Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-07-06
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To THE DAILY DEMOCRAT.
WASHINGTON.

WAaufwo row lufv uousv The
SNEAKER xnuoueced the Committee an ~.
construc,iop. Messrs Stevens. Routwell.
Bingham. Fafpsworth' hubbard. Nye'
Beamar. Paine pike and Brooks.
The Sneaker prcsented a communication
from the Governor OF New Mexico. stating
ina, the election for delegates from that
Territory. will not take place until Septem-
Der next. He had appointed John J. Watts
as agent Of the Territory to represent Its in
teresis In the House, and asking that he be
admitted to Q scat with the usual pay aud
mileage.
Mr.. Dawes moved reference to the com
mitiee ON elections.
Mr.. 6chenk opposed such reference - It
might seem to imply an scquiescepce in an
exercise Of clearly unprecedented, unau-
thofiEed ana Illegal act on the part Of the
Governor Of that Territory.
After further debate. the communication,
on motion OF NJ. Miller was laid on the table
Ar. Farnsworth, from the Joint Committee,
to wait on the President, Informs the com
mitiee that he bed no communication to
make to Congress at the present time.
Papers in the several contested election
cases from Kentucky. were presented by
Aessrs. Paine, Garfield and Kelly and refer
ed to committee ON elections.
On motion OF M. 0arneld oil contes.
tants were admitted 70 seats on the door.
Mr.. Paine moved to suspend the rules SO
that be might introduce . joint resolution
rendering the tnanks 0! congress to Gen.
Sheridan icr the able and faithful perform
ence OF DIS outies . COMMANDER oil The
Military District Of Texas and Louisiana
The rule was suspended-yeae ll0; nays IL,
ana the JOINT resolution WAS passed.
MI maishsh presented protest from
Grovef' Jones ana beck, representatives
ron tue ON, DIN anu !th Dlstlictt OF heh'
lucky, against The action oil the House on
"Wednesday, asserting that they were legally
elected and that no allegation can be made
against Their loyalty, &c.
M. marshall stated that be had learned
that . notice Of contest hadi had been pre-
sentcd to-day In the case of hr. Jones. and
he therefore moved that in regarl TO the
other two, hessrs. Grover and Beck, the
committee be discharged from iufther con
siderA,ion, and that they 10 duly sworn
and admitted 10 seats. lie Declared thai
the rights OF representatives were sacred
and American people would not look with
indifference on an act Ol such injustice 10
state.
M. Logan stete0 tnet theTe were chareei
OF uisloyalty egalnss tne members named
And they were asserted IN the resolution
offered by himself, and 4 would be found
that Grover he'd voted Tor an act OF seces
SION. II might be proper Tor his colleague Il
defend rebels here, Dot no WAS sorry to se'
representative from the proud Prairie
State take on himsclf the duty oil maj
who attempted to destroy the 0overnmen
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ton 90. .il sma,c;cr, Sor him NJ caro
YER had never been srrested for treason
Jones had besn % arrested % MANY other,
had been, but had been discharged withOu
any Charge being preferred against him.
Ar Dawes moved the protest aud the mo
ton be referred to tho COMMITTEES on Elec
lions. As amemoer OF tnat committee,
ne iound there was nothing suecung sn
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