Terre Haute Daily Gazette, Volume 1, Number 38, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 15 July 1870 — Page 2
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FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1870.
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Hon. 3). "W. Yoorhees at V?'ork. There is nothing1 which keeps a Repre-
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reiish this, particularly if the rising is damaging, but the people i\e*irt it whether damaging or If the icq resentative has doJie his duty laichfuhy, then the people will say, "\\ell done, thou good and faithful servant as you
been faithful over a few things, we •will make you a ruler over many." But if the Representative lias been unfaithful, and lias wasted his time in riotous living and debauched his position in idleness and vain conceits, they will fay, depart, thou unfaithful servant we have no further use for thee, and will put a better man in your place.
To show now the enormous labo which Mr. Yoorhees ha performed for
the last session of the amount of his
work, as compiled from the official record of the House of ftcprcsriifafircx, which Ls now before us, and for which we are indebted to the Cincinnati Commercial.
The Forty-first Congress met in its second session on the Gtli- day of December, 2869, and has set for adjournment on tomorrow, being in actual'session one hundred and sixty-six days. During that time—till the night of the 11th inst., to which time the record is made—the roll was called 370 times in the House of Representatives, and there were introduced 2,2")S bills, of which 485 passed. This has been carefully compiled, as far as might be, from the Official Journal of the House and the Globe, showing the number of days each member was absent from the House, the number of days so absent for which ho had leave, the number of roll-calls to which each failed to respond, the number of bills each introduced, public or private, and the number of bills so introduced by each which passed the House.
It will be seen from this carefully compiled record, that Mr. Yoorhees was absent from his scat in the House, out of the Ki'i days it has been in session, just 14 days. That lie was absent on leave days and the remainder without leave That out of 870 times the roll was called he failed to answer ISO times, and that of the 2,2~8 bills which were introduced, he actually introduced one What that one bill was which the herculean labor of our representative brought forth we arc not advised, but have no doubt the importance of it is fully in keeping with the rest of his congressional career.
Wo have said before, that Mr. Yoorhees possessed no positive ability. That his mind could originate nothing. That he was not a thinker, but was only a denouncer. We have said before that as a representative in Congress his Congressional career proved him a failure, and lie was not representing (his people as their varied interests demanded they should be represented.
To-day we are able to show that he is not attentive even to the common duties of a Representative. If his ability is merely negative, lie could at least be in his seat and vote aye or nay. But he does not even do this. What excuse can he give his constituents for not voting ISO times out of 870 times the roll was called in the House, of which he was a member? Was he sick?—we never heard of anything ailing him. Was he disabled—shot in the neck, or anything of that kind? Why did lie not vote those ISO times? Ah, Mr. Yoorhees, your demagogism has exposed you this time. Yon have shirked, sir—the most cowardly resort of a political coward.
We venture the assertion, that the majority of those ISO votes which our representative did not vote, were when the most important measures of the session, were on their passage. For fear lie might be hurt some way or other, lie resorted to his old trick, and shirked. As a xlurkist, he is a glorious success.
Where was Mr. Yoorhees the 44 days, out of the Kit), which he was absent from the House entirely? Was he acting as Attorney for some of the "Land Grabbers' rings? Was he attending to business of Perry Fuller or some other of the leaches who were seeking to get their arms up to their elbows in the public Treasury? But above all, how did you Mr. Yoorhees, during the days of thesession, find time to introduce one bill into the House of Representatives Did that etl'ort soexhaust you that it required 44 days rest, for you to recuperate your (lagging energies and prostrate constitution? We beg of you not to at tempt so herculean a task again. Your life is too valuable to your dear country to be thus desU-(\vel in its prime. A patriot like you ought to live a thousand years, and then turning into a Cardiff giant, remain the admiration of all lovers of their country and true statesmen, forever.
The people of this Congressional district can now see how it is, that all the great interests of this section have been left to the mercy of other interests in other sections, and overshadowed and crippled by adverse Congressional legislation. We have had no one to guard and protect our interests. One hundred and eighty times have
votes
been taken in
the House of Representatives, and one hundred and eighty times has our Representative been as dumb as an oyster. One hundred and sixty-six days lias Congress been in session, and forty-four days of that time has our Representative been absent from the House of which he is a member. Is this the kind of attention the people want to their interests If so, return Mr. Yoorhees again, and thus encouraged, he may deem it his duty to be absent all the time, and shirk on every occasion,
But before our Representative completes his canvass of this Congressional district, we insist that he explain the contents of that ONE bill. The mountain labored 166 days and brought fourth one little mouse. Some men labor all through a session of Congress to discharge a duty which they feel incumbent upon them, but Mr. Voorhees, it seems, discharges his obligations to his constituents uno ictii. .t
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I I)IA:A NEWS.
Wayne county lias seven papers—five Republican. ,, Blackberries «ell l«Ka"on in Peter.sbui-.2li- Cheap.
Petersburgh
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has a population of 909
JGS welling houses,
tentative so clo.se!v within the line of Work has been commenced on the the duty, or gives such satisfaction to people, as for the press to occasionally give a review of how the Representative is getting- aiong at Washington in the discharge of his many onerous The Representative may not
Xorth & South Railroad at Xewburg. I The Covington Friend reports a fine prospect for peaches in that vicinity also a good crop of oats.
Some bricklayers had a free fight in Indianapolis, day before yesterday. caums belli, whisky.
The Good Templars of Indianapolis will have a grand festival and Tableaux on the 21st.
Work on the Asbury University at Greencastle, will commence on the 1st of next month.
The proposition for Evansville to take 8300,000 stock in the old Straight Line Railroad, will be submitted to the people of Evansville on the 27th inst.
The old settlers of Carroll county wi 1 hold a picnic on the 2d of August. They promise plenty to eat to those who may join them from other counties.
The organization of the Union Agricultural Society, embracing the counties of Montgomery, Boone and Clinton, lias been effected.
The New Albany Ledger says Judge W. Q. Gresham has arrived at his home in this city from Corydon, nearly recovered from the injuries received some three month ago by a fall.
Delphi boasts of a citizen, George Green, nearly 90 years of age who "shook hands with George Washington," and who lias seen Jefferson, LaFayette, Hamilton, Morris, Lee and other old patriots and heroes.
Dr. J. T. Johnson was robbed of a gold watch, and ten or twelve dollars in cash, by a couple of highwaymen, near Indianapolis night before last. The Doctor had his wife with him. The rascals got a revolver also.
Charles D. Greene, of St. Louis, was day before yesterday appointed Commissioner ot' Deeds for the State of Indiana, vice Thorns Chapin, resigned, also, Emile V. Sutter, of San Francisco. .John Foster, of Frankiin, Johnson county, a colored man, has brought suit against the Jeftersonville Railroad Company because the conductor would not allow him and his wife to choose which car they would ride in.
A little girl, whose name is unknown, was sitting on the track of the Jeff'ersonville railroad, near Waynesboro, on Monday, and was run over by the train and instantiy killed. Her parents were close by, gathering blackberries, at the time.
Blow, the man who attempted to commit a rape upon the person of Mrs. Hoffman, and cut the throat of a little boy at the same time, near Lawrenceburg, a day or two ago, is rumored to have been captured and hung by a mob.
The Michigan City ICnlerpriae says of the new railroad extension to that place: The surveying to ascertain the best point for crossing the summit between that city and Laporte has been completed and the point established. The entire line will be under contract within two weeks, probably.
The Indianapolis Journal says a challenge to light a duel passed between a well Known attorney and policeman, caused by some words spoken while the policeman was being questioned on the witness stand by the attorney.
The contract for the construction of that portion of the Louisville, New Albany & St. Louis Air Line Railway from Princeton to Mt. Carmel, has been awarded to Dr. Andrew Lewis, of Princeton, at £20,000 per mile. One of the conditions of the contract is that the Doctor takes 840,000 stock in the road.
William D. Baird eloped with a young girl named Stater from Newcastle a few days ago, taking with him a span of horses, and a light spring wagon. He drove the horses so hard that he killed one of them, and the girl having donned made attire, was arrested and fined $10 at Wabash. The remaining horse was taken for security. The "old man" is on the track and swears vengeance.
A liend at Indianapolis, in the shape of a man, induced a young girl about 15 years of age, to leave her home, under promise to marry her when she arrived at LaFayette, he having arranged to follow her. Arriving at the last named place she had no money and walked about until two o'clock at night, when she was found by two villains, who took her into a lumber yard and outraged her person.
A new paper called the White River Journal, and published at the Shoals, in Martin county, has been received at this office. The Shoal is to bo the future county seat, of that county.
The "Local" of the Evansville Journal is an ingenious fellow. Once in awhile lie travels to British America for "local news." For awhile he wrote under the nom deplume of E. C. Stebbins, and then becoming disgusted with Stebbins, killed him outright. His last dodge to make the paper interesting, is to print "A Stranger" to the "Cardiff' Giant," thus evincing the fact that when all else fail, he can make poetry. Here is a specimen
Oh, say you "great stupendous mystery Come tell us all about your history How came you to grow just ten feet four And then couldn't strech out any more You see folks of this generation Are not imbued with much veneration Nor will their minds be very pliant. To think that you're an old he giant. Say, when you lived were you a hero, Was your better half a female shero?
If that Cardiff Giant had not been dead already, it could not possibly have survived the production of the above.
THE yacht Fannie Brown, which left the coast of Maine about a year ago in command of Captain Carpenter, formerly a United States naval officer, arrived at St. Louis from New Orleans last night in tow of the tug Mary Alice. The Fannie Brown lias traveled about 26,000 miles since starting, and has visited and surveyed coasts, inlets and harbors of various countries. She will leave here in a day or two for the head waters of the Mississippi river, cross to Lake Superior by the Grand Portage canal, thence go by lakes or by the river St. Lawrence, to the original starting point.
UNFEELING.—Widow Grizzle's husband lately died of cholera. In themidst of the most acute bodily pain, after the hand of death had touched him, and while writhing in agony, his gentle wife said to him: "Well, Mr. Grizzle, you needn't kick around so, and wear all the sheets
you are dying."
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Notwithstanding the withdrawal of Leopold, troops are moving through Paris for the frontier, and there seems to bp no abatement of military'activity in other quarters of France.
A questionable dispatch from Duseldorf, yesterday morning, says Prince Leopold accepts the Spanish throne on condition of an immediate declaration of war should France attack Germany.
A couple of Italians fell out in the streets of Louisville on Sunday morning. One accused the other of seducing his wife, and immediately commenced firing pistol shots at him. The shots took effect and the accused was soon a corpse.
The Constitution^, the Ministerial organ, has the following "The Government has testimony that the candidature of Prince Hohenzollern is withdrawn and the Peace of Europe will not be disturbed. We are satisfied that Hohenzollern will not reign in Spain. We demand nothing more and rejoice at this pacific solution of the question."
The St. Louis Board of Health having adopted sanitary and other regulations regarding the social evil, the Police Board are now engaged in putting their machinery in working order to carry out the law recently passed by the City Council, throughout the city, and making lists of all lewd women they can find but it will take several weeks to make a complete registration and perfect the new system.
A London dispatch of the 13th says:— The formal opening of the Thames embankment took place to-day. The procession was lead by the Metropolitan Board of Works, and included the Prince of Wales and the Princess Louise in the royal coach, the dignitaries of the court in full costume, guards, municipal bodies, civil societies, and many bands of music. The procession moved from Westminster bridge to Charing Cross bridge, where a large pavillion was erected. Buildings along the line were profusely decorated with banneis. The Queen was unable to be present in consequence of illness.
No Naturalization of Chinese. The demon of work had such possession of the Senate that it had a longsession on the Fourth, wholly devoted to the naturalization bill and to Mr. Sumner's proposition to strike the word white from our naturalization laws. Messrs. Stewart, Wilson, Williams andConkling argued against the admission of the Chinese to the rights of American citizens, while Messrs. Trumbull and Sumner argued that all immigrants coming to this country should be placed on an equal footing before the lav/. The debate was at times very acrimonious Conkling attacked Sumner in his fiercest style, while our Senator defended himself with even more than his usual ability and dignity. But the Senate was against him the vote of last week to strike out the word "white" was reconsidered, an amendment adopted extending the naturalization laws to aliens of African nativity and to persons of African descent, and the bill was then passed.
As we have before said, the present •naturalization bill, even as amended by the Senate, is inadequate to the needs of the country, and not worth the time devoted to its discussion. It might as well fail as carry. But what shall we say of the action of the Senate in devoting the 94th anniversary' of the nation's independence, and the very first anniversary after the negro has come into the full rights of citizenship, to declare that the inhabit ants of China who come here shall form a new servile east, and be onnuidar. cii uu alien class, unworthy to enjoy the protection and the benefits of our laws? Between Mr. Sumner's broad and catholic advocacy of a general application of the naturalization laws, and the ideas of those who would exclude one race from their operation, is all the difference between sta tesmanship and demagogueism. Unfortunately the latter is dominant in this congress] and its success in this instance is but one of a long list of victories.—Springfield Republican.
The Minnesota'Platform.
The Republican Convention in the First Congressional District of Minnesota, after nominating Hon. Mark H. Dunnel for Congress, by acclamation, proceeded to give expression to the sentiments of the quarter of a million of people in the District on the political questions of the day. They unanimously protested against the poiicv of adding the payment of the national debt to the burdens the present generation has already borne, and demand that taxation be reduced so as to pay only current expenditures, interest and annual 1 per cent sinking fund on the public debt. They call loudly on Congress, in the name of the tax-ridden and swindled farmers of Minnesota, to reduce tariff'to a revenue standard, and vigorously demand that all necessities be, as far as possible, placed on the free list.
These declarations of opinions by the Republicans of Minnesota unquestionably reflect" the sentiments of an overwhelming majority of the rank and fill of the Republican party of the whole West.
COL,. W. C. WILSON delivered an antiTariff speech at Delphi, on Friday night last, in which he showed the amount of the tax paid on imported articles the sum received by the Government and the sum given—bounties to manufacturers, as follows: Consumers paid on pig- iron, §19,620,000, of this sum the Government received $1,620,000 bounty to manufacturers $18,000,000. On salt, consumers paid $3,900,000, Government got $1,136,000 bounty to salt manufacturers $2,764,000. On blankets consumers paid $10,000,000 cloaks $20,000,000, and the manfacturers took every cent of it.
GOOD WORDS FITLY SPOKEN.—In response to a serenade the other evening, Governor John T. Hoffman, of New York, who always speaks well, improved the occasion by giving his hearers good advice to the following effect: '-To banish all
narrow-mindedness
YOUNG and gushing Congressman Conner, of Texas, in a recent speech, alluded to Georgia in the following touching terms: "Torn by internal feuds, wrapped in an anaconda of fraud and corruption, cursed with a misrule which is worse than despotism, for it is anarchy, and overrun by an unscrupulous horde of white and black lazaroni, who are plundering her public treasury and growing rich from their daily pocketing extorted from her sons and daughters of toil, she is dragged as a dead and yet a living sacrifice at the chariot wheels of the body politic."
A DUEL was fought in St. Louis Yesterday afternoon between Major "Henry Keitle, formerly of the 31st New York regiment, subsequently on the staff of General Calvin Pratt, and aow on the reportorial staff of^ the St. Louis limes, and Captain L. P. Von, said to have once served in the French army. Cavalry sabres were the weapons used. Keitle received a slight wound on the forehead and a trifling cut on the right hand. One of Von's'eyes was put out by a thrust.
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