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CONGRESSIONAL.


The Senate was crowded to suffocation
this morning by large lumber OF la
dies, who came in early, crowding the
gallery and pre-occupying the reporters
seats. thus rendering note taking next to
impossible, in consequence Of the dense
pressure on the reporters.
After some unimportnnt business,
Douglas proceeded to reply to Trumbull.
Mr.. Douglas regarded his colleagues
opening the debate the other doy as
violation of that parliamentary courtesy
which gives a chairman Of committee
that privilege. Among other points in
the minority report on Kansas affairs. he
referred TO the charge that The Legisla-
ture of Kansas was a spurious body. and
elected BY fraudulent and illegal votes.
and the people of Kansas invaded and
conquered by armed Missourians. Mr..
Douglas admitted that in seven districts
there was illegal voting. and Mr.. Reeder
denied the members certificates for that
reason. but in the other fifteen districts
there was no protest or proofs of illegal
voting. Then. admitting, for the sake Of
argument, the allegation to be true as to
seven districts. there was clear ma jori-
~. The report shows the fact that afler
the Legislature assembled at Pawnae and
organized, resolutions were adopted by
which every person whomsoever WINS au-
thorized to contest The right OF any men,
Der holding seat. on giving notice to The
sitting member. This was more than
three months after the alleged invasion.
II The people were so much inundated as
has been stated. i, was supposed they
would recover from their fright in the
course Of three months; but at that time
no man was found who desired TO con-
test seats with any of the fifteen mem.
bers. and il was universally admitted.-
The fac, that Reeder had gived them Ger.
tificates was conclusive, regarding the
legality Of the election.
Mr.. Douglas charged that the minority
had suppressed evidence in order to ma Ike
out their case. The minority report had
declared the Topeka Convention justifi-
able. OF the ground that, under clause
of the Constitution, the people have
right to assemble peuceably for q redress
Of their grievances.
Mr.. Douglas characterized tha Topeka
Convention as an act Of rebellion. If il
result in bloody issue it would be high
treason. and traitors ought to be hanged.
MIR. Trumbull. replying, said he had
learned most Of his Democracy from Mr..
Douglas. and he little thought at the time
he was cherishing Black Rspublicanism,
with which Mr.. Douglas recently charged
him. He was sitting atthe peoples gate,
and would not bow down and worship
his colleague. lion the scaffold erected
by Douglas for bin there he found an
other hanging, il would not be his (Trum.
buils) fault. AS to the absurd PROPOSE
ton of his colleague. that both now le.
sign and go home. he had only to say the
people had sanctioned him recently. first
by electing him Representative. then Sen.
ator. Let the Senator himself resign;
and il after going back to his constituents
he should be reelected. Trumbull would
join him in resignation. Thus they
would stand on equal terms. The peo
platform erected by Douglas and others
in 1880. The proposition to resign re-
NAMED. Trumbull was an unsuccessful
client in court; having lost his cause. he
was ready and asked for O new trial.
Laughter,l
Mr.. Trumbull maintained the Kansas
Legislature was fraudulently elected
He said: -..,.'
my colleague speaks of hanging trail
tors, and thinks they may he found with.
out going 10 Kansas. II the people there
committed errors is il not in consequence
OF falling into my colleagues lead? Has
1t not been proclaimed in the majority
report that the people shall settle their
affairs their own way2 If they commit.
ted error no one was more instrumental
IN bringing il about than my colleague. !"
After applying 10 some other points
he said, when the question here was