The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-11-29
(From the Maine State Press of Nov. %, 1917
History of Seven Days.
The News for the week ending Tues
day Night, November ~.
NATIONAL CAPITAL.

NAllONAL CAfIIAb'
The chief topic of interest at the national
capital is the struggle for the control of the
Senate by the Democrats. made possible by the
detection of Patterson and Con over. Its ma.
ture is fully explained 10 our editorial columns
1t is reported that Russell Hastings, an Officer
of President Hsyes's 23d Ohio regiment, will
succeed Assistant Secretary Mccormick, De.
cember LIST, at the Treasury Department
The arguments 10 the case of Senator Patter-
son of South Carolina, were resumed before
Judge Humphreys, at Washington Saturday.
Some weeks ago Patterson was arrested on a
requisition issued by the government Hamp.
ton and his council sued out habeas corpus
to stop the operation of the warrant. Mr.. John
Lowndes, representing the state of South Car .
lima, concluded the argument. He contended
that if Patterson should not be turned over to
the courts of South Carolina, this city would
become an asylum for criminals. and that great
wrong would be done to the cause of justice
Judge Shellabarger, of the counsel for PatteI-
son, argued that this was the first case in
which the executive of state had attempted
to invade the United States Senate and take
away from fit one o. itskmembers, and that it
was all important that in the first case the
court should interfere and prevent incalculable
wrong. He held that not only could the court
look into the warrant, but that it was compe-
tent for the court to try the question as to
whether the order to extradite ought to have
been issued. He argued at some length that
Patterson was in no sense fugitive from JUS
tice, and that under no circumstances could he
ha anucidarod ho od;
further hearing.
Senator Conoyer says he shall vote steadily
for Butler and Kellogg; that he (Conover) is
Republican and believes that he is doing right,
and that in an interview with President Hayes
the latter endorsed his course
The Tribune says it is notlbeieved that any
positive promise has been made by Southerners
to save Patterson from the penitentiary, and
that if the President had appointed district
attorney in South Carolina who was not in
league with Hampton and Others to cover up
the sHamburgI massacre, the Republicans in
that state would not have been prosecuted as
they have been.
The Times says that Patterson has made no
concealment of his situation. He said to one
Senator: what can L do? expect every day
as 1 leave the Senate to be arrested under a
United States warrant. 1 have appealed to the
President and got no encouragement from him,
have laid my situation before the Republican
Senators and can get no help from them.
must take care of myself
A San Francisco special says Senator Sharon
will not go to Washington ii the latter part of
December. Business interests involving mill
49,, l.. t. ~
The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
agreed to report favorably on the nomination
of billiard to be Minister to Brazil, and ufav-
orably on Sanford for minister to Belgium.
CONGRESS-.
In the Senate Wednesday the Paris EXPOSE
ton Bill was received from the House. Con-
sideration of the resolution to discharge the
Committee on privileges and elections from
further consideration of the claims Of M.
Butler, of South Carolina, was resumed the
discussion covering the action of the
committee in all the5 cases of con-
tested seats. Finally Mr.. Hoar moved to lay
the resolution on the table, but vote was pre-
vented by motion of Thurman to go into ex-
ecutive session; which was carried by vote of
the Democrats in the affirmative. The silver
bill was reported. In the House, the deficiency
appropriation billiwas debated without action.
The discharge of crippled Union soldiers BY the
door-keepers, and the selection of an ex-Con-
federate for cabinet officer by President
Hayes, were brought into the discussion.
In the Senate Thursday the resolution to dis
charge the committee on privileges and cleo
tions, came up as unfinished business on Mr..
Hoar's resolution to lay on the table. After a
long debate on points of order, amendments
having for their object the substitution of the
Kellogg case for the Butler case, were rejected
by vote of thirty to thirty-two, Messrs. Cor.
over and Patterson voting with the Democrats.
An amendment to include the Kellogg case
wasl rejected by the same vote. A motion to
postpone consideration of the resolution until
Monday was defeated by vote of 80 to 81,
Mr.. Conover not voting. motion to adjourn
until Monday, resulted in tie. Mr.. Conover
voting with lthe Republicans, and was decided
in the affirmative by the Vice President;
In sthe House, the deficiency bill was Ipassed,
and Mr. Ewing made his closing argument in
favor of the resumption repeal bill.
Friday the Senate was not in session. In
the House, MIR. Fort spoke in favor of his
amendment to the resumption repeal bill-re-
pealing all that part of the resumption act
which authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury
to dispose of bonds and redeem currency and
Mr.. Chittenden replied to Mr. Ewng's speech
of Thursday. Votes were taken on fourteen
amendments all of which were rejected except
Mr.. Forts. The bill was then passed by a vote
of 1873 to 100.
Monday the Senate spent the whole day and
night on the resolution to discharge the COM
mittee on elections from further consideration
of the claim of M. G. Butler of South Carolina.
A full account of the proceedings appears in
another column.
BRIEF MENTION.
Argument of Mexican troops has arrived on
the Rio Grande to cooperate with the U. s.
troops in suppressing the raids into Texas
A New Orleans special says committee APP
pointed by the last legislature have discovered
letters and documents upon which if corrobo-
rated by sworn evidence ex-Gov. Kellogg will
be indicted for felony in connection with the
State House ring The timber thieves on the
Pascagoula threaten to resist the United States
officers and reclaim the timber seized from