Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-03-27

tuC ShESONlCL4E1' II has nCSCA CNCH
tried to do so, that we know of, nor
do we see what it would want of
the CHRONICLE, anyhow.
We had snow the morning of our
arrival and the morning of our de-
parture.
THE KELLOGG BUSINESS.
The reports of the Senate Com
mittee on Elections and Privileges
have been presented to the Senate;
to wit: a majority report by Mr..
Hill and a minority report by Mr..
Hoar. An angry debate ensued on
; the motion to print, which was
Joined in by Messrs. Hill, HOar,
Carpenter and Mr.. Kellogg himself.
This debate was justly condemned
as premature, the evidence taken by
the committee not being before the
House. Mr.. Kellogg attributed the
blame of this premature debate to
Mr.. Hill, on account of his insisting
upon reading his report. But this
was unjust, since Mr.. Hill was will
ling to present his majority report
without reading, provided Mr.. Hoar
would do the same with the minor
ity report, but this Mr.. Hoar de-
clined to do, and both reports were
read. 1t will be observed that Mr..
HOar's report does not enter into
the merits of the case, but simply
protests against the reopening of it,
claiming that the Senate's former
action was final.
We are only able to give an alb
stract of the majority report as read
by Mr.. Hill; that of Mr.. Hoar is
given entire.
ABSTRACT OF THE MAJORITY RE-
PORT AS READ BY MR.. HILL.
The report says in the opinion of
your committee the evidence, now
for the first time fully taken, clearly
and abundantly establishes the fol-
lowing facts:
Aictl C6llAA w llls L Alk NEl-
lOgg, then holding the office Of Gov
ernOr of Louisiana, and pending the
canvass in said election of 1876, did
cOnspire with divers persons, and,
in aid of such conspiracy, did fraud
ulently use the influence and power
of his Office as Governor to prevent
a fair, free and legal election i'm said
State to the end that he might pro-
cure from the Commissioners of
Election a return of a Legislature, Il
majority of whose members should
be of the Republican party and pre-
sumed to be favorable to his election
to the Senate.
SecOnd-That having failed in
this, said VIM. Pitt Kellogg, then |
holding the office of Governor, did |
conspire with divers persons, and, |
in aid of such conspiracy, did fraud !
ulently use the influence and power |
of his office as Governor to change |
the result as returned by the Com |
miSsiOners of Election to the end |
that he might procure, through !
false certificates of election an or |
ganiZatiOn of pretended Legisla- /
ture, q majority of whose members !
should of the Republican party and |
supposed to be favorable to his cleo |
tiOn TO the Senate.
Third-That said Kellogg did
conspire with divers others to pre-
vent, and by force, through the
metropolitan police and aided by
the army of the United States, did
prevent lawfully elected members
Of the Legislature, and especially
those of the Democratic party, from
assembling in the halls of the Senate
and House of Representative in the
State of Louisiana, and did by
threats, by the use of money, by a
promise of office, and by other cor
rupt practices, compel and induce
to assemble in said halls respect
lively a mob of his cO-conspiratOrs
against the will of the people of
been elected, and some of whom
had been neither elected nor certi-
fed, to the end that he might pro-
cure a pretended Legislature for the
Inauguration of Stephen b. Packard
as Governor, who he well knew had
not been elected, and from which
mob he might procure the form of
his own election to the Senate, and i
which pretended election he knew
said pretended Governor would GER
tify.
The fourth section charges that
Kellogg excluded persons elected
and admitted those not elected to
said Legislature, for the corrupt pur-
pose before named.
The fifth section charges that Kel-
logg, knowing these facts, withheld
them from, or denied their exist
ence before the Committee Of Privi-
leges and Elections, thus inducing
a majority of the committee to de-
clare him chosen as Senator.
The sixth section charges that to
Il revelation of the facts,
kellogg procured Government Off
ces for his co-conspirators, and
charges him with bribing witnesses
in the investigation before this COM
mittee.
The report then proceeds in sup
port of these conclusions to quote
long extracts from the testimony,
points out that the testimony was {
taken by the committee that for !
nerIy reported in favor of Kellogg,
and includes legal argument on the
Ease.
REPORT READ BY MR..
HOAR. !
The undersigned, a minority of |
The Committee on Privileges and /
to whom was referred the a
of Henry NJ. SpOfford, .
claiming the seat now occupied by
William Pitt Kellogg, submit the
as their views: On the
10Th day of March, 1877, the Senate
passed the following resolutions:
"ResoIved, That William Pitt Fl
Kellogg is, upon the merits of the /
,ase, entitled to a seat in the Senate C
If the United States from the State b
# Louisiana for term of six years, Il
on the 4th of March, / V
SIT, and that he be admitted there f
n on taking the DrODer oath. :