The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-01-27
WASHINGTON.
A Field Day In the House OF
Representatives.
The Compromise Electoral Bill
In the Hands of the
President.
1t Passed the House After an
Earnest and Mastery Debate
by II Vote of 101 to SO.
As Mr. Hill, of Georgia, Concluded
Ills Brilliant PerOratlOn, u rele-
gram Announced His Election
TO The Senate.
The Senate Committee on Louisiana Az.
fairs UnfavOrable 10 Packard Mr..
ZONES Presents the Florida Case
to the Senate Notes and News.
Notes and Gossip in ana Around the
Capital.

Capital.
WASHINGTON; Jan. 26.-The electo.
raj count bill passed the House by a
vote of l9l to SO.
Ex-Governor Kellogg and Marshal
Pitkin, of Louisiana, interviewed Pres
ident Grant this morning.
Combinations - Alexander Sharp,
paymaster of the army; Glenn, post.
master, Dalton.
Nomination-C. d. Haynes, post
master, Aiken, Georgia.
The Commissioners of Indian Affairs
will strike from the treaty the clause
designating the Sioux to the Indian
Territory.
The reported interview between the
President and Senator Ferry regarding
the bill published this morning, is
bogus.
Nominations Thos. Settle, North
Carolina, District Judge Fla; BeDj. +
Flanders, Asst. Treasurer of New Or
leans; Harris p. Hurst, Collector o.
Customs, Pearl River district, Miss
John ii. Braxton, for district OF Ports
mouth and Norfolk, Va.
Major Richards, chief OF police, and
Detectives McDevitt, Miller and Nc
Elfresh, were suspended, and Theodore
+. Gatchell, president OF the board,
will assume the office of major and
chief of police.
Bush CorrObOrates DeBerry In the
Chandler Dispatch Business.
c. II. Bush, Florida telegraph
operator, testified that Stearns tele-
graphed Secretary Chandler: "Bis-
marck should be at or near Tallahassee
Immediately" Chandler replied that
he had seen the president and secretary
of war, and that troops would be sent
Immediately. He knew nothing very
definite, and refused to ans Her whether
or not he had communicated this be-
fore.
Judge S. b. Carpenter, Of South
Carolina, has teen here several days,
writing his opinion In some cases
deeply affecting the position of parties
in that State. He leaves tonight, and
will render decision early next week.
Morton has received letter from eX-
Governor Dix, of New York, endorsing
his action, saying: Hereafter the
Republican party will know where to
look for leaders who do not quail in
the time OF trial.n
Louisiana Matters-Packard Abnn-
dOned by the Senate Committee.
1t has TRANSFERRED that it is not con-
sidered q serious disturbance Of the
status quo for persons Of either party
in Louisiana, who are qualified with
credentials, to take charge Of offices
voluntarily surrendered by the holders
These are measures OF law which
General Augur will not interfere with.
The foreshadowing of the Louisiana
Senate Committees report is that the
majority will claim intimidation
enough to justify the action of the Re-
turning Board regarding the electoral
vote, but that the Boards action was
illegal regarding State officers and the
Legislature. The report will hold that
the Legislature should have been Or
ganized by members shown elected by
the face Of the returns. 1t may also
suggest that Kellogg hold over as gov
ernor till the Legislature is organized
on this basis; or 1t may recommend a
provisional military government. The
minority report will show that what
intimidation did exist, was more than
offset by fraud and irregulsrity of the
Returning Board. 1t is intimated that
two Republican members of the COM
mittee regard the Packard govern
ment unfayorably, and will so report
specially.
Conversational ProceedinEs-A Gala
INV I'm Debate-Lamar, EilI, Anott
and Brown.
House: The debate to-day on the
compromise electoral bill lasted FRO 10
10 o'clock this forenoon until D O'Clock
this evening. 1t did not abate ID ID
terest during the whole seven hours
and from the opening till the ADJOURN
ment of the session the galleries were
crowded, and many visitors were ad'
mitted to the floor.
Speeches against the bill were maze
by Knott, Blackburn and jones' Oh
Kentucky; Mills, ofTexas' ana single
ton and Lynch. of Mississippi WINE
Lamar, of Mississippi, Brown' OF
ut,,nt,,, and Hill of Georgia, mhut