New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-01-21
BY TELE GRAPH,
CONGRESS.
Senate,

Senate.
WASHINGTON, January 20.-The legsla
tive, judicial and executive approximation
bill was read third time and passed, An
amendment, submitted by Mr. Ransom
appropriating $500 for the assay office at
Charlotte, North Carolina, and another
submitted by Mr.. Robertson, appropriatip o
S9560 for the office of assistant treasurer al
Charleston, South Carolina, were agreed to-
The fortitcation appropriation bill and
the consular and diplomatic appropriation
bills were passed.
Mr.. Logan, OF Illinois, introduced a bill
authorizing the payment of prize money to
the captors of the steamboat New Era No
j. Referred to the Committee on Naval
Affairs.
The Senate then took up the amendment
to the constitution proposed by the Com
mittee on Privileges and Elections, provid-
ing for the election Qt President and Vice
President. c
Mr.. Sherman gave notice after the amend
ment should be disposed of he will claim
the floor to finish his remarks on the Lou
isiana question.
The tortihcation appropriation bill which
passed the Senate TO- day contains the tol-
| lowing items: For Fortress Monroe; Hamp-
ton Roads, Virginia $4,000; Fort Moultrie.
Charleston harbor, South Carolina, $4,000;
Fort Pulaski, Savannah river, Georgia
|
ida, $l3,OoO; for Fort jackson, Mississippi
river, Louisiana, S25, 600; for Fort Pickens,
Pensacola harbor. Florida, $25,000; for Fort
st. Philip, Mississippi river. Louisiana,
S25, ,00O for Fort Morgan. entrance to Mobile
bay, Alabama $4,000.
The Vice President laid before the Senate
a memorial of the Conservative members of
the Louisiana Legislature, giving their view
OF the recent disturbances attending the
organization of the Legislature. Ordered
to be printed and referred to the COMMITTEES
on Privileges and Elections
! MIR. Thurman, of Ohio, presented Joint
resolution OF the Ohio Legislature condemn
| ing the expulsion of the officers and men,
bers OF the Louisiana Legislature by mill
! tary power. Ordered to be printed and lie
| or the table.
Mr.. Sherman said he had also received "A
! copy Of the resolution, together with a COPY
OF the protest signed by the Republican
members of the House, and entered upon
the journal of that body. Ordered to be
printed and lie on the table.
Mr.. West, OF Louisiana, presented the
memorial of the General Assembly of Lou.
isiana in regasd to recent disturbances in
that State. Referred to Committee on
Privileges and Elections.
Mr. Clayton, of Arkansas, produced bill
to protect each State OF the Union against
invasion, and for other purposes Referred
W SoHulIUle6 Oh AtllI1tarv AnalrS.
This bill provides that whomsoever shall
invades any State for the purpose Of yio-
latlng the laws of said State or of the
United States, or for the purpose of inter
ferlng IN any manner with the exc
cuti0n of said laws, or whomsoever
shall willfully and corruptly conspire, COM
bine and confederate with any other person,
for any OF the purposes above indicated.
shall. on conviction thereof, be deemed
guilty of felony, and be punished by fine
not exceeding 10000, and by imprisonment
at hard laber not exceeding ten years. The
United States district and circuit courts are
to have Jurisdiction of these offenses. The
district attorneys. United States marshals
and deputy Tarshals. United States COM
missioners, and all other officers who NAV
be specially empowered by the President Of
the United States, are by this bill especially
required to institute proceedings against all
persons who may violate the foregoing pro-
visions. and arrest them, to be2 imprisoned
or bailed, as the case may be, for tlial before
the proper court.
The United States commissioners are en-
powered within their respective districts to
appoint suitable persons to execute the
warrants or other lawful process issued by
them, and all persons or officers authorized
by this bill to execute >warrants, etc.. as
aforesaid, shall have authority to summon
and call to their aid the bystanders or posse
cOmitatns, or such portion of the land and
naval forces of the United States, or of the
militia, as may he necessary to the perform
ance OF the duty with which they are
charged
The following remarks were made by Mr..
Sypher OF the Pacific Mail subsidy:
Mr.. Sypher--l rise for q privileged ques-
ton. since that seems to be the order this
morning. Mr.. Speaker. nv name appears
IN the report OF the New York T,iJunc in
connection with that of the gentleman from
Pennsylvania Mr.. Storm, who has spoken
on this subject as having thousand dollar
bill changed at the Office of the Sergeant
at Arms OF this House. That is fact;
have had several thousand dollar bills
changed there, and / have received q num-
her of one thousand dollar bills from
The Sergeant-at Arms since | have been
q member OF this House. If my account
Tor this Congress is examined. it will
be found TO amount to between $4,000
and Sl"o 600, and there has been no Pacific
mail subsidy that | have knowledge of in
this Congress. 1t has been my custom to
do NY banking business through the SER
geant alarms OF the House. J have drawn
my drafts from home through him, and
have paid drafts drawn on me through him.
IT you will examine nv account there You
will find that it runs up to a considerable
amount, even more than lobyists, news
paper men or others are IN the habit Of re-
ceiving for their influence upon labor mea-
sures. Now, Mr.. Speaker. voted for the
Pacific mail subsidy, and spoke for it on
this floor. II ] had an opportunity would 90
the same thing rgain. believed it was right
then and believe it is right now. ! believe
it ~ bigh time tor this government to
look after - commerce on the seas
It is time for this government to pattern
after England ana France in this matter.
who pay millions annually to support their
great steamship lines; and that was not the
principal reason why voted for this meas
lre. We had on the Speakers table bill
which had already passed the Senate, Civ
ing $4,000 to line between New Orleans
and the ports Of Mexico. and ad vocated
the Pacific mail line and the Brazilian
line. IN order that their friends might vote
Tor our measure, which hap greater merit
IMAM any other bill ever presented to either
mouse or Congress on a subject of that
KIND. Here IL a country lying within three
hundred miles oi Us and having trade of
go, ,O00, 000 year, that is carried III British
bottoms away from ouD doors, and this
government, IN its unwise and stupid policy,
las neglected and failed to devise any meas
Ire to direct tbs immense commerce into
American channels tor the benefit Of Amer
can citizens ltwas ir the interest OF hat bill
mat Was to accomplish the purpose that l
advocated an0 voted for this Pacific Mail
oil, and WJdld co the same thing again
inder the circumstances. / received no
money Tor voting for that measure. and no
nan viii Ia.ze the responsibility of making
uch II charge ! have given nv sworn tes-
imODy and denial on this point before the
committee, and therefore, will not detair
he House further. This Is my explanation
Charles A. NetmOre was comm tied TO
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