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COLUMBUS, GEORGIA TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 2, 1886
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FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS
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Washington, March 1 —B *uch,of
New Yoik, rtkicg, at he mated, to a
question of privilege, sent to the
clerk’s desk to have read an article in
tbe New Yuik Times of Friday last
relative to Eads’ ship railroad bill
B-fore tberesdit k had been comple
te J, Beugan, of Texas, suggested that
no question of privilege was present
ed.
Beach said that if the gentleman
had allowed the reading to be con
cluded he would Lave foond that the
charge was made that Captain Eidg
had been on tbe fl tor of tbe house
during its session. Unfortunately,
be said, that charge was true He
knew of his own knowledge it was
true. He had no personal acquain
tance with Ciptaln Eads, but he
knew him by sight, and be had
seen him on the fl >or durit g
the sisdone of the house earnestly
er. gaged In eon versatile with mm
bers. Not only had Captalu Ends
abused the privilege of the floor, but
they had been abused by many oth-
erc. This fact was so well known
that he did not deem it necessary tc
ask I' r a committee of investigation
He, however, offered a rtsolution di-
noting the doorkeeper to strio.ly enb
force rule 34, regulating admission to
the floor.
R-gan said he had never seen
E-.UB on the fl or of the house, and
Claridy and Heard, of Missouri, said
E ds had been confined to his house
by sickness
Beach’s resolution was theu tabled.
A large cumber of bills were in
troduced under the call ofBtates and
appropriately referred. Among them
Was one by Boauett, of N >rtb Caro
lina, to provide for the distribution of
the surplus money In the treasury
a non g the several states by deposit
ing the same with such s a es in pro*
portion to their representation in the
United States senate and the house
of representatives.
Subsequently, in the oourse of the
afternoon, Heard, of Missouri, re
ceived tbe following telegram from
Captain Eads: “Mr Beach is mis
taken. 1 have been confined to the
bed datlDg the entire time he refers
to, and am still prostrated. I have
not been on the II or of the house this
session, and have violated none of its
rules ”
Eld ridge, of Michigan, moved to
suspend the rules ana pass the men*
dicant pension bill with a proviso
excluding from its provisions per
sons politically disabled. This start
ed anew tbe debate upon this bill
whioh occupied the remainder of the
day’s session.
Qrosvenor, of OjIo, moved that the
heuse adjourn In order to give tbe
sobers time to examine the bill
The motion was agreed to, and the
hoose at 6:20 adjournsd.
sauva
Tbe ebalr laid before the senate a
let or from tbe secretary of the
treasury transmitting, in reply to a
recent senate resolution, a report
showing <be claims, accounts and
vouchers suspended in that depart
ment. Iu discussing a motion to
f irlnt papers, Hale said the account-
ng officers of the tresaury had lately
taken what seemed to him an extra
ordinary oourse of “holding up” or
suspending the secants or vouchers
of officers of the government who,
according to outti.m and the usua 1
authors* ion, had paid out moneys
wh.ch tad btan entrusted to them
for the purpose of being so pa d out
Contention of accounting cfficere of
the treasury, Hale said, was that the
payments wore unauthoriz d. The
papers, which are voluminous, were
ordered primed
Pugh, representing the minority of
the committee on Judiciary, submit
ted the views of the minority on the
resolution referred to tnat committee
concerning the < 111 :e of district a'
toroey fur the southern distrio' ot
Alabama. It was ordered printed lu
the Congressional Bcoord and also in
separate form I; is three or four
times e.e lot g as the mt j 'rily report.
It embodies no resolutions.
Among tbo bills introduced was
one by B air, nt the request, ho satd,
cf the legislative committee of the
federation of duties and labor, to le
galise the incorporation of the na
tional trades unions It was referred
to the committee on education aad
labor.
At 1:20 Hale moved that the senate
proofed to the consideration of exec
utive business. The motion was
agreed, to and the senate accordingly
Went Into executive session. At 2:40
p m the senate doors were
reopened and tbe otiair laid
before tbe sense a lengthy
message from the president bearing
on the right of the eenate or senators
to have access to laocrs, eto, in the
executive departmeut relating to sus
pensions from office
The president tnkos the ground
that papeie relating 'to suspension
from office are not tffloial papers, ana
consequently he does not feel Justi
fied in sending copies cf them to the
senate. It is a vigorous document
and a long one.
The message w»3 read at length.
The extraordinary stillness prevail
ing on toe floor ot the se.u *‘e ui u tha
»nj.ph'>*ic livvlnis! and cl'-arnoca of
Chief Clerk J onnvon’s retain* served
to notify the g»ll*r es that something
unusual was sfl >at, and before the
reading was completed tbe galleries
were crowded. The following gives
the proceeding-* after the completion
of the reading:
Harris—“Mr President: I move
that the messave be printed and lie
on the table ’’
Edmunds—“Oil that I avk for the
yea* and nave I do no* propose
that H shall be laid ou the table Just
Dow if I c*u help It ”
Harris—“I will move that tbe
message be priced If theseuator will
allow me to aro-nd my motion."
E imutids—"Very well, on tbs'
motion I should like to sav a word "
Chair—‘ The senator from Tennes
see (Harris) moves that the message
be minted.”
E linuuda— *'I add to that, that It
be refened to the committee on Judi.
clary.”
Harris—“I have ns—”
Edmunds (interposing)— “I believe
I have the fl -or ”
Harris—“I was not seeking to In
terrupt the senator ”
Edmunds—' I merely wish to say a
word I hail no doubt that the sena
tor from Tennessee did not wish to
out off my remark, I simply wl h
to remark in moving to ref r
this crmmuulcatlnn to the committee
ou judiciary that It has veiy vividly
brought to my mind the coma uui-
catione of King Charles I to parlia
ment in telling tLeut 'bat in conduct
iog their affairs tiiey ought to do
and ought not to do, and I think
I am safe in saying that it is tbe firet
time in the history of tbe repub
lican United Hta'rs that any
president of tbe United S ates has
undertaken to interf>-re with the de
liberations of either hnuseof congress
r.u questions pending before them
otherwise than by messages on the
eta e of tbe union, which tbe const!
tu'ion command-* biin to make from
time to lime. This message is de
voted solely to a qutstiou for
the senate itself in re-
gard to itself that it ba*
under consideration. For its singu
larity, I think it will strike the re
flecting people in this country as
somewhat extraordinary, if iu these
days of reform anything at all oan be
thought extraordinory. I only wish
to add to what I have now said tbe
statement,so that it shall go with this
message, so far as the newspapers
will d > me the honor to have it g •,
that the preside it ofthe UultedS alee
hug unintentionally, no doubt, tn
tirely misstated the question. The
senate of the United States in Its
communications to the head of de
partments—not his heads of depart*
ments, but the beJtds ofthe depart
ments created by law—dlreoted them
to traLenit certain tfflcial papers,
and that Is all Tbe president of tbe
Uui'ed States undertakes to change
me question into the consideration
by the senate of his reasons or mo
tives for potting a civil officer, as it
might be called, under arrest with
whioh the senate baa not undertaken
in any way to make any queetion at
all By every me. sage he has aent
to thia body, and they are all public,
be has asked the senate to advise
sod consent to him to the
removal of one officer and tbe ap
pointment ot another. That ia what
he baa deneand tbe eenate in calling
for these papers, to s»y no'hlng of
wider consideration a about any de
ficiencies in tbe depsrtmentof justice,
is asked to remove these officers with
out knowing tbe condition of the ad-
minl-itration of their effloes; but I
do not wish to go into that discus
sion. I move that themesssge be re
ferred to the oommitlee on Judicial
ry.”
Harris—“For reasons I mity not
refer to here, I have no desire for,
nor will I consent to the discussion
of the questions Involved in this
message at this time. I move tha'
: tie message be printed and lie upon
thu table accordi, g to 'be universal
custom of this bony. When the eub-
j -ot matter 1 a.i been 'leported upon
v the commit es the senator from
Vermont (E imunds) as chairman of
the ooiumiuee on judiciary has al
ready laid upon your table mi eiabor
*’.e r- port upon me general q ;•! dioif*
to which ties message refers Here.*
my motion was 'ho * r busry motion
made here under the circumstance*
th.tt surround us at tins m riioat "
Edmunds, soto voce—"Oh ?”
Hurris--“I have no earthly objec
tion to the message going to the
committee on Judiciary if tha aera
tor from V-rmoni (Edmunds) desires
it to go there; but u a* uuutual be*
(<iiu 6 the sutject matter cf tbe cats-
Witgt has already been reported ou by
t. e seua'or fiotn V.rmout, and,
therefore, in acoordanoa with tbe
unbroken usages of this body, I move
ihut the message he priuted and lie
oaths table.” m
Chair—“The senator from Tennes-
nee (Harris) moves that the message
b»printed aud lie upon ihe table."
Edmunds—"The senator gave way
to me. I made a motion to refer ”
Harris—"I fir* 1 mads a motion to
print and Ilo ou the table, and on the
suggestion oftho Bonator from Ver*
mout (Edmunds) I modified it to a
motion to print. Then the senator
from Vermont (Edmunds) suggested
that he would move, or did move, to
refer to the committee ou Judiciary.
That is an exact statement of the
trausaoiton.”
Edmunds -“Y**, but the senator
from reanofsee (Harris) has a per-
f ot right to move to print and lay
ou tha t *h!e psndiog my motion,and
on that I call for the yeas and nays ”
Harris—"I make that motion to
priut and to lay on tbo table, aud
ou that [ Join thu senator from Ver
mont (Edmir.de) lu the call for the
yp".. M,d nays ”
1 ' Harris’ motion wax defeated by a
party vote- rave 27. yes** 23. Riddle-
cerger, however, voted witn the dpm-
ooi a is in favor of the motion. gome
merriment was ciiu<*ed by Hoar first
inadvertently voting yes ttnd **»ime-
diately correcting bia.B-lf V-oce
tolii “tru that "yen” was right
[L in h r ]
Th* question recurring ou Ei
muniis’ trio-ion r*ft-rri»'g tlie trie*-
sage to tbe judiciary committee and
orderiug it p'iuted, it w*.s sgrie.1 to
without division
Tbe *e mte, on motion of Hale, st
3:15. aga n went iuto *x-'cti'lva ses-
mod. At 6:10 the door** w* re reoneued
and the senate a*ij turned,
M’CORMICK’S MUDDLE.
Op»n* up Ufa Wotfea, Hal ilif
Mtlktri «r« fftlll Tr«/0»1 *ionip.
Bpeolftl ’o Knqatr«r*Ha<-.
Chicago, M*rob 1—The McC*r-
ttiiuk tesper works resumed opera
ioi s this morning, one hundred and
fl'ty men reporting fr duty. Great
crowd* were iu ibe vicinity of the
works early iu the aioruing and to
tnetr pteseoce is ascribed ibe fact
that a larger number did not apply
for work, through fear and imituida
tion. A targs force of v;ollce were on
baud to preserve order arid arr:s ed
three or four nieu who were not-y
aud eggrisi-ive. The I* eked ou* men
are tn hold a mass meeting ibis lure-
noon near the works.
Wuen the great b II s' untied at tbe
work?, uot to exceed 150 men had
enlertd the yards. A large numbir
of workmen appeared, carrying their
dinner i ails, but were taken in charge
by the strikers, and a great many
were prevailtd upon to remain out-
xnle Great crowds of strikers line:
B ue I-laud avenue, facing the
works with the evident intention ol
Intimidating any men ixptcting to
go to work, and finally the police or
dered them back. They were slow to
move at flis', but when ao order lo
disperse c me Ibe second lime
aud ibe officers ’ advanced, they
urned aud ran across the t*raries,
scattering in all directions D -per
sal of tbe crowd le-iored confidence
ro tbe minds ol the wavering ones
who had been prevented firm eu'er-
iegat flint and they s arled hurriedly
for the works In five trilrmes there
warp, Bcc»rdli g to Mr M-.Cormtck’s
count, 350 meu at work in v-rioue
deparimentB. Superintendent Averiil
said a number of men bad leiraioed
from returning, owtng to having re
ceived threatening notes last n>ght
By to-morrow he txpeo ed tbe wurks
wold be in full operation. Mr Mo-
Oormicb opened tbe yard in person
aud declared he would not shut now
It be had a d> aeu men to do work.
After the first disposal of men they
began assembling again in little
groups in neighboring e're-ts.
When requested :o move on they re
futed to do ao, and sbout twenty of
'Lem were pu' into the patrul wagon
a id taken to K r.m*n street station.
Fifty bad gathered in front of 1007
Blue Island avenue None of them
were very bill g 1 rent, except B.ani-
f ATGengor, who Is described ae the
ring leader. He got upon a door
step and shouted in Polish,
“N <w ia tbs time to aot
Every man to bis pistol sod
let us live or die in the cause.” OtU
cer Marks waa a anding near by He
Is familUr with the Polish language,
and when he heard the incendiary
t u burst be grabbed Gengoraud took
him to the station. When searched
there a 48.calibre revolver waa found
in Gengor’s possession. Most of the
others bad pia'ols. Tbe men who
werearres ei were teken to Herman
street police station and from there
to 12 h s atioD, where they t*e.e ar-
reigotd before Justice Ingcrxull on a
charge of carrying concealed wesp-
ous. Nodefensu was made in any
ot the ca is and the prisoners were
tired 65 t tw.Li.
Tl.e tuaper work* ere ilis'.aut from
the court house fivo miles, but police
nen.’q:.irtr!c-is rr>: kept fuiiy a*!vite<i
f trie silua'iort. Chief of Police
EhelcUii was h-p-i tine mornilig anti
t-aid: “Al. hnuu.li not aporehentivt.
ut any i-erti u* irouhle si.li I aor f>re-
I'arsd for tho receipt of the vrry worst
t.ew*. iri.m McC.umitk’o quarters I
sincerely hope ih*-r« will oe no din
iurbsi.ee and fr m rr-portu already
rtceivuti I tin constrained to beileve
that ihe day will pass quie'ly by
without on'break or disturbai'cs of
any nature. I have an adequate
force on the ground for immediate
necebfitiiea and I have arranged mst-
teis so that within an| tiour from the
time an al^mi ie given I ciMj swarm
Mi;Grrmlek’s premiies with poiica-
meu. lu time of peace prepare for
war, you know.”
At 11 o’clock about 500 of the
locked-out men formed a proceesiou
headed by a brass band, and started
for the wurklr.gmeu’ii hall, corner of
Twelfth and Waller streets to attend
a meeting there. Up to 1 o’clock 33
arrests bad been mads tn all by 'he
police. Ail these were made by offi
cers in oitiama’ dress who were
mingling with the crowd. A greater
numoer of th- as taken iu charge were
hooked for carrying concealed weap-
ors, revolvers having been found on
Hum. The remainder were charged
with violating section 26J of the
criminal code, which refer* to riotous
meiinblagea.
On ’1
Naw Yohk, March 1—To-d»y’s
market was Uic counterpart cf 3*t-
urday’x. Tlieroiaao life totruiing
und ’.lie remit is that the fluatua-
tiona nru gonihilly within a renge
of 1 per cent and the dosing prioeB
**uow chang s .if wrnMI fr.aci'on.*, ttae
majerity being loa es •>/ i t 1 i- Read*
.ng, however, was up 5. b'.t<;s 24J,*
oOO enaie*.
PUGH’S POSITION-
He fnbmtft the Hlnri'j Rrp *rt ou
the Hi moral <|n s'lou.
Th*- Hlthiof tt>» PrwK.ai Dl*un>il;
D OatJ-lbt Pi)*« ut Swntl *r
»s.p*Dilw K*olu*i v,- ly Vested In the
■aeenllVD-aniircme Conrt DmIiIod*.
8p a cl»l to EuqnlrertHnn.
Washihgton, D C, March 1-Mr
Pugh’s minority report sajs that
when President Cleveland came Into
< fQ -,e tie fouml about 95 per cent of
he offices fl'led by republicans *p-
potnted as a reward for party ser
vtots. The party to whom the pres
ident owe* his nomination and elec-
tion had been ex-led from all partioi-
j a'lon in the civil administration of
the go\eiuiuent for nearly a q uarter
of a century. Tbe friends aud sup
porters of tbe president made appli
cation for a rt-distrihu | >'*'i
of the public hub's. N
"ttaer president had ever b^en euo
jeoted to such a severe Mat or hsd to
mtei so uiauy grave U 111'utiies, aud
no ot tier rad tuch an abundant sup
ply of valid reasons and oames urg
mg him to a free x cise of his
power of removal from federal
i lfic-, arid no other ever re-
*ist*d with more firmness the iuot
claims ol his eupportets, or used his
power of removal more oonsclen*
uously, cautiously and sparingly
Notwithstanding tiitse (aots, 650
nominations sent to the senate in
suspension cases had been allowed to
remain before committees without
consideration and fluul disposition.
Dustin had made no comp a ut to
t he Judiciary committee, the presi
dent or the attorney general t' at he
was wronged by suspeu
siou. The couruil ee was
fully Informed that Burnell
wss recommended to the president
by all the members of congress from
A abama on a personal knowledge of
his high character. Stripped to the
naked tiu h without any ep'ctal
pleading the case made for the senau*
on their resolution and the answer of
the attorney-general ia, whether the
senate has a right to demand of the
attorney-general tbe transmission
against the order of the president
of only a paper or docurne >t
of the description mentioned iu
the resolution, when that paper or
dooument is stated In the relusal to
relate exclusively to the removal of
Duatin by the president, and for that
rtason alone la not transmitted. The
president holds that it is not* puoiiu
dooument, and therecan be do doubt
•bout (he correctness of hia decision,
aud that it must be accepted as cun
elusive
It is au ut deniable truth that every
right, power, privilege, prerogative
created by law or gran ted in the cons*
titution has some just reason, use, ne
cessity or foundation for Its existence
and support. The m*|ority of the
ludloifery committee affl.tn the right
of the tmuftte to dirtc tbe attorney-
general or rtquibl the president to
transmit any paper on the flies of the
department or in ihs possession of
the president, if such paper relates to
an t fficial act of the president or the
head of any department The minori
ty deny that the claim of mu majority
where the paper or document relates
exclusively to removal or suspensions
baa any foundation or tecigoitlon tn
the c "nstitution or vend Jaw. The
minority admits that any and every
pubi.o dt-cumeut on record on the
fl.es of any department, or In tbe
pussis/dun oi the preaidciit relating
io any stii j ct whatever over which
either house of ouugresa has au>
power, jurisdiction or control
under the constitution is
subject to the cull or inspection ot
either house for u?e in its cotistilu
ttotpowers and its jurisdiction,
but ii all the power grained in ihe
col s ituiion over the Nubji-ct matter
m vested in the pnsldemexclusively,
the only rlghtlul custodian ofudsuch
papers is the chief tx cunvu
111 er Wcy was the poB.i-eaon
or inspection of papers relating
to making and rati/yit.g tietoha re-
fust d to the hi use of representatives
by President W&e.hingtoi ? F r the
plain reason that the house of repre
eeotasivte hod no power over treaty
making. I would be unreasonable
to ooiiciude that the frnrnera of the
coustitu’ion bed dcolsred to divide
the power of removing federal officers
Dfilween the pr-eidetn and thesouate,
and after vesting it iu the president
alone, had gi ret. to the senate by im
plication, or as a nectsvary incident
of another power, tbe right ot
advising and consenting to removals.
If the lessoning of the majority is
ec u ed, it would compel the secretary
of etate“to transmit to the house ol
representatives on its order all papers
and documents relating to the making
and ratifying of all treaties iu the
state department.
Without circumlocution, or eva
sion, or generallz'hg, or referring in
detail to the irrelevant and mislead
ing cases cited in tbe majority report,
the minority, arter making as dili
gent Beareh us time and opportunity
allowed, fuels eatlafle I that from
1769 to 1367, a period of sev
enty eight, years, uot a single
case cm be found in which the sen
ate in executive session directed the
head of any department or req iceted
the president to transmit .o the
eenate in executive session docu
ment relating exclusively or msn ri-
nlly to removals oi federal officers Ly
the president uuring tne reo-ss or
etiiiS.ouB of the ee: a e, and co such
it re. ton w*.* rb' ye t by *»* y b'») < *
deparvuieut or pieaiucuve, nor suuu
resolutions as that now before the
senate was ever obeyed. Every pre
cedent In the report of the majority
has for iie foundation the oonatitu
tlonal power ol the senate to larttp.i'i
pate with tbe president, Iu the * ffi tal
act to wht’h the papers call**l lor
related to The demand iu thepreeei t
cnee upon the alturuey g-m-r» 1
DtC'-Starily implo-s that iu tlie Judg
ment ot tbe majority of thoc* m -ult
tee ttiu senate hue the same puwei
over lemovalB ttmt it 1>bs over ap
pointments. There is no escape from
this crucial test of who ts in the right
tn this ooutroveisy, the senate or the
president. In self-defence the presi
dent a d the friend- r.f constitutional
prerogative in ihe senate are colled
oil to meet and answer the qiusUon,
wheie does the power of making re
movals from tid ral office reside?
Does tbe constitution answer the
qusetl-ti ?
The report here quotes pr„viB
Ions of tiie consMtn’l'in relating
toexecuiive power, iroaiy making
power, ami those r.laitng tlie
making of appointments It says
tile- quueliciu Caine up for GObStdera-
'tou and ao»tl<nri»o• h" the fl*’* 1
cougrejs lu May, 1769. 1'nere woe
many r *m<-r» or ti.e ons'tiu'lon in
that cniigiese and uoue of them had
mote io Jo i'j that grciv. w.uk ttian
MAitlson. Tiie minority, ot course,
is badefleil they are unable to pro
duce anything tb*>maolves or from
others that ran add to what was said
iu that dibx’.e T.ie dfoiston was
made at a time when no political par
ty had been orga i,z*d to it fl ience
too judgment hu*1 control opinion
No settlement of any controvert) d
qu s ion ever had higher sanctions
or more to commend it to uuquci
tloued iicquiesoeuoii 8aiil Maiiisor:
“ However various the opinions wliicb
exist ou tiie point now before m, it
seems ugrued on ail sides that it de
mands carelul Investigation and foil
discu ‘Biou. i led the Impor ance of
ttie q les'ion and know dial our de
nisiOD wdl involve tie decteloa of
ail Huml-r eaaee. itie decision
that is at mis time mads will bts
come the permanent exposition of
the cone.itutlori and on the perma
nent i xpi s.t.iou ol the constitution
will depend the genius and character
f the whole government."
The report then cites at gr, at
length (tom speeches of Muilson,
8-dgewick and Clymer in ihe ifehaie
ot 1769 from decisions of the supreme
court and from ott er high aumori.ies
in support o• ther position , ar d con
etudes as folio w* :
“Tne minority < f your committee
oannot dote their report without ex
pressing curpriee at)the appearance lu
ttiemi.rrifv report of the following
resolution: (Here was K-ar'.cd tbs
resolution who* appears In the
majority report re aling to the pref
fit cl, to nl appointing honorably dis
charged soldiers and sailors ] Und<-r
wbnt action of the .euate dues ‘.but
maj rny cam the au'hurtty to re
port such a resolution to the senate
for its adoption ? What possible
countc.lun lias '.he eubj.ct mentloued
in the resciution witti the papeia and
documents called for in the case of
the sti'penUon cf Dunlin, which I-
Ihe omy matter releired by the seu-
i t to tiie Jodie ary committee. Tbe
information of ttie minority of your
committee is that Dustin never was
a union soldlsi, but on the contrary,
wrs eith* r a member ct tho oonred
•rate army or a oonfedtru'.e sympa-
ti r r In bis native s ateof North
C .lulina. The minority of
your c mmit.Ue fully endorse
section 7764 ,>f ihe revised s a u.ee,
and hear uy favors its faithful exe
cutlon, but their information aud
belief satisfy them that under its op
eration duriug the acministia lou of
repubiic-rj nresideutn partisan and
poll.teal inUneoci* and coustdeia-
tiouu have govert eJ iu a great de
gree iu the selection cf liteudid
henafl ti\tlta of tl e ttM ute, so that
no equal and Just d:s libution
h s been tuudo hy the republican
pteside.uts among tlie meritoriou-
oiass (iesoribe i in tlie law, as Is
duubtliei dee r J alike by ropubli
0.-.bh fti.il il^ uiucrats, uoliiiela ai <1 u u
lines vrti*> wore; couirudea in a OuU)
in n eeu;e Hueh uuauthoriz d dc-
liou t.f the rn j rily fyour c 'inmit
)te selves one purpo.-.e, atid :lime is to
furnish addilional ofwta whs
before manifest: teat the oi j ct aud
intent of this extraordinary
proceeding is to secure political
sml partisan advuntsgo and bent fit
Tin* inevitable result i- 'o Brta'gti
President Ct-vrlund arid try him by
a senate with au unfriendly political
majority for making Rusp-uaions iu
uiliged violation cf hie public pledges
and promises uot to moke re
movals or suspensions except
for caueo. President Cicve
land’s premises and pleag**
are a part oi the published history of
tbe country and for their fatihful
performance he denies his reiponsl-
nility to the senate and stands ready
for trial by the people He did make
ibe piomiso that during the term of
civil * fflee he would not snspeod or
remove for tbe sole reason that he
• is a republican. Mere y being a re»
publican, if be had been and was a
capsbte, faithful and ifflo.eut * fflu-jr,
the president declared he would not
regard as snffleiont caus-, but if
such < ffl.’tr, white in office had
use i its power or influence or emolu
ments to promote ihe organization
and euccem) of t is party by attending
county, dia:riu , stale or natlor'a'
convontionD and linking bimasir
tc ivea* a partisan lu elections, 'he
president bus declared tuch emduoi
aud action by any lncnrn-
iio t, however capable, faithful aud
(ffitisnt in toe dicoharge *f
or n s official chr'ie* ts a violation of
itiusr’ t of 'ho law ih-c!ar:r;; 'ha*.
uses and t ot to be employed as an
e'emeut of p* \v, r In party oiganiza-
tloDs ai d elections, mid that, such
conduct would he treated ub suflluient
ecu -e ‘or suspension The president
di dints to submit voluntarily to the
deoMnns of a tribunal having
no Juris ilo ion over the ques
tion of tiie sufficiency of euch
cause for t us, elision, especially
wii n his ft ur m that such conduct in
an i ffi ter might be regarded by the
republican maj irity as reason for the
rtuntluu of .he InrumheiiU iu ofs
fljSB.
“Ttie pres dent will Lever avoid
trial by the penpl" for tiie exercise of
any of Ills powers or tlie discharge
of any of Ids: ffioirl dutlrs, as he will
have a fair tribunal ou the
whole trmu, but lie deolims
obedience to auy unlawful tummons
to trial umttr ttie uturtied authority
hy an unfiloudly tribunal on the
evidence of mere papers anil docu
ments relating ‘xclusively losinpeD-
hious and containing in nearly every
ease only a partial statement of the
cuists, facts and rets o s f r hlB
i ffloial aot of surpeosion. Iu a
largo uiojurity t.f the na.us
of suspension, as the minority
are informed, the president had in-
fermatlon communicated to him
oral tv l>y persons considered reliable,
whicti it would be impossible for him
to renumber or reproduce in every
cane, so hr to pm the senate in posces-
idon of all tho facts which governed
him in the suspension, and uo
authority under the constitution or
laws of tiie United Htates can call
him to an account.
“In conclusion, the minotity of
your committee are gratified at being
able lo sta'e that In the fortieth con
gress, wlen the democrats hsd a
ninj >rity in the senate, no euch spoo-
toc.e rn* that nmv exhibited to Ihe
oiuntry wan ever witnessed In th«
hlntory of i's proceedings.
“All ol which Is rceptctfuily aub-
mined
[H'gneit] 'James I. Pugh,
"Richaud ( ore,
"George G Vest,
“HowklE Jacksow.”
THE PUBLIC PEIiX STATEMENT.
The deli mat* ineut issued '.o-day
shows the deortaj! 1 of the public debt
rlurlnp’tlie mcmh of F bruary to be
$270 216 331; c.sii in treasuiy, 6494,-
489,9.35.52; gold «*r'ifl ates outs aml-
iog, $105,037 05C; "ilver certificates
oute a jilt* g, 688 390.810; certiHomes
of deposit ouistuudii.g, $14 92(1,000;
legal tenders ouislaudii-g, 6316.738,*
696; traotloncl currency, noi iucluil*
ti.gtbeam uir s«"no«'ed as lost or
destroyed, $6 959 153 77.
BUPKKMK COURT DECISIONS.
A deOolou was rendered by the
supr*m« curt to-day in N. 974,
Wm L R yil, apr o, lant nnd plaintiff
iu error, appeal It iu aud iu error to
lbs olrouit ci uri o' 'he eastern dis*>
triot of Virginia R yal was indicted
in Richmond, V-*, f r selling a coupon
fr r $30 without liconse, aud was sent
to jail He irayed for habeas corpus,
wuioh tt-e lower court refused to
award Affirmed, J Mice Harlan
delivered the opinion R yai'e mo*
tlou to tha supreme court upon an
appeal for habeas corpus was denied
on the same ground upon which the
form, r deoi ion was made.
Tho supreme court h **Jay rendered
the following decisions :
N 835 Slate of T*.n "escee, pl du*
tiff iu error, vh Geo K Whitworth,
trustee ol Davidson county ; in error
to the circuit court of the United
S ales for tbe middle district of Ten
nessee. This suit ws s hi ought hy i be
state of Tennesi'ee against the collec
tor of ihe oouniy, to require him to
produce taxes «n the • mres of etock
iu the Nisbville, Chattanooga
and 8. .L uis railrond. Under tlie
charter of the company its oapltat
stock was forever exempted from
(axfttiot; sis workshops, were
txemptiol fin 20 yeatH from tue com
pletion of tin* road Ttie circuit
c u t was ’ f '.lie i piuiou thrtt slit’,res
oifct.ck w..» ty itio charter exempt
ti im luXK.iuu mid h-’-ve a ju 'gmeut
accordingly. That judgment is uf*
| 11 niPii
Ni 934. Hamo psrtlep. and th° ques«
tom i- whether ttie Nashville and
Dnomur railroa*! c u.|a y has the
ssmeehirtvr contiant for txempth n
of its stock from tex.'ion as the
Nashville ar.ij Cbatlunooga Judg-
tuetit tiffiiuicd, Chief Ju hie Waite
lu tio'h c,.see iMiiiitt’g tlif.'. laxa.iou of
hBth the reads and the capital would
he doulile tuxa'.t >u.
No 12 The Vicksburg, Rbrevepnrt
and Pucifli railroad, plaintiff iu error,
vs E'irs H D ni y Tliis suit was
hrough to recover tho a-s.'itsed value
uuoer the slate iu 1877 triid 1878 on
the railroad company The supreme
court sffirrncd tho judgment of the
lower oourt, which declared the tax
illegal. Justice Field dissented from
the opinion of the court.
SWUNG BY A MOB.
X H«gr« Maplol I.yarbmi ll* IfMlM"
bare.
Spetlal to SnqBlrsrHan.
Bpartanbubo, B C, Merch l.—■
Obedisti Thompson, colored. »ged 21,
last Friday raped a while woman,
the wife of a reepeotab’s farmer, near
G'.etin Bprings, tills ooun.y, and tho
mother of three cuildmi. He was
J iilid here today. Bffog sola day a
largjcr .wJ wiih in tin city- The
on er J.ilwr.s broken aorl the keys
tukt/i from ttie J tiler, nnd Thompjou
taken to a grove h ink f oin the mein
sir ot an t iyticii**ii in optn (liy »rd
uo umbs. O .o x SOt) meu ui-mpossd
•he ath uni \n;- pvr'ectly oh'sWy.
>Ti:* ii.:* tbo Bpnr'Mio protect the
-• .'i'JX-'iUva,