Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-03-05
Proceedings of the Second Session OF the
FOrty.SecOnd congress.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE Calendar
being in the regular order, Carpenter
moved to lay the calendar on the table for
the purpose of taking up the bill reported
from the Committee on Privileges and
Elections previous for new election of
Louisiana. 1t is absolutely necessary, he
said, that this should he acted upon in or
der to avoid the bloodshed shown by the
morning papers to be imminent in Louis
lana Sherman and Morton also urged inn
mediate action upon the bill and it was
taken up.
Hill offered substitute embodying his
views in the future of forming Legisla-
ture out of the legally elected members of
both the Houses now claiming TO be the
Legislature of Louisiana, and authorizing
this new Legislature so formed to count
the returns of the last election and declare
who are the legally elected State officers,
Carpenter addressed the Senate in sup
port of the bill reported by the majority of
the committee. The views of the commit
tee, he said, were fully set forth in the
majority report, and rs the bill had been
submitted to persons representing all sides
of the controversy, hesuppOsed thatif such
a bill were 70 be passed at all this one would
be satisfactory in its details He had just
been handed by Mr.. Mcmillan, claiming
TO he elected from Louisiana, a telegram
addressed to himself, Mcmillan and Gov.
Warmoth, which was read at the desk as
follows :
NEW ORLEANS, Feb %, 1878.
To W'H. l.. Mcmillan and Gorcrnor Var
moth
1t is not true that the country parishes
are rapidly acknowledging their allegiance
to the Kellogg Government. The people
in the country, like the people in the city,
| will never yield obedience to that govern
ment. 1t can never collect taxes and it
can only be maintained by forces. That
! force will have to be United States troops,
stationed in every parish to enforce the
authority of his government. His govern
! ment can only he sustained by an actual
conquest of the people and not by the kind
of force which the people would submit to
rather than have militia.
This dispatch was signed by a large
number of citizens, who, according to Nc
MILAN, are leading men in the country
parishes.
Under the regular order Mr.. Morton
| said it would be q vast national misfortune
and great misfortune to Louisiana that
this bill should pass. a small faction in
that State, having gotten up the so-called
McEneryGo government without u shadow of
title under the law, was now endeavorlng
to stir resistance as to the actual Govern
ment-the Kellogg Government-resist
ance which must lead to strife and blood
|
without any authority whatever, was now
doing all he could to destroy the efficiency
of the dc fdctO Government, and doing
this, as he (Morton) was advised, at the
instigation of persons now in Washing
ton. To make good this charge, Morton
read the severed proclamations of McEnery
concluding with the one published this
morning; but McEnery and his friends
were now getting into rather deep water
Upon attempting to carry out this procla
nation they would be mere rioters, ant
on refusing to dispense they would be liza
BILE to be shot. kilograms had been re
ceived from Governor Kellogg showing
what McEnery was doing and under wha
influence he was acting.
In one telegram Kellogg says: Gov
Warmoth telegraphs urging collision.
don't think the present Government cal
get strength enough. They are fast losin
the confidence of the community. Ihei
= Legislature yesterday had no quorum.
In another telegram dated Goth, kellogg
says: Gov. Warmoth has telegraphe
McEnery as follows If you are Cover
nor do something to show it now-actio
-action-action.
O Trumbull says: 1 am authorized b
Gov. Warmoth to say both these di:
patches stating that such dispatches eve
came from him are utterly false.
= Morton says: 1 have nothing to sa
k upon the question. | have read the oil
le patches as they have been sent here.
"a Carpenter proceeded with an elaboSa
speech.
Carpenter was generally denunciatoi
k, and quite eloquent He argued there w
+, one of two courses to pursue, to acknow
n edge McEnery or pass the election bill.
It. Senator Thurman, who represented Il
n Democrats, made "A speech favoring Il
,ir recognition of McEnery as the only sol
ar ton. The speeches upon these points 81
lis tanning kellogg, unfolding M"Enery al
he ordering new election indicated that
IN the opinion of the orators the Republics
ed form of government in Louisiana for t
ey moment had fizzled. The indications 9
rs, that the vote will be very close and IN
he the issue will be forced before the Senat
adjournment.
in HOUSE.
m The proceedings of the House tod
III were quite sensational. The body met
ne 10 O'Clock and discussed the expulsion r
os- olution until past noon. 1t then prevail
iN- to a vote on a substitute offered by >
me gent of California, and was thus carr
az by a majority of four.
hat Sargent's resolution, absolutely &C
oId demnIng the conduct of Brooks a
the Ames was adopted by a vote of five
III one. A third resnlution of Sargents,
no discharge the committee and thus end
pom whole matter, was defeated 10y majo
IKE of twenty, and thus the whole subject
ms again thrown open.
IN Speer, of Pennsylvania, offered a rest
'oh, ton censuring the conduct of Kelley.
on, was discussed amid great excitement Y
'seu the hour for taking a recess. II that r