Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-12-01
CONGRkASIONAL.
'O3cHstos ~ TcsterdaV's Procesdi.os.
Night Session OF she Sonata

ADMISSION OF KELLOGG AND Rt-rIEn
sENATE--After our reTort eloSet
Mr.. Patterson made n long spees.h IN d.
fence OF the Gains Of Butler 20 a seal In tl,.
Senate. and IA vindication OF his Ipa,t.xS
sons support OF him. Ia regard 10 fhs in
dictrsents pend ng against him. he said thai
the Judge In his charge 10 the grand Jury .o-
structed that body that the party 10 which Inc
accused belongs was the creature OF mtlitsrv
conquest, and that the jury must avoid the
snllshle error OF T-rmitting the guilty 20
escape through fear Mat the Innocent nav
suffer In such a 90 art and before such =
Judge Trial means con yiction, aud he would,
therefore, resist by all lawful means, any
process To bring him within its iuri 81 iciio1.
he censured the President for withd "a wing
tue trooPs rom south Carolina. which pre-
vented TIE Hamburg murderers from being
punished and LETT the whole repnblsss.n psrtv
Of the state al the mercy OF their dtresi fp.s
hls southern policy means the abandon
making the mistake OF assuming thai Al AZ
The democratic south that must D. con-
ciliated, whereas II should be the mighty re-
publican north that should be cuncIltated
He charged that South Carolina wa terror
ized and republicans are crowded into the
jail AZ Columbia through fragrant political
conspiracy prosecuted by democratic on
cials against them under the forms of law
Tie question REQUIRED ON the mott IN to re
commit. on which the yeas and nays were
ordered, aud on being called resulted in yeas
- nays -, aud the Chair declared the mo
ton / st-Mr. Patterson voting ave and M
OonoEer voting no. Mr.. DAVIS OF Illinois
r
The Senate took recess tili evening. Al
ne evening session Senator Iiayard opposed
HE resolution OF the sjorlty OF the commits
Zee - atlig kellogg as disregsriiug the choice
81 tlie people ~ Louisiana. lie also referred
10 The clecioTal commission and said al
tiouEh the result met all theoppoSttio which
his pOwc~, enabled him To- use ne held the
decision 20 be final and could not he DIS
turhed during The term Of Office for which the
candidates were declared elected. A lively
pss age occurred during hiS speech in which
a. ARIA gued Mr.. Hoar for his speech in lie
worcester convention, aud Mr.. Hoar de-
IL ded the position he took then.
Mr.. Lamar pro ceesied To defend the claims
81 Butler, but. after speaking less than half
an hour, feeilug TOO unwsll 10 proceed.
Yielded 10 MI Mcdonald who reviewed the
action OF the LOUISIANA returning board.
MIR. I'm moved 10 amend the resolution by
NJ. -, ford.
At 4 80 a. m. Mr.. Edmunds submitted n
PROPOSITION a. follows. 1T. That tlle Senate
proceed 10 vote upon the kellogg case direct.
and Al. hat the Butler Corbin case Toe voted
ON an hour thereafter, If the time in desired
foT debate.
Mr. Thurman appealed to his friends to
accept the agTe. ment.
The question was then taken on Mr. Hills
amend menl, ana II WAS rejected yeas n
nays -. Nessrs. ConOver and Patterson
voted no, and Mr.. Davis, of Illinois ave
The question was then taken on the direct
ADMISSION of MT. Kellogg, and IL was agreed
10. NeSsIs. tOnOveT and Patterson voted
aye, and Mr.. Davis, OF Illinois, voted no.
Mr. Thurman then moved that Mr. Butler
Toe DOW sworn In as Senator from South
Carolina, and the motion was agreed 10 bv
- To -. Davis. OF Illinois. dad not vote
ConoVer and Patterson voted aye. Both Sem
a'ors were then sworn In.
Al 2.i0 the Senate went into executive ses-
son.
At 30 a. m. the doors were reopened, and
tie Sci ate adjourned.