Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-20
WASHINGTON.
Combinations by the Senate.
The Louisiana Question in Caucus
Pinch Encouraged to "Stand
Firm


WASHINGTON, March 19.-The Senate
to-day confirmed the following nOmina-
tions:
Jos. Brooks, Postmaster at Little Rock,
vice J. S. Pollock, removed.
Isaac G. Parker, United States District
Judge for the Western District Of Ar
kansas.
David P. Lowe, Chief Justice of the Su-
preme Court Of Utah, vice Mexican, re-
moved.
Commissioner Of Pensions.
The President to-day nominated Henry
II. Atkinson, of Nebraska, to De Commits
siOner of Pensions. He is a sOn-in-law of
ex-senator Upton.
Shall Grants Louisiana UsurpatiOn
be IndOrsed2
The Republican Senators had another
caucus this morning to consider the ad-
visibility of taking positive action on the
Louisiana question during this special ses-
sion. The committee reported that they
were unable TO agree on any recommended
ton as to Louisiana, and the whole matter
was left open for discussion. A NUMBER of
propositions were suggested by individual
Senators, but none of them seemed to
meet with general acceptance, and
it is understood that about half dozen Of
those present signified their determination
to oppose the adoption by the Senate Of
any resolution which may propose TO
recognize either directly or indirectly the
legality of the so-called kellogg Legisls-
tuTe. Among these Senators are said to
be MeSSrs. Edmunds of Vermont, Ferry
of Connecticut, ChriStiancy of Michigan,
and Dawes of Massachusetts. In the alb
sence of Senators Wadleigh, Wright and
Sharon, the Republican majority is so
small that if six or seven Republicans vote
with the Democrats, the latter will control
the action of the Senate on this question.
What is Agreed Upon About Grants
Louisiana Policy.
The Republican Senators held an ad
jOurned meeting Of their caucus this after
noon, continuing an hour aud half Sew
eTal propositions regarding Louisiana were
made, and finally the caucDs agreed, with
but two or three dissentients, to a TeSOlu-
ton substantially the same as Senator Ere
linghuysen's, but different in phraseOlOgy,
approving the action of the President in
Louisiana affairs, and expressing the Opin-
ion that he should continue to sustain the
Kellogg government. The question to be
determined at an adjourned caucus to-
morrow is, whether the Republican Sen
atOrs will remain in session until the reSO-
luton can be acted upon by the Senate.
'sThe Hardest Niger in This Country
TO Handle"
Special to the Cincinnati Commercial.
Pinchback, Antoine, Lewis, and the rest
Of the Louisiana colOred politicians, start
back to New Orleans tonight. They have
had frequent conferences with Downing,
WOrmley, Douglass, LangstOn, and
other African n:agnates, as to the future.
The result is that PinChback has been
encouraged to stand firm, which
he announces in most vigorous terms
he will do. He says they viii find
him the hardest Niger in this country to
handle, anG mysteriOusly predicts that, as
the result of very lively whirl, which he
proposes to give them, he will, before long,
be in full possession of somebody's hair.
The whole crowd 90 away full Of wrath,
whisky and importance, bent on doing all
the mischief in their power. As a result,
the country may expect to hear, in a very
few days, Of a most formidable opposition
10 the carrying out of the Wheeler Com
promise, at the bottom of which will be
found Pinchback and his crowd. As they
will have to buck against the President in
that little game, the chances appear to be
greatly against them.