The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-03-14

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Senate.
WARRINGTON. March Ia, 1857
xH1 CA@ on HHAros oAARsa.
~. Ru1Anu, (dsm Of La. called up he rssoaustou
reported rom ne Committee on NE Judiciary, 70 d.
chAsgs them nom NE further confederation 81 Ne PROTEST
- papers In NJ. CAmsSon's case
NJ HGIx, (dsn) u Pa said he rose ior the purposs
dnsbhs . suggestion, which his Oe'lsAsus would ~
gsd - perfectly fair. he Bsler) Intended 70 make no
hsue with The report Of Ne oomnittse In which 10 con.
srrsd - far % The legal points ooncernsd and ~
~ case stood no would have 70 say his colsasu
was legally enttled 10 NE seal he occupied He could
- nothing in the reasons assigned 70 impair the
validity Of the election. With regard 70 the
sARd propositaon-thas improper means were used
oppony would b. sSo asd me meSbsrs x ne Legs
ature mskng the allegation 70 substantase the charge
e. mad NE ss.
fCsneron) AND said Is sas al humbus, and that hey
some influential dispensers Of patronage By rsfuss
Mn was no ordinary allegation. he had some
he could nos sK silent when this sweeping charge
was made What ne wished % :ay 70 his COL
:.sss W: s. i hs had ,sosvsd sspeo
IN shich they info, med him they had sent statement
81 mall doubt vita reference 70 he assertion Of his
colleague. That Communication had reached him. oW-
70 tho Rreeu Of the mails between Harrisburg
"a Warrington. He did soak An unpleasant oontro.
nov an adjournment. he asked that ills quss,
esu should be postponed until 10 morning. when
n would asree that the question .houId be disposed Of
10 should then have opportunity Of presenting Whist
ever Communication he might reoeve In justncs-
non Of the parties % whom alusioa had unnecessarily
mi 10 hp n aaN1l~
NJ Bum (dem.l o. s. G, could NOT sgree to post
Penenent He had no idea OF making tho Senate til
s:airovs'sies the mempe,s Of sns ssssssure 'st
have been dabblng In dirty waaes let them
wsn themselves before they como here. It would be
unfortunaae 20 postpone the queston hour longer,
oauae the senate has no jurisdiction Is Ali the tes
n<ny which soud produced in the form Of oonsro.
vcrsy could NOT In bis mind, change the ISSUE
M. BGISR said he hsd supposed that his proposition
was 30 reasonable that there could DO objection the
eGsT objection Whatever 70 the rpopon Of the reso
uon that the committee be discharged from further
Nr. sxvAHD, (rspl Of N T., stated that the reason
NJ sdyioe Of be personal and political friends.
Ro resolution Of The committee WAS then adopted.
TIE INDIANA CONTESTED MBCrION.
~. BENJAMIN, from me Committee on he Judiciary,
indiana contested election case be permitted 70 lake .es
amouy before the judicial tribunals Of that State.
.r ssu. o. al as 3D.: there w., no
enooy oushs NOT 70 be tak,a The facts can only be
proved by the record. he moved the adoption Of the
eeuow'ng ~ . substitute for the resolution
That the duty Senate to proceed TO the constera
ton Of the question OF he ,sh TO seats Of The sns
from indiana a. me present session. and 10 dispose Of the
NJ. FITCH. (dem Of Ind. remarked that Mr. Trum.
bull had reiespo his previous s,stements ths, there
was no maaer at issue material to the case and IN the
very face o. knowiedge his part Conway The
Journal 10 which the Senator bad referred merely
mat Of an un au hotzed MOB not known the law and
not the Journal OF the legislature The senator had
made emendAons and very large diiuous his former
assertions, 10 serve hs parizan purposes on this
Mr. TErSnuu replied that lie had spoken OF the qu.s
aor - IL was hie duty 10 DO MEMBER or the senate
He hae nothing 10 do With the indivduas aud mad spoken
IS oelcaely be Ines how. present ted the pa
Pers In as modestA manner as ne was capable OF doing;
but an attempt wa made 10 change the iaue, and
make an assault upon him personally As II he had
Q personAl interest In the matter. Mstead OF the
senator Eeo~ng that ne had ar&hs TO sest ike oul
pitt be had housLt TO occupy the place Of tue judge Il
Was an old = tempt Of culpris the world He did
not say that there Of facts AZ to ourus
being that Of unsuthorzed uob let the Senator an.
swer 70 the emhtrs OF the Indiana Legislature. II
nm s ,s. rnusorps and = such ae presented
ses And boner and the nsiuuson the consrsYy
was beneath notice II the case different from VIVA
he supposed, and he record uprce M tho foot be
The aegsuon waS not that the records false but
hat certain members had authority members
NJ PI1cn replied that the Senator from nnos in &C.
oupyng the attention Of the Senate had shown hss he
fceh An approximate ire which perfectly constituent
w4h the relations ne bore 70 The care
The GRAMMAR Mr. Mason) called Mr.. Fitch to order for
Mr. TncB resuming, raid thst he had rieh, TO com.
plain because the Jadgein which capacity the
bad heretofore soted-nsd preudsed is case, thus de-
parting from the las and tue path Of duty The Senator
hsd reiterated his former POSITIONS seeking by teasng
and implication, In and DOT OF season, 70 worry
question The Senator wanted TO rely the j5urna Of
The mob to make out biz case He owed an APOLOGY 70
ne senate even for this brief reply and desired thai
Mr. B,nur (dsm. Of Ind } said that he did not kaow,
In Q leSsa,lv FORM thas hs RICH, to q ques
ucned. No formal reference had oeen made OF his ere
hnl NJ utnff -
colleague 10 seat settled his right 10 sest The
socson 70 his colleague and himself no, rightly
unoertood IL had been wfdliy misrepresented by the
pubic press. he entertained any doubt 10 his legal
right TO seat he would not OCCUPY ave minutes In seek
A This point an ex.rsc, from the journal was read BY
which appeared that on mo TOO OF Mr.. Trumbu IT was
ordered ths the credentials Of hessrs Bright and Fton
toGetb.r with the papers ME relative tnor election
soas,ors, be referred 70 the % Judiciary.
Mr. Bnoar inquired Of Mr.. TrumbulI--Did you ever
Mr. rBusrrrI replied that be supposed he did though
10 mad dntrct recollection thai he made the moon
NJ. BhisHr said that the senator mstook his crcden
Mr.. BrrIrs rem1ied tss, % far a. be knew the ere
dcntas referred
Mr. BRcsr maintained that large majority OF the PEG
PIE Ct Indiana we're IN favor OF OTIS remsiHnx here ~
5enatsr aud rniess there coud BE- found arthme
TIC showing tia, " tnre not clear msIorty OF
one hxndred could not be demonstrated that he
sct legally chosen Senator from Indiana. He insisted
hat The OonvepM vhich elected hi and his colleague
organized under the provisions Of the consultation
which contemplated lust such q revolutionary slste OF
g ~ nss whoa IN INC LAST lev days, hal ad
the Leg stature without voting single dollar pay
current expenses Of the STATE government he-s
elected Senator he did not desire 10 remain he
hi thai he vss representing his sAie In Move nber
shsy gave Is oco OF democrats majority and he vas
thsy chocc Tor the place be claimed here. No man
would dtsy that be the true representative Of In
diana Among o,her thing sad tnsre -ere three mem.
bers from Indiana who clam 70 be Senators from ihu
stste. and All the forms Of law vcro vioa~d In
admitting them 70 scots. The senate had right 70
claim jurisdiction OF 90 grea, an outrage Notwtastssd.
ing the denial az TIE senator from po that there
La IN m tlc of ID tka
statute book of Ineana, tvo years ago dem ,crs,ic
Senate passed sw for this purpose, bu, the repub
House OF Representatives refused 10 H. The present
Legislature, however, were governed by prccedeut.
without con iluding. NJ Bright gave vsy so the
ton Of Mr. Mason into executive session which pro
vailed, and after three hours spcut therein the
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