New-York tribune., 1875-01-28

SENATE. .WAsHINGroH. Jan. q. 1875.
The CHAIR laid before the Senate COM
munication from the President Of the United States
transmitting for the Information OF Congress report
OF the progress date made by the United States Cen
tennia Commission. ordered 10 be printed and lie ON
the table
Mr. MORTON rep, Indl submitted resou ton 10
repeal the 23I Joint rule Of TIE two Houses OF Con gross
IN relation 10 counting the vote for President and Vice
President ordered 60 be printed and laid cl the table
TGs rule provides among otner things that wheL the
vote shall bc counted In tho presence O tho two Houses
Ca G S,e M Of sy c ay Ne Go0 % RI Ga p. 5e @ S
BY the pe'ing on e lhs senate ot NE % e ~ teD AMI lie
said question House OF R'Presents tor ne de'on ana no
t eIspt sy the concurrent the tSo u. which being
ooaard oase shall G'telT 'o.enbe ana the pr'1
sn npol y ausso1 there sh bo no deae IN ehsf o1,r
aaj any pertaining TO the ~ c. f "1en 'h ~"
Ioses are assembled be submitted aud dermnei Ike manner
Mr PATTERSON UIep.. 8. Co. presented the coHcnl-
rent resolution OF the General Assembly OF ooi aGO
nua asking an apuroDrIatiOn by Congress 0i &JDJJ ~.
the improvement Of the harbor OF CaarlostOn feAercu
10 the Committee Commerce
Tie CEaIr taen called the business on the calendar
ana announced that tins Committee on P0s'-ODces ana
Post Roads entitled 10 the moor LOT mo dl7po''o
or bills rrpOrtrI hy tnat Committee. =,
" Mr. FERRY ,fsa3 Mich) from that Committee. called
up Senate DI referring TO tne court % C,a, ,o
therein Tor the past and fnturo use G." tAe ''o
st-marklDg and postage canceIinS nandstamP' aAd
the Robertson improved han1stamD. 49,,
Mr. MORRILL, (R 'p., VII sild tnls claim mao peou
ST: FLANAGAN dep. Teras) said he knew nothing
the merts OF Ii, but he did knp" the ms'rdnio"'
werc Ia b' the Dpar, mtni, ana ne th0nsh inc h@
ter might b. referred 10 the Court VI CLAIMS IoF "uH
cation,
Tng bill was ail over.
Ibe House oil for the relef OF John CLINTON P(st-
master at Bro FGsI'r 1ehn' was dt.ur'Yi "a.l ] n"0
cxprlton tao uor,A2 hour, wnen 10 was llI over.
Air. FERRY asked that anJtnor mar no ar D; alo%oI
the Commiitee PJst-O0ccs ami Pos;-ROadt, Out Nr
IHUEMAH claimed the Moor 10 speak IN reg ~ W
I,uIs.aua III nrs. and said That Wlel hl' Cjmhttec
Pry1ie h'nd Caimt) should D. ciI'l IL "oI nov , Ve
'uy more than ten minutes, ahI tie r'udhdtrVt VI tho
time ho wOIld surrender to the CJuuittoo On fo'"
Offices aud PJst-NjAds.
Mr.. MORRILL, Rep, Me- Introduced hili 70 proVlle
Tor tae pay nrnt OF tAo rest 56 bonds OF I0o
u sirct OF COLUMBIA. Referred to tue Committee Oh
Mr. IOKTOy G2ep, 1nGJ said; Last week tho pro
posed amendments 10 tue C9h.ututijn submitted y tne
Committee ON Privileges and Elections 10 rtetrl 10 th
election of Vice ffes eat were pos tponei
tn to-day. lie dld not desire 10 interfere WIN te con
yeHieuce Of any sena.0f ont give notice Eo was NO.
willing 10 nave this amendmcns postponed from Time ~
time
DEBATE on LOUISIANA AFFAIRS.
The Senate then resumed the consideration Of the
resolution Of Mr. schurz instructng the Judiciary Com
tte TO inquire what legislation by Congress is neces
ssry to to the people Of LOUISIANA the rsbt OF
seif-gogernueut under the Constitution.
Mt THURMAN (Dom, Oliol SAID, on account OF
physical lnIi,postou ne would have 30 leave unsald
conclude nis argument before The nOur OF adjournment
to-day He requested Senators not TO Interrupt hD III
swel 10 tAc DIST OF ne dnlti 1n! pc9toI ~. va -
might put TO bn. He then hld t1e re.0luiOn read at
the Clerks desk ana sali II required tha9 the senate
Sdoul not stJJ dt tue elertlh Ia nI'1hh ~ 4o pay
should 10 back 70 htt of 1iI aud he would nrs speak
Of the former election. H. Know what he would say
was thrice-Iold tale, and &C woul therefore ne very
tealOus; bat hls staiemcnt would not De complete
wituOuL it comp eiled 70 ~ over the 1Ict5 aSdiH
lie thcn -p1ae Ot tnt 'tCtIph ll 8'@ iAu r'
had A matJrlty Governor OF o6y6 votes; Penn, Tor
IeuteuaH Edd majority OF 1901 McEneIy
an1 his associates had Dcen 0used from ther oil es NY
the Federal Government and those Offices c9nierret
upcn oner persons. R5pObcaus were ihs stalled In tde
Legislature "hO never made ay regular contest fur the
stat3 IAe meu who had been IN power ia Louslln! 3!
during the past years power by the grossc5
usurpaion of Foderil ladEsLip by tgo DayoHoSs OF
Government. The sole title Kellogg had to the
Office OF Governor was given him by the Presi-
dent OF ne Uatod stles IL said he traced
the beginning tins troI6e in Louisiana to Washing
CITY, aud read tic teleSrlm OF AtIoraeJ lrhcra
Wu4nis, dated December 8. 1872, directing narshal
iLcKard 10 euorce tho DEGREES aul mandates Of the
Uuit61 states Court, no uiticf by Wnom resisted H3
argued that there was 10 resistance 10 the Federal
Court and al correspondence preyou. 10 tie telegram
di contain word 70 show tbtt lsWlIl dtcrees OF
the Court would bJ resisted. Under midnight Order'
made. IN court. not hy q court, but BY tLs uaR
Dure who ~ the conspiracy with Packard, lhJ
state House seized, and batteries planted around 1t
10 keep tue people Of louisiana from ent3nOg t Du:
rrl wOulI not have made that order. ana Packard
would not have executed It. had not kilograms frou
Washington assured them that they would he sustained
He next referred TO tue Lynch Returning Board aud
said report of the Committee OF the Senate. as well
the able speech OF Senator Carpenter ot
Of authority much less the legal right to
count the vote in ls72 TIelr action usurpatiOn
He then read from Mr. CLrpeutera Speech aud
mOny taken by the Committee In regard to fraulu!e ut
s iaYs and what Use WAS made or them by the Lyncn
Board, aud said that every member OF that Board
rewarded WITH lucrative ONCE by Gov Kellogg or by
Legislature or Louisiana lie next referred ID the
appeal OF McELery aud the people of Louisiana to the
President, AID telegram OF Attorney General VIII
lams 10 McEncry telling hun he need not visit Washing
ton with tho Committee OF O1e Hundred as the Prei-
dent unchanged, and the sooner the people there
quesced order would De restored ana said he
knew OF dcspot on the face OF the goDe who would
refuse to hear under such circumstances That
telegram was TO the effect that the Presidents MIMI
asked TO be heard; the Legislature asked 10
be heard; the people asked TO be heard but
they not Packard was heard; Casey tine brother
inaw Of the President heard but the people
refused He argued that this Louisiana could not
be tached without touching pitch There was nothing
nut corruption In 1t everywhere Durell escaped
peAchmeat Dy hs res=natloa yet he uaurpatol inan,
gurlted b. him still mlintaned aud tue people OF
Louisiana smsrtiug under 1t. They would not be
citizens II they did not smart under n. Be-
cIso tey felt aggroved by all these wrongs they were
promo duced baud!1" by Lteutou3nt- eueral OF
the Ulted States, whose telegram' TO the President
were AZ II ne Wa. ns satrap OF some Persian emperor
W,s not such state OF things calculated disturb tue
people OF louisiana Tue Isurpation there such
that people the face of this earth could rest easy
sGce Gov. Kslosg's Inauguration tho securities
of the stato bad fallen from. - or 50
Of Oeaus had fallen irOm - or &c down 10 30 a.
Bluk suares and railroad sock hal fallen in a cor.
responding degree In district of Natchit0ches the
tax reached eight per ceut OF the assessed yags Of
property and y5 A people we're expected ~ 90 quiet
and cOuented, with a taxation more i've
tax in ONO Tney were expected 10 remain
aniet IL they did not. the Leutenant of the
tnmc1 s,ates proposed to the President that they
snonld be pf6laimed Dapdltti. lie dr Tnurmaul
sInecte 70 see the ia what Vag once CALLED Free
America when such things a; tuese wold lake place
uud any m1n cdlling himself ffeepan defend them
Tne same frauds OF twD years ag0 ~ LJuis-
ana were being repeated now, and TIC same
power which upheld tnem tnen was uphold
ing them now. Another fraudulent R'turnisg
Board had dropped out ~ Conservative members OF
l. gisiature the Of the Uuited states
uphOdin tnat act Tue attempt was no" being made
10 divert public attention from this enOrmity by cayl
ing mode in which the House OF Representa-
uyes OF the STATE organized. lie argued that the
five men who we're rejected were legal members O that
dul II thew mad Denu Rafurnluy