Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-04-17
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CONGRESSIONAL.

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ATE-Howe said that few weeks
ago, he submitted some remarks
upon a resolution calling upon the
President for certain information
in regard to Judge Whitaker, Of
Louisiana. When he concluded
an executive session of the Senate
| was ordered and no action was
taken OH the resolution. He hoped
the Senate would now adopt it.
He then made an explanation.
Howe said that the public COM
mented on his speech by saying 1t
was true that other Senators had
promised to follow him in SINH
lar vein, that he was abusive, and
that it was useless to speak at all,
etc. He admitted that he spoke
truly. He had no accomplices, but
spoke for himself alone. His
speech was q recitation of history.
He hoped it didn't abuse the Presi-
dent. Nothing was set down in
malice. He did not expect to UNI
seat the President certainly, nor TO
seat Packard; but he simply in.
tended to correct the vulgar libel
that Senators were arrayed against
the administration because they
could not control patronage. There
had been a fight on the army ap-
preparation, Democrats asserting
and Republicans denying that it
was improper to use the army to
uphold the Louisiana government.
The President in his message af-
firmed that the Democrats were
right and the Republicans wrong.
He wished to vindicate himself
and party on that point and to
show that the Constitution was
with the Republicans. He had
been hurt by the affirmation that
he coveted and had asked from the
administration a seat in the SUI
preme Court. Nothing In his life
could justify the suspicion that he
was resentiul because the Presi-
dent did not yield to such solicita-
ton as he was accused OF
making. He hoped the AS
ISOLATED Press would help
lift the opprobrium from him and
from the Senate by informing the
world that he never asked the
President to appoint him to any
J office whatever, nor ever alluded to
the judgeship in his presence. Not
a Senator could say he ever applied
to him to further any personal as
piration of his own. The President
had abundant evidence that he had
no personal feeling at the selection
for the supreme Judge which ht
made. The President has made
two appointments in Wisconsin
which he (Howe) would not have
made.
DAVIS, of West Virginia, submit
ted as a substitute for the resolu
ton of Howe that submitted by
, him Oh the Goth of March, calling
upon the Secretary of the Treasury
for information relative to balances
due from Collectors of Interna
Revenue not in office, what amour
l has been settled by compromise
I etc.
Conkling said the two resolutions
had nothing on earth to do will
\ each other and asked, would it no
f be as we'll to adopt the resolution
f separately, as the adoption of tn
substitute would thwart the reso
luton of the Senator from V7iscon
$ sin. He did not want to 'stifle tn
/ enquiry proposed by the Senate
from Wisconsin. There had beer
some scandal in regard to the New
Orleans Judge named.
Eustis inquired what was lib,
scandal.
Conkling said iG was not neces
sary for him to go into that ques
ton. The allegation had beeI
made, that there was u connection
between the Judge named and tn
entering of nolle prosequis in Ger
tain cases. That was the allega
ton, though he did not believe it
as he had not seen evidence to sup
port it.
After some further discussion th,
resolution of Mr.. Davis was ais,
adopted as separate proposition.
Davis, of Illinois, presented {
petition for u branch mint at Chi
cago. Referred.
1t was agreed to consider calen
dar bills at one tomorrow.
Morrill,, Sargent, Davis, Cam
. eron, Matthews, Herman and Nor.
gan were appointed special com
mittee to consider aud report 0
plan for the next census.
Grover, from the Public Lands
Committee, reported back the bill
to extend the time for the compile
ton Of the Northern Pacific, ant
moved its reference to the Commit.
tee on Railroads. He said the
Public Lands Committee had fixeC
a time to hear this bill, but hear.
ing from the President of the com.
pany that the parties interested
had arrived at an understanding as
to the two bills, it had been decided
that both the bills go to the Com.
mittee on Railroads for the purpose
of consolidation into one bill salts.
factory TO the company. Both bill:
were so referred.
Spencer, from the Military Com
mittee, reported the bill favorably
to provide for military post to
protect the Black Hills settlers.
On motion of Mitchell, the Sen.
ate bill extending the time for the
completion of the Northern Pacific
and by a readj ustment of the grants
without increasing the appropria
ton, to secure the construction o
the Portland, Salt Lake and sSoutl
Pass Railroad, was recommitted t
the Railroad Committee.
Blaine, rising to a personal ex
planation, said that exaggerated
accounts of his colloquy with Ed
munds on the railway bill had beef
sent out and when the record dis
proved these dispatches, the cor
rectness of the record was i'm
pugned. Edmunds had told hin
this morning that the record haC
every word of the colloquy. HI
said the record should be main
tanned as the faithful reporter o