, 1880-02-02
0VER.sUN1AAY.
How HARRISON, Of Alabama,
Was ,.Bulldozed Out
of an Election.
An illustration Of tho Tone Of
Political Morals ut tho
South.
presont Position of the De
Lessops Panama Canal
Scheme.
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from England and the
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Largely-Reduoed Rates offered
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Tile Price OF Iron Advanced T9
pcr Ton During tho s'ast
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WASHINGTON NEWS.
TATtAlNON.


HAtAtRoN.
Special Dispatch to The Chtedgo Tribune
WASHINGTON, DC; jan. 3l.-,Ihc proceed
{ngs IN the House thls morning befjre the
enlogies on the late Rush Clarke, Of Iowa,
begun, were not entirely sulte,l to 4 funeral
OCCASION. There was the ,lsllnt inclination
on tic part of members present TO Introduce
bills md resolutions, among which was
memorial from Jerc HARRISON, Of Alabama,
who Is contesting the scat now occupied by
Mr. Shelley. llaralson Is cotored man,
was 1ncu,ber Of the Forty-fourtl, Congress,
and claims TINT lle was bulldozud out Of Ills
rights by Shelley lii the lust election. Tho
introduction Of the memorial, Which sets
furth number Of allegations against Sliel-
Icy. WIS
vIooRousLY CoMBATrEp by TIE DEMO-
GRATIS,
who found abundant constitutional objections
to Bucha proceeding. Mr.. Keifer, who pre-
scnted The paper, clnimed that II cano TO lin
10 be presented to tho House, mud, according
to the time-honored precedent, should be
printed I'll pamphlet form md referred to tito
Elections Committee. After tho debatc Ind
proceeded SOME tililc 2 motion ,yas made to
lay tho memorial on the table, which, to tbs
surprise If Nj. sheiley's friends, tho Speaker
decided, out Of nrler. Mr. Frye then
,nade tile point TINT or. tho, request Of
nnd fien ,nnst m Imtn tha recortl. T'ho Olluir
sustained tits view, whereupon Frye de-
nlanded the rcading OF the memorial. This
nltouaIrr THE OPPOSITION 10 TERMS,
and 1t was finally agreed that the document
might he printed for tho nso Of tho ComMlt-
~ Ill., Ill., ,nriai M;,s ia Ss ~ fnr,"Ia,na III thomri,
s:,1nv nv ont mis '"a eatina@,,c MGnrinT sne,nsf
70 be very much nfrail of it., Manning
oSHsyo e "o9nr Shelley sond s1}s e
eo: il, That MI iun1m a,'in fh,py fhn yro,u~ns ss's
" nes s o. rccHq y1Ss si shr e
a !S6aso o11u ery G GfGe1o9eKe1, nao sa
villa vcrs IN r." district r. ho Nh. ri.
e'de.,Iiv etfea iv 10 'l'a1 o"e''sS 'o'e WIZ COR
eiuetalS --.u.....-.
olEATEh THAN TUE TOTAL REGISTERED
, WHITE VOTE
r. ts dstrict lnmet!in'tely nfter TIE eec.
Shelley. bit could fnd no Justico Of the
Peace who would take tho ail'dHvlts Of his
Witnesses, At Inst Judge Craig, Of tho
i t sasa eapast ws1soa ws sha} o IL s. &c.
morIat says, Ind ali IInralyon's witnesses i'll
dIetea and lut in jail:. 1Ie also Ind Harrison
ana his attorney Indicted on q trutlped-up
soary 70 seina as Ms et by a aled 1 no
and told to leave the country
ON pArN OF DEATH.
IiD then went back to MONTGOMERY, and then
70 Washington. l0 nlptnd8 MI editorial
from the Selma Daily Ifincs Of July 80, 1878,
which shows. the Rnilnlls OF the Shelley
factton. It chargea hin with lnctting the
negroes to riot, with asking for United States
troups to oser.wH tho people, and warned
hlln Ia leave tho country at once. 1Inrulsot
clnlms that Shelley lnstiKated. these nttneks
upon him, which resulted In the following
sMte Of things: .','."
Flrst-Allluwfu mems Of establishing lis
rlght to q seat in tho House of llepresartn-
ttycs have! been oyerthrown and rendered
nugnt0ry by Gen. Sholley and Ills political
friends. ~.
law TO iaka dispositions In these eases by rea-
son ot the liked A1I ny1Wea purpose OF tho