The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-01-24
WASHINGTON.
The Presidents Views un.
changed With Regard 10
Louisiana Matters.
Prohibition Of the Use Of
Troops at Polling
Places.
Commercial Men Continue TO Come TO
the Front In Behalf OF the
Electoral-COunt Bill.
COnkling in the Senate and
Tucker, of Virginia, i'm the
House in Its Adj
.vOcacy.
An Elector In South Carolina Testlhes an
Attempt Was Made to Bride Him to
Vote for Tllden- Secretary
Robson viii Not be
lmpeached.

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POx-GOssip.
WASHINGTON, January 20. General
Augur telegraphs the Secretary Of War
that there is no truth in the smallpox
story telegraphed from New Orleans o
few days ago.
James B. Mason has been appointed
inspector for the Fourth district Of
North Carolina.
Observation-Disclosures, district
attorney, Kentucky; Miss Johnson,
postmistress, Griffin, Georgia.
Prohibition of Troops within Two
Miles OF Polling Places.
The Judiciary Committee Of the
House have ageeed to report the bill
pr .hibiting troops within two miles
Of polling places ten days before or on
election day.
The committee also reported that ar
ticles Of impeachment ought not to
be reported against Secretary Robson.
General Eckert, president of the
Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Com
pany. before the Committee on Privi.
leges and Powers, said he would pro-
duce all dispatches called for. None
had been destroyed, to his knowledge.
The committee to examine into the
New York postofflce conclude their re-
port, stating that any SUI picion or
charge of tampering with the mails Is
utterly baseless.
| Captain Eads wants the First Install.
naent AN Per Contract.
The House Committee on appropri-
ations heard Captain Eads In advocacy
OF action by Congress to procure pay
ment of the first installment Of a half
million dollars on his jetty contract.
A subcommittee was appointed to
confer with the Secretary of War as
to the respects in which 1t fails to pro.
vide proper authority for payment.
The President has voted the bill abol-
ishing the police board OF the District
Of Columbia.
The President's Views Unchanged
with Regard 10 Louisiana Matters.
Colonel Burke, of New Orleans,
called on the President to-day, and pre-
sented brief OF the law and facts
concerning the Supreme Court OF
Louisiana. There Is no change In
the Presidents views with regard to
the situation.
An Eiector Testines an Attempt Was
Made to Bribe Him to Vote for
| TIlden.
v. b. Nash, col0red Republican
Senator and Presidential elector Of
South Carolina, testified that Colonel
Childs, president OF the First National
Bank, had attempted to bride him to
vote for Tilden. Colonel Cbilds has
been subpenaej.
Tho Daily Chronicle has suspe nded
publication.
Congregational Proceedings.
House: The House adopted resolu-
ton that Mr.. Butts had primd Jdcfe
case, from certificate of the Supreme
Court OF South Carolina, which set
forth that he had received majority
of votes In the Second Congressional
district.
The Southern committees set to-day
with closed doors.
| After some unimportant business,
Mr.. seelye spoke against the report OF
the committee on privileges and pow
err, but In the course Of his speech,
referring to the report CT the joint
com miltee, he said he thought 1t full
of lofty patriotism, and II 1t could be
adopted by Congress with the unanim-
ity with which II was reported from
the committee, he would regard 1t as q
most glorious commencement of the
second century Of American independ-
epce.
MIR. williams argued against the
pending report.
tucker, OF virginin, ravors tho Eiec.
toral Count BiIl.
Mr.. Tucker made q constitutional
and legal argument in favor Of 1t. 10
closing his speech he advocated the
passage OF the electoral compromise
bin, not as coming up TO his own idea
Of tribunal for counting the electoral
vote, but as measure OF peace, which
would give satisfaction and security to
} the country.
The report will be reached to-mor-
row, when Mr.. Payne will report the
. electoral bill. Adjourned.
Senate: In the Senate, Mr.. Nancy,
I OF Texas, presented petition OF citi-
gems Of Texas, In favor Of the govern
ment assuming control Of the tsle-