The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-07-04


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HOUSE.
More than the usual hubbub and excite>
ment marked the re- assembling Of the House.
The SPEAKER at noon oalled tie House
10 order. ATroll Of the members WI called,
and during the progress message Nss re-
ceived from the Senate Announcing that it
had . quorum, and 1t WAS loudly applauded.
The SPEAKER stated that one hundred
and twenty members were present, dnd d.
rected the Clerk to notify the SenatsI that .
quorum of the House was in session.
Rev. Mr.. BOYINGTON, Chaplain, offered
. prayer.
The SPEAKER stated that the first busi
ness in order was the administration of the
oath of Office to members elect but not sworn
in, the members from Kentucky having pre-
sented themselves for that purpose.
Mr.. SCHENCK, rising to q question Of
privilege, objected to the oath being admin.
istered to ]. D. Young, and presented the
protest of Samuel Mckee, formerly mem
Der Of the House, taking the ground generally
Of the disloyslty Of Young. The protest, he
said, was accompanied By another protest
from the citizens of the Fourth Congressional
District of Kentucky, which was sustained
by affidavit proving the facts as alleged, and
he asked thst the papers be referred to the
Committee on Elections.
Mr.. LOGAN offered the following, o. an
amendment;
WHEREAS, As there is good reason to
believe that in the election recently held in
the State Of Kentucky, for members Of the
Fortieth Congress, the legal and loyal voters
in several Districts of said State have been
overawed and prevented from the expression
Of their will and choice at the polls, By those
who have sympakhised with, or actually par.
ticipated In the late rsbellion, and such
elections were carried by the votes of such
disloyal and returned rebels, and,
WHEREAs, Il is alleged that several of the
| Representatives from the State of Kentucky
are disloyal, therefore,
Rssotred, That the credentials OF all mem
bers elect from the State of Kentucky, shall
| be referred to the Committee on Elections, tc
report at as earlya day as practicable, and thai
pending the report of said Committee, none
Of said members be allowed to take the oatf
of office and be admitted to seats.
| Here q message was received from The
Senate announcing the appointment of q com
mittee on the part of that body, to join q like
committee of the Honse, to wait upon the
President.
| On motion OF Mr. FARNSWORTH, snct
committee was ordered on the part of the
House, and Farnsworth, Spaulding and WooG
| were appointed.
| The question Of Kentucky members wa!
taken up at Brooks request.
Mr.. SCHENCK stated that the afidavitl
we're .er parte to the Committee on Elec
tons, previous to his being sworn. Afte1
being sworn the Speaker subsequently hae
extracts read from the Congregational Globe
to show his ruling on the occasion referred
| to was the same : the pyesent rul;no.
Mr.. BENJAMIN gave to the House som,
statements IN reference to the public chsrac
ter of Mr.. Knatt, from the Third Congress
sional District Of Kentucky, and said tha
during the war he had allied himself Will
those who we're intense in disloyalty to th,
Goyernmeut-votinp, speaking and acting i,