Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-03-19
BY TELEGRAPH.
HEADQUARTERS.
FERRY REPLIES TO MORTON
ON PINCHDACK.
SYNOPSIS OF SENATOR PERRY'S
SPEECH.
EFFORTS TO REMOVE HOLDEN
FROM HIS OFFICE.

w WASHINGTON, March 1O-NOOu--1
the Senate the consideration OF the
resolution for the Omission If Pinch
back was resumed aud Ferry, of Con
necticut, replied to the argument OF
Morton.
WASHINGTON. March Knight -
In the Senate tod ~ the resolution for |
the admission of Pinchback being he |
fore the Senate, Ferry, of Connect |
cut, said the Senator from Indiana |
(Morton) a few days ago argued that |
when the President was called npon
70 suppress domestic violence, under
the Act Of 1896, his compliance inyol-
we'd the determination of the lawful
ness of the authority making the call,
that the Senate was corsiuivsely bound
by the action Of the President. He.
(Ferry) did not concur IN that Grgu-
melt The proposition was fepug-
nant to the CONSTITUTION III its plain
est terms and destructive to both
Houses of Congress. The Senate de-
rived its powers from the Constitu-
| ton; it required no legislation, no act
| of Congress to define the mole by
| which the Senate should exercise its
powers The President derived his
authority from the Act of 1895, but
tht ST nate had the power to Inquire
| into the election Of any OF its Iaem
| bera before the Act of 1894 was pas
| Led. If the effect of that was to cou-
fer upon the President power to de-
sermlne conclusively upon the legitl-
! macv of the Legislature eiectlng a
| Senator, or tht. Executive of the State
| S gning bis credentials SO as to control
the Senate when making inquiry as to
| the election OF mem per, then the Act
was void. Mr. Ferry dill not, how
ever, give to the Act Of 1895 any such
construction a. that placed upon II l'y
| tbs, Senator form Indiana (Morton>.
Mr. Ferry then argued that the Sen
ate in Judging Of the election of IT.
members was not bound by any decls
ion of the President. which might h''
made incidentally ny him solely for
the purpose of preserving the peace.
All L,;s. President was doing Ii LOulsi-
ana was to keep the parties from fly
ing ut one another's thruats and IN the
meantime the strange assertion VS.
set uphere by Il senator fIo ON Indiana
tat the senate 1r House of Represen-
tatives was bound by this occidental
decision. Ii this proposition was true
then even if the Senate should lind
that the person signing the cred, II
tia!s of the applicant was not the lawful
| Governor Of Louisiana and the LegIs!a-
tire which elet~d him vas not IL gal
vet the Sana must accepG them bD'
: .ttty be c,s,e,3 the President has so de-
sided Mr. Ferry knew 1t was proposed
. | TO a4gua before this do ate was finish
= &. i that the report of the Senate Com
mite hIch investigated Louisiana
matt, - III 1873, was fal-e III point Of
! fuc:. 1t WAS t"O late low TO set asittc
that report which was based upon Nix
, OF seven hunired pages OF testimony
, open TO all A careful examination o.
, ! iha: Testimony would show that
, it was agains the legality of the he:
, | logg government even worse than the
!, report of fhe committee Tha5 re
port vas oga Inst .he pets nal aud pc
. iiticai wishes of tie very gentlemen
;, who signed 1t. rne Senate knew srom
: thts great voiumr of testimony before
, t that the Legislature Of Loui lana y
| 1873, which elected Pinchback was Not
\ the legal L gislature OF the State
The Senate also knew hat Vim. =
- K Il, gg, whnae name WAS signed tt
. tn. cert fcate of etec'ion, was not tbt
legal Governor Of the State. Jh:
y Senate III admitting Pinchback woult
= admit the personiioation of falsehoo(
+ and forgery. Such claims as theh:
, ! put forth b ; the Senator from lGdIani
:, only indicated the desperate charact@
, of the case MIR. Ferry was not SIR
Il prised that tat the last moment TIA
!. Senate should have new versica O
- the Louisiana troubles when ell til
! 800 pages of testimony before the Sen
- ate showed that Kellogg's authont,
=, was all sh I'M. and that the Leg
which elected Piuchback was not h
n legal Legislature of the State. Th
q q friends of the applicant needed :
change their base The propositiU
;, of the Senator from Indiana was tina
:, the Sena-e was bound to find a false
;, hood the truth
= Morton said that the Senate did nc
;. know that Kellogg was not Governet
4 and that the Legislature which ell C
- ed Pichback vas not the Legislature I
= Louisiana, rs had been stated by tn
- Senator from Connect cut Tbs
= Senator did not know it himself, All
- a careful examination of the testimG
ny, he Morton thought would COZ
:. tradict the statements of the Senate
"a fire m Connecticut. Ee then qnotc
from the decision in the case of Luthe
- VS.. Boyaen and argued that the ST.
:, preme Court of the United States r
:, cognizes the government recognIz
by the President, and that the pOwt
a TO reverse the recognition of the Pre-!
! ident was only to be found in I'll
; Joint action of both Hoses of Coz
q gress.
- West, of Louisiana, said the Sens
/ tor from Connecticut. Ferry, ha
:. claime1 that the Republican govern
/ II 10 tN.-
y, .lsehood and forgery This charp
Il had cen made here for months, an
he, Nesti thought it time that
E should be met The fraud and TO
i gerry in Louisiana originated with I'll
opposition party. and was carried o,
by them, and not by the Republics
;, party. He argued that the Republ
cans were III tine majority in Ioui
lana, in 1872. and were il the minor
-. 70 to-day; that Kellogg WAS lega'i
elected Gov-rnor, and that the c'ail
! of Pinchback, now before the Ser at,
- was inst; that H. was legal
= elected Senator, and, outside t
all party considerations, shout
be admitted TO L:s seat. ihe
the vexed question in regard
Louisiana would be setti, q, and peat
n in that State would prevail again. III
IL Democrats had claimed that the colo
e ed registration III Louisiana ws
o greater than the colored voting popl
x lation, and that the white registrat!O
was ten thousand below the whit
voting population, according to til
e census of 1870 This was easily a.
counted for; III some OF the State
e near Louisiana where the Democrat
Il had obtained control, the colored me
y" had left and emigrated to Loui>ian
since the last census was taken; whe
= the Democratic s. majors argued thu
- the white registration was below th
II number OF white males over n year
oj age, they seemed to have forgof te
, that there were fifteen thousand III
Il usturaiized foreigners in the State NJ
entitled to vote. He did not mean t
e say that all the frauds in Louisian
=, originated with the Democratic party
there they were originated and perpe
%oI l. e.,