Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1840-03-12
WAsHrNcrcN, Feb. %,


feoted.-The House of Representatives after
a session of eight hours have just ordered an
adjournment. The Administration members
have been defeated by tie vote in one Of the
most corrupt and infamous propositions ev-
er brought before Congress-. The Resolu-
tons before the House tor some days past In
regard to the New Jersey question were
called for and disposed OF before the ad-
journment
The resolution which had originally been
moved by Mr.. Campbell, the chairman OF
the committee, was in the following words:
Provided, That the Committee OF Elec-
lions be authorized 10 have such papers
! nrinted. under its direction, as may be
fhn,oht necessary to facilitate its investiga-
ton into the subjects referred TO its conslde-
ration"
To which resolution Mr.. Cave Johnson,
heretofore offered tho following modified
amendment:
"To report to this House such papers and
such oftheir proceedings as they may desire
to have printed by order of the House and
that they be instructed also to report forth
with which five of the ten individuals claim
I ing seats from the State of New Jersey re-
| ceived The greatest number Of Uotes from The
a0hole Slate for Representatives in the Congress
of the United States at the election Of 1888, in
said State, with all the evidences OF that fact
in their possession Provided, that nothing
prevent or delay the action Of said commit
tee in taking testimony, and deciding the
said case upon the merits of the election"
To which amendment Mr.. Fillmore here.
! tofore moved the following modified amend
| ment:
"Strike out the word forthwith and in
| sert after the words greatest number or, and
before the word 'votes,' the word lawful : SO
as to read sand that they be instructed also
to report which five of the ten individuals
claiming seats from the State of New Jersey
received the greatest number OF lawful
votes'."
During the evening Mr.. Fillmore modified
his amendment so as to insert the word LEGAL
before VOTES. Opposition was manifested
to the amendment by Administration men,
bers, but no discussion took place, the prers-
Gus question hauing been mored By MR.. Brown,
an ADMINISTRATION member from Tennessee
The yeas and nays, however, were ordered,
and N1NErY-s1x Van Buren, men voted against
the amendment, which proposed information
as to which party had the greatest number of
LEGAL votes NINETY-sIx members also vo-
ted for the amendment, and the vote being
NINETY ayes and NINETY SIX noes, the
Speaker gdre has casting uote for the amendment!
The decision alarmed the Administration
members, and their dissatisfaction was man.
ifested in various ways, and upon all sides OF
the House. The act was so bad itself, that
now for the first time, the authors and abet-
tors of it, repented having given the measure
their support, and we'll they might, for they
are now committed over their own names of
supporting a proposition to report illegal
votes to the House upon measure upon
which depends five-sixths of the representa-
ton of whole State. These ninety-six
men must not be forgotten, Their names
must be preserved in black lines, and occa-
sionalIy held up for public inspection. A
man who would vote against deciding an
election proved by legal rotes, of course
would vote to sustain members illegally elect
ed. Probably they would wink at fraud in
friend, and maybe commit fraud them
selves.
After the adoption Of the amendment of
Mr.. Fillmore, the resolution as amended was
adopted by the House. Nothing has been
gained you will perceive by Mr.. Johnson's
amendment, and much is probably lost, as
such vote as that taken this evening will
not be passed over by the American people
with impunity. Don't forget the NINETY-s1x
Black Knights. They should be known to
the whole country, and TO their constituents
CSpcClhliy.-N. I. GTpTeSSe
|, WASHINGTON, March 5.
A Nights Worth in The House !-Ne,o .Jer-
seq Case.-The dark and disgraceful act so
long in contemplation in the House is almost
consummated, and the deed was to have been
done presume before the light of morning
should have made its appearance. The SUBJ
ject came before the House al six o'clock
! this evening, upon call for a Report from
| the Committee on Elections. Mr. Campbell
was ready to report under the Resolution of
the House instructing the Committee to re-
| port forthwith" who had the greatest num-
Der of legal votes. The Report after many
interruptions was read to the House. 1t gives
no opinion as to which party has the greatest
number of lawful votes, but states facts con-
| nected with the election familiar to all who
have made themselves acquainted with the
Congressional Election in New Jersey. 1t
states that counting legal and illegal votes
the Van Buren, men are entitled to seats, and
that throwing out the towns where the cleo
ton was illegally conducted and illegal votes
thrown, the commissioned members have the
majority. After discussing the word "law-
full" at length and the word forthwith" for
the purpose of showing that the Committee
were governed by the latter instruction of the
House, and after stating at Still greater
length the number of votes cast anG for whom
cast, with the facts that the testimony had
not yet been spread before the Committee,
which the commissioned members design to
place there, the Committee conclude that as
the claimants have the greatest number of
votes, they are entitled to their seats. They
say, however, that nothing in this Resolution
is intended to prevent the commissioned
members from presenting their claims before
the Committee.
Mr.. Petriken, after an hour had been con-
sumed in the discussion of points of order.
introduced resolution which contemplated