The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-29


the Lord; the liberal hand shall bel
made fat. Ef 49, Ill.,, /
q We conclude that over production
and extravaganza isEhe great cause of
these excessive hard times, and is not
a lack of money, OF what this political
party does, or that one. 1 M.
i OUR WASHINGTON. LETTER.
H.. WAsHIM'ToN, May 20, 1879.
Mr.. EDITOR congress has now
been in session ever two months with
out accomplishing anything for which
the President called the extra session,
viz, to pass the appropriation bills to
enable the Government to legally ex-
pend the money lying idle in the Treas
ury which has been collected under
due provision Of law, and which can
not be legally paid out without ana act
of Congress providing for the same
Hon. II. L. Humphrey, Of Wisconsin,
lately made an eloquent and forcible
speech upon the right Of the President,
under the clause of the Constitution
which requires that che shall take
care that the laws be faithfully exc,
Icuted,'' to use the money lying in the
Treasusy to pay the demands agains
the Government which have been legal
ly incurred. This able speech was
made to show the absurdity of the Con-
federate Democratic threat that if the
President would not sign the appropri-
alton bills with the riders giving the
States exclusive authority to execute
United States laws they wouhd starve
the Government. He clearly showed
it was the duty of the President to use
the means Of the Government already
IN the treasury to keep alive this great
Republic. Every loyal citizen should
| procure, read and circulate copy of
MI. Humphreys speech. Judge Hum
phrey is one of the most energetic and
persevering Representative in Con-
gress and his constituents should long
continue his valuable services in Cou-
gress. | again repeat that Wisconsin
has just reason to be proud of her Con-
gressional delegation in the Forty
| The Confederate Democracy are
determined to place the enforce
ment of United States laws under
State authority if in their pow
er. The Bill now pending before
Congress to repeal the law which al
lows government officials when sued
in the State Courts to remove said
suits to the United States Courts, Re-
peal this law and there would be
scarcely any Internal Revenue collect
| ed in the Southern States, in some of
which, it is considered honorable to
violate United States laws.
! The Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue has recently made q report to the
Secretary Of the Treasury which shows
the attitude of the Southern States on
collecting Internal Revenue. 1t shows
that from July3I, 1876 to May 1, 1879,
there were Nineteen Internal Reven-
lie employees killed in their efforts to
suppress illicit dlstilling in the follow
ing States, viz: Alabama, One; Arkan-
sas, One; Georgia, Five: Kentucky,
One; North Carolina, Two; South Car
DINA, Tive; Tennessee, Six, and 3zir-
ginia, One. There were wounded dur
ing the same time Thirty four, as fol-
lows: Georgia, Eight; KentuclSv,
| Three: North Carolina, Eight; South
Carolina, Six: Tennessee, Five; and
Virginia, Two. Some of these officials
were SO severely wounded as to be i'm
able to attend to business for many
months afterwards. The number Of
illicit stills seized in Southern States is
|2,455. The number seized in all other
States is 15s, which were entirely in
the large cities Of the North and none
in the rural districts, while a very
large proportion Of the seizures in the
South are outside Of the thickly set
tied portion Of the States, PersonsI
arrested in Southern States for illicit
distilling 52S1, in all other States, III