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


already. and senators were simply shut
ting their eyes TO the testimony 10
cay that they could rot decide
this ease WHIST was the res.oa
for this attempt To postpone IL ia fsur
years ? Was there dread 81 = coils
ion upon the rsilroAd? Iftbere We
40 dread of the smashing Of carr n
they came head to head on the sam.
track, he could not see wby b. Wss 80
ESSENTIAL to postpone the matter.
Mr.. Edmnnds said he did not under-
stand what the senator meant ~ his
parsphrase by RAILROADS..
Mr.. Thurman said he wonld never
attempt To explain anything TO the
senator from Vermont, which q man
Of the most ordinary comprehension
could understand. such an Atteupt
would be an insult 10 his iuiellis.nee.
Mr. Etmunts said the senators on
ms side OF the cha mber were not run
ners of any railroads at ali. They al
ways labored 10 pro note the Interests
Of the people according 10 the lax, aud
did not act like some oiher- 20 cover
up differences. Liberty of opinion had
Away been contenIed for on his side
OF the house.
Mr.. White said he agreed with the
senator from Vermont that IL wAs n
very UNCOMMON thing 10 order OF d.
rect any committee Of the senate In
regard to its duty, but IL Was a parli.-
mentary usage and parliamentary
bodies had ordered committees To take
! charge of matters, retire from the
chameer. and submit it, report IDme-
diately, 80 it was not such heinOus
ohense 90 instruct committee. SO f.I
as intending any dirrespect % the
committee, he had 10 such thought,
and he trusted his reputation for Po
liteness In the senate would do aw ~
with any such idea He subIuitt.c
his amendment for the reason IhA
the chairman of the com mittee OF
privileges aud elections, AR. Morton
was lying III at his residence In In
diana, aud all regretted that /: woul,
not he possible for him to he here dur
ing the extra session OF the senate.
Mr. Edmunds-Yes, but there is Al
/ ways a chairman.
Mr.. Whyfe-les, but there j. aiway,
a delicsey winch prevails in thi- body
and l offered the resolutions Instruct
Ing the committee 20 relieve the sens
tor from Oregon, Mr.. Mitchell, the vic,
chairman, from calling the committee
Mr.. Whyts then argued that that u.
facts Ia the LouisianA, r ;ss--... -, - ~
tanned we're So a' 'H's Seu'i *
--aSniDed and Understood. kel.
iosg case had already been examined,
and If half an hour each day should -
devoted 20 the investigation OF Mr..
I Spotfords case the committee cnuid
report by the first Of November. He
submitted hts amendment to in
siruct the committee, ia the in
! terest of peace, 50 that the
ers Of good feeling, now dawnisg,
might be promoted and this eveilAs;-
ing Louisiana contest tie got out Of the
way, Ne ne had 40 motive except for
pulls good.
Mr.. Edmuud- argued that tins wa
the first instance in the history Of the
senate OF the United States in whict
an attempt had been made to Instruct
a committees to report on an important
question within n given number o
days.
Mr.. Wadleigh said the committee ca
privileges and elections had examined
the credentials Of Mr.. kellogg, Anc
they were prepared To report that Mr.
Kellogg had n yIrinad yacia case, snt
was entitled to his seat.
Mr.. Salisbury, Of Delaware, said q.
s. member of the committee on priv
leges aud elections, he did not regsr,
the motion OF the senator from Mary
land to instruct the committee ~ nj
affroBt to that committee. He did no
believe any delay was necessary to en
able the committee 10 report by No
vember /. IL bsd been said that tn,
committee was prepared to report 4;
favor ofsesting Kellogg, but he desire,
to state there was a minority report 4
be submitted.
The motion Of Mr.. White TO instruc
the committee was rejected.
An application by the South an,
North Alabama Railroad company {.
the supreme court for manjzmus I,
compel Judge Woods, of the nth jedi
cisl circuit to allow that company al
appeal from his decree OF July last. il
favor OF the bondholders of the Mont
gomery and EufsIa RAILROAD company
was heard. When the counsel Of tn
bondholders closed the srgumen
against the application, the court re
iieved the counsel of the South AL,
North Railroad company from maxim,
= closing speech, thus clearly indIcat
ing that the mandsmus would b
granted.