The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-04-23
TELEdRAPHIC.
The Syracuse circus.-TammanY VS.. Til.
Kelly and his Boilers Hire
a Hall and Hold the Fort
for Seymour.
The Hurricanes Havoc Slcknening De-
tails of the Winds Work in Wis
consin, Missouri and Kansas.
Matters of Interest From the National
Capital and Various Parts
of the Country.
Congressional summary.

Congressional Summary.
WASHINGTON, April 17-HoUsE-The
hour was dispensed with, and
the house went into committee of the
whole, Mr.. Mhitthorne in the char, on
the Indian appropriation bill. After
some discussion as to points of order, the
committee arose and reported the bill to
the house.
The house rejected the amendment in
creasing the appropriation for clothing
for the Sioux from $4,000 to $150,000
by vote of, yeas 81, nays 104.
The amendment TO abolish the amend
ment of the committee was agreed TO,
yeas liz. nays 65.
The other amendments were agreed to
without division, and the bill as amend
ed passed, the vote being taken by yeas
and nays. as required by the rules.
The bill passed providing for the re-
apportionment of members of the legis- |
latures of Montana, Idaho and Wyom- |
ing.
Mr.. Manning offered, under instruc- |
tions from the committee on elections, a |
resolution for investigation into the facts |
relating 10 Donnelly VS.. Washburn-
Mr.. McLane moved To lay the resolu- |
ton on the table. He did not think it
presented a question of privilege. Re
jected, yeas A, nays 80.
The resolution was then adopted, yeas
100, nays 50.
WASHINGTON, D. c., April 19.-SEN-
ArE.-Senator Davis Qll.) from the COM
mittee on Judiciary, reported bill to
provide that whenever circuit and dis
trict courts of the United States are held
at the same time and place, there shall
be but grand and petit jury summoned
to attend the same courts at the same
nrOeihac tho iIlrIR0 summoned
for one court may serve in the other, but
either court may summon several panels,
if necessary. The bill passed.
Senator Garland's bill to extend ten
years time for the completion of the
Texas Pacific railroad was taken up and
amendments adopted making its time
substantially indentical with those ofthe
amended Northern Pacific bill.
HCUsE-Mr. Cox, chairman of the
committee on foreign affairs, moved to
suspend the rules and pass the senate
bill providing for celebrating the one
hundredth anniversary of the treaty of
peace and recognition of American indie
pendence by holding an international eX-
hibition of arts, manufactures, and pro-
ducts of the soil and mines, in New
| York city in 1888.
Mr. Cox explained that there was no
appropriation IN the bill, and no respon-
sibility on the part of the United States
for il. On the question of the secondary
demand for suspension of the rules the
vote stood, 1872 to 2.
WASHINGTON, D. c., April 20.-SEN-
ATR-At the request of senator Beck the
house amendments TO the bill tor an eX-
hibition in New York in 1888 were con-
CURED in.
Senator Edmunds from the committee
on judiciary, who were instructed by Il
| resolution of the senate, June 10th, 1879,
to INQUIRE into an alleged discrimination
by the Union Pacific railways in the
rates of freight to private shippers as
against the United States, submitted re-
port setting forth, that if such discrimi-
nation exists, the ordinary remedy OF
private persons by suit at law is open
to the United States, and also in suita-
BILE case, more stringent and decisive pro-
ceedings, as forfeiture of all rights de
rived by such company from the United
States, including its charter, if it have
one, on the ground of disregard of its
charter obligations. The committee is
of the opinion that under the circum
stances, no legislative step is'at present
advisable touching the matter mentioned
and asked to be discharged from its fur
Their consideration. So ordered.
Nothing of importance TRANSFERRED II
| the house.
Washington Notes.
WASHINGTON, April 1S.-The hous,
committee on elections to-day adopted
: the following resolution and instructed
Representative Manning to report it 4
! the house.
ResOEred, That committee of sever
members of this house be appointed b,
: the speaker to inquire and report to thi
house as to the authorship of an anony
nous letter purpOrting to be an attemp
to corruptly influence the action OF MI
VIM. Springer as member of the com
4 mittee on elections in the Washburne
Donnelley case, who sent it and the pul
. | pose for which said letter was sent, ant
all other matters in connection with til
n same, and that said committee be author
G lied to inquire and report to the hous
Z therein, whether in either or all ofthe lie
! tiers in controversy and written to Sprir
ger there has been any breach of priv
c eyes of the house or ofany member Their
Il of; and the said committee shall haV
If power to send for persons and papers, I
b.. administer the Oaths, to sit during tn
% session of the house and report at an
e time, and that all expenses incurred
n the said investigation shall be paid OF
d of the contingent fund.
y The returns of April 1st to the depar
| ulGnl Ol SAOW AhOASSAS
in the area sown in wheat last Fall to
L thirteen per cent more than on the Fla
Is previous.
10 There are elghty-five bills of a publ
character upon the house calender, ov'
= five hundred upon the private calend
ID and one hundred and fifty upon the pu
he lie calender of the Committee OF Il
ID Whole.
SENATE EXODUS COMMITTEE.
III Benjamin Singleton, colOred, of kal
he sas, was called by Mr.. Window. T
to considers himself the originator of Il
10 whole Kansas exodus movement.
:, had previously founded two colored CT
III onies in Kansas, and flooded the cOu
OF try with circulars, inviting emigratiC
rd to Kansas. Thus, under God, he belle
in ed the exodus was due to his efforts.
= hoped it would go on until all the L
III groes had left the South. Then a cham
&c might come in disposition of the Sout
ed ern people. Ifso, he would advise d
of negroes to go back, for the South W
their best home if they could be treat
oI we'll there. The witness detailed 4
nd ourages he had seen committed on I
Is. negroes in the South He wanted {
af south to be taught lesson to choose
tween the pleasure of bull-dOzing al
nj the possession of negro muscle.
nd Singleton gave his testimony in an {
an cited manner. swinging his arms al
On, calling upon heaven TO redress
wrongs of his race. The cross examiI
ND ton was amusing, and Voorhees, clos
Is, il by an expression of gladness that
nd had at last found the cause of the exOdl
!. Judge G.. w. Carey, of Topeka, vi
Us, president of the Kansas Relief boa
cd stated that about $1,000 emigrants II
lat arrived in Topeka. Not more than
tn per cent. were able to support the
4, selves. The objects of the board W.
NV purely benevolent, and in no way pol
asst cal 1t made no effort to encourage G
ew igration. There was no desire amo
he the emigrants to go back, but genera
=. desired employment at fair wages
'"' Kansas and other states, but if the mo
ment continues in its present proporli
ay- there would be difficulty in findi
~. places for the men, and the staten,
ny that the board sent out circulars enco
urt aging the emigration were false.
di- understood the railroad companies
.on invited immigration to their land,
not especially of the colored people.
Gu one wished encouragement of Fau
my immigration. The board hai two age
lief in the south endeavOring to divert e
nm grants from Kansas into states VIII
"a there mi ht be more demand fo- the
uiu Kansas had all she could provide for.
ich Before the exodus committee tod
zen Mr. DR.. F. NJ. SPRINGFIELD, of Tope
Kansas, testified that the Kansas fire
axe mems relief association was mama
= and controlled from the very start
l. l Republican office holders and POLITICS
self and Gov, st. John was the lead
get spirit at its inception. st. Johns in
md est in it was owing to the fact that if
T.. white immigration to the state, whicl
largely anti Republican, was not che
and ed, or neutralized by negro emigran
:ial- his chances for reelection would be '
N I slim.
on WASHINGTON, D. c., April 19.-Ss
VIC tor llr,,,, b introduced IN the saEafsa