Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-05-22

Weo0r, oupoTvDOr OF registration IN
perish Of West Eeliciana, state. that in
furtherance Of the conspiracy, they
fAls6ly PtUbs1eua, thS& the elecsion ID
such precincts had been fair and free.
and that the state returning board there
upon falsely and fraudulently excluded
votes Of said precincts, and by means
thereof, and Of other false and fraudu-
lent action BY said returning board, the
choice Of the people Of that state was
annplied and reversed, and that such
action OF said Weber and Anderson
was induced or encouraged by assur-
ances of John Sherman, secretary OF the
treasury of the United States; and,
WHEREAS, The gravity of these
charges and the nature of the evidence
upon which they are reported to be
based, and the official dignity and po-
sition of the persons named in connec-
ton with said frauds, make it proper
that the same should be investigated to
the end that the honor of the nation
may be vindicated and the truth as to
such election made known.
Therefore, be i resolved, That a select
committee, consisting of eleven mem.
beers of this house be appointed to en-
quire into the afoe said allegations as to
the conduct of persons in Office as
aforesaid, in respect 10 said election,
and into the alleged false and fraudu-
lent canvass and return of votes by
states to- the parish and precinct officers
in said states Of Louisiana and Florida,
and into al Of the acts which, IN the
judgment of said committee, are con-
nected with or pertinent thereto, and
that the said committee, for the purpose
of executing this resolution, shall have
power to send for such persons
and papers, to administer oaths, and
to take testimony, and in their dis
cretion to detail the subcommittee with
the lawful authority of said committee
in every particular, and with power to
sit in Florida and louisiana; which
subcommittee ,hall be committees of
this House, and The chairman thereof
shall be authorized to administer oaths.
Said committee and subcommittee may
employ stcnoeraphers, and be attended
each by deputy Sergeant-at-Arms, and
may cit dur ing tie sessions of the House
or during vacation; and that said COM
mittee to proceed with sucn inquiry
have leave to report at any time.
BY . vote Of 12S yeas to 1O8 nays, the
appeal which was taken by Mr.. Conger
was laid on the table. The vote was a
party one, with the exception of Mitch
ell, Butler MASS. and Ford, who voted
with the Democrats, and Mills and
Buckner, who voted with the Republi-
cans. tfl.H0-
TUESDAY, Nay 14.-Scnate.-In the
senate consideration was resumed ofthe
postoffice appropriation bill, the pend
ing question being on the point of or
der raised by Mr.. Edmunds, that the
amendment submitted by Mr.. Maxey
in regard to semi-monthly Brazilian
mail steamship service, and to pay thir-
ty dollars mile therefor could not
be received as it proposed new legisla-
ton and was not german to the sub
ject. After brief discussion. the SEN
ator from Te1R was in order under the
29th rule. Thu 2 question was decided
in the negatiye-yeas, %, nays, SO, as
follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Barnum, Blaine, Coke,
Conkling, Conover, Davis wv. w, Dor
sey, Eustis, Ferry, Hamlin, Johnston,
Kellogg, Kirkwood, Matthews, Maxey,
Mitchell, Paddock. Plumb, Rollins, Sar-
gent, Saunders, Spencer and Withers
90. tH.t
Nays-Messrs. Anthony, Bailey, Bay
ard, Beck, Booth, Burnside, Cameron,
wis.,, .Christiancy, Davis, (nl.), Den
mis-, Eaton, Edmunds, Harris, Hill,
Hoar, ingalls,, Jones, (Fla.), Herman,
Lamar, Mcdonald, Mcmillan, Merri-
mon, Morgan, Morrill,. Oglesby, Ran
dolph, salisbury, Thurman, Voorhees,,
Wadleigh, Whyte and Windom-S2.
( Mr.. McCreery said he was paired
with Mr.. Chaffee, though he did not
know how that senator would vote on
this question. He would vote in the
negative but thought it safest not to
vote at all. -, s .4-....g .,.
TUESDAY. May 14.-House. -Immedi-
ately after the reading Of the journal, de-
mands for the regular order were made
on both sides Of the house, and the
speaker announced that the regular Or
der was to be on seconding the demand
for the previous question on the resolu-
ton offered yesterday by Mr.. Potter.
The republicans RETAINED from vot-
ing, thus leaving the house without a
quorum, rs there were but Ill demo-
Gratis present, LAG being necessary to
make quorum. A call of the
house was then ordered. The
call disclosing the fact that there
were 245 members present. further pro-
ceedings under the call were dispensed
with. and the question recurring to Sec
ond;no tho demand for tho nreviOus