The Morning herald., 1876-01-21
yr American Press Association.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Is, 1875.

the Senate resuHiCu tho eo"'' 80 -
,,t,siss,npi resolution, introduced by Mr..
Norton of Indiana and that Senator ad-
a,,s,cd the Senate. He said he desired to
n.l the Senators to listen to evi.
Sonces SoM Of the outrages in Mississippi, and
Se se'y you'd present only that which came
sro,o Democratic sources, before doing that,
towaver. he wished to refer TO the financial
,oulition of Mississippi. 7aRC.
!, had been asserted repeatedly that the
Rsnublicau party in Mississippi had been
.vtravaeant and corrupt; that assertion had
been male the excuse tor gross outrages.
Whrn the reconstruction acts went into
onpraliou Mississippi was in bankrupt
condition, the Republicans found the
Snonces in deplorable condition. Mr..
Norton alluded to the action OF Mississippi
talorp the var in repudiating her bonds and
.Iaimed that such action had injured the
,rpIit credit of the State and the Republicans had
10 contend with this reputation he SAID, out
believed no one ever made well grounded
,barge against the judiciary OF Mississippi.
lie believed It was as pure as could bs
io,nd in any state. The Executive Depart
.oept he believed had been comparatively
pure. ,u
errors could not be sustained; he then gave
a detailed statement OF the different finan-
,jal measures OF Mississippi reviewing thC
lax laws of different years and showed that
All of them would compare favorably with
o,her States from whose laws he read.
Heyave the history of bonds of the Planters
bank which We're issued by the State and
eupseau.n,ly came into the hands of Geo.
Peabody and were finally entirely repudia-
ted by that State. He charged that no
other State In the Union had such record
ts that, Hs then read from newspapers
several extracts. He then gave detailed
f.atenent OF the management OF at1airs IN
Mississippi during the administration OF
Andrew johnson, and charged that the ap-
roin,menls made by the administration
were the most corrupt that were ever In
itced or any State. He quoted defalcation
Of 1850 by Hayes in 1866 which
was more than all other defalcstions.
The school laws and taxes for school
purposes were reviewed and commented
Upon, a.d compared with those Of other
states, showing them to afford equal advan
tages at equally as low rate OF taxation.
After this long review OF finances Of the
State, tic claimed that they were as pure
Ind as free from defects % those OF any otll-
cr State, and said that to make the charge
{. corruption in face of such facts, and to
Use kach charges Us the basis and excuse Tor
outrage, .ssassinotion and murder, was
base and outrageous. He then read q large
humber of extracts from the Mississippi
hews spapeas written during last election
campaign to show the lawlessness OF the
l'eople ,and their peterm nation to carry the
election at all hazards, using force when
ever deemed necessary to accomplish theit
tnd ....
Not being able to continue his remarks he
tskcd Lat the matter be allowed to 60 over,
tLu this Was agreed TO.
WASHINGTON, January 10, 1876.
The Speaker laid before the House
the lollowiu Executive communities
lions Which were severally referred from
he chief clerk OF the War Department trans
hitting lists oiproperty belongingto United
bureaus ; from Secretary and Treasurer,
transmitting report IN relation to- Alaska
Zeal fishing from chief clerk War Depart
'ncnt, renorting expenditures Of the. contin-
tent fund of The department, and It's several
'ureans from Secretary OF the Interior
!!ransui'ng report OF the Commissioner OF
!inG.fn Affairs relating TO- lPottowatonie q
hyaushego Indians Of Wisconsin A bill
vas passed authorizing Mr.. Eaton, Consol
IT lunts to accept commission from Bey,
" Iun's to represent him at the Centennial
Exhibition. -- .,-
On motion of Mr., Hopkins, Of Pennsyl-
Nan.a, the House went into Committee oi
nc Whole on the Center al Appropriation
ll, Mr.. Wood, of New 7 )rk in the chair
Mr.. Townsend, of New York, spoke ear,
leStly in favor of the celebration. This
speech was in humorous vein and his
lflt'cJsms Of objections made to the appro.
lriation by MIR. Willis, of New York and
.lf. keagan, Of Texas, were received Win
!oarS of laughter. Mr.. Townsend, Pa,
Sls" advocated the passage of The bill; he
!!et'erred to remarks of Mr.. Tucker, Of
Virginia and Mr.. Seeleye, OF Massachusett.
una SAID he could not exactly understand
what these gentlemen meant by constitu
.lohal kcruples. In bis opinion tht
SohoCi McduI VhU'
Nhen strict constructionists wanted
anything 1t was constitutional, anc
"hen they did not want anything it Wasno
Constitutional. Mr.. Stenger, Of Pennsyl
ana, said he could not help remarkins
.haN IN his opinion the bill was uuconstitu
lI2na'' The South was reconstructed, ant
n'.nough against. his voice and vote, OF
many points he obviated by IL. Mr.. Cook
VI georgia, said with him the present wa
imply question of duty. The constitution
,nni'S me laxtion Of the people for certail
"nrposes, and the question was whether thi
@ 'allc within that limit. Mr.. Banks of Massa
,l,nN5ettf, l,nn advocated the measures as proper
H,s 1uruens upon the people of the Unite'
u,aIes, ,ha e., Mr.. FELTON,, of Georgia, oppose'
,:n ae olil on the grounds that the appropria
s,on would make the government the larges
So o.ock1,older, and the exhibition would the
nSs" tyo1e a'stinction as not being an enterpris
~, sa,I i''e people. MIR. Jones, of Kentucky
h'l. l"m ne supported the measure because h
''lVCNeu 1t in intprnst of paana oud amit