, 1873-03-13

S1r. CARPENTER, having tnkon tho chair,
thanked tho Bonato for tho honor. 1t would bo
lily constant ondonvor to perform Ills duty faith
''iI on mouon Of Mr. ANTHONY, tho Secretary
OF tho Senate WAS directed to vnit On tho Prcsi-
dent and inform him Of this aetion.
STANDING Committees.
On motion Of Mr. ANTHONY, tllo election Of
Standing Committees WIS proceeded with, re-
sultng as fol[oHss
h1casrs. Carpenter, Logan Acorn, Anthony, Mitchell,
ns forsgn Rciatio,,*- -Gsmeron, Chairman ; Morton,
nn noye conktng aa ses1 sn,f
wight; TorTy {sel, nayar and renton' ''''
wihiom, Wca hlnaa, Sargent, Xuaon, Stevenson, ind
Davis.
Commerce Chandler. Chairman; Spencer, cont-
Ling, Buckingham, MITCHELL Gordon md Dennis. -,
Observation-Disclosures Chairman spraguo, Gil
Bson. lin. Chairman R0'0F
Narat 10airs-crasin, Chairman; Anthony, Nor"
ttil hfaine), sarscus' oono7'r st0cktoi'> ana Nor
..Jniiciayy-Edml,,,1s, Chntr1nan conking,, caE-
pentor, Tronsll,.scn; Wright, Th"rman' and steSen-
1a.!-oase. and po,s-Aeod*-nsm7eys oh9trasn'
Hamlin, Ferry tnish;, rlanasan' Kelly Doraoy
ar Tsatt osiesby, wadeig, casrory Upton, ahd
TTirate Land clafn's-rhurman, Chairman; Ferry
{Conn.), Caldwel Daysrt aud BoRy.
indian ADairs- Buckingham, Chairman CALDWELL
Asns ossis 9sla sS1s Serry Gfespy
Dorsey, ingalls,, Hamilton crexas), and Norwood. m
bert, soSsa'y conovsr yyohnaton, md aOldthwsito.
Clatms-Scott, Chairman; Pratt, Borolnan, Wright,
Mitchell! Doants, aud A1erFi1n9n l,, ,,.,u uu,.,u
Hitchcock Ferry th1ich Robertson Jones, and sa'lls-
.ss sss {s s:s? ia 9sfsass Window 's-
Chairman; Gilbert Cameron, Stockton, and Nc
2trritories- -noreman, ohnirnsh Hitchcock, Clay
ton, Cooper, qCagii,, Patterson, and & Tipto1; IT,. p,
icy, Hitchcock, Howe, Irclnghuyaon, Cooper, 'Hnml
c:xs sa ss,4ss Ksy I'll @91's%iss o''na'
Ileutsion qf Latea ef the United Htafea-ConkllnR
d5agas s%s Aes5 sa ssa
e0S sttes a1s"{s nDKs; s1 eGs% @ tic srey
''snE 70 XEd aid conro ihs cont"gent EEpeses Of tue
Senate-Carpenter, Chairman; Jones. and Salisbury.
soS s
Engrossed Btlls-oasseriy, Chairman Clayton, and
ERroised Biss-Ames, Chairman; Lowss, and W.
Iss;<s II tho 1itss'sstp1; arey-Alc'rn, Chairman;
0hairmau; Bhurm9n, oouhiipg, Ames, conorer, CAS-
Bcry, and Norwood.
Committees on Appropriation, Privileges aud
Elections, Public Lands, and Post-0 0ificoa aud
Post Roads arc to consist of nine members each,
instead OF seven aa heretofore, but a vacancy III
left temporarily on tile Privileges and Elections,
Nailrond is abolished, and tho Committed on
Railroads substituted thorefor. Tho Standing
Committee On investigation and Retrenchment,
aud tho SOLICIT Committee on Alleged OutrageB
in the Southern States and OIL Political Di6ablli-
tieB, il abolished.
PRESS ACCOMMODATIONS.
11r. ANTHONY offered tho following resolu-
tion, which WIS agreed to:
Resolred, That It shall be tho duty Of the Commit
tee on 1sles to mike md enforce all 1hS rules and
tee is directed to take such action from mo to time,
fdo reporters for daily nowsparcra assigning not to
o1ceed seat to oach paper and tho said Committee
for ths ss Assoeed roporers md to resuato le
occupation Of the Same.
CALDWELL.
The Senate resumed tho consideration Of, ,the
Caldwell caHe.
Mr. CONKLING aaid ho could find no instance
In which the British Parliament, anterior to
statute nnd interior to the order Of tho
House Of Commons, which became statute.
annullod ab initio an election because Of bribery
by the candidate of particular person.
hlr. LOGAN argued that tho election Of Soma
tor Caldwell was IN net Of tho Legislature, bo-
hind which tho Senate az decided by the Courts
could not 50, but on attempt was made to II
tiate the election on tho ground Of q single act
Of bribery. Under what rulo or authority Was
tlis to be done-the statutes Of England, which
hayo no binding force upon us He called upon
tho Senator from Iniliana to produce one case
parallel to that now before thenl.
MIR. MORTON, in altuding to Mr. Lo8an'e
course on tho Committee on Privileges and
Elections, said he was not prepared to hear his
present argument.
Mr. LOGAN replied that no did not desire to
detail the discussion boforo the Committee, but
1t VAS enough for the Senate to know that le
now diasonted from tho report mado by tho Com
mitteo in this oaso, aud on examination ho
thought hs formor yiows were incorrect. Ho
then proceedol to show that from tho testimony
tho Senate would not bo warranted in finding
Caldwell guilty Of any act Of bribery, and that
oyory Witness on which tho Senator from In-
diana relied WIS oontradlctcd by four or tiyo
Witnesses of better reputation. While Mr.
Logan was Quoting tue testimony OF Thomas IL J.
MORTON interrupted lin BY asking whether
he did not know it was thought in tho Commit
tee that Audersona testimony was perjury
Mr. LOGAN remarked this was q most sngu-
him. AntoYson'a Testimony was that Of man.
aud ho bore himscif moro IKE a man than those
who wore prosecuting Caldwell. IS ,: much
Clarke. There waB no witnesB to contradict An
derson, but the witness Oh whom tile Senator
from Indiana loaned was contrRdtotea, and his
testimony impoacllod by competent witncsscs.
Mr. STOCKTON argued there was no question
lere over which tho Senate Ind control. Tho
examination of individual motives WIS yioative
OF tho Constitution, and tlla most dangerous
doctrine over introduced. Tho 8annto had no
right to inquire beyond tho Constitutional pro-
vision.
Mr.. MORTON roplicd to tho legal part of the
argumont, maintaining tl!at the power to inquire
into the election carried with it tho right to
quire Into everything connected with 1t. The
Senate las power to protect itself from Senator
olaoted by bribery.
Debate on tho caso will DO resumed tomorrow.
PACIFIC RAILROADS.
On motion of 5tr. CONKLINd, 1t was resolved
tint tho Committee on Judiciary DO instructed
to inquire md report at the December session
Of tho HenAte whether the Union Pacific Hall-
roal Company, or any Company authorized to
build branch road to connect therowlth, or any
a1KirnnR nf nrrh 1nn1auv will ha untitled to