The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-19
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WASHINGTON NEWS.
r,,e,is and Pinchback have Ar
rived in Washington.
rustis' Credentials Presented.
p,uchback Will Probably be
Seated.

Seated.
w.su,yEroN. Jan. 1s.-Speaker Kerr
..s ycceived the memorial or the Louis
isra Convention. A caucus Of the party
I'M he held on Saturday to consider
shat action should be taken upon 1t.
Eustis and Pinchback arrived this
morning. and tho Senatorial question
, mi probably be settled in few days.
pinchback will bc seated and the
rcmocrats of the House will refuse to
voonen or agitato the Louisiana question.
Our people must take caro- of thom-
selyes This IL the Northern sentiment.
W.sutNaToN, Jan. 1S.-Government
receipts to-day Internal revenue, $192,-
ss7 lg customs, BAD. 100 AZ.
Inc amount of national bank notes
received ut the Treasury to-day for re-
dcmptlon aggregated $585,S55.
The Democratic Executive Commit
toe will meet in this city on Washing
toms birthday, ana appoint The time
and place Of The meeting OF the Demo,
cratic Convention for tho nomination OF
candidates for President and Vice
President.
The Texas Border Committee has ap-
nointed n subcommittee to obtain in
iormntion from the War Department
IN the subject or raids from Mexico and
lower California. The committee will
MI visit Texas, but will send TO that
State for persons and papers.
Isaac d. Sibley, of Huntsville, Ala,
WAS nominated day by the President
as Postmaster Of that city.
Proceedings Of Congress.
WASHINGTON, jan. 1s.
Eeudte.--The Chair laid before the
Senate communication from the Sec
retary OF the Interior In reference to the
duties OF Indian agents; also a commit
nIcation from the Freedman's Bank. en-
closing report of It's operations,
which was referred to the Committee on
Finance and ordered printed.
Senator Thurman presented crodcn-
tals OF james Il. Eustis, OF Louisiana,
and asked that they be read. They were
being read when Mr.. Sherman suggested
that the further reading thereof be dis
pensed with
Mr.. Conkling asked who certified
these papers; +; they might be n transcript
L of the proceedings OF an election, but
we're not such credentials as the Senate
could receive The law specifies the
form Of credentials and these are In no
sense such. Should they be received or
even read In the Senate as credentials,
when they appear not to be credentials
Mr.. Morton desired that the papers be
laid over until tomorrow.
Mr.. Thurman said there was no
law 10 compel u Governor to give
Al A..
one, and II he should withhold the
from taking his seat on that account !?
And transcript of the proceedings
ought to be sufficient to admit him.
Mr.. Conkling averred that was not
the state or this case; there was pri'ld
fGcid evidence that these were not Gre
dentials, and he should object to receiv-
Ing them until they were read.
Mr.. Thurman said the papers were
being read when the reading was inter
ruptcd.
After further discussion tho papers
were ordered printed In the record, and
laid over till tomorrow.
Mr.. Dawes presented petition pray
Ing for change of the law on postage
on newspapers.
Several petitions were presented by
different Senators, from citizens, asking
that the stamp tax on bank checks be
repealed;
The Chair laid before the Senate a
memorial from the Democratic Conven-
fton OF Louisiana relating to the pOliti-
IA cal affairs of that State.
BY Mr.. Harvey: A bill to extend the
provisions Of an act for settling the ac-
counts Of Mississippi and other States.
The regular order being the adoption
OF the resolution calling on the Secretary
OF the Treasury for the Treasury ac-
counts was taken up, and Mr.. Boutwell,
took the door in reply to the statements
fMr. Davis. He took up each of the
allegations and explained them, show
ing that the difference IN the state
ments was owing to the difference in
making up and balancing different ac-
counts. Differences OF opinion were
constantly arising between subordi-
mates. and even superior officers,
as TO the manner OF tabulat-
ing, which give an apparent
and not a difference in the accounts.
ne characterized the statement OF Mr..
paws in relation to the public debt as
the most extraordinary use Of figures to
produce given result he ever saw. He
tnought they were calculated to give
wrong Impressions. II was extremely
niiuculL 10 classify all details or eX-
penses OF the Treasury Department. In
explanation to the charge Of difference
10 some of the receipts from year to
year 1t might be said that many Of the
warrants had not been paid in full and
the sums We're carried along in different
accounts. He said the Senator from
west Virginia had charged that instead
q the public debt having been de-
creased four millions in 1870. it had
really increased seventeen millions,
how,eould the Senator, either in reason or
Justice make such statement as that
when foot note on the very page from
which be took his figures explained that
Tor $5S,000O62 Of Indebtedness, the
United States had the same amount Of
notes to affect this. Mr.. Davis inquired
u he had not used in kis statements the
ngures which were in the reports.
Mr.. Dayis-I suppose the figures
we're in the report. But what are
hgures for II not to state facts and give
ns correct information.
mr.. Edmunds inquired if the Senator
Ecm West Virginia intimated that the
looks had been changed since the ac
counts were made up.
Mr. Davis said the figures in the
oV0ks had been changed frequently.
NJ: Edmunds said the point was not
wnether figures had been changed to
s1!ust the accounts, but had they been