The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-25
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| others desired toIgo on. He then proceeded to
IN r. fas9f o sas ,t yadity Of
keno. as played in, Chieago. and said It WAS the
| old game Of Heads win. tails you lose' The
me- t. p Ihsy ~ dt M
was not the proper place to weigh testi imony.
| and that non representation was equivalent TO
lnisrspreasntation. He believed The whole sub
| ieot should go to the committee for careful in-
yestigatiUn.
Mr. Garfield insisted that pt.ipta faeis was one
that should not be II regarded unless there was
something to Indicate, an I'm portant iffegnafi-
ty In the certificate. The whole question in the
case, hs aid turned upon the validity Of the day
that the election for the full term was held In
strict rl,t accordance with the law and the election
as s was sse a a s n see VAS srh NJ statute oa
which .dMss1gassd y tho day on which the election
fixed definitely the time for holding elections
for members of the FoTtysHfth Congress. No
short term was contemplated by Congress when
as she saw tlt In relation tg. the short term The
words FIRST term meant the first fall term. All
hut is months f h % haa expired whep
was held lawfully: the. certificate decided II was
e hela epd with this the objection to pa
In reply T. the argument that the proelama-
tign q an election Of members for. tho Forty
NTH Congress was neeessa y. he said That there
was valid without proclamation, II such election
was otherwise generally brought to tho notice
Of the people. That there was such general
notce is proven by the fact that 10000 votes were
s eiS o sf wstY 6snslsss 6Sss e.
st aeeons "sfs q h aw and ss ar5una u
th. at a9lest LAWYERS n Colorado; and T was
question as to both terms at the October elee-
tion. He insisted that the recognized Ameri-
@ can poliey was TO fesoguize ths sxpressea will
q, Mr.. q Daskasf, e, Il Missouri, ssia he eny cues
S " eyeon EsGae ssasd he e b the eog m % wbs
s}y law. had . prime 5aeie right to sent d the
House should conflns itself, He reviewed tho
Htatutes on this subject aud contended that IL
was plain 5hat the erection was no held on the
fore Illegal and the certificates void and not on
Mr. House. Of fennesses. said Mr.. Betord
elected ,.r, On the 7th Of November. MI. Beiofd
did not elaim to have been elected In November.
satda and mr. T. pattofa9n did r not claim to hays BEEN
House wns. therefore, which was the legal day
for the holding OF, tho election. To seat Mr..
was tho legal date and to sent MIR. Patterson
was to declare that the 7th day of November
was the laga day. This was not an ordinary
yestigation and Adjudication In Justice to
both parties. he believed The case should go to
the committee
Mr.. Lapham said Colorado. as a stnte, was on.
titled to ,repfessntation on the floor Of the
the case Of Mr.. Beford In the last Congress. to
show that by the, position, then taken b. the
Iemoeratie 8 de there could be no question of
tha y, sh r,ght thI q Nj Beiord to bic seat. and be
front on the other side, He maintained that
tue enabling net fixing the time for The election
tao ooioraao 81 ~ was to- ana IN nfrae
ftonB in several States,
Mr. southaId. of Ohio. denied the inconsis.
tsncy OF the Democratic side. He anid hat in |
ofado was u State and entitled 10 representa-
Chosen to represent herr In In reply to f Mr. Gar Gar
Held. no said there was no vacancy in the Forty
ysxth section of the Revised statutes beeat us
the scat had mover been filled and the election OF
Oetobsr was the on. and the only one. cont m.
plated by the enabling act to elect Representa-
Hyes to Congress- for The current Corgpes and
tnat thereafter the election must b. held ut he
time prescribed by law He favored the refer
en.a nee oI the subject to the comm ttee.
Mr.; Bright OF Tennessee, contsnded ths 10
ELECTION could be valid for d term exeeedi g one
tuil Congress-. and he asserted that ihere was |
no pfectdgnt IN history of the gov, rn uent for |
o consolidated election for the fra ,tional and
regular terms He maintained that the 7th Of |
November was the only day on which nn elee-
ton for u Representation In The Forty-hth Con.
gress coula be hold. In reply to Mr.. Buffers
argument thnt Congress had recognized hepre
sentalives where there had been no enabling |
act or proclamation Mr.. Bright tnid, The iaet
that Congress had waived Irregularities
When there was no Inv, did not warrant their
b}e'ng waived when in opposition to law. as in
this case
Mr. Mills, of Texas, was recognized but yield
ed to Mr.. Wood. Of New York. on whose motion
he house. at $3.50 y. M. adjourned.