| Show congressional SENATE washington 6 5 thurman offered tho the following and asked its present consideration resolved that the president deril derli ot bithe the united states is hereby requested to inform the senate whether any portion portio n of the army of the united states or er any officer or officers or sol diers of sueh suph army did in any manner interfere or intermeddle with withy control or seek to control the i r of the general assembly of the state of louisiana or either branch ther thereof eor on the ath dinst and especially whether any person or persons persona claiming seats in either olther branches of sald said legislature had been deprived thereof or prevented from taking the same by any such military force officer or soldier and if such had bad been the case that the president inform the senate by what authority sueh such military intervention tion and interference had taken place 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 conkling suggested the using of the customary phraseology I 1 if in his judgment it is not incompatible with the public interest thurman opposed this the question did not relate to any foreign power it was not for the senate of the united united states to submit to the opinion or judgment of the president in this matter matt erthe the senate should have the facts and this was not a case where here information would interfere with warlike movements though this louisiana trouble had the appearance of war it was not a war made by the people conkling replied in a speech of some length he refuted the idea that these words should not be used because the subject did not concern our relations with a foreign power and nd said if there was sense or reason inthe in the rule ruie which left something to executive discretion he thought it should apply to this resolution which related to serious disorder in one of the states of the union he declared that there were turbulence and disorder all through the state and he know now even while discussing this resolution that peace order and security of life were not being trampled in the streets of new now orleans this resolution was especially one in which the senate should leave it to the reason prudence and dis of the president as to furnishing information inform eelon faion senator thurman desired the senate to direct the president as to furnishing the army of which he was the commander in chief conkling moved an amendment by inserting the words suggested by him sherman inquired if the amendment would preclude any 0 objection be c but several senators appe appealed ed to him not to object and the vice president Pros ident announced that the resolution was before the senate the pending question being on conk lings lingua amendment thurman said he was familiar with the usage of the senate and that while in respect to loreign affairs it was customary to use the words indicated by the amendment in time of profound peace a simple resolution of inquiry in in regard to our domestic affairs was not left to the discretion or pleasure of the president the resolution related to what had besides already occurred and was a question of fact and there was waa no which President could prejudice the public interests by answering it the senate had the right tight to request the information and if there was any reason why the president should not furnish it he be could communicate that fact ito to the se sen ben n ate or if lie he deemed proper he could send it to the senate under the seal of secrecy to th be considered in executive session ion lon louisiana was not the only state in which trouble had occurred in reference to the legislature in ohio on one occasion there were for over two weeks two bodies both claiming to bo be the legislature but thank god they had no fraudulent returning board if van buren who was president then had sent the military to interfere in that conflict the troops would never haxo have left columbus alive in pennsylvania also aiso similar troubles had occurred and the federal government did not presume to interfere he wanted to know whether because of the first fatal step in foisting an illegal governor on the people of louisiana all liberty and all law in that state were to perish conkling read the various prece piece dents to show the cust omand use of the language he be suggested teI tel in all requests to the ohe president for information morton favored the amendment of Conkling and also aiso enlarging the scope of the resolution so as to include all information in possession of the resident in regard to any army organization in louisiana hostile to the government he declared that the very men who surrounded the legislature were covered with blood and were ready to commit fresh murders logan spoke of the murders of negroes in louisiana and said those who stood by were no better than they bogy said he be was no apologist for murder and disturbance but he did not see how the people of louisiana could submit quietly to all the outrages heaped on them applause in the galleries which was checked at once by the vice dent edmunds E said bald the people of this country would not see a thousand and ten the thousand usand citizens assassinated merely because they wished to assert their constitutional rights he read a telegram from general sheridan and said his testimony was entitled to weight thurman said if the president were to overthrow tomorrow to morrow any southern state government he would be defended by some cry of ku flux 11 white league I 1 murder der etc it would not d do 0 the time had passed when a plain violation of the constitution and law could be thus excused pending the discussion the senate adjoua adjourned ned washington 6 the senate resumed the consideration of thur mans resolution asking the president for information in regard to military operations in louisiana WASHINGTON 6 west addressed the senate and read a copy of a tele telegram C ram received by the secretary of war from general sheridan sherid dated dec acknowledging led lea the receipt of confidential fonss r C eions from the secretary which west declared meant all orders and communications in reference to gen sheridan being ordered to new orleans he then proceeded to review the circumstances circum stances attending the organization of the louisiana legislature and charged that the acts of the conservative members were illegal and revolutionary tio nary and the use of the military in dispersing them was entirely proper there was no peace in loni Lomi louisiana slana siana and could be none there while the state was filed with assassins and murderers gordon said he did not to reply to the speech of west but u t would let it go to the people of the country and malm mako its own answer but lie he could not quietly sit and hear the people he lovel as his own life held up as assassins and murderers if he exhibited motion it was not of anger but in nation he was amazed to see a spirit of hate evinced upon that floor toward the people of one section of the country and if he believed th that it the expressions he be heard beard here reflected the sentiments of the northern people he would feel that it was time for the southern people to die if he believed that those expressions pres foreshadowed shadowed fore the policy of this thi government towards the south then he be would say let us have jone done done with this farce of loci self governments but he did not believe such sentiments were entertained by the northern people he believed tho the majr majority rity of the american people north and south abhorred such a spirit animosity of he denounced the tile charges of murders in the south by democrats as i false and declared that wherever in the southern s honest men had control or of public afie afre affairs airs property life and liberty are as safe as in any northern state applause ap lauke lause lau iau se in the galleries sin sine e ohp the e war not abarm an arm had been raised in the south against the power of the federal government yet the southern people were daily charged with being disloyal to the government because there were crossroad fights if white men resisted any outrage attempted upon them by negroes they were denounced as assassins men were sent among the southern people who had no common interest with them they made laws collected taxes and governed them and then maligned the same people if the south asked how new enan england d or the west would like that th at and strove by every lawful means to overthrow these men her people were uth ith charged arged with being murderers and an d assassins assa sins he denied that there was intimidation of voters and aud referring to a remark of morton yesterday in regard to the lies of the associated press reporters in the south declared that the remarks were a libel on the associated press if they were lies what similar statements made by representatives of the leading papers in the north and west who had been sent south to investigate matters matten why did he not denounce them as lies because he cowered before the power of leading northern journals and dared not say it applause in n the galleries the chair gave notice that a repetition would result in an order to clear them continuing gordon declared his belief that those who professed such a desire for law and order in the south really wanted disorder knowing that peace meant their overthrow he asserted that not one man ia lra a thou thousand saud in the south was armed not half so 40 many as before the war and that there were not half so many military companies as then he said thit that good feeling existed between the blacks and whites n the south until the advent of carpet referring ferrine Re to the recent bequest begue st orn ora of a citizen of georgia Georg ja of a hundred thousand for tho the education of the negroes ife lle groes he be asked edmunds if that was one of the acts of semi barbar ism ho he attributed to the southern people in his speech yester yesterday dayt dayi edmunds denied denie using dusing the language but gordon insisted that he said that before the war the south was in a state of semi barbarism and some sharp personal remarks passed between the enat miena riena tors ors ora edmunds IR in the coura course cour a of his remarks declared thau that all ali he wanted to get at was the truth about southern affairs and gordon in reply declared that if the south had bad one desire more than another it was that the american people trig n might bt know the whole truth an ius to the he state of feeling in that section hamilton Ha mllton of md obtained the floor but yielded for a motion to io adjourn and the senate adjourned washington 7 sargent 0 of california called up the senate bill to remove the limitation restricting the circulation of baling tuso citations ciati ons issuing notes payable in gold which wis was reported from the finance committee commit tto teo on tuesday last passed the senate re sinned the consideration ot of Thur thurman mans resolution op in regard to louisiana matter 1 1 HOUSE cobb introduced a bill to provide a temporary government for the territory of oklahoma Okla hama referred lamar presented a remonstrance from the people of arkansas ti the invasion of their right of self government referred harvey called up the house bill to con confirm fl rm the proem pro pre em lit itt ap vior homestead entries of public lands lauds within the limits or of a railroad grant in c cases as ses where such entries have beep bee 0 made alider ulder the regul regulation ailon atlon of the law department discussed until the expiration of the morning hour and then laid over hale of me dle offered a preamble and resolution setting forth the disturbed and ary condition of affairs in louisiana and quoting quotin the provision 0 of f t the he constitution guaranteeing to evera state a republican form of government and instructing the judiciary committee to pra prepare pa reaud aud nud report leport immediately a hill providing for a new election of state officers and representatives in Con cou gress gresa in louisiana under guards restrictions and guarantees as will ensure the freest liberty to every citizen to exercise the right of suffrage without fearrand fear and without restraint willard or vt objected to th the e present consideration of the resolution in that form bo be objected to the declaration by the house that it could order an election in louisiana or any other state hale said the resolution was offered only forthe for the purpose of getta getting ing an expression of the sentiment of the house kasson objected to a debate in anticipation of the report of the select committee and insisted upon his objection though eldridge tried hard to get in a word and managed in spite of the incessant rapping of the speakers speaker gavel to say that proceedings in louisiana were being managed by some individuals who lorded corded it over tha iha people while the state Stat was ewas being reconstructed by the same tyrants hale gave notice that he be would next monday move to suspend the rules and adopt the resolution cox gave notice that lie he would onder odner another resolution on on the sub I 1 jeet which would comprehend the idea 0 the withdrawal of the military force from louisiana he be hoped a line jine would be drawn on that butler remarked that cox offered such a re resolution before the fall of fort sumpter and negley that before the question Is ia settled they would have to send more military force to louisiana hales resolution was returned to him by the clerk and there matters rested the house went into a committee of the whole eldridge in the chair on the fortification appropriation pria tion bill which appropriates the was atrit confined to the question of the utility or of coast defenses finally ran into the louisiana question by the tho th remarks of cox who ridiculed the arbitration policy of the administration declaring it a failure and alluding particularly to tto ithe ethe the virginius difficulty with spain said the administration held tip up the white flag to other nations and made war upon its own citizens he continued that there had never been anything that so shocked public sense bense I 1 in n this country as the order prom promulgated by gen sheridan at new br orleans leans ieans the people of the country were not patient or forbearing in the matter though the people eople of Louisiana weme were willard who had said that as fortifications would probably lie necessary if the democracy came anto power said sald he be would withdraw the amendment lie he offered to reduce the amount of the appropriation and remarked that he referred in his hia observation to the probability babl babi lity of the democracy when it came pome into power precipitating the country into war with spain for the acquisition or of cuba cox asked him jf if ho he approved sherd Sheri dans bulletin 1 willard replied that he lre did not approve what had been done in louisiana for foe the past two years and that included the proceedings of odthe L the ehe last two days beck read sheridena Sheri sherl dans idaus dispatch to tio tie secretary of war recommending in the declaration of martial law in louisiana and the tr trial triai i al of the white leaguers by court marti aland he also read the decision of the Sup supreme rense court on the question of martial law and remarked that the president should instantly remove sheridan and put in his hla place a man who had some regard for the rights of the people randall bandall declared that sheridan had forgotten the first requisite ite or of a man and a soldier he lle had forgotten I 1 the love of truth he was glad to see that not one representative md hid admitted the propriety of Sheri dans suggestion to the secretary of wan wal E R hoar referring to becks suggestion that sheridan ought to be removed remarked that if the adopted of removing every man giving bad advice he 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