The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-11-28

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OF the Senator from New Hampshire
Laughter.
Motions 10 adjourn and for reces
until halfspaSt were rejected, the firG
by yeas Is, nays 90, and the latter b
yeas q, nays 26.
Mr.. Chatiee moved that the Senate pro
coed 10 executive business. Rejected
yeas 20, nays %.
The reading Of the testimony was re
sumed by Mr.. Edmnnda and CONTINUES
until 8, when MIR. Mitchell moved TO q
into executive session. Roll call shovel
that no quorum was present, and thl
pages were sent over the building TO re
quest the attendance Of Senators. Upor
a quorum being secured, the motion 70
an executive session was rejected
10, nays 90.
Mr.. Wadleigh resumed the reading o
the testimony and continued until S:20
when he was relieved by Mr.. Burnside
AT $3.50 il was found that no quorum wal
present, and another call Of the Senate
was ordered. After some delay the Vic'
President announced that quorum wa
present,
Mr.. Edmunds moved that when the
Senate adjourns to-day Il be TO meet at 9
o'clock tomorrow, and again the fact
that there was no quorum was manifest
ed.
The absent Senator's having been sum
moned, dilatory motions from the Re
publican side for executive session and tC
adjourn were voted down.
At $50 Mr.. Wadleigh resumed the
floor and Mr.. Burnside the reading until
after 10, when he yielded to Mr.. Gamer
on, OF Wisconsin, who said that the
claims Of Butler and Corbin, claiming a
seat as Senator from South Carolina,
were 80 blended that one could not be
discussed without the other. He then
read the briet Of Corbin claiming that he
had been legally elected Senator from
South Carolina.
At 1880 Mr.. Allison moved that a
recess be taken until o'clock. Rejected
yeas 81, nays 25.
Mr.. Cameron, OF WiSconsin, resumed
the reading Of the brief 10 favor OF Cor
bin and continued until IL, when Mr.
Wadleigh moved areCess until 9. Reject
ed-yeas % nays 20.
Mr.. Waaleigh, who had held the floor
since 1880 last night, gave notice that
lie now yielded the floor.
AT 1905, Mr.. Hoar, who occupied the
Chair during the temporary absence oil
the Vice President, said that he would
call the attention OF the Senate to the
fact that the hour Of IL, the hour for the
daily meeting Of the Senate, had arrived.
In the judgment OF the Chair, the legis.
lative day ought to be continued until the
adjournment OF the Senate took place,
and unless objection ia made il should be
so considered. No objection being made
Mr.. Dorsey moved to resume the discus.
sion Of the legislative business. Rejected
-yeas 81, nays %.
Mr.. Merrimon said he did not rise to
enter upon discussion OF South Carroll.
ma affairs, but TO show how entirely false
were the statements ~ 10 intimidation in
South Carolina. The whole population
entitled TO vote was lS4,96S, and the
whole number OF votes cast ia 1876 was
1873 1888. How was il that persons were
intimidated when nearly the whole vote
OF the State was polled2 Besides the Re.
publican candidate for Governor in 1876
received many more yoles than any can.
didate before had ever received. The
Hamburg riot was the consequences OF a
long continued seriea OF outrages in Ham.
burg on the part OF the negroes. The evi.
dence showed that when men were shot
down like wild beasts at Hamburg, Gen.
Butler had left that place.
Mr.. Merrimon continued for consid.
cradle time, arguing that the presence OF
the Federal troops In South Carolina az.
fected the vote OF the State OF at least II, ).
900 votes.
The pending question being on the
amendment submitted last evening by
Mr.. Mitchell, providing that the resolu,
ton be made a special order for 1880 =.
NJ. today, Mr.. Mitchell said that the time
having passed he would modify the
amendment to make the resolution a spe.
cial order for Wednesday, the 2Stll, at
1890 p. NJ. Rejected-yeas %, nays %.
The question then recurred on the rea.
olution OF the Senator from Ohio Thur.
mani, which reads
q .'Resolred, That tthe Committee on Priv.
ileges and Elections be discharged from
confederation Of the credentials Of N. c.
Butler, ofSouth Carolina"
And it was agreed 10. Yeas 90 10 81,
as follows:
YEAs-Bailey, Bayard, Beck, Cockrell,
Coke, Conover, Davis, Of w, Va, Dennis,
Garland, Gordon, Harris, Hereford, I'LL,
Jones, Of Fla, Herman, Lamar, McCreery,
Mcdonald, Mcpherson, Merrimon, Nor.
gan, Patterson, Randolph, Salisbury,
Thurman, Voorhees,, Wallace, Whyte and
Withers-29.
NAYs-Allison, Anthony, Booth, Bruce,
Burnside, Cameron, Of Pa, Cameron, OF
Wis, Chatfee, Conkling, Dawes, Dorsey,
EdmundE, Howe, Hoar, Jones, Of New,
Kirkwood, Mcmillan, Matthews, Mitch.
ell, Morrill,, Oglesby, Paddock, Rollins,
Saunders, Spencer, Teller and Wsdleigh
-27.
Armstrong, Grover, Davis, Of ILL.,.
Eaton, Barnum, Ransom, johnson and
Maxey, who would have voted yea, were
paired off with Plumb, Blaine, Christian.
cy, Sargent. ..Hamlin, ingalls, and!Windom,
who would have voted no.
Immediately on the announcement Of
the vote by which the resolution dis.
charging the committee was adopted, Mr..
Edmunds objected to the present consid.
GRAFTON ot the credentials, and under the
rule they were laid over.
Mr.. Thurman-I move the Senate now
adjourn.
Mr.. Edmunds moved that the Senate
adjourn until tomorrow. lie inquired
OF the Vice President IL the Senate should
now adjourn, 1t being now 3 o'clock oi
Tuesday, but it being the legislative day
OF Monday, the Senate having been in two
days session continuously, it would be to
meet when?
The Vice President replied 1t would bt
TO meet tomorrow wednesday, at Il
o'clock.
Mr.. Thurman-Then ! move the Sen.
ate adiourn until $3.50 to-day.
A vote was first taken on Mr.. Edmund's
motion, and ii was rejected. Yeas 20,
nays 2S.
Mr.. Thurman then renewed his mo-
ton that the Senate adjourn until $3.50 r.
NJ. to-day.
After a brief discussion upon points Of
order, the Vice Presiden. decided that un.
der the 50Lh rule the matter from which
the Committee on Privileges and Elec-