, 1880-06-06

Mr.: Houk-wlll the gentleman yield for an
The T6o 3Iai 3Gbairman-will the gentleman from West
V1rginia yield?
Mr.. Hagans-Certatnly. A.. ,.o,+,or,oc
where the majority in that district hg rh
they are for the gentleman regseeons1t nnnrtscntei
sitting member, or for the candidate represented
A delegate-What tho public sentiments;
MIR. Houk-I want that question aIsmeiou. ,ns +,o+
Mr.; Hagans-1 will do my best ~ &Al''"oA
Mr.: Houk ~ want to know ,rIa what t. theS "oulo
Mr MeiHEHW Hagans1Well, g gentlcmen. can only say
this The Third District Is 15o niles ta alu ~ Ala
live and hare not personally v1steu ~ .ne .. n5n
oI lies M over On the
from me. Now, I know not What tne pupao AZ
sentiment was, and cannot ten WI. t;nns " and nv
dcayor to ascertain what It is, as far as am
concerned.
B1r. Houk-Will the gentleman yield anotner OF M
moment? desire TO ask him II IL WAS uot i II, r.
district tie gentlemen declared for John shcr-
man, or some other candldate 5nan 'Do VIC
'' Nr. Haeans-if nm to bo accountable tor oil
the reports iu this country in relation 20 M uaas
matter, the Lord only knows what Will oecolAo
OF me-
Mr. aouk-I will not hold the gentlemen nan &c &C.
countable for all the reports, nor Will nolo nln
responsible for the
CONDITION OF THAT DISTRICT
I but do think he is very unsatlsfacbofy. Wiz
ness, as he evidently does not kno" anything
Nr. Haeans-Mr. President, I have made q
statement in this case These parties are al
personal friends Of mine. have endeavof@eo @ 10
do it with the same degree Of candof ana Ia.t,
ness that would upon the bench determining
qGMGsuRu ~ Ru1torworth. Of ohto-was not the prma
facie case OF the sitting member the result oa OF
the disregard of the understanding tnu'o a., rar
ouc that the newspaper account oi tne untal ~
should be received us evidencet VII phe t ,o ,to
question again. Is it not the TACT that tne I'M
Outstanding, if there was one; that the ne"spas
per account should DO received and aecepted. a. Us
q correct statement Of the proceedings OF me
Conventional that was not rc1ccaea as IL ,ne eo1a-
ton Of the understanding to which 81 nave pave re- re-
| ferred, and the papcr you hold IN your hano nc
ccptcd as tho statemcnt2 .,,.,
| In this respect. The papers were before the
| Committee just like, suppose, the pia'ntn ana g
ssaS e9cnee IS he not
defendants is. know OF no other way Oh s'7'-
ing it. ..o.ooa +,o+ =
was accepted on all hands as correct stat a1emcnt
OF what took place. aud that having Iencneo 9sae a
the contestants, being only armed mism ea,,na
| mental matter, and that was this otne1 pAper
prepared in violation OF that understandings OF
Nj. HasansNYes; catch your idea now.
Mr.. Butterworth-or, rather, IN conlraVen- 70 ea1r
ton Of it. only want TO get ut whas Is iMr;
NJ tHia haT now as catGn n
agreement, that the newspaper statement q saon!a no
be taken as the facts In the case untll-li Lnere
| before the Com mmittee. that I know Of. Surely
| none made In West Virginia that ever heard
tell Of. do not think the parties passed woro
met, or had a word OF communication ~ @ any
wny, written or oral, until they renched this
city Gsiss Of oneSGf5Spf y Gsfo}na-Mr President
tho question Of district State rePfesentaon M
that question i 1Ss roes
right Of district representation. Both II, the
to their seats by virtue Of an alleged election at
the hands Of the district. And the only ques-
tion before this Convention, and the only cues
! tion considered BY the Committee, was as TO
/ which of the two were the regularly
| ELECTED DELEGATES OF THE DISTRICT
! Now, that is question of fact; and al the
Committee decides is. bya majority OF the men lea
who were awake and were there, that the sit
ting members here were legally elected district
delegates. Now, whichever way this Conven-
bs y9te saes na nesd sd Tie 70
Of that vote is only decision that the party re-
ceiv1ng the majority was the legally elected rep
fesSntatoe # qaeeton p. af5rr! 70 ''s
| two words. fCrtes OF Time ,,, 80
this case by any order of the Convention.
Mr. Coduan-I desire to say this:. The gentle;
man tells us that there is no question lnve!vea ot
| here of district representation as against state
representation. VIII that gentleman deny TO-
this Convention that the State Convention OF Of
report Of The @ district delegates the report Of a
minority OF those delegates? Will he ,lndertake t. g
| to deny what was known to every man IN west
| had met? Je has not denied It. It Is q question
of district representation. It Is this, whether ?
majority Of tho district shall rule, or tha m1nora-
! ty of the district shall rule put that to the
| Convention in reply to tho gentleman from Cal-
iforna thir. Haylnond!. o.,oz
| Mr.. Hagans-Thcro Is no 1uesaon OF W1etner Ia.
this is minority or majority It was deter
| mined upon the affidavit. the athoavlt oeSr ut.
mined the question TINT the Convention tnat
elected the sitting members was the ma1ority O. q
| all the delegates from that district l. Ime!
The Chairman-s the Convention ready for
Mr. ConRer-I move that the debate On this
| case be now closed.
Tho motion was adopted ,,. r,,a,r-
AFFIDAVIT TINT pertains to this case. [''NoP' 'NoF]
It's short one {" NoI"l hoo aoo,aod
unanimous consent. Is there objection?
The Chairman-Objection is made The ques-
ton is, will the Convention substitute 1or Sc g
much Of tho report Of the majority as relates tc
| the State Of West Virginia SO much or the re-
port of the minority as relates to fhat State M
| Gentlemen in favor OF the contestants vote tor
the notion; gentlemen in favor OF the sitting
members vote against tho notion
| The motion WIS put. =,
Senator Dorsey, Of Arkansas-Let us have the
roll Mr.. President. ~,
The Chairman-The Chnir ia in doubt The
roll of States will be called.
| Mr.. Turner, Of Alabama-l rise to ask II tnis Is
upon the adoption of the substitute?
The Chairman-Ths Is for the adoption OF tna
substitute. Gentlemen in favor or the suostt-
tute which reports in favor OF the contestants
will say nye. Gentlemen opposed to the sllosti-
tutc, aud in favor of the sitting members az
their States are called will say no. The CLERK
will call the roll ....-. .,.
Mr.. White, of Kcntucky-Mr. Chairman, there
nre some gentlemen in this part OF the hail whc
do not understand the question: VIII the Cnali
please to put it2
ton again once more and the Convention vii
give its attention in quiet The question fs on
tho motion to substitute the report OF the MI
nority for the report of the majority. The report
of the minority is for the contestants: the re-
port of the majority Is for the sitting members
The Secretary will call the roll Of States.
The Secretnrv called the roll.
A delegate from Virginfa-hlr. Chairman, dur-
ing the taking Of that vote one of our delcga'
ton was absent; he is now here and decides t6
hare hts vote recorded mo" The vote stand:
a "a.