The Van Buren press., 1874-12-01

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acting as chaplain.
The journal of yesterday was read and
approved.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
House resolution No. 7, (to inquire
into the manner in which >. w. Dorsey
obtained his seat in congress, was taken
up.
On motion of Mr.. Collins. action was
deferred until action had been taken in
the senate on a similar resolution.
House resolution No. 10, Ito raise a
concurrent committee to investigate what
claims growing out of the Brooks Baxter
war remain unpaid, was on motion read
Il third time and passed--yeas SO, nays
l, (Dodson, of Newton.
Special order for 10 80 a. m. was taken
up House bill No 81, Ito regulate the
sale of property under cxecution,) was
read the third time, and placed on it's
final passage and adorted-yeas 7G, nays
II.
Special order for the same hour, sen
ate concurrent resolution No. 3, to as
certain the manner Of s. w. Dorseys
election, was taken up on its third read
ing.
Mr.. Browning moved to postpone its
further consideration until December
20th.
Mr.. Collins opposed the motion, and
said we must make it so lively for Mr.
Dorsey that he wont have much time to
work up his schemes against Arkansas.
1t was morally certain that Mr.. Dorsey
was in his seat by fiaud, and was misrep-
rescnting Arkansas, and doing all he can
to viify US. and overturn the state gov
ernment under the new constitution. lie
hoped the committee would be appointed
and 90 to work Immediately upon this
investigation. He favored the resolution
Mr.. Davis indorscd the views Of Mr.
Collins.
Mr.. Trimblc said this joint committee
should be appointed early in this session,
and not at its heels The postponeineht
until December would have the effect OF
killing the investigation entirely.
Mr.. Copeland said he should vote
against the resolution, not to stifle the
investigation. If Senator Dorsey was
elected by fraud there were men in high
positions in Arkansas who connived to
put him in the senate He had said, and
would repeat, that he believed Mr.. Dor
sey to have been honestly chosen by the
general assembly Of 1878. 1t seemed to
him that this was species Of oppression
because Mr. Dorsey differed materially,
from the members. Let us, said he,
build up the state and make it prosper
by good and wholesome laws instead OF
making smelling committees. Let us lay
aside this investigation 1t is unjust,
and we cannot afford, at present, to 60
into il. The matter had been investigated
by two assemblies, and Senators Clayton
and Dorsey had been asked to esign and
had not yet done So lie would vote
against the resolution.
Mr. Flippin said Judge Wiltshire had
publicly announced that he had proofs
that Dorsey was elected by fraud and he
had not seen or heard that Dorsey had
refutcd the statement He concurred IN
the remarks of Mr.. Barrett, and believed
there must be something behind, if Dor
sey's friends opposed the resolution OF
investigation If Dorsey was shown to
be properly elected, he would stand to
him.
Mr.. Browning's motion to postpone
was put, and lost.
Mr.. Collins moved to place the resolu-
ton on its final passage. Agreed to-
The vote resulted:
Those voting in the affirmative were
Messrs. Anderson of Craighead, Ander
son of Howard, Avera, Baird, Baker,
Barrett, Booze, Bostic, Boston, Bradford,
Bragg, Bright, Browning, Burns, Casey,
Cochran. CLANCY, Cleveland, Cluck, Cor
few. Collins, Davis, Dodson of Newton
Dodson of Randolph, Durham, Dowell'
Flppin, Foster, Frazier, Fuller, Fulton
Gardner, Gillis, Green, Greig. Hannah,
Headlcc, IIill Of Calhoun, Hoover, Hum
phry, Jones, Judkins. Kerr Little, Love,
Martin, McClelland, Mcconnell, Morgan
Moore of Carroll, Moore OF Union,
Moore of Woodruff, Patton, Poe, Powell
Pullman, Rice, Rhea, Robinson ofDesha'
Robinson of Monroe, Ruddle, kumpl,
Russell, Sader Sanders, Sharpe, Shinn'
Slaughter, Smycrs, Spangler, Taylor
Trimblc, Vcnable, Wall, Wann, Weir'
Wells OF Drew, Wells of White, VIII
iams, Witt, Wolf and Mr.. Speaker--S3,
Those voting in the negative were
Messrs. Coleman. Copeland, Grissom,
IIlll of Jefferson, Maxwell, Miller ana
Polk.
SENATE