The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-03-07
From Our Regular CORRESPONDENT .

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/ oAISops DEBATE IN TIE NEW SENATE.
,WasHINGTox, March 6.--The new Senate
commences it's career with debates ominous
of war in the Republican party should
Hayes attempt to put aside Grantism and
lbegfn'aa reign Of equal and impartial jus
tice to all! sections OF the country. Blaine,
the boldest and most wary Of the Republi-
can leaders, sounded the first note OF warn
ling to-day when Kelloggg's right to q seatin
the Senate was under consideration. First
he defended the right OF Lamar to beswern
in because he held q certificate in regular
form. from the actual Governor OF Mississip-
ri, and il there was anYtruth in the charges
advanced by Senator Spencer THAT the
Legislature which elected him was Illegal
they could hereafter be inquired into by
the Committee on Privileges and Elections:
| BY this position he obtained credit for fair
ness, but really az very little cost, for only
two senators claimed that Lamar should not
be sworn 10, inasmuch as he held primo
facie right to represent the State. =.
Morton made shoWof resistance for the
ayowed purpose OF calling the attention of
! the country, to what he alleged to beincon-
sistency OF the Democrats inl having voted
against Pinchback and then fayoring Lamar.
Blaine said Pinchback should have been
| admitted, and he hoped Morton would not
get wrong just MS Thurman was getting
right He said he had been in the Senate
| Just long enough to know that. .,s4 'i.1ii
A RECORD WAS A VERY INVOLVEMENT THING,
| ind be wished to be very careful to have his
own right. Morton suggested that Blaine
would have enough to do to take care Of his
own, and had better not trouble himself
tabout his (Morton's)". - d" r43T=.j+'V +
Dawes remarked that lie had voted against
| Pinchback, and still approved the vote, be-
cause there were. three rival claimants for
1.-THE coyernorship, and the two. contestants
| for the senatorial seat presented credentials
from two persons each claiming to. be Gov
ernor OF Louisiana, and Senate committee
had reported that neither Legislature or
Goyerno or had been legally elected.
Christiancy and Howe declared the Lamar
! case was entirely different from the Pinch
back case. Howe said as nobody disputed
the goycrnorship of Mississippi, and no.
BODY demonstrated against Lamar's, being
allowed to represent the State, there was no
reason why he tHowe) should object to his
being sworn in. ,..l.n ~ -, ~
'Wadleish claimed that the Pinchback and
Lamar cases were similar in principle. In
no such case should 4 claimant be allowed
to! take a seat until his right be inquired
into. The Senate should prevent fraudu-
lent representation of States by laying down
the rule that no Senator coming from State
whose government was maintained by force
should be seated unless his right be first
established by investigation. - .<l,ati
- Wadleish and Spencer gave . 80
.ar- THE ONLY VOTES AGAINST LAMAR, o..
and he was sworn in. : r. .,.s 80 s,..ren..I
An this discussion by Morton and his fol:
lowers was onlyto prepare the way for kcl'
logg. Blaine sent up resolution that Kel'
loeg be sworn in, and Bayard moved to re-
for his credentials to the Committee on
Elections. Then Blaine proceeded to crack
the party whip in style that shows he will
probably be formidable rival of Morton
for the leadership in the Senate. He boldly
declared that no Republican could dare to
resist the claim Of Kellogg, for he had been
elected blythe lawful Legislature OF Loulsi'
ana, and was certified by the lawful Gov
ernor.
He said he had heard that some sort OF an
arrangement had been made by which
Nichols was to be recognized, but he could
safely deny that any nam had any: right to
make any arrangement that would bind the
present Administration. Packard's title
rested upon the same basis as that OF Hayes
and Wheeler, =" Though without authority
to speak for Hayes, he would. deny that
Hayes could honorably recognize Nichols
or fail to recognize Packard. Self-respect,
honor, policy, every motive that impcls
the, actions OF men, would forbid it. The
Commission created by the Democratic
party decided that the Returning Board
was lawful one, aud it,. declared the State
went for Hayes and Wheeler and for Pack
ard. . Ia, :itt r"1n'1 .,:,. !, s.s.
Thurman denied that the Commission
had decided anything except as to the * cleo
toral vote. E. ..2nel. +. =. - gu
! WAS THE VOTE LAWFULLY ooUNTEDs'a
Blaine inquired whether they did not de
eide. the, vote was lawfully counted, Te
which Thurman replied: "a majority
did, God forgive them =
Blaine said they decided the Returning
Board had lawful authority to count the
votes. az. 90. '4,H G,:i "!e!.! ri. l.
Thurman replied that the Commission
did not say anything about their right tc
count any but votes for electors. They
said you could not inquire whether thei,
i count was truthful. g I say the Board was
good forinothing, except to be hung. 80 go
+ Blaine: ,"And Il suppose the Senator
would say 1.-The same about the commits
bsioners." o, ~ ,.%l:i .,.- t.,ts 4
Thurman I" A majority Of them" Il
h. Blaine reiterated the assertion that no Be
publican. can dispute the title Of Packard
without stultifying himself and eompro
/ missing the Republican party; and he hoped
the Senate Wsonid show its power to prevent
the accom- lishment Of any purpose 70 over
tiulrnn this, question, which has been, practi
tally settled by the oi ssion INK inJ:5 f
f. There could be no mistake that be meant
ia, threaten threats the President With the power
81 the Senate; its power to irsiess; big ap