The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-01-08

may foitows sEhichs as Eel LIENS of .tht
great country, We have right TO demand
that We cortifalfy etdofse> the manly end pa
triotic expressions,of tho Cotton Exchapg.
at their last meeting a.lsss ls.g
a7t THOMAS A. ADAMS, President.
z 4 The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ii,
The New Orleans Times says g It will be
remembered that the admission Of FIVE mem.
bers who had not been returned by the Re
turning Board was made the basis for the
military order to clear the House, and that
these five members were put out at the
point OF the bayonet. 1t now trahspires that
the Republicans; since the retirement Of the
Democrats, having only fifty.one members
with certificates, have admitted three mem
bers who occupied precisely the same posi-
ton rs the five gentlemen who were elected.
They are two Radicals from Desoto and one
from Grant parishes. The question arises,
Why don't the military again interpose and
put those men out as they did the five Dem
ocrats?"
The Congressional Investigations. =
New ORLEANS, January 6.-Before the
congressional committee to-day Vigers testi-
fed that be was clerk of the House Of Rep
resentatyes and present abfhe organization
Of the House on Monday last ; 102 mem bers
answered to their names; at the second or
gapization cannot give the names Of the "a
members that answered to their names ]
only kept tal|y.sheet; Albert McGinnis
was one Of the Conservatives, and there was
another I was ordered 10 call the roll Mr..
Wilt objected, and General Campbell called
upon General De Trobriand to protect me
In calling the roll; fifty-three Republicans
answered to the roll and two Democrats,
which made quorum; was 80 confused
by the crowd that could not keep the tally
as 1t ought to have been kept; some more
members were sworn In after that, and fifty.
four votes were cast of these three members
had been sworn in since the previous roll
call; all the Republicans voted, except Cou-
sin, at the roll-call Of the second organization ;
after the first calling of the roll Mr.. Beliew
made a motion; Mr.. Wilt took the stand
and took possession of the gaVel.
This Villains evidence shows that be
knew there was not a quorum PRESENT.
Proposed Withdrawal of Sheridan.
1t was stated tonight that some Of the
northern Republican representatives intend
ed to prefer request to the President to
withdraw General Sheridan from Louisiana,
as they do not consider his course as wise
one under the circumstances. Should this
request be made the President will, OF
course, not accede to it.
Southern Republicans Joyful.
The caucus of the southern Republican
members tonight was thinly attended. The
action Of the President was applauded, and
it was determined to demand Of Congress q
formal recognition not only Of the Kellogg
Government in Louisiana, but of the Brooks
Government in Arkansas.
General sheridan's 4" Banditti" a
Party Question.
Gentlemen on both sides of the Houae OF
Representatives are at feyer-heat on the
Louisiana question. and avail themselves OF
every opportunity to discuss it. Some men,
bers say that if the question of sustaining
General Sheridan comes up strict party lines
will be drawn, and this would seem to be
correct, for Mr.. Willard, of Vermont, is the
oplv Republican member who has thus far
expressed a disapprobaton Of the course
that has been pursued there during the past
two days. Mir. Hale's resolution directing
the Judiciary Committee to report bill for
q new election in Louisiana is construed in
some quarters as q reflection upon the AID.
mnistration's employment OF troops, but
MIR. Hale to. day said not q word to intimate
that he offered his resolution because of dis
satisfaction with the course Of the Admin
istration in the premises. On the Demo
cratic side the denunciation Of Sheridan's
course, and especially Of bis telegram to the
Secretary of War recommending that the
people of the State be declared banditti, was
very positive. Mr.. Tremaine was Sheridan's
most ardent defender.
Republicans Endorse Sheridan.
Conversation with number of Republic
can members to-day developed the fact that
many of them would be glad to have the
President issue q proclamation as recon-
mended by Sheridan. Some of them think
Messrs. Garfield, Dawes, and others, who
have been lending that side of the House
are too timid, and the extremists propose to
set up other leaders.
Extra Session Probable.
On the other side of the House many De-
mocrats believe that the result Of this
Louisiana question will be an extra ses.
sion of Congress, unless such definite ac-
ton shall be taken as will curb the
power of the military. The extra
session will be brought about by refusal
on the part OF the Democrats to permit the
passage of the army appropriation bill.
They contend that they would be fully justi-
fed and would secure the approval Of the
country BY using all parliamentary means to
defeat that bill so long as the army is used
to Interfere in the civil affairs Of sovereign
States. They had determined to resist its
passage, anyhow, until they had ascertalned
how and By what authority Attorney-Gene-
raj Williams had used the military power,
and Sheridan's despotic action at New
Orleans has not tended in The least TO
bring The military establishment into greater
favor. The advantage OF an extra session or
Congress would be that the Democrats
would have control Of the House, and they
could dictate terms in the bill which the
Republican majority will not now permit.
The bill does not become operative until
July l, 1875, and rather than permit the ap.
preparation to fail, the Senate, with q largely
increased Democratic vote in that body,
could, it is believed, agree to certain restric-
tons which would prevent the military
from acting 10 matters purely local, and
which belong entirely to the States.
1t is also urged now with considerable force
that the Forty-fourth Congress should be
organized at once, because the Administers
ton would act with less recklessness and dis
regard of law if the fact stared it in the face
that a Democratic House was always ready
to inquire into its action and conduct. In
reconstruction times the Republicans con-
sidered it necessary to have Congress in SEES.
sion ready to watch kuklux operations, and
what they alleged to be southern outrages,
and to curb Mr.. johnson. The Democrats
don't consider 1t any less important nov that
the Republican Administration should be