The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-28
SCOTT GETS HIS SEAT
IN THE SENATE
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been dupIicity. double-dealing and
fraud in the election of Mr.. Scott. He
particularly attacked the agreement
which had been entered into by GER
tain Democratic and Republican lead
ers of the legislature affecting the seats
of members of the West Virginia house
and maintaining this presented such a
state of facts to the United States SEN
ate as would warrant ii III making a
thorough investigation of the Scott
case.
The Turpie Case.
Mr.. Chandler, chairman of the com
mittee on privileges and elections, read
some remarks of Mr.. Morgan (Ala),
made yesterday, in which he said the
Alabama senator seems to lean to the
belief that the Indiana case affecting
the right Of Senator Turpie to a seat
IN the senate had not been decided cor
rectly. Mr.. Chandler said if Mr. Morgan
really did believe the Turpie case was
not decided correctly, and that it ought
to be reversed. he would stand with
him.
The decision in that case was that
the senate would not reopen the de-
termination of the legislature of In
diana He was willing to have the
decision III the Turpie case reOpened
If the democratic senators were. and
he was sure Mr.. Scott could stand on
the facts He gave warning that in
the next senate the credentials of Mr..
Blackburn of Kentucky would be con-
Sidered, ard if the doctrine. established
IN the Turpie case, which had been
recognized as binding on the senate,
was to be overruled, the senate would
be called upon to go into the question
as to the competency of the federal
power to go back of the returns of a
duly and legally constituted legisla-
ture.
Mr.. Bacon (Ga.) said he believed the
majority report of the committee was
based on sound law and that the
United States senate could not enter
into any investigation of legislatures
right to determine the qualifications of
its members.
Mr.. Feller took similar ground, hold
ing that the doctrine accepted as es-
tablished by the decision in the Turpie
case was sound and safe.
Scott is Seated.
The motion of Mr.. Pettus that the
report and resolution be recommitted
TO the committee for full investigation
was defeated without division. The
resolution of the committee, declaring
that Mr.. Scott was entitled to retain
mis- seat in the senate was then adopt
ed-52 to S-the votes in the negative
being cast by Messrs. Morgan, Pettus
and Turner.
Mr.. Chandler then gave notice that
on next Wednesday he would ask the
senate to take UP the case of Senator
Clark of Montana, adding that if no
one should desire to speak in oppo-
sition to the report of the committee
he would have nothing to say in sup
port of it.
Mr. Allen oyDreccod tbo bo,,o +bo+
the senate would not be asked to act
upon this case until the senators could
have an opportunity to read the testi-
mOny. In view of the fact that the
committee had taken two or three
months to investigate the subject. he
did not consider it fair that the senate
should be asked to dispose of the mat
ter within two or three days notice.
Such request was ridiculous in any
tribunal
May Postpone Clark Case.
Mr.. Chandler then stated that he
had no desire to press consideration of
the case unduly and while he did not
withdraw his notice to call up the case
ON Wednesday. he said there would
be no disposition TO press the resolu-
ton IN way to impair the rights of
any one. The case could be postponed
if such disposition was thought best.
This explanation Of the attitude of
the chairman Of the committee on cleo
uOns appeared TO be satisfactory, and
the senate took up the Alaskan bill.
Mr.. Rawlins (Utah) spoke bn the
rights of aliens in mining locations.
advocating the elimination of section
IS OF the code bill. and supporting in
the main Mr.. Carriers amendment. His
argument was devoted to showing that
under the decisions of the courts.
aliens had no rights as against citi-
zens in the location of mining claims.
To concede the right to aliens to 10
cate might afford to the inhabitants of
Siberia the opportunity 10 invade our
shore Of Bering sea, thus shutting out
our own citizens entirely from the vast
and rich mining field
After a brief executive session, the
senate a. Sis p. m. adjourned.