The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-06-23
EMPoRIA, Kansas,l
June II, 1876.


tua> sheet, were there any such cheers
gwen? Is his statement true or false?
Respectfully yours,
z. V. EsKRIDGE.
Mr.. Furguson replies as follows:
FKEEDoM, Butler Co., KANT
May 18th, 1876.
HON. c. v. EsKRIOGE: DEAR SIR
Yours of the 18th, received yesterday, en-.
closing paragraph from EMPORIA NEWS,
in reference To u letter WhiC b WAS partly
read 10y Spe aker Haskell in the House of
Repre- senLatives, the further reading OF
which you moved indefinitely postpone
said letter purported to be from the men,
Der from Cnase,-so the Speaker stated.
AS 10 members rising to their feet all
around you and cheering both the Speak.
er and the member from Chase, 1 unhesi-
tatiugIy say Is as false as hell.
Respectfully yours,
10. L.. FERGUSON.
That is plain enough, and to the
point.
Mr.. Burdick, of Usage county, writes as
follows:
The statement by Mr.. Wood that three
cheers were given him and the Speaker,o n
that there was any cheering at the time,
at all, is untrue. ID. b. BURDICK.
May 24th, 1876.
MIR. 10y, under date Of May II, 1876,
writes as follows:
remember when 5. N. Woods letter
was pres nted TO the House, in which the
House was Informed of his (WOod's)
sickness. There was no such thing as
cheering, or meA rising to their feet, but
when you spoke Of the matter, the Speak
or quietly Withdrew it from the House.
p. Respectfully yours,
j. w. 10y.
Mr.. Cook, Of WyandOtte, writes to
the same effect, adding, however, that
he is not sure but some one 'clapped
his hands, when the Speaker with
drew the letter.
A man who can set down and DELHI
erately write and publish, in self
Qualification, such absolutely false and
ridiculous statements as the above,
which have proven to be false, is I'M
worthy of countenance, confidence or
credit in any respect whatever. The
people of Chase county may be salts
fed with his course in the legislature
they may be satisfied with the swim
die perpetrated upon themselves,
which in the course of time resulted
from the issue of those bonds and their
sale to the State School Fund Commits
sioners-they may be entirely salts
fed with all his tranactions, but /
should hate to discredit their honesty
so much as TO believe it.
He seems still to desire that it shall
be called Sam Woods House-that he
had influence there. Well, it is some
thing to be proud of, I admit, that
such man should have influence any
where, and, if he had it, he may
proudly boast of it. AS for its being
called Sam Woods House, that suits
called. 1t was certainly not the peO-
ple's House. 1t was a mob nearly the
whole session, and no one contributed
more to make it SO than the member
from Chase. If it was Sam Woods
House he should father the Legisla
tiou. Here is one law on the statute
book passed last winter by Sam
Woods House: Sec. !. "That here
after the weight of castor beans shall
be Al pounds, the weight of fax seed
"a pounds, the weight of barley shall
be 80 pounds" &c.
How we are to make one bean OF q
dozen beans or any indefinite number
or quantity weigh A pounds, l don't
know.
Here is another law of Sam Woods
House. can act for the protection
of BIRDS" Sec. 1. cit shall be I'M.
lawful for any person to kill, trap, net,
&c., any buck, doe or fawn," &c.
The dog law, Wood says, as 1 have
been informed, shall be eAforced If he
has to sue every man in his county.
This measure eminates from Sam
Woods House. These are but q sam
pie of some of the laws passed by Sam
Woods House. l am perfectly will
ing that such term OF reproaeh shall
be applied to 1t, for no House of rep
resentatives ever assembled in this
State that so universally meets the
condemnation of thepeOple. While there
were some good men in it, there were
TO many like the member from Chase.
They represented no interests
and were utterly reckless of the gen.
eral welfare of the State. assert it
as fact that not q single bill Of gener-
al importance was deliberately cor
sidered and passed by the House last
winter. The tax law. the general
codified school law. the apportion-
nlent bill were all put through under
the whip and spur of the previous
question. TINS was all owing to the
inability of the Speaker to keep in or
der such dema sogues as the member
from Chase who were continually fir
iibustering and discussing points of
order.
His influence in the House was of
the kind and character that Booth had
in the theater when Lincoln was as
sassinabeds or, the kind, so far as the
interests of the State are concerned,
that Quantrell bad in Lawrence-con-
siderable TO do mischief bat none TO do
good. With all his double dealing and
duplicity the bill for this school was
defeated by only one vote. Therefore,
ii measured by this standard, his in
fiuence was greater than mine TO ex-
tent OF controlling his own vote which
defeated the bill. 1t Is indeed some
thing for him to boast over, that he
can control his own vote. The people
of Chase county should take especial
pride in this huge representative of
theirs, who so loudly boasts of his inn