New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-19
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WASHINGTON, December 18-A motion
ths: tho bill reducing the Presidents salary
to s25, 900 pass. The veto notwtthstanding,
vas lost, yeas Is, nays l9-not twothi,ds.
Mr.. Mitchells Oregon resolution Wa re
sumed. tIs8 = ls-T>1 - - ~
Mr.. Key, of Tennessee, read . lengthy
argument in which he reviewed the Oregon
case, and said be did not question the mo-
tives of the Governor OF Oregon; had he
(Key) been in his place he would have held
that there was Vacancy on account OF the
ineligibility Of Mr.. Watts, and would then
have filed that vacancy 90 as to carry ont
the wishes of the majority of the people
He then referred to the c0n0ition of affairs in
South Carolina, Florida and. Louisiana, and
argued that the will of the majority in those
States had been reversed BY the action 0f
the Returning Boards. He referred to the
argument of the Senator from Ohio Mr.:
Sherman), to the ffact that the decision OF
the Louisiana Rstu! ming Board was eu-
preme and must be respected by the Senate
the same as q decision OF the supreme
Court of the United States, and said If the
decision of that board was supreme IN
Louisiana the decision of Governor Grover
must be supreme in Oregon He tMr. Key)
did not admit that these decisions were
finsl, and argued that Congress- had the
right to 20 behind them. The acts OF the
Returning Boards were not clothed with
such ss notify that Congress could mot peep
behind them. e
He then referred to the case of Eliza
Piuks,on, in Louisiana, and denied that any
white men were engaged in the outreges
upon her. He could assure his friend from
Ohio (Mr. Sherman) that there was net euco
alarge number OF ssvages among the WHITE
people OF the South as the testimony before
ihe Louisiana Returning Board would have
asA rFs
Tho .nate took mp the repors 81 the
COMMITTEES ON Rules, which WAS ordered
printed. Adjourned rIs sa-Nla- III y8l'
.ie7C EHsu,e. y4sa CIV ~
Mr., Knott, of kentucky, intr0daoed bill
prescribing method Of counting the eAec-
fOral vote for President and Vice President.
Raferred to the select committee On the cub
ject- ..as. % eia.lo.Is .
gram received by him ffo,n Hr. Huribue, OF
Illino,a. member Of the LouisianA bele0t
com nittee. stating that the dispatch from
Mr.. Morrison, its chairman, to the speaker,
was without the knowledge Or scousent OF
the committee. Referred to the judiciary
Committee. u4....7y :.
A resolution off ,red by Mr.. W6ffea, ,of
NJ achusetts,i to inqnire into the action
of Judge Bond, of the United States Cir
omit Court, in dlschargipg persons hold in
cuetod ' under orders Of the Supreme Court
of South Caroline, tailed for want Of . two
thirds vote-138 to75
A resolution offered by Mr.. Bsaning, of
Ohio. Gal ing for General Sheridant report
on the removal of Governor Welle, Of LOU
isisna, in 1867, failed in like manner.
A resolution offered by Mr., Hunter, Of
Illinois, instructing the Judiciary Commit
tee to report an amendment to tbs constt-
tuition forbidding the payment Of war olaams
to disloJ al persons, was adopted. Yeas
! $50. nays So.
A resolution offered by Mr.. Frye. OF
Maine. for q committee of inquiry into the
election in the sixth congressional district
Of Mississippi and the fourth Alabama dis
tricr. also rallied.