The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-12-01
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GENERAL NEWS.
The Contest in the Senate.
Butler and Kellogg the Party Shut
tlecoOks.
Patterson Makes a Long Speech.
He Recognizes the Logic of POlit.
ioal Events.
His Arrangement of Ihe Presidents
Policy.
The Great Contest Ended d---ButIer
and Kellogg Both Sworn In.
The Great Contest Ended. Butler
and Kellogg Both Sworn In.
coNGRE ssIoNAL.
SENATE.
WAsHtNGroy, November so.

Immediately alter the reading oil TIN
Journal, the House Joint resolution II
relation 10 the French International In
dustriAl Exposition was taken UP, and TIT
Senate amendments agreed to.
The amendments provide that q Com
missioner General shall be appointed b.
the President and confirmed by the Sen.
ate, increase the compensation OF tht
twenty additional Commissioners from
81 600 10 s., 200 each, and strike out o
the House resolution the clause providing
Tor exhibits from the several Depart,
ments Of the Government Of tho United
States which contributed to tue Centen.
nial Exhibition. The general appropri
alton Is kept at $4,000.
A number Of bills were introduced ant
referred to appropriate committees.
Mr.. Paddock snbmilted the following
| WHEREAS, It is alleged that the Unior
Pacific Railroad Company and its branch
companies have heretofore neglected, and
still do neglect, and refuse to opperatt
their roads in accordance with the acts
OF Congress, under which their construc-
ton was authorized; and,
WHEREAS, 1t ia alleged that by reason
Of the said defaults, and on account Of the
same, the government Ofthe United States
and the public have been, and still are be.
ing damaged and deprived OF their Just and
lawful rights and privileges stipulated,
defined and agreed upon in said acts afOre.
said; therefore be ii
Resolred, That the President of the
United States be, and is hereby, request.
cd TO inform the Senate what legal imped-
tmcnta, il any, exist which prevents him
from the execution OF the laws in accord
ance with the obligations accepted and
the agreements made by the said u. P. Il.
K. Co. and branches with the United
States as stipulated and agreed upon in
the several acts Aforesaid.
Ordered printed and laid on the table.
Mr.. Paddock gave notice that lie would
hereafter submit resolution as su6sti-
tute for the resolution Of Chafiee on the
subject now pending.
Mr.. Harrison introduced a bill to pro-
vide for building hospital at Memph
Referred.
The consideration OF the Kellogg Gaze
was resumed, and Mr. Saulsbury spoke
in favor ol recommItIing the subject to
the Committee on Privileges and EIec-
tions, with instructions to take testimo-
ny.
Mr. Howe said Spoford made no
charge Of fraud against Kellogg and the
Returning Board, before the Committee
on Privileges and Elections, till the 92d
Of November, after all the world had
been advised that in order TO hurry on
the Butler case, it was necessary TO post.
pone the Kellogg case.
Mr.. Hill said Judge SpoA'ord presented
his charges and offered 10 prove them in
October.
Mr.. Howe said he took issue with the
gentleman from Georgia and appealed
to the record, defending the Returning
Board, and said 1t was no more possible
for the Board to perpetuate fraud, when
it examined the returns Of the election Of
1876, than it was possible for the Su-
preme Court OF the United States to per.
petuate fraud. in giving judgment on a
cause which had been argued.
Mr.. Hill argued that Spoford made
certain charges sgainst kellogg and
offered TO prove them, in October. He
then read the following telegram which
he said had been handed him to-day:
NEW ORLEANs, Nov. %.
Hon. John Ellis:
There ia documentary evidence in
Kellogg's office to show be used influence
with the Returning Board. Tell Spof'
ord. HARRY S. SMITH.
Mr.. Patterson said that in maintaining
the title Of Butler in this body, bur
recognize the logic Of political events
Those events were not the result Of any
act Of mine. They were moulded by the
hand oil another. It is unnecessary for
me to review in detail the causes that led
to the aSsumed triumph OF the Democratic
party in South Carolina at the last gen.
eral election. 1t was in my judgment the
triumph Of might over right. ltwas mol
won by any jutt and lawful methods
known to an elective system OF govern
ment. To achieve it free ballot was
crushed in the iron grasp Of an armed
force, This was my judgment in Eebru
rary and March last, based on testimony
set forth in memorial sent TO Congress
signed by Republican State officers and
Senators and Representatives in the Gen
eral Assembly. That memorial was lAiL
before the President Immediately after
his inauguration. Gov. Chamberlain ilLet
at the Executive Department an elabor
ale argument in support Of the legal pro
positions. that it contained and vOlumin,
ous testimony TO sustain its allegations n
TO matters Of fact. When it became
known that the President contemplated
the removal OF troops from the Stat
, House, thrill Of horror went through
the hearts Of the Republicans Of Soutt
Carolina, and they crowded the Nationa
Capital 10 make a solemn protest aut
earnest appeal agaiust an act which they
were bound TO hold "a the iOulest treAch
cry and most uudeserved and untimely
wrong Of which the history Of politica
parties furnishes any record. lgnoran
. and unlettered as the great mass otSoutl
Carolina Republicans may be, they werI
, yet loyal and true TO the great principles
Of the Republican party, and in war ant
: in peace they had gathered around th,
lsg OF this Union with all the devotion
With which the devout Christian clings Il
: the cross OF his Redeemer. As Repubh
cans they had never betrayed their trust
and they did no. expect to find themselyei
betrayed. Through eight long years they
had been hunted down for their opinioni
/ sake, but they held their faith unchanged
} and asserted il by their ballots viii
. inaexible fidelity 10 their party
: They know enough to love their Govern
! ment and trust lt defenders. In the fac
J Of violence and over the dead bodies o
their murdered brethren, they went I,
; the polls and gave . clear majority fol
! the National Republican candidates, ant
having done so they expected justice AMI