, 1879-02-28
WASHINGTON.
Little Progress Made Yes-
terday in Either House
of Congress.
Report of the Majority Of the
Teller Investigating
Committee.
No Such Thing as Free Speech
Tolerated at the
South.
All ideas Not Approved by tho
Democracy 0lassel as In
oendiary.
The Colored Republicans naye 10 Rights
Which Bulldozors Aro Bound
to Respect.
Mr.. Seward in Contempt Of
the House Of Repre-
sentatives.
He viii Be Brought Before the
Bar Of That Body
To-Day.
Representative Hazelton, Of Wis
cousin, OIL tho National
Bank System.
Poor Eswi10tS Financial Struct-
Representative Hazelton, of Wis
cousin, OIL the National
Bank System.
Poor Ewing's Financial Struct-
ure Sadly Battered and
Wrecked.
THE TELLER COMMITTEE.

eOUT1RRW FRAUDS AND QUTHAQES.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 27.-The report Of
tic Teller Committee, mnlo to tic 8onatc to-
day, reyie,ys tho testimony OF nInety-one Wit
nesscs 10 Louisiana and 107 IN South Carolina.
It states t1,at Tie frauds In South Carolina, by
tic use Of tissue tickets, extended to every
connty in that State but ono, aud that between
thirty md forty murders woro committed IN
Loutstann.
The Committee, In drawing their couclustons,
say there uppcars to be widespread deter
mfpntion in these States to restrict freedom Of
spccch rs to po;ft!cal questions, upon tlo claim
TINT the dtHc11sston of the relations uf labor to
cap1ta1, employers to cupiuyea, anil other
kfndred subiccts ts calculated to array tho
colorcd people against tho whItcs, and thus en-
danger tho safety Of the people. This uctcr-
mtnntion ia mt authorized by State cpacttucuts,
inf thc Democrats, who attend political mcctlngs
not ouly OF their cwn partY,~-but: uIoo Of
tho opposition, arc In the habit of refusing to
allow speakers to discues the questions In thcIs
various forms. AnY rcfercucc to the condition
OF tho coiorcd people bcforo the War, anil tho
caraes that led TO tic Wsr, arc condemned as
bc,np Of
An 1acHnp1ARr CHARACTER.
II will be readily secn that II 1t Is allowed to the
attendance ut d public meot!ng to determine
whnt IL Nt1 WHAT IL not 3nccHA32fY OF AGtAtsafsA-
| tory material, and therefore objectionable and
mt In bo nermtttcd, there will be IN end Of a]l
nol,ttca iscuss,on unless tic speaker shall COLI
.out IN dIscu.. tho o,,estlons fn accordance with
lin yIcvn Of tlo majority tint ay be In attood-
mrs. Great liberty must be allowed In discus
.on ~ MI nolitfcai questions, md It will ucror
dn tn hermit crowd of heated parttaaps at a
,,h,ic n,oatrp m to,orm,uB ephat In nnti what ia
not an jncrn,iory speccb, md what Is not proper
n bo .ola m such occasfons.
| All attncka which have becu ,uado on co,ored
ncon1e hayc been attempted to bo Justified or
e-crscil m t,,n rround that tho colorcl pcon,a
raw, Ia threats aca1nst Tic whltcs, How.
oycr fo,sc md dcstltuto Of foundation these ro.
| nort, mav 1,nvo tccp. thew haya been made tic
e1cnse nj
rur MORT nruK4nn.ov ALMIGHTY
ooo,nat tlcso nconlc. A. this pretended fear of
rrrro tnsurroction ia male the excuse OF the
nrt ,.ac. m t,,c colorcf1 ncon1e. H. mav not In
nm,s. In sny lint tho Democratic whites, when
tn.n--ocotcl ~ Tint mini, nil arrccd tl,ot Tho
nccro woa ncac.ful aud unrcycuceful. nnd TINT
III Iii In rcoort. NJ ,ho rnr,int, of This cln,.
-; ncon,c n murder ard o,,troru whltya. tbero
~. ~ Instance In American history within
,,c,r knoty1cdoo when this had been done, and
Ill admitted tIat Il ,yo,11 reo,,iro grant nroyo-
c,ttor n induco tho cnlored nsonlo t., reaort In
s..s,,,,co or.,r.t thc ,vh,os.
no.nert for outhorjtv ohcdfcnco 10 Inv. an1
,.taa,n,cnt n nnr.ons .r,f thtnpa aro not,1,,o
as".ao,or,et,r. IT tj,o conrcl rocn, Nonro,cc,,-
.,nns hnv. hccr institrtctl hv thc stato of eouth
Ts.,,a ssro,D.t the vrol,,ora of her lows. md
sco~. ,.a1o ~ nunfth t1,c mc, Win ho "a
W e1o's "'auo ,,,s ",.t. NV. 49,, ...sa *.o
tn9s wantonlY outrasea net e'.lAe"e' ~'u "ncn
for Tor tao purpose Of Furnishing outraRea on tho