The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-12-16

tnat DO WIS M0t Nf00aNAe tAtse cue AA
sage sould be received to-day.
SIS. keE spnH0H
:, f4enslemen ol eha House of Repre-
senlsstlyes
j am truly rrnseful Cor Che honor
Vaa laigs conferred if railing me e
this exalted stati0n. ] profoundly ap.
preciate the importance and deiicaey
sc ia duties Il sfiall doubtless many
times need goBr patient indulgence. j
pray that yon wil grant Il end WITH
nothing but kindly feeling toward
every membeE Of the House. promise
that ID AL my official acts ! viii oiYest
myseif % the utmost Of my ability q
ali personal bias and observe completes
fairness and impaEtiality towards al,
and towards an Tie great and diversi-
ied Interests 81 our country represents
"a id this House
Two hundred and eighty members
present.
In swearing iii members Messrs
hE0rey 0f Louisiana, and Goode o. Vlr-
pinfia, were ASKED To stand aside ~
they were contested
a motion 30 refer Mn. Morey' Gre
dentials, after warm debate, tailcdy
and i've was sworn It'll. mir. Goode, after
short discussion, was also sworn Ia
rHR LOUISIANA DELEGATIoa 10 THa
HOUSE Ar CITED DEBATE oYEa
MoEEy's CASE.
III calling his roll Che clerk said In
reference to the Louisiana delegation
that tie had received two sets of Certiii-
Gates for the first four districts, both
sets Indicating the election Of the same
persons chat IA % the Fifth District
i've had received two. certificates. one
signed by VIM. Pitt Kellogg, showing
tie eleetiOn of Mr.. Mercy. and the
other signed BY Jno. ALck.negys show
ing the election Of Mr. Spencer, and
that as Mr.. Kellogg was the de facto
Governor, he, (fhe eerlI) had acted on
his certificate and enrolled Mr.. Morey
AS 10 the Sixth District, he he'd only
received one certificate signed BY DIR.
Kellogg. and had acted on that. Mr..
Wood, OF New York, objected to Mo-
rev, 81 Louisiana, aid Garfield, Of
Ohio. objected to GoOde, Of Virginia.
Therefore, these gentlemen were not
permitted to qualify. subsequently
hfr. Wood offered i resolution referring
che credentials Of Morey and spencer
to the Oommittee on EleCtionsi with
instructions % report which Of them ls
entitled % the seat, He said be did not
propose 60 raise the question as 20 who
was legal Governor of Louisiana. It
was not pertinent to this inquiry to de-
a . Ia
elusive question being as to what form
Of credentials the respective claimants
presented.
Mr.. Blaine, declared there was no
more official ground for speaking Of
John McEnerye as Governor OF Louis
lama, than there was for speaking Of
the gentleman Wood as Governor Of
| New York. No department Of the Gov
ernment OF had ever recognized Nee
Emery, and the House last session, BY
a very large vote, 10 which many gem
tlemen on the democratic side Of the
House were consenting and many OF
them anxious that the resolution should
pass. had solemnly recognized kel-
logg as Governor Of Louisiana, and for
the gentleman from New York 10 make
d statement that the Gogefnorship Of
Louisiana was still MATTER Of doubt o.
ives still ID suspense, WIS 70 place the
House IA WRONG position.
He thought tke clelk would have
been perfectly justified Ia tearing up
as wRste paper, the credentials signed
by McEnery. He trusted the gentle-
man from New York did not wish %
I open tie whole Louisiana controversy
on this question.
Mr. Wood thought the fact that al
che members from louisiana bad
deemed IL necessary q get AlcEnery 1
/ certificate, was az ansWeg % Mr. Blaine.
Mr. Mheeier sc0mpromiae Mheelerl
thought the GDvarn0fehipO Louisiana
t3nd Deem settled, and deprecated -.
opening d she question
AIr Frye wanted fo know II. since
ihe election 0g 1872, MoEneEy had dons
my oGielal act on Eeeord except signing
those eaftiheas and Mr Wheeler
mia " Not 0ne
After iarlhaf debate. chiefly ID
Afou Blatna nnd KMmaF, but N
Whieh HOLMAN. ~ indiana. Bankes u
Massachusetts,. Cox, nI New York, ans
Jnn pi hentnekT participated aE
Wood mndifaa hlh resolution hy omit
tiWp tke preamble, md the resolution
waB hSeeted
NF NiAne THEN moved Ahai fganl
MOFeg having presented credentials j
aWe sualm RieHq6 sAV Cow kellogg II
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