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CONGRESSIONAL

PASSAGE OF THE PARIS EXPOSITION Tres
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PASSAGE " THE PARIS EXPOSITION TRES
0LuTION
WASHINGTON, Nov 3O-lmmediately Of.
ter reading the jjurna OF Yesterdays pro.
ceedings, Mr.. Sargent, Of California, OBJ.
tanned the floor, and asked unanimous con.
sent TO consider the HOuao Joint resolu.
ton in relation to the international Indus.
trial Exposition to be held in Paris in 1878.
lie spoke e the necessity Of immediate
action on this resolution, and alter brief
discussion 1t was taken up, Mr. Morrill,,
OF Vermont, asked unanimous consent 70
have the resolution voted On as II cane
from the House, atd said be feared II II
should be amended hy the senate II would
be lost for want Of time Tor the House OF
Representatives 10 act upon them. Mr.
C0ckrcll objected, and said the resolution
was bad enough as IL came from the
House, but the senate Committee had inn
proved 1t ZONE, Various amendments re-
ported by the Senate Committee on Ap'
preparations were agreed to, and the joint
resolution was read a third time and pass
Cd-ycas %, nays ~.
R~gLLoGG's CASH.
After pass tge OF the Paris Exposition
resolution, . number II bills were intro
duced and referred, after which the senate
resumed kcllOgg's case.
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ling the subject tn IA" Committee on
Privileges ana Elections, with Instructions
10 take testimony.
Discussion OF Inc Ke!logg.S, Oxford case
continued. Messrs. Howe end Hill spoke
deliberately Of past events.
PATTERSON OPENS his BATTERIES.
The feature of the day was Patterson.
lie said he had al eady announced his in
tentiUn TO vote to seat NJ. Z, Butler as
Senator from SOnth Carolina, aud be
would vote cheeTfully u seat Vim. Pitt.
Kellogg as senator from louisiana. He
had resisted every motion to give the case
OF Kellogg precedence over that Of Butler,
/ because the Butler case was before the
Senate first. Had the kellogg case been
brought up first, be- would have voted as
steadily against Gisilacins 1t. lie then
criticised ne action uGtnG Administration
in Withdrawing troop, from South CARROLL
ma, and SAID the troops were withdrawn in
spite of the remOustrance Of those who SC.
cured tho election OF the President: he
recognized the Democratic state Govern.
mcnt aud turned the Republicans OF South
4 aIOlina over 10 their enemies. He re.
piled sharply to the remarks Of Edmunds
and COnkling, and said he repudiatcd, be
disO"ned the authority 81 such rs they to
pass judgment on his fidelity to the Re.
publican party lie spoke OF Mr..
CnnEiiD. as the Achilles OF the
Senate, ami characterized the at.
tack Ut Mr.. Edmunds upon him (Pat-
tcTsOn) Il, malignant. Referring TO the
indictment against him in South Carolina,
h. eaid he was ready 10 answer all these
charges, lie defended Gen. NJ. Z. Butler
from charges Of completely in the Ham.
burg massacre, and in concluding his re-
marks aguin commented severely on the
southern policy OF the Administration,
saying he understood ii was aban.
dOning political friends to conciliate
political foes. liz ridiculed the idea OF the
revival Of the old Wig party, and said II
the President could go down into the po-
litlcal valley Of dry bones and inluse life
into them, he would stand rs the champion
rcsurrcctiOnist Of the age. Referring to
the leligi us element Of the South, he said
they wOrshippcd God and the Democratic
party, and would not bow down to this
braZen image Of Southern policy called
HAY es, which Munchausen had set up.
LaughteT,l
sAULsBURY's sUDsTIIUTE DEFEATED.
When Patterson concluded, a vote was
taken IN S~allsbury's substitute to recon-.
nit the Kellogg aud Spoiford case, result.
Ing 20 to 20. COnOYer voted nay; 0glesby
was paired with Mr.. Davis, Of Illinois.
The Vice.President did not vote, saying
the substitute not having received a ma
jOrity, was disagreed TO.
RECESS.
Recess was taken to half.past seven.
The question now ecurs on the adoption
Of the Committees report seating Kellogg.
An all.night session 10 expected.
NIGHT SESSION.
The Senate continues in session. The
sensation to-day was PattersOn's speech.
Col. Lamur Is speaking tonight to crowd.
ed galleries, The impression Is that the
case will DC talked ill the end Of the ses.
sion, when. however, the same question
will come up on privilege.
House.
Al 1850 the House adjourned, no quorum
being present
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