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Show LITEST DISPATCHES, GENERAL. KOHTV-FoniTlI CONiaiKSS. si;..vtk. Washington, lfi. Withers intro-ducidnbdl intro-ducidnbdl to aid the Washington, Cincinnati Jc St. Louis railroad to construct h narrow gaugo road from tiJe water to rit. Ixjuis and Cincinnati, referred to lim ixmiDiitteo on railroiiils. Morton called up tho resolution submitted by him yesterday to authorise auth-orise tho appoiutment of a special committee of live senators to inquire into the circumstanced attending the recent elections in Mississippi. He said iie had in his possession a large uuuiber of documents written by pur-riuns pur-riuns in Mississippi, detailing the circumstances cir-cumstances attending the recent election there. Tua statements which he proposed to lay before the senate were not ol his own knowledge, but hum others. It had been alleged by those nuking the statements that a large part of tho vote at the last election was spurious and fraudulent, .10 t;.o r..pniiii,.,Mi in, ivi,;.-!i a was thought would fall oil eome.did not full oil iu a corresponding ratio. He read from pupenj to show there was intimidation in many counties; stud at least one democratic paper there called on its friends after the election to be true to their party, and not recognize re-cognize those who had voted the republican ticket. At Cjlumbus there were armed men, and where there had been a republican majority in previous years, there were but seven-, teen republican votes, liailot boxe's were taken possesion of by the de-; nine rats in republican counties and stulled by them. Bayard eaid the resolution, as far as he knew, was without precedent in the senate and lie would like to inquire of Morton under what clause ot tho constitution of tiie I'nited States he found authority to make inquiry into a case ot this kind. Morton said he did not propose to go into a constitutional argument on ! this question; had only to say that it i had been decided heretofore, as in the I Louisiana ease, besides the enforcement enforce-ment act Inn I been violated in Mississippi, Missis-sippi, and the blow fell on the colored people as intended. Bayard denied that the Louisiana case was like this. That investigation was uiuler the clause ot the constitution constitu-tion making the senate the sole judge of claims tor seats in tiiat body. Ii the law had been violated in Mississippi, Missis-sippi, the courts were there. Tnis was a government of law; these courts were open lor the iudielment ol otlenders and for damages against those who wronged others. In these courts the remedy was to be found. It could not be said that nolitieal nr party friends of the independent senator sen-ator iu Mississippi had not a full and equal chance before the law in the I'nited Slates or state courts. Tne otueers all over the state, from governor gov-ernor down to constable, were of the senator's party, and if they could not punish violators ot the law. it was a sad confession for the senator to make. When the new senator from Mississippi came here with his credentials, cre-dentials, if there were grounds that he was not qualified then the senate could sit as judges, but till that time no action couL be taken. When be-tV be-tV re, in the history of this country, aid the senate 01 the Lulled States propose u take testimony in regard to tne election of members of tne other house of congress as tnis resolution resolu-tion proposed to do. The constitution provides that eacj house shaii tne judge of tho cpialmeation of its memtvrs. Tne governor oi .Mississippi .Missis-sippi asked for federal troops belore me late election to keep the -oeoole oi 'j'.iiat state iu awe. The eorrnspou-idence eorrnspou-idence between hi:a and tne head of the department of justice was known j :o all. Li-over nor Ames tailed to show any cause for uuerat interference. 1 Bayard referred to the late message of j the president, wciicu said not one! ! word aoeut southern atlairs. Tiie ; depigment ol iustice had it a-t n; I down there, gathering iuJormation for j ' t.:e guidance of taat department; yet i :rom the department mere .was not ' 'one word or suggestion aa to these ' j alleged wror.es. If these things j existed it was remarkab.e that te : president of tne, Lnitod Spates mam-j lamed dead silence ou te sub;ect. j Aii this mi:ter caoie from tee sen-, a:or from Indiana. who alwavs seemed, to have txissessic-n of suite-! 'ments hcti.e to the peace of the. serc::h; some asrtlor.s witjout character char-acter against tne wno.e people o: tuat 1 .country. T.iis w-.is a revolutionary j ' proposition. It w is br.t another I ! step towarvis tje couechdatioa of 1 tvwer which the people of the country mii see. This w. tiie firs: 1 , time t.:e sf::a:e of the Lmteu 5i.ius: scug'ct to laie teccimciiy coacernmg e.ectiou of members 01 house, i At tne time these southern peon.e were found helpless and bleedir: at j t.ie ftv: .v't-e striker from XvA ...v: 1. 1 ':iai st:.t:u-:n: ? 1 1 U his nonorae. wa t-, r.. 'ii-r f o. i .'. ...rn '.: jn. JiiiCi:. . 'djr'-.n' i. f.j . w:..it i."i! ...j ;j. :..: :.- at-'-ln ti-r a.;..:i, Lat , .'.r L'i r.,- r. '.V ..- 1 .,-..1 .k W',-...d in'.-Tl-rrt a.i L,i...--ii.a i-r 1 M .v-.--' ,ji M.y 11. ,rf: lin 1 .L 1 N m -.r Nrw V a:jL-rtj, "e c:-.::u li.e r..t tj i iav'ari J I m y f- jij.t; ti j ix th'.-ir l-j.,.: a i.hst iac j.1 t.t, . c i-.s, 1 1 w..i not (.ere- ansl Aa lue :i .tL- u rt.-v 11..L- u.y e ;:.'..-. .A;-p. .A;-p. Ill t.. Hi-L.TV. l llc V1i3 prc-s:-1 trill aiiuLll.t cd Ii.jI Lc A d.ri-et .fcV.-.V. ) H,;. a: J' r 'gl".i L ' v-i. by .ii.g .-.-i.' 1 1 '. l-j tl.c t-T'l-O-. -.'.in, I U,-L..re t:. t 1.. .a- in tne .--.ale w-re t-i U- f y t.ie v-i. te of tiie L'tiitfi Suit-,. ' , 1 ..'irtuati s. i tn.; rw lullm !. wi not t'-u reVrrcd to any cuu.mr.t--e. It vi.-. ijroui.t in Ly tiie st-n-.'-ir y-u-tt-rliy, and .-unuineJ fie prt-amh., ' "Wiit-re.iri, it :s ali.-.-.-d t::at tnt-:-' d.s-1 d.s-1 orders ex. ate-d." i'ourman a-t.i tiy w:.om it w.w ;t'i.'j.-.iT not ny t a-1 a-1 pn-a: lent 01 tne L'nittd stales or anv 1 Jt-;. irtni'-nt of govi-niment, ur by any 'p.ipt-r b.-t'jre the s-.'nate. It wa !:l.-jtil by p.iirrs, tne ;;i!Jn-j o: w11n.11 was in trie private p wk-.-i of tne senator Iroin Lvnaua. Did that senator want to fores ;a.i the judgment judg-ment of the senile by giing into an inquiry wnicn should not come to t:.j senate before 177? when it came to decide on tiie creilentials of a perst.'U wno might come there cla;::nng a seat from ilia ri'.ati" of .M.-si;.-:p;.i; ntner senators would be in the clumber clum-ber then to decide that question, ai.i this senate had no riiiht to furcili ihein. He referred at some length to the Louisiana rase; argued that there was no precedent for me action procured pro-cured m the LoLii-iana case. An investigation in-vestigation was not ordered until the credentials of persons claiming seats trom that state were presented. It would not do for him (inurinar.) to say this w.w an attempt to get up an electioneering document at tne public expense, but when Morton asked nimself what right the senate had to pass hucIi a resolution ho would rind 11 impossible to give himself a satisfactory satis-factory answer. Ho (Thurman) agreed with Bayard that the conns were in Mississippi, it the enforcement enforce-ment act had been violated, otlenders could be punished. Morton said in his opinion this debate de-bate on tiie part of his democratic friends was simply extraordinary; it was in eontlict with their course in the Louisiana case. Ho argued that the Louisiana investigation was ordered by the senate before the credentials cre-dentials of applicants for seats were presented; lie believed the investigation investiga-tion was onlered with the approbation approba-tion of his friends. Xow they had discovered there was no power to make the investigation. He argued that the power was derived from several sev-eral clauses in the eonstittpion. That instrument said tho United States must guarantee a republican government govern-ment to every ttate. If ballot boxes were to be stuiled, as in Mississippi, tho whole republic would bo overthrown. over-thrown. Bayanl had suid this was a revolutionary measure. It was nut, but to guard against revolution. Bayard said if tho republicans should carry his state lie would not como here for relief. If the republicans were U carry that state by tho means with which tho democrats carried Mississippi, the last of it would never be heard. Mitchell submitted, a resolution thai tlm president le rtquesled to luiuiou, the senate wiin a oiaicuicuL 01 uie number ol military arrests in Alaska during the past three years, with the particulars of each case. Agreed to. Ingiills introduced a bill to anLuo-rize anLuo-rize the appoiut'ueut of special agents to investigate frauds under the pension laws, iieferred. It authorizes autho-rizes the secretary of the interior to appoint forty special agents to be employed under tue direction of tiie commissioner of pensious to investigate investi-gate suspected attempts at fraud iu connection with the pensions, and to aid in the prosecution of otlenders. These agents are to have power to administer oaths, .etc., aud are to be paid $1,000 a year with traveling expenses ex-penses and Jour dollars for subsistence. subsist-ence. Tho commissioner of pensions is also authorized to detail clerks from his oliico for duty as special agents in case this force should prove inadequate, aud to allow additional compensation provided the special agents. Clayton introduced a lull uonatiug the military reservation at Fort Smitu to tne city of i'ort Smith for free schools. Military affairs. Copper said he gave notice yesterday yester-day that on Tuesday next he would ask the senate to consider a resolution in memory of bis late colleague, Andrew Johnson. Since then be had learned that the house had voted to adjourn from Monday till the 4th of January. He desired to have these resolutions before the senate as soon as possible. He gve notice he wouid oiler liiem Tuesday, January 11th. The chair laid before the senate the concurred resoiution of the house, nrovidina that when the two houses adjourn on Monday next, it be to meet on Tuesday, Jauuary, 4th,lS70. Ihurman said some of the senators could not reach here by Tuesday, the 4th, and he therefore moved to amend it by inserting Wednesday, January oth. Agreed to, and the resolution was adopted as amended. Howe's bili to provide for a commission com-mission on the subject of the alcoholic liquor traffic requires the president to appoint, subject to confirmation by. the senate, a commission of live per-. son. 'neither of whom shall be federal officials nor an advocate of prohibit- j ing legislation, or of total abstinence, i in relation to alcoholic liquors, who, shall serve without salary, and within two years investigate the liquor j traffic, its relations to the revenue and taxation, aud its generally economic, econ-omic, criminal, moral and scientific, aspects in connection with paupers j and crime, social vice, the public 1 nealth aud general welfare of the' people, and also to enmiire into ar.d I juke testimony as to the practical results of license and prohibiting legislation leg-islation for the prevention of intem-perence intem-perence in the several states o: the i union. The bill appropriates ICy.v 1 for the necessary expenses aud re-! re-! quires the commission to report the result to the p-e?ident to be transmitted transmit-ted by him to congress. |