The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-11-21
FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
WAsHINGToS. November 20.
SENATE.

was discussed by Messrs. Thurman,
ingalls, and Whyte.
The discussion lasted till o'clock,
when further consideration OF the BILL
was postponed till the 10th OF December
next
The Senate then went into executive
session and when the doors reopened Mr..
| Thurman submitted a resolution tnat
| the Committee on Privileges and
Elections be discharged from further
consideration of the credentials OF W..
q. Butler as Senator from South Caro-
| lima
Mr.. Conkling suggested to his friend
from Ohio Thurman that the resolution
be withheld till tomorrow morning
unless something WAS to be gained by
taking it up this afternoon. The motion
to discharge the committee wss une1.
pected and several Senators, who would
like to be heard in regard to this matter
were not here to day.
Mr., Thurman said he merely desired
to have the resolution taken up now so
il would come up as unfinished business
to morrow. II there should be other
business then of more Importance, ma
| iority OF the Senate could lay this reso
| luton aside. He offered this resolution
with reluctance, because he knew the
members of the committee would be apt
to regard it as reflection on them; but
the State OF South Carolina had bat one
| Senator on this floor since the 4th OF
March last. Five weeks of the present
session had elapsed, and no report had
been made on the credentials OF Mr.
Butler. He did not propose to 60 into
the merits of the case now, but as far 8
| he had been informed there was no con-
troversy between the contestants from
| South Carolina, Messrs. Butler and Cor.
bitt, about the facts, so there was no
necessity OF going outside OF the record
| to learn the facts He had alss been in
| formed that il was not the desire OF the
| other contestant TO 20 outside OF the re-
cord or take testimony GLti1tde. This
delay in the South Caronna case was n
reprosch to the American Senate.
Mr.. WsdleIgb, chairman OF the Com
mittee on Privileges and Elections,
argued that it was not question OF
privilege to move To discharge the COM
mlltee ilom further consideration OF the
credentials of one claiming TO have been
elected Senator. No member OF the
committee who knew what the work had
been would stand up and say the COM
mittee have been guilty of tsrdiness. The
cases of Kellogg and Spotiord were first
taken up by the committee because they
thought it right TO do so, and they did
not think it would be proper to lay aside
those cases and take up another. In his
=, opinion this desire to take this case from
the committee was caused by the fact
that the work Cf the committee on the
Spoford X ellogg case was nearly closed {.
In one or two days the committee would
! be prepared TO decide that case. Upon
the Republican side Of the chamber
the Senators supposed that the Cutler mat
ter would be examined into and repor led
upon by the committee, and not Sen
ator had prepared himself to discuss it IN
the Senate, having relied on the commit
tee 10 present the whole case, hence the
motion of the Senator from OHIO was
unjust to the Republican Senators The
Committee on Privileges and Elections
had shown no desire to delay, and he
hoped they would be allowed TO report
on this case, or at least thai time be gwen
for the Senators on his side OF the cham
Der to prepare themselves for discussion.
He felt 1t to be his duty to object 20 the
consideration of the rG.olutlon to-day.
Mr.. Thurman SAID that the Chairman
OF the Committee on Privileges and
| Elections stated that the committee ielt
it to be its duty to consider Kellogg :
case first Why the committee consId-
er ed his case in preference TO Eustis' case,
he was at loss to know.
MIR. Mitchell said that when the e. IN
mittee on Elections met the no.ion was
pending in the Senate to discharge the
committee from further consideration OF
the Eustis case, and, therefore, it was
thought best TO take the Kellogg Spollord
case, and not consider the EustIs yse
while the motion to discharge the COM
mittee was pending.
MIR. Thurman said il was he
who made the motion to discharge
the committee from further con-
| SlueTdIiOu vi Tue buSIls Ca>C' alu aiSC'
the discussion, withdrew the motion hm-
self. 1t was all done at one session OF
the Senste and, therefore could not have
been pending when the committee took
up the Kellogg case.
Mr.. Salisbury said the motion
of the Senator from Ohio, IN
tue EustIs case was made on
the l6.h OF October, and the Committee
| on Privileges did Lot meet till the 18Th,
so all the cases were before the commit
tee when it me. In reply to the Chsir-
man of the committee, he al t1st
the committee bad called attention
! Of the members 10 the tact that 3
motion would be made TO discharge the
committee from further consideration OF
the Butler case, and therefore the Sens
tors on the other side OF tho chamber
knew it and had time TO prepare them
! selves. The chairman had SAID that the
committee had been dilgeut, but ne
| GSsulsbury1 must say that the committee
nsd had ample time to dispose of the
Eustis case and the Butler case and still
could have made the same progress II
had mrde in the Kellogg Spoford case.
On Monday be made motion to take
up the case of Eustis, but it WAS lost.
Mr.. Wsdleigh renewed his objection,
and the further consideration OF the res
olution went over till tomorrow.
The Vice President appointed Messrs.
Davis, Beck, Allison, ingalls, and Gamer
on, OF Pennsylvania, as special com.
mi;tee to examine the books and sc-
counts OF the Treasury Department, in
regard to the alleged discrepancies, &c +,
authorized by the resolution CT Mr.. Ds-
Wis, agreed to yesterday,
Adjourned.
HOUSE
After the reading OF the journal, the
House went into Committee OF the
Whole, Mr.. Springer in the cnsir on the
Paris Exhibition bill, the pendiug =
amendment being 10 strike out the
clause providing an allowance 20 the
Commissioner General not 10 exceed
! S5, 900 and that the allowance of the