The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-01-26
FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS-
WASHINGTON, January %.
SENATE.


sented for the repeal Of the act of 1872,
relieving certain foreign products of ten
per cent duty, and against the repeal of
the restoration of duty on tea and coffee.
Referred.
After the morning business, the Com
mittce on Naval Affairs had the floor for
the disposition of the bills oh the calen-
dar reported by that committee.
Mr.. Morrill,, Of Maine, presented the
credentials oil Hannibal Hamln as S@na-
tor, for the term Of six years from March
4th, 1874
The chair laid before the Senatea let
ter from the Secretary of War in answer
tU the resolution OF the Senate, of the
lith instant, transmitting copies Of cor
respondence in relation TO certain disOr-
ders in the State of Louisiana. Ordered
printed and referred to the Committee on
Privileges and Elections.
The bill for the relief of the survivors
of the Polaris was passed.
At the expiration Of the morning hour
the Louisiana discussion was resumed,
and Mr.. johnson addressed the Senate.
Referring to the Presidents message in
answer to a resolution of the Senate, he
said the President had informed the Senate
as requested, why the officers Of the army
of the United States had been permitted
to interfere in the organization OF the
Louisiana Legislature The President
had really told the army to 90 to LOui-
siana and do what Kellogg tells you,
and the orders of Kellogg were the
orders of the President; the Republican
Legislature in Louisiana had seated three
or four men in the place of those elected
by General DeTrobiand; the men seated
in these places had no right in the world
to seats. Why did not the President
have thep put out? They were put
there defiance of all law. He next spoke
# troops being stati med in the South,
and said their presence there was the
cause of the greatest discord in the South
ern section. The President, IA COM
mandcr-in-chieI of the army, was bound
to obey the Constitution and it was his du-
tv to Oinstruct his Generals to obey, and If
they did not know how, he should teach
them Tie President declared in his mes
sage that if an error had been committed
by the army it had been on the side OF
good order and the maintenance of the
law. Was it to maintain the law that
the President of the United States un-
dertoOk to decide who were members of
the Louisiana Legislature? Was it to
maintain the law that directions were
given that the army should obey the
orders Of Kellogg? If so, where, where
was the law? He denied that any ku-
klux organization existed in the South
and in conclusion said all the Southern
people demanded was the right to govern
themselves.
Mr. Pease sent to the clerk desk and
had read the resolutions of the Mississippi
Legislature endorsing the action Of Gen.
Sheridan in Louisiana, and said the
President had been declared usurpcr
and military dictator. He had been ar
raigned on mere newspaper reports, but
when the facts came out it was shown
instead of any attempt to overthrow the
government OF Louisiana, the President
had only performed that which his oath
of office compelled him TO. The Prcsi-
dent was bound to recognize Kellogg rs
Governor of the State Congress has
taken 10 action to establish government
and the President had no other course
than the recognition of Kellogg left him.
He said the act of Wilt was part of
conspiracy on the part of the Democrats
to overthrow the government Of Lousi-
ana. Not one word Of ccnSUre had
come from the Democratic side Of the
chamber towards Wilt. who was revolu-
tional He was surprised that any Amer
lean Senator should stand in his place
and apologize for outrages committed in
Louisiana in the last few years, when it
had been shown that $500 persons had
been murdered there for political reasons
since 1866 He read from the report
of Mr.. SchurZ upon the condition of the
South, made in 1865, and said he begged
to assure that Senator Mr.. SrhurzJ that
the condition of affairs he found then had f.
been growing worse every day since f.
This new movement ut the South meant |
revolution and destruction Of the Repub- (
lie. Under the political teachings Of the |
Senator from Missouri Mr.. SChurZJ his |
State had been turned over to the seces-
sion democracy. and he would have the |
Republican party now turn over the |
South to the White League banditti. |
The old ku-Klux organization and the |
White League of to-day were the same.
Yet these murdcrerS and assassinS had /
their apologlsts on this floor.
Mr.. Thurman said the Senator had as |
serted that assassins and murderers had .
apologists on this floor. He demanded |
that the Senator name the apologists.
Mr.. Peasc said that perhaps he |.
should qualify that statement. |
He had not heard the Senator in his |
place apologize for murder and assassina-
ton; but when the Senators on the Re-
publican side spoke of these crimes, the |
Senators on the other side had treated .
them lightly. 1t is your Radical out /
rage mill gotten up for political purposes.
When the Senators from the South said /
that the Associated Press in that section /
was in the hands of the White League, /.
the Senators on the other side paid no at.
tention.
Mr.. Thurman said he utterly denied /
that there had been any member on the |
Democratic side who had said one word !
by way of apology for assassination, and .
there was no foundation for making such |
acharge. The Democratic Senators had de.
nounced the cxaggcration and falsehood;
when it came to be Il question otveracIty .
between the Senator from Mississippi 1.
aud the gentlemen of the Associated !
Press that the Senator Peasc) must al
low Democratic senators to reserve their
Judgement Before concluding his speech
Pease Welded to Sherman, who offered
resolution authorizing the President TO
appoint Commissioner to attend the
international Penitcntiary Congress, pro-
posed to be held at Rome next year.
Referred.
Mr.. Sherman presented resolutions on
the Cincinnati Light Guards in favor OF
the passage of law providing that arms
issued to the State of Ohio under the act
of 1908 shall not be charged to the State.
Referred.
Adjourned.