Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-06-11

the spectacle OF the speaker ol Vic
lower House Of Congress-an officer
Int two removes from the Office OF
Chief observation-disclosures by
AN UNIMPEACHABLE WITNESS,
who gives names and dates and quotes
a multitude Of corroborating circum-
stances to sustain his testimony that
Mr.. Kerr did accept at his hands the
paltry bride of $3.50 in greenbacks, at
a time when they were worth scarcely
seventy cents on the dollar, for APP
pointing one Green to position IN
the United States army. DO you
doubt his guilt? Because Blaine IL
;pnocent. is Kerr therefore blameless?
1T is a singular coincidence thai they
were both horn in Pennsylvania, and
both went abroad to get-no, to be Sc
lected for high official stations. Ex-
cuse the parenthesis, but it is we'll to
note the history Of Speakers and ex-
Sneakers who were born in the Mid.
die States.)
But what is it that corroborates
THETEsTIMONY OF LAWRENCE HARVEY
He AYERS that some time in the year
1856 he, the witness, in behalf OF
Green, who wanted to be appointed
in the regular army, did pay to MIR.
Kerr. as a consideration for his apply
ing to the War Departmental for Green's
appointment to a lieutenantcy, the
sum Of $3.50. The witness told his
story in very straightforward man
ner. and was not to be shaken in his
agreements. He is the one person in
all the long list Of witnesses who have
been examined by the Committee on
Expenditures who has got the best OF
the Committee. Sometimes, you
know. one gets too much pork tor
ones shilling. The facts which cor
roborate his testimony are briefly
these: Before requesting Green s ap-
pointment. Kerr, who was then
member of Congress from Indiana,
withdrew the name of "A man living in
his own State and asked
THAT GREENS NAME BE- SUBSTITUTED
fer his. Yesterday at the investiga-
ton paners from the War Office were
submitted, which not only show that
Green was appointed at kerr's written
request, but that late as April last
| past Mir. Kerr wrote to the War De.
| partment to ascertain Green's status.
The records show that he was cash
tered in 1873.
1t might possibly embarrass Mr..
! Kerr to answer the following cues
| tons:
For what reason did you withdraw
the name of your Indiana appointee?
How long had you known Mr.. Green
previous to applying for his appoint
ment? Why did you not select an
other man from your own State in
stead of taking a man from New
| York; Please state WHY it was that 1t
HAD ESCAPED YOUR MEMORY
| in April last that as long ago as 1878
Won were ignorant of the fact that
your New York protege had been
cashered the service? Please state to
the House as explicitly as possible
what you did with the greenbacks p?
| Also, be 80 good as to explain the
time and the manner Of receipts and
! disposition of the $40 sent to you in a
postal money order by Mr.. Green?
Ifthe honorable gentleman can sat
isfactorily answer these questions, 1
shall think him as spotless as Blaine.
You will have observed that the
Senate have resolved that they have
jurisdiction in
| THE CASE OF BELESAP.
Such staunch Republicans as Burn
side, Cameron, Dawes, Edmunds,
Morrill, of Vermont, and Sargent vo-
ted in the affirmative. Among the
navs are Booth, independent, and Ea-
ton and Jones of Florida, Democrats.
! Our Senator-Joues whose head is
usually very clear on such matters,
also voted in the negative. 1t seems
ia me it is just as competent for the
Senate to impeach Andrew Jackson,
if he were alive, for removing the de-
posts, or Floyd for dispensing the ar
MP and disnantling Northern forts,
or Jere Black for the alleged frauds
in the Bidwell ranch business, if the
House were to present articles against
them, as it is for that body to try Bel
KNAPP and of course il is, for that
that matter for a man that is out OF
o!nce for one day is just as much
private citizen as if he had resigned
or been rotated out twenty-five years
ago.
| The friends OF Blaine should not