Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-08
FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
ERIpAY. January ;.

zee on IenSionS, reported adversely on House
bill granting pension 10 the widow of Rear
Admiral Winslow, and il was Indefinitely
poStponsd. Also. from the same committee
adversely on the bill in reference 10 the com
penSation Of pension agents. The bin. with
the adverse report. was placed on The cal
enGar.
ON motion Of Mr Sargent,
THE NAVAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL
was taken Up.
The following amendments. reported by In ,
Committee on Appropriations, were agreed
to
Increasing the appropriation Cor the nauti-
cal almanac TO 81. .00o:
Increasing the appropriation for the naval
laboratory 10 S90.Qhl:
Reducing by S56.oo0 the appropriation for
prov iSiOnS Tor officers. Sealnen and marines:
Striking out the prOviSO that repairs on
steam boilers and machinery be done in the
navy yards when practicable;
increasing The appropriation for heating
and lighting the naval academy and school
ships from so. 600 To $4,000;
AppToprlatiug 5000 for transportation of
officers travelling without troops:
APpTopTiating $4,000 for the payment of
discharged soldiers for clothing not drawn.
The bill was then passed.
Mr.. Lewis introduced bin to aid the Wash
ngtnn ANA OtliO road in the construction OF
their road 10 the Ohio river. Also, presented
a memorial of the Fire Department OF the
District OF Columbia. Referred 10 the Com
mlttee on the District Of Columbia.
THE MILITARY IN LOUISIANA.
The unfinished business, being the resolu-
tary IN Louisiana, was taken up.
MI. Bayap said two years ago he had
introduced resolution of inquiry addressed
10 the President. a. to the conduct of Major
Louis Merrill, of the L. =. cavalry. Then. aS
now, the Senator from New York (Nr. COnk-
llng) had Offered am amendment leaving IL
discretionary with the President 10 answer
mat resolution, with the amendment Of the
Senator, passed the Senate on March 3. IS.3
and Ia this day the President had treated 81
with cUntcmptuOuS silence and with a mil
a - met of LOS
IN south Carolina, ne had been sent To
fresh fields and pastures new in Louisiana.
But that was small matter compared with
the present eNlSency. Never since the days
OF the revolution had the American people
been brought face 10 face with such grave
questions a those now confronting them. 1t
IL whether this government is TO remain one
OF free and equal states or whether IL il 20 be
merged into an absolute military dictator
ship. He said the remarks OF the Senators
from lnulana Morton. from Vermont ED
munds). and from Illinois Iogan) were
Intended AMI We're calculated to obscure the
question, and by partiZan appeals TO divert
the minds of the people from the true merits
of the case What were the facts. In states
with three and four times the population of
Louisiana. the election returns had been tab
ulated and promulgated within less than
week after the election. In great cities of
equal population with that state they had
been tabulated and proclaimed within forty
eight hours. But in Louisiana the re
turning board was occupied in canvaSSfns
the returns within fraction OF two months
and in every case OF dispute or doubt they de
cided in favor of the Kellogg party. He then
proceeded TO review the circumstances of
Monday last in New Orleans. He claimed
that the conservatives had on Monday law
fully organized the legislature there being a
quorum present. He would now saw nothing
as to the swearing in of the i've members
But he asked the Senate, he asked the Amer
lean people, was there anything i'm the con-
stitutiOn or the laws 10 warrant the inter
ference OF the President in Louisiana? But
II was only q leaf OF the same sad history of
Louisiana for the last two years. Mr.. b. then
quoted from speech of his made on the
Louisiana bill in 1873, where lie warned the
American people that the dangers menacfng
The liberties OF Louisiana menaced at the
same time the liberties OF all the other states
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
motion of Mr.. Cox IN. ", the Secretary Of
the Treasury was directed TO send to the
House a statement of the receipts from Gus
toms revenue for the second quarter of the
fiscal year 1S74-15; and also 10 state whether
his estimate of the receipts for the last two
quarters of the year has undergone such a
change as would in his opinion require ad-
ditiOnal taxation.
Mr.. Gunckel (Ohio) introduced a Joint reso-
luton in relation TO the appointment OF man
ayers of the asylum for disabled volunteers.
Referred.
Mr.: Hunton lYa) introduced a bill for the
relief Of Williamson. of Fairfax county.
Va, late guide and scout OF the T. ). army.
Referred.
Mr.. Biery (Pa.) introduced a bill providing
"a
successor or SUCCESSORS in the dissolution of a
partnership. Referred.
IRwIN's CONDITION.
Mr.. Dawes (MaSs.). as a privileged ones
ton, presented a certificate Signed by Drs.
w. L. Johnston and A. Y. L. GarDett. setting
forth that X B. frwin's physical and mental
condition was such that his confinement in
Jail might be attended with the most serious
consequences. Mr. Dawes moved to refer the
certificate TO The Ways and Means Commit
tee. The professional and social standing of
the physicians signing the certificate entitled
1t TO consideration, and he would therefore
move, in addition, that pending the consider
alton Of the subject by the committee the
Sergeant-at-Arms be directed TO hold Irwin
in his personal custody.
Several members objected to the latter mo-
ton, and IL was withdrawn.
The motion TO refer was agreed TO, when
Mr.. Butler (Mass.) renewed the motion in re-
latlon to the custody of the prisoner pending
the investigation. The motion was rejected
by yea and nay vote of SO yeas TO leo nays
THE BURNED MAILS.
The Speaker had read a telegram from the
Post Office department stating that all the
mails for the north that had accumulated i'm
this city yesterday were burned last night
by the accident on the Baltimore and Poto-
mac railroad. The mails for the west. north
west, and southwest went by the Baltimore
and Ohio road, and are not included in the
destruction.
The regular order was demanded and com
mittees were called for reports of private
character. The Committee on Claims and
on War Claims reported number OF bills,
NA