Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-12-12
WAsuINoroN, November 27.

WASHINGTON, November 27.
: Tho debate In the Senate dragge
along through the hours of the nigh
? until at 345 this morning the Reput
lican seats were nearly empty.
: Mr. Chaffee (Col.) called attention
I TO the fact that no quorum was pres
ont and the Sergeant.at-Arms was d
, reetod to request the attendance of al
sent Senators.
Mr.. Teller moved to adjourn, afte
7 a brief dluuursion, and tho sotv show
ed that quorum was still wanting
fhe Sergeant-at.Arms reported tha
be had carried out his instructions.
Mr.. Wallace (Pa.) wished the coun
try TO know who the absentees were
: and a roll.call was responded to by th,
! following Senators; Messrs. Anthony
Bailey, Bayard, Beck, Burnside Cam
: eron (Pa.), Chaiice, Christiancy, Cock
rell, Coke, Davis, (W. Va.), Dawes
Dennis, Garland, Gordon, Harris, Here
, ford, Hill, Howe, Jones, (Fla.), Jones
(Nev.), Herman, Lamar, Mcdonald
Mcpherson, Matthews, Iaxey, Nor
gan, Patterson, Randolph, Salisbury
Thurman, Voorhees,, Wadleigh, Wal
lace, Whytc and Withers. Thirty
seven Senators having answered th,
Vice President announced that n quo
rum was present.
Mr.. Wadleigh IN. H. again took
the floor, and, after an hours discus
sion, was allowed 10 continue the ar
gument on the South Carolina case
He yielded several times to his friends
Various motions to adjourn and to take
recesses were voted down, until final
y Mr.. Wadleigh, who had had the
floor since 1880 last night, at II o'clock
gave notice that he would now yield
IL finally.
At 1908 Mr. Hoar (Mass.), who oc.
cuped the chair during the tempora-
ry absence of the Vice President, said
be would call the attention OF the Sen.
ate to the fact that the hour of 12
O'Clock, which was the hour for the
daily meeting of the Senate had arriv.
ed. In the judgment OF the Chair the
legislative day continued until an ad.
jOurnment of the Senate took place,
and unless objection was made it would
be so considered. No objection being
made, Mr.. Dorsey, (Ark.) moved to
proceed To the consideration Of execu.
tive business. Rejected-Yeas, %
nays, %.
Mr.. Merrimon On. O. made an ar
gument TO show the ialsity of the
statements that intimidation was used
in South Carolina He referred to the
Hamburg riot and defended Mr. But
Ter from the charges made against
him. He declared il erroneous that
all the negroes in the State voted the
Republican ticket. Thousands of them
voted for Hampton There was con.
sP'racy IN South Carolina to prostitute
the army to carry the election, and
Mr.. Coz bin had been concerned in It,
Mr.. Cameron Wis., charged that
there had been intimidation and vio
lence against the colored people, and
spoke at length OF the rifle clubs.
VOTING ON THE RESOLUTION.
m,
The pending question being upon
the amendment submitted last night
by Mr.. Mitchell, providing that the
resolution oe maue the special order
for 1890 p. m. today, he said that the
time mentioned III that amendment
naving passed, nc would modify the
same so US 10 make ine resolution the
speclal order Tor wednesday, Novem-
oe oer 20 q. dS'oV p m' he)ected-yeas,
20 nays 20.
Inc question then recurred on lhe
resolution Oh tne senator from ONO
Mr, thurman that the committee on
privileges ana slections DO dlscharged
IRON .ne consideration OF inc creden-
''ais oi M. " Du''er, OF oouth Oaroll-
ha, ana II was agreed to-yeas, " !;
nays -, Us io''ows;
Yeas Messrs; Bailey, Bsyard, Beck, coctroll,
Sordon r Isr,i. nsr.a,d IN Ie1n In., 'SIsn F
Herman, Lamar, McCreery, Mcdonald, MePher'
son, meri',non, morgan raNe,son, handoi 'h'
saS'sSSTy, Inu,%an' voorhees, wallace Why'e
Nsys~Gni,on. Anthony, Booth Bruce Buro.
side, Cameron Pa, Cameron wis, chnfce,
GOnn9s Ia pawe, r, poIson hSmSpas' y1 Hear, Howe
MiisheIi, MoniiI, oslssby, Paddock. Raiins,
Saunders Spencer, Teller and wad,ssh-27.
Messrs. Armstrong, Grover Davis,
(lll.), Eaton, Barnum, Ransom, Johns
ton and Mackey, who would have vo.
ted in the affirmative, were paired
with Messrs. Plumb, Blaine, Christian
cy, Sargent, Hamlin, Ingalls,, Window
aud Fury, who would have voted in
the negative
Immediately upon the announce
ment Of the vote by which the resolu
tiOn discharying the COMMITTEES was