The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-07

: forming a mere ministerial duty, declared
who was Governor Of that State, and aS
J stand here ! stand alone to say that the
! honor and credit and faith Of the Repub.
llcan party IN 80 far as the election Of
3 Hayes and Wheeler are concerned nre
as indiSsolubly united in maintaining
= the righttnlnesS Of the return OF that body
: as the illustrious House Of Hanover that
sits on the throne Of England to-day
is In maintaining the rightinlneas Of the
9 revolution Of 1858. You dscredit Pack.
. ard and you discredit Hayes. You hold
that Packard is not the legal Governor
oil Louisiana and President Hayes has
t no right to his seat, and the honored Vice
President who presides over our deliber.
) ations has no title TO his chair.
say therefore that on the action OF the Re.
. turning Board, which the Senator from
} Ohio admits was determined by the Elec.
torat Commission 10 be n competent,
legal and Constitutional body, rests the
authority of, s. B. Packard to exercise The
Governorship OF that State, and on the
authority OF that Board rests the Legisla.
ture Of that State, and by the Legislature
Of that State VIM. Pitt Kellogg was duly
elected Senator. BY the Governor OF that
State thus determined, he comes here
commissioned as n Senator, bearing the
great seal Of the State as maintain, and
do not, unless challenged upon that
point, desire to go into any OF the details
Of the election.
Mr.. Thurman-Do | interrupt the
Senator?
Mr.. Blaine-Not at all.
Mr.. Thurman-Does the Senator I'm.
derstand that that Returning Board
counts the votes for Governor and de.
clares who is elected Governor.
Mr.. Blaine-The Legislature did that.
Mr.. ThurmAn-Then the Senator is in
a great error.
Mr.. Blaine-No never said any such
u thing, but they were based on the same
returns precisely, and the same Return.
ing Board counted the votes for tho mem.
bers OF the Legislature, and also, counted
and transmitted to the legislature the
votes for Governor.
Mr.. Thurman-Yes.
MIR. BlaIne-That is only one degree off
in u lineal descent. 1t is the difference
between son and grandson.
Mr.. Thurman-l beg to say TO the
Senator that the Electoral Commission
never decided that the Returning Board
was constitutional board for counting
anything but the electoral votes for Pres.
ident and Vice Prealdent.
Mr.. Blaine-Do understand the Sen.
ator from Ohio, then, to maintain that
the Returning Board was good enough to
count in the election ofs President, but
not good enough to determine who was
Governor?
Mr.. Thurman-If the Senator asks nv
opinion, say it was not good enough for
anything except TO be hung. [Great
laughter.
Mr.. Blaine-I believe the gentlemen in
Louisiana whom the Senator from Ohio
represent, IN his opinion, hold that the
Electoral Commission deserve about the
same thing, or at least eight of Them.
Mr.. Thurman-A majority. Taught
er.
Mr.. Blaine-l want to hold the Sena-
Tor to the point that the Legislature, tho
Governor and the Presldential electors
OF Louisiana all derive their legality and
their right to act from the same source,
and the same court; that If one is dis
credited the other ia discreditcd, and
that, the electors having been
accredited by the highest tri-
bunal known to the constitution and
laws he precluded from raising doubt
on that question, and it is, therefore, that
l maintain, without elaboration OF argu-
ment, that resting as Kellogg does, his
claim to Senatorship. here upon us
broad basis, and upon precisely the
same foundation that the Presidential
electors rest upon, he is entitled to be
sworn in, and say TO the Senator from
Delaware, whom am always desirous of
treating with courtesy, that believe the
right OF Kellogg is just as absolute us
that Of Morgan, and therefore l could
not find that was under any obligation
to yield the ono TO the other.
Mr., Bayard-I did not signify any
obligation. 1t was mere matter OF praC-
tical convenience.
Mr.. Blaine-I know that there has
been great deal said here and there, in
the corridors Of the Capitol, around and
about in by-places, and IN high places, Of
late, that some arrangement had been
made by which Packard was not to be
recognized and upheld that he was to be
allowed TO slide by, and Nichols was to
be accepted us Governor Of Louisiana. |
want to know who had autority to make
any such arrangement. wish to know il
any Senator on this floor will state
in his place that any person speaking
for the administration that was coming
in, or the one that was going out had any
right to make any such arrangement. l
deny it; deny it without being author
lied to speak for the administration that
now exist, but deny it in the simple
broad ground that it Il an impossibility
that the administration Of President
Hayes could do it. Ideny it on the broad
ground that President Hayes possesses n
character for common sense, self respect,
patriotism, all OF which he has in high
measure and in eminent degree. deny
il on all the grounds that can influence
human action, on all the grounds on
which men can be held to personate
political and official responsibility.
deny it for him, and I shall
lind myself previously disappointed
and wounded and humilitated il my
denial is not vindicated in the policy Of
the administration; but whether it be vim
dicated or whether it be not, / care not.
It Is not the duty OF Senator to inquire
what the administration may be, but
, what it ought to he, and hope Repub.
lican Senate will say that on this point
there shall be no authority in this land
large enough or adventurous enough to
compromise the honor OF the National
administration, or the good name of the
great Republican party that called that
administration into existence. [Applause
in the galleries, which was promptly
checked by the Presiding Officer.
Mr., Bayard then took the floor, but be-
fore proceeding with his remarks yielded
to a motion to adjourn.
The Senate then adjourned until to-.
morrow.
Fatal Collision.
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