The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-04-11
CONGRESSIONAL.
The House Settles Doorkeeper
Folks Hash by Declaring the
Office Vacant.
The Senate Continues to Discuss
the Pacific Railroad Sinking
Fund.
SENATE.

| Banks, from the Committee on Rules, re-
ported back 4 resolution admitting one re-
preventative of each public journal which
employs permanent correspondent for re-
porting the proceedings of Congress to the
full passage ways around the hall of the
House. Adopted.
Consideration was then resumed of the
case OF Polk, doorkeeper OF the House.
Messrs. CRAVERS and HENRY spoke
in opposition to the majority resolution
and in favor of retaining Doorkeeper Polk
Mr.. FRYE spoke in support of the ma
jority resolution. lie created much amuse-
ment by criticizing the appointments made
TO the soldier-roll of the House. The New
England Democratic delegation had
brought out as its disabled soldier man
who had served three years in an indepen-
dent company at Boston, another man
had been put on who had served four years
in the navy As apothecary, and still anOth-
er who had sprained an ankle during the
war, and another had had a fever. One
man had testified that he had been muster
ed in the army ninety days in Pennsylva-
MA, and, in answer As to whether he had
been wounded, he said no." but he
had had disease for number
of years. lie had no doubt there
wer. hundreds Of tbouSands Of H.,
ocrats who had been J;se,sa5 for ,
numh.r If wears Then on The roIi ,hora
was =, veteran of the war. of 1879 and enc
of the Mexican war; very good soldiers,
probably, and good Democrats, but having
no right, whatever, TO be on that roll.
mn .n.ts WIS .i''o'ne, "Do Ill., n'I saneieu
t run a', mn anu TT , Ino nau NE T:'
en III l"e a,ns L nen t 'ne,. -, "a1
husn, VINO e1uiI no, "a,e o1n uis'pie. III
u. .he army i .t ne I'd. pe.n pu: On
lhe ron i"r 'ne sail'e reason 'lii' pensions
were granted 10 'ne Giiliurei oi oeIn sol
uleIs-ptaue I nis iat,'e' n ~as ue'' Dsiho
cral, ana was disabled. peihoera'S Ners 20
sSarce lnat enough 'oaiu h'' i"u,,u ,' :"
HI ,he. soi''ie .,S, rc! IN .conc.
1!on M s.ii on' spin % .,'e ,HllI u
let the tan of tho drun, and the
sweep Of the fife drill this oIorious
battalion Of crip,led and disabled Soldiers
for ace. ont comes the venerable gentleman
of the var Of 1919 and the Mox;can war and
then the navy sends in its part and then the |
son Of the dead Fitzhugh comes into view,
and then the Irish brigade and Michael ]. |
Flaherty, deceased tor many years, and |
then the man that famed his ankle in 1861,
and then that as,hmatic fellow, and 5, they
come through the door, one after another,
marching out to drill, and the spirit of Fall
staff, disguised with the display, takes
heavenward his flight"
After quite q long debate, Mr.. EDEN
closed the discussion for the day by saying,
that it would not be Just to Mr.. Polk to
discharge him from the office, and put the
brand of disgrace upon his brow, simply
because he had employed an extra force.
He would not, in violation of the rules of
law and of the evidence, vote to stamp q
man, however humble, with infamy and
disgrace He would have no lot or part in
II. If the Democratic party could NOT live
and do Justice to Polk, then it ought
TO die: and if the Republican members
could not do Justice to him, they ought to
resign. There was no partisan advantage
TO be gained on either side, and he gave no.
tice that he would offer a substitute. cepsur-
inc the doorkeeper and covering the whole
subject and instructinp the Committee on
Civil Reform 10 report The oumber and nav
Of employes to be kent in the doorkeeper;s
den,rfment and whether the emnlovment
If Iaborers should not be committed to the