The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-01-08
CONGRESS-.
Consideration OF Senator Thurman
Resolution.
Logan and COnklIng Hear the cold
Sounds" from the Galleries.
Senator Hamilton Tells the Radicals
What Can be "DOne About It,"
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, January THE work
ingmen of Pennsylvania ask II subsidy
for the Texas ana Pacific railroad.
Mr. Morgan opposed the appropri
ations for public buildings in the pres
ent state Of the finances.
Senators Gordon and Edmunds made
some personal remarks of conciia,
tory character.
The senate passed the bill to remove
the Limitation restricting the circula.
ton of banking associations in issuing
notes payable in gold.
The senate resumed the consider
alton of the resolution submitted yes
terday by Mr. Thurman regarding the
Louisiana troubles, the pending ques-
ton being on the motion of Mr. Conk-
ling to insert the words, "If compat-
IDLE with public interest" Consider.
able discussion ensued.
Mr.. Hamilton, of Maryland, said the
senator from Wisconsin (Howe) had
suggested, what are you going to do II
the president does not answer the res.
olution? He did not believe that the
president would decline to answer, but
what will we do if he does not give the
reasons for his action? The army does
not belong to the president nor to the
governor ofany state, but it belongs to
the people, and rs representatives of
the people, If the president uses the
army for improper purposes, If he Uses
it against the liberties of the people,
we can stop his supplies. We can
strip him of every soldier, we can
leave him without n vessel-that is Il
remedy which we have against des-
potic executive and our duty to the
people might be such as to compel us
to use it.
Mr.. Logan said that he had reported
that, in his opinion, there had been
such frauds that neither Kellogg OF
McEnery were elected. He then re-
peated his question to Mr.. Hamilton
whether he endorsed the action of
Penn IN overturning the state govern
ment.
Mr.. Hamilton-Why there was no
state government to overthrow, and
the honorable senator has SO rep0rte l.
Laughter on the floor and applause in
the galleries
Mr.. Sargent, of California, gave no
tice, in case of further applause, he
would move that the galleries bc clear
ed.
Mr.. Logan said SO far rs he was con-
corned, he did not mind the applause
in the galleres-it was the same he
had heard years ago, in the infancy OF
the rebellion.
Mr.. Hamilton, resuming his argu-
ment, said, AS to tie causes OF the late
war, he would say nothing. but he
would say to the honorable senator
from Illinois (L0gan) that American
freedom was born in revolution andre
bellion, and the sympathies Of the
American people We're always with
those who rose against oppression aud
tyranny.
[Great applause and Kisses in the
gallery on the right Of the chair.
Mr.. Sargent moved that the galleries
be cleared. Agreed to.
Mr.. Conkling appealed to the sena-
tor from California tSargent) TO SO
modify his motion SO to aim at those
portions of the galleries where the dis
respect had been shown. So far as
these persons whom he heard by their
predecessors in 1860 and 1861, he knew
they were practicing their indignity
upon the rights of the senate, he had
no objection to interpose against turn
ing them out of the galleries.
Mr.. Upton, of Nehra. ka, said he on
w wanted to finish the speech com
mencd by the senator from New \ ork.
When he (Conkling) intimated that
all the applause came from persons
who sympathized with thegentiemail
from Maryland, he tIiptonl wished to
remind him that much of the applause
Yesterday was from those who synipa-
tbized with the party to which the
gentleman (Conkling) belOng-d.