Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-24
THE SOUTHERN QUESTION.
Occupies the Most of the Time In the House
"A Rambling, but Decidedly Lively De
hate-A Tariff Pefiriou-

Occupies the Most of the Time In the House
"A Rambling, but Decidedly Lively De.
bate-A Tariff Petition.
WASHINGTON, April 23-In the House Mr..
Harmer, of Pennsylvania, presented a
memorial of the Manufacturers Club of Phila-
delphia, representing many millions of capital
invested in American industries and American
manufactures, and many thousands of work
men earning American wages, in favor of
prompt action on tariff legislation, which shall
check the importation of articles produced by
our own people. Referred.
The House then went into committee of the
whole (Mr. Payson. of Illinois, in the chair) on
the legislative appropriation bill. the pending
question being on the motion of Mr.. DunneIl,
of Minnesota, to strike out the clause providing
clerks for Senators. Mr., Breckenridge, of
Kentucky. hoped that the motion would be
adopted: If the clause were TO be placed on
the bill it should be done at the request of the
Senate and not be originated by the House.
Mr.. ButterwOrth, of Ohio, said that estimates
for Senatorial clerks had come in the usual
way, and had been acted upon in the usual way
by the Committee on Appropriations. II Sena-
tors wanted clerks let them have them. Rep
resentatives ought also to have clerks. Nine
out of ten members wanted to have clerks, and
if there was not a yea and nay vote, they would
get them. Nine out of every ten were wild to
get clerks, but when the yeas and nays were
called. they went on dress parade and voted
against the proposition. Laughter and ap-
plause,1 Ii he (Mr. Butterworth) had clerk
he would be worth $4,000 year more to his
constituents, because he would not have to go
tramp, tramp. tramp from department to de-
partment doing all things on earth except the
business which he was here to do.
Much Disputed Point.
MR.. KERR and Mr.. Holman of Indiana,
strenuously objected to any provision for
giving clerks to Representatives. Mr.. Cutch-
con and Mr.. Allen, of Michigan, took the other
all constituents. The motion to strike out was
lost-S5 to 81. In speaking to verbal amend
ment Mr.. Kelley, of Kansas. replied to re-
mark made by Mr.. Allen, of Mississippi, to the
effect that some of the newly appointed post
masters in Mississippi had moved their offices
out of the towns into the country. Thinking
there must be some reason for this, he (Mr.
Kelley had gone to the Postoffice Department
and bad been informed that in some places it
was impossible for Republican postmaster to
secure location in a town and he was obliged
to go to the country
As an instance of the manner in which some
Republican poStmasters were treated in the
South, he read letter from W. A. Finley, ap-
pointed in May as postmaster at Abbeville, ).
C., who states that shortly after his appoint
ment he was set upon by mob led by Ward 8.
Cothran. son of Congressman Cothran. and
beaten with barbed wire and ordered to leave
the town.
Mr. Enloe. of Tennessee-Did you write the
letter for him?
Mr.. Kelley-I want to state to the gentleman
that 1 did write the letter. Laughter on the
Democratic side. wrote the letter at his re-
quest. Renewed laughter.1
Mr.. Henderson. of wa-If you stop your
sneering and deny facts it will he better.
Laughter on Democratic side.l
An Excellent Political Joke.
MIR. RowELL, of Illlnois-It is funny to the
1'A other side of the house to hear accounts
of murder and whipping with barbed wires.
Mr.. Kelley-The gentleman signed the letter
in my presence.
letter?
Mr. Kelley-On account of the outrage his
arm is paralyzed. Laughter.
Mr. Kelley then proceeded to read from let
ters of Southern postmasters to First Assistant
Postmaster General Clarkson, complaining Of
outrages.
Mr. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, inquired by
what authority General Clarkson had turned
over these papers to the gentleman. Mr.. kel-
ley was unable to say what the law was.
Mr.. Breckinridge-In what way did the gen.
tleman obtain official papers of the Postoffice
Department.
the papers from him, with his free consent. 1
didn't steal them.
Mr. Breckinridge-Of course not 1 don't
think the gentleman would be guilty of petty
larceny.
Continuing, Mr.. Kelley said that he didn't
agree with the gentleman from Mississippi in
his criticism of the President; didn't complain
that the President played with his little grand
child, but wished he would cease itlong enough
to see to it that every man in the United States,
black white, is under the projection of the
flag. [Applause.] He referred to a speech
which he made in Fort Smith, denouncing that
Clayton murder, and said that he received let
ters from people in Arkansas thanking him for
it, and had received letter from a Grand
Army post with resolution of thanks. Mr..
Tars ney of Missouri. inquired if the resolu-
tion contained any reference to the litigation
going on between the gentleman and his son
against a colored congregation IN Fort Smith
to prevent the erection of colored church.
that it was a nuisance. Mr.. Kelley denied that
there was any such litigation pending. He did
not own piece of ground in Arkansas.