The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-02-17


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q hslf-cock, aad1sca,tsss its sho, wide Ct
- mark, when Il asserts that the act OF al
u1slinG Senator Fitch OF Indians, to . seat
= u Uaitsd States Senate wss cut Of eli
pes.sssahlished rules adopted By that body.
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The Gssstte asserted To such thing. TO
usas,ra.e hoe ian possible il is for our an
sispt neigabor to correctly represent any
position Of ,he Gazette, We give the remark
ws ~ make:
We iesra BY dispatches that On The sth
issa. Ar. Fitch, one Of the lraudulently eiee
TED 0ens,ors from Indiana, @ss BY party
vcts efthe Senate permitted y take the
saaA d ONCE. against The rem6nstrances OF
IL Republicans.
We said nothing abont the pre- establish.
a rules of that body. The custom. ss Mr.
Ttunbull remarked in the De bate. has Leen
~ vsys. Mr.. Seward said, with regsrd 10
reecsleni, the case stood in this = Use: in the
Early history of the Senste. the claimant Was
deaisd seat, which he held ia allowance,
until IN Investigation ~as Made, and de-
sisioa pronounced, and then he ~as admit
~ osrsjected definitely or finally bun du.
siae the latter history Of the Government
d1asreat practice has prevailed. Mr..
Seward cited the case of Archibald Dixon.
whose claim TO Z seat ~ Senator from
Kestucky vas debated fourteen days before
hs ives allowed TO take the oath. So much
~ Tie @re-estsblished rules." We had
ivse rssd the discussion before wriiing the
slsvs paragraph. yet are quoted as stating
that the Get Of admitting Fitch was out 0,
ali pre-essablished rules.
Bot we say the sdmi.sion OF Fitch TO
ssst 10 the Senate, with the inform stioa be,
Sers that body on the subject, while sny
rule o. precedent sustained an opposite
sosrss, sas : Political outrage. This Demo
cratic Senate had just made Secision in
the eass Of Mr.. Harlan, by which they de-
clarsa that 1t wss necessary for { quorum.
Of beth Houses Of q Siste Legisist IRE to be
In ieint- convention to render the election
Of an q. s. Senator legal. This decision
should have prevented Fitch from taking his
eeat, NO matter If be did tear "crede atisls, y
provided he Evidence we're presen, to prove
there vas no, quorum of both HOUSES in
the Joint which elected him -
The evidence was 10 Washington City, and
feruaIiy before the Senate. that there vas
nos . quorum Of sitae- Hoas< or Seaate Of me
IaaisAa Legislature in the so-ealled 'join,-
osavention,r when the motions Of electina
Fitch and re-electins Bneht we're gone
through with. The Indiana Senate had ito
furusl protest sSaiast Fteh's siseiiua.
adopted in regular session, before the U s
Desats. There 10 mot an U s. Senstof bur
sho kzsss the election OF Fitch was illegal,
and more especially Illegal ty The decision
pss nsde In their own body Yet they pls.
esd Fitch in Tie ssesnt sea, in The L :
Senate, - one 81 themselves, al U S Sen
asos, dill 1t could ts formally proved he i.
nj sntitlsd to his pikee. ii any reasonable
1ssks existed. there might not be any ca,
rage q even Improperly 10 admitting hin
y sect TIL the subject could undergo Tho.
rough Investigation. Bot ss il Is, an out
sAes hiss been committed, and with par
tissn object. Tia, object is undoubtedly to
keep hiM in q position 10 which he hss no
isgsi right Whatsoever. The Democratic
majority sili proerastinate a decision long
GO possible 10 keep Pitch in his seat, His
sAaissson viii en,itle him 10 pay and mile
age. wbns he uili no doubt be 10 al ia.
Iez.s and purposes Senator the whole o.
Ills session. The Cd rule Of excluding
clsiuanis under contested elections unit. Il.
decision Of the claim, should most certainly
In this case have beea carried out. To sp.
ply the Hex rule 10 his case, is &c much as to
ssy that 1oub.s exist onls az 10 whether h
election 10 legal.
A contemporary, who 10 opposed to the
Republican party, thus remsrks about .hi.
ease:-Thsfe is "a, necessity 10 iogE for
pseeedents 10 establish the in,alidity % this
DssteAied election. The election OF Urited
States Senators 10 81 act of Legislation, and
thsrs car b no legislation without the IN
cunsHee Of both Houses constituting the
Legislature. Ia this instance the Senate
I'D not directly nor indirectly concur, and
consequently there he's been no election
Pie revolutionary eondue, Of the Demo
sssis In The Indiana Legislature. their 81.
tsnpt 70 iorse sn election in d,fsnee Of ali
G1nstitnuoSsl provisions, Of all laws, and OF
al established preeedents, even Of those
vhich have hitherto been liked by the lead,
sss Of their own political faith. eyinee moi
only IN utter disregsrd and rsckies.ness
for sovsrDg. ent, but desperation which
Gag oily be felt BY q declining parry They
Anov full sell that their iil-gotteh power
10 rapidly waning. and they are seeking BY
every Imaginable artihce, iE these last mo
msats Of it, existence, to make the most of
II. In the bitterness Of their despair they
have passed the bounds of discretion and
hsvs elected sothing ea eept 70 make them
sslsss suprsmely ridiculous
ONO RiyEH-boATs SrI--Nas1,st,on
ls nos open In the Ohio. A great dssl Of
aoasing property was destroyed BY she
breaking up Of the ice, bot net s. much Is