The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-01
. SILVER TRIUMPHANT.
HAYES RETURNS THEosnLyER BILL TO
THE HoUsE WITH Mis vioTo.
The Hill Immediately Passed over the
veto, by Vote q 400 to "a In the
aEbuse. ana a6 togg in the s9nase.
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CoNGKEssroNAL PROCEEDINGS
The senate.

bs "ssn,sea9s asn's report os0 fsom i Com
Aglieuue p answer ,, IT, rssg'ntian ., dan of the
Mr.. Alien Or sentod res In ious Of the Leg
Islat,,le lat, Of IowGa anst The bill requiring the
onhng ssof s"d a HsR when n"f ho pension
agency bill was Mn Ier consideration Yesterday
one or more Senat rs. himself included, han
given tho necessary bond. Gen. .Costar ls,d
been here this morning. and had shown him u
bond signed by u largs number 81 mon known
q 9present s" 70 papes p aaeent Of money. The s,nd
WIS well ndiloued, having been drawn by The
United stys D,str,ot At'rney TO for he s2}nS
ns that Of the Atsis ant Treasurer Mt New York,
one Of he most responsito2 officers. of the gov
Ths justification waa in the sum OF $500, 600
and obligators have made oat h thu, they possess
ohe amount nnncumbered. The boyd was
but it was tbieetsl to- not being wholly based
on unincumbered real estn,e. Con. Costar has
been unable to comgly wie,, tho requirements
been mndacf any other pension agent. He de-
eared this rigorous requirement. req no iet
that he hah On making this eApana a s,', ion djsi
ehangs 'i oW nui the asistipg lave was nacessary
Mt ps s n m9oIn bs
Mr.. ,,PbSrson presented a similar memorial.
Referred.
On motion of Mr.. Window it WINS ordered that
when tho Senate adjourns, it be to Monday
next -, :,
report OF the Secretary OF War in answer to the
| resolution Of the Senate IN regard to the is@n
ing Of arms for sta militia, was taken up and
after some ks by MIR. Davis. referred to
! the Military Committee. -
A resolution heretofore introduced by Mr..
Plumb calling on the Secretary of tho Interior
| TO- inforn,aion in rela ion to tho Union Pacific
Railroad Company. was taken up aud passed.
On motion oG Mr.. Lamar the senate took up
House bill to anth,nize q .speca term Of the
Circuit Court of Tho United States for the South
ern Distrisi OF nj ssissippi. to be held at Scrnn-
ton, in Jackson G unfv. on Whlch an Advafse
| mttee.
Mr. Lamar reci'ed The action OF tho Secretary
Of the lntel ior, ana the Cpmmi sioper General
| # tho Land Office In rotation to depredations
! on the tlmb land Of tho government, charac-
terizipg it as depai ture from the former pol
icy Of the gove' nment, which had brought great
| dstres and ruin upon the productive indus
tries Of tho State, destroy ing the business and
seizing property Of tho Innocent as woIl as
the guilty The b W wa1 simply "send1d h e
innocent they might hbve their property re-
stored and resume their business,
| Mr.. Euatis offered as an amendment a sub
etit ute providing for special term Of tho Uni
ted b ates Circuit Court for Louisiana In st.
Charles parish, I,a:, and argued that parties
charged with an infraction OF the law were en-
titled to speedy trial
Mr.. Blaine desired to inquire of the judiciary
COMMITTEES whether there was any authority of
law for tho seizure Of tho logs,
! Mr.. tdmun,s said the Judiciary Committee
was not directed TO make that inquiry.
| Mr.. Lamar said he would answer. hat so far
| as he could fad. there was no authority OF law.
| Mr. Jones. of Florida, SAID that the govern
ment had taken the ground that it had to pro-
Iev plevin. but had bad refused although proeeeding
| under the common law, TO arknoWledge local
| laws as. for instance. giving bonds in double
| the amount of the value Of tho property
oMr. Merrimnon argued that under the crcum-
| sinnce5 the relief afforded tho accuse by n spe
| di-tance they would be. rauired to travel and
the DELAY in tli,l would work great hurdships
| to Them without benefit to tho government.
| and the action of Mr. Ba t1ett, the government
| agent who made the seizures claiming that
| hIs proceedings We're wholly unwarranted by
| law and without the prop r Information to war
rant the ssut. & Of the warrant. forthe seizure
of the logs. He, defepde the large operators
| there NJ honorab and upright gen'lemen
Mr.. Edmunds, at the close oi Mr.. Morgan s
| remarks, moved that The Senate ADJ urn.
| Mr.. Pad oek moved to go into executive ses-
sion. Rejected.
| Mr. Davis of Illinois, said he could not un-
derstand the course this discussion had taken.
In Wise n-in and Minnesota similar seizures
government obt ined. One man had to pay
100000 as a comprom 80 There was. he knew,
| n local feeling that the government and non
residents had no rights which the people were
bound to respect.
Mr. Thurman thought the action proposed by
the bill was not accor ding 10 precedent. and that
| If an execution WIS made In this rase it would
| be followed by applica ions OF II similar charac-
| ter from all quarters.
Mr.. Edmunds said he did not propose to dis
Gu tn. merits Of the controversy between the
government and the p1rties charged with cut
ing logs Fer the fl st time in the history OF
| the government it was proposed t, carry this
trial into the very avs of the. quarrel without
| rat, renee 10 the judgment OF the court. II Mr..
Morgan was righ' in his points Of law no hard,
ships would eneue, f,r the attorneys could
present th"m q, the May term ut Jackson. and
| have every one Of hs cases dismissed. Ii the
| prin ,ips was right the courts e0nld ba rs.
/ moved to tha mountain dist lets Of Kentucky,
| 10 try the title aistili~rs, or in New York the
cour In the seas ard ie try smuIglels.
/ Atsila y. IN. the q rk OF the House anp@ared
with he Prs@islt as'z Va o esaage on Thp a3i esr
hill. - Il announced the a. iaa Of the House
thereon.
/ Tie consideration Of ihs Nlssisaippi Bill was
/ gesantAsi ana M h alne said ha thought II Hrs-
wss gftehttrasss nue9 tHiasi@e done by rss h
anI lntadtaigas a4aaxIioa Vt 3 lskt law, as ~ q