The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-03-11

of conference there would be great dan
ger of its being lost. Mr.. Warner, the
notorious Alabama carpet-bagger whose
term happily expires on the 18th of
March next, moved to caucus on the
House amendments. Mr.. Pomeroy, the
champion railroad and land grant
jobbist of the Senate, moved to recon-
NIT the bill to the committee on Pacific
railroads. AS this would have consign-
ed it to certain death, it is obvious that
Mr.. Pomeroy fears the Southern Pacific
will prove a dangerous rival to the other
road, in which he is largely interested.
Senators from Texas, Louisiana, Ar
benefited by Pacific road, were dumb
as oysters. It was reserved for General
Blair to come to the rescue; to point
out the glaring defects and injustice of
the bill, and demand for the South her
rights in the matter. He said if the bill
was accepted, as passed by the House, it
would be a Northern road, it would be
a Northern guage; and, pointing to the
North, all the Southern branches had
been studiously cut off. II there was
anything this Congress actts pledged to, it
,t,ns to giue the Southern people q Southern
railroad, but this bill was a delusion
and a snare. Thus spoke the gallant
Senator from MissOuri-speaking not in
behalf OF his own State or section, but
for the whole South.
In whole Senate full
Was it not pitiful
that not another voice should be raised
in the interest of the Southern people =?
Mr.. Pool, of North Carolina, ventured
to remark that he would sooner have
no bill ut all than such bill as this !;
and then Conkling, the most conceitcd
man in the Senate, called for the regu-
lar order.
The members Of the committee of
conference on the part Of the Senate
were appointed yesterday. 1t is hardly
possible that action can be secured on
the bill this session.
Gen. +. j. Heron has been here for
some time, and, as mentioned in Il for
mer letter, is looking after tho position
of sergeant-at-arms of the House. He
has been working with great industry
to attain that object, and is aided by Il
score or more Of experienced lobbyists.
But it is inside influence
he needs, and of that ne has very little.
Were the office to be filled by election
in open House, as is the case with the
Speakership, Gen. Heron might get
votes enough to secure the
place; for Mr.. Ordway is deservcdly
Most of the newspaper men
here favor Heron, also, on the ground
that it would be impossible to find
another man as discourteous as the
present incumbent. But in the Radi-
cal caucus, which is to decide the ques-
ton, few of Gen. IIerron's outside
friends have much influence. The OBJ
jections to him by Radical members arc
that he was an appointee of Andrew
Johnson's, and is, therefore, Of doubt
full Republicanism and that his pri-
vate character is not good. In view of
the character Of a large number Of the
to look upon the latter objection in the
light Of a huge joke. 1t is quite certain,
however, that Mr.. Orlway will be re-
elected; and so will the other House
officials, in my opinion, commencing
with Speaker Blaine. Some people still
delude themselves with the idea that
the "Revenuc rcfOrmers" will coalcsce
with the Democrats and control the or
ganizatiOn; but s:take no stock in it,
Gen. J. r. West, who succeeds the
negro-loving Harris on the 4th of fMarcf,
arrived here some days ago, accompa-
nicd by his wife. His election was GER
tainly something of a victory for t'our
side" Even Il negro, such as Dunn, or
Pinchback, would have been an inn
provcmcnt on Harris so that we have
reason to be content with All intelligent
white man, who is a native of and idcn-
tilted with tho State which has here
toforc been 80 Outrageously misrepre-
sented by impudent and impotcnt car
pet-baggers.
Turning to the other end OF the Capt.
toll, j find your carpct-bag Represen-
tatives in full feather, and drawing
their pay with faithful regularity. i
find that l have omitted mention, in
preceding letters, of the fact that New
sham, sometime since reported "miss-
ing," has "turned up Sheldon is the
only man ofthe lot who appears to have
more brains than are required for the
saying Of ssycs' and sno' during roll
call, and no docs not altogether neglect
the interests of his constituents while