Show H J SCOTT CASE DISGUSSED Senate Devotes a Day to Considering i Con-sidering Matter PETTUS OPPOSES THE CLAIM l Alabama Senntor Alono of All tho I Members of Committee on Privi loges and Elections is Opposed to Giving the West Virginian a ScatHe Elaborate Argument to He Made an Sustain His Views Mr Morgan Also Sided With the Opinion of Mr Pettus J H 1 Washington April 26 Almost the entire en-tire session of the Senate today was devoted I de-voted to the consideration of the right of Nathan B Scott oC West Vlrslnla I Mr V6 In the Senate 1 to retain his Seat who alone of the members of Pettus W l olone lt I f PqttUf Privileges and Elec the Committee on 1lvieges jtlons Is opposed to the claim of Sir elaborate ar madeanelaborate Scott to a scnt Scott sent Mr Mor i I mimnnt in sustain his views 11 iok vor of his colleague gan spoke in j favor o collogUe Mr Turley contention Mr McComas rll Mr Chandler Mr Teller and Mr Allen supported the resolution declaring Mr The case I Scott entitled to Ala sat 1 went over without notion Introduced by Mr Per A resolution intrduced t Iclns resoluton on the Secretary of the I calng send to the Senate the Imports rate of duty I 11 ports by months and the rtc that reciprocity agreement under the went Into effect In 1S9S was adopted I I MINORITY REPORT ON SCOTT 1 NIORITY Mr Pettus then addressed the Senate I Sen-ate In opposition to the resolution Declaring opposilon daring that Nathan B Scott Is entitled I l enti-tled to his seat as a Sbnator from ted Virginia Mr Pettus presented of the Committee I I the minority report Commlt Privileged Elections In the Electons I qn Scott case being the only member of I the committee who declined to sign I the majority report REFERS TO CHANDLERS STATEMENT STATE-MENT I In opening his discussion Mr Pettus referred to a statement of Mr Chandler Chand-ler In the Quay case to the effect that the vote ot some Senators were cast against vote 1 Mantle In 1S03 becauseho Iii I-ii was a silver man and the votes of others oth-ers a In slyer ton were cast against I Mr crs Corbctt two years ago because he was a goldstandard advocate He hoped tho Statement was not true but I ftatcmcnt If I It were those Senators were unfit to act as judges In such a case and Unworthy un-worthy to hold scats In tho Senate PROPOSITION OF LAW 4I desire said he to speak to Senators Sen-ators who can decide fairly upon their Ion I I-on judgment and not upon caprice and whim Ho begged Senators therefore to lay aside any personal I I i considerations In this case and decide law It upon Its merits as a proposition of lawMr Pettus then entered upon an argument ar-gument In support of his position that I Mr Scott was not entitled to his seat following closely the lines of his report 1 re-port portSENATOR SENATOR GETS EXCITED t J After having been Interrupted by Mr McComas to correct a statement of fact Mr Pottub refused lth some I t to permit ari1 Interruption by Mr H Snooner of Wisconsin who desired to I ask l question I shall not yield for debaO on This question said the Alabama Ala-bama Senator I Is not fair and It Is not Just for a Senator to interrupt inargument for thC purpose of seeing whether he can debate the question bettor than thi man on the floor I I think said Mr Spooner 9 It would have been courteous the Senator Sen-ator to have assumed that I desired simply to ask 0 question I Oh no returned llr Pettus It would not be I have heard the Senator I Sena-tor debate positions after asking a question I took a necessary precaution 1 precau-tion I do not approve of this practice I I of Interrupting arguments I believe that n Senator has a right to Interrupt Inter-rupt another to obtain Information or to correct mlsslatemenlB as the Senator Sena-tor from Maryland Interrupted me but this way of just bulging Into the middle mid-dle of an argument Is excessively bad manners even If It does so often occur I In the United States Senate TALKS OF BARGAIN COUNTER Mr Pettus analyzed the work In the Legislature declaring The debauchery of such Infernal proceedings cannot be F too strongly characterized I Is a horrible hor-rible state of affairs And yet wo are told that the United States Senate Lnied cannot can-not examine Into a fraud like that I Later he pointed out that at one point of the proceedings Mr Scott needed I Just one more vote There are some very smart people in West Virginia Bald he and they went Immediately to the bargain counter CRITICISES GOVERNORS ACTION Further along Mr Pettus sharply criticised the action of tis Governor of West Virginia in entering Into the s in the Interest o Mr Scott I makes me Iclc sall he that tluv fiovcrnor atli t SUlte could get down Iritotho mud and dirtfofr vile case Jlkp this And from his Actions I should think they needed civil senIce JnsQlUtrlcjiton I Mrl Petlus maintained thatthe case t hadnot been clearly > Investigated by the Privileges and Elections l committee In jjomslusion Mr Pettusmoved that tho report and resolutlontn thdjase of MV COlt be referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections with Mn Btructlong to investigate the case thoroughly CHANDLER EXPLAINS Mr Chandler chairman of the Committee Com-mittee Privileges and Elections Jl pre I Bcntcd an explanation of the agreement I agree-ment entered Into by the Republican and Democratic leaders in the Legisla Jctlsla ture and in the State of West Virginia and declared it was erell VIslnla perfectly honest and fair He held with frurley that the Senate had no right to Investigate the action of the Legis I lature on election contests I CASE GOES OVER I Mr McComas declared that no charges had been presented to the com mittee against Mr Scot and said the case against him vsw without bottom holom 01 sides Mr Allen held that the United j States Senate could not review any of the actions of the West Virginia Legis lature even the election of a United States Senator and Mr Teller took tho same position The case then went 1 over I until tomorrow ALASKAN CODE BILL I Mr Garter gayc notice that he would I I try to iKetim VOte upon the Alaskan 1 civil code bill tomorrow He had read 0 strong appeal from the Seattle Cham ber oc Commerce for the early passage ot the bill OGDEN PUBLIC BUILDIN The followingbllln were passed Ap I propriating 250000 for the erection of Q public building at Ogden Utahra fclng 576000 Immediately available amending the act to provqnt forest fires on thc public domain and provid re ing penalty for persona convicted of Btartlng suqh fires The Senate at Gio p m adjourned |