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The! Weekly Stan; j PUBLISHED AT ,-;', . ; ; ILMINGTO N, N . C, .AT . YEAR, I!) ;o A A D V A NOB. S3SSSSSSSSSSSSS ;j r . ggggggg8SS88888SS f : ' ISSSSSSSSSSSS8SS3S. ?J I 88SSSSSSSS8SS833S 2!lTi SS88S8S888SSS88S8 i S838SSS8SSSSSSSS8 I SSSS$SSSS8SSSSSS8 a;l gSSS8SSSSSS838Sg8: a-i r - "-' - i .hi 14 f-r.ii-icHi at tiie Post Office atTWHmtagtoni tt. C.,'? n" as Second Class Hatter. , s ! SL liSCBIPTION PRICE.' fin' subscriCtion price of the Weekly pa is is as follows : , f. iinirli; Copy 1 year, postage' paid, $1.50 1.00 '! .50 6 months. 3 months. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUB jl.IC INSTRUCTION. Many friends of T. B. Kingsbury, Esq., iiM like to sec him Superintendent of PnMm Instruction. Raleigh Farmer. & . Thanks' to the friends. But he nev it hi'1'1 office; does not desire office, cuiil. I not get office if he desired it, ami has: but very few if any qnalifi- c:iu'H j'nr the very high and impor tint position indicated. I he man to be'i-.hbs-eii ought to be one who can "magnify his office;" he ought to be a i Mpiial writer, an excellent popular sp :kci. a ripe scholar, a practiced tt-a't i'i a maii of intense ardor and enthusiasm, and gifted with broad ideas and superior executive ability. The hi st Superintendents in ' the North are of this kind. They are anions' the ablest and most scholarly men in th'eir.respoctive States. We vetihi believe that the man who should I 'be chosen to supervise the common -hools of North Caroliiia should, be a capital scholar,, with sitiouiar gifts for instructing teachers as to the bt si and most approved niethi (be, and that he should be such anal.hjand impressive speaker that In- (ouli! canvass the State and cre ate a genuine educational revival by his public addresses' from Currituck to Cherokee. He ought to be Brich a w titi r that his circulars should be m..di Is jot taste and of style, and full of Miggt-j-me ideas. In :t .-rd, according to our view -a iew j whi'-li years ago was dismiss ed in these ''columns with considera- i hie elaboi jit ion the most ltnporiant oiliee in tlit State is the Superin- tendt'iH'v of .l'libliij Instruction. It is an .ollicc ibat. requires the highest and i:.n-t Ciiinbination of gifts arid a: iuii nit and tlie man who pos seWen t!iT-:n is of the - fi rst rank anion J Tivirg Americans. Who is he? If tho.'.lnee in North Carolina has btt ir epiisidet e.l of inferior grade and importance1'.. ii; is a great mistake, From f the intellectuat, status of the men w h have bt en Superintendents sinee lfsGo we may well suppose that this most import airtoffice has been rei'ii'ted as of no special influence in ih jnaehineay of civilization. North!.1 Carolina might well go to . Masi-achnsetts, to Pennsylvania, to . Mi-soaii, and to- other States and learn how important a factor .the oilke of Superintendent is and what niauner of rSen are f elected to fill it. I'lesident Long, of Antioch Col lffjo, Ohio, a North Carolinian, told us some years aga that be visited the public schools of both Connecticut and Massachusetts many times, for ' lie remained some time at Yale Col letre. i He said ' on one occasion he - ! i - . ; was in one of those large and admira bly constructed public shool build ings in Massachusetts when theSuper- intendent of Public Instruction visit ed it.. lie said that the teachers and pnpils e re first addressed by him in a inos-t instructive and entertaining manner,' and he then went to the blaitkboard and gave the : teachers many lessons in the great art in which they! were engaged. He gave ; them new hints and ideas that were very pleasing and gratifying to all concerned. . Mr. Long said he began to realize what a great office the Superintendency was. ; , lut. in North Carolina, with its abounding illiteracy, it ; is inade a political office and the ; nomi nt-es are expected to . raount . the slump and blow for party all over the State. . It is degrading the office to d rag it 'down into the ; dust and filth of the political arena. The idea of selecting a man for .. c DVilldl I Jf ailU jGUUllAl . U1I1VC) s lar removed from the contentions and. rivalries of partisan politics as the office of ' the Christian ministry almost, because be is a politician or can influence votes or can make a political speech at some pow-wow, is very absurd and contemptible. Let the man selected be a scholar and a gentleman and not a politi cian and a bushwhaoker. Do not ask him to go up and down the State to make speeches for party or to so- "cit the Suffrages of ignoramuses. His place is to elevate, to teach, and to arouse a great public interest in behalf of the children of the State not force him to take to the hustings is. i VOL. XV. .. We have .availed ourselves of the kind reference in - oar esteemed cob temporary,. which we appreciate, to ventilate some of : onr opinions about the Superintendency. Never think- ing of oflSce ourselvea wo are' wholly unselnsh . in our.; endeavors to help redeem an office from the Itfw posir tion! towhlch it' has been relegated ifl igrapce; ':,,y'e would rejoice to see the ablest and best furnished man in North Carolina at the head of our public Bcbool system. Tlie man who wlH give his beat years to the super vision of the educational work in North . Carolina and will so elevate I and magnify the office of Superin- tendent as to make it to be felt in eve ry section and throughout. tfall ranks of society, until - all: men shall learn to regard it as the highest of all of fices to which the purest and most, gifted men might well aspire;, willj richly deserve and should receive thef plaudits of the people while living! and a statue of gold when dead. . The salary of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of la great State- is the magnificent sum of $1,500. There are book-keepers in Wilming ton who receive an $1,800 salary. It is a confession on the part of the peo- pie of the State, through their Legisj latnre, that the office is of no worth or moment. What man of superior parts and qualifications can afford to take such an office with such pay? Pay him as much as. 'you pay the Governor, or more, if you wish to see the ablest men filling it. I The efficiency of the whole com mon school system to a very great extent depends upon the ability and qualifications of the Superintendent With a decidedly able man at the head he would soon have such: an inte rest awakened throughout the Comj- monwealth in regard to popular edav cation that the Legislature would b! forced by public bentiment to takp advanced greu'nd.' You would. find liberal appropriations and good pay and long school terms land qualified teachers and comfortable school houses and needed modern appliances all going hand in hand. God-speed the day- ' r But the peopb must do it for them selves. They must . make sacrifices for their children. There must not i i be any Paternal Pedagogy in the "matter. The people mnst , not be tampered with by unconstitutional appropriations from the Public Trea sury 1 of the .Federal Government' We would rather have ignorance a ways than the destruction of the Constitution and the corruption and demoralization of the people. Let ,-t us have popular education but let the Southern people do it for them selves. Let the Centralized Govern- I - f ment keep hands off State schools. ! j THE ORGAN'S OPINION. The Washington Post.is not a safe guide to have at the political centre for the Democratic party. It had editorials after editorials trying to prevent an attempt at Tariff Reform by the Democratic House. It has latterly been very warm for Reform and has done valiant service in ex posing Randallism. It very wisely opposes the abolition of the' whiskey and tobacco tax and is. against free rum and free smokes. But it favors Paternalism and thinks that "the objections that have been raised" to the Pedagogic business by the Fede ral Government'on the part of the opponents-lire "neither numerous nor weighty." We would like to see the mighty brain of its editor tackle the constitutional argument 'against thje Blair bill. The complacent Post dis misses the . argument with a poon- pbob. "That is the better way. Yoii can sneer orr dodge! an j argument when you can not answer it. No man who understands grammar and the j simple laws ; oE interpretation can go amiss in arriving at the proper understanding of the 'general: welfare" clause. If that clause means what the friends of the Federal School bill say it does then the Congress can do a thousand other things equally as Startling and as dangerous, even . to furnishing the negroes with "forty acres and mule." I" But we have discussed ! the .question so often , and so carefully that we dismiss the matter with the above reference to the central orgaii. It would be a very unsafe guide in questions bearing upon 'the proper construction of the Constitution. Perhaps the Post believes in "a Sov ereign Nation." j ! ' Kellogg is brazen. He was un willing to stand a trial before a civil tribunal upon the chageof bribery, and he took advantage of legal de fects to get '-off jyithout punishment. He pretends now' to be anxious to have a hearing before a " committee of the House. He feels certain that at least he can get : a coat of wbHe wash from a minority report. - The State Medical Society is clear ly! Democratic ; it believes in rota tion in office. It elects a new. Presi dent every year. i There were fifty thousand children out in procession in New York. I : v ' There is one Democratic -member of the House,- and a Northers mem ber, who did not hesitate ' to" oppose the proposition to place XJ. S. Grant upon the retired list Mr, Springer, of IllinDis! thought it!was no time to be giving ..Grant ; $10,125 annually simply because be' had been unfortu nate on Wall street. ; j We have seen it mentioned in ,the Northern ' prints that his pay would be some $23,000' auuuan). ijut wny Buoiuo. ljrant re ceive a pension in this way from ''the people ?'; "So, American, has ever re ceived so much at the hands of the people. , He has redeived in salary, presents, fcc, probably a million of dollars. If he had been unfortunate merely ' in his' recent transactions and he was poor there is no man who Would object to the' Congress giving him $10,000 annually to take care of him. But he has $250,000 at in terest, a gift that has been securely invested for him,' and that brings in ;6ver $15,000 yearly. - He has ample means, therefore, and really does not need the help of the Congress. There is a considerable portion of : the Northern press that do not believe in Grant's perfect ihnocency and ignorance in that ugly Wall street busine88.Grant .was never accused of being a fool bv- any who knew DESTROYING SELF-DEPENDENCE. senator lnsralls is a scnotar and a thinker. He has studied books and the histories of countries. He knows something. : He is a Northern man and he does not always treat the South right, but he has sound ideas on many questions, and he sees the trend of the times. He knows there is danger ahead. He is not always consistent and fair, but- he is" often incisive and caustic. The other day he took a strong position against "coddling infant industries," and yet he is a Protectionist. He cannot re concile toe two. iut wo are more concerned with his !ew in regard to the dangerous growing tendency- "to run to the General Government and Treasury for aid to all sorts of undertakings." We do not know what his views are in the matter of Paternal Pedagogy, but the man who speaks as he is reported as speaking in the following paragraph ought to have voted, against the Blair abomination. Said he: "The Government was expected to be altogether too paternal. Its care for indi viduals and enterprises was coming to be almost maternal, and reminded him of the nursery rhyme: "Who ran to catch me when I fell, And kissed the place to make it well? i My mother." "He thought it time to call a halt, in stead of , pauperizing the whole Nation, converting tt into a nation of mendicants, destroying in it the spirit of self dependence which has made u great. Gen. Early's head is level. He prefers Senator Bayard to old man Tilden.- By the way, Harper has an : excellent : cartoon on the old man. It represents him as just " dug ;up, " and Andrew Jackson and Thomas Jefferson- are seen as coming from ghostland and inquiring if they are safe? . '' ' The, Democratic. Executive Com mittee of the Eleventh Ward of Phil adelphia (this is in Samuel J. Ran dall's district) have adopted al reso lution for Tariff Reform. . Unfortunate Shooting Affair In Opt- low. . , ... . . An unfortunate affair occurred at Jack sonville, on Tuesday lastbetween Mr. A. C, Huggins, Clerk of Onslow Superior Court, and Dr. Charles Lesesne, which resulted in the latter, being seriously wounded by a discharge from a shot gun in the hands of Mr. Huggins. It appears that! Dr. L; . who lives a few hundred yards above Mr. Huggins, passed the lat ter 's residence on the way down the street, when some words occurred between them. Finally, however, the' parties , were sepa rated and Dr. L. went on his way.?. Later on he returned and the difficulty was re newed, with the result already mentioned. We understand that Mr. Hugging claims that the shooting on his p-rt was in self- defence, Dr. L. having fired the first shot from a pistol; while we also hear that it is claimed for Dr. L. that his shot was acci dental, while some one was trying to take his pistol away, from him. 1 The children - of both the parties were attending the same school in this city, and on Wednesday evening Mr. Geo. E. Ward took Dr. L.'s children to BureawJ whence they were taken by private conveyance to Jacksonville.1; Mr. Hueeins' children ac companying them as far as Burgaw. Mr. Huggins and Dr. Lesesne are related by marriage; the latter having first' married a sister of the former and the two subse quently marrying sisters upon the death of their former wives. , Both eentlemen are among the most prominent in Onslow, and the unfortunate affair nas caused mucn re gret. AtlastacconntsDr, L s condition was considered very critical. j Rallroadlne. Mr. J. B , Wilkinson, of the' firm of Wilkinson & Fore, of Alma, ' is here. Their railroad from Alma to Little Rock or vicinity is said to be doing a very thri ving business, and we learn that., the pro prietors are talking of extending - the road to the Pee Dee and connecting with Charles ton bv a line of steamers. Mr. Wilkinson has just returned from New York, where he has been on business connected with his enterprise. ! ' His many friends in this section of the State appreciate the compliment paid to Dr. Walter C. Murphy, in electing him to the position of Secretary of the North Carolina Medical Association, at its 1at meetinsr in Raleigh. At home Dr. Murphy is regarded not only as r physician of clever pans, out u rapiuiy rising to uie position of a progressive iarmer. j -. LMINGTON, N. ; C, THE SH OT-G UN. A Colored ' Man . Badly Wounded The Shooting Snppoaed to ' Hvi Been Aeeldental. Yesterday, shortly' after twelve o'clock, Messrs. John Stubbs and Gallagher Brick- house went into- the store of Mr. Wood ward Howell,, on Front, near Castle street, and while there a gun was .fired. (t,al said by Stubbs), the discharge from which went through a knot hole in a water closet on the premises, about twenty-fiye or thiriy yards distant, - and penetrated the left side of Alex. Stewart, colored.' It ft said 1 that Stubbs, when he took up the gun. remarked that the man who missed the knot hole by. the greatest distance would be expected to treat When the shot -was fired - Stewart made an outcry; and a crowd soon gatherecL A pistol,1 said to belong 'to "Stewart.; was nicked un iust outside the house. "Stewart was subsequently taken in a cart--to,Im home on Dock, between Eleventh; and Twelfth streets, when a surgeon was called in and it was discovered that four buckshot had penetrated his side and groin, and at last accounts they were "being probed for. Stewart has a rather bad reputation. It is reported that he was convicted of larceny in Anson county on one occasion and was sentenced to the Penitentiary, but broke out of iail and escaped before the time came to change his quarters.' : - Mr. Brickhouse was arrested and held to await further developments, but it was said that Mr. Stubbs had disappeared, some declaring that he had taken a boat and gone across the river into Brunswick county. A pretty thorough search was made for him, but without success. Du ring the afternoon, however, he went to the City Hall, surrendered himself, and was locked up. . It was reported last evening that Stewart was dead, but upon inquiry we found that there was no foundation for the report. The gun used on the occasion belonged to Mr. Howell, and has .been kept in the store, loaded, since Ah 3 robbery of the es tablishment some months ago. A Shooting Scrape Thursday Night. Edward Gause, a young colored man, living on the corner of Eleventh and Prin cess street, came out of his house on Thurs day night, about half -past 9 o'clock, when he discovered some person seated on a pile of lumber in front of his door. He asked what he was doing there, when the indi vidual replied: "It is none of your d d business." . Gause thereupon struck a match, with the view of ascertaining who the outspoken stranger was, when (he lat ter sprang to his feet and struck Gause over the head with a stick, knocking him down, and then jumped on him, when a struggle ensued, during which a shot was fired, The parties finally got upon their feet, when the .stranger fired his pistbl three times indiscriminately into the crowd, the last discharge taking effect in the arm of Henry Lane, colored, about 15 years old. The obstreperous- youngster ptwI to-be one Marcus Hamilton, who lef town to avoid arrest. Dr. Potter, city physician, extracted the ball from Lane's arm yesterday morning, and at last accounts he was doing as well as could be expected. We learn that there has been a good deal of shooting on the streets at night in that section of the city lately, and that it is con sidered dangerous to go outside of a house. Hamilton, we understand, claims that the shooting of Lane was accidental. County Uoaie of Correction. New Hanover county is supposed to have a House of Correction. It has one in name, and that is all. The frequent escapes of prisoners sent there from the Criminal Court is attracting attention. Nobody en tertains the remotest idea that Superinten dent Savage is to blame for their escaping, He has his hands full in looking after the helpless parishioners, the insane patients, &c. A county house of correction in reali ty should be an institution in which pi-is oners from the courts can be held with some degree of security, and provision should be made for the requisite guards to look after them.' When not confined in their cells they require constant and inces sant watching. There is no doubt that the county needs a house of correction, or work house of some , soit, in which to confine criminals who have been, guilty of petty offences, and we hope that the Board of Com missioners and Board of Magistrates, at their joint meeting in June, will give the matter their attention. Wilmington Compress and ware house Company. - At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Wilmington Compress and Ware house Company, held at the Bank of New Hanover yesterday morning, at 11 o'clock, the following Board of Directors was elect ed for the ensuing year all being re elec tions except Mr. W. G. Gibbons, of Wil mington, Delaware, who was chosen in the place of Alex. Sprunt, deceased: Geo. W Williams, Jas. H. Cbadbourn, Wm..G, Gibbons, Isaac Bates, Jno. W. Atkinson, Henry A. Burr, C. P. Mebane and Donald McRae. No other business was transacted. A CurloustBlrd. Mr. R. W. McKeithan, of Lockwood's Folly, Brunswick, county, sends us the head and bill of a peculiar bird which he killed recently. The bill is about seven inches in length, and very curiously shaped; and the bird is about thirty inches in length, j It 'is probably of the1 species known ps the "Rosv SDOonbill. of the genus Platello, thfe only American species. and peculiar to the South Atlantic and Gulf States. The upper part of the bill is of a speckled . yellow and the under part rose-red. ; Death of Dr. Lesesne. Mr. Geo. R.: Ward received a telegram yesterday announcing the death of , Dr. Charles Lesesne, at Jacksonville,: Onslow county, where be was shot on Tuesday last. The dispatch was dated at 11.45, and stated that the examination of Mr. A. C Huggins was then in progress.! ; Mr. Hngglns Acqoltted. We learn through a private telegram re ceived by Mr. Geo. R. Ward, of this city, from his cousin, Dr. E. W. Ward, of New River, Onslow county, yesterday, that Mr. A. C. Huggins' examination before a coro ner's jury in relation to the killing of Dr. Charles Lesesne, on Tuesday last, resulted in his acquittal. Mr. Huggins children are still here. 4 Vl 11 VI . 1 . . FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1884, FORTYtEIQHTII congress. - first sBssionr. . j' - The Labor B a ream Bill Dlscatsed In, the SenateThe Indiana Contested Election Cass In ' the HonwHThe Majority Report Adopted Declaring English Entitled to the Seat Al leged Violations of the Rales An Investigation Ordered&c., Sec. . - LBr Telefcraph-tothe Morning Star. 1 - .( SENATE. -WashinqtoU. May 22. Proceeding to the calendar -of cases unobjected toj the Senate took tip the bill to prohibit the mail ing of newspapers and other publications containing lotteryj'ads. After the reading oi me report oi tne1 majority ot' twe com mittee in support of the bill, and that of the minority, in opposition, Mr. Vest objected . to the consideration of the bill. ' '" ii Mr. Wilson then moved to' troceeu with its consideration, notwithstanding the! db4- jection. , On this motion the ayes and noes were called, and the Senate, by a vote or 22 yeas to 29 nays, decided not to proceed witn tne bill at present. ' It tneretore goes to the foot of the calendar.- ; i . At 2 d'cTotfi : the Uta"hfii cawSf as the tegular order. 1 1-" Un motion of Mr. Blair, . the Utah bill was again temporarily laid aside in order to resume consideration of the bill provid ing for the establishment of a bureau of labor statistics; Mr: Williams first ' giving notice that to-morrow,at 2 o'clock, he would call up the Mexican soldiers pension bill. Discussion of the labor bureau bill occu pied the ! remainder of the day's session without reaching a vote upon any of' the numerous amendments. s ; Pending debate the Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The following bill was considered, by unanimous consent,' and passed. On mo tion of Mr,.Reid, of Maine, to increase to $4,400 the salary of the Clerk of the Court oi Aiaoama uiuuus. The Speaker laid before the House a let ter from the Secretary of the Navy, reborn- mending the construction or a vessel,! gun and torpedo, according to the plan of Capt. John Erickson. Referred. Also a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the draft of a bill permitting the exportation of spirits by rail road routes to adjacent foreign territory, with the benefit of a drawback of internal revenue taxes paid thereon. Referred. The House then resumed consideration of the English-Peelle contested eleption case, the pending question being "on the motion' to table the motion to, reconsider the vote by which the House yesterday agreed to the minority resolution confirm ing Peelle's right to his seat, as a substitute for the majority resolution. j The motion to table was lost by a, tie yeas 182, nays 132. Mr. Converse, or unio, suggested tnat the Speaker should vote, but the Chair re plied that that was unnecessary. The following uemocrats vo'ea with the Republicans: Aiken, Beach. Boyle, Budd, Collins, Connelly, Dargan, Findlay, Green- leaf, Hardeman, Haibcr. Hewitt of i Ala bama, Hunt, -Jones of Wisconsin, L.ane, Lovering, Mills, Morgan, MouUon, Neece, Peelle of Ark., Potter, Stevens, Sumner of Cab, Throckmorton, Tillman, Turner of Georgia, Weller, Woodward, Worthington and Yaple. There was some dimculty in .regard to the pair?, but by diligent work en the part of Messrs. Post, of Pennsylvania, and Wil son, of Iowa, who have charge of them for the respective sides of the House, theyj were finally straightened out. ; The question then recurred on the motion to reconsider, and it was agreed to-r-yeas 133. nays 130. Between the lirst and second I votes Messrs. Lawrence and Lovering paired. Mr. Weller, who had voted with the Re publicans on the motion to lay on the ta ble, this time refrained from, voting; and Messrs. Warner, of Ohio, and Pattpn, of Penn., who had not before voted on this motion, voted in the affirmative. This ac counts for the change in the result. Mr. Browne, of Indiana, moved a recom- mittance to the committee on Elections, with instructions to that committee to make a recount of the ballots cast for the con testant and contestee, in all of the several voting precints, in the county of Marion, in the Seventh Congressional district ;of In diana, and make report of the thereof. result Mr. Springer, of Ills., mads the point of order that the motion was not in -order, as the rules which pointed to a motion j to re commit, applied in terrhs to "bills" and not to "resolutions." He made the further point, that even were it in order to recom mit the resolution, it was now too late to make the motion, as the House had taken action under operation of the previous question. r ' ' ' . The sspeaKer overruled tne point of ,or- der, the motion to reconsider having been carried. The House was in precisely the same point as it was when the previous question was ordered as to the other point, that it was met in order to recommit tne resolution. The chair was of opinion that the term "bill wns a general term, and in cluded all legislative propositions t which could come before Ithe House. Mr. Blackburn inquired whether it was not a fact that under the law of Indiana ballots were only required to- be preserved for six months, and that period having ex. oired there would be no offenee committed agaiUBI. lue laws i luumua ii luc.uuuuu were destroyed or tampered with Mr. Peelle. of Ind.. replied that as a mat ter of fact there was m Marion connty aeon test for the office of sheriff still pending, and that the ballots nad been preserved The House, by vote of yeas 134, nays 134. refused to recommit the resolution. Mr. Hbrr. of Mich., rising to a question of privilege, said: ' rio ex member of Con gress has the right to the floor, ' if he takes it and then abuses its privileges, by at tempting to influence legislation here. I now rise to say that it has been brought to my notice by a Democratic member of this Mouse that an ex-mem oer oi congress. who is the father of one of the litigants in this case, has been on the floor of the House soliciting members, sending for them. taking them into consultation and attempt ing to influence them in their votes on this case, it that be true, it is such a violation of the dignity and integrity of this House that it ought not to go unnoticed, "I desire to say," replied Mr. Randall, of Pa., "that the father of the contestant would be unnatural if he ' did not take the deepest interest in his 'son's contest." Ap plause on the 1 Democratic, and derisive laughter on the Republican side. "And I stand here a witness to1 the fact that that gentleman has exercised moat careful pro priety in connection therewith." Applause on the Democratic side. 1 ; . "And I want to say, further," broke in Mr. Blount, of Ga.. "that it is a notorious fact, known by all the members on this floor, that this rule has been violated time and again; that ex-members of Congress in the employ - of railroad companies and in other interests, have been here importuning members on this floor. 'Why did you not call attention to it ?" inouired Mr. Brown., of l a. ' "Why have not you done it ?" retorted Mr. Blount is ; f "Because ' I have not known it," replied Mr. Brown.- - : . ..-' "Oh t mv dear sir. You are a very in nocent person." returned Mr. Blount. "I want to add that this rule had been obso lete . for months ' and years. It ought to have been enforced, ana the gentleman from Indiana is certainly excusable under the circumstances, when the rule has been nhsnlotA in avmv nther direction - Mr. 8Drinffer. of 111., made the pointthaf the-rule related to a person who was inter ested in a claim pending berore congress. It had reference to pecuniary interest, to hired attornevs coming on tne noor ana ad vocating the passage of a claim, and it had never reen assumed mat i uau reier- ence to a gentleman who came looking after the interests of;a friend or reiauTe m aeon- toot or! nlonriAn Mao , Mr. Horr said thathe had made the state ment not for the purpose of any; political clap-trap ;incredulous laughter on the Dem ocratic aide, but because he found that the rlicnitv of thn House and its honor was be ing violated, and he felt it his duty to : ill -"U - . - - L ' " ' : ?'-' : )) .iKvj ' H-!' r ' call the attention of thn TTonuA tntli'o ifsXt J": The gentleman from Pennsylvania said tbaf uwas natural for a father to feel for his son. -, So u was; but it was alsq natural for him, if he had a sense, of honor, thathe should do' it in" a " seemly 'kno" becoming manner ''r'.i.;iiv?'---:li-sHis-i.- lae. ; rAnd so he has,'.' exclaimed Mr: Randall. VAnd not do jt," continued , Mr. Horr, "by outraging the rules' of this House: " If you don't believe-what I tell ybu.irivestjgite ' this matter, and I promise to prove a good deal more than I have stated, JSTo man with a keen sense of honor would be fount! on: this floor doing what he has been: doiai in this 'ease." '"' ?.w..xi n. The Sue-ggersahinhat the gentleman: had submitted 0161101 'trfHhe-'Hbnste iTbS fact that the gentleman complatned-of ah ex member was not disputed; ;It was,, lleged that, he had violated his privilege, , That was a matter for the House to' investigate and determine. . It was not a matter which the chair could determine ex parte, -j ft t rv s .Mr.yWb.ue. or Jty.. moved ,that; the Sergeant at-Arms be directed to' , arrest the Hon. Wm. H. English,' and' bring him ' to the bar of ttnuHouse to, show:' whether i ke has violated , the privileges, of the floor., This motion was received with laughter, and Mr." White subse4uenfly 'withdrew ' it, saying that he did so-at the-rernest .i of the contester. ;;,. - ,i;..,:,:;.-... -r-- ; j 1 Mr. Cox, of N. Y.i then rose to defend his old friend, who had , been insulted by the motion. He gave the origin of the rule regulating the admission of ex-members to the floor.. He had originally, drawn up the rule at a time when the Republican,, party was rising towards the very height of 1 cor ruption, and when ex-members came here to lobby for railroad grabs , which Jhe 1 Dem ocratic party was now undertaking to fori feit. ; Applause on the Democratic, side:' Mr. MuiiKin, 01 m.6j 13 there any mgner claim, or more sacred claim, than the title of a member to. his seat? . ' .. i Mr. Cox-r-I would rather have a !man come here and. present the claims of his son honorably to the House,. -than your mean, sneaking mercenaries, that come here to grab and raid the public' treasury! Mr. tfayne, of renn,, ottered a resolu tion instructing the committee on Rules to inquire and report to the House whether or not Hon. Wm. H. English, an ex-member of this House, has violated tile privileges thereof in the contested election, case of English vs.-Peelle. . i The Speaker said .that while the resolu tion undoubtedly presented; the question of privilege, he did not think that it was of a higher privilege than that of a member to his seat, and except by consent it could not be offered. . , ' Mr. Blackburn said the resolution would be adopted by acclamation. H Mr. lioblitzeii obiectmg, Mr. iiayne withdrew the resolution for the time being. The Question recurring on the minority resolution.it was lost yeas 120, nays 129-j- and the majority resolution was adopted-p veas 130. navS 129. ' . Mr. vvuiiam is. ningusn men appeared at the bar of the House and took the oath of office. "'. I Mr. Bayne reoffered' his resolution as a Question of privilege: ' -' -' ' - ! Mr. Dunn, of Ark. suggested that it be amended by directing an inquiry as to whether tireen liaum, late member of this House, had lobbied for the whiskey bill. Mr. Thombsou.Tjf Ky., hoped that no such amendment would be pressed.1 Mr. Bavne said that he made his propo sition in good faith, for the purpose of pre serving the integrity and dignity 01 tne . . 1 a 1 z t. - i. . x. r. aouse. ne careu noir wuuui u, iuiifui uu, He offered it because he had information that a member of this House voted in the early part of the proceedings; that he bad been asked to leave his seat; thai ne naa left his seat; that he had gone into consulta tionwith Mr. English, and that he had there after disappeared from the noor ot the House without having been paired, my ins that information, he felt it to be right and iust that an inquiry should be made by a competent committee. (The member to whom Mr Bayne makes reference is Mr. Waller, of Iowa, who voted on first roll call to-day and did not do so thereafter.) Whenever an ex member came on the noor and attempted to influence any legislative action, he should be held up to public con tempt. Mr. JSicholls, 01 Ua., enquired whether. the attorney for Mr. Feelle had not been constantly lobbying on the floor. Mr. Horr replied that ne Knew nothing about it: but he had been informed that Mr. Peelle's attorney had not. ! Mr. Nicholls 1 have been informed di rectly the reverse. ; . Mr. Horr If the gentleman, knows that fact, and feels interested in the dignity and propriety of the proceedings or tne tiouse, the duty devolves on mm 01 onering a res olution of inquiry. .., --,. j Mr. Nicholls 1 refer to Jere Wilson, ex member from Indiana, who has been on the floor lobbying in the interest of Mr.- Feelle, Mr. Cannon, f of llls.-r-i nave pot seen him. and I do not think anybody else has, Mr. Horr said that since he called the at tention of the House to this matter, not a single man on the other side bad arisen' in uis seaii anu uvuumi a tuugw: tuiug wuwu uc had charged, or intimated that it was not true.- ' ' - ' U "Wr aihrJP.firTBnsriicions as vou are. explained Mr.' CbsgroVS'f Md: -' , (. ' The only ining- inai comes irom mem bers on the other side is that ,you are another," continued Mr. Horr. He thought it unseemly and indecent ror an ex -mem ber to lobby in a contested case, and any one' who did so should be punished.'. I Mr. Snnnger Are not two ex-members Wilson and Shellaparger attorneys; of record for Mr. Feelie ? Mr. Horr Have yo.seen eltherof them on this floor ? ' Mr. Springer I don t know that I have; but I am informed they have been here.! Mr. Horr Has any -man intimated to you . that they have, spoken to a single member T . . 1 Mr. Springer They were employed oh. account of their abilty and the fact that they couiaoraairaamission to therloor. Mr. ' Horr said that tie Democratic mem.1 bers whom English had importuned could not be counted on the fingers of one hand: A Member Who told you ? I i - i Mr. Horr Get - your investigation and if the thing is not true it cannot be proven: If it is true it,, will be apt to be proveai I do think that, as gentlemen by silence admit this thing has been going on for the last two days, it is time, the House purged itself of this Rind of wort. Mr. Randall There has been no ad mis sion of that sort whatever. We are en tirely content on this side to have an inves tigation. , i ' ft ..... ! ! . -. Mr. Bayne modified his resoluttonliy granting the committee power to Bead for persons and papers. 1 ; , . Mr. Hammond, of Ga..pffered an amend ment entrusting the investigation t6 a se lect committee of seven members, to be ap pointed by the Speaker ; and ; requiring of - them to inquire whether any ex-member employed as agent or attorney in any con tested electionasgpr for any railroad or other corporation buying any, jclaim pend ing, has, during this session, abused the privileges allowed him under Rale 34, and report who they are and how they have abused the privileges granted them, j . . The amendment was agreed to, and the resolution as amended was adopted. ' i The bill amending the Thurman Sinking mind act, the bill forfeiting, tne qregon Central land grant the Congressional hi brarv bill and the Educational bill, were then pressed upon the House for considera tion. ..The Oregon Central measure preyed successful, consideration of the Sinking Fund bill being, voted down by a vote of veas 76, navs 130. and that of the. other propositions without- division. Debate on the successful bill was- much in the same temper as that upon the contested election case. Mr. Georee. of Oregon, and Mr. Cobb.'of Ind., Soon got into a dispute, and pending debate the muse adjourned. The Xabor Bureau BI1 Passed fey the Senate The- EngUshPeelle Case In - - the House Personal Explanation fey . Kellogg Private Calendar Bills Con stdcred, dec. ... '' V . !. SENATE." ; ;: ' i Wasbokgton, May 23. The Chair laid before the' Senate a communication from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a NO. 31 request., from Captain Ericsson, for an appropriation for his torpedo. Mr. Sabin, at his own reauest. was ex- jcused from further service as A member of the committee on Pensions, andJVIr. Wil-, son, of la., was appointed to the vacancy. -'The Senate resumed consideration of the jbill to provide for protectng the interests Ot the United states in respect of any in cumbrances on property wherein they have an interest. The 'bill provides that when eves in the opinion of the President it shall be deemed expedient and necessary for the government to pay off prior mortgages or incumbrances ' on property which it is" compelled to buy in self-protection, the Secretary of the Treasury, shall have au thority under direction of the President to "pay off Such prior HenS or incumbrances, and the United states shall mall such cases .become subrogated to all rights and secu rities theretofore pertaining to the lien, mortgage or incumbrance, and the Attor ney General. is authorized . to take proper steps in the courts to protect the Interests , of the United States in .connection with such cases. '. Mr. Beck repeated his objection, made yesterday, 'that under the letter of the act , the President could pay off the Union Pa- cinc Kauroad mortgage, lie was not pre pared to f vest so vast a power in an cxecu tive omcer. t-- ,.- - -r Mr. Garland; said the first mortgage bonds referred to would become due in 1895, and meanwhile the company could default in payment of its interest, suit could be instituted and the mortgage fore closed, and the government could do nothing to protect its rights. Power had to be lodged somewhere and it was here lodged in the highest executive officers of the government. . Mr. Morgan moved an amendment re quiring that if the lien in any case be upon the railroad it should not be paid till after judgment of a court of competent jurisdic tion declaring its validity. Mr. Morgan supportednis amendment in Some remarks on the legal aspects of the question. Mr. Slater said that in 1895. when the Union and Central Pacific R. R. mort gages mature, the amount of all obligations and interest would be $188,000,000 and the roads would not be worth that much money, as they could be built for less. : Two o clock arnvuig, the, question went over. The Utah bill was placed formally be fore the Senate, but while Mr. Hoar was again willing to yield as heretofore to Mr. Blair, in order to permit consideration of the Labor Bureau bill, Mr. . Williams urged the Senate to take up the Mexican Soldiers Pension bill. - An agreement was finally reached by which the Mexican pensioners bill may be tafcen up Monday next, imme diately after the morning business. Mr. Blair yielded to Mr. .Logan, who asked and obtained unanimous consent to take up and dispose of the annual pension bill, which was then taken up and in a few minutes passed as reported by the Senate committee. The Labor Bureau bill was then taken up. 1 he question pending was one by Mr. Blair to change the word "bureau" into the word "department.-'-- After some discus sion Mr. Blair withdrew his several amend ments, leaving the bill as it came from the House. Mr. Garland's substitute, committing the proposed work to the statistical bureau of the Treasury Department, was tabled yeas 26, nays 24. Mr. Aldrich moved his substitute, sub mitted yesterday, which was agreed to without debate. The bill as amended was then passed yeas 55, nays 2. : The bill as passed is as 101 lows, being Mr. Aldrich's substitute for the House bill : Bill to Establish a Bureau of Labor: Be it enacted, &c., that there be established in the. Department of the Interior, a Bureau of Labor, which shall be under the charge of the Commissioner of Labor, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Commissioner of Labor shall hold his office for four years and until his successor shall be appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed, and shall receive a salary of $3,000 a year. The Commission er shall collect information upon the suo- iectof labor: its relations to capital, the hours of labor, and the earnings of laboring men and women, and the means of pro moting their material, social, intellectual and moral prosperity. The Secretary of the Interior shall appoint a chiei cierg.wuo shall receive a salary of $a,000 per annum, and such other employes as may be neces sary for saidr bureau ; provided, that the total expenses shall not exceed $25,000 per annum. During the necessary absence of the commissioner, or when the omce shall become vacant, the chief clerfe shall per form the duties of the commissioner. The commissioner shall annually make a report in writing to the Secretary of the Interior, of the information collected and collated bv him. and containing such recommenda tions as he may deem calculated to promote the efficiency of the bureau. The Utah bill was then lauen up ana read, aftes-which lhe Senate went into an executive session,, and when the doors were reopened Adjourned to Monday.- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mr. Weller, of la., rising to a question of personal privilege, had read a newspa per report of a speech made by Mr. Bayne, of Penn., in which; he stated ' that he was informed that a member, who had voted in favor of eelle upon the nrst roil can, thereafter, upon consultation with Mr. English, Sr., had left the House without being paired! He denied that he had been solicited by Mr. jmgiisn on Denau.oi ms n V . -IT, 1-1- 1 1 . son. jsr-Kepre8enxauve rjngusu uuu noi conversed with him yesterday, on the subject of his son s contested election case. . 110 ( Weller) did receive the solicitation of mem Ders on tne nepuoncan. , iue u vuic iw Peelle. One member had told him that he , . t .? - 7 . 1 - r would cover himself with glory. His ab sence from the House had been in pursu ance of a telegram announcing the arrival of his family in the city. He hoped that the investigating committee wouia go 10 work promptly and inquire into the whole matter. Mr. Hart, of Ohio, inquired by what road Mr. Weller's family arrived. - Mr. Weller said that the gentleman would have . abundant opportunity to play the part of cross-examiner before the commit tee. - Mr. Hart Were you solicited by any of Mr. English's friends to go and meet your family Y . Mr. weiier. (emonaucaiiv) ro sir. The matter was then dropped, and Mr. Kellogg, of La., took the floor for a per sonal explanation. He offered a resolution, reritinc that in the investigation of the Star Route cases, bv the committee on Ex nenditure. in the Department of Justice, evidence naa been taxen renewing uu m character, and instructing that committee to investigate his alleged connection ;with the Star Itoute service, tie entcrea mio a long personal explanation, which gave rise to a lengthy debate, some disposition being . A , ir. snown on ine uemocraui; iue i ucuj jiw . Kellogg the investigation he requested. Thn FTonsrt referred the Kellogg investi gating resolution to the committee on the Judiciary, in order that that committee may decide whether the House has au thority to inquire into the acts of a mem ber committed before his term of service The House then went into committee of the Whole on the private calendar. 1 he bill providing for the . retirement Of Col, Henry J. Hunt, -as Major General, gave rise to a good deal of discussion. In op posing the measure. Mr. Springer took oc casion to speak in strong condemnation of the bill to-retire Gen. Grant and give' him a pension of $10,125 a year, simply because he had been unfortunate in Wall Street. It was said that Gen. Grant had not been aware of the dealings of his partners; but the fact remained that, he bad associated himself with speculators who were involved in the most disreputable practices which had ever been beard of in this country, and were only paralleled in other countries by the South sea bubble and John law a mis sissippi scheme. This was not the time nor were the circumstances such as called upon Congress to go to Grant's relief. The bll was finally laid aside, with fa vorable recommendation. On motion of Mr. McMillan, of Tenn.. the bill reported from the committee on -War Claims for the payment of quarter masters claims, known as the 4th of Julv claims, was taken up, out of its regular or der, considered and laid aside with favora ble recommendation. It appropriates $300, 000; about one-half of which goes to citi zens of; Tennessee. ft Several other priate measures were con sidered, and at 4.20 p. m. the committee rose .and reported action. The , "Fourth of July Claims" bill was passed, and the House at 440 o'clock took a recess until 8 o'clock, the evening session to be for the consideration of pension bills. Senate -not In Session House Beport on the Bureau or Animal Industry Bill Consideration of Measures from. the Committee onjiaval AtTairs. Washington, May 24. -Senate toot in session: 1 - -. ' - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, i . Mr. Hatch, of M9., presented the con ference report on the bill to establish a Bu reau of Animal Industry. The House con- ' ferees recommend concurrence in all of the Senate amendments. The amount of the appropriation is reduced from $250,000 to $150,000,. and the jurisdiction of the Com missioner of Agriculture limited to such in vestigation and to such disinfection and quarantine measures as may bo necessary to prevent the spread of contagious and infec tious diseases from one State or territory into another; and he is prohibited from ap plyingfany money toward paying for ani mals it is foiind necessary to slaughter in .order to prevent the spread of disease. The report was agreed to. j Under a special order of the House, this day was assigned to measures called up by the committee on Naval Affairs. The first bill called np was Senate bill granting per mission to L K. Reynolds, U.S.N.,to accept the Decoration of the Royal . and Imperial Order of Frances Joseph, from the govern : ment of . Austria. This was opposed by Mr. Robinson, of N. Y., who asserted, that it intention was to. prostrate the American, people in dirt and degradation, f It was the beginning of a series of orders of nobility. There were twenty applications before Congress to day, made by dudes I of the navy, asfcing to be allowed to receive deco rations. He had not time to pour out the abhorrence and hatred which he felt towards this monarchical and aristocratic dea. ., 1 . I Mr. .Cox. of N. Y.v denied that the medal was a decoration of nobility. It was merely a present given to a j young naval officer for gallant services. The young man whom the gentleman called a dude was now on his way to the Arctic regions, for purposes of humanity. The evidence showed that he had saved eleven lives at the imminent peril of his own, and for this he had been insulted by this man here to-day. A life-saving medal was only worthy of a gallant man like him. The objection was only worthy of the gentle man, his colleague. Applause.J The bill was then passed without division. Mr. Robinson being unable to muster a suf ficient following to call the yeas and nays. l he following bills were passed : To equalize the rank of graduates of the Naval Academy. (It provides that all grad uates of the Academy, who are assigned to the line of the Navy, shall be commissioned ensigns, and abolishes the grade of junior ensign.) - For the appointment of Julius A. Kasin. on the retired list of the Navy, with the rank of passed assistant engineer. For the retirement of Samuel Kramer, with the rank of Chaplain. Granting to passed assistant engineers an increase of pay of $250 after ten years' ser vice, and a similar increase after fifteen years. The next bin, restoring Aitred uoptins to the rank of Captain in the Navy, was considered in committee of the Whole., This is the officer who was in charge of Pcnsacola Navy Yard in 1882 and was dis missed the service, after trial by a court martial, on the charge of leaving his post of duty before being relieved, during the prevalence of yellow fever at that place. The committe on Naval Affair,- bases its -report on the ground that as commandant of the yard, Capt. Hopkins. had limited discretion conferred upon him to leave the, limits of his command not longer than oner week in any successive two months. Capt. Hopkins was absent but five days, when he was put on waiting orders, and therefore had violated no law or regulation. The re port criticises the action of the court mar tial in excluding certain testimony, and the committee comes to the conclusion that the finding of the court is wholly without evi dence to support it. Mr. Buchanan, ot ueorgia.gave a history of the case and made an argument in sup port of the bill, denying that there was a particle of justification for the finding of the court. Mr. Lyman of Mass., in opposing the bill, quoted from the record to show that in 1867, Capt. Hopkins had been" convicted of drunkenness while on duty. There was no excuse of interference of t Congress in this case. It was true that Capt. Hopkins had only been absent for five days, but it was well known that in .moments of peril the common rules of the army and navy as to leaves of absence were suspended. Mr. Buchanan inquired under what law that was done. Mr. Lymaa replied that there was. no law, but that it was the custom of the ser vice. It was not desirable to have Capt. Hopkins in service when that service was overcharged with good officers, Mr. E. B. Taylor, of Ohio, protested against the action of Mr. .Lyman in bring ing up the charge of drunkenness against Capt. HopKins in ihoy, in order to mnu- ence the decision on me penaing bill. He had been- punished for it, but no man would dare argue, that he had been tried properly at that time. Mr. Taylor then went on to speak of the pending bill, and asserted that at the time Capt. Hopkins was charged with dere liction, he was actually, exactly and all the time, within the limits of the law. After further debate, by Mr. Goff, of W. Va.. and Mr. Foran. of O., in favor Of, and by Mr. Brumm, of Penn., in opposi tion to the bill, Mr. Lyman moved to strike out the enacting clause. Lost. The bill was then laid aside with favorable recom mendations, and when the committee rose the bill?was passed. Adjourned. VIRGINIA. Municipal Election Gov. Cameron's Visit to Danville Business Failure! at Richmond. ' By Telegraph to the Horning Star.1 Petebsbukg, May 22. The municipal election to-day is passing off quietly; t heavy vote is being polled and a deter mined light being made by both, parties ror control of the City Council, which body appoints all officers except those elected by tne Deome. 1 ne itepuoucans i ciaim mau they will carry five out of six wards. There are no special local issues in inis election, and with the exception of personal pre ferences for some candidates, the contest is conducted entirely on party lines. Straight out Republicans are voting the Democratic ticket,, while a large number of ; Democrats are - voting for the KepubJican candidates for collector' of city taxes -and commoni wealth's attorney, on account of personal popularity and the satisfaction they havf given in these offices heretofore. A great deal of scratching has been done on both sides. ? !: I Richmond, May 22. Gov. Cameron went to Danville this morning. He was accompanied by his private secretary, ce. James Browning. No outbreak occasioned the visit, but the Governor thought it best to be on the ground and Bee the conditio Of affairs. ; i -i t Richmond, May "2,2. Ellett. Drewry & - Co., in the wholesale dry goods trade, to day filed a deed of assignment to John Ci Freeman, as trustee. Their liabilities are stated at $200,000. Assets not known, but Drewry thinks they will be able to pay dollar for dollar. Preferred creditors are named in the deed to the amount of $103, 000. Accommodation endorsements 'are assigned as one of the principal causes of the failure. Charlotte Observer: Seven mem- bers were added to the Lutheran Church last Sunday morning. i About i the last of this month a number of those gam? little flyers, carrier pigeons, L will be re leased in Charlotte for a flight back to their home at lieyport, rt. J., a distance of oov miles. It is expected that the pigeons will make the trip in 6 hours. j- ? On last Monday night a most cowardly and dastardly attempt was made to assassinate Mr. Frank D. Polk, at his- house on the Elk Mountain Farm, about four miles north of this city. , Several shots were fired at him as. he sat writing ifl his room. He fired a repeating rifle several times but it was very dark outside. This we learn from the Asheville Advance. Y ist -.v h4
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