The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-01-19

AhTs IlGhlLt NOl 4NGN lOIhJ ahh Shle'
tenden spoke insupport Of the bill. With
out taking any action on the bill the
Committee rose.
Williams (of wisconsin, introduced q
proposed amendment to tho Constitution
It is supplementary to the amendment
proposed by Blaine, which prohibits the
distribution or control ofany school fund
or school lands to or by sectarian school
and is designed to extend the prohibition
It ia in these words: "Ntither shalls
money raised by taxation in any State bC
appropriated for the maintainance OF any
scctarian school or sectarian institution
The House at 3 o'clock adjourned,
SENATE.
INDIAN AFFAIRS.
The Chair laid before the Senate u
communication from the Secretary OF The
Interior enclosing a report from the Com.
missioner OF Indian Affairs in answer 10
the resolution OF the Senate OF the 18th
in regard to the books kept by the Indian
Agent in compliance with section 100,
Indian appropriation bill for the year
ending June 80, 1875.
THE LOUISIANA SENATOR.
Mr.. Thurman presented the credentials
Of Jas. B. Eustis, claiming the seat Us
Senator from Louisiana, which he sent TO
the clerks desk and had read. This doc.
ument consisted Of long extracts and pro,
ceedings of the Louisiana Legislature,
Before it was finished Mr.. Conkling
inquired as TO who had certified TO these
papers.
Mr Thurman replied that the papers
we're voluminous and it was not necessa-
ry to read them, and they were certified
to By theSpeaker and Clerk Of the Louis.
lana House Of Representatives and the
Senator who presided at the joint meet
ing.
Mr.. Conkliug said the act Of Congress
states that the credentials OF one claiming
seat in this body must be certified by
the Governor Of that State. He argued
that the papersjust presented in the Senate
did not present prima facie case, and
not being tho credentials authorized by
the statute, he submitted that they ought
not be received as such in the Senate.
Mr.. Morton said he was not in the Senate
when the papers purporting,to be creden-
tials of Mr.. Eustis were read, and he
asked that the matter be laid over until
to.morrow morning,
Mr.. Thurman said these papers showed
the title OF EuStis, TO Q seat, but he did
not ask him TO be sworn in then, but only
asked to have his case referred to the
Committee on Privileges and Elections.
Mr.. Conklingurged that the papers pre-.
sented were irregular, and were papers
upon which the Senate could not act.
Mr.. Thurman denied that the papers
were irregular, unless it was the absence
OF the governors certificate, and what he
had submitted was not an irregularity,
the act Of Congress had been strictly COM
piled with in the election of Eustis. The
papers showed that the majority Of the
aggregate number Of members Of the two
Houses were present and also that the
majority Of these members voted the
whole question, before the Senate would
term an act to whether or not vacancy
existed in the Louisiana Senatorship. II
the Senate should decide that Mr.. Pinch
back was entitled to the seat, there would
be an end to these papers, but on the 9th.
or hand, il the Senate should decide that
Mr.. Pinchback was not elected to the seat,
the claim OF Mr.. Eustis must be consider
ed.
Mr.. Sherman then suggested that the
papers be printedin the record as II they
had been read in the Senate, and the mat.
ter be laid over until tomorrow, so that
the Senate could go on with the morning
business; agreed to. And the papers were
ordered printed in the record, and to be
laid over until tomorrow.
The Chair laid before the Senate the
memorial Of the Democratic Conservative
Committee Of Louisiana, held January 6,
1875, concerning the election and condi.
ton OF the State Of Louisiana. Referred.
BY Dorsey-A bill appropriating mon
ey to erect public buildings at Little
Rock, Arkansas.
Mr.. Goldthwaite said that he found in
his desk some pamphlets in the Spencer
case. He felt some delicacy in present.
ing them to the Senate, as they were
made up OF newspapentestimony at best,
He asked, however, that they be referred
to the Committee on Privileges and Elec.
tions, which committee had charge Of the
case Of Spencer.
Mr.. Harvey introduced a bill to Ox-
tend the provisions OF the aotto settle the
account between the United States and
the State of Mississippi, approved March
3, 1875, to other States.
Mr.. Harvey explained that the object
Of the bill was to adjust the claims Of
certain States in regard to their per cent
a year, sales Of public lands, &c.
Mr.. Edmuuds submitted 4 resolution
requesting the President to communicate
TO the Senate his note in regard to the
public interest and copies Of any cor.
respondence had under his authority with