The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-11-22
FURTY-FIFTH CONGRESS-.
WAsRIEGToS, Novemb Der II
SENATE.


SENATE.
Several private bills were considered
and al 1920 p. ~, Senator Conkllng
moved to adjourn, but at the suggestion
OF Mr.. HsLllin withdrew il, and the Sen
ate went Into executive session.
When the doors We're reopened con-
slderauon was resumed of the reselu-
tlon submitted yesterday by Mr. Thur
man TO discharge the Committee on
Privileges and Elections from tur.ber
consideration of the credentials of NJ G.
Butler ss Senator from South Csrolins.
MIR. Mitchell said the Senator from
Ohio, Thurman In his remarks yester-
day, said he did not understand why the
committee teit in duty bound to con.
slider the case OF Kellogg before tbs; OF
Eustis. He Mitchell then stated that
tue Kellogg case was .aken up before it
because wheu they met there was a
motion pending before the Senate to dis.
charge the committee from further con-
sjderntIon OF the credentials ot Eus.is and
they thought it would not be decorous
TO take up that case while such motion
VA. pending in the Senate The S-naLor
from Onio lTnurmsnl and the Senator
from Delaware Ssuls Oury both said that
he Mitchell, was mistaken in MS fact,
ana the Senu or trom ONO stated that ne
withdrew his motion 10 discharge the
committee on the same day he msde IT,
MIR. Mitchell quoted from the Record
to the effect that the motion 10 DIS
charge the committee was made on the
18Th OF October and was no. Withdrawn
til. after lengthy discussion on the 18th,
and the committee first met on the l9.h
before the motion Wa Withdrawn. He
submitted the Reco d, which showed
tuat he was correct II his statement o.
the facts. He defended the action Of the
Committee on Privileges aud Elections
and argued that the committee had
worked faithfully Should the resou-
tlon of tue Senator from OAio be
adopted il would be regarded ss
the censure OF the committee by tue Sen
ate. He submitted that there was no
controversy in the South Carolina case
In his judgment the committee and the
Scr ate could examine and decide every
one of these cases before the HOLIDAYS.
He would labor to do so himself.
Mr.. Hill, member of the committee,
said that as member of the committee
he would vote for the resolution submit
ted by the Ser stOr from Ohio. He did
not think the resolution OF the Senator
from OHIO could be considered as u dis.
courtesy to the committee. According
10 bis views OF the facts IN the case, he
thought the resolution n proper one. In
MS opinion the committee should have
considered the credentials in the order OF
their date which would have brought the
Eustis case first, the Butler Corbln case
second, and the SpofflTd Kellogg case
third. But the committee decided to in
vlte Kellogg and SpOttord to present their
cases first, and Of course Butler, COrbir
and Eu.ts could not present their cases
ill invited by the committee 10 do 50. A
majority of the Committee on Privileges
and Elections resolved not to abide by
the settlement made by the people 0.
Louisiana but decided 10 opeu all those
questions or which earth ought TO be sick
about-returnIag boards, fraud, violence
and everything else. lie Hilll on the
18th day OF October, moved, in the com
mit,er, TO take up the case o! Eustis, but
was unsuccessful. He believed tina, the
case o: Eustis should have been consider
ed without delay, because Louisiana had
no Senator on the floor, and there were
imp pDrtsnt nominations, affecting tina,
seat, pending before the Senate, besides
there was no contestant for the seat OF
Eustis.
MIR. Mcmillan asked if that very ques-
tion WAS not now before the committee
Mr.. Hill replied that 1t WAS not. He
knew that the Senator from Minnesota
Nc MILAN had tried TO get it there, but
no one voted with him. There could be-
no col test for Eustis seat unless, contrary
TO ell usage, the Senate should refer the
Pinchback case TO the committee. He
knew there had hecn communication
from Plnchback before the committee,
but the chairman was directed 10 notify
uIm that he had no credentials there and
his clsim could not be considered. Was
It right that the member whose Creden-
whose seat was not contested, should be
compelled to lie around this Senate
Chamber and city for months because h
contested case happened TO have been
taken up frst? Was Al uniitigsted case
10 be postponed until n lltigsted case
could be disposed OF? The State of Lou
lsiana had right to be represented on
this floor, and 1t would be better to re.
iect Eustis that TO keep him wait
ing. He was perfectly willing that the
South CarolinS case should be settled
upoa the facts contained IN the briet OF
Co7bin. contestant Of Butler Both gen
.lemen agreed rs 10 the facts bu. differed
in the conclusions and legal propositions.
Tne briet filed by CJrbin was frank,
msnly statement of facts. There was
not sing.e legal propos ton in the
COrbin- Butler case which any Senator
would call difficult one, and It should
be disposed OF without delay.
Mr.. Wadlelg b said the quastio. ii
what had been done or what should be
done IN the EustIs case, had nothing TO
do with the resolution before the Senate.
That case had been made the psck-horse
on which to load the charges against the
Committee on Privileges and Elections.
Mr.. EIstis had not ssked - nave his case
taken up by the committee in March last.
When his credentials were re erred 70
the committee Mr.. Eustis requested that
they should not be considered then and
be left for Louisiana on important per.
s5nal business. Had MS c4,e been
considered then, during lis absence,
tie Democratic Senators wou.
have raised the cry that gross injustic
wss done Lin. He repeated that tus
Kellogg-Spoford case would soon be
finished because al the material fscts
hsd been agreed on. de saId that no
member OF the committee had ever
hinted or whispered that u motion would
be made to discharge the committee from
urther consideration OF the Butler case,
though it hsd been held tbst such 3
motion would be made in Eustis' case.
The Senator from One Mr.. Thurman
submitted this resolution because ne
believed there were certain things out
-;5a ot,na Saoa,e which would give him