The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-12-08

present The message 10 Congress- bssss ID
q was not tie case. General Bshcock fe
q here to-day FOR Chicago, where che fnQuir
i viii be conducted His friends assert fht
q complete explanation viii be given of ii
kilograms that hare forced him into such
/ bad scrap at last some one has beal
found 70 accept The sts.
/ ARPoTxTEEgr or sIsDIAN cnaNlssioHzR,
the appointment having fallen upon anoshe
Smith Mr.. John o. Smith, ex.memberj q
/ Congress from Ohio. Tr4oE.
I TheLcssastnnn auesst0u Up Agaaa.
In the House OF Representatives, Ct Wash,
Iington, on Monday st:js.5 s 80
BIZ. GOD, OF New York, objected f0Ar
Morey, of Louisiana, and Mr. Garfield, oi
Ohio, objected to Mr. Goode, oE Yirgiaia.
Therefore these gentlemen were not per.
rnitted to qualify 8abseqp Mir. Wood
offered o resolution referring the credentials
tof Mercy and Spencer toithe Committee on
Elections With Instructions 30 report which
| of them is eatitled to the sesEss5 He said that
he did not propose 20 raise the question as to
tswho was legal Governor oil louisiana. II
was net pertinent 20 shis inquiry 1;datsr.
s:mine7 that question, che solea and saxciusfpe
question being as to what form OF crpdentials
the respective ctai1nantsjpresenteds aaeasSs
Mr.adBEAiNE, Of Maine, declared that
There wasn0 more official ground for aspeas-
tingisofs John MeEnery as Governor of
Iouisiaiia than Sthere was for speaking of
1.-The gentleman Ms. Woodl as Governor or
New YORK.. No department. or stha Govern.
ment had ever recognized! McEnery.; and
the House last session, by.a very large yose,
to which many gentlemen on the Democratic
side sof the.3 House were enting; and
many gof7 them anxious that the resolution
should pass, had solemnlyE recognized Rel
sloggas Governor ofLouisianssg And for5the
gentleman from New, 7 ork to make. a state
ment that the goyernorship Of Louisiana
was still q mstter4of doubs. OF! was still in
suspense, lwas to place the House iasa wrong
position; He. thought that the clerk would
have been, perfectly justified in tearing mp as
waste paper the credentials signed By
McEnery. He trusted that the gentleman
from New York did no. wish TO open the
whole Louisiana controversy on this cues
ton. AZ! ~ ea.stlss 81 .,tsr;;.., d, ipja,
Mr.. WOOD replied that the papers inlthe
case of all the members from Louisiana were
themselves sufficient answer for the gentle
man; for if there was no possible question
as to who was the Governor Of Louisiana
why was 1t that all the members OF that
State had deemed it necessary to obtsin the
certificates of McEnerys They bad. all
deemed 1t important to come here clothed
with certificates from each Of these so-called
Governors. He did mot propose to raise In
this inquiry the question as to who was or
was not Governor Of Louisiana. 4 The ques-
ton to be determined In the first place was
whether Mr.. Morey presented credentials
that entitled him 70 seat on this floor. 5S.9.
Mr.. WHEELER, of New York, said be
had trusted that the question as to who was
Governor Of Louisiana had been set at rest,
at least until the next general election, land
regretted that for paltry advantage II
should be again raised. Not only had ;Kel-
logg been recognized as Governor of.Leuisi.
ana by the President of the United States
and by both houses, but also by the people
of Louisiana and BY solemn statute passed
by it's Legislature at its extra session held
last April. Besides, this man Spencer bad
Absolutely forecIosed himself by having made
himself o contestant. i4s Ten .-n &
Mr.. FRYE, of Maine: Is there on record
since the election held in 1879 in the State 81
/ Louisiana q single official act OF +McEnery
except this one Of signing those certificates
Mr.. WHEELER, of New York: Not one,
Mr.. WOOD remarked that the question
settled last session had been confined entire
ly to the election of the Legislature, and not
to the election OF Governor. >f'2tsi n q ~
| Mr.. LAMAR, Of Mississippi, said that the
clerk of the House had made known to the
House the existence of a controversy no,
only with reference to the merits Of the
question, but with reference to the pTin,o
fdcis right TO q seat I'M the House. The
House was In possession Of the fact that
! there was such controversy. It mightbe
yery simple and a very Ineligible question,
but still It was q question OF law as to wf1eth
er this certificate was signed by the proper
/ Governor or not 1t had been crystall1zed
intoa regular parliamentary law that o ques
tion involving the prima facie right as. vel
Ias the merits OF case should be referred &c
the Committee on Elections g l9t's.,i 20.
| MFR. BLAINE asked Mfr. Lamar whether II
the history Of the House he knew OF any
case where the credentials or pseudo ere.
dentials ofa member, signed by d pretended
Governor, who had never been recognized al
the Governor by any department. Of tbs
Tinted States or by his own State, had been
referred to acommitteeI q He trusted that ms
friend faIr. Lamir), with his well. knoWn
moderation, would restrain his party from
IinJaci,p on the record such an outrage no,
only on Staterights, Of hich he Mr. Lsfaar
Iiwas such al eXeInplar and advocate. but or
Ithe rules of common decency as well. 5l4 ~
L MT. LAMAR remarked that the question
whether one of these was the pretended
/ Governor or not was the very question TO b.
referred to- the committee ~ ~ :''.l.
II MT. BLATNE:i Then understand 2tht
/ gentleman to mean that this is the fcrna
skSpepine of the whole Louisiana case, and no
Smerely question as TO the seat Of the mem
M MI LAMAR: The gentleman simply IN
| derslands that q question which the clerk Q
| the House has RENTED to the House (Theth
or or not it involves the other question, as !,
/ the validity of the guhernator1ai ncumben
/ of Iofiisianal Is d Question which ought DO
"a he decided fnformafiy on the mere seating
| of a member, i1nt ought TO be formally re
ferred TO committee, and grayely ana ma
tureiy decided. ,,, 80. .,,s a..
matter OF history that last year, in what va
known as the Louisiana adjustment, it wa
! nprfectIy understood that the vote OF :fhs
House declaring Kellogg to, be Goverdore wa wa
a final settlement, and whether the veBera
HE gentleman from Georgia (Mr.. sfephsns)
the yery Nestor Of the Democratic party
had NOT voted with the Republicans IN order
ayowedly that It might be 8 final settlement
lid his honorable friend (Mr.j Ianaar) come a
here now to head 8 movement 70 trampR on
the other side Of that agreement and 60 re
open the whole case -
MT. LAMA admitted that there had been
q conpromise last session, and that tina
com nrornise did aekuowledge Kellogg as "a.
acting "a Governor OF Louisiana. BE hoped
that the gentleman from New 4 York fhr
WOODY would, acting on the sUggesticn @
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