Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-11

as he removed any other man who
abused him.
r representative Cochrane and the Pres
ident being in disagreement as to tbs
relevancy OF certain questions in con-
nectiOn with General Henderson, Rep
resentative Knott was sent for, to whom
Representative Cochrane recited the
points OF disagreement between himself
and the President, wheE Senator Logan
said: 81 wss invited here to answer
what BlufOrd Wilson said about me, but
you have introduced matters about the
removal of Henderson which have moth
ing to do with the subject regarding
which 1 was called to testify; you are
trying to put me in the position Of boy
to answer any question asked Of
me; I told you l knew nothing person.
ally about the whisky ring, and you are
moval Of officers.
Mr.. COchrAue-I was not aware Of
any specific matters TO which you we're
called to testify.
Senator Logau-You put it hypOtheti-
ca'ly, and | will not answer to 1t.
Representative Knott then decided
that the original question was irrelevant
and that COchrsne's statement went still
further in the same direction.
w. Scott Smith, newspaper CORE
spondent, was called, and testified that
last fall he had a conversation with Blu
ford Wilson, who told him that he ex-
pected to secure the indictment of Sem
atOr Logan and Jasper d. Ward, district
attorney; witness asked permission TO
| use this fHfOTuatiUuJ Ut wilson de-
| clined to let him do so; he, however,
prepared q dispatch and sent it to his
| respective papers, saying that two prom
he ind hrrf
| emitting their names; Wilson further
| informed him that ne was gathering ev-
idence of their completely in the whisky
| frauds.
The Democracy ard the Fifteenth
Amendment.
In the house yesterday, Lord, Demo-
| crst, Of New York, offered q resolution
| reciting that the right OF suffrage pre-
scribed by the constitution Of the United
States is subject TO the fifteenth amend
ment and that the exercise Of said right
should be faithfully maintained and OBJ
served by the United States, and that it
! is asserted that the exercise Of said right
| is, in some States, notwithstanding the
efforts OF good citizens, resisted and
| controlled by fraud, intimidation and
| violence, so that the object OF the if
| teenth amendment 10 defeated, and that
| ell citizens, without distinction Of race
| or color, are entitled to the rights con-
| ferred by said amendment, and declar-
| ing that all attempts by force, fraud,
| terror, Intimidation or otherwise to pre-
| vent the free exercise and right Of suf-
| frsge should meet with certain COndig0
and effsctuRl pu ishment, and that in
| any case which has heretofore occurred
/ or may hereafter Occurin which violence
| or murder has been or snail ne comm1rueu
| by one class or race on another, prompt
| punishment OF the criminal or criminals
| Is impeTatively demanded, whether the
! crime be one punishable by fine and
| Imprisonment or one demanding the
| punishment OF death. The resolution
was passed-yeas IVA, nays 2, those vOt-
ing nay being Bland Of Missouri, and
Reagan, Of Texas.
The Indian Appropriation Bill.
| Senator'S Window, Logan and Herman
| and Represen .atiyes Randall, Scales
| and Hurlbut, constituting the committee
| on the Indian appropriation bill, agreed
upon 3 report this evening providing
| that the house shall recede from It's
| proposition for the transfer Of the Indian
| bureau to the war department, and shall
| consent to the item inserted by the sem
ate for the pay OF agents, Interpreters, In
| spectOrs, etc, amounting to some two
| hundred and fifteen thousand dollars,
and shall also appropriate the amounts
required by the existing law for the SAL
| aries Of the officials and clerks Of the
| Indian bureau as now organized. This
agreement leaves only the consular and
diplomatic appropriation bill still sub
! jeet Of conflict.
The Public School question.
| The senate judiciary com mittee agreed
upon and reported The following as q
| substitute for the house Joint resolution
| proposing an amendment to the cOnsti-
tuition concerning religion and common
| schools:
Resolved By the senate and house Of
representatives., That the following ar
| ticle be proposed to the legislatures Of
! the several States as an amendment to
| the constitution Of the United States,
which, when ratified by three-fourths Of
said legislatures, shall be valid as part
| Of said constitution, namely:
Article Is, section ]. No State shall
make any law respecting an establish
| ment of religion, or prohibiting free
exercise thereof, and no religious test
shall be required as q qualification to
any office or public trust under any
State. No public property and no reve-
nue. Of, nOr any loan of credit by or UNI
der the authority OF the United States,
| or any SLSJe, 1SGEitOIyJ uAotA4Ot VI Ia
nicipal corporation, shall be sppropri-
ated to, or made or used for the support
of any school, educational or other in
| stitutiOn under the control of any relt-
gious sect, organization or denomins--
ton, or where any particular creed
or tenets of any religious sect, Orgsnizs-
ton or denomination shall be taught
and no such particular creed or tenets
shall be read or taught in any school or
institution supported in whole or in part
by such revenue or loan of credit, and
no such appropriation or loan OF credit
shall be made to any religious sect, or
ganization or denomination, or to pro-
mote its interests or tenets, This article
shalI not be construed to prohibit the
reading OF the bible in any school or In
stitutiOn, and it shall not have the effect
to impair the rights Of property already
vested.
Section 2. Congress shall have power,
by appropriate legislation, to provide for
the prevention and punishment Of vio-
latiOns of this article.
Appointment Confirmed.
The senate confirmed the nomination
of Edward Wilkins as collector OF Gus