The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-10-19
FORTY-eIFTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, October l6.
SENATE.

10 enlarSe tne JuTisuiCI!oH VI VIC OON'I
Claims.
! At the expiration of the morning hour
the consideration was resumed OF Mr..
Thurmsn's resolution to have the oath
administered to Spoftord, of Louisiana,
! the pending question being substitute
referring the credential TO the committee.
After debate, by vote OF SO yeas and
! 33 nays, the substitute was agreed to, ana
the credentials OF Spottord were referred
to the Committee on Privileges and Elec-
! tions.
Mr.. Davis, OF Illinois, voted with the
| Democrats against a reference.
A message was received from the
President enclosing the report OF the Sec
retary of the Navy setting forth the par
ticulars in reference TO the existing de-
fclencies in the appropriations in the
Navy Department. Referred.
Mr., Davis, of West Virginia, submit
ted n resolution stating tnat there sp-
peared to be material differences sltera-
tions and discrepancies in the financial
reports of the Treasury department, and
authorizing the appointment OF special
committee to investigate. In explana-
ton Mr.. Davis said he thought there
were forced balances. The resolution
was ordered printed and to .e on the
table. Mr.. Davis gave notice that he
would call il up at an earl day tor the
purpose of submitting some remarks.
In the discussion on the Louisiana
case, MIR. Baysrd SAID that if there ever
was time when it was for the interest
of the common wealth that the discussion
should end, surely that time had come.
The affairs of Louis ana had, IN the
minds OF the American people, received
| absolute and final settlement. He Mr.
Bayard knew how nearly balanced the
political power IN the Senate stood, and
yet he begged the Senators TO believe
MIN when he declared that he would not,
by any questionable act, give the weight
of his little finger 10 obtain power
for the party with which be acted.
The man was blind who sdid not
see that the DRIFT OF public opinion in
this country was against all political
| scheming Do not the interests OF the
country demand that the best energies OF
every Senator should be bent IN behalf
OF the people, and those passions aroused
by party strife should be hushed? There
was no need OF further argument.
There was no need for further evidrrce.
In this Louisiana case the Senators ,Ot'J
not turn their backs TO facts which Il,
one denied.
The following is the vote in detail;
Yeas - Allison Anthony, Bialnei
Booth, Bruce, Burnside, Cameron o,
Pennsylvania. Cameron of Wisconsin,,
Cnahe Christiancy, Conkling, Conover
Dawes, Dorsey, Edmunds, Ferry, Ham
lin, Hoar, Howe, Ingalls, Jones of Ne
vada, Krkwood, Mcmillan, Matthews,
Mitchell, Morrill,, Oglesby, Paddock,
Patterson, Plumb, Rollins, Sargent,
saunders, Spencer, Teller and Wad-
l,igh-36.
Nays-Armstrong, Bailey, Barnum,
Bavsrd, Beck, CocErell, Coke Davis OF
Illinois, Davis OF West Virgins, E4toL,
Garland, Gordon, Grover, Harrr., II sre
ford' Hall, Jones of Louisiana, Herman
Lsmor, McCreery, Mcdonald, McPler-
son, Maxey, Merrimon, Morgan, Ran
dolph, Ransom, Salisbury, Thurman,
Wallace, While and Wthers-33.
\ Mr.. WindelI, who would have voted in
the affirmative, was paired with Mr..
! johnson, who would have voted IN the
negative.
Mr.. White submitted the fol owing a.
au amend ment to the re, oIuLiOu referring
the credentials: And that the SAID
committee report thereon on or before
the first day OF November, 1871"
a.. h.
man Of the committee, SAID he WAS afraid
that would not give the committee time
enough.
MIR. White said the Kellogg case was
referred 10 the committee last March
! Since then events in Louisiana had crys
! Lilzed. and rs the whole matter WAS now
! embraced in very narrow compass 1t
! should not take the committee longer
than two or three days TO settle the wLcle
matter. The chairman ot the committee
| I Morton1 was now Ill, and II the com
inittee was intrusted by the Senate with
the matter the investigation might be
postponed till his recovery,
Mr.. Wadleigh said that if il WAS eT
pected by the Senate that :ho decision OF
the Committee on Privileges and Elec-
| lions oh this case should be final It was
asking too much of the committee to re-
port by November lst 1t might be that
be, as a member OF the committee, would
not come TO the conclusion that the
removal OF the State government
in Louisiana by military force
could settle for the Senate the
question OF who was entitled to seat
therein. He did not think the White
League OF Louisiana, with Its bayonets,
rcvOlvers and guns, could decide tor him
who was entitled to seat IN the Senate
from that State But for the pressure o.
the League the Packard government
would have remained the government IN
fact ss he believed it was In law. He
argued that tie proceedings under winch
Kellogg was elected Senator were valid
and correct in .orm. The testimony in
! the Louisiana case amounted 10 thousands
OF pages, and the committee could not
examine all OF it and report TO the Sem
ate by November l:t.
Mr.. Edmunds inquired of the Senator
from Maryland White II he had any
knowledge OF the Senate having adopted
i resolution instructing the commit
tee when to report. he (Edmunds)
mad been taught te believe that
the adoption OF such resolution would
be virtually su atfront TO the committee.
The Senate might rs well say that the
committee should report at once as to
SAY It should report by he lst OF Novem-
Der. Was it now thought best not to in
/ quire anything about who was legally
elected senator from Louisiana, but TO
take the last chap who appeared as q
true SAINT? That might be s Democrat
ic doctrine, but he dId not agree 10 it..
For any undue delay OF a remedy
wss found in the rules OF the Senate
which suthorlzed any Sens;or at any
time to move that the committee be dis
charged from further cor sIGeration OF
the subject, If he thought there had. been
any unnecessary delay in considering it.
Mr.. Gordon inquired If sny day could
be fixed for the com mmittee to report on
the credentials of Mr.. Spoford.