The National tribune., 1892-06-23

which was refused by the District Commission
| ers, but under the law they can sell, having
rendered the license money. 1t is presumed
| that bill will soon be passed, as Mr.. McMiliin
| of Tennessee, has introduced a measure to REM
edy the defects which have been found in the
statutes.
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The resolution offered by Mr.. McMillin, Of
Tennessee, some days ago. appointing July 4
for the final adjournment Of Congress, which
was referred to the Committee on Ways and
day, June Is, and it was decided to postpone
its consideration for tho present. There are
several Indications besides this, however, which
show that Congress will not adjourn on that
day, the principal one being that when an in
vitation was extended by the Patriotic Order
of the Sons of America for Congress to visit
New Orleans while that Order Was in session,
an answer was sent declining the invitation,
the reason given for such doclination being
that Congress would probably be in session
then, and it was not considered expedient to
accept the invitation for that reason.
Representative Johnson, Of the Twenty first
Ohio District, has introduced bill providing
for tho election of Representatives in Congress
by proportional representation. The bill pro-
vides that candidates for the House shall be
voted for at large in their respective States. By
the provisions of the bill any body of electors in
State may in convention nominate any num-
Der Of candidates, not to exceed the number of
seats to which the State is entitled in the
House of Representatives, and cause the names
Of the nominees to be printed on the ballots.
Electors shall be entitled on their ballots to
one vote each for as many persons as the State
is entitled to seats, and they may cumulate
their votes on a less number of persons as they
may choose. The object of the bill is to insure
representation in Congress of the numerous mi
nOrities in States.
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Senator PETER, of Kansas, last week pre-
sented petition signed by the colored citizens
of Manhattan. Kan, deploring the failure of
the General Government to adequately protect
the colored race in their constitutional rights,
in that mob and lynch law has been permitted
to take the place of the regular form of judicial
procedure, and that trial by jury for persons of
that race who are accused or even suspected of
crime, has practically ceased in many parts of
the country. Tho petition declares that class
legislation by the States which virtually multi
fies and abrogates the provisions of the Con-
stitution, has gone on unrebuked by the Gen.
eral Government that the systematic robbery
and murder of colored men have continued for
years with scarce protest from Congress, and
that they are unable TO bring the guilty parties
to justice by reason Of the failure of the Gen
eral Government to secure to tho citizens of
every State Republican form of Government.
They say that their petitions for redress of
grievances have been spurned or ignored, until
the old doctrine that "a coored man has no
rights which white man is bound to respect"
seems to be the belief, if not the profession, of
their white fellow-eitizens. In conclusion the
petition demands equal rights before the law,
equal protection, one law for white and black,
ETC. In introducing the petition Senator Potter
said that if the newspapers wero to be believed
it was time Congress took some action on this
matter, and he hoped the Judiciary Committee,
to which the petition was referred, would take
the matter under immediate advisement and
speedily report some measure of relief.
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One of the features of the coming Grand
Army Encampment will be the first meeting
Of the National Association Of Old Army Chap
lains which will be held at the Metropolitan
Methodist Church on the first evening Of the
Eneampment. The association was formed at
the last Encampment at Detroit last August.
Upon that occasion the Department of Missouri
presented a memorial to the Encampment, sug-
costing the organization of the old Chaplsins.
After being favorably reported from commit
tee the plan was adopted by the Encampment.
The plan Is described by a circular sent out by
the officers of the association, which states that
q the objects Of the association is to enable the
old army Chaplains and others to be better pre-
pared to assist the old soldiers to be true to
themselves and country in the practice of tenn
perance, industry self reliance and all manly
virtues. Most il not all, are now mustered
into the GAR. for mutual improvement and
pleasure. They can either help each other or
do harm. In the late war the Chaplain was
there, not to fight, but to encourage the boys
in the practice of the virtues of home life. In
the accomplishing Of this he did more for his
country and them than he could have done by
drawing the sword upon the bloody field of
carnage. We, the living, are all at home now
in the land we helped to save. Shall we abandon
each other, or stand by one another still? We
arc mustered out of the service of the United