New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-23
The INDIANA FRAUD.

r. 81 Ed,t.- Of r.. ~ + T,iss--
SIR: In Your Article Of Yesterday, the election OF
Incisus senators, there some Sigh, and perhaps
urimpor.an; errors, which n gut sii be vel enough
to correct.
M Bright is tue. Insisted that his cise has
never bee rtf,r,sd bat this denied b. NJ rrum-
bull. VINO made the notion The iacts IS they trso-
spirt6 these AZ the regular session the case of
Dr. Fitch was alons before .ne Sens,e. NJ. Bright,
berg then member Of the Senate under h' election
six wears $50. As a matter Of course the case OF
Fich was st that time ony referred ~ it could not thea
b. known that Bright would claim seat uudec
the coeBs election. TIE Committee on the Judcis
reported NE regular session il favor Of tskrg test
| NOW in tiChs case. This reSis'st by IfInbGl
| on the greuud
Fi,sf: list al the fscts Necessary - decision Of
the cese were then before the Senate in certified copies
Of the Journs- OF the Sensc o. Indiana shO wing that
that bCoy had never participated ia the election, and
that DO Joint Convention Of tie Legislature had ever
been agreed 10 or held for the purpose OF eecng Sen
s;ors
Second That the questions Of fact sought to he
rasec by Dr. Fitch in written statement were lily
uu ateri, and re.ted matters which the SenHe OF
he United States mad rgh 70 investigate, s1ch tor
i'm 81 &C. "a whether certain members OF tse Indians
senstehsd proper ere enas when they wee aim Ted
10 cate sc Ques icI which that body alons, under
the G.. s-ituton of Indians had right 70 ~ettle
TI,rds Thst if any mstsria points were IN Issue be
hy the reCrd-the Journals Of the lOdisus lie islaure
-sr that paro evidence in regard T. the was iusd'
mi.sibe. Mr. T,umbull made a some~hst elab)
speech upon This ,usect which wac published IN The
(ii ic of Nov. ~.
The Senste got rid Of the question at The regular SEES
sion by Ia, In the whole III ,le't on the table.
AZ tue EAua Session Gen Bright was sworn L. as
| new Ser atcr add soou as the Committees were
fcrn ed the protests ard other papers relating u the
el. elton Of Senators lpdisns which were applied to
b. sht csse well that of Fitch, AMI 10 which he
Mas named az Illegally elected. motion of Mr.
ruu bull re- referred to the judiciary Committee. VINO
~ sutse queut day reported back s)u,ion auth n
ling testimony 10 be taken in both of q similar
character TO the resolution before reported IN regard TO
ti,ch alone. T,uIIbull moved To smeod by decsrieg
he duty the Sense To proceed nj he then Session
TO the eXsmir alton and settlement OF the contested
| seats from Indiana
Gen. Bright then stated that his Gaze had never
teer referred; while Mr.. Tup bull iosisted that he hal
intended IN move ard supp sed he hal m )ved, the
refIence of both cases. The Journal appealed 10
ana fully sustained Mr.. Tuubulls stslement. rhs
whole subject wss toen sgain laid upon the table.
During the last hour of The session, aud while Mr.
Trumbull wa, not in the SeDete, motion WAS made
and csuied to alter the JouIua by striking out tbs'
par, touching the reference of Mr Brghts case. MIR.
T7ubull on COuiug In moved consideration OF ths
vote which WAS The last tbirg done in regard TO the
ms,tcr, Senate unef a'lo'Uius s'Do do u IA
sequence wn, rher Bgnts case WAS referred
rCt the nlaority refused TO tas any seton in re-
gard 10 FCh's csse which twice referred and got
III e he subiec. often i, called mp b. lsying
il on the table but il nevertheless proper that the
true state of facts they existed should be known.
You seem 70 tsse It for grated that when Bnght and
Fitch elected from the Senate "a they eventually
must be if action be upon their eases the
Governor will have the RICH. reappOint them during
The OF the Legislature That This is the expecs
ion srd design Of those who have been seeting IL pro
or 2 this by getting no umsterial issues is more
hsn piobabe; hu' il il inlt TO perceive how the
Ser s'e deoioe that the office of Senators
filed by np election which thy have DfonJuncet void
snd unless the ofiice hss be filled the ancy
not such one, Is hiss often been decided az the
GnvtrnoT can Gil. ClrlzES OF THE WEST.
March 49, 1857