The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-11-08
THE LOUISIANA SENATORSHIp.
TINE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ELEC-
TIONs TO REPORT IN KEL-
LOGG's FAVOR.
HOW tire Vote viii STANDARDIZATION et
senators Christiancy, Davis aud Mat
thews on the Louisiana senatorial
question.
Especial to the Demoerat.l

WARRINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE Radical majority OF
the Senate COMMITTEES on Elections and Quail
ilcations has determined to report in favor of
seating Kellogg on the prima faeie case. and
wtuld have 20 reported this morning. but for
the absence OF Ben Hill and Hear, who both de-
sire to be present when the vote is taken In the
committee. The original game Of delay has
been spoiled by the development that Chris
tianey. Matthews and Booth would vote with
the Democrats to take the case out of the COM
mittee and bring IL before the Senate. after
reasonable time should have elapsed for exam
ination. This fact drove the Radicals to the
wall, and they have resolved TO die in the last
ditch, with Kellogg's bloody shirt nailed to the
Flagstaff, as 1t were.
Having reached this determination. they
were anxious to force vote In the Senate be-
fore Morton's Democratic successor should ar
rive, but Voorhees, was appointed to-day and
will be here Friday. and vote can easily be
ptaved off until he ia sworn in. The all-im-
portant question liz the adoption or rejection OF
the report OF the committee. The Radical
Senators assert. confidently. that Matthews
will vote with them. l have never heard him
express his intention In 70 many words. but
from the general tenor of his conversation when
have talked with him. l have inferred that he
will not vote to aeat Kellogg at all. although It
Ia possible that he might also vote against the
admission of Spofford. with view to remand
ing the whole case back to tho Legislature.
/ have talked more to the point. however. with
Senator Christiancy. have heard him say
that, while his examination OF the case between
the claims of spofford and Kellogg had not
been sufficiently exhausted to enable him to de-
termine conelusvely how he would vote on the
main question, yet l inferred that. no far as he
had examined the law and the facts, the result
of his Investigations had been favorable to
spofford. / am satisfied that Christiancy has
examined the case and will vote on 1t entirely
from judicial standpoint. and that partisan
considerations or appeals from his party asso-
eiates will have no weight with him. l venture
the prediction that he will In no event vote to
seat Kellogg.
With Voorhees, In his seat the vote on the
report of the committee will probably stand
thirty-ave Republicans voting yea and thirty
four Democrats voting no. with Davis morally
certain and Matthews and Christiancy most
likely to vote no. Then If motion Is made to
seat spofford the vote win stand the same ex-
cept that Matthews may vote against # for the
reasons above mentioned. This would make
tho vote tie--thrty-six to thirty y-six-and the
casting vote Of Vice President Wheeler will uns
doubtedly be given against spofford Thus the
matter practically turns upon the attitude of
MattneWH. ana III ls Dy no means lmppsslDle
that he may vote to seat Spotrord.
The Radicals are very anxious to force the
thing through before amy split occurs in their
party over the New York appointments.
IATER.--Since writing the above l have seen
Senator Christiancy and informed him that
three of the Republican Senators had assured
me that they could depend on him with cer-
tainty to vote to seat Kellogg on the prina fdcie
case. He replied at once that no Senator nor
anybody else had authority to say anything Of
the kind. aud he could not himself say definite
ly how he should vote. He said that when he
voted to refer the case 1t was with the under
standing that the committee were to take tes-
timonv, aud lay all the facts before the Senate:
but IL Ii was true, as reported that the
committee intended to report Kellogg
entitled to the seat on printd fdcie and
without taking any testimony beyond the
naked statements Of the two contestants: he
should not vote on the case at all until he had
investigated the facts himself. This will GER
tainly block the Radical game of rushing Kel-
logg through. because If any attempt is made to
force a vote at once on the report of the commit
tee Christiancy will object. and under the
nsages OF the Senate an objection Of q single
Senator Is sufficient to open the flood gates of
debate think 1t perfectly safe to assume that
Kellogg will not be sworn In under the report OF
the committee. but as to whether Spofford will
be seated by the same vote that rejects Kellogg
cannot undertake to say. BUELL.
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