The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-01-25
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The House was opened with prayer al
IL o'clock by Rev. DR.. Burrows.
The House then took up and passed
the joint resolution offered by Mr.. Branch
of Texas, authorizing the President tc
appoint commissioners to investigate the
proceedings of the Cotton Bureau and
the conduct of the military authorities
in connection with the cotton in the
Trans-Aississippi
Mr.. Clark, Of Missouri, from the Com
mittee on Elections, submitted the fol.
lowing report on the case of Mr.. Foote:
"The committee to whom was referred the reso-
lution in reference to the conduct Of the Hon. Henry
= Foote, member Of this House from the State OF
Tennessee, have had the same under consideration
ana BIZ leave to report and recommend the adop.
ton Of the following preamble and resolution
"Ihat, some weeks since, the said Henry >.
leevo that shortly thereafter he attempted to mas.
into the enemy's lines and to the capital of the
United States without permission, which was in
.nembef Of this body that When in the act Of
leaving our lines, to enter those of the enemy
ne resigned his seat upon this floor, 50 far az he
tnen could, BY writing his resignation aud de-
House, but which he, being afterwards arrested and
his purpose defeated, intercepted and Withdrew.
....! xs.olred' That Henry s.. Foote, in thu, at
cumstances and in tho manner above stated wh,t
ever may have been his motives has been guilty Of
conduct Incompatible with his duty and station ass
member Of the Congress of the Confederate States.
ana that he be therefore, and is hereby. exnellrd
0om this House a. . member thereof.
"JonN i. CLARK
JAMES s. CHRIsAAN.
rs. A. MILLER,
"W. ID. SIxpsox
."W. y. HOLDER,
"A. n. BRAxcn'
Mr.. Hilton, Of Florida, said that. while
no concurred in the above report, he
objected to the language in which it was
couched, and therefore declined to signit.
Mr.. Gilmer, of North Carolina, in be-
half of himself and Mr.. Bell, Of Georgia,
submitted the following minority report:
Tho undersigned, being minority Of the Com
nittee on Elections, admit that the conduct of Hon
Henry 8. Foota in abandoning his seat in this House
without leave and attempting to pass to the enemy
On any business involving the interest Of the Con-
federasy without instructions, is highly reprehen.
hle and however honest his motives were. deserves
tie oensure 81 thus House and they report the
Rese9csd, That the said Henry s. Foote %:
properly arrested BY the military authorities.
Resotced, That the said Henry s. Foote. for hi, |
deserves the censure Of this House
"JOhN A. GrLnER.
III. r. BELL"
After considerable discussion, the vote
was taken on the adoption of the majority
report and resulted-ayes, 81 noes. %.
Sixty.nine votes (two.thirds of all the
members Of Congress present and alb
sent being necessary to the expulsion
Of = member, the report was not agreed
70.
The House then adopted the minority
report, the vote on. tho first resolution
being unanimous, and on the second
yeas, o. DAYS, Messrs. Blandford, Chris.
! nan, Dupre' Gray, Keeblc and j. I.
All the above, except Mr.. j. T. Leach
nad voted for theresolution of expulsion.
T0e llouse then went into secret ses'
Won, and. when the doors were opened