Evening star., 1877-10-23
The Louisiana SeuatorshtP.
MEETING OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE.
The Senate committee on privileges AL

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cided TO hear one person on each side either
The claimant or his counsel, allowing a
| hour To each.
MR. sHELLABARGsR oPENED THE DE
| BATE
for Kellogg. and began b5 qUoting fro n III
state cot stIlujiOu aud stat lIsS. He sal iha'
on The lst of January, 1877, The state senate
met W IN quorum. In the house there wer,
duly elected CS members, 81 was quorum
The legislature OF Louisiana, with Quorum
In tine house and senate, eX stei with every
/ requirement OF law. aud acknowtet gei by
every executive officer in the state the
real legislature, and continued Till the 65h o
January. On the lst OF January the Nicholl.
mouse organized with % members, bat thers
We're three members. all admitted by the
az mocrStlc journals to have been defeated In
| NOVem ber. In the convention OF the two
houses for canvassng for governor anf
Lieutenant governor there were p senators
Two nt them contestants, R-d - menu oers
On the ath of January ne Waite le2g...
organized with all the tuS gGia OF war. A n
the violence that followed haf all the signs
OF levied war, and all thsiI acts were revolu
| tonary acts, and the league seated the nv.
appomtees OF Nichols. They kent a nu.nN
ner OF senators and representatives out ot
lhelr seats on the first DAY. Mr.. SheilabargeI
then quoted from SpoffOrd. that where lharr
are two alleged governments in a state at the
same time, both running for honor on par
| allel lines. and one OF those, the de jure gov
eminent, disappears, then i'm that case the
/ &cls OF Inc de ytpe government - out. and
| The acts of the de yGciO governments are OF
! effect from its beginning.
! never used the words 5e jtDe aud de CIc,o
and most strenuously denied that there was
| de yITe government i'm Louisiana.
Judge Shellaharger said he depended upon
the records for his use OF the word ds lure
| government. Congress is TO decide which of
| Two rival governments is right, and when
both houses recognize one, that settles it,snd
| they are not bouhd by the success which fol
| lows the other side. Congress in seatiog their
| members can settle such a question, and
when the Executive, under the act OF -, de-
/ q nm h0 IL, -.
| Congress can set him right He referred To a
| noted legal case in Clarke and Hairs con-
tested election cases the result of which was
! The decision that when a recognized leyisIa
| ture makes an election, il stands.
The committee adjourned al the conclusion
OF Judge Shellabarger's argument until half
| past ten to- morrow, when Mr.. Spofford will
! be permitted TO present his side.
1T Is SAID that the President has ten dered
the English mission to Simon Cameron, of
Penna., and that he is holding its acceptance
under advisement.
PERSONAL. - Ex- Congressman Bowen,
from South Carolina, is in the city. up
| Is. :. Pinchback, of Louisiana, was on the
! floor of the Senate this morning.
| THE CABINET to day finally decided upon
| the New York custom house appointments
precisely as they were given in THE STAR
| last Friday. No action was taken on ;he
| EnSllsn mission.
SENATOR MoRToN.-First Assistant Post
master General Tyner today received a dis
patch from indianapolis, saying that Seua-
| tor Morton is doing well. and that Dr. Bliss
is well pleased with his progress.
1HE WASHINGTON MoNUMESr-To-d day
| the Engineer Bureau, at the suggestion OF
| the joint commission on the Washington
| Monument, directed Gen. Gilmore. OF the
~ hnA
| Oh TIE sides of the foundation last winter FOR
the purpose Of getting specimens OF the earth
| SURRENDER or APACHES-Tne ConmIs-
| si"ner 'f Indian affairs to-day received the
! following dispatch from Ojo Caliente, Y. NJ. -.
| via Craig: General Hatch. commanding
| district. reports one hundred and ninety one
| southern Apache Ind ans surrend rad AZ
| Wlngste, ami hfty-siX more expected soon.''
| AT MEETING OF the Senate committee
on military affairs this morning a large
numb of bills before the committee were
| referred 10 appropriate ub-committees. II
| l.. Barrett, president of the salmon fisheries
| on The Columbia river, Washington terri
| toiy, spoke in favor of retaining the fisheries
| 'ocattd at the Three Tree Point military
| reservation. The matter was referred by ihe
committee 10 the Secretary Of War.
| PETITIoN FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE
! CAPITOL GRoUNDs--In the Senate this
morning Mr.. Dawes submitted a petition.
| signed by Amos Hunt and thirty residents of
| the District OF Columbia, asking for the pas
sage OF an act authorizing the extension OF
| the Capitol grounds from Ist to I'd streers
| east and from Il street north TO street
south, and an appropriation for the location
| Tor the Congressional library, Supreme
Court and other necessary national build-
! ings.
| AN ANONYMOUS LETTER, signed The
Employees of the Interior Department, ;" was
to- =, Co.,
tests against The confirmation of Assistant
Secretary AlODzo Bell, OF the Interior de
| rartmeDt; accuses him OF being arrogant nj
| domineering toward his employees; incom-
ptteDt 10 MI The duties OF his position ami
| OF having violated in ten separate Instances
| the administration rules of civil ryice
| reform. The letter also attacks Secretary
ShuTZ. IL is understood that this document
| comes from some discharged EN- ployeS of
| The InteriOr department, and appearing ia
| this anonymous underhand form does mol
have much weight.
SENATOR BLAINE is much better To dav,
but is still confined to his bed. He recei we'd a
dispatch from his soa this morning 10 the
effect that his daughter, Alice, who acci-
dentaliy shot herself was ouI Ofdanger and
that the physician had hopes that her coun-
tenance would not even be disdgured. The
real cause OF the Senator's present Illness
was the extreme worriment OF mind con Sc
quent upon receiving the sudden and painful
Intelligence of the accident To his daughter.
lie remained In doors on Sunday, expecting
at any moment 10 hear of her death. There
were no fires in any OF the roOms, an. The
extreme anxiety and unfsvorable weather
threw him into q chill, from the effects of
which his many friends will be glad 10 learn
hat he is rapidly recovering He does not
now expect TO go east.
JAY GOULD, representing the Uaion Pa
cifc railroad company, and c. p. Hunting
don, the Central Pacific company, arrived
here this morning Tneir object is 10 lad lcs
the Secretary of the Treasury aui the Sec
retary Of the Interior to recommend to Con
gress the plan submitted by the two con
panies with reference to the liquidation OF
the interest Indebtedness to the Unitei
States. The plan proposed by the companies
is to pa y into the Treasury each year $780,
0C0, which, in addition to the transportation
account the officers OF the railroad com
panies think will be a sufficient amount To
liQuidate the interest when due thirty years
hence. Tue government mas heretofore held
that the amount OF half a million dollars al
nualiy would not be a sufficient sun 10 meet
he tDtei est, aud IL Is probable thar neither
Secretary SchurZ or sherman will make
any recommendation in the premises.
PRECE UrIoNS AGAINST FIREIN THE p.
q. D.-Postmaster General Key has sent a
cfYrn I'M, n - tin,a To arN