Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-11-28

that no quorum was present. resumed
it and called for q continuation Of the
reading of the testimony taken by the
COMMITTEES OF the Senate in South Caro-
lima = year ago. Thurman objected to
the further reading of the testimony,
and said II had been the usage of the
Senate to allow Senators to read almost
anything as a part Of his speech, but
that usage had never been abused until
tonight. He argued that the testimo-
nv could not be read without leave of
the Senate, and demanded that the
question of reading the testimony be
submitted to the Senate. WadIeigh
said 1t was not a gross abuse to lay be-
fore the Senate evidence absolutely
necessary TO enable the Senats tn Judge
of the case. He wanted to let the
country know that in this Senate q
party sought To seat Q man whose
record would not bear examining.
Bsyard said the testimony was taken
by a committee long before any one
had any idea the present case would
come before the Senate. For all just
purposes of this case, the senator
might as well have read Worcester's
dictionary. When he (Bayard) first
came into the Senate, there were nut
nine Senators belonging to the party
with which he acted. They had never
attempted dilatory motions; but had
they acted in the u as witnessed
to- might. the majority would have put
them down. Edmunds asked If the
senator remembered along about
1850, when Jefferson Davi, and Soule.
and SONS others occupied the Senate q
whole hight in having messages of the
President read. Bsysrd said he did
not remember that time, though 1t
might have happened. Thurman
withdrew his point of order, leaving it
to the nate from New Hampshire
~ to what testimony he would have
read. Wadleigh hen argued the facts
in the South Carolina case, and >ald he
could not help regarding this resoiu-
ton a. an attempt to carry. by force Of
members, hat which could not be car
ried Ivy an investigation. At 5:45
o'clock, Edmunds moved q recess un-
til III o'clock. Rejected. Yeas, %:
nays, %. Wsdleigb, resuming, said
he had selected no testimony to be
read when did not bear directly
upon the validity of the cleo.
ton in South Carolina. At 6:l5
! o'clock, Edmunds said it was now
daylight, and time for Senators to have
a little breakfast. He moved u recess
until 10. Rejected; yeas II, nays rs.
Paddock moved 10 adjourn. Re-
jected; yeas ~. nays 26. He hen
moved the Senate take a recess until 8.
Rejected; yeas l6, nays 20.
Wadleigb continued. He read from
a volume Of testimony, and at Z, at
his request, Edmunds took b book
and read for him to relieve that Sena
tor, who had been on the floor since
10: 0 las, night. Edmunds, during the
reading, several times made humor-
Gus illusions to portions of the t-sti-
mony in a parenthetical manner. and
Garland inquired who had the fioor.
The Vice President replied that il
was held by Wsdleigh.
Gar.and-Then l object tn the Sem
alto from Vermont inteijecting these
remarks into testimony as he reads.
tie is a mere agents clerk. a mere
fungus of the Senate from New
HAMPSHIRE. [L%aughter.1
Motions to adjourn and for a recess
until $3.50 were rejected first by yeas
Is, nays rs, and later by yeas 81, nays
| 81.
Chaffee moved the Senate proceed to
executive business. Rejected; yeas
20. nays %. The reading 81 the tes,i-
mouy WAS resumed by Edmunds and
continued until 8, when Mitchell
moved the executive session, Yeas l5,
nays rs. Wadleigh resumed the read
ing of testimony and WAS relieved by
Burnside. AT $3.50 Edmunds moved
that when the Senate adjourn To day it
be TO meet ut 2 to morrow. which Was
voted down. AT $3.50 WadIeigh re-
sumed the floor and Burnside the
reading, until after 10. when he yielded
TO Cameron Of Wisconsin,. who said
something about the claims 81 Butler
and read the brief Of Corbin, claiming be
had been legally elected Senator from
South Carolina.
At Il:30 A. NJ. Allison moved a re-
cess until l o'clock. Rejected; yeas
II, NAYS %. Cameron, of Wisconsin,
resumed reading Of the brief in favor
OF Corbiu. and continued until II,
when Wadleigh moved a recess until
2. Rejected; yeas %, nays rs.
At l2:05 Hoar. who occupied the
chair. said he would call the attention
of the Senate to the fact that the hour
of II o'clock, the hour for the daily
meeting OF the Senate, had arrived.
In the Judgment Of the Chair legi~lat.
i've business could be continued until
the adjournment of the Senate took
place. and unless objection was made
It should be so considered. No oh.
lection being made. Dorsey moved to
resume the discussion Of legislative
business. Rejected; yeas %, nays %.
Merriman said, to show how entirely
false were the statements as to iniimi-
dation in South Carolina the whole
population entitled to vote was lS4. 9i3,
and the whole number of votes cast in
1876 Was 1888 1888. How was it persons
were inundated when nearly the
whole vote OF the State was p0lled,
and, besides, the Republican candi-
date for Governor In 1876 received
many more votes than any candidate
before had ever received.
The Hamburg riot was a conse
quence OF q long continued series of
outrages in Hamburg on the part OF
the negroes. The evidence showed
that when men were shot down like
wild beasts at Hamburg, General But
Ter had left that place.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 27-2:30.
The Senate In still in session. and
Merriam is continuing his speech in
defense Of Butler.
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