Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-10-24
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON,

we're tails ~ thth pidtts, ana
he usual hustle attending the
nneuing Of a session prevailed The
oath Of office was administered to Stan
IN Mathews, Of Ohio, elected in place
Il John sherman, resigned; j Don
cameron. in place Of Simon Cameron.
resiqned, and d. H. Armstrong, appoint
81 from Missouri, vice l.. Y. Bogy. de-
ceased. The usual committee was ap-
nointed to join committee from the
house and inform the president that a
oIorum of both houses was assembled.
Adjourned till y o'clock tomorrow.
senators absent were Morton, Mcmillan
and Sharon.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.-At the OPEN
inc of the session of the house, the gal
Ieries were crowded, and the corridors
for two hours previously, were almost
impossible. At II o'clock, Adams call
I'd the mousse to order and read the
presidents proclamation converting con
5ress. and called the roll ofmembers by
states, beginning with Maine.
When Louisiana was reached, the
clerk made the following statement:
There were received from the state Of
louisiana, bearing date the Goth of De-
cember, 1876, and declaring certain
persons elected from the LIST, 4th and
18th districts, certificates but silent as to
other districts Inasmuch, however, as
John McEnery was never de facto gov
enOr of Louisiana. and never in
point of fact exercised or performed
the functions Of that office,
il is not deemed necessary to make
here any statement concerning regular
itv or irregularity of credentials coming
from that source. Another set of Gre
dentials was signed by VIM. Pitt Kel-
logg as governor, with the seal of the
state attached, all bearing differ ut
dates. and all Of which reached the
hands of the clerk through different
channels, declaring the persons elected
rom each of the districts except the
second, as to which district no certificate
seems to nave been issued by Governor
Kellogg to any one. The law of LOuisi-
ana prescribing the character Of ere
dentials provides that us soon as posi-
bic after the expiration of the time of
making returns for the election for rep
resentatives in congress certificate of
returns shall be entered on record by
the secretary of state and signed
W the governor, and that copy
thereof, subscribed by those
officers, shall be delivered to the per
sons so elected and that another copy
be transmitted to the Clerk of the House
Of Representative These credentials
Of Gov. Kellogg are i'll no sense in com
planCc with the requirements of the
law of louisiana. They do not even
purport to be a copy of the certificate.
On the contrary, theyare simple ueclar-
atoms by Gov. Kellogg that certain per-
sons were elected without even stating
the sources of his information, and they
nomOre constitute credentials within the
meaning of the law of Louisiana than Il
similar statement from the Treasurer or
other state official would do They
cannot, therefore, be recognized by the
clerk. The other credential is signed
by Gov Nichols and Secretary of State
Arrago, with the seal Of the state at
ached. They declare persons elected
in each Of the districts of Louisiana,
and conflict with the certificates signed
by Gov Kellogg in reference to the dis
tricts. Only these credentials comply
with the law of Louisiana in every res
pect, and the clerk has accordingly
placed on the roll the names of the per
sons contained in them.
NOMINATIONS FOR SPEAKER
We're in order.
Mr.. Clvmer nominated Sam'l J. Ran
dali and Mr.. Hale nominated JAS. A..
Garfield. Messrs. Clymer, Banning, Fort
and Foster were appointed tellers, and
Mr.. Clymer announced the result: For
Saml J. Randall, 149 votes; for JAS. A,
Garfield, 1872, and Mr.. Randall was de
clared selected Messrs. Garfield and
Uoode conducted the speaker to the
chair, and Mr.. Kelly, of Pennsylvania,
the Oldest member in consecutive ser
vice. administered the oath Of Office.
THE OFFICERS.
Mr.. Clymer offered resolutions elect
ing as clerk, Geo. NJ. Adams, sergeant
alarms, John c. Thompson, of Ohio;
doorkeeper, John W. Polk, of Missouri;
postmaster, James NJ. Stewart, of Nir-
glnia, and chaplain Rev. DR.. John
Poisel.
NJ. D. Hale offered an amendment,
substituting for these names those of
jeremiah NJ Rusk, of Wisconsin, n. j.
Ordway, of New Hampshire, Horace IL.
Harrison, Of Tennessee, Henry Sher-
wood, of Michigan, and Rev. J. G. But
Ter, of Washington.
The amendment was rejected and the
gesolu.:on adopted without division.
The oath of office was then admins
tered To those officers, Messrs. Polk and
stewart taking the modified oath.