Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-01-25
1865. consols Of 1857. The call is for
500, 900, 900.
IlOngrcaafonai.

that the conferees to be appointed
on the part Of the Senate be in
structed to agree to strike out the
Of the Senate relating
to the franking privilege added by
way Of proviso to the 1lth section
of the bill.
Edmunds said as this subject in
volved question of order he moved
that 1t be referred to select COM
mittee of five Senators to consider
quietly and disentangle this knot
In respect to the constitutional
NBlaine submitted the following:
Resolved, that the amendments of
the Senate to the pending bill
changing the rate of duties on i'm
ported books aud affecting the rev.
enues OF the government by declar-
ing certain matter free which now
pays postage, being in the judg-
ment of the House an infringe
ment of the constitutional rights Of
that body, they are hereby with
drawn from the bill.
Ferry submitted resolution that
the Senate agree to the second re-
port of the Committee of Confer
ence on the resolution of the
House, returning the House bill
with the amendments made by
Kirkwoed on June 18th, 1878, and
insist upon its amendments to the
bill, and ask for conference on
the disagreeing votes of the House.
After discussion, the motion of
Edmunds to refer the question to a
special committee of five Senators
was agreed to, yeas 80, nays 81.
Edmunds then moved to take up
the resolutions recently submitted
by him declaring the validity of
the thirteenth, fourteenth and fif-
teenth amendments to the Go nsti-
tuition of the United States.
Thurman moved to adjourn. Re-
jected, yeas "a, nays 25.
Before the vote was announced
Garland said he had voted no, al
though he was paired on political
questions with the Senator from
Iowa, Ktrkwood. If this question
to adjourn was regarded as a polit-
lcal one, and the Vice.President
would state 1t, he would wlthdraw "
his vote.
The Vice.President replied that
1t was In his (Garland's) power ia
decide.
Garland then said, ~ let my vote
stand no."
Edmunds renewed his motion to
take up the resolutions.
Eaton moved to 60 into executive
session. Rejected by rising vote
of yeas rs, nays 25.
Several dilatory motions fol-
lowed.
Edmunds renewed his motion to
take up his motion.
Whyte moved to adjourn,
Agreed to, yeas 25, nays %.
HoUsE.-Fuller submitted a res.
olution directing the Committee or
Ways and Means to consider the
feasibility of enacting o law tc
equalize the internal revenue tax
ameng all the States. Adopted.
The House went into COMMITTEES
of the Whole on the private calen.
dar. Almost all the war claims
bills were objected to by Bragg.
The committee rose and the IL
private bills reported were passed
by the House.
Banning presented substitute
for the army organization bill and
asked to have it printed. So or.
dered.
Haylor introduced O bill for the
extension Of privileges to Cincin.
natti as q port of entry. Referred.
The House then took a recess till
1880. The evening session will be
for the business of the Judiciary
Committee.
The Reno Iaqniry.
CHICAGO, Jan. 24th.-The testi.
mony in the Reno case to-day pre-.
sented no new features. DR.. Porter
was cross.examined and Capt. w,
Maylan. of the Seventh Cavalry,
gave his testimony.
Indisn Hosiilities.
FORT ROBINSON, Neb., Jan. "a
Capt. Vessels command arrived
in camp this evening, bringing the
dead bodies of sergeant Taggart
and privates Brown, Nelson and
Debloise, the latter having died on
the road. Also, the wounded md
seven Cheyenne prironers, three
squaws and four children, of whom
three are wounded. OF the nine
captured one buck and one squaw
died before reaching here. They
were carefully searched and but
two small knives found. Capt,
VESSELS wound is verp slight and
those OF sergeant Ambrose, ser.
geant Reed and Woman's Dress
Nndian SCOUT not dangerous.
The Board meets at this place 10.
morrow to make an investigation
into the whole affair. 1t is COM
posed of Maj. Evans, of the Third
Cavalry, and Lieut.. Schuyler,
aid-de.camp to Gen. Crook. Ali the
Indians here are under strong
guard and will be taken to Fort
Leavenworth. Private Hantz, of
Company H, Third Cavalry, who
was wounded to-day after day break
has died in tho hospital.
ContradiesiuE Republican W.T.
ne-ses.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 24th.-Be.
fore the Teller Committee Repre-.
sentatives N. J. Cum ming, q mem.
Der of the Legislature from Nachi.
toches, testified that the general
tenor of the testimony on the Re.
publican side was to the effect that
there was q conspiracy on the part
Of the Democrats to break up the
negro meetings for political effect,
was unqualifiedly false. There was
no organized effort to an end such
as Blount described. Our action
against Blount Brebis q nd Others
was taken for self-protection, they
having threatened to get negroes
together to burn the town. It was
reported that Blount had ten or
twelve armed negroes in his house.