Evening star., 1868-07-27
FORTIETH CONGRESS.
This Afternoons Proceedings,
MONDAY, July "a

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MONDAY, July "a
| SKNATR-After remaioinx Ia executive ses
sion until tive O'Clock this morning, the Senate
took a recess until 9.30.
On reassemSlips, the Senate went into ex
ecutive session. and remaiu~d therein q few
minutes, when the doors were reope
Mr. Ramsey called mp the bill to provide for
the more econ omicaf admmistratioa of the
government Of the several Territories Of the
United States. which was discussed and then
laid on the table.
Mr.. Ramsey called MP his ~ solution looking
to new reciprocity treaty with Canada; which
Mr.. Wilson called up the House bill to pro.
vide q more efficient government for NJ sis.
sipPi, Texas and Virginia.
Mr.. Davis moved 70 lay the bill on the table
which wss not agreed to.
Mr.. Doolittle. By unanimous consent, sub.
mitted the report Of the Conference Commit.e .ee
ON tne Dill extending the customs laws over
AIasko, which was coucurr d in.
MI Fowler took the floor for a persocal ex-
pianat on in regard to the impc ciment report
OF Mr. Butler, but obtainHd lrave 30 pf;ut his
executive s. sion.
The Senate ther at 1O:3O wen, into executive
session.
The senate yem?iped IN executive session
unal II o'clock, when, in accordance with the
resolution previously adOp ed, the Char de-
clar' q the Senate adjournld until the third
Monday in September.
House OF REPRRsENTArIvEs.-Th House
m at O'Clock.
Mr.. Wa bburne (Ill.) rskek permission TO
take up the Senaf, bill au .horizing the Secre a.
ry OF he Inter or - annul th- ST Iiopery con-
rat lot L e IN e,ior department with Demp.
Mr.. Van TRUMP (Obio) objccied.
Mr.. Schenck (Oh'O) rom Ways and Means
Commit ee, report back the bill first repor: ID
On Saturday, in relation to putting tariff of
duty upon importauons of copper aad copper
After debate, Mr.. scheuck demand ID the
n a Id
A call OF = ,e Hon g wHs ordered sud the roll
beng call exactly quorum of members an
swerCd to their nam"s.
Inc question then recurring upon s"condirg
the demand for the previous question upon | ne
passage of the bill, and it was seconded
The question then required upon ordering
the main question, and Mr. Banks demanded
the yeas and nays: and the man Ques.ion was
ordered-yeas 94, nays ~.
Mr.. Thomas (Md.l moved to lay TIE bill ON
the table Reiect0d by telIers.
The yeas and nays were demanded aud re.
fused by actual count and by Iellers; aad Mr.
Banks appealed from the decision OF the Chs ir
declaring the yeas and nays refused: and upon
was sustained.
Pending iurther consideration of the bill
MI Schench, fIom the Conference Com mItee
on the disagreelng votes of the two Houses upou
the Funding bill, submitted report THE bin
as amended by the Conference COMMITTEE and
passed. was published in the Senate proceed
Mr.. Schenck said, in lieu OF d speech i'm ex
PLANTATION, he would send the bill TO the Clerks
desk to be read The bill having been read as
II passed the Senate, Mr. Schenck demanded
the previous question.
Pending that demand, motions for recess
Were made ana severally voted down. a suf.
hcient number az no tune rising To demand a
call for the yeas and nays.
Alter several motions for a recess had been
put and rejected. the Chair declined 10 enter.
tain any such motion further At this tine
The question then required upon the de.
OnpStiOD.
seconded
Mr.. Ross tlll) moved to lay the conference
report Oh the table. Rejected.
The main question was then ordered-yeas
l1f. nays III.
The conference report was then agreed to
yeas 1t2, nays 81.
On motion OF Mr.. Dawes. a bill was pa-sed
removing disabilities from Dir Tift, keprs-
sentative from Georgia.
Mr.. Dawes presented The credentials OF 81.
NEON Corley, RepreSentative el CT rom South
Carolina, and of y. NJ. Ii. Young, RepresenSa.
tive rom Georgia, and the gentlemen named
were admitted upon taking the SPECIAL oath
prescribed in he disability bill.
The House resumed consideration of the bill
In relation to tariff on copper e., &c.
Mr.. Thomas md moved TO reconsider the
vote whereby the House refused 10 lay the bill
upon the table.
A motion was made 10 lay the latter notion
on the table, and it was asreed to-yeas. ia5;
nays, 6.
Mr.. Banks then moved that the House take n
recess until a quarter of II o'clock, and upon
that que ton the We and nays We're ordered
and he motion YVES rejected-yeas, Is; nays,
la
On motion OF Mr. Dawes (Mass) Mr.. Tit
was sworn IN as Representative from the
State OF Georgia, both House. having, by
two-third vote pa sed the bill relic wing HIM of
disability.
The Speaker snnounccd Mr.. Heaton IN c.
nember of the Committee on Elections, il >,
place Of M. Poland VII excused
Messrs. SpaldIng (O.) aud Boydeu IN. o.
were appointed 10 represent the Hou OF Rep.
reseptrtiv"s in the Commission authorized by
the bill raking appropriation for he Columpia
lns titute tor the Deaf and Dumb.
A mes age was received from the Senate an.
nouncing the appointment of a COMMITTEES TO
wait upon the President and inform him that
Congress was now ready TO adlourn.
The resolution was concurred in, and Messrs
Washburne (lll.) and Eldridge WIS., were
appoin ed the committee on the part Of the
House
The regular order ives demanded, and the
House resumed consideration Of the copper
tariff bill.
The yeas and nays were ordered, and pend
ing the roll-call the Speaker raped with bis
gavel aud said, the hour of II having arrived,
by virtue of the authority vested in him he de.
ciared recess until Monday, September 81, st
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