Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-15
EVENING STAR.
ERIDAY.........J ar
CONGRESSIONAL,
Conclusion Of Yesterdays Proceedings
Inc Louisiana Debate Defence OF the
President


SENATE.-Aftcr our report cloSad
hE. LOGAN CONTINUED THF DEBATE
on Iouisl ana affairs He said the senators
or eae other side say the republican party i
so long out OF power that they think what a
glorious country We would have II the dsrn.N
cratic pSsrty was once more IL power. Well
That party had been in power eot,.,. IN ha
ruled for forty long years and N hsaI plunged
thlS country into gigantic rebellion and al
most into bankruptcy. In reply 10 the charge
Ihat me repuolicsn party was tyrannical
ana had oppreSScd The south, he aSkei how
had AZ oppressed iL. In admitting hack e
me Union the states which they might have
kept as territories for twenty years, in no:
furnishing one man FoT his treason: in a Unit
ung 10 this floor three men, and To the floor
OF the other House twenty-SeNen men. who
had fought against the Union. The vice
president OF the southern confederacy was in
lhe other House. the president Of that con
ieueracy Travelled n free man all over this
country and made democratic speeches
wherever he was invited. This was the way
the republican party had oppressed the south
Grant was also a tyrant, aud how haf IA,
treated these people? He had appointed many
oi their leaders u high Office, taken one 81
them i'm his Cabinet. and had always dis
played toward them the greatest Kindness
but lac did want them In Quit their chivalric
j ortot cunning after negroes andrepublicanS
These ku-kluN and white lcagucrs woplI
stop their murderouS work IL the democrats
party would only say SO, but il did no say -.
lhtse gentlemen Of the south must not D. in
tcrferei with. They are the chivalrv ThnV
must not he prevented from raising alort IN
bloody sword. But they VIII be prevented
IL ne did not approve of any act Of the preSi-
dent lac never hcSitated 10 say 20. but These
attacks on the President, coming from tho
quarter they did, he stool here 40 defend
every act OF the President i'm connection with
the reconstruction OF che south. He appsalaf
10 the honorable men in the rebel army. II n
could be honorable To have been in thai
army, whether Grant was tyrant. When
The armed democracy Of the south surren-
deIed 10 him, he let them all 20 in peace with
their horses. and did not treat them As nj
rates. He erected no prison pens for them
and established no dea / lines He EouIJ .av
TO those on the other side that when the
names OF Grant and Sheridan and sherman
We're hlOtted out, we would have no country.
but centuries after the democratic party Is
rotting the memories OF these men will be
a. bright and as clear as the MONDAY sun i'm
the hearts OF the people. lApplau>e
MIR. TIPToN
followed. lie defended the Penn uprising OF
last September. and said the men who were
IN IL had made themselves glorious. Their
state had been under the foot of a federal
judge, a. said by the Senator from WISCONSIN
tMr. CaTpenteTl, and they hal. when the op-
porlunlty arose, shaken OF that tyranny. II
Illinois had been under the foot OF a federal
judge, If she had forged and p'rjurel returns
thrown in her face, how long would she have
stood ii: The people of Louisiana ma T. no
attack ON the United States government:
they attacked an armed faction which hat
been put over them by federal Judge
THE FINANCE MESSAGE.
dent. with his approval OF the new finance
hlll. and at the request of Mr.. CDnkliug MI
Upton gave way that the message might De
read.
On motion of Mr.. sherman. the message
was ordered 10 be printed, and referred % the
Committee on Finance.
The Senate then went into executive SeS-
SION, and afterwards adjourned.
The Irwin Habeas Corpus Case.
HOUSE.-AfteT our report closed
The Speaker laid before the House a letter
from the Sergeant-at-ArmS,S setting forth that
in obedience TO a writ of habeaS corpus by
Judge Macarthur. of the supreme Court OF
the District of Columbia, he had to-day ap-
peared before said judge and made return
that Richard Ii. Irwin was in his custody
under an order OF the House of Representa-
uvCS. The judges refuse TO accept the return
unless the body of said Irwin was produced
The Sergeant-at-ATmS asked DELAY until To-
morrow, and he now desires 10 be instructed
by the House whether he shall or shall not
produce the body of said Irwin.
Mr. Dawes (MasS.) said this was a very
serious matter for the House. III Irwin was
taken into court he would be practically out
of the custody OF the officer Of the House
The court could then enlarge him or dispose
OF him as he saw mt. The supreme Court naS
decided that when man is once produced
under writ OF habeas CORPUS he il entirely
In the custody of the court. Ii this inferior
court can exercise this jurisdiction over the
action Of the House. il will he very serious
blow 10 all Congressional investigation.
After debate. Mr.. Dawes submitted a mo-
Nl'tl itlib Ailt sNtIBtstlll -dlAEIll~ DrO iph
body of r. b. Irwin before the court, but that
lac be instructed to set forth ia mis- return
that by direction Of the House he still holds
said Irwin ia his custody.
Mr.. Hale N. " Offered rs an amonlmNpt
10 the resolution Of which he had previously
given notice, referring the matter 20 the JlI-
dietary Committee, and in the meantime di-
recting the SeTgeant-at-Arms not 10 produce
Irwin.
Mr.. Hale said this was no new question. IL
was for years before the British Parliament.
IL involved the rights of the citizen and the
rights of the House, and should be calmly aud
carefully considered.
After further discussion. a resolution was
adopted directing the Sergeant-at-Arms To
make careful return To the writ ofhabaas cor
that the prisoner is held by writ of the
House Of Representatives To answer proceed
ingS against him for contempt.
Mr.. Albert presented memorial OF the
yearly meeting Of Friends. held on Lombard
street. Baltimore. for the Western Shore of
Maryland and adjacent parts OF PennSylva-
mia and Virginia, i'm October. 1874, PRAYING
that Congress NAV adopt some measure i'm
favor of settling national differences by arbi-
tratiOn. instead Of reSOrting TO the dreadful
alternative of war. Referred TO the Commit
tee on Foreign Affairs.
The House then, at $40 p. m. adjourned
4 BLUNDER THAT COsT THEE LIVES
In the trial OF John =. McClelland, the Young
telegraph operator through whose alleged
negligence there was collision of trains on
the Pennsylvania railroad at the Bergen
tunnel last March, and by which William
Day, Charles Reese. and Charles Stockton
lost their lives. William Mcclure. the con-