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q 2 Champ - Special Washington Latter. "TTTv EMEMBEH the Sabbatfx 4dy I W .to keep It holy" la a mandate 4 Jl 'or which God fearing, home . . - lorlng. law abiding Ameri cana, bare profound respect and which , they endeavor to obey, How do these ; God fearing, borne loving, law abiding folk like tbe sacrilegious spectacle of , tbe Republican alnnera . running tbe bouse of representatives, restaurant ' and barroom included, wide open, full - blast on Sunday, March 1, A. D. 19037 A bowl goes up because It Is possible to .-, get a drink In New York, Philadelphia or Chicago on Sunday, even by sneak 1 Ing In at tbe side door, but here In tbe - nation's capltol.- In ; full ; view,;; all passersby, the bouse of . representatives saloon dispensed liquid refresuments , to all who bad tbe price and tbe appe tite on tbe first Lord's day in March. ; , There was no sort of excuse for a session of tbe bouse on Sunday, All the business necessary for the conduct of public affairs could have been easily ' transacted in two hours, and let It not ' be forgotten that over tbe protests of the Democrats, the Republicans forced the house to take a recess from 7:30 p. m. Saturday. Feb. 28.. to 12 a. nL Sun day. March 1. when all necessary busk ' - ness could have been transacted from , 7:30 p. m. to midnight Again. It must be remembered that tbe Republicans forced, a three weeks' , adjournment of the' bouse at -Christmas and wasted tbe time. If they bad remained in session then, they would . have bad plenty of time at the close " without outraging tbe moral sentiment of America by flaunting their Impiety In the face of the public by holding a . session on Sunday, and yet tbe Repub licans claim a monopoly ; on purity, ' ' , sweetness., light, virtue. Intelligence. patriotism and righteousness! Really they are whited sepulchers and care ' no more for morality and tbe cognate virtues than, did the pirate crews of " Captain Kldd.' , The supreme court of the ' United States has solemnly declared tbIs.to.be a Christian nation, and yet berV are these, Republican leaders openly and defiantly trampling on one of tbe fun-' ' damentat principles of that religion I Let It not be forgotten tbat Demo crats i unanimously opposed this un- , called for insult, to tbe religious senti ment of tbe country. When Hon. Se reno E. Payne, chairman of the ways .... .4 .ahmm wtrnml...... v nfflnlA leader of the. Republicans, moved on Saturday night that 'the house take a -' recess to 12 o'clock noon on Sunday', Hon. James t. Richardson of Tennes- tee. Democratic floor ; leader, moved that ''Monday be substituted, for Sup day." On roll call the Democrats voted . for the Richardson proposition for Mon day rs ; wbile the Republicans lined op ' solidly for Payne's proposition for Sun- ' day desecration. : Of course the Repub . llcans prevailed by brute force, for aft er stealing a seat for Undertaker Wag oner of St Louis the? bad a clear ma-. Jortty of forty-Ii over all. They could do as they pleased, and as a matter of , history they deliberately chose to vlo-' late tea Sabbath day and to outrage . the Christian sentiment of America. Grand Larceny. , The ousting of James J. Butler of St ' ' Louis from his seat and the seating of ' the contemptible Wagoner was grand larceny. ' ? Indeed it was much worse than that for It struck at the very roots . or constitutional ;i government. . The constitution provides that a quo , rum , of each , house is necessary to transact business and a quorum con- v sists. under the constitution, of a ma. jorlty. Yet while it required 129 mem bers on Feb. 20 to make a quorum. Butler ' was bounced with only a hundred and sixty odd present and that too. when Democrats were shout ing No quorums' and demanding the yeas and uayth-a constitutional right That Hon. John Dalzell of Pennsylva nia should bave lent himself as speaker pro tcm. to such a stupendous and un precedented outrage, like the peace of God. passeth all understanding, for Mr." Dalzell Is not an obscure political thug. He Is one of the accredited leaders of a great party, one of Its ablest mem bers. . Speaker Henderson, whether by accident or design, was out of tbe chair when . the disgraceful Job" was done,: and. unfortunately for Mr. Dalzell's reputation, he did It He would ele-' -vate himself immeasurably if upon re flection be should proclaim that he was wrong and should request all who shall hereafter occupy the chair not to fol low his ruling as a precedent Tbat would be something like tbe Dalzell of r whom people like to think. He owes It to his own fame to do tbat very thing, and he likewise owes it to tbe cause of good government. lie may have made the ru'lug inadvertently, be may have bet n rattled; but what ever tbe renson of a ruHng both out ra rnn" and uncorjsUtu'Jruil, l.e can not t.Turj to let It s'lujJ, Mr. Cwl 1 i rcticb r'. " 1 t-r ' V 'i Ian' 1 rr-x-tvJ:". -.. i t :.'.-. :. 1 r.evt r C. .:: 1 cf i' ; ; : ' ' : I ' e tint It was a cava cf ouHI ,-d::f ' I. Cf o::t-i:.TO ,:r- i:n..i. I I.( t it ! t i C vs.' - " 1 t t C ' J ' (ZZ Z& Z& Grand" laratrjf Committee by tht RepuW lca Majority Oe Armofrft Scsthtoi Speech Tbe Worst Congress m Record "Letter 5?V i s indignation of the house Democrat over tb despotic, not to say bruul, manner in which' the Republican majority baa disregarded decency and juatlce In the caaec. of ' the Butler-Wagoner contest These contests have always been more or less sorrowful and scandalous, and ' the Post has Invariably protested against them, no matter what form they took; but In this Instance every evil posslbUltr naa oeen Drousru into an unlovely promi nence. Mr. Butler was elected to the Fifty seventh congress from the Twelfth dis trict of Missouri. , He came to Washing ton with all the legal and proper creden tials, ana that should bave been enough. If-his adversary had, or thought he had. legitimate grounds for s challenge, be should bave submitted his case to the local courts. where all - the facts were accessible and where credible witnesses were easily within reach, i Instead of that he appealed to a partisan - tribunal 1,200 miles distant and Invoked not a compe tent and Informed verdict, but the Irre sponsible tyranny of mere force. The manner In which Mr. Butler's, case has been robbed of all its claims to righteous consideration; the fact that ha was un seated without a quorum and tn defiance of the constitution; the'notoiious clrcura stances of arrogance under which he was I thrown out of court denied a hearing and ' dragged ignominlously at - the - chariot wheels of the conqueror these things re- ' call the days and practices of tbe Goths, the Vandals and the Huns far more than they suggest the regime of modern civ ilization. We take no special Interest In Mr. But- . ler personally. In our philosophy his ease constitutes merely an abstract proposition In morals; but the fact that he has been deprived of his rights without the small' est reference to law and honorable ob servance Is fact with which men, wlth - out regard to party feeling or alignment, : may well concern themselves. The house ' has been mad to declare that he was defeated at the polls, not as the result of - proof or of judicial and dispassionate in quiry, but by force of partisan rulings by tbe chair and In the absence of the quo rum required for the legitimate disposal of such questions. That the Democratic . minority , resent this action with bitter ness Is quite intelligible. That they should ts let their resentment take the shape of in i discriminate obstruction ts at least 'hu man. A flagrant wrong has been com mitted, and the Republicans .cannot rea sonably object to a harvest of their owa owing sgid cultivation. t , D Armond's Sarcasm. Judge David A. De Araond of Mis ; souri voiced tbe sentiments of tbe ml nority In tbe following bitter words; - The conteetee was returned by nearly ; 6.300 majority. In order to seat the con ' testant the committee recommends the . throwing out of precincts which gave him . over t.000 votes and. gave the contestant something' like 2.000 votes. The reason grven, so. far a there" Is any reason given (or this action. Is that It is not possible to ascertain .-what in these . forty-one pre cincts was the honest and what the dis honest vote. If that be true, it is strange that the committee has not recommended being unable to ascertain bow many hon est votes were cast for one candidate or the other it Is strange that the committee has -not recommended that there be de clared no election. Instead of that Inas much as the majority of Butler In these precincts Is greater than exoo majority returned for him, It Is found convenient to throw them all out and figure up 700 majority for Wagoner. I submit, upon the theory of their owt -contention, that nothing can be done hon estly in a case where you cannot. deter mine what are the honest votes beyond declaring that there Is no election, but - what reason Is there for concluding that you cannot determine the honest votes hi this case 7 There is no oner to snow mat fraudulent ' Votes were east or that dis honest voters were denied an opportunity to vote. Discrepancies are found In these various precincts In the number of votes alleged to have been cast and the number cf votes returned for this candidate or , that - candidate. - sometimes considerable discrepancies, sometimes very small dis crepancies, and in some Instances a few votes. Then instead of assuming -or in ' dulsrlnff in the humane supposition that errors may have occurred - through the lack of skill of inadvertence or lack or care of the clerks In any one of the thou sand ways that might have occurred and frequently do occur honestly, the whole precinct Is disfranchised. Hundreds of - men. of whose honesty there is no ques tion, are disfranchised, and the seat Is given to a man who comes here over 4.000 votes short of bis competitor. This is a very simple proceeding if gen ; tlemen have any regard for the honesty and decency In the matter. Of course If the only object Is to take the seat and throw the Incumbent out because It is supposed there are votes enough to throw him out the proceeding Is very well -understood, but why should the committee. If that be the case, go through the trav esty of an argument or-talk about legal principles or talk about the sacred ness of the ballot, about the committee trying to ascertain who ts elected, when every man who knows a very little about the case must know to a certainty that Wagoner Is not elected? Wagoner came on the Re publican ballot, and I defy any gentleman . to contradict it. when he had no right up on it at all. He had no right anywhere In that election except upon a ticket by hfmself.v with not another candidate on the ballot, but he Is put on the Repub lican ballot. Mr. Olmsted Will the gentleman yield? Mr. De Armond No: of course I cannot yield unless the gentleman gives me time The Impertinence and assumption and as surance and gall, the want of a sense of justice In a man trying to run roughshod over gentlemen on this side and yet by frivolous and childish questions taking the time of a man who has only nine minutes Is utterly beyond the comprehension of the gentleman from Pennsylvania, of course. Many thinps much plainer are much beyond his intellect. Now. here Is a man who was not nom inated, here Is a man whose party did not rut him forward, here is a man who had no - . re rightfully upon his party's tick et, p 1 yet In a spirit of fairness and jus-t'-'. in generosity that comrs from tieins ( -r-nrous. he is put upon the ttepuDiicnn 1 s not, where he gets the benefit of the votes cf the Republican party which cast l,::n cut end repudiated hlra when they came to the matter of nomination. ArA row we have here the farce. th t r.nj,'i spectacle, cf an attempt to r' t: t n.!n into the bn, to draw let : to driw two i- ' r- to ci-nvv tJO e -Ail f r 'Ri - n.rv. In P.'l t":-e T -sr.---t r .' v I i t ' e L'rr ' -1 r -- t t t m : wor'. 1 ever in t -- 1 ..- v c f e c. t - no c'-er c him. Throw pon the peoUe cf thai t trlct wlio twite have returned Mr. Buti to congress b represent :ion - a Jr.. whom they i.ave. repudiated. Kng this man In - her-: associate with hl:n uy t.rm nt M-uilltv for the re .I'ntnz ia of this sesmm. Welcome h!-.i to your V . m a ...ON nAt t All 4ntHlHd tfl thm seat, but a man fully entitled to political fellowship with those who would steal It tor him, the recipient of stolen goods placed upon a precise paf with those who stole the gooas. . - .--..,, , The gentleman on the other shTe sug. ik., im. tins been frittered Bwav. Aye, the time has been well employe WniCB as DeH um w ny huw v, tht perpetration, the completion, of this tnf..i,., ;,.j.iat -ntl?in understand that vhtil the 4th day of ilarch, until the spesK-a- from the cnair aeciarra m nuu;j adjourned sine die. tnere win d oo or this Side whatever can be don decently, k n th. hniiit In ft-pcord ance with appropriate leglslfctlv- pro cedure, to carry to the counti-r the fnet. to stamp up in the record, to show to fu ture generations that we are iiui smg mammm. thl kind t.1 larcenv. f. Take the seat and pay for 111 Take ths seat and be accountable for the. wrong that gives It to you! Gather all that you can by what you get oui m ""(unw, gather all that you can by what you get ... ,hia mr-t .nt nav tha oenaltv. an swer the responsibility. ' It legisdatlon lulls, if time which you think ought not to be consumed Is consumed In roll calls. V..n vnt. trt BVAal Mr. Put ter"s seat that you are votlt.g to kill the measures that will bs killed In conse quenee of that act. v -.-. There Is not a man upon the committee who has read all the evidence In this case. The gentleman from Pennsylvania has read fall that was material." All that was material! 'All that he deemed es sential to take the seat from Butler and give It to Wagoner! Everything outside .k. i. uim.t.rial " But whatever evidence may show that Butler Is entitled to the seat, whatever evwnce uuki . la wllllnsr tn be can ,UIC I' J Wl .. .. - - i a w.miii la not entitled to It that would be "immaterial" Immaterial to the purposes of the inquiry." I presume mat not even a second pnwu ..nnitt harrlnr of course, the most Industrious ' and astute- chairman, ? has read even a part of what on that side la deemed "material." He has been totd by the gentlemen from Pennsylvania. I pre sume, what nis conclusion ulioii v' terlaf part Is. Dead. 1 "..-' 1 The Fifty-seventh congress is dend dead as a doornail, dead as a smelt, dead as Hectorand the people should rejoice, for; while its days were not rowor than those of any other congress. they were full of evil. Tbat old, de funct congress Is pertiaps the worst on record. It has trifled with the public Interests; It has piayea niae na sees in. If has onncttxl Into lnw many bad bills and left buried tn pigeon- boles many good ana meritorious meas ures; It bas raised the character of the public service and lncrensed the honor and prestige of. the republic not at all. not even in, tne esumanon or a mtu. it wn that Its course Is run. Its treatment of Oklahoma. New Mexico and Arizona is one of the most sname less violations of ; platform pledges known to American politics. Tbe closing days In both house and annt were turbulent to an extraordi nary degree, the turbulency being pro duced by tbe bigh hunaea proceeding Af Ronnhlicans In botb bodies. Per- baps the most spectacular scene was the swearing in or Hon. -uas- aoqicks two , Renublioan senators from Dela ware. The Hon. "(Jas" realises, no doubt, the ; force of the old saying. "Hope deferred maketn the neari sick He didn't get In" hinwelf. bnt he elect ed two senators of tue United States. aii tar two vears. tiie other for four. and It is stated on what appears to be most excellent autnot lty tnat tue uon, VGds' entry. Int? thv most august leg islative body ou earth la postponed only two years. When the Hon. "Gas" does pnrer. those who orate of Durity. sweet ness and V light among Bepubllcans should be compelled to preceue uiui, honrinir flowers and shouting "10 tri- umphe! Jo trlumpher' . He is a fine specimen or latter flay uepuDiicans. Ills wbole theory , and plan of cam paign ore to buy somebody. . Tho Exception. . , . Some wiseacre once said, fit is the vMnHnn tlmt nroveu the rule." Wbeth vv tbat Is the truth this deponent saith not At any: rate. :i nomas jenerson j.-'.:ce laid down this rule: "Federal of iiceliolders seldom die and never re sign." Here is the exception .which proves Jefforson's. ' rule: ,Tboma8, EL Drnk. surterinteudent of insurance in the District of Columbia, bas resigned! Oh, nd! He only threatens to resign, and. after all. be nwy decidff to(recall his threat and bang on to his job. .Most probably tlmt is prcisely what he will do. The thing Mr. Drake Is kicking about is that he cannot secure a raise in his snlnrv which would enable blm to enjoy a few more of the luxuries of life and which would wring a few more drops of swent out .Of the jtoilers of the land. Suppose Drake should re signactually let loose of tbe public teat Would the wheels of the gov ernment Rton stock still? Bv no man ner of means. A thousand palpitating patriots wouia jump at tne cnance w get the position at the present salary, but whichsoever of them got it would begin lnstanter to yell and whoop It up for an increase. -.-,.' . ' Unprecedented Gall. . rprtninlv the trreatest' exhibition of c-nll cvpr seen on parth was when Mr. Olmsted of TonDpylvanla stood up in tbe house and prated about punty in 3'i.!c8. It wmi! l liave been ridiculous It LaJ not lift-n trn.g'le. The rottt-n-03 of rennpylvanla politics . under enubUcau man.itronient has become provprblaL Nobody doubts tbat fje tai:-t boxes in rbibi-Ii-li Lia are stu5Yd to t:.e extent of from T.0.000 to KVi.OK) et every election, owiug to the exl?on-j cV-s cf tbe case, and that corruption rTr.iPaf'-s tbe elections In every ca !' ' r J 'e town i:i tbe state, yet sc! iv-:--'.i i" lyf-.ir-r' y become a part 'l t' i .f b :..'.::cnns tbat a IV! n- i f:Ur, '.i lb'; -' :: -a I ! tbe efffrot:t'-ry tic t t' ( ' -;i of t-'bc v STANTON'S IRISH STEW. '-,., i,w:;.f;l; ... . ... , i..;'t: .. A. Story of the Great War Sevrtarf u ToM by Ula BoUrsraard. Ah attempt by Secretary , of War StaMon to cook an Irish stew while holding the , war department f office against the removal order of rresideut ' Andrew Johnson Is one of many anec dvtes related by Louis Koertn, at the period mentioned tbe great war secre tary's bodyguard, i : - .-. , . Fob, SV ifcOS, Isident Johnson ap pointed General Lorenso Thomas sec retary of war .ad Interim, but the pow er of removal having been taken by the tenure of office act from the presi dent, Mr. Stanton refused to resign or to vacate tbe office of secretary. ; ile camped in the office, determined to bold it until tbe result, of the im peachment proceedings against : tbe president, which were then pending In tbe senate, should be determined. For sixty days Mr. Stanton held "the fort," and during tbat period bis faithful bodyguard, ex-Sergeant Louis Koertn, then In tbe United States general serv ice, assigned to the war department kept bun conipuny. . t " ' ' On the day in which Mr. Stanton re ceived the official notification of bis removal by tbe president be made im mediate preparations for a siege. He dispatched Sergeant Koerth to Mrs. Stanton for blankets and pillows, but tbat lady refused to send them, insist ing tbat the secretary should come borne and give up tbe office. Mr. Stanton smiled on receiving her message abd simply, said: i"i , "Koerth, go to your own bouse and bring blankets, pillows and such cook ing utensils as we may need." - The Irish stew was the first effort of tbe secretary and bis bodyguard. Koerth, being a German, needed In structions in the mysteries of prepar? lag the savory stew, and the secretary named the various ingredients, which be ordered the servant to purchase. Botb men bad spent a busy and la boriously exciting day. and botb were tired out wben tbe pot was put on the fire to cook tbe stew, - Tbe consequence was that the great war secretary and his bodyguard feu asleep. The secretary -was the first to be awakened by tbe smelt of tbe burn- Inflr stpw. Koerth, Koerth! Wake up, manr shouted Mr. Stanton. "The stew is burnlngr i . . A Koerth sprang to his feet,: but, alas, too late- to save Mr. -Stanton's Irish stew. It was burned and smoking, while the pot was a glowing red. Rue fully the secretary rolled himself up in bis blankets on the sofa and went to sleep for the night supperless. Wash ington Post ; . - ' i t POULTRY POINTERS. A healthy fowl will drink fifteen or twenty times a day. . Sharp gravel should always be np- plled to fowls that are fattened in close confinement , ... Box nests are all right If made large enough, the size depending upon the breed of fowls. ; - Linseed meal ts excellent as an egg .producing meat, but It should be fed In connection with coarse or bulky foods ' Soft eggs laid before the shell lias formed are caused by overfeeding. Give less food ahd more pounded shells or Umewater. A varied diet for poultry is a neces sary belp to their general health and bas much to do with their value as breeders. . , - If disease appears and resists reme dies, it Is better to begin with new stock than to breed from those that bave been sick a long time. A light, sandy soil Is always best for a poultry yard. A heavy clay soil Is al ways damp and. unless care Is taken. will cause roup, while a sandy soil, be ing dry, will promote warmth. Appreciated Himself. A little boy while playing near tbe Serpentine fell into the water. An Irish laborer who was passing at the time courageously jumped Into the wa ter, clothes and all, and rescued the boy, says Spare Moments. , ; A. lady who had observed the brave deed went up to Pat and, shaking bis band, said: - ' "I feel It an honor, my brave man, to shake hands with you. Many a worse man than you bas been present ed at court"..;;. ;;..;b;,r,.;.;,,. ,.-.. , "iaitn, you re , roign t, ,mum , repuea Pat as he proceeded to wring the wa ter out of bis coat 'Tb' last tolme Oi was presinted at court Oi only got one month, whoile me mate got two, begor rar Cbestnat Bread. The chestnut bread used In north Italy and Corsica" will keep fresh for fifteen days. Aaeleat Paper. ' A. There are In existence, tt Is claimed. specimeus of paper tnude from rags u early as the fourteenth century, tbe Oldest extant . being, it is reported, a letter from Joinville to Louis X. of France dated A. D. 1313. ' . Paper HaklnaT. 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