Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-01-22
LOS ANGELES THURSDAY MORNING. JANUARY q. 1879

adopted by the Senate without op-
position and President Hayes will
promptly thereafter give the re-
quired notice to the Government
of Great Britain.
Caucus Nominations f,r senator.
SPRINGFIELD, Ills, Jan. 2l.-
The Democrats of the Legislature
in caucus last night nominated
Gen. J. G. Black for U. 8. Senator.
The National members held q eau.
Gus and nominated Hon. Alex.
Campbell, of La Sale.
Congregational.
| WAsHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 2l.-
SENATE-Morrill, from the Com
mittee on Finance, reported with
out amendment the House bill
passed by the House on the 18th
instant to facilitate the refuuding
of the national debt. Placed on
calendar.
Chaffee introduced a joint resolu-
ton directing the cancellation of
one and two dollar United States
notes. Laid on the table to be
called up hereafter by Chaffee.
At the conclusion of the morning
business, the bills on the calendar
were considered. Senate bill to au.
thorize the Secretary of the Inte-
rior to deposit the funds held by
him in the treasury of the United
States in lieu of investment led to
long discussion.
HOUsE.-ImmediateIy after the
reading OF the journal Potter called
up for action the resolution present.
ed yesterday, directing the Com
mittee on Investigation of Election
Frauds to inquire into the cipher
dispatches and appropriating $l0.-
600 to defray the expenses of such
inquiry.
Butler opposed the resolution on
the ground that Congress had no
Jurisdiction over the private cor
respondepce of anybody, and he
was private individual who held
no public .posltion; beside that.
Congress should not take part In
the SANDER of any public man to
satisfy the curiosity of anybody in
the House or out Of it.
This inquiry in the House.
money for Investigation, would
stir up something which had
better not be seen or felt or smelt.
1t would be far better to give the
$4,000 to poor workingmen's fam
lilies. He had spoken against the
resolution in order that it might be
said hereafter that at least one man
acting as Judge and as member
of Congress, unbiased by party
prejudices Iaughterl had been
averse to stirring up the private
affairs of private persons.
3 Hale followed in support of the
resolution. He said, now that the
machine had been started and set
In motion, let 1t run and make in
vestigations on both sides of the
question.
The Hou,e Favors an EnGuiry .nto
tho Ctphexs
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2l.-The res
olution authorizing inquiry into
the cipher dispatches passed the
House; yeas. 1913; noes, 120.
"A B."w at senator Conhiing.
ALBANY, N. Y, Jan. 21.-An at.
tempt was made in the Democratic
caucus last night, to pass q
resolution protesting against
granting a certificate of election to
Senator Conkling on the ground |
that certain sections of the State
Constitution provide for an emu
meration of the people of the State
each ten years after 1866, and that
the apportionment of Senatorial
and Assembly districts has not been
compiled with, and that the present
Legislature is therefore merely de
fdcto, not de jure. The resolution
was defeated.
Roscoe ConKiinx Elected senator.
ALBANY, N. Y, Jan. 2l.-The
Legislature to-day nominated Ros-
zoe Csnkling for United States Sem
ator. The vote stood: Senate
Conkling, 20; VIM. Dorshei mer,
IL. MISUNDERSTANDING, 95;
Dorsheimer, %; Peter Cooper, 2.
Elected SENATORS from Missouri.
ST. LOUIS, Jan 2l.-A ballot for
United States Senators was taken in
each House OF the Legislature at
Jefferson City this noon, which re-
suited in the election of the Demo.
cratic caucus nominees-General
Jas. Shields, short term; Colonel
Geo, G.. Vest, long term.
Uo~.x. u.aosc.,
CHICAGO, Jan 21.-A Springfield
dispatch says that John A. Logan
has been elected United States Sen.
ator by six majority. He was sup
ported by the entire Republican
vote.
The Pore and the Jesaits.
LONDON, Jan. 2l.--The Stand.
ards correspondent at Rome says
that the Jesuits have sent the Pope
a kind of ultimatu m, pointing out
the evils resulting from their ex-
clusion from the government OF
the Church. The Pope continues
firm, and many of his friends fear
the consequences. An unfounded
report that the Pope had been poi
soned is proved to be utterly un-
true.
Bisnarek. Sends oHt ajprivy Coun-
cellar.
BERLIN, Jan. 2l.-Bismarok has
sent Privy Councillor Finkelburg
to Vienna to arrange with the
Austrian sanitary authorities com.
mon measures against the spread
of the plague west ward.
Barracks ON the ConstnntinOpie
DeIences.
CONsTANTINOPLE, Jan. 2l.-The
construction Of barracks for 150. .0C0
men on the Constantinople lines
of defense has been ordered.