Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-06-03
HOUSE.

WASHINGTON, June g. Immediately
after the reading of the journal the
House resumed the consideration of
the Alabama contested election case
of Lowe VS.. Wheeler.
Mr.. Thompson, of Iowa, submit,
ted an argument in favor of the
claims of the contestant, and Incl
dentally denied the statement made
by Mr.. Wheeler last evening, to the
effect that he had not been fairly
treated by committee on elections.
Mr.. Mills, of Texas, spoke in ad-
vocacy of the right of the setting
member to retain his seat, and was
followed by Mr.. Jones, of Texas, in
favor of the contestant.
Mr.. Aston, of Ohio, consumed his
hour in the reading of the report of
the minority, only calling attention
to the fact that but three Republican
members were paying the slightest
atteation, and criticizing such mat
tention on the part of the judges
who were to decide the case. It had
been charged that there was an
sg1 cement between certain gentle
men on the other side (alluding to the
Creenbackers and Republican party.)
Mr. 10 hes, of Texas, pronounced
the charge to be false.
Mr. Atherton-s'Very well; will
show you that a Republican paper
itself charges it"
He then quoted from the Wash
ipgton Republican to the effect that
the Greenbackers had been steadfast
aud true to the Republicans in tue
recent election cases, and that the
later we've bound, in honor, to see
; .3l.ae = to Low.
efG 'publicans-"That is it
a n replied that soon it
"ys he tae what justice meant
Pr .can ranks; there were
I leans 10 the Chamber,
wnen the matter came to
a vote Is would come
without knowing anything about the
case and who would raise an axe and
Z take the head off the sitting mem,
Der.
8 Mr.. Hoar, of Michican, entered
into an ironical eulogy upon the great
/ intellectual energy and statesman-
ship shown by the Democrats during
Athe recent fflibustering movement.
HE characterized Mr.. Randall, of
& Pennsylvania, as the Napoleon of the
contest; Mr. Blackburn, of Kentucky,
as its Marshall Ney, and Mr.. Spring
er, of Illinois, as Joan of Arc,
Laughter) and he rediculed the
courageous manner in which they
come up to make motions to adjourn
over. The latter gentleman had not
entered into the contest until after
the Waterloo and until Napoleon was
on his way to st. Helena. Then
passing on to review OF the
Chalmers case, and referring to the
statement that he was coming over
to the Republican party, declared
that that party had stood 8
good deal from the Democrats
but that they could not pass Mr..
Chalmers off on it. He belonged te
the Democratic party by nature
Mr.. Manning, of Massachusetts, will
, be the first man to come down te
Mississippi this fall and make thai
speech and help me beat him"
Mr.. Hoar-"Yes, and if 1 can't de
as good to you as to Mr.. Chalmers
then I give it up. Nothing would
please me better than to compare
the Simese twins Daughter
Mr.. Atherton-" VIII you keel
Secretary Chandler from helping q
elect him according to the contract.
Mr.. Howl I don't believe it, ]
is mt true, and if it is Mr.. Chandler j
/ in low business"
Mr.. Manning-"That he is.
Mr.. How then passed on to dis
cussion of the moskery in the D1b
BILE case and made some illusions +
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