The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1879-05-01
WASHIN
THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
MEMBERS A DECISION IN THE
NORTH LOUISIANA RAIL
ROAD CASE.
The Case nemanaea -ftdeiIng To ray the
Costs snd gDisall0wed All claims
fpr Interest.
tspeolal b the Democrat. ]

Costs snd Dfsall0wea All claims
fsr Interest.
Especial to the Democrat
WAsHtHaroN, April sp.-The decision In The
case of LudelinR a 90. against the Shreveport
Railroad Company was rendered In the Btu
pfeme Court yesterday. but az Judge Bradley
| who rendered the opinion. did not read 1t In
1 full and no copy has yet come from the printers
| II Ia impossible to understand what the iudg-
tnent amounts to. Id delivering the opinion of
the court Judge Bradley merely read the head
ings Ind announced Judgment TO be that judg-
ment III the court below be overrulsd and the
ease renandsd. with instructions to the Circuit
Judge to make bis judgment conform TO the
opinion as delivered by the Supreme Court. but
II will he impossible to learn Just what that
means until the full text Of the opinion can be
had from the government printing Office. saw
Judge spofford this evening. thinking that he
as senior counsel might have private lnforma-
tion. but he assured mo he was as much In the
dark about It as anybody. He said that he only
knew to certainty Of two points In the deels-
Ion one of which WINS that Ludeling & Go. wers
taxed with costs Of both appeals: and their
claim for interest amounting TO about one
| Hfth of the total sum claimed. had been disal-
lowed Nothing further can be aseertained.
A.O.B.
THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS -- NO CONCLUSIONS
REACHED Az no THE COURSE 70 RE PURSUED
RELATIVE 70 THE PRESIDENTS vETo.
Especial To the Demoerat.1
WAsHtNaTyN. April aD.-No conclusions were
| reached in the House caucus on the veto o-day.
| The caucus was of members of the House Ok
clusiyey and the debate lasted several hours.
There was no dissent from the main proposi-
ton that Congress ought 10 maintain its atti-
| tnde, but there was wide diversity In views as
To the method of proceeding. II was determined
to refer part Of the measure to the Judiciary
Committee for inquiry as TO whether Hayes
curtain lecture Oh the proprety of afflxlng leg
islatlon TO appropriation bills was not a breach
OF the privileges Of the House. La the meantime
1t was agreed to submit the whole natter To
ipint eauous, to bs held Immediately. The
| Senate Democrats also held brief caucus this
| morning with about the same result There a
no excitement, and the universal temper OF The
Democrats is that of perfect deliberations.
uAuoustsa
| There was great deYl Of sateusing to-day. The
| Senators cnucused this morning and were very
reieent Il y mnnasrslood m that they didn't wish
what the House caucus would do.
aBEEEBAGK CAUCUS.
| As soon as the House adjourned to-day the
arsenb,taekers ean,cinsed n W. r1om Of r The
Qniuinittse on banking and CURRENCY They
zion as to The vote n the veto; hence they ore
lstt res lo yos q thsy please On The alss'on
the bill II ts understood that they havs split On
the veto question and that they will divide, and
nblle at least haf q them IN, . w yos wiih be
lection 70 the contrary Notwithstanding. the
other half will vote to sustain the Veto
THE pgMoURAT1C CAUCUS.
The Democrats also eaueused this evening.
a
fss prsslded md % MI Nils fe; d Ts;xas vas ssers
tary al that 'hsy would give out oilloially %
to the action VI the caucus was the following
Resglped, That u is the sense 81, this caucus
support ua1 IF the army Should psss noiwhsand b
| Ing the objections Of the President. and that we
VII! proceed 70 vote on the question Tomorrow
This was adopted by vote OF 80 to sg. Il is
nndsrstood that they had iot time In =, emsneqs. caucus
that the Democracy could mol DC. otherwiye than
On i the - other % hand Young 81 Tepnessse ste
Virginia, Whi.shorns q Tennessee and others
use TO Insist gpop ibis legislation, That this was
sinply conflict between the Executive and the
8 ass s M npd 1se, ss M they y had a" "g
that i would be child's play to pursue The mat
| ter. They argued TINT they could 70 to the
| country on this uuestion OF free elections, but
| they could not sustain Themselves in q refusal
| Of the neeessgry auproprtaiiop No dsfnjte
aion ss na Y asan ss On hf satt gnt
row on the question 81 passing the bill over the
| veto; then there VIII pc another caucus ana
Ssf srs 1 S %9s anS Vi. f yas Gsa on eet ar
they shall 10 In the matter Of shaping leglsla-
tion.
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