The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-12-17

MS credentials, II there were grounds ina
he was not qualified then the senatt
could sit as Judges, but until that NO &c
tion could be taken. When, before in thu
history Of this country, did the Senate o
the United States propose to take testi
mony in regard to the election Of q mem
ber Of the other House Of Congress, Al
this resolution proposes to do. The con
stitution provides that each House shall
be the Judge Of the qualification Of IL
members. The Governor Of Mississippi
asked for Federal troops before the late
election TO keep the people Of that State
in awe. The correspondents between him
and the head Of the Department Of Justice
was known to all. Governor Ames failed
to show that any occasion existed for
Federal interference. Mr.. Bayard then
referred to the late message Of the Presi'
dent and said there was not one word
about Southern affairs. The Department
OF Justice had its agents down there
gathering information for the guidance
OF that department, yet from that depart.
ment there was not one word or sugges'
tion as 10 these alleged wrongs, II these
things existed, 1t was remarkable that
the President OF tho United States had
maintained dead silence on the subject.
All OF this matter came from the Senator
from Indiana, who always seemed to have
in his possession statements hostile to-
wards the reace Of the Southern States,
This was revolutionary proposition. It
was but another step in the march towards
the consolidation Of power, which the peo-
pie OF this country must see. This was
the first time that the Senate OF the United
States sought to take testimony concern
ing the election OF members In House
Of Congress, and at the time these South
ern people were found helpless and bleed
ing at the foot Of the Senator from Indiana
and his party. The Senators on Mr..
Bayards side asked when the time was to
come that the Southern States could be
rchabilitated.
The Senator from Indiana, Mr.. Nor
ton, was asked then what warrant he
found In the constitution for his action,
but he could give no answer. When
asked why he would interfere with Ten.
nessee or Mississippi any more than he
would with New Jersey or New York, he
answered, ave claim the right TO deal
with the Southern States" In his own
State Of Indiana he had seen the great
change in the popular vote recently.
Mr.. Morton said yes, and there might
be change in the popular vote in the
Senator's State (Delaware).
Mr.. Bayard-Yes, sir, but IL my people
express their ballot against me at the
ballot box, | will not come here to ask
the Senate 10 revolutionize my country.
[Applause in the gallery.] .
The Vice President announced that II
il should DO repeated he would order the
Sergeant al Arms to clear the galleries.
Mr.. Bayard resuming Sald; The Senate
by giving assent to the proposition OF the
Senator from Indiana would declare that
the eleCtious in that State were TO be
Judged by the Senate.
Mr.. Thurman said the resolution OF the
Senator from Indiana had not been
referred to any committee. II was
brought in by. the Senator yesterday
and contained preamble whereas
1t is alleged that these disorders existed.
He, Thurman, then asked by whom twas
alleged, not by the President Of the Unit.
ted States, or any department Of the gov
ernmcnt, or any paper before the Senate.
1t was alledged by the papers that the
address was in private pocket OF the
Senator from Indiana. Did that Senator
wanlto forestull the judgement Of the Sen.
ate by going into an inquiry, which should
not come 10 the Senate before 1877, when
II came 10 decide on the credentials Of the
person who might come there claiming
seat from the State OF Mississippi. Other
Senators would be In the Chamber then
to decide that question, and this Senate
had no right 10 forestall their judgement.
He referred at some length 10 the Louisi-
ana case and argued that 1t was no preced
ent for the action now proposed. In the
Louisiana case the Investigation was not
ordered until after the credentials OF the
persons claiming seats from that State
we're presented. II would not do for him,
Thurman, 10 say that this was an attempt
on the part Of the Senator from Indiana,
to get up an eleCtioneering document at
the public expense; but when Senator
Morton asked himself what right the Sen.
ate had 10 pass such resolution, he would
find II impossible TO give himself salts
factory answer. He (Thurman) agreed
with the Senator from Delaware that the
courts were open in Mississippi, and II
the enforcement act had been violated
the offenders could be punished.
Mr.. Morton said that in his opinion
this debate on the part Of his Democratic
friends was simply extraordinary. It
was In conflict with the whole Of their
course in the Louisiana case. lie argued
that the Louisiana investigation was or
dered by the Senate before the credentials
Of the applicants for seats we're present.
ed, and he believed the investigation was
ordered with the appreciation Of his
friends from Ohio (Thurman) and Della
ware (Bayard). Now they had discov.
cred there was no power 10 make an In
vestigatiOn. Morton argued that the
power to make the investigation was de-
rived from several clauses In the Consti-
tuition. That instrument said the United
States must guarantee republican gov
ernment 10 every State. II ballot boxes
we're stuffed, as In Mississippi, The whole
Republic would be overthrow. His
friend from Delaware (Bayard) snid that
this was a revolutionary measure. 1t
was not, but II was to guard against rev.
olutions. The Senator (Bayafd) said
that II The Republicans should carry his
State he would not come here for relief.
lie (Motton) was quite sure that II the
Republicans were to carry that State by
the means which the Democrats carried
Mississippi, the last Of II would never be
heard. The Democrats would let these
ontrages 20 on, and II the Republicans
made fuss about II, then they we're told
that they were lighting the fires Of dis.
cord.
Mr.. Gordon said that lie had wrote 10
correct to some extent the impressions
about Mississippi which the Senator from
Indiana had received from the newspa-
pers, but as he could not catch all that
the Senator said, he would like the de-
bate 10 60 over until he could read his re-
marks.
PENSION FRAUDS.
Mr.. gallsinlroduced bill 10 author.
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