, 1873-01-14
The Louisiana Bother
rent Opinion.
What the President Did When He
Saw Pinohbaek's Proc =.
81, lalnation, -.
Probability that the Senate will Admit
the Kellogg Candidate.
Flagrant Judges Of the Period.


] 1'o"s tftT urn correspondent
I -WAsuNaTos, Jan. 8, 1879.
| The Senate has finally acted in the matter {
The Louisiana troubles, but what opinion til
Administration Senators hold upon Judge Dure
and his extraordinary performances it is imnos
slbio to find Our Judicial systcm in nun
States is bad as it can possibly be. In Alabau1t
Dick Busteed ia the highest and most frequen
authority known to men. In,Arkansaa, the cos
Of the Court Of tho Western District has clinbe
up to S250,o00 q year. In Nebraska au
some cthor States, tic Marshal's control owe
polling juries is aval1ed of by all manner Q
folks, to get free transportation End confortabl
subsistence from remote points. In two States
theJudGe is q candidate for the Senate II Is high
y necessary that Congress keep the run od thoa
District Judges, and ponnce upon ono in Iii
cups to say:
"Cess1o, I'll make tieo IN examp1e!''
I SENATOR TRu9BuIL4
| Mr. Farnsworth. aud others are pronounced
in their expression that Dnrell's behavior i,
seandalous and extra-iudicia1; and, on the othe.
side, not an individual expression has been made
in his favor. He lies in tho Vague and yas1
quasi-protection OF. the President, like the giant
! who Was guarded by the dragon.
|. sENAToE FENroS
expresses the opinion that the better class Of
senators are repelled by Judge Dnrc1ps action,
! as well in the caee OF recognizing the Kellogg
| Government ~ in the matter Of the New Ozleaus
Times He thinks that, for the present, this in
| dignation Is confined to the thinking Glass;
tnoee who reserve some individual character and
opinion, the party notwithstanding.
SENATOR WINDOW,
Of Minnesota, said to another Senator last week.
as en- told, that the President had put his foot
into tho Louisiana matter.
JOHN SHERMAN
soso in the Senate, Monday, to move TINT the
Com1aittee on Privileges and Elections be au-
thosizeL to detail d Sub-Comudttee to inquire
into the Louisiana matter, or. at their discretion
appoint three private persons, not resident in
Louisiana, to fully examine into the same.
SENATOR WEST
rose and objccted to thia. I asked the latter
gentleman, at the close Of the session, ;7hy l1e
had made objocticn, and ho replied that ho didn't
oppose sherman's proposition, but that he ought
to be consulted about it, in common courtesy.
It is Senator Vests opinion that the proposition
will DO agreed TO-. and that these outside persons
will bc commissioned as proposed, who will ap-
pear before the Senate after tho Eth OF March
and cnlghten it, 80 TINT it may net discriminate
y about admitting q Senator. Ar. West esys
SA4a&y NAlcA LIZ 1Cs41 IllCHpHIIH6 H-0ClAulAL1DQ.
where he forbade the Fusion Legislature to
meet, he took his newspaper around amongst
several Republican Senators and consulted with
them. Thoy a}l said that Piachbnck's proclama-
ton waa without judgment, and showed that
person to be an iznprudent bully. They further
advised Mr.. West to so up to the White House
and talk to
TIE PRESIDENT.
AIr. Vest found tho President entirely una
waro Of pinclibaek's precipitation; and, whom
}}1A .ysq 3a1
read Pinchback'a exercise in the English Inn
guage from beginning to end. Thon he turned
around and wrote three pages of instructione to
General Sherman az to tho attitrde Of the ccm-
dent ~ don't want the troops to be used to
prevent that Fusion Legislature meeting; they
ought to be allowed TO meet in form, so as to
maintain their legal stdfus."..
Mr. West aaye That this was the best instance
he ever saw Of Grants prompt decision and fa-
ciity ut Official b1siness. He instructed the
Commander Of the troops not to make alIiaaco
with either side; but only to keep the peace.
THE LOUISIANA SENATOR.
West WAS sent to the Senate by.Warmoth,s
partialty, and he is quite different man from
the majority Of the carpet-baggers. Ho had
nude quito fair fortune in mercantile and loyal
pursuits before lie went to Louisiana, and there |
he 1emained ofl quiet for some time, and
an interesting family Of refined daughters, and |
has built himself proper sort OF residence in |
Washington. During the last campaign, he /
supported Greeley, with the expectation that |
The colored vote, and Rcpublieanizo to soroe e1-
tent tho ex-Rebels. But. since the election.
West has served notice on Warmoth tllAthe
should act with the Republican party again. =
VESTS pREF1aUnATIoy. r.
He Expresses the belief that the kellogg can-
idate presented to tue Senate will be cdmitted,
provided he ba not any person who could l1aye
nade the Duren combination for the sako Of
'yailng himaeK Of it,-such person, for exam
u Packard, or Norton. Or Billings. The election
It any such person, Pinchback included would |
'rove col1usion in the preliminaries for the sake
# ofrectingit. afr. West thinks that if d prop
r. person son, BE- CHOSEN BY the Kellogg party, the
8 de Jacto. and accept that man rs the least awk-
7ard course to take.
JUDGE DunE11,
be United Statos judge who made this revolu-
No before the War. Ho has . kind Of George
Washington face, grave and judicial to look
pon, bluo eyes, Saxon hair, and he is IS years
ID; He is not an incorporate man, but good
able-drinker, and, after dinner, he seldom ,
aa led some Of the politicians to hope that
9 will drop off with the apop1e1y. /
he point on which he has been both SUSPECTED
nd stirred up is the matter OF controlling the
aat bankrupt business which came before him. | {
His official assignee il the man Norton, OF
lew York, an army Quartermaster, into whose I
ands Durau has thrown every case which came
long while, meantime, Billings, > practitioner
ssigneo. These three, whether by design or t
nzyoidably, hare managed to cut up bankrupt 6
6ai1g in such way thht tie lions share stops t
ith TIE aasignee. Il is now charged in this +
tg that, if Dural we're to be- iua- !
9 should die suddenly after an excessive din
er, 4 new Judge going down to New Orleans | O