The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-01-23

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tive appropriation 100 ww considered,
and the senate, ly vote of twenty
niue To twculy-ouc, refused ~ concur
10 the amendment ct the committee
providing for the organization Of O. hu-
reau Of commerce and statistics. The
present bureau Of statistics, however,
was continued, and twenty thousand
dollars appropriated to carry 1t on.
Mr. Sherman, FROM the conference
committee on the Little tariff bill,
made II report substantially the same
MS that of last session with the cSccp-
ton Of the duty on hops, which was
fixed ut eight per cent. The second
section relating to tobacco and the
sale Of bonds, which were the principal
subjects Of disagreement last year,
were stricken out 10y the conference
committee. The report was agreed to
| iy the senate.
Mr.. Wright, from the Judiciary
committee reported, with amendment,
house bill for the relief of owners and
purchasers of lands sold for direct taxes
in the insurrectionary states and other
purposes.
In the house explanations and de-
mails were made by IL number of men,
bers of newspaper reports, connecting
their names with the Pacific Mail sub
sidy. This occupied n good deal of to-
days session. First came Storm, of
Pennsylvania, who although he had
steadily voted and spoken against the
subsidy, was alluded to as the recipi-
ent of one of those one thousand dollar
bills which were said to have been
floating around at the time. Then
followed Chttenden, of New York,
who had been confounded by the same
newspaper, with person of the same
patronymic, to whom Albert had paid
several thousand dollars.
Then followed Sypher, of Louisiana,
who defended his vote for the subsidy,
but denied Indignantly that he had
been Influenced by corrupt motives.
Then telegram was read from Daniel
w. Voorhees,, of Indiana, and Boyd
Winchester, of Kentucky, denonncing
the newspaper stories connecting their
names with the subsidy and asking to
be Summoned as witnesses. Then a
special committee was appointed to ill.,
quire whether the privileges of the
h ouse had been violated in the arrest
and detention of Whitelaw Reid,
editor of the New York Tribune, at the
suit of Alexander r. Shepard, while in
this city, as witness before the COM
mittee Oh ways and means. ...
Then another recusant witness in
the Pacific Mail investigation Chas.
A. Wetmore, the Washington cores
pondent of the Alta California, was
brought before the house for refusing
to state the name of II person who had
mentioned something to him deroga-
tory to the character of Beck, of Ken
lucky. These various incidents of the
Pacific Mail investigation. with cou-
pie of hours given to the Indian APP
preparation bill, filled up the whole OF
to-day's session.
The cabinet to-day perfected the
Canadian postal treaty, which will be
Immediately sent to Canada for the
signatures of the postal authorities
there.
Whitelaw Reid appeared before the
police court to-day and gave bail to
answer the charge of libel brought by
Elk. Governor Shepherd.
The senators and representatives
from the states of Arkansas, Louisiana
and Mississippi met last night at the
rooms of Collector Casey to consult
concerning the levees. The meeting
resulted in the appointment of COM
mittee, composed of Alcorn, Mckee,
Sheldon, Morri, Hodges and Snyder, to
call on the president and ask his sup
port in procuring an appropriation. In
accordance with the recommendation
: of the commission the committee called
on the president this morning, and had
a somewhat lengthy interview. Sen
ator Alcorn presented the subject by
describing the condition OF the districts
liable to overflow, and the utter inabil-
ity of the people to protect themselves
by repairing the broken levees, and by
showing the value of this alluvial Sec
, ton to the nation at large.
The president said he had always de
sired to aid in promoting the happi-
ness and prosperity of all the people of
the south, but at times he felt that
: acts ofviolence go constantly occurring
would prevent any aid from the gen.
eral government.
| Mr.. Sheldon suggested that it was
impossible for the people of Louisiana
to repair the levees broken by the flood
of last year; that the section of coun-
try along the river had always been
: peaceable; that the colorod people
: largely preponderates, and that the
people who were disposed 10 commit
acts of violence constituted a very
small minority, and that the whole
should not be held responsible and
made to suffer for the acts of small
portion. He said, further, that the inn
, poverished condition of the people was
|, one cause if bad feeling and violent
action; that of the vigorous use of
power was required to preserve order
and protect life, to do acts Of benefits
would have modifying effect.
The president said his remarks were
not intended so much as TO indicate his
own feelings as to suggest what the
committee might have to meet in the
feeling, of congress. He had not seen
the report, but when it comes, he
would consider the subject and decide