American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1877-12-08

! Senate, after a continuous session of 2s hours
aqJourned until II morrow. In the
Friday.
The contested election cases occupied the
entire attention of the Senate on the 2sth. A
motion by Senator Wadle1gh to consider the
committee report on Kellogg's case was car
| rIed, yeas 3d. nays %, the Vice President cast
ing the deciding vote. Senators Patterson
and Davis of Illinois voted with the Demo
Gratis and senator Conover with the Republi-
cans senator Thurman challenged the right
of the Vice President to vote on a
question df $40 affecting the organization
at some length. motion to amend by sub
stituting Buffers case instead of Kellogg's
was lost by precisely the same vote, Senator
Conover uniformly voting with the Republi-
cans. senator Salisbury moved to recOmmit
the whole question to the COMMITTEES on Priv
iIeges and Elections, with Instructions to take
testimony upon certain charges of completely
OF Gov. Kellogg with the Returning Board in
elected to the Senate A long discussion en-
sued, after which the Senate went into exec
ut1Ve session, and, when the doors were re-
opened, adjourned
The discussion upon the Butler and Kel-
logg cases was continued at length ON the
2ath- The Democrats charged they had Wit
nesses ready to prove conclusive1y that Gov
Kellogg was in completely with the Return
ing Board IN frauds to elect himself to the
Senate. The Republicans alleged that this
delay to take testimony was asked for simply
The rules of the Senate and Gen. NJ. G. Butler
were prominent subjects in the discussion.
No vote was taken to-day.
In the Senate, on the S0th, the House Joint
resolution-in re !ation to the French Interna-
tional Exhibition was taken up and agreed
to. Some changes were made, but the gem
eral appropriation remains at sI5O.OOO Sen
ator Paddock submitted Il resolution request
ing the President to inform the Senate
what legal impediments exist, if any,
which prevent him from executing the laws
IN accordance with the obligations accepted
and agreements made by the Union Pacific
Railroad Company and branches with the
United states, as stipulated and agreed upon.
The resolution was ordered to lie on the ta-
Bile. Consideration of the Kellogg case was
then resumed, Senators Patterson, Sauls-
bury. Bayard and others participating in
upon the adoption of the substitute of Sena.
tor salisbury, to recOmmit the whole ques
ton to committee. This was rejected-yeas
80, nays 29-not majority of the votes cast
After long discussion another vote was taken
Hill, to swear in Henry NJ. Spofford on his
pT-iBl0 fdcie case. Rejected-yeas p, nays 29
The question then required on the original
resolution to seat Kellogg, and it was
agreed tO-yeaS 30 nays 2S Senators ConOver
and Patterson voted with the Republicans and
Senator Davis of Illinois with the Democrats.
senator Thurman then moved that NJ. G.
Butler be now sworn in as. Senator from
south Carolina. which was carried-yeas 49,
nays %. Senators Davis of Illinois, Patterson
and ConOver voted-in- the affirmative.
Messrs. Kellogg and Butler were then escort
ed to the Vice Presidents desk and the oath
of office administered to them, the latter tax
ing the modified oath. The Senate then, at
2:lO a. M, went into executive session, and
when the doors reopened adjourned ......r
There session of the House, not
quorum being present
In the Senate, on the s1st, Senator Wad-
leigh, from the Committee on Privileges and
Elections, presented a resolution declaring
Eustis entitled to seat from louisiana
Senator Ingalls, gave notice that he should
present q minority report (The committee
stood to in favor of the reso1utfon.) The
House Deficiency Appropriation bill,
with some amendments, was
passed. The House suspended the rules
and passed unanimously a bill appropriating
to each surviving officer of the United States
steamer Huron 81 600; to each surviving sea
man 800, and to the widows and children of
the lost an allowance equal to one years pay.