The New York herald., 1875-02-04
Republicans Rebelling Under the
Party Lash.
Reciprocity Defeated in the
Senate.
Important Conference on the
Government Finances.
FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.


THE SOUTHERN srArEs-HUMoRs or 8EPuD-
LIoAN DrssENsroNs-A DEsPEnATz sTBuoolA
AT HAND.
Both sides in both houses arc becoming excited.
The session 10 drawing near lts close. and bat
few days remain in which one side hopes to pass
series or "strong measures" so called, against the
Southern States, while tho other side means, II
possible, to prevent their adoption.
"why not ier tho majority have their ways They
will only rush to ruin :" was said to democratic
Congressman to-day, ana he replied, 1--WE can't
AFFORD It. Such measures as the Civil Rights bill
give the President too great power to harass our
people, and BY means OF designing and
unscrupulous agents TO cause disturbances.
Tho Civil Rights bill alone would DO very potent
means OF intimidation. IL would give the Prest-
dent power to carry most Of the Southern States
by the mere authority to make arrests. which Il
gives him. Add TO It. as thev propose.
an act allowing him. at bis discretion.
to declare martial law in Southern districts,
ana there IL nothing 70 prevent him from
plungtng our States into disorder whenever he
chooses. His agents may nrst harass and annoy
the people and make arrests unfortunately just
on the eve of an elecston-as 1t Is shown Packard
did In the last Louisiana election-and, II any
where ths people can be goaded into resistance,
ne may declare martial law. We must resist the
passage OF sucn laws uore IN OOu8Io5S IL - our
dnty to our people,"
the administration men to marshal their followers
than they anticipated, and It 10 BY no means
certain that there Will not be break In the ranks
at o critical moment. 1t IL certain that
the brains OF the House on the republican
side are At heart opposed to "stropg
measures for tho South" Tho ablest repub-
lican members are those who most reluctantly
see their party lead into what they believe to be
grave blunders and wrongs In the proposed legis-
laton for the South. Taese men, for she most
part strongly dislike to break with their party,
but they are getting irritable under the lash Of
Butler, and there are enough Of them. II thsy had
leader, TO complete their organization to defeat
all the administration schemes.
HIS ExCELLENCY THE PREsrDENrs VIGOROUS
rFoRrs TO INFLUENCE CONGRESSIONAL. Ao-
T1oN REGARDING ARKASsAs-A NEW REvoLU-
T1oNARY QUESTION FOB THE szNArE-wuL
AN ARMED POLICY ENsUE?
While Senator Morrill, was speaking against tho
Canadian reciprocity scheme in the Senate His
Excellency the President was holding . council
| IN the Capitol, which lasted an hour and . hail.
and included among it, members Senators MOI.
ton, Clayton, Dorsey, West and cameron. The
subject OF discussion was Arkansas. The House
Arkansas Committee will PROBABLY make their 70.
port tomorrow, that there ID no cause for inter.
ference IN Arkansas a6airs, Mr.. Ward alone making
. minority report The long deliberations Of tho
committee began Of late to excite alarm among
the administration men, and the President
appears to have taken the question vigorously
into his own hands. He could do nothing with tho
House committee, and has therefore turned to the
Senate for help. Yesterday memorial Of Brooks
was introduced In the Senate, and to-day Senator
ma m a raa nj NJ ri yha
dent TO transmit to the Senate all the informal tion
he has relative to Arkansas affairs, not before
reported, together with recommendations,
but he was compelled to leave out the
request for recommendation so there will
! be . Message on Arkansas AFFAIRS, or
1t least an Executive report In his annual Mes
sage His Excellency said. "As Congress Is now In.
vestigating the affairs OF Arkansas have declined
to nterfere;' but, though he has not lnterfered
with troops and arms, there being NO excuse for
20 doing, 1t Is no secret here that he as strongly
desired such Congressional action as would cause
the overthrow OF Garland. 1t 10 privately asserted
BY credible persons tnat he caused the House
committee to know his desire In the matter. An
influential Arkansatan, who has been here for
some weeks watching the course OF AFFAIRS said
to-day that His Exeellency felt very strongly on
the question, and tnat In conversation with him q
few days ago he said that something must be
done In the Arkansas matter or else, even II the
Senate dtd recognise tho Kellogg government It
would not settle matters In Louisiana nmlly, be-
cause, II what has bees done In Arkansas In the
overturning Of . state government IL allowed to
remain uncorrected and unrebuked the very Same
thing may be done in Louisiana, and Is likely to
be attempted under the influence OF this kind
of encouragement before the next session OF
Congress- His Excelency went on to say that tho
law and the record OF facts In the Arkansas mat
ter showed clear case OF tho overthrow OF re-
publican form OF government and the combination
OF iawess men TO set ct defiance the fixed barriers
OF both state and national authority. He closed
The interview. said this informant BY an agree.
mens to 20 to the Senate to sec certain Senators
on the matter to-day, and suggested the
onering OF . resolution calling on him
ror information and for such evidence
~ he has, which demonstrates the necessity OF
Congressional action TO retnstste Brooks 1t ID
reported BY Arkansas men here that His Ex-
celency uses strong terms In speaking OF Judge
Poland and bis committee. ana the Brooks parti-
sans assert that he will send n special message
urging that Congress should not fail to put down
what he is said 70 call the "wrongs and insurrec-
sIonAry proceedings In Arkansas It IL