Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-03-10
o. s. sENArE-ExTKA SESSION.
FRIDAY, March 10

FRIDAY, marCh 10.
SENATH-Mr. johnson presented the Gre
dentals of Hon. John A J. Creswell elected
Senator from Mary land for the unexpired term
Of the late Hon. Thos. Holiday Hicks.
Mr.. Ores we'll appeared, was qualified and
toek his seat.
ON motion OF Mr. Lana, Of Indiana, leave of
absence was granted to his colleag ne Mr.. Hen
dricks) for the balance OF the session.
MIR. Lane, of Kansas, moved to take up his
resolution for paying mileage to the three Sem
atorial claimants from Arkansas, Messrs. Bax-
Louisiana, which had been reported back from
the Committee on Contingent Expenses with
the request to be discharged
MIR. Sumner objected, saying that II the reso-
luton was taken up he should consider 1t his
duty at least to call attention to the draHght
which it would make upon the Treasury, and
also especially to the fact that one OF the claim
ants was seceesionist, it having been shown
by the record that the person referred to had
acted with those who carried his State into Sc
cession until that result was accomplished.
MIR. Lane, of Kansas, denied emphatically
the charge against Mr.. Fishback Of his having
Been . eanesionist. He had long known Mr..
tishback, and knew him to have been an ar.
dent Republican in politics, and that he OPP
posed the ordinance OF secession in the Arkan-
sas convention until finally he was compelled
to vote for 1t to save his life. As to paying
mileage, that had been done by the Senate for
the Arkansas claimants at previous session.
Mr.. Trumbull said he had no objection to the
resolution being taken up, though not in favor
of it's passage. 1t would afford him an oppor-
the action of committee heretofore.
Mr.. Trumbull proceeded at some length to
explain, saying that while mileage WAS given
to the Arkansas claimants at the first session
OF the last Congress. ii was because their case
was then supposed to have been a reasonable
one, though the Judiciary Committee did net
consider them entitled to seats. But now, after
that decision, here are the same claimants
again, and, in addition, third one. So there
We're three Senators to be paid mileage from
that State. AS regards the Louisiana claim
ants, he thought their mileage should be paid,
and went on at length to show that the new
free State government there had been duly
elected, installed and recognized.
Mr. Wade replied to Mr.. Trumbull, arguing
that Louisiana and other States which had
simply by action Of the President or military
power, and therefore there was no State power
to be represented here. An act OF Congress
was necessary to bring these States again Of
ficiaily into the Union, hut the preliminary
action must be with the people. The restora.
ton must begin with the people, and not with
the President by military order He denied
that there was any evidence that the people OF
Louisiana had made the State Government
now claiming representation here. 1t was not
the republican government contemplated, be.
cause set up simply by the military power
That repI lican government can only be set
masses, Il public meetings, ard otherwise,
laying down their arms and asking to be re-
ceiyed under the Constitution of the United
States. He was as anxious to see those States
restored to the Union as any one, but only in
this proper way.
Mr.. Sumner said MIR. Hahn, one Of the Louis.
lana claimants, had supported secession.