Mr.Wright was ill at his home in Newark and contradictory reports were made as to the time when he could probably be present.

Some of the Republicans justified their urgent demand for a final vote on the belief entertained by them that Mr.Wright would never appear in the Senate again.

As matter of fact he resumed his seat eight days after the decision of Mr.Stockton's case.

His vote would have changed the result.

The haste with which the question was brought to a decision can hardly be justified, and is a striking illustration of the intense party-feeling which had been engendered by the war.