Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-05-13
TELEGRAPHIC.
XLVI. CONGRESS.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, May IL.

Oil 20 carry into elect the SECOND
aud sixteenth articles of the treat y
between the United States aud
the Great and Little Usage Indians,
proclaimed January 1st, 1867.
Placed On the calendar. NJ
A number Of PETITIONS were pre-
sented and bills introduced and re,
furred.
Oa motion of Senator Edmunds
(Vt.l the senate resumed consider a.
lion of the bill to provide for ascer-
tanning and settling private land
claims In certain states and terriS
tories.
After some debate the morning
hour expired and the bill went over
without action.
Senator Hill (Ga.) then resumed
his argument in support of the reso-
lutions to unseat Kellogg. lie
took up the cipher dispatches pro-
duced before the committee and
gave translations of a number oil
them, with comments of his own, to
show their significance. la view OF
these telegrams, he said no intelli>
gent man could doubt that the power
Of the government had been en-
ployed in suppressing witnesses aud
kindred operations.
The review of the evidence shows
ed that there was no quorum on the
day of the senatorial election, and
that most of those present were
brlbed. Even admltting for the sake
of the argument, that theP Packard leg
islature was lawful body, these
facts were sufficient to unseat Kel,
logg. At the time of the first
investigation by the senate, the
evidence of bribery and of no quo
rum in the Packard legislature,
was not considered. The cause
therefore was not adjudIcated on
full examination of the facts.
1t was competent, he laid, even in
court, to 20 behind prima facie
appearance Of settlement to prove
that certain facts were ignored.
Senator Hill then reviewed the
evidence taken by the court to show
that the Packard legislature had no
quorum at the time of kellogg 8
alleged election. Continuing, he
said that the republicans had refused
to accept the decision made by
court of law, when it recognized the
Nichols legislature. They insisted
upon gong back to the returning
board and DE- Gliding upon the cor,
reclness If its acton.
AT the conclusion Of Senator
Hills speech. Senator Hampton
Is, O. obttiuel the floor, but raid
he would prefer not to begin his
argument until to morrow. The
senate ,ltn ad 'urnej.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, May 12.
The speaker p'ocet ded to call
committees fer reports. Bill s we're
reported and disposed Of as follows:
By Mr.. Whltlhorne (Tenn from
the committee Of naval affair,-For
the appointment of commission to
select u site on the northwest coast
for navy yard. Referred to the
committee of the whole.
BY Mr.. Goode (Va.), from the
same committee--Author zIng the
secretary of the navy to take neces-
sary steps to secure adequate Goals
ing stations and harbors for the use
Of the United States naval forces at
proper points on the Atlantic and
Pacific coasts of Central America
and the American isthmus. Placed
on the calendar.
by Mr.. Slemons Ark, from the
committee on railways aud canals
To incorporate the Cherokee and
Arkansas river railroad company.
Placed on the calendar.
By Mr.. McLane (Md.), from the
committee on commerce-To estab-
lish marine hospitals at New
Orleans and Baltimore. Referred
to the committee of the whole.
A bill was reported from the
committee on public buildings for
the erection Of a public building at
Charlotte, N. G.
The house then went into COM
mittee of the whole on the legisla-
tive appropriation bill. After con-
sideriDg twenty-one pages of the
bill without making any important
changes, the committee rose.
The house then took recess
1880, the evening session to be for
the consideration of the District
code bill.