
may nj any time, for cause, remove
the Governor or Secretary OF any Ter
ritOry, hut the cause therefor must he
communicated to the Senate. He is
also authorized to appoint Il successor
to such office for the uneXpired term,
Mr.. Kelly introduced II till for the
coinage OF standard dollar, weight
Il 4 grains, rs provided for in the act of
the 18th Of June, 1877, aud to make II
legal tender for all debts public and
private, Referred
Pending the question, an amend.
ment was offered hy SmalIs, OF South
Carolina, in connection with the
Hamburg troubles, that no troops shall
be withdrawn from South Carolina
Small advocated his amendment, and
replying to Cox, who said the amend
ment had been offered for bad politi
cal purposes, said he agreed with that
gentleman, that the State Of South
Carolina, vas rotor TO the core, and
1t was for that reason he wished troops
TO remain there in order TO stop that
rotteuness. He said II he lSmalls)
gave the name OF the writer OF the let
ter which he had received last Satur.
day, he would not give ten cents for
that mans life, that General Butler,
who was concerned in the matter,
would at once organize another band
Of kuklux and would hunt him down.
Mr.. Cox replied to Smalls, and quot
ed from book written by Pike, the
late minister to the Hague, entitled
"a PROSTATE State South Carolina
under negro government, and in
which the members of the legislature
are characterized as highwaymen pro.
fessonal legislative robbers, and pick
pockets who rob the poor and rich
alike. He spoke of the book AS II
revelation of blackness in robbery
ia rascality. Small asked Cox wether
he had got book of history Of the city
of New York. Laughter on Republl-
can side of the House. Cox replied
that he referred to that potion Of the
Democratic party which had driven
out .rascals from New York and asked
why they had not done the same in
South Carolina. Applause on the
Democratic side a discussion con-
tiuued in this strain some time when
Mr.. Garfield alluded TO Cox as trying
to laugh murder out of the case. He
wished to know whether the Hamburg
case was sparodic or symptomatic
case indercating general feeling that
the black men shall not be allowed all
the rights and privileges Of american
citizens. Lamar spoke OF the Ham.
burg affair as dlsgraceful and terrible,
but he denied that Its circumstances
were a legitimate topic In the House
for debate. There were one or two
facts that cleaned out indisputably,
one of these was that body Of white
men had put to death, without author.
ity of law, n number Of colored citizens
while prisoners, not prisoners in the
legal sense, inasmuch as these white
men had no right to deprive them OF
their personal liberty. He wished to
say in his place that no excuse or palli-
alton could possibly be urged for that
outrage aud barbarsm, Applause on
the Republican side of the House. ]
The South had its lawless class as well
AZ the North had, with this differ
ence, that In the South they blamed
out in different localities and were
confined to short periods of time, while
n ere, In the north, some counties were
sometimes held in terror for months,
and the state authorities deied. In
these Southern States, where disorders
occurred, there were governments Of Il
fraudly character and they were call
ed Republican, but It was a spurious