The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-03-26
From Washington.
A FIGHT OVER TARIFF MATTERS IN THE
HOUsE-THE UNsEATING OF KELLOGG
THE MINNESOTA COUNTNG-IN.

A FIGHT OVER TARIFF MATTERS IN THE
HOUsE-THE UNsEATING OF KELLOGG
THE MINNESOTA coUNTNG-N.
The House had breezy debate through
Tuesday, and unit. midnight Thursday
morning over the reading of Mondays
journal which was then uncompleted.
After the clerk has read the jour lal every
morning 1t is the Speakers habit to say,
IF there be no objection, the journal OF
yesterday will stand approved" When
he made that remark Conger jumped to
his feet and called attention 10 the bill
introduced by Townshend of illinois 10
revise certain of the Revised Statutes,
which had been referred tothe committee
on revision of the laws. The bill cover
ed by this innocent title is one 10 repeal
the duty on salt, prin ting type. printing
paper and ingredi ents used in its manu-
facture. OF course under the rules it
should have gooe to the ways and means
committe and would have been referred
to that committee if its character had
been known, but in crowd of over 100
bills, of course it was only read by title.
Townshend was accused of doing dirty
trick in thus referring his bill, and he re-
torted that he only wanted to get it be-
fore committee that would give it a Just
and honest hearing, and not smother it
as the ways and means would against the
will of the majority. In the heat of the
debate which followed he branded Gar
field as liar and coward and all about
hands turned themselves into bowling
monkeys. Blackburn was at white heat
of passion all day Wednesday, and by
desperate filibustering prevented the mat
ter from being disposed of,
The Senate Monday had a long and
and rarcorous debate over the Kellogg
case Senator Hill submitted the report
of the majority of the elections committee
which declares that Kellogg ought to be
unseated on the ground that the legisla
ture which elected him in 1876 was never
legal body, but was assembled by .on-
| spiracy and on false certificates of cleo
ton, which Kellogg himself as listed in
issuing, thus by the use OF police and
limited State troops, he finally prevented
the true legislature fl ON assembling and
that he even influenced the bogus legis-
lature which did elecs him by threats
and bribts, and That he bad since used
bribery to bold his seat Mr. Hoar pre-
scented minority report which disre-
garded the evidence in the case, and ar
gued that there was Democratic con-
spiracy against Kellogg and that be could
not be legally displaced now any how.
Hill Sherman and Carpenter participated
| in the debate which followed on the mo-
ton to print and AIDE public all the ev-
idence in the case. Hill and Hoar fatty
contradcted each other about what the
evidence showed, and Kellogg, denounc.
ing the charges against him as false, in
| du 'ging in copious mud throwing at Hill.
Messrs. Carpenter and Hill were the only
ones who seemed willing to carry on the
discussion in a gentlemanly, dignified
way.
The scheme TO count 1gnatius Donnelly
into Washburn's seat and SO to capture
the vote of Minnesota should the presi-
dental election be thrown into Congress,
the most disgraceful feature of Dem ocrat-
ic management this session, has at last,
happily, slumped through. Speer. the
winning considerable credit for his man
ly independence, publicly denounced the
proposition Tuesday, as an utterly indie
fensible outrage, which he would oppose
to the best of his ability CLARK OF New
Jersey, the other democratic member of
the elections committee, who has been
taking an independent view of this case
was not present. but left statement of
his position, which showed that he is in
full accord with Speer, and will not con-
sent to the unseating of man who had
5000 majority. Weaver, the greenback
member, with whom the decision there
fore rests, also puts himself on record as
opposed to Donnelly's claim. So it is
now evident that the committee will re-
port, either in favor of leaving Washburn
undsturbed, or OF leaving the seat vacant
which would amount to the came thing,
as the District would immediately return
another Republican.
The Senate has finally disposed of the
long pending contest over Summons. the
georgia census supervisor about whom
Gordon and Hill have had such a contro
versy' his nomination being rejected by
the decisive vote of 81 to 10, Hill of
Georgia and Eaton of Connecticut vot-
ing with eight Republicans in the af-
firmatiye.
Mr.. Carlisle of Kentucky. in the chair
temporarily, made ruling last week,
which sets a landmark in the interpre-
tation of the new rules, and throttles the
most odiOus features of the system of
riders on appropriation bills. He exclud-
ed rider proposed on the deficiency ap-
preparation bill remodellng the govern
ment printing office, "a scheme backed by
bad men for corrupt purposes, by hold
ing that amendments to an appropriation
bill can deal only with the items it con-
tains, diminishing them or legislating so
as to diminish them. This would not
exclude number of riders, but it would
bar majority of those which have dis
graced Republican and Democratic leg
islation during the last 30 years.
Congress has now before it II bill TO in
demniIy the Poncas for their expulsion
from their northern homes IN 1877, made |
theirs by solemn treaty. The bill ap- |
propriates 100000 in cash and annuities |
Tor tie purpose. But it has never vet
been shown impossible to restore the Pom.
cas- to their old reservation since, though
1t was taken away from them to be given
to the Sioux. the latter do not occupy it.
1t is their healthy homes the Poncas
want.
Senators Mcdonald and Voorhees,. the
Indiana democratic representatives, and
'ome Indiana democrats residing in
Washington have organized a Hendricks
'lub, with considerable encouragement
rom the South. Voorhees, claims that
seymour has said that Hendricks is the
nan WHO should be nominated.
Senator Sharon of Nevada is gone so
much that he had to explain who he WIS ,
he other day to gain admittance to the
enate chamber. ,
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY. s