The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-15
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.
Extra Session of the Senate.

TUESDAY, March 6.-Mr. Wallace submitted
resolution that the credentials of L. O. c. Lamar
senator-elect from Mississippi, be taken from the
table and he be sworn. Mr.. Morton and Mr.. Spencer
opposed the seating of Mr. Lamar, on the ground
that the Legislature that elected him was fraud
Mr. Blaine said that Lamars credentials
We're entirely regular, and he was just as
much entitled to be sworn in as he (Blaiae) any
other Senator. After further discussion, the
luton OF Mr.. Wallace was agreed to-yeas 81 nays
L.. Mr.. Blaine then moved that the oath of office
be administered to William Pitt Kellogg Senator
from Louisiana and spoke at length in favor of his
motion. Before reaching vote the Senate adj
burned.
WEDNESDAY, March 7.-SENATE. -Immedi-
ately after the reading of the journal, Mr.. Wallace
moved that the senator-elect from Oregon, La
fayette Grover, be sworn. Mr.. Hamlin objected
and his case was laid over. The Of William
Pitt Kellogg then came up on the substitute
of Mr.. Bayard to Mr. Blaines resolution
that he be sworn. The substitute provides
that his case lie on the table until the appoint
ment of the Committee on Privileges and Elections,
and its reference to that committee. After long
discussion, participated in by Messrs. Bayard,
Blaine, Morton and Others Mr. Bayards substi-
tute adopted by vote of IS to 29-Messrs
Booth, Burnside, Christiancy, Conklng, Morrill, and
some others voting with the Democrats. -. Mr..
Patterson submitted resolution that the creden-
tials of David T. Corbin and M. G. Butler, each
claiming the seat as Senator from South Carolina
be referred to the Committee on Privileges and
executive session, during which the President sent
in his Cabinet appointments, which were laid over
until the appointment of the standing committees
The doors were then opened, and the Senate ad-
journed.
THURSDAY. March 8.-SENATE.-On the
meeting of the Senate, the credentials of John
T. Morgan, as Senator from Alabama, were
taken from the table, and he was sworn After
considerable discussion in which Messrs Conking
Morton, Thurman, Mcmillan and Salisbury took
part Mr. Sargents substitute to the resolution seat
ing Lafayette Grover as Senator from Oregon was
adopted, and he sworn . Mr.. Thurman
said at a former session of the Senate the
credentials of j. Eustis, claiming to be a Senator
from Louisiana, were referred to the Com
mttee on Privileges and Elections The committee
reported against the right of Eusts to seat the
ground that the vacancy had been filed by the cleo
ton of Pnchback. Subsequently the Senate decided
that Pinchback was not elected. He therefore SUBJ
mtted resolution that the credentials of Eustis be
taken from the table and referred to the Committee
ON Privileges and Elections. Laid over. The Sen
ate then went into executive session. and when the
doors reOpened, adjourned.
FRIDAY, March 9.-SENATE.-After the read
ing of the journal Mr.. Sargent submitted resolu-
ton that the Senate appoint the standing and other
committees. It agreed to- He also submitted
resolution to suspend rule 46, requiring the ap-
pointment of committees to be made by ballot, and
it was agreed to- The committees were then an
nounced, the following being list of the Chairmen:
Privileges and Elections, Morton; Foreign
Relations, Cameron; Finance, Morrill, Appropria-
tons, Windom Commerce Conkling; Manufactures,
Spencer; Naval Affairs, Sargent judiciary,
Edmunds; Postofices and Post Roads, HamIin
Public Lands, oglesby; Private Land Claims,
Ingalls, Revolutionary Claims Johnston; Claims.
Mcmillan District of Columbia, Dorsey;
Patents Wadleigh; Public Buildings and Grounds,
Dawes; Territories, Patterson; Railroads. Mitchell;
Mines and Mining, Sharon Revision of Laws,
Christiancy; Education and Labor Burnside; Civil
Service and Retrenchment; Blaine: To Audit and
Control the Contingent Expense of the Senate,
Jones, of Nevada Printing, Anthony: Library
Howe Rules, Ferry Engrossed Bills, Bayard; En-
rolled Bills, Conover; Levees Of the Mississippi
River, Bruce; To Examine the Sew
eral Branches of the Civil Service, Chaffee
Transportation Rates to the Seaboard Cameron, of
Wisconsin. Mr.. Thurman called up the resolu-
ton submitted by him yesterday, to refer the Gre
Louisiana, to the Committee on Privileges and
Elections. Agreed to without a division :.
Mr.. Grover submitted resolution for the submits
sion of the petitions from 1859 of the people of Ore
gon in regard to his admission as a Senator to the
Committee on Privileges and Elections with power
to send for persons and papers, The petitions re-
cite that it was currently reported and generally
believed that the election of L. F. Grover as Senator
of the United States was procured by br-
berry, corruption, and other unlawful means,
in the Legislature of the State of
Oregon; and that said L. f. Grover did corruptly
and frauduleny issue certificate of election to one
E. A. Cronin as Presidential elector on Dec g. 1876
and that said L. F. Grover did bear false witness be-
fore a committee on or about JAM 6, 1877. Agreed
to-. The Senate then went into executive session.
and, when the doors were reopened adjourned until
tomorrow.
EXECUTIVE SEssIoN.-The executive session of the
Senate lasted about twenty minutes. The Cabinet
nominations were referred to committees as follows
That Of Schurz to the Committee on Finance; Dew
ems to the Judiciary Committee; McCrary to the
Committee on Military Affairs Thompson to the
Naval Affairs Committee, and Key to the Committee
on Postofices and Post Roads. A brief discussion