by the generous confidence of the American people are now to give evidence of the sincerity of their vows. The people will thoroughly understand this matter, and will not be likely to be deceived again. We do not think proper to enter here upon a discussion of the evidence by which the claimant of Mr. Kellogg's seat seeks to establish charges affecting the integrity of that Senator. Such evidence can be found in abundance in the slums of great cities. It is not fit to be trusted in cases affecting the smallest amount of property, much less the honor of an eminent citizen, or the title to an object of so much desire as a seat in the Senate. This evidence is not only unworthy of respect or credit, but it is in many instances wholly irreconcilable with undisputed facts, and Mr. Kellogg has met and overthrown it at every point. GEORGE F. HOAR. On motion by Mr. Logan, WEDNESDAY, March 31, 1880. Ordered, That the evidence taken by the Committee on Privileges and Elections in the investigation of the allegations set forth in the memorial of Henry M. Spofford, claiming to be Senator from the State of Louisiana, be recommitted to said committee for the purpose of revising and correcting said evidence. On motion by Mr. Logan, Ordered, That the report of the evidence already printed be withdrawn from further distribution. [The debate is found on pages 1985-1988 of the Congressional Record, vol. x, part 2.] THURSDAY, April 22, 1880. On motion by Mr. Saulsbury, the Senate proceeded to consider the resolutions reported by Mr. Hill, of Georgia, March 22, 1880, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, declaring that William Pitt Kellogg was not elected, and that Henry M. Spofford was elected, a Senator of the United States from the State of Louisiana for the term beginning March 4, 1877. The Senate resumed, &c. FRIDAY, April 23, 1880. [The debate is found on pages 2676-2683 of the Congressional Record, vol. x, part 3.] MONDAY, April 26, 1880. The Senate resumed, &c. [The debate is found on pages 2735-2754 of the Congressional Record, vol. x, part 3.] TUESDAY, April 27, 1880.. Mr. Hoar submitted the following resolution; which was considered by unanimous consent, and agreed to: "Resolved, That the proceedings of the Committee on Privileges and Elections in the contested-election case of Spofford vs. Kellogg, in the months of October and November, 1877, be printed for the use of the Senate." The Senate resumed, &c. FRIDAY, April 30, 1880. [The debate is found on pages 2909-2911 of the Congressional Record, vol. x, part 3.] MONDAY. May 3, 1880. The Senate resumed, &c. [The debate is found on pages 2952–2960 of the Congressional Record, vol. x, part 3.] TUESDAY, May 4, 1880. The Senate resumed, &c. [The debate is found on pages 2972-2982 of the Congressional Record, vol. x, part 3.] FRIDAY, May 7, 1880. The President pro tempore announced that the morning hour had expired, and called up the unfinished business of the Senate at its adjournment yesterday, viz, the resolulutions reported by Mr. Hill, of Georgia, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, March 22, 1880, declaring that William P. Kellogg was not elected, and that Henry M. Printed with Report No. 388, Senate Reports, 2d sess. 46th Cong., vol. 4. Spofford was elected, a Senator of the United States from the State of Louisiana for the term beginning March 4, 1877; and the Senate resumed the consideration of the said resolutions. After debate, On motion by Mr. Hoar to amend the resolutions as follows, viz: Strike out all after the word "resolved" where it first appears, and insert the following: "That in the judgment of the Senate the matters reported by the Committee on Privileges and Elections at the present session respecting the right to the seat in this body now held by William Pitt Kellogg and claimed by Henry M. Spofford are not sufficient to justify the reopening of the decision of the Senate, pronounced in its resolution adopted on the 30th day of November, A. D. 1877, that said Kellogg was, upon the merits of the case, lawfully entitled to a seat in the Senate of the United States from the State of Louisiana for the term of six years commencing on the 4th day of March, A. D. 1877, and that said Spofford was not entitled to a seat in the Senate of the United States," On motion by Mr. Conkling (at 5 o'clock and 10 minutes p. m.), the Senate adjourned. [The debate is found on pages 3108–3116 of the Congressional Record, vol. x, part 4.] The Senate resumed, &c. MONDAY, May 10, 1880. The question being on the amendment proposed by Mr. Hoar, Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed to to-morrow. [The debate is found on pages 3161-3166 of the Congressional Record, vol. x, part 4.] The Senate resumed, &c. TUESDAY, May 11, 1880. The question being on the amendment proposed by Mr. Hoar, Pending debate, On motion by Mr. Eaton, the Senate proceeded to the consideration of executive busi ness. [The debate is found on pages 3232-3240 of the Congressional Record, vol. x, part 4.] The Senate resumed, &c. WEDNESDAY, May 12, 1880. The question being on the amendment proposed by Mr. Hoar. [The debate is found on pages 3270-3277 of the Congressional Record, vol. x, part 4.] The Senate resumed, &c. THURSDAY, May 13, 1880. The question being on the amendment proposed by Mr. Hoar. [The debate is found on pages 3313-3322 of the Congressional Record, vol. x, part 4.] The Senate proceeded, &c. FRIDAY, May 14, 1880. The question being on the amendment proposed by Mr. Hoar. [The debate is found on pages 3362-3367 of the Congressional Record, vol. x, part 4.] The Senate proceeded, &c. TUESDAY, May 18, 1880. The question being on the amendment proposed by Mr. Hoar. [The debate is found on pages 3456-3462 of the Congressional Record, vol. x, part 4.] The Senate proceeded, &c. WEDNESDAY, May 19, 1880. The question being on the amendment proposed by Mr. Hoar. [The debate is found on pages 3511-3515 of the Congressional Record, vol. x, part 4.] The Senate resumed, &c. THURSDAY, May 20, 1880. The question being on the amendment proposed by Mr. Hoar. [The debate is found on pages 3551-3565 of the Congressional Record, vol. x, part 4.] The Senate resumed, &c. [There was no debate.] SATURDAY, June 5, 1880. The Senate resumed, &c. MONDAY, June 7, 1880. The question being on the amendment proposed by Mr. Hoar. [The debate is found on pages 4238-4244 of the Congressional Record, vol. x, part 5.] The Senate resumed, &c. FRIDAY, June 11, 1880. The question being on the amendment proposed by Mr. Hoar, After debate, Ordered, That the further consideration of the resolutions be postponed to to-morrow. On motion by Mr. Williams to postpone the present and all prior orders, it was determined in the affirmative-yeas 28, nays 16. [The debate is found on pages 4414-4431 of the Congressional Record, vol. x, part 5.] [Third session of the Forty-sixth Congress.] CREDENTIALS OF THOMAS C. MANNING. TUESDAY, December 7, 1880. Mr. Jonas presented the credentials of Thomas Courtland Manning, appointed a Senator by the governor of Louisiana to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Henry M. Spofford, who claimed to be elected Senator from that State; which were referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections. COMPENSATION TO MR. SPOFFORD'S REPRESENTATIVES. TUESDAY, February 22, 1881. Mr. Hill, of Georgia, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, reported the following resolution: "Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay out of the 'miscellaneous items' of the contingent fund of the Senate, to the legal representatives of the estate of the late Henry M. Spofford, contestant of a seat in the Senate from the State of Louisiana, a sum equal to the compensation, without mileage, of a Senator from the 4th day of March, 1877, to the 20th day of August, 1880, inclusive." The Senate proceeded by unanimous consent to consider the said resolution as in Committee of the Whole; and no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate. Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time. The said resolution was read the third times, by unanimous consent. Resolved, That the Senate agree thereto. [The debate is found on pages 1911, 1912 of the Congressional Record, vol. xi, part 3.] [First session of the Forty-seventh Congress.] REIMBURSEMENT OF MR. KELLOGG'S EXPENSES. FRIDAY, March 17, 1882. Mr. Hoar, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, reported the following resolution; which was read the first and second times, by unanimous consent: "Resolved, That there be paid out of the contingent fund of the Senate the sum of $9,550 to William Pitt Kellogg, a Senator from the State of Louisiana, in reimbursement of expenses necessarily incurred by him in defense of his title to his seat." MONDAY, March 20, 1882, On motion by Mr. Hoar, the Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the resolution reported by him from the Committee on Privileges and Elections on the 17th instant, to pay W. P. Kellogg the expenses incurred by him in defending his title to a seat in the Senate; and no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate. Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time. The said resolution was read the third time. Resolved, That the Senate agree thereto. COMPENSATION OF MR. MANNING. WEDNESDAY, July 19, 1882. Mr. Vance, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, reported the following resolution; which was read the first and second times, by unanimous consent: "Resolved, That there be paid out of the contingent fund of the Senate to Hon. Thomas C. Manning, who was appointed United States Senator from Louisiana by the governor thereof to fill the vacancy caused by the death of H. M. Spofford, the sum of $1,000, in full compensation of all expenses incurred in endeavoring to obtain the seat to which his credentials accredited him." MONDAY, August 7, 1882. On motion by Mr. Kellogg, the Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the resolution reported by Mr. Vance July 19, 1882, to pay to Thomas C. Manning, appointed a Senator from the State of Louisiana to fill the vacancy caused by the death of H. M. Spofford, the sum of $1,000; and no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate. Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time. The said resolution was read the third time. Resolved, That the Senate agree thereto. [Special session of Senate, March, 1873.] LEWIS V. BOGY, Senator from Missouri from March 4, 1873, till his death, September 20, 1877. March 4, 1873, Mr. Bogy took his seat, having been elected for the term of six years from that date. March 17, the Vice-President laid before the Senate a memorial of members of the legislature, accompanied by a report of a select committee of the legislature appointed to investigate charges of bribery and corruption in the Senatorial election, praying for an investigation by the Senate of said charges. The memorial was referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections. March 25, the committee reported that the memorial set forth that the investigation by the committee of the legislature was imperfect, and that if it had been full and fair, evidence would have been produced showing that there was corruption in Mr. Bogy's election; that the memorial did not state the character of the new evidence that could be produced, and that the Senate would not be justified in instituting an examination; that such a proceeding was of a grave character and should not be set on foot without such a statement of the evidence that could probably be produced as would appear to make it the duty of the Senate to proceed to an investigation. The committee reported a resolution that it be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial; which was agreed to. The history of the case here given consists of a transcript of the proceedings of the Senate relating to it from the Senate Journal, 3d sess. 42d Cong. (special session, March, 1873), and the report of the committee from Senate Reports, 3d sess. 42d Cong. (No. 1, special session, March, 1873). There were no debates. TUESDAY, February 25, 1873. Mr. Schurz presented the credentials of Lewis V. Bogy, elected a Senator in Congress by the legislature of the State of Missouri for the term of six years commencing on the 4th day of March, 1873; which were read. Ordered, That they lie on the table. FRIDAY, February 28, 1873. The Vice-President laid before the Senate a resolution of the legislature of Missouri exonerating Hon. Lewis V. Bogy, Senator-elect from that State, from any suspicion of having used corrupt means to secure his election to the United States Senate. Ordered, That it lie on the table and be printed. TUESDAY, March 4, 1873. The credentials of Lewis V. Bogy having been heretofore presented to the Senate, the oaths prescribed by law were administered to him by the Vice-President and he took his seat in the Senate. MONDAY, March 17, 1873. The Vice-President laid before the Senate the memorial of members of the legislature of the State of Missouri, accompanied by a report of a select committee of said legislature appointed to investigate charges of bribery and corruption in the recent Senatorial election in that State, and the views of a minority of the committee therewith, praying that certain charges of bribery and corruption against Lewis V. Bogy, recently elected a Senator from the State of Missouri, may be promptly and fully investigated by the Senate. Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections. TUESDAY, March 25, 1873. Mr. Morton, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, to whom was referred the memorial of members of the legislature of the State of Missouri, praying that an investigation be made by the Senate of certain charges of bribery and corruption against Lewis V. Bogy in his recent election as Senator from that State, submitted a report (No. 1) accompanied by the following resolution: "Resolved, That the Committee on Privileges and Elections be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of members of the legislature of the State of Missouri, together with the evidence accompanying the same, touching the allegations of bribery and corruption in the election of Lewis V. Bogy to the Senate of the United States." The Senate proceeded to consider the said resolution; and the resolution was agreed to. |