The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-14

pay. just as other members elect did. When
mr' Beltord appeared here at the extra session
IN October, his name was not on the roll and
tho case WIS sent TO be disposed Of by the Com
mittee on Elections AT that time there was not
man on the other side bold enough to, say that
Patterson was entitled to seat. and should
have been sworn In.
Mr., gaekner said that the question Of seatlng
Mr.. Hale declared that The whole subject was
then before the House. He dened any one to
say Tint at that time. eight weeks ago any one
in. He could not. therefore exactly understand
under what whip and spur the. majority Of the
0omnittes T, @ On Elections had determined to re-
port that Patterson was entitled to q seat.
Mr.. Harris, Of Virginia, said that eight weeks
ago no honest man could decide who should be
seated, because, the case had not been fully in
auired into. No one had then carefully ex-
amined 1t. He did not know. what the gentle
man meant by acting under whip and spur
aed udsr wa. the w and te nrt9 ha
Mr.. Hale said he did not propose to impugn
any ones motives, but he repeated agnin that
that II. Patterson should have been seated He
knew. however that since that time the Dir had
been thick with messages. lying frqm Colorado
lad s % been eeete The reason s1 for bs
begging was that 1t was tnewn that Il the case
not stand ghost Of chance. Patterson was
morally. estopped because he had accepted the
result Of the October election. This House could
seat Mr.. Patterson, but IL could not seat II Re-
preventative from Colorado, and the people
would resent the on rage thus put upon them;
eovernsd BY any D pasaa feens f hs sS ma
fer. The whole question was which was the
legal day OF election, that In October or that In
legal day. because Congress had fixed IT, and no
State could by waiver set aside. a day fixed by
Congress Tor .. Congressional election. At the
ford should be put on tho roll as having then
prima faeie right, and then TO let the committee
examine the case on It's merits; Tho committee
having examined the case, he believed they
and he would vote for him.
, Mr.. Cobb deprecated the language Mr.. Hale
mendtnant md beggar, and la charging that the
committee had acted under some sort Of whip
Or spur. He would not reply In kind, but IN
his opinion such language was beneath -
dignity OF the House. This question was otsiy
one Of law. and as. such he would argue it. and
under the law he believed Patterson had been
Mr. Butler. In discussing the case. said that
the great question for the House to determine
opinion the right thing was TO send the case
back to Colorado, and let them say who they
wanted TO represent them In the Congress of the
Mr.. Cox. Of Ohio. advocated the resolution
offered by him. sending the whole case back to
the psope here ovnss was no LEGAL election
the ease; the former for Belford. and the latter
for Patterson.
Mf. IhtUeTEOn. the contestant. was then
mitted to address the House, and said that he
had not intended TO speak until the attaek upon
him by Mr.. Hale, and when he had been called
MIN were somemas made manaieants up ofne nna
heggars through no fault Of their own, but
through the faults of others, but a coward and a
tion. Applause from the Democratic side.1 He
would present the facts In his case. and after
that presentation. he thought that even the gen
tleman from Maine might regard it as duty to
apologize, even to q mendicant. and to The whole
House. IApplausel He would state the testi~
tairy and i he ms5tated the gentleman
gentleman 4 t n got through; fs !, ..,,...
he would not find It necessary to reply" He
then proceeded to quote from the testimony
to show that he had meyer been IA party to m
day. Shaking his finger at Hale, he said he de-
tled bis defamer to point to q fact that would
gain,saEy what he had said He then went into
Mr.; Harris nf Virginia. then demanded the
previous question.
Mr.. Hale demanded the floor to reply to Mr..
ting ten minutes, which Mr., Waite had re-
served Yesterday. Mr. Hale said he did not rise
IN a very y exasperated spirit. but the gentleman
However. the gentleman had seemed to impugn
bis courage, but he was not aware Of anything
In tdns 3 that should ree
had been villtied. All that he (Mr. Hale] had
done was to take UP the facts Of thu election and
show that the gentleman had not been elected
Nothing that the gentleman had said had In the
least changed that opinion. and II the gentle
man gets q seat through the. votes Of his friends
on the other side he will have a seat that be-
longs to the State of Colorado, and as the gem
tleman did not like the word mendicant, then
the word mendicacy should be changed to rob-
berry.
The previous question was then seconded
and the vote was fiji at taken on Mr.. Waies reso-
luton declaring Mr.. Belford entitled to the
seat. Rejected by ITO yeas to 1873 nays. The
vote was partisan except that MessrB, Cox OF
Ohio. and Frye. of Maine. voted with the Dem
ocrats in the negative.
- The next question was upon Mr.. Cox's (of
Ohio) motion to send the case back to the people,
and It was defeated by only one vote: the vote
standing 116 yeas to lit nays The vote was par
isan, except that Messrs. Cutler, Potter. strin-
ger. Williams, Of Delaware. and Willis. of New
York, voted IN the affirmative with the Republ-
cans. Mr.. Hart, another Democrat who had
voted In the affirmative. withdrew his vote Just
before the result was announced, and stated
yhat he was paired with Mr. Waddell. of North
Caroli lina: otherwise the casting vote would have
deyolved upon the Speaker.
The resolution declaring Mr. Patterson en-
titled to the seat was then agreed to by vote of
ll6 yeas to 11O nays, and Mr.. Patterson was i'm
mediatey sworn In, and the House, Mt .. M,
Adjourned.
REPORT OF IIEUJT GREENE ,rO THE