The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-04-05

wAsarSorox, d c.. March %, 20.

Friday until Monday, ana the
House until Tuesday, Which means
in reality that NO public business
will be performed until the Demo
cratic caucuses have decided what
business shall and what SHALL not
be undertaken during this extr"
session, aud what shall be the or
der of that business. The legis.
lntive " Leels will not he ~ motion
therefore much before the last q:
next week. 1t ~sems to have been
determined by the managers that
general legislation shall be entered
upOu M in other sessions, cOntrur,
TO the Indications last week. In
the Huuse caucus the other day
this was the spirit Ut the d'scussiOh,
aud several oil stsgerx like Mr.
Stephens, of Georgia, aud Cox, vi
New York. favored opening tn.
the doors for Legislation such H.
seemed to them to 10 called ful
by tue country in the election Of
Democratic Congress. The Re
publ,rans naturally are opps,~ed
to thus prDsrnmins siucr 1t con
templates reversal Of their leg
i>lut,uu. THIS is uie Uf the ln,lnts
where The Greenbarke,s are III
close accord with tile Democrats,
and therefore IT now Looks as
though We might have long ses'
ei0u Oh account Uf general Otlsl-
nsss alone. Aside from tine POLITICAL
aspect. The political aspect hut
changed somewhat troul the fac,
that xoiue uf tue Deui,,cra y (c,n-
splcuo,lsiy Dir Springer,of Illinois
are Ia tavor Of retaIhing soulr
features Of the supervisor law. IL ~
compromises can lie made. MIR
Springer thinks he Prcel.ient vii.
c.nsent 10 the repeal uf the tees,
oath far jurors, the law allowing
iullItarv ut the polls. aud the pro-
vislUn TOR the appointment vi dep
uty marshalis iusiisxriu,,uxt-ly al,
election days. The ether disputed
feature. the supervisors Of the polls
an.i to wltncss the rOnh', iuai,.
De,u'rrats are willing To let re-
ina,n # the President will sign ,hs
bill ab.li-Ling the others. But
my information il hat he will n,t
| hav. II pretty direct that b. hat
l'ecsane iu.~t radical Republican.
viii; stick tu his faith ut Whatever
cast. He is urged Ia this caus+
by his whole cxi.Ihet. including tl,s-
hate Democratic menil,tr. Mr.. Key.
What the resul, will be IN that case.
mob sIy can tell, Lnt It is in,i,nated
that Congress will t.ke u recess
until the last week in November III
Or,ler tn bead him of, taking the
ground that it being N res'rss aud
not an a.ijourni.ent the Presi.len,
has nO ps'wsr 10 cnveIe them IN
the meanwhile.
Seuxtor Window. of Minnesota,
leriuied here last hight nlwn his
tsvurite tl,cu-, tlm. nigra:m,m IL
the Southern m-gr~s ~lm are dis
SATISFIED with their lat to the Wes
tern Territories, there to hull up
MDiues in the pnbl,c lands. He
explained that his plan does mi
contemplate k,rcible migration. ns
.pme 1T the c,'lored people fenre.l,
bu; that it in snggrsts..l ms meabs
Of relief b lsah wites aud blacks.
where there is II wids disagreement
ninong them il the Snuth. There
IN no doubt that this idea 1T Sehm
tor Windpm, VIII h WIS frs
l'rUaci'ed dnr'ng the winter s~s
sion. has had great intiat nee nl.-
I'll the c.,l.'rr.l people Of the South.
who take To it almost uhaninIously
| am a,l,l that Senator Wimluln
receives bushels IL letters relative
tu IL mai TINT In rs.uL.v La. la.