The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-12-07
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FRYE. of Maine-Is there on record since
.ha .Iection held in 1872 in the State OF Lou
;s;ona a single official act OF MeEnery, ex'
cant this single one of signing these certlh'
Gates
Wood remarked that the question settled
last session had been confined entirely to the
election Of the Legislature, not to the eiection
of Governor.
Lamar, of Miss, remarked that the CLERK
of the House had made known to the House
the existenc9of controversy not only win
reference 10 the merits of the question, out
with reference to the prima facie rlgnt 10 d
seat in the House. The House was IN pos
session of the fact that there was such con
troversy. Ii might be a very simple ana
very Ineligible question, but stun IL was d
question Of law as to whether THIS ceftinca'e
was signed by the proper Governor OF not
1t had been crystalized into regular par
liamentary law, that question involving the
,,y;,no foc;e right as well as the merits OF
case shonId be referred to the Committee on
Mr. Blaine asked Mr.. Lamar whether in the
biutorv of the House he knew OF any case
where the credentials of member, signed py
a ,ratended Governor, who had never been
RECOGNIZED as the Governor by any depart
ment of the United States, or by MS own
State. had been referred to committee.
He trusted that his friend (Lamar) with MS
we'll known moderation would restrain MS
party from placing on the record such an out
rage. not only on State rights, OF which ne
HIamar) was such an examplar and advocate,
but on the rules of common decency as Well
Mr., Lamar remarked that the quesuon
which one Of these was the pretended IoV-
ernor, was the very question 10 DC releffeA "
the committee.
Rlaine-Tben understand the gentleman
to mean tn At this is the formal opening OF the
whole Louisiana case, and not merely dues-
ton as to the seat of the members.
Lamar The gentleman simply understands
that n ouestion which the Clerk OF The House
has ren,itted to the House-whether or not it
involves the other question as to the validity
of the gubernatorial incumbent OF Louisiana
lisa question which ought not to be decided
informally on the mere seating OF member;
bnt ought to be formally referred to COM
mittee and gravely and maturely decided.
Mr.. Blaine asked whether it was not mat
ter of history that last year In what was known
as the Louisiana adjustment, 1t was per-
fecty understood that the vote OF the House,
declaring Kellogg to be Governor, was maj
settlement, and whether the venerable gen.
nestor Of the Democratic party, had not voted
with the Republicans in order avowedly that
it might be final settlement. Did his hon
orable friend = Lamar-come here now 10 nead
a movement to trample on the other side OF
that agreement, and to reopen the whole case!
MIR. Lamar admitted that there had been a
compromise last session and that that COM
promise did acknowledge Kellogg as the Act
ing Governor of Louisiana. He hoped that
the gentleman from New York (Mr. Wood)
would, acting on the suggestion OF Mr. Hoar,
of Massachusetts,, modify his resolution py
emitting the preamble and merely referring
the matter to the Committee on Elec ions,
with instructions to report on the prlnd fdc'e
case.
Mr.. Wood modified his resolution accord
ingly.
sion of the House. made the following state
ment: The controlling fact which in my Judg-
ment required me TO accept the Kellogg Ger
tificates was that prior to the making up OF
the roll, on the Ali of March last there bad
been a recognition by the House OF Represen.
tatives of VIM. Pitt Kellogg as Governor OF
Louisiana and at that time he was the deJ acto
Governor of the State.
In view of his recognition by the Executive
branch of the Government, and by
that part of the legislative branch OF
the Government, by all the Depart
ments of the Government to which the clerk
is responsible, therefore inserted the names
returned by Gov Kellogg, without any REFER
ence to the political aspect OF the case.
After further discussion participated In
by Holman, of Indiana; Banks of Massachu-
sets; Cox, of New York, and Jones, OF Ken
tucky-the previous question was seconded.
The main question was ordered-yeas l35,
nays 1874 The question was then put on the
resolution, and it was rejected.
Mr.. Blaine, of Maine, then moved that
Frank Morey, having presented credentials
signed in due form by Gov. Kellogg, be sworn
in as o member.
Mr.. Randall, OF Pennsylvania, suggested
to strike out of the motion that part recognl-
zing Kellogg as Governor.
Mr.. Blaine said he was perfectly willing to
do so, and having 80 modified it, the motion
was agreed to without division, and Morey
was sworn in as a member.