Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-12-12
Congressional Summary.
IIOrSE-


Nov 30-The house met but adj.
journed Immediately, not having {,
quorum.
Nov 3O-In the senate imme-
diately after the reading Of the
journal, the house joint resolution in
relation to the French international in.
dustrial exposition was taken up, and
the senate amendments agreed to.
The joint resolution was read the
third time, and passed; yeas So; nays,
20.
The amendments provide that the
commissioner general shall be ap-
pointed by the president and confirmed
by the senate; increases the compensa-
ton Of twenty additional commission
ers from 81 900 to 81 200 each, and
strikes out of the house resolution the
clause providing for an exhibit from the
several departments Of the United
States which was contributed to the
centennial exhibition. The general
appropriation is kept at $4,000
Mr.. Paddock submitted the follow.
ing:
WHEREAS, 1t is alleged that the Union
Pacific railroad company and its branch
companies have heretofore neglected,
and still do neglect and refuse to oper-
ate their roads in accordance with the
acts of congress, under which their con
structlOn was authorized; and,
WHEREAS, 1t is alleged that by reason
of said details, and on account of the
same, the government of the United
States and the public have been, and
still are being damaged and deprived of
their just and lawful rights and privi-
legcs stipulated, defined and and agreed
upon in said acts aforesaid therefore,
BE ii resolved, That the president of
the United States be, ard he is hereby
requested to inform the senate what
legal impcdiments, if any, exist which
prevent him from executing the laws in
accordance with the obligations accepted
and agreements made by said Union
Pacific railroad company and branches
with the United States, rs stipulated
and agreed upon in the several acts
aforesaid
Ordered printed and lie on the table.
Mr.. Paddock gave notice that he
would hereafter submit resolution as
a substitute for the resolution of Mr.
Chatiee on the subject now pending.
A number of bills were introduced
and referred to appropriate committees
when consideration was resumed of the
Kellogg case, and Mr. Salisbury spoke
in favor of recommitting the subject to
the committee on privileges and cleo
|, t.,l-
Mr.. Howe said Spoflord made no
charge Of fraud against Kellogg, and
tie returning board before the com
njttee on privileges and elections until
the ODD of November, after all the
world had been advised that in order to
hurry Buffers case it was necessary to
postpone kellogg's case
Mr.. Hill said Judge Spoiiord present
ed his charges and offered to prove
them in October.
Mr.. Howe said he took issue Wit, the
gentleman and appealed to the record.
He defended the returning board, and
said ii was no more possible for that
board to perpetrate a fraud, when it ex-
amined the returns of the election in
1876, than was it possible for the supreme
court of the United States, to perpetrate
u fraud in giving judgment upon the
case which had been argued
Mr.. Hill argued that Spotiord made
certain charges against Kellogg. and
offered to prove them, in October. He
then read the following telegram, which
he said had been handed to him to-day:
New ORLEANS, Nov. %.
To Hon. John Ellis:
There is documentary evidence here
in kelloggs Office to show that he used
his influence with the returning board.
(Signed) HARRY l.. SMITH.
The question being on the substitute
of Mr.. salisbury, the vote resulted yeas
%; nays %, as follows:
Yeas-Bailcy, Bayard. Beck, tocsril, Coke,
Davis, (W. Va, Dennis. Eaton, Garland, Gordon,
Harris, Hereford Hill. Jones, fla, Herman, La
mar, McCreery cDouald, Mcpherson, Merri-
man, Morgan, Patterson. Randolph, salisbury,
Thurman, Voorhees,, wallace, Whyte and Withers
Nays -Messrs. Allison, Anthony, Booth, Bruce,
Burnside, Cameron, (Pa). Cameron, lWis)
thatfcc, Christiancy, Cuuklng. Conover, Dawes,
hirkWood Mcmillan, Mathews, Mitchell, Merrill,
Paddock, Rollins, Sargent, Saunders, spencer,
Teller and Wadleigh-29.
Messrs. Blaine, Plumb, Hamlin
Oglcsby, Ferry, and Window, who
would have voted in the negative
were paired with Messrs. Grover, Arm
strong, Barnum, Davis, IN MaXey,
Ransom and Johnston, who would have
voted in the affirmative. Mr.. Oglesby,
in announcing his pair with Mr.. Davis,
said he refraincd from voting, although
he did not consider it certain that his
colleague would vote aye, he hoped he
would vote no. (Laughter) The
vice president in announcing the vote,
did not give the deciding vote, but said
the substitute, not having received a
minority Nntn of the senate is diSnrrecd