The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-11-22

The senate in executive session only
confirmed William Junter, receiver
of public moneys, at Hayes City.
The president signed the army bill
and the navy deficiency bill.
Election committee of the house
postponde the Colorado case until reg
ular session.
The ha6eas corpus case OF Senator
Patterson was resumed to-day, and
the argument commenced promises to
occupy several days.
The election committee Of the house
appointed q subcommittee OF Messrs.
Turney, Cobb and Thomburg on the
Florida contest between Finley vs..
Blsbee.
Secrecy was removed from the exc
cutive session proceedings of the SEN
ate regarding the San Domingo affairs.
1t is unknown whether this action IL
intended to unearth or bury the scan
dial.
The report OF the commissioner OF
internal revenue shows million in
crease of revenue from distilled spirits.
Total increase OF internal revenue,
from all sources, is one and three
eigth millions. Product OF tobacco
and revenue therefr0m, is largely In
creased, more especially on cigarettes.
The deficiency bill that was before
the house to-day does not contain the
item to defray expenses OF the presi'
dents Louisiana commission. There
was such All item in the bill as are gen.
orally reported from the committee on
appropriations, but subsequently, that
bill was withdrawn and recommitted
and as reported back, 1t omitted all
reference to the Louisiana com mission.
1t is surmised that the change of mind
on the part Of the committee was
caused by desire to avoid text for
a political discussion that might be
both dilatory and excited.
The following Ia an abstract OF the
briefs in the Spoaord-Kellogg case be-
fore the committee on privileges and
elections: Judge Shellabarger's brief
for Kellogg denies the power Of the
senate to question the award of the
returning board, and admits that the
returns made by the commissioners OF
elections show that three Of Packard's
senators and ten OF the republicans
who joined in electing him and were
essential to his quorum were beaten at
the ballotbox, but claims that they
were beaten 10y intimidation and were
rightly counted In by the returning
board that the Sherman and Howe
testimony 10 ample proof In the case;
that the Packard government was the
true government chosen by the people,
and after his election was overthrown
by criminal revolution, and that Long,
OF DeSoto, was a democrat who denied
his own election to aid his party.
Judge SofIord rejoins that the power
of the senate Is plenty to deter
mine which was the real legislature
and to that eud to inquire
whom the people elected; that the ad
missions show that enough OF thu
Packard senate and house were de
feated TO leave boil without quorum
every day they pretended to sit; tina
the seating Of Baker and Kelso was al
illegal farce; that Kellogg's joint as
sembly contained only seventy electe
members, nine less than quorum
that the returning board was withou
constitutional power to suppress a sir
ole poll. az the commissioners return
were required to go unchanged to tn
secretary Of state; that the destructic
of rolls by taking evidence Of intim
dation was a judicial act, which th
constitution inhibited the returnin
officer; that their count. was illeg
and void because they looked onl
at the supervisory consolidate
= statements, and not compile Il
' commissioners returns; that the
!. trampled on their own laws by makir
forbidden INQUIRIES without the foul