The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-11-29
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ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.
10 THE DAILY LETELLIGRE0EE
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GENERAL NEWS.
Lord Derby AfRrms English Nou.
traIity on the Eastern Question.
The Russians Making a Vigorous
Forward March.
More Bodies Recovered from the
Huron Wreck.
Hendricks in the Lecture Field on
The Subject Of Revolutions.
The Kellogg and Butler Contests.
Another Day Of Wransllng in the
Senate.
1t AdiOurns Without a Decision.
What Shall the Harvest Be.
What Shall the Harvest Be.
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE


Immediately alter the reading oil thl
Journal Mr.. Wadleigh, Chairman OF th
Committee on Privileges and Elections
moved to proceed to the Confederation o
the resolution, reported bv that Commit
tee, for the admission Of Kellogg as Sen
ator from Louisiana.
Mr.. Thurman objected and read the
eighth rule, which provides;that no:bill
or report OF a committee, or any othe
subject upon the calander shall be pro
ceeded with in the morning hour unles
by unanimous consent.
A long discussion in regard to the rule
ensued, which was participated in hy
MeSrs, Edmuuds, Thurman, Wadleig6
Wallace and others.
Finally the Vice President decideC
that the subject was question Of Ii,
highest privilege and could be consider
ed in the morning hour.
Mr.. Thurman appealed from the de
cision, and the yeas aud nays being calIeC
the decision was sustained. Yeas %
nays2s
Mr.. Patterson voted with the Demo
crats in the negative and Mr.. Couoyel
with the Republicans in the affirmative
Mr. Davis, OF Illinois, didn't vote wher
his name was called.
The question then being the will OF tht
Senate 10 proceed to the consideration o!
the resolution, reported by the Commit.
tee on Privileges and Elections, declare,
ing that Kellogg was entitled to seat Al
Senator from Louisiana, the yeas and
nays were called, which resulted, yeas 90
nays %.
The Vice President voted in the az
irmatiye and the resolution was taken up
Mr.. Conover voted with the Republi,
cans in the affirmative, and Messrs. Pat.
terson and Davis (lIlinois) with the
Democrats in the negative.
Alter it was decided 10 take up the
Kellogg case, another debate sprang up
between Messrs. Wadleigh, Hill, Hoar
Salisbury and Mcmillan, all members ol
the Committee on Privileges and Elec.
tions, as to the status Of the case Of Eustis,
claiming seat from Louisiana for the
term ending March 4Lh, 1879, the Demo.
crats arguing that his case must have been
reported before this time, and the Repub.
licaus claiming that il would have been
already reported had not the committee
been prevented from meeting yesterday
by the continuous session Of the Senate,
Mr.. Thurman moved to amend the res.
olution by striking out all after the word
Resolved and insert the following
"That n. G. Butler be now sworn in from
South Carolina"
Mr.. Edmunds said that he didn't want
the time used unnecessarily, and there.
fore suggested that vote be taken on the
admission Of Kellogg on Friday next,
and for the admission of Butler on Sat.
urday at one o'clock. Laughter on the
Democratic side.
The vote on ThurmAn's amendment, to
swear in Butler. resulted yeas 81, nays
81. Davis, OF illinois, and Patterson vot.
ing with the Democrats in the affirmative
and Conover with the Republicans in the
negative. The Vice President gave The
deciding vote and declared the amend
ment lost.
Mr.. Thurman arose TO point Of order
and challenged the right ol the Vice Pres,
ident 70 vote on this matter as the ques.
ton was one affecting the organization oi
the Senate and not a question where the
provision OF the constitution that the
Vice President had the deciding vote in
case Of tie applied.
Mr.. Edmunds-To such extremeties
have we come.
Mr.. Thurman said il it was a direct
vote on the question of SEATING
Mr.. Butler-Instead Of a vote on an
amendment 10 smother resolution he was
quite sure the Vice President would moi
have right to vote 10 case Of tie. This
was very interesting question, and he
submitted that the provision Of the Con-
sitution that the Vice President shall
have no vote except in case Of a tie did
not apply 10 the seating OF a Senator. The
other provision Of the Constitution, thai
each House shall be the Judge Of the cleo
tion and qualification OF its own members
left this matter entirely 10 the hands oil
the Senate. The question must be de-
ctded BY the Senate itself, and the Vice
President could not vote in case Of tie
The Vice President was not a part Of the
Senate, but simply the presiding officer
He was not elected 10 lhe Senate.
Mr.. Edmunds said II this whole affair
was not somewhat extraordinary this
latter move would cap the climax. How.
ever, II was in keeping with the whole
affair, 40 nothing could be said on that
point. The Constitution provided with.
ont Limitation or qualification that the
Vice President should have the casting
vote, 1t was desirable for this occasion,
however, TO impart some qualification or
Limitation, and that was that each House
shall be the judge Of the election and
qualifications Of its own members. The
Constitution provided that the Vice Pres.
ident should be President Of the Senate
and being President Of that body he there.
fore belonged to It. II the proposition Of
the Senator from Ohio be true, the Vice
President could have no vote on a bill
or anything else, The Senate, as one oil
the Houses Of Congress, must agree TO q
bill passed by the House Of Representa-.
ttvea before il could become law. II
the Vice President could not vote in case
OF q tie in matters pertaining 10 organi-
Lation, then by the same sign exactly he
would have no vote on bill in case ot 4
tie, As 1t required the action Of the House
Of Representatives also upon il.
Mr.. Beck said: It Il not necessary tha;
the Vice President should have voted 10.
day at all. He thought he was rather
hasty in giving his vote, and, that being
90, all this discussion was ont Of order
The amendment did not receive msior,