New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-10
BY TELE GRAPH.
CONGRESS.
Senate.

Senate.
| WASHINGTON. February 9.-Mr Bogy, o
| Missouri, presented q memorial of the St
Louis Chamber of Commerce in favor Of
| opening the Southwest Pass Of the Missis
| sippi river. and demonstrating against the
| opening OF the South Pass thereof. Re
ferred to Transportation Committee.
On motion OF Mr.. Johnston, of Virginia
the vote by which the bill referring to the
Court OF Claims the claim of G. w. Custie
| Lee for the Arlington estate, in Virginia,
was indefinitely postponed, yesterday was
rec0nsidered and the bill was placed on the
| calendar with the adverse report. MIR.
Johnston gave notice that he would address
the Senate in regard to the bill at an early
day.
Mr.. West, of Louisiana, introduced bill
for the relief Of James Madison Wells. OF
Louisiana. Referred to the Committee On
Claims.
Mr.. Davis, of West Virginia, presented
the Joint resolutions OF the Legislature OF
that State protesting against federal inter
! ference in the civil affairs of Louisiana, and
asked permission to submit some remarks
| thereon. He said be would not occupy
more than five minutes.
Mr.. Clayton, of Arkansas, objected, and
said he desired to call up for reference the
message of the President of yesterday in
regard to Arkansas affairs. }
Mr.. Bayard, of Delaware, said that mo-
ti0n would certainly lead to debate The
Vice President decided the Senator from
West Virginia (Davis) was entitled to the
floor. The resolutions Of the West Vir-
ginia Legislature were then read at the
clerks desk, and Mr. Davis said he believ-
ed that the sentiments expressed in them
were indorsed by three fOurths Of the peO-
pie Of West Virginia as well a. the country
at large. He argued that the Louisiana
Legislature had been lawfully organized
on the fourth of January, whom military
interference took place, and that such in
terterenoe was by authority Of the Presi-
dent, as two cabinet officers, Secretary
BelkDap and Attorney General Williams,
in the name of the President Endorsed
he also said be could not imagine more dis
honorable act than for those who had
sought and accepted office at the hands of
communities Of the South traducing and
reviling the people they assumed to repre-
sent. In conclusion he declared that he in
dorsed the resolutions and asked that they
be placed IN record, which was 80 ordered.
Mr.. Alcorn, of Mississippi, presented q
memorial Of the members of the bar of
Northeast Mississippi, favoring thelpassage
Of the House bill providing for . district
court at Aberdeen, Mississippi. Referred
to the Judiciary Committee.
Mr.. Clayton, of Arkansas, moved that the
message Of the President on Arkansas be
taken up and referred to the Committee on
Privileges and Elections.
Mr.. Bayard, of Delaware, said: Yester-
day an order was made to print the mes
sage and accompanying documents, which
had not yet been complied with. True, he
remarked, the message was there, but the
accompanying documents had not vet been
presented. He had been informed that it
was the intention of tho Senate to
adjourn to-day, at the expiration of
the morning hour, as Q mark of respect
to the late Senator Buckingham, of Con-
necticut, whose funeral took place to-day.
He, therefore, hoped the motion to refer
would not be considered now, as it would
minutes of the morning hour left.
Mr.. Clayton said that some days ago he
presented memorial from Hon. Joseph
Brooks, Of Arkansas, to the effect that he
had been unlawiully kept out of his office
as Governor, and that the memorial was
referred to the Committee ON Privileges
and Elections. He tCIayton) introduced the
resolution calling upon the President for in
formation received yesterday after present
proper that the message should go to the
same committee as the memorial of Brooks.
Mr.. Thurman said that ordinarily there
was no trouble about referring a message,
but this was an exceptional case. 1t
seemed to him that if anything could be
demonstrated it was the fact that this mes
sage should go to the Committee ON Judi
ciary. He did not want to consume time in
arguing the matter, but he was cure that
debate, as it was the most extraordinary
and astounding of all messages. He asked
that the unfinished business, the steamboat
bill, be taken up.
The Vice President announced that the
hour had expired. and laid before
the Seuste the steamboat bill, it being the
unfinished business from Yesterday.
The Senate then. at lis r. NJ, as mark
of respect to the late Senator Buckingham,
Of Connecticut, adjourned.
House.
Mr.. Sypher, of Louisiana, offered the fol-
lowing resolution. which was agreed to:
WHEREAS, The expenses of the govern
nent require an additional revenue Of from
$50. COO,0 600 to $40, ,O00, 900; and
Whereas, BY the act of July H. 1870. the |
1uty imposed on sugar was reduced at the |
ate OF thirty-three and q third per cent; |
md
Whereas, Said reduction of duty dimin-
shed the revenue of the government $H, |
VOC, 600 in gold annually without reducing
he price Of sugar to the consumers; there
ore be it
Resolred That the Committee on Ways
md Means be directed to inquire into the
of restoring the duty on all i'm
ported sugars to the rote of duty imposed
y law previous to the passage Of the afore-
aid act.
Mr.. Howe, of Mississippi, introduced a
ill to remove political disabilities of Isaac
Y Brown, of Mississippi. Passed.
Mr.. Vance, of North Carolina. appeared
'efore the Committee on Appropriations
nd urged the payment of $1O,s77 II, due
he Southern mail contractors for carrying
he mails up to the twenty sixth of May,
Sol. 1t was referred to q sub committee.
he rest of the days session was consumed
, discussing proposition to pay the Choc-
aw and Chickasaw claims, to the amount Of
bout 81. 100000.
They were rejected, and the Indian ap-
ropriation bill was passed.
WASHINGTON.