Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 March 1877 — EXTRA SESSION OF U. S. SENATE [ARTICLE]

EXTRA SESSION OF U. S. SENATE

nnauStourl 1 adored titift John t. Morgan ba tworp Tg-nii fffitatorfrta* Alabama, tad h* froktbe oalk of iifflc<A The Cftne qf L. B. rorove# oftireson, WM farther eansidoMd, and Mr.JSonkltng advocated bfr light (0 be sworn In. clalfcrnt Sal the case waa not ana logout to that of Mr. Kellogg, of LoniMana. the two claim* involvin, entirely dUfareut principles. Mini,Mori an. wad .that the ease or Mr. Kellogg w» regular on its (See, and that be earn* with the jwojxr certificate Signed by the Govehidr. and tferefore had S prime foci* cam. which waa not Invalidated be* cause there were another pr*t,uilo<l Legislature he was authorised to say A* l H was Mr. Grover's Intention, should he beiHmftteil, to call for the fullest investigation of*the charges agalu.t him. The resolntlon that M be svforn in was then agreedfto without division, and he took the outbIn' -Kxecutlve session, the nomination of Mi. Sherman to be Secretary of the Treasury waa Woafirmed, al! Ae Repnbucsn Senators voting tor confirmation, and twenty-six Democrats voting against ft. Friday, March 9.— The Standing arid Select Oommlltees were announced. ResohiUona were , agreed to, without division, referring the credentials Of J. B. Knetls, diluting a seat from Louisiana, to the Committee on Privileges and KtecrionsFreferring (on motion of Mr. Grover) to the same Committee the memorial„ useean;ed hy Mr. Mitchell, purporting to be signed by S ;« cltiseds of Oregon, wcitlng ihet it was currently toported and generally believed that Mr. Graver's election to the Senate was obtained by bribery, corruption, and other nnlawfnl 1 means, and that Mr. Grover did wrruptly and fraudulently issue a certificate of el- ci ion to Cronin as a Presidential Klentop, and did beer false witness before the Senate.Commlitee—with instructions to tbe Committal ti thoroughly iovesrignte snd report upon such charges against Mr Grover. In Ksecutive sessionAe Cabinet Hopointments.were referred to committees—Scborz to the Committee on Finance; Devens, Judiciary; McCrary. Military; Thompson. Naval; Key. Postofflce and Post Roads; Kvarts, Foreign Relations. SATDBDAy, March 10.—Tha; yice. President presented a communication from Mr, Orton, President of the Western-Uhlon Telegraph Company, requesting the return of. the messages (about M.flOO) di-livered to Ad Chhirfn&n of (he Committee on Privileges and. Keotlonfi. somd weeks before, ih* aCCordsttCe wlth Ae Orders ol the Senate—which communication was laid on tbe table. In Executive session, all the Cabinet nomi-nation--1 were confirmed hy a nearly unanimous vote. Adjonrbdd to the 13th. • Tcksdat, Match 13.—An order was 1 submitted AM the telegraphic dispatches referred to lu Ae letter of Mr. Orton, President of Ae Western Union Telegraph C,.mp my, read on the 10th. be deposited in the office of the Secretary of Ae'Senate, to be by him delivered to Mr. Orton apou his giving a. receipt for Ae same. Ames sage was received from the President, and an Executive session was held, and several nomination* made by Ae President Was considered—among Aose confirmed being that of 1 ot M. Morrill to be Collector of Customs for the District of Portland and FalmonA, Me. WBDNBSDATi March. iA—Messre. AnAony and Whyte were appointed a couunittee to ' wait upoq the President and inform him that Ae Senate was ready to ad}oum, unless he had sbmb further communication to make. The President Informed such committee Aat he desired to com muuicate with the Senate before Ae adjournment took piece. The order relative to Ae delivery of certain telegraphic dispatches to Mr. Orton was agreed to. An Executive session was held, bnt no business was transact pd.