The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-02-24

| investigate the circumstances hllend-
ing the election aud returns thereof
Ia that state for the year 1874 aud,
Whereas, Said committee has llnan'
lIously reported that the returning
board Of that state IN canyassing aud
computing the said returns aud pro-
mitigating the results, WrOngfully ap,
piled al erroneous rule 0f law by rea'
son whereof persons were awarded IN
the house Of representatives seats "a
which they were not entitled, aud per-
sons entitled 10 seats We're deprived Ut
them,
Resolved, That II IN recommended
20 the house Of representatives IN l.Oll-
islAna 10 take immediate steps % rem
ody said Injustice, and 70 replace the
persons rlghllully entitled Ia their
seats,
Resolved, That William L, Kellogg
be recognized ~ governor OF the state
OF Louisiana until tho end Of the term
OF Office fixed by the constitution 0flhe
stale.
The majority aud minority reports
were ordered printed,
As result of c0ll0quy between the
members ~ 10 which was the majority
report, and which the minority report,
II may be stated that all the members
Of the committee report against
the action of the returning board
that Messrs, Foster, Phelps, Potter
and Marshall unite In u majority
report TINT there was no general In
tlmldnti0n In the state, but u free and
fair election, which resulted In favor
OF the conservatives, who were deprlv-
cd OF the result 10y the wrongful action
of the returning board. Messrs. lIoar,
Wheeler and Fry unite In n minority
report, and that Foster assents with
Hoar, Wheeler and Fry 10 II compro-
mise, recognizing Kellogg rs COVER
nor, and giving the majority In the
house TO the conservative delegates.
The majority report In case Of Ala
bama was presented by Mr.. Coburn OF
Indiana, chairman Of the select COM
mlttee, and the views Of the minority
by Mr.. Buckner of Missouri, They
were ordered printed,
Mr.. Coburn, OF Indiana, made nm
effort to get up, what Is known rs the
caucus "force" bill reported by him
last week, and Mr. Smith, Of New
YORK, made an effort TO get up the
constitutional amendment to regulate
the election OF president andsvice pres
ident, but Mr.. Dawes OF Massachusetts,
pressed action on the tarlil bill and
succeeded.
The house then, az iwelvo o'clock,
went into committee Of the whole on |
the tariff ll-Mr, Hall, or Maine. IN
the chair all debate on the bill being |
limited to one hour,
The house spent the whole day IN
committee OF the whole on the tarih
bill.
Mr.. Dawes moved asuOsti tute for the
whole bill, which was passed--yeas one
and twenty-thiee, nays one
ana thieteen.
me bill as passed makes the TAX on
whisky hereafter to De manufactured,
not taxing stock on hand ut all, nine
ty cents gallon; tobaoco twenty-four
cents pound; on cigars ak dollars q
thousand; on cigaretts two dollars and
II half n thousand; on molasses,
melada and sugar imported from
foreign countries an addition of TWEEN
ty-fve per cent on the present duties
and restores the ten per cent on manu-
featured goods, and provides that the
increase of duties shall not apply to
goods actually on shipboard for the
United States on or before the tenth OF
February, 1875, or to goods in deposit
in warehouses or public stores at the
date of the passage OF this act.
In the senate, Mr.. Spencer presented
D memorial of the republican members
of the general assembly of Alabama,
to the president and members of
congress setting forth-First, that
changes have been made by the
Alabama legislature in the penal
code of the state by which system of
involuntary servitude and espionage
for African citizens is sought to be in
Second-That political legislation has
been enacted by means of which
thousand republican vo-
ters are practically deprived of repre-
,entation; that the republican consti-
tuition is restricted, and there is prac-
Jical notification of the constitutional
amendments; they, therefore, ask con-
gress to empower the president to sus-
pend the writ of habeas corpus in GER
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