Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-07-27
CONGRESSIONAL
TUES1Av .JTrTv 10

Sendte-Up0 suggestion, Sen. Garland'S Joint
resolution was referred to the committee on ap-
preparations.
Sen. Sherman's tax bill was taken up and a
motion to adjourn was defeated by party vote
the republicans voting no.
The question was upon Sen. Beck's amend
ment, reducing the tax on manufactured tobacco
to ten cents per pound to take effect on JAN 1st.
1885. Sen. ingalls, said he would favor a reduc-
ton to twelve cents, and Beck modified his
amendment accordingly.
Sen. Allison regarded the matter of rebate as
a wholly impracticabe thing, as in all reduction
of taxes it involved the consideration that it was
practically impossible to carry out. Therefore
the Uniform practice was to make the reduction
take effect sometime IN the future. Adjourned.
Rouse-Mr. Calkins called up the South Caro-
lima contested election case, Small VS.. Tillman
against which Ransom raised the question of
consideration, on which the house proceeded to
vote. The democrats with the exception of
Hardenberg and Jones (Tex.) having declined to
answer, the vote resulted yeas 129. nays 2, being
Is less than quorum.
The call of the house was then proceeded
with.
The doors being closed, the house settled down
to day of bushes. At 2:35, further proceed
ings under call, on motion of Calkings, was dis
pensed with, and the house again voted on the
question under considera tion.
Roll call disclosed 140 republicans. and two
voting democrats Hardenburgh and Jones. The
point of no quorum was raised. Three or four
roll calls followed, the republicans laking of a
quorum. Finally, at clock, q vote on the
question of consideration showed a quorum of
l44 ayes, nays-Jones (Texas) and Har-
denburg On. J). Hardenburgh explained his
vote, stating he was paired with Humphrey (Wis.)
and had promised that gentleman he would vote
when necessary to make quorum.
The contested election cases were taken up.
Calkins said he would call the previous question
off two Riapl- bnr "
suggested that five minutes amply sufficient.
The debate was opened by Waite Comm in sup
port Of the claim of the contestant, SmaN
After debate of three hours SIN all was seated.
WEDNESDAY, July 10.
Seadte-Sen. Sewell presented communication
from Brevet Major General McQuade, transmit
ting the resolution adopted unanimously at the
recent annual meeting of the society of the fifth
army corps, at Detroit asking that justice be
done General Ftz John Porter. Mr.. Sewell gave
notice that he would call up the bill for Genera
Porters relief On the first Monday of December
next.
HOuse-The house resumed consideration o
the South Carolina contested election case Of
! Smalls V. Tillman.
| After speeches by MeSsrs. Briggs and Atherton
Mr.. Horr took his stand in the space in front Of
the speakers desk, and with small cane pointed
out to the house the boundary lines of the con-
gressional districts of the state of South Carolina
under the recent redistricting. He also pro-
duced diagrams of each district separately, anC
declared it was not gerrymandering; it was down
| right villainy.
! Mr.. Atherton inquired whether that gerrvman
| dering was not as fair as the gerrymandering o
| the fourteenth district Of Ohio, which was to in
| fiict upon congress another member of the IIor
| family
| Mr.. Horn replied that when congress was in.
! fiicted with his brother, he could take care O
| himself.
| NJ T;II,r.- Il n \ s,o1,o :; X; ~ l11e
but addressed himself especially to the propriety
of the house deciding upon the election and re
| turns Of its members because the gentlemen haC
| party politics eternay exciting prejudice anC
making them determine contrary to the evidence
! Of law and justice. In reply Mr.. Horr whom
| he characterized as having played the buffOon
Mr.. Tillman said, that while that gentleman hat
| been prancing around
LIKE CLOWN IN A CIRCUS,
| pleading against the wrong which done the
| negro in redistrcting South Carolina, he (Tiil-
man) could not help remembering there were
| 10000 voters in Michigan who did not vote
| the republican ticket, and who were gerry
wandered out of any representation On this floor
Unfortunately, since 1876, the people Of South
| Carolina had collected little property, and he
was afraid, from the UnceremOniOus manner
| in which the choice Of the people were
kicked out of this body, there was another rising
forming to sweep down upon them, to rob them
| of what little substance they had accumulated
/ If the republicans went on as theV had been go
| ing on, he was satisfied the south would be re-
constructed, and reconstructed for the purpose OF
| plunder. He saw that, as Ia as his case was
concerned the republicans were impatient to FIN
| ish their work, but that would not disturb his
| equanlmity in the least. He had discounted long
ago the worst they could do. lie was satisfied
| that though Shelley and himself were going tC
| be turned out, they would come back to the next
| congress. and they would come back by negro
votes. He would be candidate again unless his
constituents wished change; and if any repub-
! lican stump orators from Blaine down
A republican Gnterrupting)-Horr
Mr.. Tilman-O yes; even the crowd from
! Michigan. (Laughter.) Let him come down
| there and l guarant' him the best entertain
| ment. l will guarantee him good eating and
| geod drinking, if he drinks. [ expect he is a
| prohibitiOnist. though he does not look like it
I will drive him to all political meetings, and
will beat him upon the stump and do it by demo
cratic negro voters.
In reply to a question as to the object Of tke
| in one congressional dirtrict he said amid much
laughter, that it was in order that one col ored
democrat might be sent to congress.
! MIR. Tillman proceed to
| CRITICIZE THE METHODS
OF the republican party to keep itself in power
| 1t ought to hang its head in shame and not get
| upon the hOusetOps and 90 around the streets
| praying with Puritan JesUitism ike the Phari-
| sees of old-''I thank GodI am better than other
men," Any party who robbed employees of the
| government (as the republican party was doing
now ought never TO say word about the little
gerrymander in South Carolina. He, however