The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-08
BY TELEGRAPH.
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.
TO THE DAILY LNTELLEGENCEE
sENATE.-ExEcuTIvEs SESSION


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As the Vice President rose to admins.
ter the oath, Mr.. Hamlin said that the
Senator from Oregon (Mitchell) was not
present, and he therefore objected to the
oath being administered, as he under.
stood that Mitchell has some papers bear.
ing on the case.
Mr.. Wallace said that as Senator Of
The United States he presented the Sena.
tor elect from Oregon, and hoped that he
would be sworn in.
Mr.. Hamlin said he objected to him be.
ing sworn.
The oath was not administered,
The Senate then resumed the consider.
alton OF the unfinished business-the
resolution Of Mr.. Blaine to swear in WIN,
Pitt Kellogg as U. S. Senator from Lou.
islana and the substitute submitted by
Mr.. Bayard to refer the credentials TO the
Committee on Privileges and Elections.
Finally by vote oil yeas 80, naya 30,
the substitute Of Mr.. Bayard was adopt
ed, referring the credentials Of Kellogg
to the Committee on Privileges and Elec.
tons.
Messrs. Booth, Burnside, ChrisIiancy,
Conkling, Davis, Jones and Morrill, voted
with the Democrats in the affirmative.
Mr. Patterson, submitted resolution
10 refer the credentials OF u. I. Corbin
and NJ. Q. Butler, each claltning seat III
the Senate from South Carolina, to the
Committee on Privileges and Elections
when appointed, were agreed to.
Mr.. Bayard submitted resolution to
have John ]. Morgan, Senator.elect from
Alabama, sworn in. Pending the dis
cussion tie Senate then went into ex.
ecutiye session.
After Mr.. Bayard's substitute 10 refer
KellogS's credentials to the Committee,
Mr.. Bayard, who was entitled to The
floor said, that his reason for moving TO
reter the credentials Of Kellogg to the
Committee on Privileges and Elections,
were those warranted by the unbroken
usages OF this body since ils organization.
The credentials Of Kellogg did not create
Il priInd tdcie case, because they were sign.
ed by $. b. Packard, who was not Gov.
ernor OF Louisiana, either dc lure or d.
tdciO. On the contrary the Senate must
take cognizanCe OF the public fact, that
+. 7. Nichols was the Governor OF the
State and had a legal Legislature, acting
in accord with him, that they had control
OF every part Of the State OF Louisiana
except about one acre, upon which stood
hotel used by Packard as n State House.
He then referred TO the use OF military
in the South, and said there was an nd.
mission on the part Of the outgoing
administration, tardy but honest, that
the use OF the military TO uphold State
governments had been tried, but with no
good results. He quoted from telegram
OF the late President, TO the effect that
government which could not maintain
itself without the aid ot the strong arm
OF the military should be permitted to 20
down. He (Bayard) viewed the language
of the late President as a paraphrase
of the language OF the Declaration Of In
dependence, under which our people
took up arms to make them free.
Ex-President Grant, who came into the
chamber soon after the Senate met, was
an attentive listener to the above remarks.
The Electoral Commission held that
they could not look into the charges OF
fraud against the Returning Board of
Louisiana. There was in that decision
a blow to his fondest hopes and his be-
lief in law. He then referred 10 the re.
marks OF Mr.. Edmunds in the Pinchback
case in 1876, and said that the Senator
based his objection to Pinchback on the
illegality OF the Louisiana Returning
Board. He then replied TO the argument
OF Mr.. Blaine 10 the effect that the
decision Of the commission was
binding upon the Senate, and
contended that the decision had no force
in thelaw to control the act OF the Sem
ate. The remarks OF the Senator from
Maine yesterday, led him with much
abruptness, to challenge the position Of
the President Of the United States. The
new President seemed to recognize, as at
the last did his predecessor, the true con.
dition OF affairs in Louisiana.
Mr.. Bayard then quoted from the inau.
gural address Of President Hayes, in re.
gard 10 Southern affairs, and said they
were wise words. He (Bayard) recognized
In the distressed condition OF the country.
the need OF that which the President had
proclaimed in regard 10 the Southern
States. The peace Of Louisiana was
the peace OF all, and her destruct.
tion was the destruction Of all. He
argued that the recognition Of the
Packard government and the overthrow
Of the Nichols government would not
only shock the very souls OF the people OF
Louisiana, but would cause thrill in
every bosom in this land. He asked for
Louisiana to-day the same measure OF
! law and justice that he would ask for
Massachusetts,. Mr.. Bayard again re-
lerred TO the remarks of Mr.. Blame, made
yesterday, and he said that he recognized
in them the same cry for sectional ag-
gression that had been heard for years
past. It fell on his eur like fire bell at
midnight, and he earnestly hoped that il
would not be heard by the President and
his constitutional advisers. In conclu-
sion he deprecated this sectional aggres.
sion and hoped there would be an end TO
il now.
Mr.. Blaine argued that the same Re.
turning Board which gave the electoral
vote Of Louisiana 10 Hayes and Wheeler
returned n Legislature Republican in
both its branches and S. B. Packard Us
Governor. The Legislature assembled
as provided by law and elected William
Pitt Kellogg United States Senator. His
election was legal and valid. He then
referred to the remarks OF the Senator
from Delaware Bayard) and to his course
on the Electoral Commission, and said
the Senator as q member Of the Commits.
sion never once voted with Lbe majority
Of the Supreme Court and the Judges on
that Commission who were considered
non.partisans.
Mr.. Bayard-Oh, yea; the Senator has
not followed the facts Of that case at all.
Mr.. Blaine-So far as u test question
came. do not know what little courte.
sizes aside may have been. On all test
questions known to the public think the
Senator is uniformly on record as against
the majority OF the Judges. :
Mr.. Bayard-The Senator has not read
the record and does not seem TO know
much about it. 3 .
Mr.. Blaine-I except Cronin's case.
thing the Senator did drop the partisan.
ship on Cronins case. Continuing his
remarks. Mr.. Blaine said, now Mr.. Presl-
dent, this is simple question. Its a
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