Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-03-21
General News Summary,
CONGRESS-.
sENATE-ExTRA SESSION

sENATE-ExTRA SESSION
MARCH 7.--The Rev. Dr. Newman was
reelected Chaplain After discussion motion
| was adopted to admit Mr.. Spencer, Of Alabama,
and he was sworn In The credentials OF VIM,
4. McMilen, claiming to be the Senator elect from
Louisiana, elected by the McEnery Legislature
were presented and laid on the table to be printed
The credentials Of Roscoe Conklng as Senator
rom New York, were presented, read and laid on
| the table Executive session and adjournment
| to the 10th,
MARCH 10.-The Committee on Elec-
ons were directed to examine and report at the
next session the best and most practicable method
Of electing the President and Vice-President OF
| the United States together with a plan for the
organization OF tribunal to determine all con:
| tested questions connected herewith, and
that the Committee have leave to sit during the
recess Of the Senate. Petitions were presented
for the prohibition OF liquor legislation. The
Caldwell bribery case was taken up, and after ar
guments by Mr.. Morton in favor Of expulsion, Mr,
Caldwell made lengthy statement, claiming that
was an absoluis fact that the majority Of the
any restraint in the premises The election Of '
Senator is the act Of State in its sovereign ca
pacity, with which the Senate cannot interfere. He
| quoted numerous precedente in support Of this
proposition. Before the reading Of Mr.. Caldwels
| statement was completed, the Senate went into
Executive session, and afterwards adjourned.
MARCH 11.-Mr. John B. Gordon
Senator elect from Georgia, was sworn in. Mr..
Wright, of the Special Committee of last session,
introduced resolution that the charges against
| the official conduct OF Powell Clayton had not
been, sustained, and that the Committee
of the subject. IA resolution was
Rassed-T to 1s-authorlElng the Secretary Of
war t9 consider and report az to the eTPeSeIey
nae for public park The Secretary of the
Treasury was requested TO furnish, at the next
| session, information as to the conveniences and
treatment accorded N
board. The case OF Senator Caldwell was taken
mp, and his statement was concluded. He puts his
OF the members Of a State Legislature in voting,
cannot be inquired into for the purpose
Of invalidatIg an election; second, in
| TO those prescribed by the Constitution third,
not dollar is traced from Caldwell or by his au-
thority, or from anybody else, to any member of
Mr.. Carpenter spoke in reply to Mr.. Morton's
arguments Of the day before in favor Of the reso-
luton declaring Mr.. Caldwell's election illegal,
and said the testimony against Mr.. Caldwell
was not such as would be submitted by a court TO
jury. AS to Caldwell's gHilt, he should vote
against the expulsion of the Senator end asked the
Senators, before they cast their votes to disgrace
him. at least to read and study the testimony.
MARCH IA resolution was adopted
that Mr.. Carpenter act President pro teBl in the
absence Of the cePresdent. =. The Standing
Committees were chosen. n....A resolution was
adopted that the Committee on Judiciary be in
session OF the Senate whether the Union Pacific
Railway Company, or any company authorized to
build branch road to connect Herewith, or any
assignee of such company, will be entitled to lands
or bonds for any road which such company may
hereafter construct; and that until said Committee
shall report, the executive officers OF the Govern
ment are requested to issue no bonds or patent
certificates That may be claimed for roads con-
structed and reported after this date ~. The
Caldwell case Yves further considered, Messrs.
Conkling Logan and Stockton arguing that the
Senate had no control over the question as pre-
sented that the election OF Senator Caldwell was
an act OF the State Legislature, behind which the
Senate, as decided by the courts, could not go.
Mr. Morton, in reply, claimed that the power to
inquire into an election carried with II the right to
inquire into everything connected with it.
MARCH 13.-The Caldwell case was fur
ther debated, and resolutions were offered that he
be expelled from his seat In the Senate, and to the
effect that the Senate has power under the Consti-
tuition TO reject any Senator elect provided Il he
shown to its satisfaction that the election is ain
ed with fraud. Mr. McCreery. at his own requcfs
was excused from serving on the Committees on
Public Buildings and Agriculture. IA resolution
was offered and referred to pay Ray and Mcmillan,
respectively, applying for seats from Louisiana
compensation for the unexpired term ending
March 4, 1878 The Senate decided not to receive
petitions during the present extra session.