New-York tribune., 1877-03-09
UNITED STATES SENATE.
SPECIAL SESSION.


OREGON ADMITTED AND SWORN IN--DEBATE on
THg LOUISIANA ELECTION.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., March S.-Mr. Edmunds
Rep VT appointed director on the part OF the
Senate the Columbian Institute for the Deaf and Dumb
under the act of July 27, 1868.
The Senate then resumed consideration Of tho unhn-
ished business being the resolution Of Mr. Bayard Dem,
DelJ that the credentials OF John T. Morgan Senator
elect from the State Of Alabama be taken from the table,
and that he be
Mr.. SPENCER on Mr.. MORGAN.
Mr.. SPENCER Qlsp., Ala moved to amend the reso-
luton as refer the credentials Of Mr. rgan to the
Committee Privileges and Elections In support Of
his motion. he objected to the admission of Mr Morgan
because he believed his election procured by fraud
intimidation and violence. It by such means that
the Democrats obtained control Of the State and the late
election in that State could only be designated farce
He spoke OF the condition OF affairs In Alabama since the
close OF the war; and said fact stood forth promi
Ieny above all others and that was that tbs opposition
on the part OF the whites TO the negro exercising his
rights was powerful He argued that there
social OstI.nsn against all Republicans, ana they
were refused work by The Democrats election OF
1872 tho Republicans carried the state ana they had
majority now, with "a fair election, as wen as tlen
No quoted from the report OF a committee Of the
House OF Representatives, of which the Hon. John Co
burn was chhirman, which inyestgated Alabama atans
IN ioI4 10 SLOW iiat ReUuD' shs were @ diSn .S no 1
taken possession of by the Democrats III claimed that
by Democratic legislation the negro in Alabama had
been almost entirely thrust out OF politics on account Of
hs and color IN direct violation of the Constitution
the United States. The herOi5n displayed by white
Republicans in Alabama IN adhorng to the Hepubican
party challenged the admiration Of the word. They
had years been tried in the fire OF bitter persecution
fe argued tLat the Republicans elected IA 1874 bad
been egslsted ont Of orice by the Democrais o,,4.
and Mississippi had voted in Alabama Would me peO-
pie OF this country conscnt-woud the senate consent
that the Constitution OF the United States SHOULD be VO-
lated and recognize tie u5rpaOn OF these consprdOrs
in Alabama by seating the applicants There were mil
Lions OF people in the South who should be protected
Free schools longer existed in his state He claimed
that The coiored had exercised the right oi suffrage
with moderation, wisdom, and nelhgehce Iho senate
should resa seat the applicant and TIN proclaim TO
the people of the south uat the lfh aud l5th amend
mcnts TO the Constitution must be respected.
SPEECH OF MR.. MORTON.
Mr.. MORTON (Rep., Ind) said he would not vote to
refer the credentials of Nj Morgan because he
titled to be sworn in his credentials. He believed
he had prma facc equal to that OF Pnchback
KeNogg-not whit better He could not let this occa-
sion pass without calling attention TO the late election
in Alabama. The report OF the subcommittee OF the
Committee Oh Privileges and Elections submitted 10 the
Senate few days ago by the Senator from wisconsin
(Ir. CanleroDl, showed that the election in Alabama III
August last was fraudulent lie argued that if the
election in Alabama had been fair there "orld nave
b,rn - Repul,cau raicrity in the State, both houses
of the LEGISLATURE would nave been Republican,
and the IesjlC wOuld have been quite different;
iu.9uds az RpuUbicaUs in the state were prevented
from voting and tie Republican party iodt at least
10000 votes account or thc Democrats rtl1slhS 70
open .ne polls OF the precincts some $4,000 70
20 600 votes gwen the Republicans had beea counted
for the Democrats Who he called attention tho
irands in Aapala he would not stuify us own record
by voting refer the credentials. lie believed alr Mor,
gan should take his seat and II any investigation sAOlI
in thr tncibtck case but ali ais Dcmocratlc friends
lhUugiIt differently.
MR. BLAINE'S EXPLANATION.
.ir BLAINE (Rcp., MeJ explained his remarks of yes
teIday in regard to the senator from Delaware tNF
BayGrO having in nearly every instance voted against
majority of the judges, and said the record showed he
In No he
remarks OF Mr.. Key while he in the Senate nom-
inoted yesterday for POstmasterGeneaD in regard to
the the OIcgon eec0r TO the effect that hc re
gardod tdc action OF the Governor OF Oregon rs wrong
but it was reprehensblc than the action of the
Returning Boards in Louisiana aud FLORIDA. eni resun
to Say supported Tden and Hendricks, and b,lioyed
them to have been honestly elected lsensatI0uI
MR. MORGAN ADMITTED
The amendment Spencer to refer the credentials
of Mr. Morgan the Committee on Privileges ard Elcc-
ton, was unanimously rejected without division The
ORIGINAL resolution that M. Morgan he sworn was then
unanimously agreed TO without division. MI Morgan
was escorted TO the desk OF the presiding officer by Mr.
Gordon and the oath was administered by 'icc-PEeSi-
dent Wheeler
TIE CASE or Mr. GROVER.
Mr. WALLACE (Don.. PENN moved that the crcdeu.
als ~ L. T. Grover Senator from Oregon be taken from
tnc table, .ud that lie De sworn.
MrSAEGENr submitted the following as a substitute:
Hhro, Under tie Consultation and The laws and tn rrac
non he atc III Oregon his ctcIuas fcug regular aHd IN
Guc orl and there gtAg NJ contestant Tor ie ~ i3 en-
cu d, ~, ~ Srb ,r,icrai. Us,Wtisttnl,irg hs
i m In Inc ,,sr i,, Of citlzeas OF tie tate
Of Grsejn aeaa-. il .ila',,dn, tier1ore, .,...,.
ci. ina the creden..t oi Laty"tte Grover be taken
from lie 'a.c Fl tae glh ot Cits .dn,,.tsi.a 10 nan.
cona.nn ouaei an,, Lafayette Grover lie on tho t'nlo
MIL t1, ol, Yi .y m q" & E % ro,Ia,i " m Win
tho d,- VA in-,!gcoas 20 investigate sach charges
Mr.. NAlI.A tJ. ace 'ptrl tLr >tOHt"hl''
Sir. CONkLlNG ts.p, y. ~ moved to amend by in
Tor tht seat" he following: "Iud there being said
state but one Doy claiming 70 be tho Le-sAtnre' ahd
but one person CLAIMING 70 ne thc Governor ahG tlere
being doubt or dispute as 20 the existence OF one
legal, ! Ightiul state Governments" .,-..,.
The amendment WAS accepted by Mr.. SARGENT
SPEECH OF MIR CONKLING.
Nj cONKLING said he had heard it affirmed that the
same reason which entitled Mr. Grover to be seated upon
Il ulina ficie entitled Mr. kellogg 10 be seated upon
pgma face ca Sc yesterday. II that position sound
in law and sound in truth, it proved conclu-
siyely the caprice OF those who voted to
refer MS credentials yesterday. lie denied that
there WAS any analogy that there any resemblance
between the TWO eases. The Oregon case was one in
which there was Il Legslaturean asccrtained constu-
tio.a LEGISLATURE, and necessarily bus one II was a
case in which there an ascertancd and acknoWi-
edged Governor, and only one constitutional Governor
because the Con-.itaion did not 0cAnoNedS, dual eN-
cy in auy state The lacs in the of Mir. Grover
mad, NJ ptima i;tcie case, and the claimant was en-
tilted 10 his seat AterN3ri any nyest,gitol COLD he
Iuadc as to tie ALLEGED vice lying behind the certificate
The senate kucW--the world kncW-tLat IN Louisiana
fwo rival bodies molly cGntcSnS. restrained rom llO-
lence aud tumult BY the arm OF power, had Deen
was the lawful body, tie laWlul L&S!sE!tIle
o the state. Il was equally notorious that Two Gov
orIors had been in and each was asserting tBat
lie was the lawful Governor and cXeri.ng ta preroga
i've the attributes OF TIE Executive OF the state The
essential question In regard to Louisiana was whether
tlcrr esai lrgi3latue in Loai;lana and whether
senate would be called upon to decide whether lawful