Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-06
FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS,
WEDNESDAY, January 6.

frlnteT, ana the Superintendent of the Coast
Survey
Mr.. Sargent presented memorial of the
legislative assembly OF Idaho territory
king the continuance OI The appropriation
Ion The assay office in that territory. Referred
10 committee ON Appropriations.
hr hcrrinon presented Joint resolutions Of
the North Carolina legislature ON various
Nr. Pratt. from the Committee ON Pom
slon>' reported adversely on various private
pension bills.
Dir. Cragin introduced bill TO regulate pro-
motions I'm the statI of the marine corps. Re-
/ lcTrtd to Committee ON Naval Affairs; also,
bill To reduce and fix the pay department of
The army: Referrcd To Committee on Mill
tary Affairs.
On motion Of Mr.. Pratt the Committee ON
PENSIONS 10 inquire into the prnpricty Of ex-
tending the benefit of the pension laws to the
volunteers who assisted in rcpclling the raid
of John Morgan. in Indiana. in IS3
mr. Frellnghuysen by request introduced a
! hill 10 amend the 14th section of the act to
! establish judicial courts of the United States
( approved September "A. iIS9. Referred To ths
| Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr.. Clayton Introduced a bill amending fbe
act granting pension 10 the minor children
OF John e. AulIck, deceased. Referred to the
! Committee on Naval Affairs.
Mr.. Harvey called up House bill to confirm
pre-emptlon and homestead entries of public
| lands within the limits of railroad grant. i'm
| cases where such entries have been made ui,-
! der the regulations of the land departments
, which was then discussed at length and laid
I over.
A.
The unfinished business being the resolu-
( tion of MIR. Thurman callingOn the President
for information as to the action of the mill
! taTy in Louisiana.
J Ar West said the President was denounced
. as committing malfcaSance of Office by
! those who had thrust the discussion of this
/ question on the Senate and they did this not
! upon any official information, but upon mere
! newspaper reports. He then quotef the dis
! patch of General Sheridan to prove that the
. state of affairs in Louisiana was such a. fo
!
( there absolutely necessary. Ii had been
! stated NcSterday that General Sheridan rad
! been sent 10 New Orleans by the President
! without consulting with the General oi The
! army. This morning he (Mr w had seen
! The Secretary of War on the tioOr of the Sen
| ate. and with his permission asked the fol-
! lowing letter to be read. which would show
! that the statement was incorrect. TIE Pr,Si-
/ dent might make some mistakes, but he
! never made military mistake, some of
the gentlemen on the other side know.
! The letter was then read from the desk by
! the Clerk:
ST. LoUIs. Mo. December 81 iS74 {
Gm; W W. BsA"ap, Sso'sta'ye ef Var, washt"sion.
GENERAL: have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt ot your contdential communication Of Dee.
Nery respectfully your ohelcnt servant
W. I. SHERMAN, General
Mr.. Saulsbury-That is simply the ac-
! knOwledgment Of the receipt of confidential
communications, and does not state the char
Br. West-When the resolution shall have
! been passed, and all the facts come out, the
/ Senator will see that il was an acknOwle,lg-
ment of the receipt of all the orders and com
| munications relative To the ordering of Gen
! eral Sheridan to New Orleans. That is the
| Iact and / know il 10 DE so.
Mr.. w. then proceeded review the circum-
! stances attending the organization OF the
| legislature in New Orleans on Monday, and
| argued that under the laws of Louisiana the
acts OF the conservative members were un-
! lawful. violent. and revolutionary, and were
in fact the acts OF a mob. The seating of
no <Nn RI.4s--
| tested in advance of any permanent organiza-
| tlOn was without parallel. He alluded to
| the fact of John Quincy Adams sitting as
| temperance Speaker OF the United States
! House of Representatives for IG days when
| there We're five contested cases before that
| body. and no attempt was made to decide
| those cases in advance of the permanent
| organization. He also quoted from Mr.
| Wlltz'S statement made To the New OTlea IS
! correspondent of the y. \. Herald and said
| that il showed that Mr.. Wilt had not re-
| ceivcd a majority of the votes duly east for
| speaker, and therefore had no right To take
| the chair He also quoted from q telegraphic
| statement to the effect that Representative
| Potter. Of the Congressional Investigation
| Committee, had said that Mr.. Wiltz's action
was wrong. and the conservative party of the
country would not sustain il. HealsO called
attention to the account which stated that
! Mr. Witt had himself requested Gen. De
TrObriand To clear the lObbies Ii was all
right for the military to be used for this pur-
| pose, but when the military was used to quell
mob and to expel from the floor OF tire
! right there, then ii was all wrong.
He was satisfied that the facts would show
| that the President had dOEe what was his
| duty. He (Nr. W. ha1 admitted that there
| had been wrong in Louisiana. He admitted
! that poverty prevailed there; that dearth of
business existed in the once business marts
! of New Orleans, and all this would exist
until the people of Louisiana would learn 10
tolerate difference in political opinion.
Mr.. Gordon said he had not Intended to
participate in this debate, although he had
| been urged to do so by friends on his side Of
the chamber He had heretofore thought il
| better to submit in silence to the insults
which some on the other side of the cham
ber were fond of casting at some
of us. But, after what he had heard
lent. He could not hold his voice when the
people whom he loved, and for whom he had
risked all tina. he had and all that
he was, were held up to the gaze of the
civilized world, pillaried as murderers and
assassins. He could not have belived that
Senators with whom he had come in familiar
association could entertain such feelings
OF animosity, of hate, and of bitterness
toward the people whom he represented.
He had hoped that this feeling Of hate was
dying out, but if this is TO be the policy to-
ward the south; if the north is TO be again
stirred up in this way, then We had better
know there is not hing left for us but to die
But he (Mr. c. did not believe il; he did not
believe the great northern people would sane
tion such policy.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Negley (Pa) presented the petition of a num-
Der of labOring men of Georgetown ID. c. Re
ferred to District Committee.
Mr.. Cobb (kansas) introduced a bill to pro-
vide temporary government for the terri
tory of Oklahoma. Referred to Committee on
Territories.
Mr.. MacDougall IN. " called up the bill
TO reduce and fix the Adjutant Generals d.
partment of the army. Ut provides that the
department shall consist of an adjutant gene
raj, with the rank, pay, DC, of q brigadier |
general two assistants, with the rank of col |
onel; four assistants with the rank of lieut. |
enant-colonel, and ten assistants with the |
rank of majOr.l |
Bills were introduced by unanimous con-
sent, and referred as follows, viz
By Mr.. Roberts N. Y.)-Bill to amend 14th |
section of the Judiciary act of 1889.
By Mr.. HOskins IN. Y.):-Bill to reduce in |
ternal revenue taxes.
By Mr.. Farwell (Ill.):-Bill for an act con- |
cerning judicial proceedings in certain cases
By Mr.. Hale (Me. .):-Bill to incorporate the |
Potomac and Mount Pleasant Railroad COM
pany.
By Mr.. Loughridge IOwa):-Bill to equal
ize bounties of soldiers who served in the
late war.