The Portland daily press., 1877-11-12
WASHINGTON.


ne Louisiana Senatorship
=, WASHINGTON, Nov. 10-At the meeting of
tue Com mitree on Elections Monday the fol-
Hosr:
Resolved, That after hearing such evidence
as tue committee shall deem competent the
committee will report tc the Senate its conclus-
ion upon the following questions:
Flrst-Were the persons holding certificates
from the returning board alone entitled to vote
10 the election of senator at the time Kellogg
claims to have been elected?
SecoDd-Can any subsequent events affect
the legality tf the elections held on the 10th of
January, 1877?
Third-Did the returning board act fraudu-
lenty 10 determining the Question to whom
they should issue certificates?
fourtn-Wheth the persons who voted in
the election OF Kellogg were such persons as
would in fact have been found entitled to have
seats by the respective houses on a fair and
Juse .rsai anu the decision of each case on its
merits?
The Pacific Roads.
Tbe Senate Judiciary Committee heard ar.
guments To-Day from representatives of Kansas
Pacific. Union Pacific and Sioux CITY and
racine railroad companies on the subject of
the interest on the Indebtedness of those cor
porations to the United States government. and
the proper amounts they should be required to
pay annually for the creation of sinking funds
to discharge it.
caucus OF Republican Senators.
The Republican members of the Senate held
caucus today from about noon until after 5
O'Clock. 1t was called for the purpose of ex-
changing views upon the political situation
| and was very fully attended The topics dis
cussed were the so-called Southern policy"
| and civil service policy" of the present ad-
| ministration, with especial reference to the
| Louisiana contest and suudry nominations
| (such as the New York custom house anpoint-
| ments) now before the committees of the Sem
| ate for examination
| No action was taken by the caucus in regard
| to any OF the questions involved. Opinions
| were however, freely interchanged bv nearly
| all the Senators present, showing that the ma
| Jorlty were not in accord with the views and
| action OF the President on one or the other or
both OF the subjects discussed, but that there
were less than majority disposed to make
any formal issue with him, such course not
beng IN the judgment of the greater number
| expedient IN party point of view or called for
by public interests under the present circum-
stances. The expressions of opinion TODAY
| we're more than ordinarily free and explicit.
there being special pledge that the utter
ances of individual members should not be
made known to the public.
| The Indian Pow-wow.
The Ponca indians were received at the
Executive Mansion this afternoon to hear the
| response of the President to their statements,
| The ceremonies were in the Cabinet coupcil
chamber. Lhe President said:
MY Trends have carefully considered what
you have said to me. You have always listen
| 60 TO what the goverpmeht of the white people
has said to you, and you have done what you
were told to do. 1 will do all I can to helm
| YOU. You were removed from your old rese rva-
ton to guard you from collision with other
IndiaDs VINO are niriendly to you. think it
| would not he good for your own welfare that
| you should travel back so great distance to
| the same placs. You complain that on the
iano you now occupy you are exposed to much
annoyance from bad men. There is much good
| land IN the Indian Territory, further awav
from the white settlements, where YOU will not
be exposed to such annoyances For the land
which you left on the Missouri River you shall
hsVe tract as large and fertile. L shall see
tnaS on me iands you are to occupy houses
snail be built for you as good as those you had
on the Missouri River, and you shall yourselves
be employed IN building them aud be paid for
the work you do. You shall be supplied with
agricultural implements and also with cattle !:
| so that you shall lose nothing [ will try to see
to it that YOU have schools for your children.
White Eagle, Frank Le1esche Smoke M aker
and Standing Buffalo, after the Poncas had lis
tened to the President, briefly spoke Reiter-
ating sneir desire to follow the advice OF the
| great father as they had hitherto DONE and de-
ploring their condition as they now existed
| The Indians all expressed a desire to confer
| luther with the President next week, saving
they had additional complaints to make Stand
ing BuHalo said he was only afraid of the
whites IN their present location, and not of the
| Indians
The German Mission.
| WASHINGTON, Nov. H. 1t is stated in
| special despatch from Peoria, ILL.,, published
to-day, that Col. Robert Ingersoli has been
rendered the appointment as Minister to Ber-
| lin. This Is mistake 1t is true, however.
that the President expressed his intention or
wish to give the appointment to that STATE.
leaving to the Republicans of tie Illinois
delegation to suggest the name of a nominee.
That OF Coz. logtrsoll has been prominently
mentioned iu this correction, as also the name
| OF ex-Representative Baker of Illinois. who
served with President Hayes in Congress. and
was on Intimate terms with him. The delega-
ton has not yet come to a conclusion
| The Banking Laws.
Mr. Willis of New York will tomorrow in
troouce IN the House very important bill to
be referred to the Committee on Banking and
| Currency, entitled IAN act to simplify the
| national banking laws and to remove all nm
necessary restrictions and burdens therefrom /"
Ii removes taxes from capital and deposits !;
| provinces for reserve to be contracted by banks
themselves on an average throughout the
| year OF 20 per cent ; aboIshes district cities
and allows the banks to keep their moneys
| where their best interests dictate The bill
removes the special privileges of banks having
| $5,O0O,OOO Capital 1t also provides that sigma
lures TO bills can be written or engraved, as the
| banks may elect. 1t also modifies and greatly
narrows the discretionary power Of the Comp.
troller. 1t also provides that the state author
tiles shall not impose tax beyond per centum
on shares of national banks. 1t also provides
for only quarterly reports and abolishes bank
examiners. 1t finally provides that all ex-
| penses whatsoever relating to national banks
shall be taken from the fund derived from the
i tax on national banks
Coiered Men Complain that They Are NOT
Recognized snfa rieniIy by the Admins
| traitor.
| A letter appears in one of the Sunday pa
pers today, written by the secretary of a new
| organization called the 'Irvincibleso at the
instance of com ittee of that body and adj
dressed to Prof. Lapgston, in which Complaint
IS made that the African race is not sufficiently
recognized by the administration IL is said
tnat the organization is already ZOO strong in
this city, that though vouUg it has RAPIDLY
spread sEd throughout the United States, and by
tne next PRESIDENTIAL election every truo black
man will be enrolled in its ranks. The Mat
form is Justice and recognition according to