, 1875-12-07

York 10 make AtAtHyrnf.i thst tkA 1fyeYnor.
al,jp of Iout..us r.s iii .,s,,ox -, ao,it
Or was etiif in hm,nensn r.. - niscn lin fJnnsc
In 4 wrong pnAititt liz thnnntt ti,st 1ho
CLERK wonld ilayo locn untferiiv iusiifIcd IN
tearing M M wAn,a EoI,er ttc cfcicpttafs s;0nci
BY McEucry, Iio truntcd that thn ucntiennar
from Ncw York dir, mt Wi, IN o,,on In rhntc
Mr Wood repleI tbat ,le INNER. in tho c..o
Of all The ,nornicra from Louisiana wc,a thou.
nci ftA huitlcient apswt To tIo ven,cn,n. for n
uoyernor Of Io,jeiann, wl,y waa i, lint iii nam.
betH from That Htata hhd dermcd II necrsssrv in
obtain certificate Of hIcEnery. 1hoy haya ali
deemed !. important to ctms t,erc cIothcd WITH
Ccrti{icaiee from eac]l oi thene ao.ca.tcd f1oy-
ornore. JJo did not nropose Il, ,aIrn m t1,;s in.
1ntry tbs question AZ to ulp was or whu wan not
'ioyornor Of 1.ouirtnna, Tno nuertion Ia bs
determined in tho tir.t paco wan nlotj,or Norcv
presented credcutias That cnttlcd hiin to 4 aeat
tr, WtlecIo. s.,d he lad trasted thai tin o,es
Lion "a 10 nhU waa jinyny1nr ri 1on,xisn. G,d
beetl net At reBk al lesnt unlt{ pe,Iorni pnct,oI
and regretted tbst for a tait,v ADVANTAGE il
should no aeain rascl. Not only Lad Kcj;oeu
he on rccocnlzrd m Hortrnor of 1,rul4iana ry
the pTesir!ont nf thu 1nttt] A,ntna n,,tI l,v hofh
Holess. bnt sso bv it,o rco,Ic of + o'.;ann nr4
aud hy a s,le,nu statute parrcd by uB Lo.;aia
turo At its extra te.slon held hit ArrIl, Ec.
hIdos, tl1a n,au Spencer had absolutely fdre.
c!osed hlfnnef BY having made himself u con-
tcHtaut Of Ffeyc ia there on the record ainca
tna election lcll in lbia III Lo,,itiauh a single
ntlic.a! act Of McEuery o1ccpt ths anglo ono uf
signing these certificates Not one,
Mr, Wood remarked tint the nucn:ion erttlcd
la.t session lad been cuniined entIraly 10 Tho
relations of tho Legislature, not to lie clectjon
OF Governor,
Mr.. Lamar said that tI.o Clerk Of tho House
lad lnado known 10 Tho uuuso tho ox,,tuuce or
q controversy, not uuy with REFERENCE to tho
merits Of tho question but with reference to Inc
p.!ma-f.:o right to ut in tbs House. Tho
House maH i'll poases.ioo Of tho fnct that there
nas Euch controversy. It might be q very SIN.
Ele anl seiy Iuleliiaible a,,cRton. but still 1t
was question, Of law III ~ to whether
tiovcrnor or not, It had been CT, sta!.zcd iuto
yclyiny rrifna- -fasir rielt a. well an Tic merits
Il tho caec should bu referred to the Committee
On EectIoud.
.,1r. B'ane aelsed Mr., Lamar whether in tho
history Of the House 10 kusx ot auy caap where
tho credrntlaie, Or pseudo credentials Of = ,noa-
ler, eigred BY l,rcte:.ded uoveruor who bnd
mover boeu recognized AS Governor BY any do
paltmcns Of tEu United States. or by L,s own
Et.,e. bad basn referred to i commits
Ice. 1Io trusted that itts friend fLam.r), with
lie wef-kuuwu moderation, would restrain Lis
pAgty from rIacin. On record such All outrage,
not only ou Etasu riElls, Of 1hfct ho (1.anarl
wns such al cxamrlas and advocate, but on tho
lulos OF common tlecency as we'll.
Mr. Lamar remarked thAt tho question whether
one OF those rcteutled Governors WAS .ho real
te,re1 to the Committee.
aAl' hia'ne-1n nen nnaesetana tno gentleman
" ulea1 ]itas t"!7 ~ tui ior1l9l opeA!uE u tnu