Show LATEST TELEGRAMS 1 0 c FORTYSIXTH CONGRESS REGULAR SESSION SENATE Washiuglon 22 Hill Georgia from the elections committee reported re-ported Spqflord entitled to the seat now occupied by Kellogg Hoar presented a minority report of himself Cameron and Logan Both reports were read Kellogg is charged with corrupt and fraudulent conduct The minority report declares de-clares that the onlychange in the facts since Kellogg took the oath is that the party majority in Congress has changed and it ia sought by the mere superiority of party numbers for the first time to thrust a senator from the seat he holds by virtue of the express and deliberate final judgment of the Senate This act is characterized character-ized as a great political crime to be classed with the rebellion with the Maine conspiracy and with the overthrow over-throw of southern state governments The people of the United States will thoroughly comprehend the action ol I the Senate in this matter and judge whether the vows of the southern I people taken back into citizenship I mean anything They thoroughly discredit the evidence on which the majority report is i founded and say it is unworthy of the lowe case on record and has been completely dis proven Hoar said the minority dtsircd nothing more than tho full publication I I publica-tion of the facts and began to read the I I report which occupied an hour and a halt Hills majority report gees into the case very fully It alleges Kellogg to have been guilty of conspiracy to the frandulant use of his zubcrntjnal office to prevent a free electbn to the legislature in order that only republicans republi-cans might be elected that failing in this he conspired to change results as returned by the election commTs sioners that he prevauted the legfl legislature from assembling in Now Orleans by the uso of force money promise of offie and ether corrupt means that he conspired fraudulently to have Packard elected governor to aid his election to tire Senate that he excluded members elect of the assembly and admitted members not elected that he testified falsely to the r election committee thus inducing them to declare him senat > r that he I secured government offices for his coconspirators Testimony is quoted in extenEO Hill moved that the report bo recommitted to be called up I Monday Hoar Hill Carpenter and Thur man debated the question in which debate Carpenter said to wait would I prevent Kellogg from reopening the case next session if SpofJord were I seated now Thurman moved to take up the Geneva Award LJat30 to 35 Kellogg made a personal appeal to the Senate setting forth that Hill I had declared publicly and privately that ho would drive him from ihs 1 Senate and that being judge of the C case had prejudiced it i bsfore he tack or collected evidence He declared I Hills statements false from beginning to end and that in the 1200 pages of I testimony there was not a line connecting con-necting himself directly or indirectly r with any manipulation of the returns I or with the returning board He accused ac-cused Hill of taking every means of I prejudicing the public mind against him ho declared that Spofford has I brought disreputable disappointed I men to Washington and he notified noti-fied tho Senate that he woulJ when I the resolution came up show r the American people whence came S the catacomb or corpses at Cjlfas and impress the truth on the people He asserted that the committee had not allowed him fair play to rebut the testimony and he would show Hill to have cut out whole pages o testimony favorable to him Kellogg he would accept as the truth what Hills principal witness Barney Williams asserted if a single citizen of New Orleans could be produced to fay on his honor that he would believe Williams under oath He analysized the unfair proceedings of Hill in a very scathing and personal per-sonal manner He said every affidavit affi-davit produced against him in New Orleans was either forged or paid for and that ho could prove this to be Ibb fact There was never ai foul a conspiracy con-spiracy sat afoot as this Ho declared every member of tho legislature swore there was no bribery Even the Nicholl government with packed juries failed to indict him A qcod deal had been said about the customhouse custom-house but nothing about the money paid witnesses against him though one witness swore positively to receiving money to vote for SpofIord He thought ho could compare his character morally and otherwise against Hill and his bitterest bit-terest enemy would concede him to be unmeasurably superior to Hill in moral and physical courage The motion t3 print the eviJence and the reports was agreed to Coke from the commtee on Indian In-dian affairs reported favorably tha bill to accept and ratify the agreement submitted by the confederated bands of the Ute Indians fur the sale of their reservation in Colorado and to make the necessary appropriations for carrying out the same Placed on the calendar Coke said the biil oat very important Its early passage might avert an Indian war and he would call it up as soon as possible Bills were introduced and referred as follows By Kirkwood to enable tbe commissioner com-missioner of agriculture to teat the practicability of manufacturing sugar on a large scale from sorghum and sugar cane The appropriating 100 000 to continue public printing provided pro-vided that the entire mm appropriated appropri-ated for printing for tho year stall not exceed 400000 was passed On motion of Thurman the Geneva i award bill was formally taken up After executive session the Senate adjourned HOUSE Washington 22Under call of states Phelps introduced a bill for a commission of nine persons ap pointed by tho President vice presi dent and speaker of tbe House to revise the customs and internal revenue rev-enue law By Price amending the national bank act respecting distribution of currency By Gibson reducing the wbhky tax 50c per proof gallon and to abolish bank taxes By Scales providing that the mineral min-eral lands of the United States shall to surveyed annraised and mId at their full valiieand that all the proceeds thereof after the payment of the necessary expenses shall be applied to the payment of the public debt alao a resolution calling on the secretary of the interior for informa tion as to corruption and malpractice i on tho part of any inspectors agents or other employes of the Indian service By ElliF a joint recolgtloit request lag the President to notily the uu govern meat of Great Britain of the abrogs tion of the Clayton BnUer treaty I I Following is the text of the join resolution joints J Whereas The President of the I United States in his message of the date of March 8 1880 declared and set forth in substance that it is a wellsettled policy of the government of the United States that any canal water way or other means of communication to be constructed or opened across the Isthmus of Panama or through the states of Central America must be unJer the patronage patron-age and control of the United States andWhereas Whereas The special House committee com-mittee on the proposed interoceanic canal havo agreed tD a genes of resolutions reso-lutions affirming in substance the I declarations of the Presidents message mes-sage of March 8 1880 now therefore there-fore Be it Resolved That the President of the United States bo requested to inform the government of Great Britain that the conveiiton of April 19 1850 between the governments of the United States and Great Britain Brit-ain commonly called and known as the ClaytonBulwer treaty under which the government of the United States admitted Great Britain to joint protectorato with itself over every canal water way or communication to be thereafter established over any states Spanish or American between tho Atlantic and Pacific Oceans have ceased to be binding or obligatory on the United States Ellis desired to have the resolution L referred to the committee on foreign afiairs but the House referred it to the committse on mteroceanc oinal 1 Si to 71 By Young Tennessee tbe following follow-ing resolution Resolved That it is the seine of this Congress that political complies ions and conflicts of national interests inter-ests and jurisdiction likely to grow cut of tho construction of a waterway water-way across tho isthmus which connects con-nects the interests of Noith and South America are of so dangerous character aa to greatly outweigh any advantages likely to result from Euch connection to the republics oi North or South America or the nt lions of Europe and hat no interest cf the people of the United States requires re-quires any such work and therefore it is the duty of this government to discourage an undertaking so much calculated to disturb our peaceful relations re-lations with other goveinments and fraught with so much peril to our future safety and well being and Resolved That the President of the United States bo requested through our diplomatic agents to confer with tue governments of our sister republics repub-lics of South America upon the American Amer-ican policy in regard to mutters likely to bring us and them in conflict with I European powers and that they be i authorized to call an internationa convention of the representatives from this government and the republics of Soutn America and to take into consideration con-sideration the pclicy and measures which should be adopted for mutual safety and protection against any political influence which the governments govern-ments of Europe in any manne attempt to exercise in the affairs of the Amercan government Young desired to have tho joint resolution referred to the committee on foreign afiairs King moved to amend by referring to the committee oa inter oceanic canals Young wthdrew any objection to that reference merely stating if opposition op-position was to be declared against the whole world ho would like as many obstacles in the way 13 possible pos-sible and for that purpose he wished the resolution go to the committee most competent to tackle tho question ques-tion The resolution was finally referred re-ferred to tile committee on foreign aflurs yeas ISO nays 30 By Baync the following joint resolution reso-lution Resolved Hat the project now attracting at-tracting general attention for the construction con-struction of an intel > ceanio canal at Panama Nicaragua or some other suitable point on the isthmus with private capital and fur ccmmer cia I purposes < only is worthy of high commendation and if any such project has any rival or rivals which threaten a raid upon the treasury ol tue United States in interest of jobber job-ber neither the prctt tution of the eo called Monroe doctrine nor any other false appeal to the patriotic sentiment of the people of the United I States ehall prevent the approbation of tho former or the condemnation of the latter Resolved That the United SLate recognizing the obligations of the in lernfttional Jaws in its transactions with the weakest an well i3 the strongest nations of the world caring car-ing none and desiring ti do right to 1111 and having peaceful relations with all which it i sincerely desires ta maintain deprecates and denounces any measure or scheme calculated to infringe upon or disturb such conditions con-ditions While it will jealously guard its rights and interests it will regard its treaty making power as entirely adequate to secure those ends until some future shows the contrary Resolved That if in the opinion of thfl President it bo necessary to take any steps to thoroughly ottiin and protect the rights and interests of the United States iu regard to the proposed pro-posed canal ha i is requested to negotiate nego-tiate such treaties as ere necessary to elect thie purpose The joint resolution was referred to the committee on foreign tir192 to 25 M nninn offend a resolution di rectiug the committee on Pacific railways to icquiie into the alleged contract entered into between tbe Union Pacific and Central Pacsfio Railway Companies and the Pacific Mail Steamship Company to sit during vacation and report what Jegislatoa ia necessary tj prctsjt Jie public interest Referred Singleton of Mississippi ICjO ted bad the consular appropriation bill and it was considered in committee pi tbe whf = No chinge is made in tOe service abroad After woo de late I the House adjourned |