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Show latest 1 GENERAL. k ; VORJV FIFTH CUXURKSS. EXTRA SESSION. - NKAiATK. WashiuKton, 18. During tlio morning t'our sevortil bills wore introduced intro-duced and referred. A bill Wit introduced intro-duced by Cliriatianey to enlarge the juriadiction of the courtof claims. A ruewaKe was received from the president, enduem;; a report from the SbCTfctary of tbe utvy jtcrring to the exiatiug deficiencies in tbe appropria tions lor the navy, iteierreu. Davis (VVeat Vu.) submitted a resolution reso-lution appointing a apectnl committee to inventigate the alleged ditlerencea, ultcrutions aud discrepancies in the treiistiry department. JJavia explained that he tb'jught thore were forced i balance, Oniered printed and tabled. Davis wHl (full- it np early and submit remarks thereon. At tbe expiration of tbe morning hour, tbe Benaie resumed tlio consideration con-sideration of Tburmsn's resolution to have tbe oath administered toSpofford of Louisiana ; the pending question being tbe substitute referring the credentials to a committee. In discussing' the case Biyard aid if ever the time came when it was for the interest of tbe commonwealth that diucuutiion should end, this was the miuds of people received a final acUlomcot. . Although tho parties in the scnale were nearly evenly balanced, bal-anced, ho would not give tbe weight of his little finger to obtain the power for his party.- Tbe drift of public sentiment sen-timent was against al! political scheming. schem-ing. The country's interests required that every senator should work iu behalf of the people, and that parly passions be buubed. The Louisiana cnae needtd no further argument or evidence. Seuators could not turn their backa on the facts which nobody denied. - Following is the vote in detail: Yeas Allison, Anthony, Blaine, Booth, Bruce, Burnaide, Cameron, (Pa.) Camoion,(VVis.) Chaffee, Chris-tiancy,' Chris-tiancy,' Coukbiig, Conovor, Dawei, Doraey, Edmunds, Ferry, Hamlin, Kirkwood, McMillan, . Mathews, Mitchell, Morrill, Oglesby, Paddock, Patterson, Plumb, Rollins,; Sargent, Ssunders, Spenoier, Teller; Wad leigh 36. . : . . Nays Armstrong, Bailey, Br-num, Br-num, Bayard , Beck, Oockrell, Coke, Davie, tl'la.) Davie, (W. Va.) Dennis, Den-nis, Eaton, Garland, Gordon1, Grover, Harris, Hereford, Hill, Jones, (Fla.) Kernan, Lamar, McCreary, McDonald, McDon-ald, McPherscn, Maxey, Merrimnn, Morgan, ,Randolpb Ransom, Sauls-bury, Sauls-bury, Thurman,- Wallace, is White, Withers 33. , : : .t . Windom, who would have voted in the affirmative, waa' paired : with Johnston,- who . would liave seted an thenefiative. . . . Whyte submitted the ' following ameudment to the resolution referring the credentials, etc.: And that said committee report thereon on or before JJia.-firBt day .01 November, 1677. ' ', , Mitchell, wlio is acting chairman, said he was afraid it would not give the committee time enough. : ,.r -- ! Whyte' said the Kellogg case was referred to the tiomraittee last March, Since then evunts in Louisiana had crystalfzed bo that the whole matter was now embraced in a very narrow compaan. It Bhould not take any committee longer than two or three days to settle the whole matter. The chairman of the committee (Morton) was now ill, and if the committee was instructed by tbe senate tbe investigation investiga-tion might be postponed until bis recovery. - -Wftdleigh Baid if it was expected by-tbe by-tbe senate that a decision of the committe on privileges and elections on this case should be final, it was asking too much of the committee to report by November 1st, It might be that be, as a member of that committee, com-mittee, would not come la tbe conclusion con-clusion that the removal of the seat of government in Louisiana by military force, could settle for the senate the queatiou of who was entitled to a seat therein. He did not think the white' league of Louisiana, with itshayonets, revolvers and guns, could decide for him'; who was entitled to seat in the senate . from that sUte. But for' the pressure ot tbe Jeague the - Packard government i would have0 remained the government in fact as he believed it-was in-law. ' Us argued tbat tbe proceedings under which Kellogg was elected senator testimony in the Louisiana cans covered cov-ered - thousands .of- pages,, and the committee oould not examine all of it and report to tbe senate by November Novem-ber 1st. , , j- . . ' Edmunds inquired of Whyte ir he knew of the senate having adopted a resolution instructing the committee when to report, He bad been taught to believe that the adoptions, of such a resolution would be virtually an aSront to the - committee. The somite might as well say the committee com-mittee should report immediately, as to say it should report by, the lit of November. Was it now thought beat not to inquire anything about who was legally elected senator from Louisiana, but to take tbe last ohap who appeared as the true saint? That might be democratic doctrine, but he did not agree to it.- Redress for any undue delay of the committee was found in the rules of the senate, vhich authorized any senator at any time to ! move that a committee be discharged irooi further consideration of the subject. sub-ject. Gordon inquired if any day could be fixed for tbe committee to report on the credentials of SpoiTordf Several senators on the republican side "No, none whatever." Thurman said at no time since '73 had tbe state of Louisiana more than-one than-one senator on the floor. He referred-tOx referred-tOx various investigations recsrding Louisiana,' and said, now after ail these years of inquiry we are told this able committee cannot make a report by the 1st of November. Every material ma-terial fact, was before tbe senate already, and the senators were aimnlv shutting their eyes to the testimony to say they conld notdecidethis case. What w;ifl the. reason for this attempt to poatpoue the matter? Was it intended in-tended to postpone it for four .years? Was there dread of a collision upon railroads? If there was nodreai ot a smashing of cars as they come head to head on tbe same track, he could not see why it was so essential to poet peae the matter. ": ' - Kdmunds said he tiiu not understand under-stand what the senator meant by his paraphrase about railroads. Thurman said be would never attempt at-tempt to explain anything to the aerator from Vermont, which a man of xlie most ordinary comprehension could understand. Such an attempt would be an iniult to his intelligence. I Edmonds said tbe senators on his his side of the chamber were not runners of any railroad at all. They lab red to promote the interests of tbe people according to law, and did not act like some others to cover up di- fereuctfc Liberty of opinion had always Wen contended for on- his side of tbe chamber. r- l Whyte Raid be intended no disre-fnect disre-fnect to the committee. Ho aahmit-ted aahmit-ted bia amendment fur "the reAsub ' that tbe chairman of tbe committee 1 on privileges and electirnia (Morton) 1 was lying ili at hid rpaidence in Indi ; ana, and all reg relied ' than -it" wu6ki nut be puhaible for him to be here1 du:ing tlieexira session. 1 Edmunds YtB, but there ia a! ways' a chairman, 1 Whyte s, but there is always a delicacy which prevail iu the by, and 1 alien d the resolution instruct-iug instruct-iug the committee to relieve tbe atualor from Oregon, (Miteholi) the vice-chairman, who felt a delicacy in calling the committee. He aubmit-ted aubmit-ted his ameudment to instruct the committee in- the interest Ql peaco, to thatitbeera-of good feeling that ia dawning might he promoted uud tbia everlasting Louisiana contest be got out of tbe way. Ho had no motive except for public good. ; Edmonds argued that tbia was the first instance in the hiaUiry of tbe sepate where an attempt bad been mutte to instruct a committee to re PQrt upon, an important !questiou within a given number of day a. Wadleigh said tbe committee on elections had examined tbe credtmtiala of Kellogg and were prepared to report re-port that Kellogg had a prima facie case aud was entitled to his seat. Saulsbury said as a memlntr of tbe committee on elections be 'did not regard the motion of tbessnutor from Maryland to instruct the equinmue, na an aflront. Ho did not believe any delay was necessary to enable the committee to report by November 1st. It bad been said the committee was prepared to report in favor of seating Kellogg, but be desired to state that there w.aa a minority report to he submitted. Tho'motion of Whyte to instruct the committee wae rejected, yeas 31, nays 3o. - Conkling said there had been some doubt expressed whether the credentials creden-tials of Kellogg were still before the committee. He, therefore, proposed to add a resolution allowing the credentials cre-dentials of Wm. P. Kellogg, claim-, ing a aeat in tbe senate, haviug been heretofore referred to said eommittee, and new beinc before it. He offered this amendment to make it clearly manifest that the committee should report on the ease of Kellogg as wall ieithatol Spoflbrd. ' - Thurman said the amendment vir tually u eel area mat meoutu ruie applied ap-plied to the executive session of the senate alone. He argued that the rule was only for a- session of congress. It provides that the papers before the committee at tbe end of the first session ses-sion of congress should be returned to the respective committees at the next succeeding session, but the papers before be-fore tbe committee of the senate during dur-ing the session called for executive business inuat be returned to the clerk and referred to committees by tbe senate again; After Borne further discussion, during dur-ing which Conkling Baid the hierh priests of the democratic party had been in session" and consulting over this 69th rule, he modified his amendment amend-ment so aa to read "aud; the same committee shall also consider and report upon the credentials of Wm. Pitt Kellogg." ..The amendment was agreed to, aud the resolution passed. Thurman then moved ;that J. B, Eustis be sworn as senator from Louisiana, for the term commencing Maroh4tb,'l873. . Edmunds said, there was a privileged rhotion on the table, nn.l called up the resolution submitted by him I yesterday, to have tbe committee on 1 elections discharged from further consideration of tbe credentials of Kellogg. The vice president said it was not a privileged motion, if tbe senator from Ohio presented the credentials of Eustis. He then inquired if tbe cre- and being informed that' they bad, decided that unfinished business, being-Edmunds' resolution, nad precedence. prece-dence. ' Edmunds then, by unanimous consent, con-sent, withdrew his resolution. Thurman renewed his motion to have Eustis sworn in, and proceeded to state the circumstances attending Lis election. He claimed that tbe , senate had decided that Pinchback was not entitled to a . seat and tuere-fore tuere-fore there were no credentials conflicting con-flicting with those of Eustis. ' Conkling raised the point of ordor that the credentials of Euatis were before -the committee on privileges and elections ahd:hot, before the senate, therefore the senator from Ohio (Thurman) was Out of order. The chair sustained the point of order, and after eome further debate in regard to the rule the vice president submitted to tbs senate the question whether all subjects referred to a nommitlee ot the Henate and not re ported at tbe close of the last preceding preced-ing session, in March last, remained before the several ; committees to which they were referred, and it was decided by a rising voto, yeas, 30; nays, 26; republicans voting iu tbe affirmative and democrats in the negative. --'.' The motion of Thurman to have EuBtis sworu in- having been decided outof order, as then- moved that' the committee on privileges and elections be discharged from further consideration considera-tion of the credentials of EuBtis. Objection' Ob-jection' was made by Edmunds, and under tbe rules the motion was laid over until to-morrow. |