New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-24
CONGRESS.
II 0uae.

WASHINGTON, February 23.-Mr. G. F
HOar, of Massachusetts, chairman of tn
special committee on Louisiana affairs
made report, closing with the tollowin!
resolutions:
WHEREAS, Both branches of the Legisla
ture OF Louisiana have requested the selec
committee of the House to investigate thu
circumstances attending the election and
returns thereof in that State for the yeal
1874; and
Whereas, Said committee has unanimously
reported that the Returning Board of thai
State, in canvassing and compiling said re-
turns and promulgating the results, wrong
fully applied an erroneous rule Of law, by
reason whereof persons were awarded in
the House of Representatives seats to
which they were not entitled, am persons
entitled to seats were deprived of them.
ReSOlced, That it is recommended to the
House of Representatives in Louisiana to
take immediate steps to remedy said injus-
tlce and to place therein tho persons right
fully entitled to their seats.
ResOlred, That William P. Kellogg be
recognized as the Governor of the State of
Louisiana until the end of the term of Office
fixed by the constitution Of the State.
The majority and minority reports were
ordered printed. AS the result of q colloGuy
between members rs to which was the ma
jority report and which the minority report,
it may be stated that all the members of
the committee report against the action of
the Returning Board: that Messrs. Foster,
Phelps, Potter and Marshall unite in ma
lority report that there was no general
intimidation in the State, but a free and
fair election, which resulted in favor of the
Conservatives, who were deprived of the
result BY the wrongful action of the Re-
turning Board; that Messrs. Hoar, Wheeler
and Frye unite IN minority report, and
n stI
hoar, Wheeler and Frye to a compromise.
to recognize. Kellogg as Governor and
ewing the majority in the House to the
Conservative delegates.
The majority. report in the case of
Alabama was presented by Mr.. Coburn, of
INDIANA, chairman of the select committee.
and the views of the minority by Mr.
printed.
Mr.. Coburn, of Indiana, made an effort |
to get up what is known as the caucus force
Oil, reported by him last week, and Mr.. |
Smith, OF New York, made an effort to get |
up the constitutional amendment to regu. |
late the election of President and Vice \
President, but Mr.. Dawes of Massachu-
setts, pressed action on the tariff bill and
succeeded.
The House then, at IL NJ. went into
committee of the whole on the tariff bill.
Mr.. Hale, OF Name, in the chair; sll debate |
on the bill being limited to one hour. The
whole day was spent in committee of the
whole on the tariff bill, and among other
amendments put in, one for an income tax;
hut as soon as it was reported back to the
House, Mr.. Dawes moved a substitute for
the whole bill, which was passed by a vote
Of 1913 yeas to ll3 nays.
The bill, as passed, makes the tax on
whisky hereafter to be manufactured, not
taxing the stock on hand at all, ninety cents
gallon; on tobacco, twenty-fou cents
pound; on cigars, Sc thousand; on cigar
'ttes, ~ IS thousand; on molasses, melado
md sugar imported from foreign countries, AN
addition Of twenty five per cent on the pres
mt duties; and restores the ten per cent ON
manufactured goods, and provides that the
pcrease OF duties shall not apply to goods
'ctually on shipboard for the United States
n or before the tenth of February. 1875. or /
o goods in deposit in warehouses or public
torres at the date of the passage of the act.
Senate.
Mr. Spencer presented q memorial from q
be Republican members of the General
ssembly OF Alabama to the President and
embers of Congress, setting forth:
First That changes have been made by the
labsms Legislature in the penal code of
% State, by which Q system of involun- v
~ servitude and espionage for African q
tizens is sought to be inaugurated. .
political legislation has q
en- enacted by means Of which $4,000 Re- ic