The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-04-24
litigation pending. He did not own n
piece OF ground in Arkansas.
Messra. Mckaa and Rnppra. of All.

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however, stated that his son was Ia.
voived in such a litigation. In the dis.
cussion which ensued there was n great
deal OF confusion and fun, Mr.. Kelly be.
Ing bombarded with questions, and 70.
plying to them In kind. Neither cues.
tions nor answers had the slightest refer.
ence to the appropriation.
Mr.. Tarsney inquired II In speech
made by Mr.. Kelly In apublic hall In
Washington he had used the expression
that a white girl was just rs good as a
colored girl 7
WHAT KELLY SAID. ~
Mr.. Kelly replied that l,e did not re-.
member; but that he would say It on
this floor, white girl was just as good
as a colored, lie deAed the gentleman
from Missouri to deny 1t. [f.aughter.1
Mr. Allen, Of Mississippi, said that the
gentleman from Kansas seemed to be the
recognized inouth.piece Of the postollice
Department Of the administration. There
never had been in the history OF the G.
y. I. q time when Southern outragcs
were more necessary for the purposes OF
that party than they were today. 1t
had gone to the wall on the tariff; Il had
busted higher than kite on civil scrv-
ice. The elections we're going ayainstit.
II 1t could carry the elections on South
ern outrages the chances OF the G. 0. p.
were good. Referring to m outrage, lie
expressed the deep regret OF bis people
at It's occurrence. He would not descend !
to that sort OF debate.
-Mr. Cochran, OF South Carolina, said |
there was just enough OF the flct in the |
flaming letter which had been read by |
the gentleman from Kansas, relative to
the Abbeville case, to make ont a story.
There was a town; was postoilice;
there was an applicant for the ,pos.nas.
tership aud there were some hot headed
young, men, of which his con was one.
After the war Northern man had been
postmaster and had served
until Arthur's term. When he died
lis wife, q mot estimable
woman had been appointed,
Finley Ind filed an application
With the First Assistant Postmaster
General. in which ho misreprcsented
aud DETAINED the character OF the post
mistress. This WAS u feeling OF outrage
against him. Those young men, not for
the purpose Of doing Finley any harm,
went to his house on the night, and
made somo demonstration. With Il
guilty conscience he Ind broken out ut
the back door and run down to the rail-
road track: In jumping down he broke
his leg. The young men had sent for u
physician and had paid all the expenses
Of the treatment. That WIS all there
was to it.
ROGERS nouLApE.
Mr.. Rogers, Of Ark, called attention
10 the fact that under leave to print the
gentleman from Kansas had printed in
Lhe Record vile calumnies on the State OF
Arkansas. Had the gentleman no
shame or decency, no idea OF propriety?
Was he lost-irre.riebably lost? Did
they know the speech he had printed in
the Record would be perpetual memo.
rial to tho character OF the man
from Kansas sent to the National
Legislature. Outrages occurred in all
States. Crime was committed in all
States. Why was it that the South was
for the outrages? It was sim.
ply ior the purpose OF political capital.
He then went into an elaborate defence
Of the State which hs in part represented,
against the calumnies and scandals
which, he said, had been heaped upon
her. In the course OF his remarks he
bitterly assailed "Poker" Jack Mcclure,
who had been appointed to conduct Ger.
tain government cases in Arkansas. He
could not believe that the President or
Attorney General knew OF his auteced-
ents. He was 4 man who had never
character enough to comprehend how a
man could be honest or a gentleman.
Mr.. Featherstone, OF Arkansas, said
that Powell Clayton and Judge Mcclure
who had been DETAINED by his colleague,
stood as well with Republicans in Ar
kansas Ms his colleague did with Demo.
Gratis. It seemed to be crime to tell
the truth. 1t was an outrage to say that
ballot boxes were stuffed and that men
were assassinated and murderers not ar
IT sted. sy..
SPending further discussion the com.
tnittee rose aud the House adjourned.