The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1891-12-08

in Difference to the Senator from
Tennessee { (1arris) he could not OBJ
ject to the question going over un-
I'll tomorrow, but then he should
insist on the immediate swear
ing-in of the legally elected
Senator, Mr.. Call.
Mr.. Hoar, of Massachusetts,.
chairman of the committee on priyi-
leges and elections, remarked that
the statement of the Governor of
Florida in regard to this Case had
been sent to him as well as to other
Senators and he had carefully ex-
amined it. 1t presented simply
question as to the constitutionality
Of the present law of Congress as
to the election CT a Senator. This
was question which had been be-
fore the Senate often before and
had always been decided in one
way. Indeed, he was not aware
that there was any difference of
opinion among Senators on the
point. If, in the, course of discus
sion tomorrow, it should turn out
there was any question in the mind
of any Senator he would not object
to the case being referred to the
committee, but at present he saw
no reason why the Senate should
not dispose Of it without a refer
ence.
When Ohio was reached Mr..
Sherman said before the oath of
office was administered to Mr.. Brice
he desired to say that the belief was
entertained by a large part of the
citizens of Ohio that he was not q
citizen of that State at the time of
his election, and therefore was not
eligible. He (Sherman) was salts
fled Brice was entitled 10 be sworn
in on his pr'ma tacie credentials,
they being regular in form, and
he therefore should raise no obiec-
ton to this being done, but he SIM
ply gave this notice SO that Brice's
being Esworn-in should not be re-
garded as waver OF the point
raised by the people of Ohio that he
was not a citizen of that State at
the time of his election Mr.. Hoar
suggested that sthe contention was,
that Mr.. Brice was not an ''inhabi-
tant" of Ohio and Mr.. Sherman ac-
cepted the correction substituting
the word ''inhabitant" for "citi-
zen." No credentials were presen~
ted on behalf of Governor David
Bennett Hill, elected to succeed
Senator Evarts, of New York.
The Vice-President called upon
the new Senators and the Senators
reelected to come forward to the
Clerks desk and be sworn in, b.
four or five at time. Messrs.
Chiffon, appointed in place of Rea-
gan, of Texas, Dubois, new Sena-
tor from California, ex-Ccngress-
man FELTON,, elected to the unex-
pired term Of the late George
Hearst, Of California, and ex-Con-
gresham Callinger. elected to sue
ceed Blair, of New Hampshire, ad-
vanced, escorted by their colleagues
Mr.. Hoar, before the oath was ad-
ministered to Dir. Chiffon, said that
his case presented a very grave con-
stitutional question as TO whether
the Governor of Texas was entitled
to make the appointment in antici-
patton of Reagan's resignation, or
whether, as WAS done in the recent
New Hampshire case, the Governor
should not have waited till the va.
cancy existed. He should interpose
no objection to the administering OF
the oath, but after this was done be
should move to refer the case to the
committee on privileges and elec.
tions.
The next Senators to be sworn
in were Messrs. Gibson, appointed
from Maryland to fill a vacancy
Governor Gordon, the successor O
Governor Brown, of Georgia; Hans
; borough, the new Senator from
, North Dakota, and Irby, the Ali
ance Senator, who succeeds Genera
Wade Hampton, of South Carolina
They qualified without incident.