The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-05-05

ton on Wednesday East, and a lively
discussion followed. Persons not
familiar with the facts might conclude
from what has appeared in the sensa.
tional papers that whole regiment
of Americans were incarcerated
in British prisons. The number the
President was requested by resolution OF
Congress to obtain release for was less
than half dozen; one of these, it now
appears, was holding Office under the
British Government at che time of his
arrest, and still another, the facts show,
was not an American citizen. All of
them are offered their release on con-
dition they will leave the country.
Our Government is now negotiating to
have this condition abrogated.
The Committee on Foreign Affairs
consists of eleven members, who are
nearly equally divided politically.
They all concur that our Government
has acted as promptly in the matter OF
the imprisoned Americans as is conslS-
tent with national comfy. Mr.. Will
liams, as chairman of the Committee.
gave documentary history of the
correspondence between the two gov
ernments. Before closing his speech
he took occasion to portray the wrongs
done to Ireland during past generations
with SURPRISING pathos and eloquence.
During the delivery Of the speech Mr.
Cox, of New York, a distinguished
leader on the Democratic side, took a
position on the Republican side OF the
chamber, and on the close of Mr. Will
liams' speech, Mr.. Cox said, 81 like to
come on this side of the House to catch
from his (Mr. Williams lips the burn
ing eloquence with which he discusses
the themes of personal freedom" Mr..
Robinson, who had offered the resolu-
tion to send the Committee on Foreign
Affairs adrift, after listening to the
speech of Mr.. Williams, withdrew the
resolution, remarking, il he had been
informed of the facts, he would not
have offered it, and now, in view OF
what had been said, he endorsed Mr..
Williams. This was signal triumph
for Mr.. Williams, such as seldom Oc-
ours in the House of Representatives.
Whenever the rights of our foreign
born adopted citizens, Of any nationali-
ty, are called in question they have, nc
truer friends than the Republicans
The setting up of higher claims by any
other party is mere pretense to catch
votes. The speech of Mr.. Williams
has been published in pamphlet form
and doubtless ere this has been read
by many people in Wisconsin.
THE CHINESE LAw-wHAT Is SAT-
OF 1T.
The Chinese bill, as it passed the Sen
ate, must satisfy the most ultra Chinese
sentiment. 1t is legislation of kind
never before enacted in this country
What the result of this new American
policy will be cannot be foretOld will
certainty, but that our relations with
the Chinese government will be mate
rally changed is reasonable conclu
sion. The Chinese minister in this city
regards the policy now adopted by the
American government as disrespectfu
to China, and it is inferable from his
expressed sentiments that our present
and large prospective trade with China
will be embarrassed, if not suspended
and other nations encouraged to enjoy
it's advantages. An American consul
now here, whose official residence has
been for several years in China, be.
lieves the Chinese bill, as passed, will
have an unfavOrable and perhaps dis.
astrous effect on our commercial rela-
lions with that country. Rev. Mr.. An
dreWs, who has been engaged III mis-
sionary labors thirty years in China,
and is now on a visit here. is fearful
the American missionaries will now be
interrupted in that country. The
Chinese people very naturally will say
if the recent actions Of our Congress
be a specimen of the spirit of Amer
lean christianity, they want none of it
taught there by our missionaries.
The amendments to the bill in the
Senate will doubtless be concurretl in
by the House.
Z. s. SUPREME COURT-ITS PECULIAR.
TILES.
In the National Capitol building is
an apartment not so frequently taken
into the circuit by visitors. It is the
hall of the United States Supreme
Court, the highest judicial tribunal in
this country. The manners, customs
and forms of proceedings in this au-
gust body are substantially the same
as when the court was first estab-
lished; they never change. The judges,
nine in number, at precisely five min
utes to twelve o'clock, enter the court
room with a measured step, dignified
demeanor, and take their seats in the
order of seniority. On being seated,
they do not begin chatting with each
other as is common in the Senate and
House of Representatives, but pre-
serve silent decorum, except as may be
required by the business of the hour.
Their judicial gowns, it is said, are
made exactly after the same pattern
as far back as the memory of man
runs. The practice of wearing gowns
by judges of the higher courts was bor-
roWed from England, in which coun-
try the custom dates back two centur-
les. The gown is a judicial insignia
so historic it would hardly seem wise
to dispense with it in republican
America. Each of the judges is al
lowed a body servant who has salary
of 81, 200 per year, paid by the govern
ment. These body servants are far
more self-important and consequential
than are the high judicial officers
whom they serve; they seem to hold
themselves the equals of Senators.
The clerk of the Supreme Court holds
the most lucrative appointiye Office in
the United States, the proceeds of
which average forty thousand dollars
per annum. f.
Justice has at last been done, though
tardily, in the Lynch Chalmers case
and the man who had a large majority
of the votes of his fellow citizens has