Omaha daily bee., 1880-05-14
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ton fog salaries of registers and re
ceivers Of land offices.
Senator Ingalls, offered a resolution
instructing the Secretary of the treas
uSy to inform the senate whether thu
act repealibg certain definite and per
manent appropriations would have the
effect of doing away with the appro
priation for the sinking fund.
kSenator Voorhees, offered a resolu.
ton calling upon the secretary of the
interior to furnish the names of rail
road companies to which lands have
been granted, ard which they have
not earned in the time specified
therein, also the number of acres of
land held by each road and the time
which a right to these lands expires
under the low. Adopted.
The Kellogg Spofford resolutions
came up aud Senator Hampton ad-
dressed the senate. He claimed q
partisan motive of action in consider.
ing such questions, and he did not at
tributspto the gentlemen, who made
their report, any dishonesty of pur-
pose, but he couldn't agree with their
conclusions. This was more painful
as it separated him in the matter from
many Of his party associates. He said
the former committee was instructed
TO consider the case on its merits; that
it did an injustice to Judge Spofford
by refusing to take further evidence
demanded by him, but he considered
that it was competent for the COM
mittee to terminate its examination
when it pleased. On the report of
the committee the senate, after a long
discussion, reached an agreement
a final adjudication on Kel-
logs title to a seat here be reached.
Yet, 1t is said that in spite of the best
judgment, SO exact In form snd clear
in expressing the intentions of the tri.
bunal, the case can be reopened.
He said that all his feelings and
were with the contestantin
this case. He knew the wrongs of
and of his own state, but
the storm that swept over them had
spent its force and prosperity has
come. The wrong has been great, but
all have no power to rectify this
wrong; time, the great healer, could
do it. We who do not agree
with our party associates cannot be &C.
cused of violating u conviction, for
IN this case our duty comes in conflict
with our feeling and sympathies. Sen.
ators on the other side seem to regard
.scFSsafo from It th %soa ifEdn'1b be bstfsar: for
Ihe country if they could absolve
their minds of this. Our motives are
in question, but We do not
think it necessary TO make protests of
our allegiences, but we are content to
be judged by our actions.
Senator Carpenter replied to some
Of the arguments made by Senator
Hill, and reatfirmed strongly the doc
trine of "res adjudicata." The ques-
ton having been once settled, 1t was
When he concluded his remarks,
Senator Pendleton was recognized,
and pending further debate the senate
went into executive session and then
adjourned. q
Mr.. Townsend, of Illinois, sent to
the clerks desk a number of petitions
for the removal of the duty on salt
and asked that they be read. A point
of order was raised and the speaker
decided that the petition must be re-
ferred through the petition box.
Mr.. Cobb reported a bill making ap-
for deficiencies in money
to pay the pensions bill. 1t practically
covered the clause on that subject con-
in the immediate deficiency bill
vetoed by the president. Mr.. Cobb
asked for immediate consideration OF
the bill as it was q necessity. An OBJ
lection was made as the bill was for
too large an amount. 1t called for
over q million dollars. After discus
sion it was finally agreed that the bill
should be Withdrawn and referred to
the committee on appropriations.
Springer rose to make a per-
sonal explanation in reply to Nh.
birth, in explanation of the Vincent
He first yielded to Mr.. Mon
roe who said that the remarks of
Springer a few days ago relative to,
the omission of Orth's name from the
of the committee of foreign
in the 44th congress, might lead
to an inference that no other better
reason had been given for omission
than that Mr.. 0rth had retired from
the candidacy for governor OF Indiana.
He had requested the omission be-
cause he had believed that the way In
which Orth's name wa mentioned was
unjust to him, and he didn't think the
evidence had furnished proof of dis.
or corrupt motives If MIR.
Springer took the floor and reviewed
the history of the Venezula claims aud
controversy from '66 down, he said
in order that no wrong might BIS done
to Orth. he would publish with his
speech all the testimony given by that
gentleman himself before the foreign
affairs committee and that testimony
would show that he had been guilty
of acts which made him amendable to
law.
Mr.. Springer quoted provi-
sions of the revised statutes
which prohibit congressman
from being attorneys in Q cass which
might require their official action y
congressman, and he showed from the
testimony that after Ortiz had been
elected to the 43d congress he came
here as counsel for claimants and pro-
cursdithe passage Of Law in the inter
est of his claimants, at the last session
of the 43d congress But the gentle
man says he received no compensation
after March Sd, 1873, when his ser
vice as Congressman began, but his
service was rendered from November
1872, to March 1873, after he had
been elected to congress-. The revised
ststutes prohibit that. Springer Is
serted that upon his responsibility a.