The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-12-14
HOUSE.

The regular order OF business (the con
sideratI0n of the Colorado contested
election case was resumed.
The discussion OF the case consumed
several hours.
Mr.. Butler, III peech isvoring send
ing the case back TO Colorado, warned his
Democratic friends not to seat Patterson,
who mani itestly was not the choice 0f the
people OF Colorado. He Butler thought
all the electoral machinery OF returning
boards, commissioners or anything else
which stood between the will OF the peO-
pie and fair count, ought to lie swept
away. rDerisiye laughter on Democratic
side. No machinery OF election ever
ought to put a mai IN office WHO had not
been elected by the vote of the people
The Democrats must stop the sry OF fraud
in an election which took place not long
ago laug hter II they undertook to seat
Patterson, who had been rejected by the
people o, Colorado.
Mr.. Patterson, one OF the claimants
having been permitted TO speak in his
behalf replied to the speech Of MIR. Hale
in which he had characterized him AS IA
vagrant and mendiCant and had spoken
Of his claim Ms one of bare-taced, un-
blushing audacIty, and said ii was not
always that beggsrs are TO be blamed,
circumstspces sometimes drive them into
publicity, but coward and q vllfer il
always that, either from nature or his
own choosing. [Appsuse on the Demo.
cratic side, If, after the statement
which / propose to make, the gentleman
from Maine does not iecl inclr ed TO rIso
in MS place and ask the pardon of the
House, and even OF a mendcant, then |
think even beggsr would be a Prince
beside hm in principle More applause
and encouragement on the Democratic
side
1t was O'Clock when Mr.. Patterson
finished his speech, and then Mr. Harris
of Virginia proposed TO move the pre-
vious question, but yielded 70 Mr.. Hale,
Of Name 10 reply to Mr. Patterson. He
said: The gentleman from Colorado,
who has suppllcEtei this House tor a seat
for the last hour has been needlessly eX
cited and has, in language which this
House has happily almost forgotten, seen
tit to indicate on my part some lack OF
courageous action. Let me set that gen
tleman right. do rot claim any very
high merit in ,ha, direction. IL never
occurred 10 SO inst 1t was an act
of nigh courage 10 tell the
truth about that gentleman and
hls performances in the Colorado
election. He has also Ia ked about my
villifying him. In that ho Is needlessly
sensitive. | took up from the cIrcum
stances OF the election the undoubted
fact that he Lad been beaten, and that
not conten. be has sought high and low
for some sort Of title outside 10 get 4
seat on this floor. | termed that beg
ging for seat, and nothing which he
has said has in any degree changed
my opinion. If be gets the seat then
the people OF Colorado aye deprived Of
the Represe tatiye OF their choice, il not
by mendicancy, by robbery.
The debate being cloEed, the House
proceeded, At halt past Elk o'clock, 70
vote on the question. The fret was or
the proposition OF the minority q the
committee that Bedford was entitled 10 =
seat This was rejected by = -t-Ist party
vote Of 10 yeas 10 lbs nsrs. IT, next
vote on tte resolution was, that there had
been no lega election. This was reject
ed by q vote Of llG yeas to III nays.
When the result was announced il was
greeted with applause on the Democrat
ic side.
The following Democrats voted with
Republicans in the affirmative
Messrs. Cutler, Slenger, Williams, Of
Delaware, Patterson and willis, OF New
York.
4 vote WAS then taken On tie majority
,he -esolutIon declaring that Patterson
Is titled y his seat, and Wa sgfeed 70
yeas. ll6; nays, 10
Mr. Patterson WAS tnen sworn ~ 81 8
Representative Of the State %, Colorado.
Mr. ONeill presented Memorial Of
insurance companies and merchants
asking tlEt the mission to the United
States 0. Columbia be restored. Re-
'erred.
The House 81 s P. NJ, adjourned.