The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-02-27

committee in their relation of facts and also in
| their conclusion, that there is no legal State
Government in Louisiana, he was yet reluctant
to resort to the extreme measure OF lnterpoSlng
the Authority Of Congress; that he should reserve
his Judgment for a time, to see whether a better
way of meeting the case could be found
| Wright, of Iowa, inquired whether there were
not some other members of the Committee OH
Privileges and Elections who wished to make
report on the Louisiana case. Laughter.
The several reports were ordered printed, and
the matter goes over under the rules.
In the Senate, the bill reported by Carpenter,
from the special committee on Louisiana mat
tiers, declafes the election in that State, held
on the 4th of last November, to be null and
void, and reinstates in Office the State officers
and Legislature who held position at that time.
| It further requires new election to be held
| for State officers and members of the Legisla-
ture on the second Tuesday of next Nay, and
directs VIM B. Woods, United States Circuit
h Judge for Louisiana, to proceed to Louisiana,
EaRdlapp6int t@o citizens of different politics to
be State registrars, who shall cause new reg
istration to be made of all the legally qualified
voters, of the State, commencing March 15 and
ending ten days prior to the date OF election.
These State registrars are to appoint two su-
llpervisors of registrations for each parish, ex-
number are to o'be appointed and IN each parish
the registrars are to be divided in politics..
1.-THE President is empowered to. employ the
military and naval forces, ,on application of the
Governor OF the State or the United States
ECircut Judge, to carry outs theproyisions OF
ithisAct and enforce judicial process, and $500,
200 is appropriated to defray the expenses OF
i registration and election.
II Yickers, from the Committee on Commerce,
!asked that the committee be discharged from
further consideration as to whether Congress
| had power over. railroad rates or roads run
i ding through two or more States = - :. -
| In the House, bill to adjust the war claims
lof 1912, wherein Virginia, Tennessee, Mary
Hand; North Carolina and other States have
Eclairns, aggregating SS,625,0OO, was rejected.
| A resolution that select committee be appoint
led to impeach Cofax, for Credit Mobilier COM
pEcaians, was defeated, by yeas l05, nays 10y;
Farnsworth, Porter, Stevens and Smith voted
for resolution referring the testimony to the
Judiciary Committee with instructions to In
ouita whether the testimony justified warrants
i Of impeachment against any officer OF the Gov
ernnient;; adopted ri ~
-""-S7 WASHINGTON, February 20.
The friends Of. the postal telegraph measure
seem to be thoroughly in earnest, though 1t Is
understood there is very little expectation ot
II ANYTHING being done this session, but, the feel
ling is so strong against the gigantic Western
/ Union monopoly, and the prejudicial, and par
| tisan reports of the Associated Press, fostered
IEby the monopoly, that it needs only the next
session. OF an extension of the present session,
ito ensure the adoption of the postal telegrapby
Iimeasure.7 tr'.o ),
| Colonel John McComb, representing the At-
|lta Californian, of San Francisco, had an Inter
|iyiew with President Grant, in which the Presi.
|dent expressed his firm belief in the success OF
1.-The measure at the next session. he said 1t
was right and great public necessity; that
public sentiment was unmistakably in favcr OF
lit, and the late instance of oppression and ty-
/ -ranTiy in California was strong argument in
flavor of the necessity for speedy action. ri
The President said that the great power OF
1.-THE telegraph monopoly enabled them to defy
|Ipunishment for violating the law regulating
Common carriers, as they had done with the
IiAHa Californian, and that, through this power,
IA rigid censorship Of the press was exercised:
/ No paper dare assail the monopoly, for fear OF
iibeing, at any moment, deprived of the news,
ilnow so essential To the existence Of any paper,
and when corporation attains such height,
I it is time for the government to come IN and
I check it. and that check will surely be admin
I istered at the next session. Besides this, the
people need access to the wires at reasonable
/ rates, just as the cheap postage system is ne
cessity. sN1,.i - -
| Secretary Deano said to Colonel McComb
that he had studied the ,subject,of postal tel
egraph, and was satisfied that it must be
| adopted speedily at this session If there were
only time to put it properly before. Congress.
! Postmaster-G -GeDeral Cresswell, who has ar
gued the matter ably and fully in his report,
says chat the government must, as a matter OF
protection, own a system of telegraph lines
4 lust as it nowfuyns its post routes. He is not
4 to be deceived eitherby the pretense of infa-
| ting the stock by corners" or by watering,
and ssys that ifthe existing lines refuse to
! carry tIit their obligations under the act of
| 1856. and sellat fair valuation, then the gov
] ernment can 90 on and build as complete o
systsi,, abthats now in use for even less figure
than that specified in his report-about ten
million dolirsT Where companies are willing
| to sell their lines, the government can accept
and then add on till all the required points are
| reached, Just as post roads are now extended,
| as title necessities of the localities demand,
| though, as General Cresswel's remarks, hereto
fore al,the telegraph: has tollOpsd the march of
civilization, and not, like the postofhce service,
| led the yah. .h1 The fear that Incompetent per-.
! sons may be selected to fill positions General
Cresswell lbrushes aside as unworthy of serious
consideration; he says the tendency is to select
| the best talent now for all appointments. and
chat an additional incentive would be offered
under the postal telegraph, for which applicants
would be required to pass an examination,
when their fitness would be at once ascertained
| Insthei increased AMOUNT Of business to be
performed, under the cheaper rates for which
l,the government would perform the service, a
wider field would be offered for the employ
! ment of female labor.
| The postmaster general has shown, by his re-
bort how arbitrary and tyranncal have been the
dealings of the Western Union Company with
the government, and he instances the oppres-
sion of the newspapers in different parts of the
conntry, and especially in the South, as show
ing desire to tyrannize, even when the cor
rect policy would be to do otherwise. He quo
ted the President as saying that, in the case