The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-18
TIE IRON-CLAD OATH.
now THE REPEAL BirL WAS I'm
EAnrHED Hy SENATOR EIsTIs
where the senator Got In sOTne Telling
blows The Custom H0use OHlrinIs
The Engineer Corps ana the MIssissIpp
Especial 10 tho Democrat. /

Especial 10 tho DernocrHhl
WAstftHGION, Dec. n For some days past
Senator Eustis and this Louisiana delegatinn
IN the House have been receiving numerous
telegraIus neklng nbUt the Till TINT passed
tho House last year te repeal the iron-clad
test oath for jurors IN Federal courts. tho
occaslpn pf soetuds being the forthcoming
trial of Albert Leonards victims In Judge
Killings court.
Tho bin has hi min the Sennthf 'ornrnittes on
The Revision of tho Laws ever since it. came
from tho House, having been IN some nys
tariuIs manner diverted from It's proper refer
snce, when should have bsan to the Judiciary
Committee. Senator Eus's hal considerable
difficulty In finding out what had become of
~. and was surprised when bs found II had
been hidden into n committee where IT. did not
belong Ife assumed from this Tint tho
design ~ tho Radical majority was 10 bury
tho bill alive which thsy had done by lgnor-
Ing tho action pg the House md smuggling
tho old lronclad int, Tho now edition u tho
Revised Statutes Accordingly. after Enlnss
resolution was disposed of. Eustls rose 10
parliamentary inquiry. and asked the Chair
what Ind become Of tho House bill repeating
the lTrTlGinI tntT, anu us W
had already inin In com mlttss moro than n
yenr, the chairman be instructed 10 report it
at once to get II before the Ssnhts He did
not enre whether tho report was fnvorn-
bic or nnfavorabe All hs wanted was
to get II up and put IT. on Its passage. n ths
report was fair and favorable. we'll and good :.
II partisan md llnfhvorable. so be 1t. All he
wanted was that tho BsnntR should have an
opportunity 10 express its sense respecting
what he characterized ns tho most pliOus law
that had ever dlsgraeed the statute books of
n civilized country. 10 said that II the com
mittss wns permitted 10 continue lts skulking
tactics tho result would bs that citizens of
Louisiana would be forced ~ 90 to trnl
under law which hnd boon already not only
condemned by tho country but repealed by
one branch ~ Congress
Christlancy. who had charge ~ tho bill
under consideration, made n feeble effort ~
explain, but Eustls reiterated his demand for
immedlhte action, and the result was that ha
received ASSURANCES that tho committees
would hold special session in order 10 lay
tho matter before the Senate. II possible, be-
fore the holiday adjournment.
The affair created quito n stir in the Hsnntr.
and being tho first time that Eustis has ever
had fair chnnce ~ show what stuff no is
m ado Of. his behavior Is regarded MS I, rs-
narkab exhibition of force md prgnaclty.
Dibble arrived here to-day and bsgnn
operations ms attorney to represent Smith.
WnIs and Anderson before n self constituted
tribunal of Hayes md John sherman to in
vesiigate Custom House charges. hll these
mnnipulations may 10 grt down ms snbt"r
fuge to lido the scPndnl over. pending further
| nctiOn ri ths Potter COMMITTEES. j. Ilnlr
Sypher said o-day thnt II tho Potter commit
tne would make it's report to morrow md be
discharged from further consideration of the
electoral frauds, Smith and his posse would
not be In the Custom House this time next
month This II undoubtedly true.
Gen. Barnard. president of the Board oi
United States Engineers. has written reply
to Gibson'g letter. published here last Sntur-
day, Inviting the attention Of the board O the
bills uow before Congress- for tho Mlssisslppi
Ievere, and nfter acknowledging the receipt
Of Gibaons letter and lndor9ing ths general
views set forth IN H. barnard says "Jhe let
ter will be Mt oncp communicated to nembers
Of the board, with request that the lnformn-
tinn yiows md arguments presented therein
be- promptly md carefully considered. While
their Importance renders some ittle time de-
srntlc, on the other hand the Imperative
duties of the Individual members of the
bpnrd makes IL irnprActichble 10 meet before
the Inter part 81 January, when tho subject
will be taken up for action" BUELL..