The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-01
The Ke1loggites in La. want
to Compromise.
The Committee Admit that
the Election was q Fraud.
Split among Republican
Congressnen ON I.Ouis-v .
lama Affairs. 8
The Radical Programme
Gets Another Set Back.
A bout So-sos in Wisconsin.
The Legislature of Mimi,
Demand that Bill King
Vindicate Himself or
Resign.
The Senatorial Fight about
as it was.
Suffering among the Grass
hoppered People.
Wintermute Granted a
New Trial.
Fire. Crime, Etc.
Fire. Crime, Etc.

WASHINGTON, ID. o., Jan. 30.-Adyices
from Louisiana represent that the plan
recently proposed by the Conservatives
for the compromise of the difficulties in
that state will doubtless be agreed to,
Dispatches received from prominent Re
publicans there indicate that the Hoar
committee will substantially agree with
the Foster committee on the subject of the
returning board, There is likely, howev-
er, to be an important difference in re
spect to intimidation. There is no doubt
that the Hoar committee will report that
much violence has been used to prevent
Republicans from voting. Packard has
recently telegraphed here that the Re-
publicaus are not making such show be-
fore the committee as is desirable for the
reason that it is not possible to obtain the
attendance of the necessary witnesses.
A further point in the compromise sug-
gested by the Louisiana Democrats is that
they will make no objection to Pinchback S
credentials, and will permit him to be
seated without opposition if the senate will
waive its objections to his moral character.
| Pinchback has been instructed to do his
part to secure the compromise here. and is
doing so.
L
to-day for FIVE hours. The discussion was
| very exciting and bitter. No definite ac-
ton was reached, but enough is known to
show that the difficulty with the senators
is not the seating of Pinchback, but the
recognition OF the Kellogg government.
So strong is the opposition to the latter
course, that it is intimated that Morton
will change his policy, and bring before
the senate resolution for the seating OF
Pinchback separately from his proposition
for the recognition of the Kellogg govern
,uent. Conkling and Howe, in the eau,
cuses Which have preceded that Of to day
have taken the strongest grounds agains,
Morton's proposition tor the recognition Of
Kellogg. Conkling's position is supposed
to be this: He will stand by the Presi
dent and give him cordial support in hi.
provisional recognition of Kellogg, but a.
"a lawyer, upon the evidence 10 the record
he will decline to be forced by caucus t.
recognize the Kellogg government as lie
gally valid. Howe takes exactly the sam'
position, and has intimated that he doe
not think it becoming in Morton to insis
in forcing caucus rule against the opin
ions of SO many senators. Wadleigh, o
New Hampshire, who was absent whel
the committee on elections voted yester
day upon the motion to recognize the va
Iidity of the kellogg government, has re
turned. His position Is practically identi
cal with that of Conkling and Howe, /
: the caucus to day the final proposition wa
to seat Pinchback without pressing tn
: resolution recognizing the validity Of th
Kellogg government. This motion di
: not prevail, but it is intimated that MOI
G ton will shape his course in accordanc
with that proposition. The Kellogg 20,
ernment is the incubus upon Pinchbacl
and not the reverse.
New ORLEANS, Jan. 29-The membe
h of the congressional investigating comml
tee have said, in the most unequivoc
terms. that, according to the testimor
produced before them, the Democra
31f elected a majority of the members of Il
house of representatives, but lost their a
vantages through the manipulations OF Il
returning board. Some of the Repub
Il cans of the house have been informed
=, this conclusion, and they have been urg,
to accept prior adjustment, for the pu
pose of relieving themselves of great I
Or sponsibilities, and at the same time C
q = the gnrdian knot which now renders legi
ID lative action impossible.
,e a WASHINGTON, ID. c., Jan 3O.-The r
We publican senators were in caucus to-da
q q or about five hours, on the Louisia
I'd question. After much debate it was ca
lg cluded to support the President in what
Il had already done relative 20 affairs in til
i'd state, and to stand by him in the future
b, support of the kellogg government in
~ ~ lawful authority. 1t is said there a
b, eight senators who dissent from this po
an ton of their Republican associates. I
AZ question of Pinchback's is still before t
'ss committee on privileges and elections.
. WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan, 3O.-Af
the house was called to order, the cle
proceeded to read the journal, omitting I
~ yeas and nays in detail, when Mr.. Rand
y raised the point of order that they III
4 be read. After long debate, the speal
decided that the point was well taken, a
directed the clerk to read the journal.
Il Mr.. Randall stated that his object wa:
ID consume the whole day in this manner,
= as to prevent the days notice being gi'
IS of the resolution to change the rules, {;
= thus throw that back tor another week.
- The proceedings were brought to cl
" at half past fur by adjournment, on
ton of Mr.. Butler Mass Up to t
, J time seventeen or eighteen of the roll C
had been read through out of the sever
. 60 seven taken. SO it would have been d
ieb, light Sunday before thejournal would h
8 re- been concluded, A mutton to adjourn
i fct. + Eldredge, was voted down, simply beca
sus- it came from the Democratic side, but
mediately the same motion was made
n. Butler and carried.