New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-04-30

New District Attorney for Texas-More
Efacient Public Schosls-speeches ON
the appropriation Bill--nlrs Perce's
Bill = Supplementary Texas Pac1dc
Railroad Bill-Southern Claims Com-
nission-special Commission te Take
Testimony-Lands Sold for Direct
Taxes-Bin for Relief Of Purchasers-
Programme of Cengressienal Bust.
ness-The. Giddings-Clark Centest.
WAsHrNGroN, April l29.-AndrewJ. Evans
has been nominated district attorney for
the western district OF Texas.
Senate.-A resolution waso6efed, limiting
speeches upon the appropriation bill to hve
minutes. Mr.. Trumbulf said the object of
this new rule was plainly disclosed. ltwss
to give the majority Of the Senate the power
to put any legislation whatsoever on the
appropriation bill under the Eve minutes
rule, and he wanted the Senate to know y.
The order was finally modified to prohibit
as an amendment to an appropriation Dill
matter not german, when the resolution
passed and the Senate adjourned.
House.-Among the bills introduced was
one by Mr.. Perce, of Mississippi to pro
vide for the greater efficiency Of the pu6nc
schools in the several States, and tor other
purposes-a bill more stringent, If possible,
than Mr.. Summers civil rights bill. 1t pro-
vides for equality in public and private
schools. hotels, cam, steamboats,. etc. The
bill was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and Law, of which Mr.. Perce 10
chairman, and he declares it shall be re-
ported ON the next call Of his committee:
One by ~. Hays, granting Al the public
M. Wheeler moved to suspend the rules
and take up for consideration the Senate
bin supplementary to the act Of March 3,
1871. to incorporate the Texas Pacific Rail.
road Company, changing the title to that Of
Texas and Pacific Railway Company, and
making provisions % to the isauing Of mort
cages and land grant bonds, etc.
The motion was agreed to without divi-
sion, and various verbal amendments re-
ported from the Committee on the Pacific
Railroads were adopted. After some expla-
nation and discussion, during which it was
stated by Mr.. Wheeler that the bill did moi
| increase the land grant, the bill was
passed-l03 to 23-and Coca back to the
| Senate for concurrence in the verbal amend
ments
The Senate amendment to tho House bill
authorizing the commissioners of Southern
claims TO appoint special commissioners to
| take testimony, was c0ncurred In.
| The Senate amendment to the House bill
for the relief Of purchasers Of lands sold Tor
direct taxes in the insurrectio2sry States'
| was cOncurred in.
The Republican Senators met in caucus
! this morning to hear the report OF the COM
mittee Of seven, appointed last week y
arrange programme Of business, ana s1s1l !,
hearing the report read it was adopted a;ac =.
up business in the following order; De
dcisney appropriation BILL aS1ss Sna,sss bill sS e.
annronriation bill; navy appropriation Dill;
amnesty bill; Mr.. Kellogg's bill relatlve to
y. $ ss0ss s gy e.
st - ~ ha Iaas corpus in States lately in re-
bellion; li N general appropriation bills. It wa.
agreed to meet Ct eleven o'clock daily
participated in the caucus, and opposed ar
early adjournment. Mr.. Trumbun was moi
present.
Judge Paschal submitted the printed argn
ment Of the CONTESTANT upon the fAOt, an6
statod that - Mr.. Clark had failed 70 tax!
any evidence, ard ~ 1cs GiddhGp ~
i proved every =. - slseiies
dom. 81 had Il ~ fAr - iegativ'