Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-18
EVENING STAR,
January IL, H. D.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Conclusion Of Saturdays ProceeFiRgs.
A Lively Dispute taent Louisiana.
MONDAY


SENATE.-After our report closet
q, MT S&ui>hGry continued his arg lmrui on
TIE Louisiana question.
Speaking of the Presidents message Mr.
salisbury said ne would say frankly that ha
agreed with it, tone. because 20 was S8b iusI.
Nevertheless the President Wa "a a aarf 1sr,
extent, responsible. because he had author
lied the troops Ia be placed under Eellagg'>
control. The speeches on the other sid, of
t he IhambeT breathet nothing bu; language
ABOUT intimidation, aSSaSSina tion and blood
shed. The whole purpose was u pHrpetuata
nate. The Senator from Illinois M. Iprsul
was not satisfied with perpetuating JhiS hate
IN "otds, hut he hal printed in the fs~~4rf
thls morning as an accompaniment 10 his
speech cut of the skull and croSs-hoD.,> In
was he first time i'm the history Of the coun-
Ey that The RcCo4rf had been defacet by n
cartoon. He had heard. he knew not with
now much truth, that all this cry OF murder
was only preliminary to an effort 20 place
STtain states back To the positions they nc
cupied before the passage OF the rA.,,pStrl,
ton act. That he had heard a. n common
TumOT.
Mr.. Cunkling said that remark rcpin Iot
HIM of the fact that newspapers sometime.
have run.ors (which src inclusive Th,. Sen
&tor nom Delaware seems to b. th, Onlv
] aEer who has this TumoT. lie Mr. CnUk-
lugl had never heard oft
MI salisbury said II the Senator infinatal
ihaJ ne had cOncCctet the story, N was false
MT Conkltng said ali he intended 10 say
was. that u the Senator had hcari Sucl a rli-
NOR, he had a capacity Tor hearing beyond
uat of other gentlemen. lie had not said
the rumor was concoctei, and hence there
was no necessity for the gentleman ; diSrpur-
teOus remark. Ii the senator bv his remarks
put aU atlrpnt upon him. and could not oh
serve COOL manners and the deCenrieS of de-
nate, ne would not shrink from entering upOn
the contt even with the Senator from Della
ware. lie repClled a. indecent and offensive
ne remark which the senator hal made
MI. salisbury said he understood the SEN
ator 10 say that ne had put the rumer i'm cir
cUlation. and he had a right To fool nfi-.r,'ta
Al the aiiuSiOn. He had seen n Statal ip
newspapers that such was the rrIrpo>e OF
some gentlemen here. He hat apthnrity t,r
his statement. and, 80 heIp him t;oiS n
would allow no one 10 insult him and moi
resent IT. He would not tamely submit u
an insult, even before the majesty of The Sen
atnI from New York.
Mr. Clayton. Mr.. Merrimon AMI Others con
tinUed the debate.
Mr.. Morrill,, of Maine, suggested that fhe
debate go on, aS on Monday lac would move
To take up appropriation bills.
As no agreement could be arrived AZ. Mr.
sherman proceeded With the debate He said
what had surprised him most i'm this whole
matter was the arraignment and denuncia-
ton OF the President, Of General sheridan
and of the republican party. Among others
who denounced the President wefe senators
Bay ard and SchuTZ, governors OF states. state
legislatures by their resolutions and hy the
great mass meeting at the Cooper Institute
in New York, lie believed gentlemen vino
made this denUnciatiOn would regret IL i'm
the light of the facts. The whole of this
clamOr which has excited the paoDle has
grown out of the fact that an officer OF the
army had put five men out Of the legislature
who had no business there. In this the PrrSj-
dent was not guilty Of any act The officer
had simply gone there 10 prevent an illegal
organization. The law of the state was not
Obeyed i'm the organization.
Mr.. Thurman said, whether the OrganiZa-
ton was regular or irregular, an army officer
was not justified in going there.
Mr. Sherman defended the action of tho 20
turning board, and argued that, under the
law OF Louisiana, no other bOlyof men ex-
cept those returned, had authority TO par
ticipate i'm the Organization of the legf>Ia-
ture. lie did not put this case upon technical
grounds, but as matter of right; OF the right
oi majority TO organize the legislature
There was no legality in the election of Wilt
as speaker of the house, but he was uSurp.r
from the beginning. lie was never even de-
clared legally elected.
Without concluding, the Senate. al sos
O'Clock, adjourned.