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Show CLAYTOiVS MURDER. Brrcktnride cn his Dtfrne In the Ilonse or Bqirt- Mntillrn: HIS SCAT DECLARED TO BE VACANT. In lbe Stnafe the Tariff Bill TaLrs up all tbe Time THE MISSING INDIANS IN DAKOTA. Tlie Nolorlotu Uoiit Rarron Hollj Panned bj Ddccllres and UIodbcunJ. CT Telccraph to Use 5rws. BRECUIMIIDGE Orenplea ibo Iloor it thr Hoax and Ilxplalut. Tarln I1I1L WASitisaTos, Spt. S-Tn tho HnUM) tho cxmUoinl tk-ctlon cnj was Ukcn up and Brecslnridgi! was accorrtl the door in Lis own Ulnlf. Ho tlca'.cJ liat the murders in hi ttiftilct, as charged by tho committee commit-tee on elecUons, were political. The men who charged, eitutr on tbc floor or In the Iirets, that the peo-ple peo-ple of Arbarms, or cuy group of jtrople rtpnsfuticg that State, Itadcrer shown sympathy wlUitbe infamous murder of Clay tou, or that he (Ureckinridge) bad any knowledge of it in Ibo rrmoteft It-grre, uttered that which was cowardly or nu-an and wblcli they knew to bo fake. Democratic a-jilaueo. a-jilaueo. ISrerkinrldge continued by rr-ralguing rr-ralguing tbe commlltee as biased. Clayton, he taiJ, was his txvom triend. It had been raid he should hare resigned after the murder. To have done so would have been to admit that he believed the Clayton murder aOectcd the ntult of the i lection, And to have taken Uie can: from tberepublicau liou-c, which aloue liad j-riwIIcUon. lie then turned his attention to JuTdge McClure, stating that on tbe return of the nib-committee the republican re-publican members endorsed Mc-Clurefora Mc-Clurefora JUDICIAL rOSmON IX ARKANSAS. Iaccy (Iowa), chairman of tbe sub-nmmittee, said he recommended recommend-ed Judgo 3IcCIure in believing him one of the btst nnd most competent men in Arkansas. Breckluri Jge proceeded to quote from a statement made y a Mr. Ubtckbjrn (a republican), to show the bad character of McLlure. lie criticised In severe language the action of the sub-committee, asserting assert-ing that he had been, denied u itness-es itness-es after he had beeu promised that they v ould be accorded him. "o greater debauchery of a 'rce ball jt had ever been committed than Uiat I Dieted by the committee. lie said, in conclusion: "Come to your conclusion and 1 will takeanappeal to the -topic, regardicxs of party, in the district I have the honor to represent, on the broad crouud of iiaimon honesty, and In November tney will reverse both your conclusion con-clusion and the manner of yjur conclusion." Democratic applause, Dalzell (Pa.) read in detail tfie testimony bearing on the theft of the ballot-box M I'lummeraville, and sal J its theft was absolutely XK-rSBABV TO 1IRECKIMIIDGE, yet he stood here and asserted that it had been stolen ly republicans, rile House ttooi dumbfuunded In Uiefacc of such sublime impudence. lie commented up n Uie backward-nersof backward-nersof the Sutcuf Arkansas in endeavoring en-deavoring to hunt down the murderers mur-derers from her desecrated toil. The blood of John 21. Clayton cried to heaven, not for vengeance, but for Justice, and Uie members of toth tides were here a sacred mlnlters to execute her just deserts. i!e-publican i!e-publican applause. The debate having cloed, Crlp (ja.) moved to recommit the case, with instructions to tbe committee ou elecUous to report which of Uie gentlemen ieceived a majority of the votes of the second district of Arkansas- Lest yeas S3, nays 101. A vote was Uien taken on the minority mi-nority resolution conflrmlne llreck-inridce's llreck-inridce's right to the seat, VeasSI, nays 103. the resolution declaring Uie scat vacant was agreed to yeas 105, nays 02. The Hou"c then took a recess, the evening M-ssiou to be for consideration considera-tion of private nsion bills. At the evening sesubm the House pasv-ed thiity pension bills, and adjourned ad-journed at 1030. |
