Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-08
EVENING STAR.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Conclusion Of Yesterdays Proceedings.
sharp Debate I'm the senate ON Leuisi.
ana Affairs


sharp Debate i'm the senate ON Louisi-
ana Affairs
4 SENATE-After our report closed. debate
| on ThuTman's Louisiana resolution was CON
| Mr. Logan asked Mr.. Hamilton il hc was
| candid in intimitating that stories OF south
err oCtTaees were connected Cor election pur-
| roses
Mr. Hamilton said there had been war and
| no one regretted this more than he. but 10 Was
| tho fact that these stories of southern out
| RACES were heraldcd before the country for
| campaign purposes
MIR Logan held up volume which ne said
| contained sworn testimony proving that one
| hundred negroes were numbered i'm one place.
| He was prepared 20 show by sworn state
| ments that these outrageS were committed.
4 and the men who said these were made for
campaign purposes were scared with iron
| hearts. Applause in the galleries.
| The Chair tMT. Ferry, OF Michigan said
4 these manifestations In the galleries must
cease, and the SergCant-at-Arms wouh see
\ that order was preserved.
| Mr.. Hamilton said this Outrage business
| must be stopped, 10 il wrong.
| Mr.. MuFtOD.-nors the Senator moan the
| numbers are wrong or the telling of them II
| wrong
| Mr.. Hamilton said both were wrong. II
| was wrong To commit murder, and n was
| wrong TO proclaim these murders an over the
| north foU no other purpose than 10 inflamc
/ the minds of the people OF that section againSt
| the south. lie could not comprehend how
| the Senator fnpm Indiana could, because a
| ruffiau numbered a poor negro. Stismatize A.
! murlcrJ II and aS>aiSSinS the whole people 81
| Louisiana. people As cultured and As patriotic
1 a. the senator himself.
| Mr.. Logan asked Mr.. Hamilton IL he jus
1 tilted the Penn revolution ia September last.
4 Nr. Hamilton asked whether the senator
| believed that McEncry and Penn were elect
| Ell governor.
| Mr.. whcn.thc Senator answers my
| question / viii answer his. ask him now
| whether he Justified the rebellion of Penn AMI
| his ten thousand followers against the state
| government OF Louisiana?
| Mr.. Hamilton.-The senator had himself
| united i'm a report that there had been mo
/ legal election i'm Louisiana. Therefore there
| was no state government in Louisiana ID be
| OverthrOwn. Applause in che gailerieS.l
| MI. Sargent gave notice that ii further dis
order occurred in the galleries he should move
| that they bc cleared.
| The Chair tMr. Ferry said AZ The applause
| was repeated he should order the galleries 90
4 bC cleared.
\ Mr.. Logan said SO far a. he was concerned
i he did not mind the cheering i'm the galleries.
| He had heard this kind of thing i'm the same
galleries years ago, IN the infancy of the re-
| bcilton.
| was one of the characteristics OF the AmeTi-
/ can people. American freedom was born in
| revolution and rebellion, and the sympathie>
| of the American people were always with
those who rose against oppression and ty-
ranny lRenewed applause in the galleries
| and Kisses
Il cleared
| Mr. Conkling asked the senator TO modify
H his motion so a. 10 ann AZ at those portions
| of the gallery from whence the disorder pro-
1 cceded-whcTe this repeated disrespect had
1 been shown. 80 far a. those persons, whom
l he had heard by their predecessors i'm these
l halls in 1S6O-Gl, were concerned, he knew they
\ were practicing their indignities upon the
| rights and the decOrum of the Senate. and he
l had no objection to interDoSe against eN-
| Guiding them from the galleries.
| Mr.. Upton wished TO remind the Senator
l that yesterday there was Just a. much APP
l plause in the galleries from those who think
II y side dit ami hinu
I then said 10y that senator.
| After further debate on the subject OF clear
| ing the galleries Mr.. Hamilton resumed. He
| read from the dispatches OF Gen. Sheridan that
| the Every air is impregnated with aSsstSSina-
| ton" Who is assaSsinated? Is il Sheridan?
| is il Kellogg or Packard or Casey? or il il
/ the Senator from Louisiana? No one mOleStS
1 them; no one diSturbs them. Grant might
l not he a Cesar, might not be Cromwell,
| but ii be can diSpeTSe legislature he can
send in his troops and diSperse the the Houses
1 of Congress.
MIR. H. closed with an earnest appeal for
peace and fraternity between the people OF
Mr.. Bayard obtained the floor. but gave
| way, and the Senate, after an executive seS-
| sion, adjourned.
| HOUSE.-ACter our report clnSed-
/ The petition of Richard b. Irwin 10 he re
| levGd from confinement in the Distric, jail
| was laid on the table.
The senate financial bill passed without
| amendment.
Mr.. Wilson from the Committee Of Judi
L cary TtlOfiC1A BACK the TtNtlut4OtlS
| FOR THE IMPEACHMENT OF JUDGE DU-
RELL,
of LouiSiana, ami moved that they be laid on
| the table.
| MIR Butler (NaSsl said that i'm the invpSti-
/ CATION of the case they had not found any
absolute corruption. but they presented the
| articles Of Impeachment in consequence OF
the issue of his midnight order. In that he
| had exceeded his jurisdiction.
Mr.. Nfblack inquired whether the Commit
| tee had considered the question whether an
officer could ESCAPE llnElnslclDent DIV
1 ton.
l be impeached yet. but the punishment
4 would only extend to prOhi biting him from
1 holding Office in the future.
Mr.. Niblack inquired if it was not true
I that Judge Durell was, more than any other
l man, responsible for the present condition OF
| affairs in Louisiana.
Mr.. Butler said his midnight order had
\ doubtless brought on a conflict.
| MeSsrs. Tremain, Eldredge, Poland, VIII
4 son, and other members of the judiciary
| Committee, then explained their positions IN
| the matter They nearly all admitted thai
| Durell deserved Impeachment, but, in view
, | of his resignation, they would not push ~.
| The democrats, however, thought that Durel
! | should still be impeached, as warning 10 the
| Judges who contemplated exceeding their ju-
| risdictiOn. The resolution was laid on the
l table by vote of l}S yeas 10 6S nays.
Mr.. Wilson (Ind.) also from the same com
| mittee, reported back the resolution for the
Impeachment of Judge Busted, of Alabama
| with the same reference as in the case Of Du
| rell, Busted having also resigned.
| Mr.. Tremain, in arguing the case, cOnten1ed
\ that an officer could not be tmpeached after
{ | resignation.
/ Mr.. Butler (MaSs.) characterized such
E | position as a legal hereSy, because If IL wa'
, 1 true any one might escape by resignation.
The motion to lay on the table was adopted
1 Citd COce.
Mr. Butler (Massl gave notice that or
| Monday next he would offer a resolution
4 | that, pending the consideration of the civil
| rights bill, no dilatory motion should be en-
| tertained.
AT 4:35 p. m. the House adjourned.
PREVENTION OF CRUELTY To CHILDREN
9 | The New York Tribune thinks that the new
l society for this perpOSe has undertaken az
| enormous work; but that there is crying
| need for such an organization, Is proved by
the distressing sights daily witnessed in ou
| streets: No one who reads the newspaper
4 needs 10 be told that cruelty TO children Otter
amounts TO murder Many more children
| than any of Us suspect probably die of ia,
Il la N or of hunger cnl1- and nRplprt A