The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-01-22

Inthe Senate, on the 18th, Mr.. Wright called
up the House bill To abolish the Western District
of Arkansas, and submitted an amendment in
the nature Of n substitute. which was agreed TO,
and the bill passed ~. Unfinished business be.
ing tn a 81 order. the resolution of Mr.. Schurz In
referf l,r 20 Louisiana affairs was again taken
up, a.. MIR. Howe, OF Wisconsin. addressed the
senate az great length In reply 20 senator schurz
The latter senator, he said, had advertised
himself as being above party prejudice or pas
sion. lie had left all party ties and political
aspirations behind, and from that point the sen.
ator screamed 10 the country two charges
against the party To which he MIR. Howe) be-
longed-charger which were as INDUSTRIOUS, and
he believed AS groundless, as the senator
(Schurxl could possibly have fabricated II he had
dedicated 81 the work, not merely the holiday re-
cess, but the whole summer vacation. 1890. The
Vice. resident laid before the senate "a communi-
cation from the Attorney General, inclosing the
report of the United states Attorney for the West
ern District Of Tennessee, in regard 81 the trou-
bles In that section last summer. IL was ordered
printed. andto lay ON the table. After an execu-
tive session. the Senate adjourned. In the House,
Mr.. Townsend, Chairman Committee ON Pub.
lie lands, reported a general bill, granting 10 rail.
way companies the right OF way through public
lands. After considerable discussion the bill
was passed as a substitute for the Senate bill. IL
gives the right Of way 10 the road one hundred
and the rightto take from the adjacent public lands
earth, stone, timber, etc. necessary for the con
struction Of the road also ground for stations, not
To exceed twenty acres for each station, TO the
~ - WIN ~ - VIZ $500 - AlAAAN =
OF road. A provision was inserted, ON motion OF
MIR. Holmes, that the States in which a railroad
may be built, under the provisions OF this bill,
shall have authority at all times To regulate and
limit the charges for transportation aud another
provision was inserted, ON motion of e. r.. Hoar,
that all such rights of way shall be subject Ia the
authority Of the States through which roads may
pass. -. Adjourned.
In the Senate. on the 18th, the Presidents
message on Louisiana affairs was read and ordered
printed 80. The consideration OF Mr.. schurz's
resolution in reference 10 Louisiana affairs was
then taken up as unfinished business, and Mr..
Logan addressed the Senate thereon. He re-
viewed the circumstances which took place in New
Orleans ON the fth inst. and said the acts Of the
Witt Legislature were the acts of a revolutionary
body. Gov. Kellogg took no action whatever I'M
til the Legislature had been taken possession of
by a mob. AS the Governor of the state il was
his duty 10 do soto do all in his power 10 preserve
peace and order. Ii was Kellogg himself who
took the responsibility of calling on the troops.
President Grant had nothing TO do with IL; sheriF-
dan had nothing 20 do with It, and the senate had
nothing to do with it. Therefore the denuncia
ton heaped upon President Grant by Democrats
for using the army went for naught. for he knew
no more about IL than the Democrats did until he
saw Il in the public prints After an executive
session the senate adjourned. In the House, af-
ter some unimportant business, the Presidents
message was read The Indian Appropriation
bill was then considered in of the
Whole. but without making much progress the
House adjourned.