Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-08
WASHINGTON
KNOTT ExoNRRATEp.

KNOTT ExoNRRATED
WASHINGTON, Aug. THE Judi.
ciary committee, after some discus
sion, to-day adopted report exoner-
ating Knott; the democrats voting
aye-the republicans no.
Frye Was allowed TO submit mi
nority report on the resolutions as a
substitute, but the republicans know
ing they could reply when the C4ld-
we'll dispatches and testimony came
into the house on the 6nal report, de-
cided TO do neither. The conference
on the legislative appropriation bill,
after long conference, this morning
finally adjourned without final adjusH
ment. The salaries are the only points
of difference.
REPORT ON MISSISSIPPI AFFAIRS.
Boutwell's majority report on the
Mississippi elections comes to the con-
clusion that the present state lcgisla.
ture was elected by fraud and istimi-
dation, and is therefore not legal
body. Gov. Ames' resignation was
illegally effected by the legislature.
Mississippi is largely under the con-
troll Of organized, armed politicians,
whose common purpose is TO deprive
negroes of the free right of suffrage.
These organizations, if unobstructed,
will obtain control by force and fraud;
that the power Of the national govern
ment should be evoked and exercised
to make good its guarantee Of re-
publican form of government to Mis-
sissippi; and concludes that measures
necessary and possible in the exigen-
gency are these: First-Laws may
be passed by congress for
the protection Of citizens in
the respective states. Second-States
in anarchy, or wherein the affairs are
controlled by bodies ST armed men,
should be denied representation ii,
congress. Third-The constitutional
guarantee Of . republican form of
government to every state will re-
quire the United States. il these dis
orders increase, or even continue, and
oil milder measures shall 'prore 1inef-
fectual, to remand the state to q ter
ritorixl condition, and through sys-
TEN Of public education and kindred
means of improvement, change the
ideas of the inhabitants, and recon
struct the government on a republi.
can basis.
REPORT ON vESEzUKLA COMMISSION.
The house committee on foreign af-
fairs to-day adopted the repor. pre-.
pared BY Springer in relation to the
VenezuslA commissioned after cut
ting out large portions, especially
that part relating to Orth. The re-
port is long one, and says the fraud
ulent character Of the claims awarded
having been determined, - further re-
fusal Of the United States to respond
to the sppeals of Venezuela osnnot be
justified. A resolution accompanying
the report requests the presiden. to
withhold further demands npon. Ven
ezuela, and directs the secretary Of
state to suspend payments to holders
Of certificates awarded until March
18th, 1877, unless congress otherwise
orders.
OVERCOME ny HEAT.
About one o'clock Congressman
Lamar was overcome by excessive
heat, and was taken to the speaker 's
room, where he soon recovered and
returned to his seat in the house.
BLuFoRD WILSON
was cross examined to-day in the
whisky committee. He did not know
the president was angry At the pub
LEGATION of the endorsement on the
Barnard letter "let no guilty man. es
cape" He told Yaryan that impor.
tuni,y was requisite to procure such
An Endorsement. He had been told
that ST. Louis parties had besough,
the president to make some declara,
tion showing that he sympathize.
with the prosecutions. Witness gave
reasons for believing that the presi.
dent was not acting in accordance
with the endorsement, aud repeated
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