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GongressiOnal.

he hepuDlchns, ana etnphhueatty Oouuouiu9a a
hem as having no foundation; in fact, much
of bis speech was devoted to an examination
oi the slavery question end to show the right
of Congress to legislate on the subject for the
territories, and adjourned.
HousE.-Mr, Smith Of Tenn, made spaech
in reply to MssSrs. Campbell, and Sherman
N which he endeaVorei 10 show that the repeal
ofthe Missouri Compromise had not been con-
ls,nnsd in the late canVas',as had been asser-
ted. a.7-.
The House then proceeded to the cousiderl-
lion Of the special order, tue Whitfield case,
and recousidersd the vote by Which the House
on Monday refused to allow AIR. Whitfield to
be sworn as Delegate from Kansas, by Ill
against 1903. .- r
Mr., Grow moved that the whole quesi'h'
referred to the Committee on Elections. Neg
alived, by seven majority,
The oath was then ordered to De administers
ed, by lI2 against 1903. r..
The vote on the admission of Whitfield to
his seat as delegate from Kansas, was as fol-
lows Read the record:
Yeas Messrs Aiken, Akers. Allen, BarksdSls
Belle, Bennett, Miss; BOcock, Bowie, Boyce,
Branch, Brooks, Brown, Burnett, Cadwalader
Campbell, Ky; Carlisle, Caruthsrs, Caskie,
Cingman, Uobbs, Ala; Cox, Crawford, Cul-
len, Davidson, Davis, Nd; Davis, ILL.,; Dem
lver, Dowdell. Elmundson, Elliot, Eaglish Eth
oridge, Eustis. Evans, Falkner, Florence, Fos-
ter Fuller, Me-; GarnsLt, Goods, Grssnwo cd.
Hall, Iowa; Harris, Ed; Harris, Ala Harris,
ILL.,, HARRISON Herbert, Hickman Hoffman,
Houston, Jewett Jones, Tenn; Jones, Pa;
Ksit, Kelly. Keunst, Kidwcl, Lake, Letcher,
Liudsy Lumpkin, Alex, X, Marshall. Humphrey
Marshall. Marshall, ill., Maxwell. McMullen,
McQuinn, Miller, Ind; Mson. Moore, Morris
on, oliver. No.; Orr, Packer, Paine, Peck
Phelps. Porter, Powell, Puryear. Qutman
! Ready, Rcaud, Rivers. RuIitn, Rust, Sandidgs
Savage. Shorter, Smith, Tenn; Smith, Via.;
Smith Ala; Sneed, Stephens. Swope, Talbot.
lTAy IOr, Trippe, Tyson, Underwood, Vail, Ynlk
Walker, Watkins. Wells. Wheeler Whitney
Williams. Winslsw. Wright. Tenn; and Z1l-
Golfer.
NAYs-Messrs Albright, Allison, Ball Bar
bour. Barclay Bennet, N. Y. Benson, Billing
hurst. Bingham, Bishop, Bliss Bradshaw,
Brenton, BuGlinton, Burlmgame, Campbell,
Pa; Campbell Ohio. Chafee, Clarke, N. Y.
Clarke, Conn; CIawson, ColGax. Comins, Gov.
ode, Cragn, Gumback, paHreIl, Daviss, Mass.
Day. Dean, De Witt. Dick Dodd, Durfee, Edie.
Edwards. Emre, Flagler Galloway, Giddings,
Gilbert, Granger, Grow, Hail. Ma s.. Harlan,
Haven, Hodges, Holloway, Horton: N. York,
Howard HughsOn, Kelsey, King Knapp,
:. Knight. Knowlton, Kuukel, Letter, Mace, Mat
teson, Nc Carty. Miller, N. ", MiIlwad, Nor
gan, Morill. Mott, Murray, Nichols, Norton,
Oliver, N Y, Parker. Pearoe, Hunt Pelton,
Pennington, Perry, P,hit, Pike. Pringle, Pur.
viance, Richie, Robbins. Roberts, Robertson.
, Sabn, Sapp, Scott, Sherman, Simmons. Spin,
, ncr, Stanton, StranshRn, Tappin, Thorn gon,
) TharstOh, Todd, TrafIon. Wade, Wakeman,
. Walbridge ,Waldron, Washburus, Wis. Wash.
brns,. H.; WNshburne, Me-; Weleh, Woodruff,
and Woodwork,
The New York 7ri5ans's correspondent says
= Msssls Broom, Tyson, Harrison, Moore
' Walk and Whitney, Americans, aud Hickman
! Packer, Willia,.s. and Wells. Democrats al
of whom voted to eject Whitfield in Angus
last voted to-day to admit him. Mr.. Fuller
f of PeAns ylvana; was absent. Mr.. Haven vo
ed to eject, Mr.. DamrelI, of Massachusetts
though quite feeble, Was in his seat for the FRS
: To-day and voted Mr., Dickson, of New York
continued absent, sick. lius4tst
t f WAsnlNsToN, Dec 10.
SENArE;--Mt. Pugh made an elabora |,
speech, in reply to arguments and accusation
made by the opposition Senators, relative t.
the Presidents Message. citing Judicial author
tiles to prove the President correct. and eulo
: giving him for his official course in regard t,
Che rights of the South. aia fH1
: Adjourned &" d3sIi.a
HOusE.-Mr. Washburn, Of Maine. sharac
terized the Message a, containing eslumSiou
Interpretations of the REPUBLICAN party
soon to be The dominant party Of This RspDb
lie. So far from the Republisans eon.snplA
ting revolution, they have in their platform
distinctly declared that the constitution and til,
= Union Of The States shall be preserved. The,
! advocated nothing tha! had not been conten
y lded for by IelTefson and others Of aonal mn