American citizen., 1875-02-27
CONGRESSIONAL.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 2,'.-The
Louisiana Special Committee repor-
ted reSo. u ions unanimously condem-
ming the Returning Board, and 10y a
majority of tour to three rrcommen-
ding the Louisiana House of Rep
rcSentatiVrS totake Immediate STEPS
to remedy the injustice aud to pace
tie persons rightfuliy enti'led TO
their seats; also Recommending Tie
recognition Of Kellogg till tn. ter
minaiion of his term of office. Or
dered printed.
The Committee on Alabama At
fairs also made report.
The House then proceeded with
the Tariff bill.
The Honse then. at II NJ, went
into Committee OF the whole on the
Tariff bill. Mr.. Hale, of Maine, in
the Chair. All drhae on the bill
being limited to one hour.
The whole day WIS spent in Com
miftee of the whole on the Tariff bull,
and among other amendments. put
in ore for an income tax, but as
soon as it was reported back to the
H.,ii>e Nr. Dawes moved il subStl
tute for he whole bill, which was
passed hy il vote of 123 yeas to 113
nays.
The bill, as passed, makes the tax
on whisky hereafter to be manuiac-
ture,i, not taxing the stock Oh hand
at all, 90 cents IL gallon on tobacco
n cents ii pound; on cIgarr $6 Il
Thousand; on cigarettes 81 40 per
Thousand on mula>scs, m"lado and
sugir imported from foreign coun
tries an addition of - per cent On
The present dut les ; and restores
he 10 per cent on Elanuf,ic ured
goods, and provides that the III
crease of duties shall not apply to
goods actually on shiiboard for the
Cnite,i States on or before the 10Th
of February, 1919, or to goods in
deposit in Warehouses or public
stores at the uate of the passage OF
the. act.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-Mr. q.
L. uo,r, of Massachusetts, Chair
man of the Special Committee on
Louisiana Affairs, made IL report
closing with the following resolu-
ton:
Whereas, both branches of the
Legislature of Louisiana have re-
ques;ed the Select Committee OF
the House to investigate the cir
cumstanses attending the election
and returns thereof i'll that State
for the veal 1874, and
W s.,II In
unanimously reported That the Re
! turning Board uf that State, in casa-
vassin. and compiling said returns
and promuIgating the results,
wrong.uliy applied an erroneous
rule of law by reason whereof per
SONS We're awarded i'll the House of
Representatives seats to which! they
were not entitled and persons enti
tied to seals We're deprived Of them.
kesOired, That it is recommended
to the House of Representative in
Louisiana 10 take immediate steps
to remedy said injustice and to
! place The persons rishifuily entitled
in their seats.
KesOiced, That william Pitt Krl-
logg be recognized as the Governor
OF the State Of Louisiana unit! the
end Of the term of Office fixed 10y the
Constitution of the State
The majority and minority re-
puriS were order ell to be printed.
As the result of il cOlioquy between
members as to which was the ma
.jority report, aud hich the minori-
ty report, 1t may be stated that Il !
the mem beis of the committee re-
ports against the action of the Re
turning Board that Me..StS. Foster,
| Phelps, Potter and Marshall unite
III Il majority report that there was
no general Intimidation in the State,
but IA free and fair election which
result ed in favor of the CoiiServa-
tlves, who were deprived of the re-
suit by The wrongful action of the
returning Board that Messrs.
Hoar, Wheeler aud FryJ unite in /,
minority report and that Mr.. Fos
ter, assents with Messrs. Uoar,
Wheeler and Frye to Il compromise,
to recognizing Kellogg as Governor,
aud giving the majority i'll the
House TO the Conservative dc!ega
les.