New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-03-24
WHOLE NUMBER 2447.

which would assert the validity of tn
action by which that government wa
originally set up and put in power, it coul'
not secure the votes Of majority of thi
| body.
| An amendment offered by Mr.. Whyte, o
| Maryland, was rejected; yeas -, nays 33.
The question then being on the amend
.ment submitted bv Mr.. Anthony to tht
resolution Of Mr.. Frelinghuysen, Mr.. Thur
man offered the following rs y proviso t.
| the resolution:
Provided. That nothing herein contained
| is meant TO affirm that said Kellogg is de
| jure Governor of louisiana"
Mr.. Thurman said there were several
Senators on the other side who affirmed
over and over again during the debate on
the Pinchback case that William =. Kellogg
was not de jure Governor Of Louisiana.
Mr.. Edmunds said he would vote against
this prOvisO, because it Ohsoured the sense
of the original resolution, and raised a
negative pregnant, as the lawyers call it, on
another part OF the case.
The amendment of Mr.. Thurman was re-
jected. Yeas, "a; nays, SO. Mr.. Hamilton of
Texas being the only Republican who voted
with the Democrats in the affirmative.
Mr.. Thurman then submitted the follow
ing as an amendment to the resolution OF
Mr.. Anthony:
provided, That nothing herein contained
is meant to assume that the body of men
which elected P. B. s. Pinchback was the
legal Legislature of the State.
Mr.. Edmunds said he would vote against
the amendment on precisely the same
ground that he voted against the other.
The amendment was rejected-yeas "a,
NAYS 81.
Mr.. Thurman then offered the following,
as an amendment:
provided, that nothing herein contained
is meant to approve Of the interference by
United States troops in the organization Of
the Legislature Of Louisiana On the fourth
day of January last"
Rejected; yeas "a, naya 80.
In giving his vote Mr.. Robertson, Of South
Carolina, said he would vote for the resOlu-
tion because it approved Of the action OF
the President in suppreesipg domestic vio-
lence, but in voting for it he did not commit
himself to the legality Of the State govern
ment.
The question then being on the resolution
Of Mr.. Anthony, as substitute for that OF
Mr.. Frelnghuysen. it was agreed to-. yeas
33. nays 23, as follows:
Yeas-Allison, Anthony, Boutwell,, Bruce,
Burnside, Cameron Of Wisconsin, Chris
tiancy, ConkliDg, Ciagin, Dorsey, Ed
munds, Ferry Of Michigan, Frelinghuysen,
Harvey, Hitchcock, Howe. Ingalls,, Jones
of Nevada, Logan, Mcmillan, Mitchell,
Morrill, of Maine, Morrill, of Vermont, Nor
ton, Paddock, Patterson, Robertson. Sar-
gent, Sherman. Spencer, Wadlejgh, West,
Wiudom-33
Nays-Bayard, Bogy, Booth, Caperton,
Cockrell, Cooper, Davis, Dennis, Gordon,
johnson of Tennessee, Jones of Florida,
Kelly, Herman, McCreery. Maxey, Norwood,
Randolph, Salisbury, Stevenson, Thurman,
Wallace, Whyte, Witbers-23.
Messrs. Hamlin, COnover, Oglesby and
Cameron, of Pennsylvania, who would
have voted in the affirmative, were paired
with Messrs. MerrimoD, Johnston of Vir-
cinia, Mcdonald and Ransom, who would
have voted in the negative.
TIE question then being on the adoption
OF the resolution of Mr.. Frelinghuysen as
amended by that of Mr.. Anthony, it was
agreed to by vote of 80 yeas to % nays.
The Committees on Public Buildings and
Grounds, Contingent Expenses of the Sem
are and Printing, were authorized to sit
during the recess of the Senate.
The Senate then, at 4:25, on motion of
Mr Sherman, proceeded to the cOnsidera-
lion of executive business. At six o'clock
tho doors we're reopened and the Senate
adjourned till twelve o'clock tomorrow.