, 1880-03-23

SiI"HEA. ~ kat1 IEp1Ek tIfhk, hElluENt SIHEG
l,ls admission, I'M! employed lrIpGry ind cor
a;;s lie QUESTION w Whether s q not u he wa"
Mr. ili1l safl te would frankly say that
evidence Of co!rupt practices ainco Kellosgs
admission cnul only he used In securing iiis
expulsion, not In insalIdatin9 hts eIcctifn, il
tho election Was fonntl valid, bnt It 'H0rtltt ho
ent rs 70 whether The % mar, w,'o no. ase;| lac u cnr
rupt means to prevent investigation and to
l,0ltl lis seat was Or was not man likely TO
SECURE !Iis election BY sImiiar means :.
Spoffonl was scato'i now, there WAS anything
" prevent Kellogg coming back next session,
alleging tliat Spotford had hribcd, all tho
witnesses Of this session, and gott1ng the
bfr Iifl1 rcplic;t lI.at the report stated the
conclusions IT tie CDmInfttee ~ 10 when the
decision Of tho Senate should bo considered
Mr. Thurman thought this discussion OF
the question before tho evidence WAS before
the SenRte wn8 unusual and out Of place.
1le mnvcd 70 lay the ninelon on the table In
order TINT tho Geneva Award bill might be
Tic motion was lost on dly1slou,-n to
iii. RELLoo0
then spoke on the motion to print 1Io sald
nothing but the extraordinary circumstances
tine 81 tie sena,s sy ovsn M for a fsw f" taaenis It's
The clrcun,statces were. that the Senator
from tseorgta (l!tlr bod done the unpre-
ceticnted thing of reading. his own report,
Kellogg upon eSyidenee alleged 70 exist il
the record, but the existence. Of WHICH Kut
logg denied, Not only this, but tho Senator
from Georgia, before, my action hntl beet!
publicly and privately that I,s intended to
Teady ,prsja5scd tho i. case. II! IL is IS nv ny
tudge.o continued Kellogg. 1T ts the sef:
tho Sub Committee ct New Orleans. 1t is
the Senator from Georgia who, before the
ta r. TGn tn py sase ws hsE cons
prove TINT had manipulated the returns,
and Ind tnterfered IN the making of protests
In connection with the Returning 1oAnl. 1t
was the Senator fEolu Georgia that cntne on
ths i!oor Of this Senate md moved to recon.
he had that evidence In his possession. All
this appears in tue record. twas the Senator
from Georgia that sent, telegram to tho
6ks ans VIZ g ;
ttle returns before tho Returning Donrtl,' ia
times anu,
CHALLENGED CONTRADICTION,
was paid for to tho amount Of 23O0, and that
L WIS fnlse, and the fnct TINT whnt the
Senator had sold wns without foundation is
evidenced by what now and hGre nsseKt In
the presence of this Scnate-nnmely: that
evidence taken before this Committee one
| word showing that participated, directly Or
i'lt!lrectly, n tilo making OF my protests tq
s "pgstinS pgti q{ nd1sy ny returns pr tnat @
the Returning Board. think that IL plain
enough. assert that tho Senator from {seor-
gta. though he rnked the slnms OF Louisiana,
Though tley brought pertured witnesses he.
produce onu syllable, not one word, not ono
letter Hf evidence In substantiat[on Of those
allegations. And let mo say that Except in
E6ers is not t syllable @ snbstantatinr my re one
Of the five points on which Spotforti nsked
that this case be reopeietl. That Is plain
enough. think. Moreover, 1t nl,lst be evi-
Gcorgia came before the Senate with his re-
port prepared, mud read 1t In shrili voice
IN ortior TINT tho Senate hiid country might
bc prrjMdlccd' OF precluded frnm q further
report until the effects Of 1t prejudicIa1 to
Me
had opEHATED 11EnE AND EI.sEwHERE.
knowing that, SO to speak.. the Senate Is ~
| pulpit with hugo soundlng-lN'art, so tl,at'
TG ssaS ofe s I'll e sester fro s
Georgia that there Is not one word of testf-
'nony In TINT record in snbstantIatiul1 OF moro
than one-hnlf Of Ills allegations nlld tho SEN
it. lie scarcc,y ope,ls i,is mouth bit ont
there flies 4 bluntlcr."
Mr.. Kellogg went on to sny that Stakes,
wlo was referred to by Hill rs tho tudgo Of
now a disappointed 0i!tce-secket, brought to
renses paiti 6y tfIo Committed willie traycl-
sng back and forth between Washington and
| New Orleans
After quoting and commenting unfavorn-
bly, MI Stokes' testimony, Kellogg continued:
| stnmi IN mil t:i,E ni,ni,t fhnsn thfnrs and
chnlIeuxe cOntrndlction. aud viii. when
these resolutions CONS ilp, slow the Amori-
ca1 nennfe whenca t,roceetleti the cntacomb
nf c6rnsrs tiint were nIlcI in Coifnx. Twiii
SHOW tl,cm tie oriEin and detniis OF that
| nnssacre. and innress tbe trath on tbS sc;,.
ato and penple. T<'' '@'o - ''''' ''~ ~''
Mr. Keilogg then clareetl TINT the Commit
teo hastily 1SsllourneI sfter taking Stokes
testimony. which tiiey relied ereatiy upoi, 10
fhe nn,nItMniev ta invcsti1ata tha chat1soctnr %
# tha wincsass rs ali for stIect En- IN tha con.
trvsn W he r. ali. ''' '0' ~~' VI >''~ @0"'''
"3fr ,vil1 PIX show y In copt;nuaI1 ..ttnt +},a
seuntor @ fro1n f;cornia Ju'''"' i,as ""'' '@''