National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-05-14
HOUsE or KETR EsENraTryEs

sent TO the Clerks desk and had read an
extract from the New York Tribune of the 5th
instant, criticsing the manner in which he had
been elected, and the means which ho employed to
Keep himscfi In his seat, and charging him with in
timidation and bribery. He said that the charges
were so grave that If true he would be entitled to
the condemnation of all fnirmndcd men, and for
thom.
Mr.. RUSSELL IN. ca rose as he said To sevcral
questions OF privilege, although he was inclined to
think that ifthere was one matter of small impor.
lance to the people 1t was the biography of the or
ullaly member OF Congress, like the gentleman
who had assailed him and himself The first
charge against him had been made by the gentle.
man from Wisconsin (sIr Bragg that he had been
elected Circuit Judge of North Carolina before he
had received law license The only defect in
tnat statement was that there was not word OF
published In the Record some time ago that there
were two members, one from North Carolina and
another from Florida, who held their seats, not by
the vote Oh the people, but by the action OF return.
ing'boards, which were now in the penitentiary.
more rounded, complete truth had never been
uttered by mortal man. That was what was the
matter.
twas the truth that hurt, aud that was the rea.
son mat during his absence attacks had been made
upon him by gentleman, entitled to be so called
by the courtesy of the House, who claimed to rep.
resent the SECOND district of North Carolina (al.
iudhItg 70 Mr. Kitehnl and that afterho (RusselD
hau toiu mat gentleman what he intended to say
about him The day after the appearance of the
speech in the Record hiscolleague Sir Kiichinj had
wilted. When he (If. Riisse) had been absent his
false and slanderous
lnat was an exhibition of what the yonk oos
cnlied plantation manners" He had been used TO
that sort Of thing. He had been born on a planta.
ton, and 1t was rather late in the ay for him 10 be
bulled BY the exhibition of PLANTATION manners I"
nc should hardly be deferred from telling the truth
py ~; ms colleague knew that he had never said
tnWt tno returning board, which had counted his
ColIeaGle III against Il ina orty of between two and
t ,i .nousahu; was in the penitentiary. 1t was
aar % assume that Representative could read ut
iT SaS' ny spelling out the hard words. laughter
Inc gentleman from Florida mir Davidsonj had
uenleH That any of the Florida returning boards
were Ill the penitentiary.
Inc gentleman ought to know, hut ~ thov ,vnrn
NOT, they certainly ought to be. He proceeded To
describe S the frauds, by which he claimed that
nraw salary which did not belong to him Speak
iig Tor the conservative, noble old State of North
Hntoiina, ne desired to rcPudiate and condemn
tlose liauuS. They were a foul blot and blur on
inc escntcheon of that old State, and If his col.
league thought that he would be stopped from de.
nouncing the fraud, by cutting up capers before
the country, hewas mistnkel-slirhtly fIaupht Ter
on Republican sidel
Mr.. KlrcHIN said that he had hoped that his
Colieague would have had manhood and patriot.
ISM enough IN his soul TO have arisen and said like
man mat what he had said in the speech referred
70 , mug n9t applied 70 North Carolina or to him
big with speech. Neither was his colleague biz
with speech, but he was big with something moro
poisonous and damning than any speech could be
lie was nice man from North Carolina laughter
VINO stood IN his place on the floor and maiigned
ailu siai ,I and uf he could have done SO
1hlhheu ms native state, his people, his bone hi,
leshi and his blood. There was not n gentleman
on me other side but who, in the bottom of hi,
Iurt nSted ana scorned those contemplate people
WHO cfaWieu at me feet of their countTys conquer
ors ana licked the dust OFF their socs as well a,
rnose men from the South who had deserted thcll
IIu'c anu tnelr country and their hone and theil
ton. ~ " Wv"
Those people who had no standing in the North
had been showed into the South They had gone
down and had joined in with the lowest TYNE OF thc
scalawag tribe in the Southern section to Prov
oyer 3N a bleeding country and over bleeding homes
MS colleague had said that he (Mr. Kitchin) had
known that his speech did not refer to North Car
DINA me charge was false. lie did not know il
and his colleague knew that he did not Ills col
league having told him that he would refer 10 hi.
district In the speech, he had said that ho would
tested election in the district and he did not desire
TO have the case prcjudged.
his colleague had replied however that the
Ii had never been delivered, but, sneakIng, devil il
bh-likc, he had taken advantage Of The leave tc
print to SANDER North Carolina, Florida and ali
Kc w PoSd0 nj h Sf aEsiS s ,SE hat he M
me sood honest, and upright people OF the
south 5uil belonged 70 the Democratic party
not know IN his State Il respectable man who
belonged to the Republican party His colleague
lAlr' KusselD had been denounced from every
stump In North Carolina, and not respectable
man would vote for him because he had come ou
ana damned them,
Al this point Mr. STEVENSON roso to q point of or
ger tothe effect that the gentleman from North Caro-
INA Mr. kitchin) was not combining himself to
personal explanation, remarking at the same tins
tnht lhese personal explanations Were not suitable
10 me dignity of the House
ne speaker sustained the point of order EX
peIlelGe hhd led him TO believe that personal OK
pal@li9hs could generally DO made in five min
utes, ie also desired that members should speal
from lhelr desks; and Mr., Kitchen therefore twht
hau been walking In front of the Clerks desk
continued his speech from his own desk He ro
leraled the assertion that Mr.. Russells seyera
statements were untrue; and he nnniiv oSLn1 tho
gentleman to state whether he had moi been con ri
martlaied ana dismissed from the Contederate ser
vice. N'N'"'S '0'
Mr., RUSSELL admitted that he had bes, IN,
H auoS I'M! u was ior whipping CONSUMPTION OF
service by the order Of Jefferson Davis JIauShte
alI clapplng ofhands on the Republican sldei
MI klrCHlN was proceeding with his remark,
When point OF order was made by Mr. Gibson
and sustained by the Speaker, that this was moi
personal explanation
MI. DAVIDSON rose to a personal explanation
Dut ~ was only after many objections (principal
on his own side of the House, that he was Above,
10 proceed. His explanation also had reference /
statement heretofore made by Mr., Russell am,
which he characterized as false
Mr.. KNOTT then lat 1881 called I'D the mlliiar
interference bill, and moved the previous Question
which was seconded.
The question being Shall the bill pass, IN
iTesidhhIs objections to tho contrary nOtSitll
yeas, l27i nays, 81. 'N
So, there not being the Constitutional majority O
twothilds N the affirmative, the bin was releeted
All tie Democrats voted aye" and all tHu Re
publichls no" The ten GreonbRckers who vote