The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-02-18

Taylor Han, part Of the Episcopal College
at Racine, Wis, was burned early On sthe
morning Of the 4th. The college library and
apparatus were entirely destroyed. Loss about
O,eO0; insurance, $4,000.
In caucus Of the Conservative members
Of the Louisiana Legislature ON the night of
the 5th proposition was debated and finally
adopted-SS to 27-fayoring proposed COM
promise that the Conservatives. should be al
lowed majority Of shout ten in the House,
and that the past action of the Kellogg Gov
eminent should not be inquired into. After
the vote Speaker Wilt, it is said, rendered
his resignation, and Gov. McEnery,
who was present by courtesy, said by
this action of the caucus it was evident to him
that 1t was time to lower the Democratic ban
ner, and he therefore wished to retire. Alta
mass meeting held on the evening of the 9Th,
addressed by McEnery, Wilt and others, reso-
lutions were adopted denouncing the proposed
compromise in strong terms, and declaring
that nothing less than the reinstatement Of the
legally declared Legislature as it stood on the
4th of January would be agreed to.
Judge Rogers, of the Cook County Ql.) Cir
cult Court, has declared to be unconstitutional
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that every mans vote may be known.
A bill to abolish capital punishment has
been defeated In the Ohio House Of Repre-.
sentatives by avote Of AZ yeas to a nays.
Gen. Sheridan returned to New Orleans on
the 7th.
On the morning Of the 18th the eastern
bound express train on the Missouri Pacific
Railroad, at point one and one
half miles from Usage River bridge,
lis miles from st. Louis, encountered a
broken rail, and the smoking car, one pas
senger coach and a sleeper jumped the track
and Slid partly. down the embankment. The
sleeping-car and the passenger coach were
badly wrecked, and twenty persons were
more or less seriously injured, one girl it was
thought fatally. Eg
The Congressional Committee on Louisiana
affairs concluded their investigation on the
Sth, and adjourned to meet in Washington.
Congressional.
In the Senate, ON the I'd, memorial
was presented of James Brooks, of Arkansas,
claiming to DC the lawful Governor of that State,
and that the present Government of the State
was an usurpation maintained by armed force
n OllI Was introduced ana referred 10 authorize
the construction of pontOon bridge across the
Mississippi River at or near Dubuque, Iowa.
After the transaction of some unimportant bnsi-
ness and An executive session the Senate ad-
journed.
In the House, on the I'd, after two in
effective attempts to get two thirds vote in favor
of suspension of the rules for the purpose of
eaecting change in the rules a motion was
low the Committee on Rules to report any new
rule or change of rule; that during its considera-
ton the Speaker should entertain no dilatory mo-
ton and that discussion thereon should be !m-
tied to one hour. A new rule was then reported
and, after lengthy debate and the DISPOSE
ton Of several proposed amendments the rule
was finally agreed toll to Sand is as fol-
lows: Whenever question is pending before
the House the Speaker shall not entertain any
motion to adjourn, and no motion to fix the day
vious question on engrossment and third reading
Of any bill joint resolution shall not be ordered
during the first day Of its consideration unless
the demand: P,ocided, That this rule shall not
apply to House resolutions offered in the morning
hour Of Monday; and, hscUided further, That it
sa Of e 3Rnss
static Station the SECULAR .a a1n%a
nation Of their places On the Committee sst On
Rules and had been ruled out of order insisted on
such designations. which were, after debate, ac-
SCpteNl.. a Dlll WIS passed., u00ef SUSPENSION OF
the rules, appropriating S9OOO for the expenses Of
the Select Committee on Louisiana "A motion
was made to take up the Senate Civil Rights bill,
pending which the House adjourned.
In the Senate, on the Sd, a large num-
Der of pension bills were passed. :. "A resolution
was adopted requesting of the President, If not
incompatible with the public interest, informa-
to the senate srs IN
resolution OF citizens of Chicago in favor of q
branch mint in that city was presented and re-
Of persons Suffering rpm Sc '0r ,ns ree
grasshoppers was read and referred.
In the House, on the Sd, the Hennepin
Canal bill was postponed until the day after the
Civil Rights bill should be passed. and the latter
bill was considered during the entire day
offered and debated: The Senate bill
wa, WAS offered as substitute for the House
posed. Messrs. Butler and Mclean INDUCED in
acrimonious remarks toward each other in the
course Of the discussion, and other members en-
gagged IN personal controversy. Notice was
given Of motion for the previous question at one
O'Clock on the 4th
In the Senate, on the 4th, the House
hill to provide for the relief of persons suffering
from the ravages of grasshoppers was passed .
The concurrent resolution to repeal the twenty
second joint rule Of the two houses of Congress
was considered and a substitute was offered and
tiOns. providing that mo objection to the re-
ceptlon and counting of any electoral vote or
votes from any State shall be valid unless such
the two houses
In the House, on the .4th, the Civil
Rights bill was under discussion during the en-
tire day, and in the course Of the debate Mr.
Brown, of Kentucky, made some severe remarks
which the Speaker Interpreted as referring to
member of the House, but Mr.. Brown said he was
describing character who was in his minds
pression: If was to desire to express all that
was pusillanimous in war, inhuman in peace.
forbidden nn,ii;.s in ]. III. morals and infamous il
Great sensation was caused by this remark,
and the Speaker said the gentleman had
not dealt in good faith with the Chair. MI,
after debate are solution was adopted-i6I to ~
that Mr.. Brown had been guilty Of a violation of
me privileges Of the House, and that he be pub
brought forward by the Sergeant-at-Arms and
the public censure was administered, after which
Mr.. Brown said he had intended no evasion or
preyarieation to the Speaker. and no disrespect
from the Committee on Naval Affairs acquiring
Stowell o. the charges made against him of SELF
mn, !, naval cadetship and the report was agreed
the 5th n ''''s' "'' taken until Ten a. M on
The Senate adjourned on the 9Th. i'm
mediately after the reading of the journal, as 4
mark Of respect to the memory of the late Sem
ator Bnckingham,a committee having been ap- |
pointed to attend his funeral.
In the House, on the 5th, after an
exciting deatbe on the Civil Rights bill. Mr.. |
Gtler concluding the discussion in . speech in |
oehali OF the measure, q proposed amendment |
70 strike ont Of the House bill all III reference to
schools was agreed to by q large majority. A |
MOTION to substitute the Senate for the House /
Dill was then reiected-yeas ia, nays 1lS Z The
s9mal rights plank Of the Democratic platform Of
le1S was offered az preamble TO the bill, and |
he fourth section Of the same platform, declar-
ng that local self-government and impartial
outrage will guard the rights Of all citizens more
Die was then adopted-219 to Stand the bill, as
sMended, was then passed-yeas 162, nays 100. -
me senate amendments to the Consular and
1ipiom,atic appropriation bill were concurred