The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-03-26
TELEGRAPHIC.
Congressional summary

Senator Hoar presented q minority re
port, signed BY himself, Cameron. OF Wis
consin, and Logan
Senator lii read a majority. Il is
very long and charges Kellogg with fraud
| and corrupt conduct, and includes long
extracts from the evidence taken before
the committee.
Senator Hoar stated that he was in
structed by the minority of the commit
! tee to submit their views, and as they
We're short, he asked leave to read them.
They set forth that Kellogg is upon
| the merits of the case entitled to a seat
IN the United States senate and that the
evidence against this position is not only
unworthy of respect or credit, but it is,
| IN many instances, wholly irreconcible
with the undisputea facts, and has been
met and overhrowB by Kellogg at every
! point Pending a heated and protracted
| discussion of the matter the senate adj
jcurned.
Householder The call of states, Mr..
Ellis introduced joint resolution rey
guessing the presillen: To notify the
| government of Great Britain of the
abrogation of the Clayton Bulwer treaty
| MIR. Ellis desired TO have the resolution
referred to the committee on foreign af.
fairs, but the house referred il 10 the
81 to II.
The resolution sets forth that the con
struction of IA water way across the
| lstiImus would be attended by diplo-
matte complications which would far
out weigh its advantages, and advises
conference between the United States
and the states Of South America on this
| question
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 23-SEN-
ATE-Senator Teller gave notice of an
amendment intended to bc offered by him
to the bill ratified IN the agreement with
the Ute Indians. The amendment pro-
| yides that from the amount provided for
IN the bill certain named sums shall be
| paid annually TO designated friends and
relatives OF the victims of the Meeker
| massacre. II also provides to bring in
an act that shall prevent the settlement
OF the southern Utes or Uncompahgre
| Utes on the lands Of the Uintah reserva-
| ton in Utah.
After the morning business, the bill
| Incorporating the National Educational
| association was discussed. and the senate
adjourned.
In the house, one of the most spirited
of the many wordy contests OF the ses-
sion followed the statement Of Mr.. Con
ger, who said, in examining the records
| this morning he found a bill relating 10
the whole question of tariff, amending
section 80 OF the revised statutes had
been referred, In violation of the rules, TO
| the committee on revision of laws in
stead OF the committee on ways and
means. He alluded to the danger which
arose from bill not clearly stating in
| its title the absolute matter.
Mr.. Townshend, of Illinois, said he
introduced Il bill whose title clearly
showed to what it referred. 1t stated it
was to revise and amend title So of the
revised Statutes, and the committee on
revision OF laws was the proper commit
| tee to which it should go.
Mr.. Reed would not say the bill had
been Struggled into the house, because
that would be unpal liamcntary, but il
| had cen practically brought in without
| the knowledge of the house.
Motions and amendments relating to
| the proper disposition of the bill follow
| ed in quick succession, and in the gencr-
al discussion which ensued, Sir. Garfield
| paid many pointed and telling compli-
inents to TOwnshend, who displayed TO
the great amusement of the house the
| ears of the conventional Beurban states
man.
Washington Notes.
! WASHINGTON, D. c., March 20-HoUsE
Secretary Sherman and United States
| treasurer Gilfiilien were before the house
| committee on coinage, weights and
measures to-day, explaining the connec-
| ton of the sub treasury at New York
| clearing house and the measures to be
taken to facilitate the refiuX of the sub
| sidy for silver coin from the treasury in
| TO the channels Of circulation. The
| question was discussed at length, and
the committee adjourned without action.
! Mr.. FELTON, spoke in favor of the pre-
amDle, which he proposed to offer as
| bill, and which requires the secretary of
the treasurery to redeem any L. S. bonds
which may become redecmable during
16S0-S8 to the amount of gold and silver
coin now in the treasury which may be
in excess of % per cent. of outstanding
L. >. notes, using said excess of gold and
silver coin for the redemption OF said
bonds. The proposed measure was fol
lowed by lively debate which was clos
ed by AIr Sanford.
WAsuIEGToN, March 20-Iudge John
w. Wright, charged with making an as
sault on congressman DeLano, ex-secre-
tary Of the Interior in October, 1877,
with intent to kill, has been convicted of
assault and battery.
John NJ. Goodwin, of Sharpsville, Pa,
explained to the inter-oceanic canal com
mittee today his plan for a ship railway
from tlsat of Eatls. In this, instead of
using Il cradle for the transportation of
ships, he proposes to use caiSon con-
tanning a sufficient depth of water 10
float large ships.
a EooSIER's TESTIMONY.
james Langsdale, postmaster at Green
Castle, Indiana, testified that the invari-
able complaint of the colored cmigrants
was that they were unable to get fair
living IN the south, on account of the
bad laws and cheating. There was also
complaint about their political rights.
Some poor whites were among the emil
grants. The negroes paid their own
way, and no political purpose was served
by the exodus. Witness read extracts
from letters from farmers and manufac-
turcrs, asking him to get them colored
laborerS. Labor was scarce and wages
high. Some of the writers were well
known Democrats. Witness also read
letters addressRd to congressman Cow
gall stating That the Democrats were
Going into the colonization business
themselves" That q Frank Arthur had
brought fifty white men from North Car
Dina to Indiana, evidently to secure
their votes for the Democratic party, and
asking Window to look into the matter.
The witnesses had interested themselves
as far as II in encouraging general immi
grafton into Indiana; especially into Put
nam county for the purpose OF building
up the country. 4 circular setting forth |
the advantages of Indina had been wide |
ly circulated. Some copies were sent in
to southern states, and witness thought |
this might furnish an explanation of the |
fact how Indiana happened to be the OBJ |
Jective point of cmmigration. He had |
been struck with the similarity of this
circular to that of the colored preacher, |
Clay, OF Indiana, already put in evidence. |
A Big Foreclosure.
CIMABRoN, N. NJ, March Yesicr- |
day the long litigation over the celebrat- |
cd Maxwell grant was eliminated by a |
foreclosad sale of the entire property |
under n decree of chief Justice Prince, |
whereby the title of nearly two million |
acres of the most valuable mineral and |
grazing land in New Mexico is finally |
set at rest.
This is the largest and probably the
most important foreclosure of real estate /
ever made in THIS country.
The area has within its borders So0,- |
600 acres of the best watered grazing |
land in the territory. over 100000 acres |
OF surveyed coal land, the famous More
nos valley placer mines, several rich gold /
quartz mines, including the Aztec mine.
copper mines and iron mountain. Its
to the territory is occasioned
by the fact that Rattan pass, which is
natural entrance to the territory from the |
northeast, is included in this grant, and
the litigation over this property has
away settlers who have been
by the richness of New Mexico
Frank II. Shirawin, who conducted
the foreclosure proceedings yesterday
with his counsel, Judge Bidseye, OF New
] ork, bid the entire property in at ST.
909, 600 under first mortgage, and $780,
300 under second mortgage, the aggrez
gate amount of both mortgages and in
terest held by boaahelders being IS, OO0,-
coo. 4 United States patent has been