The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-10-20

of Mitchell to refer the credentials to
the committee GU privileges aud eIec
lions Mr.. Edmunds' motion 10 dis
charge the eom oiitee On privileges
and elections nom further consi,iera-
ton Of kellegg's credentials is a sepa
rate question. Should Milchelrs sob.
stifnte for Thurmsn's motion prevsi,,
spofford's case will 20 to the commit.
tee. Should Edmunds' motion prevail.
1t will bring kellogg's credentials be-
fore the senate, while Spofford's are
before the committee. Should, how
! ever, Mitcheli's substitute be defeated
and Thurman's original resolution be
adopted, the vote will admit spofiord
without regard to Kellogg's credeD-
tiais- Senators seem to be setting par
liamentary traps for each other, and
the contest will be long
There were no nominations to-day,
or executive session. The b. use 10 not
! In session.
| In the senate during the morning
| hour great Lumber Of bills were iu-
treduced and referred 10 the appropri
ate committees. Among them Is one
by Mr.. Christiancy, to enlarge the
| jurisdiction Of the court of claims
At the expiration of the morning
hour the senate resumed consideration
OF the resolution submitted by Mr..
Thurman yesterday, to have the cath
administered TO Henry NJ. Spofiord, H.
senator from Louisiana, the pending
question being on the substitute Of Mr..
Mitchell, to refer his credentials to the
committee on privileges and elections.
The question occupied the day. Mr..
Spofiord's credentials finally being re-
ferred to the committee, Mr.. Eimands
Withdrew his motion TO discharge the
committee from further consideration
of the Kellogg credentials.
Pending question of withdrawal, the
credentials of Mr.. Eu-tis from the
committee was called up by Mr.. Thur
mond. The debate continues on tech
meal character, and is giving no indi-
cation of result.
Mr.. White, of Maryland, submitted
an amendment to the resolution refer
ing the credentials, in substance that
the said committee report thereon,
ON or before the first of November.
Mr.. Mitchell, who Is acting chair
man of the committee, said he Wa
afraid that would not give the CON-
mittee time enough.
The vote by which Spofiordis ere
dentIals were referred was thirty six
to thirty three, Senator Davis, OF hi.
nois, voting with the democrats ia the
negative.
Mr.. Thurman renewed his n,..'.
have Mr.. Eustis 80 'ai anu Pi"-
ceeded . .sssre the circumstances ats
.~ading his election, etc. He claimed
that the senate had decided that
Pinehbaek WAS not entitled to his seat,
and therefore there were no creden-
tials conflicting with those of Eustis.
The motion of Mr.. Thurman to have
. Mr.. Eustis sworn in, having been de-
cided out Of order, hs then moved that
the committee on privileges and cleo
tons be discharged from the further
|. consideration OF the credentials OF Mr..
, Eustis.
Objections were made by Mr.. Ed
munds, and under the rules the mo
ton was laid over until tomorrow.
Mr.. Conkling raised the point of or
der that the credentials of Mr.. Eustis
were before the committee on privi-
leges and elections, and not before the
, senate, therefore the senator from
Ohio, Mr.. Thurman, was out of order.
The chair sustained the point of or
der, and after some further debate In
. regard to the rules, the vice president
. submitted to the senate the question,
whether all subjects referred to the
committees of the senate, and not re-
ported at the close of the last proceed
! ing session in March last, remained
before the several committt es, to which
they were referred, and il was decided
In the affirmative by rising vote Of
yeas 80, nays %, the republicans vot.
ing in the affirmative and the demo
Gratis in the negative.
Mr.. White spoke in favor of his
amendment and said the Kellogg case
/ was referred to the committee las,
, March, "since then events in Louis
lana had crystalized so that the whole
matter was now embraced in q very
narrow compass and should not take
any COMMITTEES longer than two CT
three days 10 settle the whole matter.
The chairman of the COMMITTEES, Mr.
, Morton, was unweli and If the COM
mittee was not instructed by the sen.
ate, the investigation might be post.
poned until his recovery.
Mr.. Wsdleigh. OF New Han,Pshirr,
said If 1t WAS expected by the senate
that the decii ion Of the committee on
| privileges and elections In this case
should be final, it was ash king too much
Of the committee to report by Novem.
Der l, 1t might be that he, as q mem
Der Of the committee, would not come
to the conclusion that the removal o,
+ seat Of government in Louisiana by
, military force could settle for the senate
, the question Of who was entitled to 9
seat therein. He did not think the
| white league OF L.oui .iana, With it,
bayonets, revolvers and guns, could
! decide for him who was entitled to q
seat in the senate from that state. Blu,
for the pressure Of that league the
Packard government would have re.
manned the government in fact, and
he believed it was in law. He argued
that the proceeding under which KEEL.
! iogg was elected senator was valid and
! correct In form. The testimony In
the Louisiana case covered Thousands
j of pages, and the committee could moi
] examine all Of it, and report to the
senate iy November first.
MIR. Edmunds inquired OF the sena.
tor from Maryland (Mr. Whit@) ifhe
had any knowledge of the sen.
ate having adopted = resolution