smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1877

Tne Washington correspondent of the Bos-
ton Advertiser under date of Friday writes:
Inc action OF the Cabinet to-day, in postponing
the extra session of Congress until the 18th of
october, was complete surprise to everybody,
and for some hours after the news became
public it was dlscredited, or believed to be
mere rumor. The surprise was the greater
because it was understood that the President
had said up to last night, and members of the
Cabinet up to within half an hour of the time
OF the Cabinet meeting, that the session would
be called for the 4th of June. There is great
deal OF speculation tonight as to the cause of
the sudden change in the date, and members of
the Cabinet refer all applicants for information
to the carefully prepared statement made up at
the White House, which puts the postpone
ment upon two grounds: First, that the busi-
ness interests of the county do not warrant an
extra session in June, and second, that the
session may not be held in hot weather. The
truth is, however, and it is idle to ignore it,
that the sole reason for not calling Congress to-
gether urtil October is to give more time for
the development of the Presidents Southern
pohcy, and afford the people of the country
ample time to see its practical workings. The
President has been advised that the Southern
men intended to come here in June and clamor
for additional legislation. This fact, coupled
with the readiness OF a certain class of Repub-
licans to attack the administration if any weak
spot became exposed, would lead to embarrass-
ment. By postponing the session for few
months it was thought the political feeling
would cool down and Congress would come to-
gether in better frame of mind to deal with
the pending matters of legis alton. OF the few
Republican Senators IN this city all express
and the necessity of remaining here through
June and July avefted. Very grave douots
are expressed by some Republican Senators as
10 the legal right of the President to maintain
the army without specific appropriation, and
1t is held by some that such action is directly
contrary to the statutes, which expressly say
that no officer OF the government shall involve
the government IN any expense, nor shall any
money be spent in excess of the appropria-
tions made. To keep up the army without
money to pay them is regarded as a violation
OF this law. A Democratic representative
said, in speaking of this matter, that COL
gress, If called together in June, would have
provided for a reduction of the force of the
army from 5000 to 10000, and the action of the
President, in postponing the extra session un-
til October, would require that the army
should lie kept at its present strength until
next winter. 1t was the opinion of this mem.
Der that this fact alone would bring down upon
the President the censure of the Democrats in
Congress and injdre his policy throughout the
South. 1t is said that strong influence will
be brought to bear upon the President by the
Republicans to induce him to change the course
agreed upon to-day, and to call the session as at
first agreed upon, the 4th Of June.
Year: 1877




government, in 1889, had acted as the
special president of the senate on the
anomalous flrst counting, before any reg
ular procedure had been devised: John
Marshall, afterwards chief justice; Albert
Gallatin, VINO became famous as pub
lietist, as a statesman and as fnancer
and other men who had personal knowledge
and fresh traditions OF the meaning of the
trainers OF the constitution, and Of the
sense by which its provisions were inter-
preted and had been adopted by the states
and the people. The assumption unani-
mously by congress, eleven years after the
constitution was set in motion, that the
two houses possess full and exclusive
powers IN respect to counting the electoral
votes. carries with it therefore the weight
OF the most distinguished contemporaneous
exposition, That debate nowhere exhibits
any question of the authority of tie two
houses to count, and nowhere recognizes
any power whatever on the part OF the
president of the senate to count. In 1878
aud again in 1876 a bill regulating the
mode of counting was introduced into the
senate and received a full and elaborate
discussion in that body, and the affirmative
vote OF majority of the senators. On
many occasions when tie electoral votes
were to be counted, or during the process,
II in some debate to which it gave rise,
the powers OF the two houses have been
more or less discussed. While individual
eccentr1cities of opinion or idiosyncrasies
have exhibited themselves in the advocacy
OF the pretenslon on the part ot
the president of the senate to go
theoretically beyond the limits OF his con-
stltutional duty in opening the packages of
electoral certificates, such instances shaye
never exceeded one il hundred of the
members OF the two houses; never have
made any practical progress or exerted
any practical influence on the opinion of
the two houses; have never interrupted or
modified the uniform current of the pre-
cedents, or IN a single instance inspired
any incumbent of the chair of the senate
to the slightest spirit of enterprise toward
the enlargement of his constitutional pre-
rogative. On the other hand, the exclu-
sive authority of the two houses of con-
gress oyer the counting has been
universally and uniformly assumed and
taken lor granted. And so often as the
members have been tempted into any
Incidental mention Of their opinions, the
0ApteeeAOho dSoeAtIuS sucH executive power
on the part of the two houses have been
overw helmiDg in numbers and in weight
OF authority. Some specimens of such
expressions will be hereafter cited. La
the meantime it is proper to observe that
without finding it necessary or CONVENIENT
on this occasion to discuss the exact limits
OF the powers of the two houses in judging
of the authenticity and validity Of electoral
votes, or of the extent to which their
Investigations may be carried for that
purpose, it is proper to sobserve that the
powers of the two houses in this respect
are not arbitrary powers to be exercised at
their own mere will, but are trust powers
to be exercised under all the solemn
obligations that belong to judicial discretion
IN the most august of human tribunals.


ITO be Continued.
Year: 1877

TRY THE ENAMELLED PIPE. 1T WILL Non
! Rust or crack and costs only trife more than
common iron pipe. Is positively THE REST thing
for water service pipe have the exclusive agency
for Rock Island FRED HaSS


Store in Star Riock
Year: 1877

National Associated Press to the Star.


WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.-The Senate
Committee on Finance had under con.
sderation this morning the silver Bill
passed by the House the other day, and
struck out the clause providing for the
free coinage of silver bullion. They
will give hearing to delegation OF
New York bankers this evening.
Year: 1877

The Young Mems Christian Association
went out to Green Hill again last night,
taking very large delegation of christian
workers to carry on the meeting, and God
was with them, and that to bless them.
The house was crowded to its utmost csps-
city with an attentive and appreciative con-
gregatiou. Many were brought to see
their condition, and accepted tho cfer of
salvation extended to them. Blythe urgent
request of the pastor and session of the
church, tho young men have consented to
continue lsboring in this field vnother week.
Year: 1877

There is general feeling of disgust
peryading the Democrats of this State at
the decisions of the Electoral Commits
sion. Many declare they would have
greatly preferred that the President of the
Senate should have, in the face of usage
and precedent to the contrary, counted
the vote for Hayes, sustained by troops
and in defiance OF the Honse of Repre-
sentatives and without the presence of
the Democratic members thereof. On
mature reflection We think they will con-
clude that the great fraud. evidently pre.
medstdted by the Radical party should be
committed deliberately; and as they have
chosen to do it deliberately and in def
ance of law they themselves prepared
to take and weigh evidence, which they
subsequently, when they got in power.
spurned and refused to carry ont. But a
contract broken on one side is broken on
both; and law that failed to bind the
radicals who made it can scarcely be said
to be sufficient to bind the Democrats, IL
they should see proper to set it aside.
Year: 1877

Turkey has made peace with the Ser
vians, who have suddenly developed a
profonnd distrust and dislike of their re-
cent allies the Russi an sand the Eastern
question is evidently about to go through
another transformation. 1t is quite posi-
lble now that it may be safe for our
friends the Russian Grand Dukes to take
the sea early in the spring and go to the
LeVant, if they like, without fear of Ho-
bart Pasha and his iron-claas. In that
case perhaps the English Duke of Edin-
burg will regret that he was SO quick in
resigning his naval rank to avoid Ithe
possibility of disagreeable domestic com
plications.
Year: 1877

PUBLIC ScHooLs Acr.-Copies of the
bill now pending before the Legislature
in relation to the Public Schools OF Will
mington, can be obtained by those inter
ested. at the GAZETTE Office. The bill
makes several radical changes in the COM
position and duties Of the School Board,
and should be carefully read by all inter
ested on the subject.
Year: 1877

two iitlul glimpscs OF its horrid panorama.
the third and last man remaining in the
house, too weak TO escape the frightful
picture by fight, struggled against the
imaginary pandemonium as he lay be-
tween the blankets Of his humble couch;
and as the candle nickered out In IT,
socket and about six O'Clock yesterday
morning so, too, went out his life, 70. in
one Of the many fearful commissions with
which he had wrestlcd during the night
he died-died a victim TO an uncontrola-
bic appetite for alcohol And he died a
most horrible death. Meeting him in
the street ten days since, we asked him
how long should he persist in his present
course, he expected to live. lie replied
that it mattered not when the end came
he had no desire to live. We whisper.
cd words Of cheer aud hope; but he was
lost, utterly lost, in the depths Of black
despair-lost beyond reformation on this
earth. Thus perishcd one who possessed
the warmcst and most generous Of hearts.
and who. but for one thing, was a useful
and respected member Of society.


Since writing the above we are inform
ed that the dead body Of Michael Muir
ray, one Of the three occupants Of tho
cabin in a back alley who were afflicted
with the delirium tremens, and who was
last seen running down the valley for
dear life, has just been found in the Pay
cite Valley. Whether the report is true
we do not know, but it is highly proba-
BILE
Year: 1877

Idaho city World, Nov. o.


At an early hour one morning last
week VIM. Paxton, City Marshal, who
had Just retired. was aroused by a wild,
haggari-looking man, hatless, coatless,
bootlcss, with hair disheveled and eyes
rolling in mad frenzy lie was armed
with "a revolver, and said that party Of
four men and two women had driven to
his house in a wagon and had attempted
TO rob him. and that in scll-deiense he
killed one of the men, when the others
tumbled the dead body into the wagon
and rapidly drove away. His object was,
he said, to give himself up to the au-
thorities for the killing. Paxton soon
discovered that the unfortunate map
was in the mental storm and suffering
the full torments Of that most terrible Of
all diseases, the delirium tremens, and to
pacify him went with him TO the scene
OF the conflict TO see the tracks left by
the wagon. Ii is almost needless TO say
that the said tracks were in the red-hot
imagination Of the horror-racked man,
and OF course the City Marshal failed TO
see them. Paxton then went home, and
soon the man had another paroxysm and
went careering down Main street. shout
ing "MuTder' at every leap, and rushed
into Bill James meat market in mortal
fear, with an unseen foe close TO his heels,
Bob Handy, who was attending shop,
seeing the crazed condition Of the man,
very coolly and properly disarmed him
to prevent his doing harm The little
cabin where this man lived, and whence
he emerged in his delirium, had contain
ell two others also in the agonies Of ma
MIA potu The last seen OF one OF these
he was running down the valley road,
bare-fOoted and hair on end, the night
previous yelling like n demon, with
pack Of crinning. kissing blue devils
close in his walks. A man galloping
past on a horse was hailed by the aiilict
ed one, who requested to be allowed to
grasp the horse tail, saying that he could
not travel fast enough to get out OF the
way Of the pursuing hends. lie is no
doubt lyidg dead somewhere down the
valley, II he did not find watery grave
in the Boise Whilst hell was thus hold
ing back Its lurid curtain to give these
Year: 1877

own fame and blot upon the records Of
his country.


lie can declare himself independent Of
both parties and administer tho govern
mcnt on personal basis alone Bat in
doing this he would be continually
thwaFted aud intcricrd with by al the
organizations. and his puny efforts ~
Cusarism would be greeted with univcr.
sal ridicule and with the incxtinghisha.
ble laughter Of mankind


Lastly he can without rny humiliating
acknowledgment Of error In the past
without anything save the expression Of
diguiiied desire TO act In harmony with
the popular viii a. manifested Is the
great party that elected him. without any
other change than ono that will reconcile
his actions with his proicssions-hc can
cast aside the rascals whose corruption
and treachcry involved him in a false 20.
sition. he can align himself with the pre-.
vailing sentiment Of his own party. ho
can put himself ca rapport with tho great
leaders Of that party whose browa have
been bronzcd and SCARED in battling
consistently for principle. and thus. and
thus alone. he can restore unity and dig.
nifty 10 his administration. regain the
confidence Of bis own party. secure the
respect Of the Democratic organization.
and transmit a fairly honorable name TO
history


IL he docs not take this course he and
the Republican party, as recent events
clearly indicate, must part company. The
Republicans will not allow him. under
shallow prctcnscs Of serving his country.
10 annihilate the instrument with which
they believe that country can best be
served and 40 make supreme the orrani-
zation which they believe has always
served the country worst They will re-
organize the ranks. letting him drill
where he pleascs. and though wounded
and staggered for a time by his bad agon.
cy, will stand erect at last, stronger and
better than ever before.


The Louisiana Senatorial case will be
a test question. If Hayes uses his inhu-
ence against that Of the great Republican
leaders such as Conkling and Elmunds
TO seat the Democratic claimants. he puts
himself By that act outside the Rcpubli.
can party. IL he uses IL the other way
or remains neutral, be will'disappoint the
Democrats but remain at the head Of his
own organization. Every true friend Of
the President and Of honest politics will
hope for this latter result.
Year: 1877

Persons knowing the sad descent Of
7 Cassius N. Clay during late years, feel
certain that there are two sides to the


story Of his murder Of Perry White Mr.
Clays version has been given with the


minutest detail, and widely copied by the
press.


The other side OF the s., ry, told by the
cOlorod people, is furnished me today by
a gentleman in whom / place tho most
implicit confidence Thus far there has
been nothing offered to corroborate Mr..
Clay's word, and h.s late career bars tho
plea OF an illustrious name as a sufficient
guarantee that he is above suspicion.


He is a man Of violent, uncontrolled
passions. The scandal attending the res
idence at the Russian court compelled
his recall, and he was soon after followed
home by woman, bringing with her
son, whom Clay acknowledged 10 be his
son. The result was that Mrs. Clay left
her husband, and soon after the poor,
broken hearted Russian woman died.
This son appears on the stage as ian
adopted SON Clay assigns as the reason
for the murder that Perry White had
threatened his life Whites neighbors
say they do not believe he had threaten
ed it, and Clay does not assign a sulh-
cient motive for such a threat, viz: the
discharge OF Whites mother as cook
To the easy going colored man that would
not be considered much Of n calamity.
The other side" presents a new feature.


IL is asserted that Clay kept q mistress
young woman Of twenty-and Perry
White, who was in love with her, was
anxious to get her away from Clay Here
was an all-poweriul motive to stir Clay,
such as led to the siege Of Troy. Clay
resented the interference OF White and
sent word to Whites father that IL his
son ever came upon his place again he
would shoot him. This word did not
reach the sol. lie kept horse i'm Clay
pasture and on that fatal Sabbath morn
ing Clay expecting him to come after his
horse armed himself, as the adopted
SON says with two pistols aud a double
barroled sho. gun, went out 10 the barn
and watched awhile for him. On going
a second time he saw Perry by his horse,
aud told him to hold up Lis hands or ho
woIld shoot him Perry started for
Clay. as is supposed to beg for his life,
and Clay shot him twice. Such is the
story of "the other side. Is il not more
credible than that given by Clay


Is there Justice in Kentucky ? Not Tor
the colorcd man. White was "only a
Niger, and il j. not sin in Kentucky
TO kill a niger"


Mr. Clay needs yindcation. Let him
insist upon a trial, and let witnesses bo I
guaranteed by him and the State govern
ment full protection from the murder
and outrage sure to follow should their
testimony be adverse to the defendant
Year: 1877

"He serves his party best who serves
his country best" This is tue; but il
is equally true that If the party is right,
then he who serves his party best err ss
his country best In fact no man except
through the agency Of party, can, in
time Of peace. politically serve his c. in-
try at all Party is the necessary instru.
ment by me ms Of which he operates


Now II President Hayes, whose service
so far has all Injured to the benefit Of the
Democratic party, Is in th 3 way serving
his country best, the no lest. consistent
thing for him to do is to declare himself
a Democrs for in his opinion service to
the Democ tic p r y must be incumbent
upon him on account Of his desire TO
serve his country. To pretend to lie a
Republican while claiming that he can
only serve his country through serving
the Democratic party is neither consist
ent nor honest IL is in fact n double
treachery IL is trcachery TO the Repub-
lican p1'ty whose principles he was elect.
ed to sustain; il is treachery to the Dem
ocratic party whose principles he is steal
ing under false name and endeavoring
TO appropriate 10 the use Of another or
ganization


IL is true his position is a critical one
II be believes he can serve his country
only by serving the Democratic party,
there is a strong temptation 20 keep up
the pretence Of being a Republican; for
the moment he declares himself Demo
crat his power FOR any purpose will be
gone. as in that case he would at once
not only have arrayed against him the
entire strength Of the Republican party
but, as he could serve their uses no long.
er. would be rejected by the Democracy
as a fraud


If he still thinks that upon the whole
the Republican party is better than its
opponent, then his position is indeed
painful one; for his whole course has
tended to disintcgrate and destroy the
Republican organization, and render the
Democracy invincible both in the State
and in the nation. What shall he DO
lie can never make himself head Of the
Democratic party. The Democracy have
no use for him lie can never bring the
Republican party over TO the policy Of
bargain and sale and political corruption
inauguratcd by Matthews and Foster
for neither the Conscience nor intellect
Of the Republican masses will sanction
that vile thing


Three courses are Icft open to him 80
lie can throw himself into the arms OF
the Democratic party, depending upon its
gratitude for past iavors 10 let the ques-
tion Of bis title. which they believe fraud
uleut, remain in abeyauce until he com
pletes his term But TO do this would be
l. sacrifice his honor in the eyes OF all
men. and make his miserable four years
OF office an instrument for damning his
Year: 1877

| of boots, as he finds out it will be necessary
for him to walk in. Regular performers
and negro minstrels are alike unfortunate,


and the lecture business seems to be about
as bad. In place of the hundreds Of men


and women who are careering around at
this season, with much-thumbed manu-
scripts in their carpet-bags, but dozen can


be found, and they are not making any
thing, with perhaps one or two exceptions.
The last new hand who has showed up in
this section is Habberton the author of
"Helen's Babies" and a dismal failure he
made cf it. 1t was not that what he read
was so bad had it appeard in print, it
would be called amusing but neither man.
ner nor voice of the lecturer possessed any
attractiveness, and the auditors were in a
state of drowsiness before he was halfway
through. 1t is hard to understand why a
man, who has written a successful book,
should at once jump at the conclusion, that
he would also make hit at totally differ
ent misunderstanding.


During the week the Lake has been swept
by two violent North-easters, each of which
has smashed numerous vessels but strange
ly enough without the loss of single life.
The other day the sandy shores north and
south of the city were covered with lumber
and shingles, the deck-loads of unlucky
shps, while here and there some schooner
lay high and dry. The tendency of the
Chicago river to form bar at its mouth is
temporarily counteracted by the contraction
of piers which stretch far out into the Lake,
and which are yearly extended farther and
farther. One result of this is that it is much
harder to make the mouth of the harbor
during North wind, and vessel irving
the experiment runs the risk of going to
pieces on the pier, or drifting far south, and
landing oh the beach. These seasons are the
harvest days of the poor who live any
where near the shore, and who are able to
accumulate fire wood enough to run them
through a good part of the winter. These
two storms have put about thirty sailing
crafts horS du combat, and that too at time
when freights are good, and every vessel is
pushed into service to send grain East, and
bring lumber here from the Michigan ports.
A year ago an effort was made to open di-
rect trade between here and England, and
some loads of deals, grain, &C., were sent
over, but the experiment did not prove to be
successful, and those who went into it were
bankrupted. 1t was feasible, but the ves-
sells which could be used had to be of small
sse to get through the Welland Canal, and
could not compete with the ocean vessels
salllng from Eastern ports. CHIC.