Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-05

we question OF his primd fucic right
70 seat be referred 10 the committees
ON eiectlons, with instructions 10 re-
port 81 The earliest day possible.
heiier asked that. the case of Chal.
mers be also referred, and Converse
put the request in q resolution refer
ring TO the committee on elections all
papers IN the case, with Instructions TO
report NJ once, whether on Dri,14 fitcic
case presented either Manning or
CnaifneN Is entitled TO be sworn In as
member, pending contest on lis mer-
IT'S and final right to the seat.
Delegates from the territories an
peared at the bar of the house and were
sworn In. ~
Springer offered resolution re-
ferring to the committee on.
elections. when appointed. the memo
rial oil the governor of Kansas and
Others presented yesterday and papers
presented TO the clerk OF the house in
regard to the election and qualifications
oil Peters OF Kansas, with instructions
to report whether Peters Is eligible,
and II not, whether the contestant
Wood Is entitled To the seat. Adopted,
a resolution was adopted providing
that therules of the Forty-seventh con.
gress he the rules of the Forty-eighth
until two weeks from the appointment
OF the common rules.
The ten Democratic caucus nominees
were elected and sworn in.
a committee consisting of Curtin,
blackburn and Hiscock was appointed
TO wait on the president and inform
him mat the house was organized aud
ready 10 receive such communication
as he was pleased To transmit. The
business of drawing seats was then
proceeded with.
Upon the completion of the draw
ing, Dunn offered resolution for the
appointment of n committee of fifteen
members To be known rs the commit
tee To which would be referred propo-
sitlons for the improvement of rivers
and harbors. Referred TO the commit
tee ON rules when appointed.
The speaker appointed as the COM
mittee on mileage: Moulton, Wellhorn,
Glasscock, Ranney and Mill of Penn
sylvania.
Tucker offered resolution referring
To the committee on elections when
appointed all certificates and papers
relating to the election of representa-
lives OF the First district of virginia,
with instructions 10 report ms early as
practicable, which of the rival claim
ants, Mays or Carrie on, has u prim0
tdcie right, reserving to the other
party the privilege of contesting the
the case on its merits.
AT this point the committee which
waited upon the president announced
that the president would communicate
his message in writing. The presl-
dents secretary ut 3:05 appeared and
presented the presidents message.
The consideration of fuckers resolu-
ton was entered upon. Calkins con-
tended that the prinld .fdcic right was
already settled by the swearing in of
Mays.
The previous question was seconded;
Keifer spoke in opposition TO the reso.
luton, contending that should IL be
adopted and Garrison allowed u priDiu
.fdci. right To the seat, Mays would bc
deprived of all power to contest. This
was "A plan by which n man already
sworn in could be unseated on u lJrinid
fdcic case aud forever deprived of the
right of contest. The house should
hesitate before IL undertook 10 place
any gentleman in that position.
John :. Wise asked his colleague
whether there was any question who
had the prinlt .fncie title.
fucker answered "yes.n
Springer said he understood that
Garrison made the contest 1jrimd
fdcic as well rs by right or merit
Now that the house was organized, IL
was the Judge of everything that per-
tained to the right of members
Would the house allow returning
board TO issue the authority Of the
house, and disiranchisc "A whole COM
munity,n granting primd .facic certiii-
Gates? Iftherc had been an arbitrary
exercise to quash judicial power by
a returning board, 1t was In this case.
J. S. Wise said the only case from
Virginia in which the question of n
returning board prevailed was Plat
W.. Goode, when Plat was elected but
Goode given the seat 10y Democratic
house. IL came with bad grace from
the other side To make statement of
frauds by returning boards becoming
too common in Virginia.
MAYS declared the certificate which
allowed him to he sworn In was iden-
'ical with that presented by his coll
mon Justice for the house To deal with
his case fnirly, for he would be sorry
% have to say he belonged TO n body Of
men who 40 far forget what was. right
rs to decide upon "A case IN advance
merely because he belonged 10 the
minority.
CallSins appealed 10 the gentleman
from Virginia Tucker not TO estab-
lish precedent which would endnDgcr
every man In his seat. After the
clerk of the house had put a man on
the roll and he WAS sworn In, his
lriii,a .tdcio right was reg ddj"dfcdfd.
A suggestion M To the Rhndaii mat
ter went over until tomorrow, and the
reading clerk read the presidents
message, which was ordered printed
and referred 10 the committee OF the
whole. Adjourned.