The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-12-08
The Louisiana and South Caro-
lima Tangled Senatorial
Skein Unrsveled.
Patterson Opens Fire on the Admins
traiien, C0Bkiing, Edmunds-fhe
First Is Traitor, the Second
Poor Authority and the
Third Malignant.
The Called Session Pans Out Eiqhteen
Hundred Bills. of Which Only the
Army Appropriation and Naval
Deficiency Bills became Laws.
The whole Syssem of Taxation " III
BE Taken uudeF Revision aud "a Re
aaction AZ Psomts.a

The whole system of Taxation " III
BE Taken uuaer Revision aud "a Re
aaetiop AZ Promised.
WASHINGTON, November 30.-The
house, Pacific railroad committee emet
to-day aad adjourned without action.
Senator Patterson and Christisrcy
we're at the executive mansion to-day.
Judge Humphreys will give his tieci-
sion Ia the Patterson hd6eas corpus
case at 10 O'Clock on Wednesday.
The publication is generally eonsid-
cred accurate, although some DENY it's
genuineGess, claiming that the presi-
dents message on Monday viii prove
its falsity.
IL is reported that an investigation is
already on foot TO discover the source
Of the leak. In this probably true re-
port, the president fayOrs resumption,
and Is not opposed to limited silver.
The Evening Star say the regular
session of the cabinet to-day was uu-
usually short. The publication iB the
New York sun, purporting TO be q por-
tiou of the PRESIDENTS message, was
talked over, but the cabinet officers are
all reticent on the subject, neither de-
Dying or affirming the truth of il.
The Brsnt Island light, shown De-
cemher lst, fog bell he sounded in fog
gy weather at Intervals of twenty
minutes,
The democratic members who were
absent from the senate committee on
conn resolved TO report unfavor-
ably on the New YORK custom house
nominations.
TIE Virginia, Midland d Tennessee
route have resumed their fast schedule,
recently interrupted by the freshet,
and now run their line of Pullman
sleeping cars between Washington aud
New Orleans without change.
Nir Marsh Polk snd J as. o. Gaines,
state comptroller of Tennessee, are en-
route home from New York, where
they made tinsl settlement with the
Mississippi Central railroad company,
receiving one million, Two hundred
Thousand dollars in state bogds in full
discharge OF all debts due the state.
The subcommittee of ways and
means, on revision of the tariff and in
ternal revenue, are at work every day
and will probably submit a report
early in the regular session of the re-
suit OF their labors. the whole system
OF taxation will undergo a thorough
revision and there Will ba q reduction.
n heavy pressure is beiug brought
upon the committee, Messrs. Ward,
I Tucker and Gibson, from the west and
east, to remove the duty on sugar aud
| it behooves the Louisiana planters TO
/ bring ali the influence at their CON-
mspd to back General Gibson, who,
| fortunately for them, is ON this i'm.
portaBt committee.
| In the senate the discussion of the
Ke!logg-Spofiord case contiDued.
Messrs. Howe and Hin spoke elabo.
rateiy of past events
| The feature OF the day was Mr.. Pat
terson. He said be had already an.
nounced his intention To vote to seat
81. &. Batter as senator from South
Csrolins, and he would vote cheerful
ly to seat William L. kellogg, IA sena
{ from Louisiana. He had resisted
every motion 10 give the case of Kel
iogg precedence over that OF Butler
because the Batter ease was before tn,
senate first, Had the Kellogg case beer
brought up first, he would have vot Il
as steadily against dispiscing it. II.
then criticised the action of the admin
istratiop in Withdrawing the troop
rom South Carolina, and said tn,
troops were withdrawn ia spite of tn
remonstrance OF those who secured tn
election of the president who recog
nized the democratic state government
and turned the republicans Of Soutl
Carolina over to their enemies.
He replied very sharply 10 the re
marks OF Messrs. Eduunds ard Con
ling. and said he repudiated and dis
owned the authority OF such ss they t
pass Judgment on his fidelity to th
: republican party. lie spoke of MI
Conkling as the Achilles of the senat,
: aud characterized the attack of Ml
i Ednuuds upon iiD AS malignan
, Referring To indictments u2Siust bir
/ in South Carolina, he sad hs va
. ready 10 answer all these ciisrges.
He defended General Butler froI
charges Of completely ia the Hambur
i, massacre, and in concluding his r,
4 marks again commented severely O
the southern policy OF the adminisfrl
tion, saying he understood it AS aba,
doning political friends to coEeil:al
political foes.
II He ridicuied the idea of the reviv
:. the old Whig party, aud said If u
president would go down the polite
valley of dry bones and infuse life iui
them, he would stand 80 the chaDpic
resurrec.ionist of the age. Referrir
to the religious element OF the sout
he said they worshipped gold and Il
: democratic party, (isughter) and wou
u not bow down to this brezen image
d southern policy, called Hayes, whit
v Munchausen had set up. {Renew,
l. laughter
~ Wneu Patterson concluded q vo
was taken on Mr. tSauisouTy's suhsi
ie tute, to recommi, the Kellogg Spoffo
case-29 to %. Coaoyer voted ns,
'e oglesby was paired with Mr.. Davis,
. Illinois. The vice president did q
IS vote, saying the substitute, not hAvi
ut received . majority was disagreed
A recess was taken to halfpass sew
IN o'clock.
i'll The queetion now reeurs on I
at adoption of the commiftee's report q
II resolution seating kellogg.
m An ail night session is expected.
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n | bridges recently washsd sway ly
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