The Anaconda standard., 1890-04-24
He GOT TOHOT WATER
Ii. Kelley Of Kansas and Ills Bafbed.
Wire Story.
Democratic Members Of the House
Tell Him All About a Good
Mission Field In His
Own State.

WASHINGTON, April 23.- Harmer of
the Manufacturers club Of Philadelphia
In favor Of prompt action on tariff legis-
lation.
The house went into committee OF the
whole on the legislative appropriation
bill, the pending question being the mo
ton to strike out the clause providing
clerks for senators. Lost by n vote OF
IS to 81.
In speaking of the verbal amendment
Kelley Of Kansas replied to remark by
Allen to the effect that some newly APP
pointed postmasters in Mississippi had
moved their Offices into the country, by
saying that he learned at the postoftice
department that in some places Il was i'm
possible for a republican postmaster to
secure q location I'm town and he was
Obliged to 90 to the country. He also read
letter from Postmaster Finley of Abbey
vile, S. c., stating that shortly after his
appointment he was set upon by a mob,
led by q son of Congressman Cothran,
beaten with barbed wires and ordered to
leave town. This provoked heated
political debate. Invoe asked IL
Kelley wrote the letter for the postmaster
and Kelley replied that he had because on
account Of the beating received Finley's
arm was I'm paralyzed condition. These
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derisive laughter OH the democratic side,
which led Rowell Of Illinois. to remark
that the gentlemen on the other side
thought Il was funny to hear accounts OF
murders and beating with barbed wires.
Kelley proceeded to read from the let
tiers of southern pOstmasters to First As.
sistant Postmaster General Clarkson
complaining Of outrages.
In the discussion Tarsney asked about
the litigation going on between Kelley
and his son against colored conRreRa-
ton in Fort Smith, to prevent the erection
was nuisance.
Kelley denied any such litigation and
said he didn't own any land in Arkansas.
McRae and Rogers, however, stated that
Kelley's son was involved in such litiga-
ton.
Allen of Mississippi said the gentleman
from Kansas seemed TO be the recognized
mouthpiece of the postofilce department
of the administration. There never had
been a time in the history of the
grand old party when southern
out 1Sutrases Were more NECESSARY ,ees ,r,n Tor
II had gone to the wall on the tariff: was
busted higher than kite on civil service
elections were going against il, and IL IL
could not carry the election on southern
outrages the chances of the grand old
party were gone. He had In his desk a
not descend to that sort of debate.
Cothran of South Carolina, speaking
of the Abbeville matter, said that after
| the war northern man was appointed
postmaster and served until Arthur's
| term, when he died and his widow sue
| ceeded him. When this administration
came in Finley filed an application i'm
which he misrepresented and DETAINED
| the character of the postmistress. There
was a feeling OF outrage against him. and
| q number of young men, including Goth
rams son, went to Finley's house one
night and made demonstration, not for
the purpose of doing him any harm.
With guilty conscience, Finley ran out of
broke his leg. The young men sent for a
Rogers OF Arkansas called at.
tention to the fact that under
leave to print Kelley had printed on the
record vile calumnies on the state of Ar
kansas and proceeded to score Kelley
sharply. He read a long list of Kansas
outrages and asked IL il wasn't time
Kelley should exercise his luminous intel
lect i'm home missions. In the course oi
his remarks he bitterly assailed "Pokel
Jack" Mcclure, who had been appointed
to conduct n certain government case In
Arkansas.
Featherstone of Arkansas replied sharp
ly to Rogers for defending Judge McClu
and Powell Clayton. He (Featherstonc
seemed TO he a crime to tell the truth
The party i'm power in Arkansas rested III
power not on the votes of the honest ma
jority, but on stuffed ballot boxes.
Pending further discussion, the com
mittec rose and the house adjourned.