The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-11-29
testify before the House committee last

testify before the House committee last
winter.
Mcmillan said they were examined by
the Field committee.
Hill resumed and again called upon
any Senator to put his hand upon any
testimony already taken asto Kellogg's
completely with the returning board, as
Spofford offered to prove. .
McMillan-It would.b very difficult
to prove fact which never existed.
Hill-Did any one before ever hear a
judge tell party asking leave to pre-
sent testimony, "Why, you can't prove
that, even if L give you permissions"
Addressing Mcmillan, he said, "How
do you know it never occurred? Were
you down there? Laughter.
McMillan--I was there for a long
time.
Hill said Kellogg did not pretend to
legislature except by order of that re-
turning board. lie admitted that
three of the members of the State SEN
ate returned as elected by the board,
were not elected by the people. If this
should be proved, was he fit for a Sena-
tor in this body? Would the Senators
say that the Governor of a State might
collude with a returning board to elect
himself to the Senate? Would they
seat such a''man in this body? So GER
tain was the committee at first that it
would have to take testimony that the
chairman applied to the Senate and got
authority to do SO, and when the COM
mittee got parties to join issue, it re-
fused to take testimony. If Kellogg
should be convicted of the charges, it
would not only close the doors of the
Senate, but it would open the doors of
the penitentiary to him. The cases
referred to the committee for the pur-
pose of inquiry into all the facts. lie
did not want to reopen tle question of
the electoral count, but he did want
Judge Spofford to have an opportunity
to prove that Kellogg aided i'll counting
in three Senators and ten members of
the House of delegates who We're not
elected, for the purpose Of making him
Senator. The Legislature which elect
ed him never did single act for which
they claimed validity, except the cleo
tion of Kellogg; yet Republicans say it
was legal when it elected him. The
whole fraud was concocted by Kellogg
that he might in the Senate misrepre-
sent Louisiana during six years. Would
the Senate take such man in? This
was the first time he had heard that a
man like Kellogg couldn't commit
fraud. Such wrong as this could not
be compensated. He wanted to break
through the crystalized crust of party
bias and get the sound, honest truth.
Hill continued at length in the same
strain.
Wadleigh said he had listened to
Hills furious speech with interest, be-
cause it showed how much noise could
be made about a small matter. He
thought Hill was not justified in his
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the testimony taken by the Howe, Sher-
man, Field and Morrison committees,
and argued that it covered all the points.
Therefore the committee had thought it
waste of time to hear more evidence
Hoar said Spofford himself, who, us
Democratic counsel, was certainly cog
infant of all the facts, did not at first
want more evidence. He had set up no
substantial fact, but merely said he in
tended to prove so and so.
Pending discussion Conkling moved
recess till g O'Clock.
Patterson moved to adjourn till noon
tomorrow. Agreed to, 30 to 2T, Davis,
Patterson and Conover voting aye.
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