, 1874-04-16

tCnntinnc.l from tho First Tage.1

and until ouch faet ho proyen CongrosH had no
right Or authority to interfcre.
Mr.: CARPENTER sntd ho 1ad hecn n telegram
from New orleans mating TINT, although tho
Legislature Of Louianna Ind pasaea At, net rc-
OF tue Boaslon, ro-nnhGtcd It.
MIR. WEST said he had no knowledge Of suoll
proceeding.
Mr.. HAMILTON {dd) said. botng mcmbor
10 doomed It his duty to any something upor,
Lolisiana affairs gonoFally. Tho facta difforod
15otn H thoso ;oi IN any preceding cnao, md werc
1,llea with ovidoncoH Of fraud, tyranny aud cor
h1r. WEST read a tolocram from GOV. Kcltogg
asnting that lie Ind boon Informed TINT SOHO Of
tho "Lnst Dltcllors" Ind tologrnphcd sol,ntor
Carpenter that he (Sollogg) had bill boforo him
to repeal the now E1ootlon law. Tho statonont.
1o ,st, sta,su was iaiso, and tlioy could havo far
~. HAMILTON road communication signed
hy J. O. Zaohory, Of Now OrloanB, asserting that
Kellogg had in his posaoasion 4 new bill which
wou,d 81vo him control Of tho whole election
NJ. MORTON sud ho hud noyor heard Of this
Nlr. WEST said ho had no knowledge Of my
such thing, but even i 1t was so tho charge
came from the othor side Of this Chatnber md
With rathor bad grace from that side.
Mr. DAYARD aaid 1t any rncnnng could 10
gathered from tho romarks OF the Senator from
Louisiana CVeBt), it was all admission that Buc,
rcpealtng act had boon passed, and aubse-
act 30 they can 10 produced from the pocket Of
this ao-oallod Governor on tho ovo Of an e1oc-
tion, and oil tho machinery which mako fraud in
o]octionB would DO not only possible, but highly
probable, If KeilogE should bo permitted to oc-
oupy tho place ho now doos.
MIR. WEsT-The Senator from Louisiana does
not admit ANYTHING OF tho kind.
MIR. BAYAnD-No, air, he docs not admit 1t.
Ho hae not Tie. candor to state tne fact. No
merely says ho does not know as to tho facta.
Ho ia profossing to speak from special knowl-
edge of tho truth of tho faotB IN Louisiana. and
says hero to-day. III rogard:to thia most import
ant fact, he has no knowledge wl,atovor.
Mr. WEsT-And le aays the truth: Ho has no
nay... Ee nevor hoard Of 1t. 1t IL now to him.
Tint Is what moa,l, without equiyocation or
reservation IN my way.
Mr. DAYARD-1t is n confession OF ignorance,
sr. IN regard to important facts OF which lilo
gontlomnn profcahes to speak.
hIr. HAMILTON resumed, but before con-
Guiding his argument, tho Senate won't into e1-
ecuttyo sossion, aud soon after adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
NO a1onE MILEAGE.
Mr. BUNDY, from the Committee on Mileage,
reporto1 tho bill to abolish tho mileaEu OF men,
bora Of Congress. and providing that they shall
be pnid their actual travelling e1penBoa to and
from Washington, onco each session. Ie de-
mandod the previous question, which WAS not
seconded, 60 to II.
nlr. MAYNARD moved to rocommt tho bill.
Mr.. YOUNG moved to lay tho bill on tho
table,
The House refused to lay tho bill on tho table
-yoas, G4 nays. 1C0
hlr. DNUNDY again moved tho previous qucs'
t!on, and it was sooont!od. a motion to RECON-
nit was reiccted Tho bill wns thon paHsod--
yeas, 1856 nuys. 40.
GENERAL APPROPRIATION hill.
Tho House then went into Committee OF the
Whole, MT, ,WOODFO1.D in the ctair, unpon the
Legislative, Executive, aud Judicial Appropria.
tion BILL
nIr. COX offered resolution rociting tho OK.
iBtonco Of architectural defccts in tho now Stnte
Department building, and providing for boari
Of tlircc architects to examine it. Referred tc
the Committee on Public Buildings md Grounds
There WAS q good deal Of tho usual discussion
over salaries OF employees OF tho House, some oi
which wcro increasod md some rotlucotl. Tho
item Of a50, 900 for folding documents was TO
ducod to 1000, and tho number of fodora lin
tied to twonty. Only two pages OF tue bill wort
gone through.
Tho Committee arose. mud tho House ad.
journod.