Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-02-08
THE ABERDEEN OUTRAGE.

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THE ABERDEEN OUTRAGE.
The resolution heretofore offered by Sen
ator Chandler calling upon the attorney
general for the report of the United States
marshal for the northern district OF Mlssls-
sippi concerning the maltreatment of Henry
]. Faunce, at Aberdeen, Miss, was taken
In discussing this resolution Senator
Walthall replied TO Senator ingalls, late
speech. Regarding the hanging IN efngy OF
Secretary Proctor at Aberdeen. lie felt JUS
titled in saying that that was the act or
| lew persons only, not the act OF commun-
lty. The sentiment of the people of Missis-
sippi and the entire south VS. condemna-
tory of the outrage.
Senator Ingali said he had no comment
TO make on the eulogy pronounced on the
people of Aberdeen, except to say that 1t
was in evidence that no less than three or
| four hundred of them stood by when the
castigation was inflicted on Faunce without
word of protest or without any attempt to
| Interfere. 'The victim of this wrong" he
went on to say, was not citizen OF the
state of Mississippi. 1.-The had been, don't
know that l should not be willing to have
allowed the powers in th4t state to deal with
the transaction as they eased. He was
not citizen of the state of Mississippi. He
was a citi en- of the United States and of
the state of Indiana, temporarily In the
state of Mississippi while pursuing his legal
vocation. And are we TO be told here that
it is beyond the competency and power of
the senate of the United States and of the
government of the United States to inquire
INTO wrong inflicted by the people OF Mis-
sissippi, not on a citizen of that state, but
on citizen of the United States and citi-
zen of another state. 1t may be that you
will succeed in procuring declaration from
this body that the senate OF the United
States; that the government has no power
either to INQUIRE into The wrong against its
citizens or to protect them against such IN
vasion of their rights; but say to the sem
ator that if Faunce had been a citizen of
the state of Kansas, and If it should appear
that the authorities of Mississippi would not
ayenge that wrong; and If it should appear
that the government and authorities of the
United States were powerless to prevent
such wrong, l will guarantee to him that
the citizens of the state of Kansas would
take it into their hands to resent 1t and to
exact reparatiOn.
Senator George challenged the senator
from Kansas or any ether senator on the
republican side to put his finger on that
clause of the constitution which authorized
the federal government lin any of its
branches to punish or take jurisdiction of
crimes committed within state and not
aga INST the laws of the United States.
Senator Wilson, of Iowa, in response to
Senator Georges challenge, referred him
to section 2, article of the constitution in
these words: "The ti7enS of each state
shall entitled to ali the privileges and
immunities of citizens of the several
states"
Senator Reagan condemned the outrage
at Aberdeen, but denied the right OF the
govern ment of the United States to take
jurisdiction of it. The resolution went over
without action.
EULoGIzING JEFF DAVIS.
L. IL
speaking to Chambers reso, ution relating
to the Aberdeen, Miss, outrage, during the
course of his remarks pronounced eulogy
upon the character of jefferson Davis.
Senator Spooner, of Wisconsin. in reply
to Mr.. George, expressed his regret that the
senator from Mississippi had felt called
upon to pronounce a eulogy on Jefferson
Davis in the senate chamber of the United
States. 1t would strike harsh cord in the
breasts of millions of men all through the
north. The people had not reg arded him,
although the chief of the contederacy, as
ia ser to the union and to its flag and to his
oath than thousands of his conferees. But
the people had not believed that Jefferson
Davis had never betrayed his trust. The
people believed on the contrary, that he
had sat in the senate chamber betraying
daily and hourly and nightly the highest
trust ever reposed IN man. but 1t was not
for that they eXecrated his memory. 1t
was because they had held him responsible
for the atrocities, the unspeakable, devilish,
horrible cruelties visited on union prisoners
at Libby prison, Belle Isle, Salisbury and
AndersonvIlle. 1t was because they charged
him with the responsibility of holding men
prisoners of war to starve them.
NATIONAL BANKING BILL.
Mr.. Dorsey, chairman of the house com
mittee on banking and currency, presented
the national banking bill. 1t provides for
the issue of 2,300000,000 two per cent.
bonds, to run fifty years, and to be used
exclusively as a basis for national bank cir
culat:on. The proceeds from the sale of
the bonds are to be applied to the redemp-
ton of bonds now outstanding: The bill
has the approval of Secretary Window and
Comptroller Lacey.
Mr.. Anderson, of Kansas, regarded the
bill as proposition to remove one of the
safeguards provided against the encroach-
.ments of the national banks, and as a re-
publican, ne appealed to the republicans
not to yield hairs breadth to the national
bankers, but bring in every safeguard which
had been place around the national bank
ing act by its trainers. He was not finan-
cier, but he had horse sense enough to be
ready to oppose anything the national bank
ers wanted, and to know that he was then
on the safe side. The bill went over.
BUFFALO JONES' SCHEME.
Mr.. Peters, of Kansas, introduced bill
Land for the propagation of buffaloes.
WHAT is QUORUM?
The contest case of Smith VS.. Jackson, of
the Fourth West Virginia district. was
called up.
Mr.. Crisp, of Georgia, raised the question
of consideration and the democrats gener-
ally refused to vote, the vote on the motion
to take up the case standing 1872 yeas and
nays.
Mr.. Crisp raised the point of no quorum.
Whereupon Speaker Reed directed the
clerk to take a list of names of members,
as noted by the speaker as being present
who refused to vote.
Tn created a pandemonium, the gentle
men. all democrats. whose names appeared
on the list, denouncing the order of the
speaker as revolutionary and contrary to
presidents of hundred years standing.
Mr.. Reed, however, secured order long
enough to make his ruling, that there was a
quorum present within the meaning of
the constitution"
In support of this ruling he referred to a
similar decision by Governor Hill when he
presided over the senate of the state of New
York; and TO similar case which had oc-
Cured in the legislature of Tennessee; de-
cisions IN both cases having been made by
members of the democratic party.
An appeal was taken from the decision of
the chair, and IN the debate upon it refer
ence was made by those opposing the ruling
to a decision made by James q. Blaine
when speaker of the house, and to speeches
by Garfield, and other republicans, Includ-
ing Speaker Reeo himself, in opposition to