New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-01-24
WASHINGTON.

Representative at Large from Tennes-
see.-Cex,mitfee on Southern Outra&es-
judiciary Committee Report on l:eor-
xia Senatorial Claimants.
WASHINGTON, January 23.-The Governor
Of Tennessee has given Thomas II. Reeves a
commission to Congress for the State at
large.
The House Judiciary Committee will re-
port favOrably on the bill amending the bill
to infOrce the right of citizens to vote.
The following nomination was made to-
day. viz: George l.. Woods. Governor Of
Utah.
The judiciary Committee Of the Senate
reported today in favor of Mr.. Hill, Senator
elect from Georgia.
Senators Stewart and Rice made a minor
ity report i'll favor Of Messrs. Farrow and
Whteby.
The Senate in executive session confirmed
the postmasters nominated for Aiken.
South Carolina, Noonan. Georgia, and
Huntsville, Alabama.
The Committee ON Southern Outrascs meet
tomorrow. The son of Governor Holden,
Of North Carolina will be the first witness.
tor from Minnesota.
Mr.. Sumner presented resolutions from
the Indiana Legislature adverse to Domini-
can anne XatiOn.
Mr.. Jewett presented resolutions from the
st. Louis Board of Trade, in favor of widen
ing and deepening the channel at the mouth
OF the Mississippi.
MIR. Trumbull gave notice that he would
call up the Georgia question as soon aS re-
ports could he printed.
A resolution was adopted authorizing. the
Committee on Southern Outrages to report
at any time, and giving them leave to sit
during sessions of the Senate.
A bill increasing the pensions Of disabled
sailors and soldiers. passed.
The bill protecting members OF Congress
from the opportunities OF OtfiCc-seekers. was
discussed to adjournment.
HouSe--Among the bills introduced and
referred for the commission to determine,
were: Claims for Confederate cruiser depre-
dations. granting lands to the Atlantic and
Great Western Canal. to bridge the Missis-
sippi at Bounvile, reducing the cost of cor
respOndence. and connecting the postal and
telegraph service.
Tie bill for i. military and postal road
hence 10 New York was resumed, but fill
bustcred over the morning hour.
William NJ. Payne. member elect from
Georgia. was seated.
4 bill re.ulatin: rank in the navy was
reported. 1t places surgeons and paymas-
tcrs on the activc list, and their positive
rank, and makes other alterations.
Passed.
The motion TO suspend the rules. to ex-
tend to all the States lately in rebellion the
! provision. of the act OF March 4, 1861,
! failed: yeas 20. nays 67-not two-thirds
| vote. The provisions OF the bill give
equal rights to loyal claimants in all the
| States.
House adjourned.
The Committee on judiciary, to whom
| was referred the credentials of gentlemen
| claiming to have been elected Senators
from Georgia, in their report made to the
Senate to-day, state that the General AS
sembly of that State was organized i'll 1868
| and at the time OF the election of Mcssrs
| Hill and Miller contained i'll each house d
| constitutional quorum of legal members
The claimants. Hill. Farrow and Whiteby
have had their political disabilities re-
moved by the act Of Congress OF July, 1868
Mr.. Miller has never labored under the
political disabilities imposed by the third
| section of the fourteenth amendment to the
| constitution Of the United States, but i,
is admitted that he acted as a surgeon
| in the rebel army, under an appointment
| from a colonel OF rebel reg iment, and had
| given aid to persons in hostility to tho
United States, and therefore cannot take The
oath required by the act OF July, 1862 The
act of July, 1868. prescribes a qualified Oatf
to be taken by persons elected or appointed
to office, from whom political disabilitie,
have been removed. Mr.. Miller, however
is not relieved from taking the oath pre-
scribcd by the act OF July 1868. and in tn.
| opinion Of the committee, Is not en-
titled to the scat. And it follows
from the conclusion OF the committe.
| as to the proceedings in the election of Hill
| and Miller. that neither FarrOw nor White
| by is entitled to a seat. The committee are
Of opinion that Hill was duly elected by tn.
Legislature having authority to elect a Sen
ator, and is entitled to take his seat OH
| takin" the oath required by the constitution
and the laws. All the contestants main
tanned the position before the committee
that the incligibilty or disqualification Of
individual members Of either house was
| not sufficiently numerous to affect its con
| stituiOnal quorum, and was an iInmateria
| issue The committee, therefore, have not
deemed it necessary to discuss the question
| further than to state the facts in regard t,
it.
The majority OF the committee a2reem.
| to the report are Senators Trumbuil, Ed
munds, Conkling and Carpenter. Senator
| Thurman agrees with them that Hill is Ell
| titled to take his seat, and holds that Miller
is also entitled to take his seat ON taking the
oath prescribed by the constitution.
! Senators Stewart and Rice, of the minority
| IN the presentation OF their views, say the
main question is which election should be
held valid, that of Hill or Miller in 1868, OF
Farrow and Whiteby in 1870! In tho de
termination OF this question much depend,
upon the time when Georgia became en-
titled to the reconstruction laws.
On this subject they say they have beer
| able to find no case III the history OF ths
government where Senators have been ad
mitted from IL State not entitled to repre-
scntation in Congress at the time Of thu
election. Congress has already III effect
decided that the necessary legislation
declaring that Georgia was entitled t.
representation, was not made prior to tn,
election of MIR. Hill and Mr.. Miller, nor ha
any subsequent Congressional act recog
nized as legal the organization Of the Leg
isature in 1868. They recommend tn
adoption OF a resolution declaring FarrOy
and Whiteby elected and entitled to seats
The information received at the Treasur
Department that Mexico had recently ex
tended the free zone" proves incorrect
The captions and first paragraph Of tw
column telegram to the New York 1ribun
is az follows: Return Of Southern Vnionist