New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-05-05
BY. TELEGR APH .
CONGRESS.
Senate.

ee0at0s
WASHINGTON, May 4.-The Chair laid be-
fore the Senate the report of the Quarter.
master General in answer to q resolution OF
the Senate.
William A. Young has been appointed
telegraph operator to the Senate.
Mr.. Sherman presented remembrance
of manufacturers of and dealers IN tobacco
against any change in the present mode q
packing tobacco. Referred to the Commit
tee on Finance.
The Committee on Commerce reported
engaged in the navigation of the Mississippi
river and its tributaries above the port OF
New Orleans from entrance and clearance.
Calendar.
Mr.. Morrill, submitted a concurrent reso-
luton that Congress adjourn from the ninth
to the twelfth.
Without action, impeachment was re-
sumed.
Both parties, in view of the possible ad-
iournment for the centennial, proposed to
adjourn the court to the fifteenth.
The Senate, by q vote of % to 30, refused.
Mr.. Blair opened the argument against
Jurisdiction, quoting various English works.
and cited several instances where the resig-
nation of judges stopped impeachment.
Mr.. Lord followed, claiming that the
body had Jurisdiction, and that an officer
He quoted from great number of legal
authorities in support of his views, and
concluded his argument at five o'clock Ad-
journed.
Ia committee, Mr.. Vance spoke in favor
of his bill paying contractors in the South
prior to 1861. He made patriotic appeal
for the burying of all sectional animoslties
| and bitter recollections caused by the war,
| and proclaimed the good feeling OF the
| South.
| Mr.. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, testified to
| that same good feeling and' related his
| experience in the South the last year. and
how on decoration day the graves OF Union
soldiers were strewn with flowers as plously
az those of Confederate soldiers. He would
saw to those of the Blue, preserve every
monument of your valor and your sacrifice,
for the day will come when all the people
will treasure memento of American courage,
skill and sacrifice in the great war. Ap-
| plause on the Democratice side
Mr.. Vance thanked Mr.. Kelley for his
words.
A resolution appropriating $4,000 for the
expenses of Mr.. Gibson's New Orleans CON-
mittee passed.
The concurrent resolution that Congress
adjourn from the ninth to the twelfth
passed.
M. Blaine offered q resolution directing
the Committee on Ways and Means to con
slider at once some measures for the relief
of the country from the threatened scarcity
of currency. :,
The message from the President, declin
ing to furnish the House with information
as to his various absences from Washing
ton, was read and was received with COO
| diedain on the Democratic side and with
evident enjoyment on the Republican side
At the conclusion of the reading Mr.: Ran
dali. of Pennsylvania, moved that it be re
ferred to the Judiciary Committee and
| printed, and it was go ordered.
Mr.. MacDOugall, of New York, ther
offered q resolution instructing the select
committee for the investigation of fedora
| offices in Louisiana to make full and com
plete investigation of the circumstance!
attending the assassination of N. II
Twitchell and David King on Red river
Louisiana, particularly as to whether tn
cause was or was not Of political charac
ter.
Mr.. Randall-While that is q State mat
ter, l hope tnat no one will object to th
resolution.
Mr.. Beebe. of New York, desired to hav'
an investigation also into the killing OF tw'
negroes, and woundlng of eight others, a.
the late election at Indianapolis.
Mr.. Townsend, of New York. remarked
amid much uproar. that the Republican,
carried the election, and that the Dem
ocrats killed the negroes.
Mr.. MacDougall declined to yield tor MIR
Beebe's amendment.
Mr.. Levy, of Louisiana, in behalf OF tn
| people of that State. invited q thorough IN
| yestigation into the killing at Red river.
Mr.. MacDougalls resolution was adopted
Adiourned,