The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-11-04
THE LOUISIANA SENAT0RSH1PS.
THE sIRONG rROBARrLlTIsss OF Eus-
Ty@ ADMISSION To THE SENATE.
The Republicans Anxious Z" Admit Ae'
legg Brtorr Desnecrat Takes
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hitherto. have bean unable TO form any den
mite upinibn Oh the question of greatest inter
est 10 your readers That Of
TtiR eAeANf riAeRs In ras SENATE
write new because believe that the action u,
tho Senate, IA III ienat one IT those asses may
BE anticipated With reasonable certainly IN
the Iifst plare wish 70 cay TO YOU that tue spe.
rsai kilograms from New Orleans, asserting that
there III A ,,ianosition among Louisiana nemo-
.s,ata n, aents Ne III the sending bHrk Ut both
essea b, ,he Leg stature have had no effect IN
Waahtnsfqn II ia believed by some persons
that they we're sent Ia The interest of laappoiht-
ell aanifahts who Would like TO have another
sai,aeee before the lieais ature; but 1t would lie
unjust 10 attribute such ah intrigue 10 any UVf-
aea III standing In the party, without in1is-
rutabie proof OF the truth Of the charge, aud
ana therefore. inclined to reject this eSplana-
HON. X n true that one or two gentlemen eA4
press themselves Openly In opposition to the
admission of Messrs, Eusts and spoford but
these gentlemen are not, aud do not pretend to
hi Democrats and they explain their op-
position by saying that
A NEW ELECTION. nv THE LEGISLATURE.
would deprive the Republicans OF any pretext
FOR voting against The applicants. or course
This reasoning however sincere II may be. Is ut
feriy absurd. II Judge Spofford is rejected 1t
will be simply on the ground that kellogg's
election was legal and hcnce valid without re-
gard to ans subsequent action OF the Legisla-
I. ture. whether in the election of Judge Spofford
lii April last or Of somebody else in January
next. refer only to the legal argument. and
not to the political aspect of the problem. which
may be regarded rs n constant quantity. With
the Republicans the motives to keep out any
other Democrat would DO Just rs strong MS to
- TAI. T,.I,
ment would be exactly the same In the one case
10 Iii the other. This is 90 plain to both Demo
Gratis and Republicans that not tho slightest eff
fect has been produced by the New Orleans
special kilograms. or by the sporadic opposition
existing here.
THE CASE OF MIR. EusTis
Il stronger II possible, inasmueh as up TO this
time. he has no competitor. Pinchbacks letter
M e a q and p hH assetoe thai
his so.called credentials. referring TO his pre-
tended second election. were before the commit
found to be absolutely false, In point Of fact
these papers. consisting Of keltogg's certificate,
prnamehted with q big gold seal, we're referred
his case was made They were considered to-
gethgr with all the rest Of tho record eopstitu-
sate a es BY the famous NC, resolution
to admit him. which fualy passed in the shape
of p rtssolu ion not to admit
founded on Keoggs first ccrtifoateo or Kellogg's
second certificate on his pretended election by
e Rr1
says he has a. good case as Kellogg's. which
Il trio enough, from our point OF Wow but the
Eenate has already settled Finchbank, whilst
Kellogg IL waiting 10 be .ettled-one way or the
other. So far Mr. Enstis oase,is invulnerable,
. and " ~ appearance j. VII rem ~ 30
held by Democratic SENATORS, but also Of the
opinions of many leading Republ can Senators,
assure YOU. and In giving this assurance |
say exactly what know-that
THE Admission or MIR Eusrrs ts SETTLED.
I. 1t is delayed now only because tho Rspub-
ligan Senators wish to maintain n certan party
advantage arising from their actual majority In
logg.Spotfori case. Mr.. Hill who is a member
Of the Senate Committee on Privileges and |
Eeetions, says that Mr.. Eustis will be seated by |
q vote practically unanimous. | believe that
vote for Mr.. Eustis whenever his case comes up.
strated. IL is likely that all opposition will be
withdrawn. as in the ease of Mr.. Lamar. II Is |
urged VII by some Of our ,snds that the commit
BY boiling it back TIL after tho decision in the
kellegg-spofford case. There is no such danger. |
IL tho commi tee determine to take testimony IA |
the Kellogg Spotford case they will redeem the |
pledge. made o. the floor Of the Senate. TO re- |
port back he Eustis caso without unreasonable |
the instance of several Iepuoiean seuntors, |
when Judge Thurman called up, his motion ITO
dtience Of that pledge that he moved to lay his |
own motion on the table.
It must be conceded that Mr.. Bustis has man
aEea ,hia Gaze with admirable sagacity and skin;
Had he yielded to the suggestions OF some Of
hs friends, and accented another election last
to The adverse influences growing out
spf the disputes Of rival governments and rival
Legirlatares, and he woul have had u contest
the same tito as that set up by Kellogg in oppo-
siton 70 Judge Spoff4rd Az it is only on these
Issues that It y possible to consoidate the Re-
publican vote in The Senate. Mr.. Eustis has
ayoined real and serious danger by reposing
upon hia eertion in 1879. and thus averting
hi time. The objection raised by Mr.. Edmunds,
that he has not
THE GOVERNORS CERTIFICATE
ID not considered to have any force even by Mr.
Fdmunds himself. Ii convinced Of the fact of
the election the Senate always admits tho ap
plicant Mr.. Conkling was sworn in Sena-
ter IT hi actual tern without any papers at
1879, announced that through inadvertence.
MIR. COMBINES CREDENTIALS
he'd not been forwarded: but 1t was matter of
public notoriety that he had been elected, and
Ne m Syb b 1a ne o Mr Ia be
cases. And accordingly Mr.. Conkling was
sworn In without presenting a scrap OF paper
quorum of the Senate did not participate in the
election is equally pointless. che committee
have already unanimously decided that this
passed expressly to meet the cae In which one
House might, by failing or refusing to act. de-
feat nm election Of s nator. If there were any
thing n this, objection 1t would exclude Kellogg
ny well as Eustis.
To-day
THE COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS
are considering whether or not they will take
testimony n the Suoflord- Kellogg case. be-
lieee that the decision will be to report simply
on the face of tho papers-that it is to say, that
the Republicans vii report in favor of admitting
Kellogg, and tho Democrats in favor Of adj
hitting Spofford aud that the reports may be
to predict now what the result will be. The Re-
publcans generally seem to be certain that they
ean rely On every Republican vote in favor Of
Kellogg: and SOM plausihility il. given to the
claim by the fact that all the Republican mem
bers Rave attended the party caucus. But
have reason to heliave that no decision in this
caae was made by the caucus There ara sew
eral Republican members who refuse to be
hound by a caucus decision on u question of