The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-06-02

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StTucted the past a0eek.- Washington
Monument "A .frightfuz escape
Wheat and fruit prospects IN the
country around Washington.
WASHINGTON, May Goth, 1882.
Congress has at last taken up the con-
tested election cases from the South
ern States, beginning with South Caro-
lima, which have been pending since
1880. The Republicans could not,
in justice to the country. nor to the
parties interested, longer defer action
in the premises. On no question before
Congress at this session has there been
such intense feeling excited as in these
cases. That the solid ranks of the
Democratic members from the South
should be broken into exasperates the
Bourbon party exceedingly. Their
Northern allies stick to them with a
zeal worthy of better cause. There
are several members from the south
occupying seats in the House who were
never lawfully elected. The cases of
some of these were taken before the
Supreme Court of South Carolina, and
the Court held that the canvassers
threw out Republican votes without
authority of law. The Judges Of the
Supreme Court are all Democrats, but
that tribunal has no power to seat or
unseat members Congress alone, I'M
der the Constitution, has the right to
determine who are entitled to seats.
On Monday last the controversy
over the contested election cases was
begun with earnestness on both sides.
The Republicans endeaVored to bring
the House to vote /; the Democrats
were resolved no vote should be taken,
and for that purpose resorted to the
practice known as fillibustering-that
is, absenting themselves before the roll
call, and leaving the House without a
quorum. On the fourth day the Re
publicans obtained a quorum without
the Democrats, whereupon the latter
adopted another mode for obstructing
business. There are three motions
which are always in order-to adjourn,
to adjourn to day certain, and to move
a reces For the past three days the
Democrats have availed themselves of
these motions, and the whole time has
been squandered in calling the ayes
and noes. The rules which allow a
minority to obstruct the will of the
majority and arrest the business Of
legislation ought to be abolished,
When the7Iules were framed it was
not expected they would be taken adj
vantage of in the way now being done
There is much more involved in the
result of these cases than appears at
first view. If the Republican claim
ants are given their seats, on proper
evidence of right, it will strengthen
the Republican cause in the South, for
the reason the Bourbon Democracy
will understand that to declare candi-
dates elected who succeeded dishonest
ly is one thing, but for men so elected
to be admitted TO seats in Congress is
quite another matter. 1t will also
assure Southern Republicans if they
elect their candidates by legal MAORI
ties, and then canvassing boards count
them out, Congress will count them in
Republicans, especially in the cOlored
districts, have been so often cheated
say, what is the use of our trying tC
elect members, if our votes are reject.
ed"
WASHINGTON MONUMENTAL FRIGHT.
Full ACCIDENT AvERTED.
The public will be interested to know
that steady progress is being made on
/ N0fOr hoe
reached the height of 254 feet, being 6
little over one-half the original height
contemplated. The work is neces.
sarily slow and difficult, requiring the
heavy blocks of granite to be raised
and placed in position by machinery
The monument is fifty-four feet square
at the base, the foundation of stone
and cement being sunk ten feet below
the surface of the ground. The walls
incline inward one-fourth Of an inch
to each foot of rise. No funds are
wanting to prosecute the work, as Con
gress seems disposed to provide the
necessary means for its final compile.
ton. AS workmen are obliged to be
much on the outer edge of the walls, a
movable wire screen is attached to
the outside of the wall short distance
below the top, to guard against acct
dents. A few days since one of the
Workmen standing on the outer edge
lost his balance and fell; he was
caught by the wire screen, his weight
wrenching it badly. He was rescued
from his perilous situation without
bodily bruises, but his fright was sc
great as to deprive him of his strength
for time. 1t was reported his hair
was turned grey by the terrible scare
but this may not be strictly true
There are, however, we'll authenticated
cases of the hair of persons being
turned orematurely grey, resulting
from excessive fright. No one car
stand near the base of the monument
look up to the giddy height, and con
template a fall into the frail looking
screen without sensation of horror.
GRAIN AND FRUIT CROP IN THE yICIN-
ITY OF WASHINGTON.
But little can be said of the prospec
of the wheat crop in the section OF
country around Washington, for reason
but little wheat is grown within a cir
Gle of twenty miles of this city. Ii
that portion of Virginia which is large
ly devoted to the raising of wheat
there is prospect of full average
crop. The wheat harvest in Virginia
usually commences about the last week
in June. Fruit, especially peaches
which was thought to have been seri
ously injured, some weeks ago, is Civ
ing promise of more than an ordinary
crop. 1t is now said the prospect OF
an abundance of peaches is better than
for several years past. The valley OF
the Potomac, which was losing its rep.
utation as a peach-producing region,
on account of successive failures, bids
fair to redeem its good name for
peaches this season. Apples, it is re-
ported, will be plentiful, but less i'm.
portance is attached to this fruit, fol-
the reason apples grown in this section
of the country are of inferior quality.
i.
BY others faults wise men correct
their own.