The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1877-12-06
THE NEWS.
CONGRESS- EXTRA SESSION.

ueu absence Oh McSSrS. DldlHc anu pnuioH
has been in turmoil over the contested
seat cases. On Monday. the 26th, consider
alton was resumed of the resolution tC
discharge the committee on privileges and
elections from further consideration OF
the credentials Of L. G. Butler, claiming a
seat as Senator from South Carolina. and
Mr.. Davis Of Illinois, explained the rea-
sons why he favored the motion to dis
charge the committee.
Mr.. Edmunds, after brief reply to Mr..
Davis, moved that the Senate proceed to
the consideration OF executive business.
Rejected-yeas 2S, nays 80. Conover and
Patterson voted with the Democrats in the
negative.
long debate then ensued, participated
in. by Messrs. Davis Qll.,) Chrlstiancy,
Thurman. Edmunds. Gordon, Patterson and
Conover, the two latter making personal
explanations. Mr.. Patterson denying the
truth of the report as published in the New
York Tribune, that he PATTERSON had been
ordered by NJ. G. Butler, of South Carolina,
to 60 into the Senate on Friday and vote on
the resolution to discharge the committee
on privileges and elections from the further
consideration Of his (Butler's) credentials.
After several motions to adjourn and to go
into executive session, in which Messrs.
Davis, Patterson and Conover again voted
with the Democrats in the negative, Mr..
Edmunds moved to proceed to the consider
alton Of executive business, and with Mr..
Davis vote the motion was carried. Dila-
tory motions were then kept up until mid
, night. Tho session continued up to three
o'clock, on Tuesday. being twenty eight
hour continuous session. At two o'clock
the resolution 10 discharge the committee
from the further consideration OF Buffers
credentials was adopted. after which the
Democratic Senators agreed to an adjourn
ment. and it was had.
The House sat for three hours on the
2Sth, and with one exception accomplish ed
nothing but to allow members to clear their
desks and pockets Of bills. large number
were introduced and referred This Con-
gress, with its three sessions, will have
produced a larger volume OF bills than has
ever been known In the history Of Con-
gress. The opponents OF the Union Pacific.
by the aid Of fortunate parliamentary dis
covcry, succeeded in passing in the House
the Chaffee resolution Of inquiry which has
been so stubbornly opposed in the Senate.
The resolution was introduced early in the
day in the House, and went over upon OBJ
lection, but just before the adjournment
Crittenden. OF Missouri. who presented
the resolution, discovered that to-day was
the first Of the six days before the end Of
the session within which motions to sus-
pend the rules at any time are in order.
He had strength enough to do this. there
being less than fifty opposing votes, and the
House having considerable more than n
quorum. Thus the opposition OF the Union
Pacific people in the Senate will avail moth
ing, as the resolution goes to the President
in exactly the language in which it was
presented by Senator Chafrce. Whatever
action the Senate may be disposed to take,
the resolution passed by the House does
not even contain the statement that ii is al
legged that certain roads are branch roads.
lhe houSo rcsoiuV'oh PosiuNcly ueclarcs
'naV .heS "re' "s 'h"ilccs uiu' oclorc
amended by himself
1t would be difficult task indeed to
give at this distance from the COngression-
al hall descriptive report OF the Scnate's
proceedings for the past week which would
be pronounced on all hands to be unbia aed
and non-partlsan. The party papers come
with columns filed with accounts written
on u"o % sroun0 W Wy ,, Spcv.al rcPGr'cfs' ana
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Iisplovcd. Tho efforts of tbo Democrats
TO seat Butler. Of North Carolina. which
caused the all-nlght session, proved rruit.
less on the 2sth. for Senator Conoyer. who
bld been pronounced by the Republicans
deserter from their ranks agaip acted with
the Republicans. The KELLOGG case was
taken IN in preference, the Vice. President
casting tho decisive vote. Senator Ed
munds at five o'clock on Wednesday, mov-
ed to fix definite hour and date for vote
on the contested seat question, then moved
for a recess for one hour. Patterson NOV
ed to amend by adjourning until noon on
Thursday, This was carried, and the SEN
ate adjourned, Speculations ran high dur
ing the night and forenoon following, and
the excitement of the previous forty eight
hours continued.
To oVo,,op p,u, u .....,
- vileS D"'i,i wal ""' ol,oie''
"''n u"u'''',n's"1u i,i'eros' on rr'u"y
,lorh'ne 'no '"'' u"y Vi Tue ef'r" session.
uu' nv "'"u""' was maui 'o""ru Solu-
,ioA Vi '"o i''poi'"'' q"es'iohs on the Ia
oio
mr. Wadlelgh presented resolution
in the Senate on the closing day of the ex-
ira session declaring Eustis entitled to a
seat from Louisiana, MIR. ingalls, gave mo-