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reported in iayOr Of Kellogg and includes


en- the table. Motion lost.
Mr.. kellogg then spoke on the moioi
to print. He said that nothing but tn
extraordinary circumstances existing
would Justify him in occupying the tim
OF the Senate even for a few moments
The circumstances were that the Senate
from Georgia had done an unrrecedentet
thing Of reading his own report and pred
icating his allegations against Kellogg OF
evidence alleged TO exist in the record
but the existence OF which Mr.. kellogg
denied, and not only this, but the Sena
tor from Georgia, before any action haC
been taken in the case, declared publicly
and privately that he intended to drive
Kellogg from the Senate, and had already
preiudged the case. He Is my judge, con
tinued Mr.. Kellogg. It is the Senator
from Georgia who was chairman OF the
subcommittee at New Orleans. It is the
Senator from Georgia who, before the
committee to whom my case was betnl
considered in 1877, told the committee he
would prove that had manipulated the
returns and had interfered in the making
OF protests in connection with the return
ing board. It was the Senator from Geor
gia that came on the floor OF the Senate
and moved to reconsider that committees
report, asserting that he had that evidence
in his possession. All this appears in the
Record. Itwas the Senator from Georgia
that sent a telegram to the clerks desk "a
be read, dated at New Orleans, saying,
ave have discovered evidence that incul-
Gates Kellogg in connection with re.
turns before the returning board" A tel
egram that l stated two Tor three times
and challenged contradiction, was paid for
to the amount OF three hundred dollars,
and that it was false, and the fact that
what the Senator had said was without
foundation, is evidenced by what now
and here assert in the presence OF the
Senate, namely: that there cannot he found
in the 1900 pages of evidence
taken before this Committee one word
showing that l participated, directly or
indirectly, in the making OF any protests
in the manipulation OF any returns, or
that l had any direct or indirect connec.
ton with the returning board. think
that Is plain enough. assert and the
Senator from Georgia, though he raked
the slums OF Louisiana, though they
brought periured witnesses before the
Committee, that he never was able to pro-
duce one syllable, mot one word, not one
letter OF evidence in substantiation Of
those allegations; and let me say that ex-
cept in regard to the third parish ot New
Orleans, there is not syllable substan-
tiating any one OF the fve points on which
SpotFord asked that his case be re-opened.
That is plain enough, | think. Moreover,it
must beevident to the Senate that the Sen.
ator from Georgia came before the Senate
with his report, and read it Ia q shrill
voice in order that the Senate aud coun.
try might be prejudiced or precluded from
q further knowledge than what is con-
tanned in his report until the effects Of 1t,
prejudicial to me, had operated here aud
knowing, so to speak, that the
Senate is as pulpit with high sounding
board, so that every word goes to the ut
most ends OF the land. stand here to
tell the Senator from Georgia that there Is
not one word OF testimony in that record
in substantiation Of more than one-halt OF
his allegations, and the Senate will so find
when they come to consider it. He
scarcely opens his mouth but out there
flies blunder.
Mr.. Kellogg went on to say that Stokes,
who was referred to by Mr.. Hill as Judge
OF Grant parish, had once been such, but
was now o disappointed ottice.seeker,
brought to Washington by Spoford, and
had his expenses paid by the committee
while travelling back and forth between
Washington and New Orleans, After
granting and commenting unfavorably on
Stokes testimony, Mr.. Kellogg continued:
"For once in my history, thank God, l can
stand up and :alk about these things and
challenge contradiction, and will, when
these resolutions come up, show the
American people from whence proceeded
the catacomb OF corpses that were piled in
Colfax. will show them the origin and
details OF that massacre and impress the
truth on the Senate and the people"
Mr.. Kellogg continued at some length
reviewing the evidence, and closed as fol.
lows:
81 think ! can compare successfully my
character, moral and otherwise against
the Senator from Georgia, and il 1t comes
to the matter OF moral or personal courage
the bitterest enemy have in that Sena.
tors State will not fail, think, to concede
to me that | stand immeasurably his supe'
rior."
The motion to print the evidence and
reports was then agreed to without q divi.
sion.
Alter the introduction OF bills, on mo.
ton Of Mr., Thurman, the Geneva Award
bill was taken up, and after considerable
discussion, the Senate adjourned.
unUGR
Under the call Of the States Mr.. Ellis
introduced a joint resolution requesting
the President to notify the Government
OF Great Britain Of the abroGstion Of the
the Clayton. Bulwer treaty Mr.. Ellis de-
sired to have the resolution referred to
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, but the
House referred it to the Committee on the
Inter-oceanic Canal by vote Of 81 to II.
Mr.. Young, Of Tennessee, offered res
olution- in relation to q conference with
other governments on the proposed Inter
oceanic Canal. Referred to Committee
on Foreign Affairs.
Mr.. Singleton (Miss.) from Committee
on ApproprtatlOnsI repOtteu DdCk tneS Son'
sular and Diplomatic Appropriation Bill,
and 1t was considered in committee Of the
whole, Mr.. Converse in the chair. Mr..
Singleton explained that the Committee
on Appropriations had done nothing more
than appropriate for meeting the expenses
Of the diplomatic service as 1t existed and
had not attempted to make any changes
whatever. As TO the consular system the
committee had been Of opinion that i
ought TO be encouraged and enlarged,
rather than curtailed. While perhaps |,
might be we'll to cut down the diplomatic
service, it would not be well TO Interfere
with the consular service, except for the
purpose Of extending it.
Mr.. Monroe, q member OF the 'Appro'
priation Committee, made an elaborate
argument In suppSrt Of the Diplomatic
Service, describing the benefit acCruing tc
the United States from It in the past, anC
emphasizing Its Importance aud necessity q
the present lime when the question OF TIT
Inter.O Oceanic Canal was absorbing *
much attention, and might give rise 70 q