Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-03-28
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SENLTE.-lesierday after our repOT. Il cd
the Stocktop case being under consIdrTaaon-
The motion 90 pOstpsne the sabl-Cs uBti
THURSDAY was deoIded Ia thu n. gSuNs, ye.ss a,
nays p.
Mr. Clark moved to amend by ssrising ont
all after the word Stockton, and ius, rang ..is
not entitled TO n seat fnom the STATE Of New
Jersey for the term Of SIX years from TIC IN OF
March, 1865"
MIR. stockton then took 'he fioor, md argued
al great length in favor OF hls right 10 tas saal
and the power OF the I.egislasUre in lo...t con-
Ntntion 10 prescribe It's own rul~s. he quoted
from numerous authorities, aud brought for
sard cases hereto ore decided by the = sac.
MI. Davis moved TO amend the Amendment
on mr.. Clark by inserting .tbat the LrFIsi@tUTe
oiNew Jersey having con nyened iR f5sEs "a se.lEE
II. ~ enSoSe a senator TO TIE Congress of the
'hieo States, and having agreed ln icia' meet
ing thaf plurality should elect, ard ga ~ fret
baitot the said John 4. Stockton hA,sag re-
sinsu ~ votes out of the Fl votes OF ths i>gis-
iiiure, and all other persons having r.catyed A
e. No'e' and the president of said Io.a. con
N'huoh having declared said John n ~, .kton
GUY slecIed, and no appeal being tak,.s from
such decision, therefore the said Holm 4 -,sock
ton Il duly elected" &c
ne yeas and nays being demanded. r.sniisd
SO the amendment to the amcndmaa. Syas
rejected.
Mr. McDougau moved to pos,poa. ts.e tnr-
her consideration OF the subject uas.l To- Nor
row: which was disagreed 20 % a No'y OF =
10 IS
The question was then taken on ,he amend
meut Of Mr.. CLARK, aud res Ulted as Iol.og.s.
ltcs-Messrs. Brown, Chandler. Cha. & ~
mess. Crsgin, Creswell, fsssrucau. a. r,iu.s
Howard, Howe. KirkwOOd. Lane q. lad
Nye, fomeroy. Ramsey, sherman. Spragu-.
sumner. W ace, " Williams. Wilson aad at..s-As
Ways -Messrs. Anthony, Bnckalew, C.5wan,
DAVIS, DOolittle, Guihrie, Harris, Hcna-rsou
hendricks, johnson, Lane OF Kansas, McDou-
gall, Morgan, NesmIth. n Norton. Poland Rtddle
Saulsbnry, Trumbull, Van Wnkle, anG W5l-
ley-2l.
So the amendment was adopted.
The question was then taken on tue r,sclu-
ton as amended, and resulted IA The same
vote being cast, - 10 ~.
The Chair stated that ne had paired Oh with
the Senator from Maine, MT Morrill,
Before the vote was announced Mr Riddle
affirmative.
The Char then announced the passage OF
the resolution by vote Of y TO 20.
Mr.: Clark said the Senator from Delaware
Mr.. Riddle having changed has vote, 40 IOubt
ior me purpose OF moving Z reconsIde' .g.on,
reconsider, and asked that the question be
taken at once.
Mr.. Hendricks moved to postpone the fur
ther consideration OF the motion until tp-nOr-
morrow; disagreed TO by a vote OF - % n
The question was then taken on iae mJ..on
10 reconsider, which was disagreed 20 0y a vote
On motion Of Mr.. TrumbuIl. the message a;
the President returning the bill 10 Tro-e.t an
persons OF the United States in their cIyil rights
and furnish the means OF their yIndi.ation,
With his OBJ ec'Ions thereto, was takca ap and
read.
On motIon Of Mr.. COwan, the Tnss.gg.. wa
CrGeled 10 be printed; several Senators voting
no. Adjourned
HoUsE.-Iesterday after our report closed
MI Conkling, OF New York ros, - make a
privileged report from the Commir:ec on Re
construction. lie presented a mas of Jss sti-
mony relating 10 tie condition OF AnaiTs "a
Virginia and the CarOliRas. The report was
lald upon the table, and ordered 20 b. prIntaG
Mr.. Ross, OF Ill, said that be woulG propose
N fha fEaFf f1rB,aF -
construction, on the principle laiC down YES
ierday by the Speaker in the case OF tue ar
line railroad. namely, that a majority of any
speclaI committee should be friendly 10 the
measure under consideration. IIaUchter on
the Democratic side
The Speaker stated that has action yesterday
IN regard 10 the committee on the airline rail-
road had been taken under the order OF The
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