The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-24
sP0FFORD's SEAT.
HcIIOgg Must yacatc 1.-THE Majority
aud Minority Reports -- Kellogg
Dcnounccs Rem MiIl ON the
Floor OF the Senate

Washington, March 3-Thc majority rc-
poHof tho Senate Committee on Privileges
and Elections sets forth MS the results of the
committees investigation;
First, That Kellogg, while Governor of
Louisiana, frauddlcntly used the power of
his office to secure the election, by corrupt
means, Of n Republican Legislature favorable
TO his election to the Senate,
Second That failing in this hc entered
into u ccrsNirOcy with othcrs AVID fraud,l-
lently uSd he overs Of his Office Us Gov.
ernor to change the result of such election
b. fraudulent election certificates, in order
that no might secure Il Republican majority
in snid LEGISLATURE favorable 10 bis election
"a United States Senator.
Thrd--that through tho aid of the metn :
polltan police and the United States army,
and by the use of threats, money, promise 8
Of Offer etc. no assembled in the Leglsla-
tive halls mob of his co.conspirators, many
of whom had not been elected. TO the end
that he might procure pretended Legisla-
turo for the inauguration of s. Is. Packard
for Governor, who he knew had not been
elected, and from which mob he might pro-
duce the form of ms own election to the Sen
ate, and which pretended election he kaew
said pretended Government would certify.
F,urth-That Kellogg excluded persons
elected and admitted those not elected to
said Legislature, for the purpose b,fore
named.
Fihh-That, knowing these facts, no
withheld them from or denied them their
expenses befIrc the Committee. on Privile-
ges and Elections, thus inlucing majority
of the committee TO declare him cho en- as
Senator.
SiXth-That, to prevent revelation of
tbs facts, he procured government officers
for his co-conspirators, and bribed witnesses
on tho invetigation before the committee.
The report then concludes with long
and elaborate legal argument to sustain these
points, quoting copiously from the testi-
mony, and showing that no evidence was
taken by tho comm tee which formerlyire.
ported in Kelcgg's favor.
The minority report recitcs the resolutions
of the Senate, passed November S0th, 1877,
declaring Kellogg, on the merits Of the case,
entitled TO the seat, and says the party ma
iority in the Senate has changed since KEEL
logg took the oath of office in pursuance of
these resolutions, but nothing else has
changed. The facts which the Senate CON
sidered and determined vera in existence
then as now. IL Is now sought, for the fret
time by mere superiority of numbers,
to tn ust n Senator from bis seat which
he held by tho express deliberate and final
judgmen. Of the Senate. The act which Is
demanded by this party majority would be,
in the opinion Of the minority of the com
mit,cc, great public crime, one of The
greatest political crimes in Americrn history.
Tae mid,r y say tn y do not think it prop Z
to enter upon discussion OF the evidenc, by
which the claimant to kello y 5 seat seeks to
establish charges affecting the integrity Of
that Senator. Such evidence can be- found
in abundance in the slums of tho great cities.
1t is not unworthy of credit, hut il in many
instances wholly Incompatible with the undis-
put4d facts, and Kellogg has met and over
thrown it at ever, p lint.
Mr.. Hill movea that the resolutions, re.
ports and evidence be printed. This being
dpba,abe, Mr. Hoar advocated it. saying that
when printed the evidence nuulL be seen to
utterly rafute the maj lrity report
Mr.. Hill remarked that the other side
seemed anxious to precipitate the debate
before the evid,rc WINS before the Senate.
lie (Hill) was ready to wait uatil the whole
truth'was published.
After further debate Mr.. Kellogg took tho
floor and declared positively that no reliable
evidence could BIZ found to sustain the
charges agai s. him. He I'D the Senator
from Georgia (HilD had, before the invest-
cation begun, declared publicly and private
IL that he would drive Kellogg from tho
Senate. The principal part in the prosecute, n
had been taken by Hill, who had preiudiced
the case. He had pursued him (Kellcgg)
wit the avidty and hate of seuth hound,
and animated by personal malignity. He
charged that Hill had cut out several pages
Of testimony favorable to him and closed
with the assertion that he was willing to com
pare his moral or personal character and
courage with that OF Hill.
The motion to print was then adopted.