The Portland daily press., 1875-01-12

In the course which have pursued did not
intend or desire to place myself in contempt.
/ simply desired that as these questions which
l hesiiated to answer and hesitated solely in
conseQue nee of TIE position in which my client
has placed me, that L might have an order OF
the House. In receiving an order OF the House
that / shall answer the questions, L am now
ready to answer.
The following was then put to Albert by the
Speaker!
Will you state to the committee the names of
the persons TO whom you distributed 100000
of the money belonging TO the Pacific Mail
Steamship Co at the direction of Mr.. Irwin,
also the name of the person who introduced
these persons to yon?
Abert-I will on being so ordered by the
House
Albert was then taken before the Committee
on Ways and Means.
Mr.. Cox of New York offered the following
resolution in reference to the affairs In L0uiSi-
ana, which was read and referred TO the j udi-
ciary Committed:
GERS and soldiers of the armv of the United
States have interferred with and controlled the
organization of the general assembly OF the
state of Louisiana, and certain persons claim
ing seats in one branch thereof have been pre-
vented from holding the same by such military
force, which acts Of military intervention and
control resulted in dispensing the state egisla-
ture and have received the sanction and rati-
fication of the chief executive of the United
States, therefore
Resolved, That in the deliberate Judgment OF
this House, such Intervention and control
were in violation of the federal constitution
inasmuch as said force was not used for purpose
defined by law and could not be legally used
except for purposes thus specially defined.
That said intervention and control were sub
versiye of the principles upon which our sys-
tenn of government is founded and have no
precedent in our own history or in the history
of free government.
That said Intervention and control are de-
FAINT and insolvent breaches OF parliamentary
privileges and illegal and revolutionary
inlactions of local government chartered lber-
ty and solemn treaty obligations, and therefore
are not only unjustifiable Outrages upon the
state of Louisiana, but menace to the liber-
ties, rights and dignity o. every other state,
tending to general decentralization aud disorder
by the overthrow of civil liberty by arbitrary
power. rrItE aal
We therefore, in the name of the people of
| tia United States, whose representatives we
| are, demand the restoration of tranquility,
order and civil discipline in said state by the
| immediate withdrawal of the military force of
| the United States from said state, a d condign
| punishment of those guilty of this reckless
usurpat,on. -5...ts b..
Mr.. Kasson introduced bill supplementary
| to the hill to restore specie payments. Refer
| red TO the Com mittee on Ways and Means.
| Section LIST provides that on Nov. LIST, S75
| and for five months thereafter, any person may
| present at the Sub-Treasury of the United
| States legal tender notes in sums of $40 or any
| multiple thereof for exchange for gold and re-
! ceive gold in exchange at the rate of 800 for
| S10O in notes ard for each period of four
months thereafter rate shall be successfully ad-
vanced one per cent in gold till July 1. 1875,
and on after January 1, 1879, be exchanged at
| par. .....,.,..-..
Section I'd provides for presenting gold at
| the Treasury to be exchanged for notes at the
rate of one per cent. less than that for exchang-
| ing notes for gold.
Section Sd provides for issuing treasury GER
tificates for either class of funds it such funds
| shall be at any time insufficient to meet the
| demands, which certificates shall be received
| for all payments due the United States and
| payable in funds represented by such certif-
| Gates
| Section 4th provides that the notes redee mt d
under the Sd section, art IL, to provide for the
| resumption of specie payments shall not be
| resumed, but be cancelled and destroyed.
| The House then went into Committee of the
| Whole Mr.. Corwin of Ohio in the chair, on
the consular and diplomatic appropriation bill.
The bill appropriates 81, 344, 1855. There was
nothing Of interest in the discussion. The bill
was reported to the House and passed.
Mr. Garfield of Ohio, from the Committee on
Ways and Means, reported bill appropriating
$25, 900 to defray the expenses of entertaining
| the King of the Hawaiian Islands.
Pending the vote the House adjourned.