The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-07-05
FORTZETH CONGRESS.
House of Representative.
he Third Edition.

Continued from the Third Edition
WASHINGTON, July 5.
Mr. Paine moved to suspend the rules in order that
he might introduce joint resolution rendering the
5hanks ks Of or Congress 10 PhP M Sheri
of Commander of the Military District OF Texas aud
The rules were suspended-yeas no. nays 49, and the
Joint resolution s nv was read three times and passed
Joseph A. Stewart, who had been contest'ng his (Mr
TAXING tes1imony he found that il was nsucieSt St
and therefore Withdrawing from the contest Referred
TO the Committee Elections
Mr.. Marshall qllinoisl presented q protest from
from the Fifth sixth and Seventh Districts of Ken
tucky against the action Of the House on day
seats are contested; and that no allegation can be
of the House was in direct VOCATION OF all the laws
and precedenis that ii was subvsrsion of the rights
oonsituents and claiming their right to be admitted
9 S PSpfT Pc had heqS 9e9 a rsad o M
of contest had been presented in the case OF
other two, Messrs Grover and Beck be discharged
from the further consideration and that they be duly
The right of representation was sacred and holy aud
that the American people would not look with
indilerence upon an ACT OF such gross Injustice
Mr.. Logan asserted that there were charges of dis.
Loyalty sgapst She nSmed "a, they we're as
be found that Grover had voted for act OF
sion. II might be proper for his colleague, Mr., Mar
arepresentatve from the broad prairie state take
Mr.. Maishail said he did not feel it necessary to
notice his colleagues personal illusions to himself.
him This mode Of travelling out Of the question to
impugn th' actions mott es of nembers might be
deemed credttable bv some members, but he did
propose TO follow such an example. His colleague
had been entirely mistaken about Mr.. Grover. lie
had never been arrested for treason. Mr. Jones had
b, en- so arrested, as many othe had been. but had
been discharged without any charge being preferred
against him.
Mr.. Dawes (Mass.) moved that the protest and mo-
ton be referred 10 the Committee on Elections. He
bad no hest alton IN saying for himself, member
of that Commiee that II he found there was nothing
affecting the qualifications of any OF the Kentucky
members, he would report back their CREDENTIALS
to the House,
Mr.. " God expressed the hope that the Committee
on Elections Woulo report soon as possible, aud
dupnE the session the result Of its inyesga-
ton 10 the House. IL was wrong 10 distranchlse.a
> ate on mere IunlOr With every confidence In the
fairness patriotism, and LOYALTY of the chairman OF
thai committee, he repeated the hope that on very
early occasion he would report 10 the House.
Mr, Wllliams expressed the Idea that the Commit
tee should contne its Investigations present,
to the question OF the qualifications OF the members
presenting their credentials.
MT Dawes agreed with Mr.. Williams on that
point. When q man presented his credentials, he
would not carry the investgatiOn farther than as TO
whether thht man was qualified TO hold his seat
Mr.. Bingham repudated altogether the doctrine
that any MEMBER by his speech, could exclude the
entlre delegatlon OF Ohio by assertion thar u was
Quoted
The protest and motion ere referred to the Com
lmitteeon Elections.
"A Joint resolution of thanks 90 Maior-Generals
Siokles, Pope. and Schofeld was passed.
Mr., scbenck offered resolutions referring 20
Mexico and endorsing the recent execution OF Maxi
MI, Wood denounced that act as dlsgraceful, aud
he House refused 70 suspend the rules 10 receive
,hem,