The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-07-27
WASHINGTON.
Mr.. Johnson at the Capitol
The Proceedings Of
Congress.
Adjournment of the Senate Fur
ther Proceedings of the
House.
FORTIErA CoNGREss-sECOSD SESSION.
Continued froB Second Edition.
Senate.


Senate.
Mr.. sherman took the same view He reminded
baby IsEe place in hss al nal @ So VII pa pso
many nice schemes.
suspicious, and that the great difficulty ia the Terri
torie s the action of the Legislatures 10 committing
the people TO contracts, granting charters. etc. so
tnati is Impossible Tor tue succeeding ate Legsa
Mr.. sher po nted out thss the result win bs to
IKE from me People the power ior TWO years to de-
t tlble. Aged to-.
Sress and he Genera al 3verumept 1r . ea ES9
and Secretary of the Senate and Post Master OF the
ON 9G ps4cs Of Mr. psTG bill for the relief
Mr.. POmerUy offered q resolI tiOn directing the
ON mitee on Foreirn Relations to Inquire into the
expectancy OF making treaty between Canada and
MT sunni r suggested that Canada is not a sove
fec by Inserting Great Britain las cad Of Canada
Mr.; Pomeroy accepted the amendment and the re-
Mr., Wilson cal ed up the House bill to provide for
more efficient government for the Statei OF Missis
sppi, TeKss, aud Virginia.
MI. Davis said this too important bill to be
examination, al moved TO Law it on the table:
Cameron, BactsIew' DGvls DSSiittie acCresrs, Ss.S
e HGePs 20
provisions Of the second section hat ordinances
the proyis authoritis uHt the pleasure of Cod
reS ThS n ne SAID a. e.
the Constitutional Conventions should requisite and
the Presidential eection.
Mr.. wilson said the bill prohibited the states from
Mr. Buck alew waI continuing when he yielded to
mtfe Of conere2c eS the b @sk6g AN ns
priaton ior the purchase Of Alaska which was con.
Mr.. Bucka'ew resumed his argument, referring
aFan to the power conferred on the Convention He
asked which in OF a conflict between tn em aud
the military commander, was 20 he obeyed by the
had bse6 the Of the
and o Se uonSan
tion prohibiting large number OF people from voting
After further debate the Senate. without action on
The doors opaned at II O'clock. when the Pre-.
sidsnt pro tem announced that In acco dance wi
the senate would bow take recess Tn,ii The tnird
Monday OF September next and tne Senate took
House OF Representatives.
ss5f G he I 1eao desire the o.
instead Of aa exclamation from nlm. he wou d lsi
Sever members"Let the bill be read.
The Dill WAS read from a copy or the NIttonT IN
N Eldridge made the point OF orier that 1. WAS
not In order 10 have tn bill read from newspaper
haI nlemb RS btd thu right to have ythlng read
either from manuscript or print as part of their
Nessis Ross, Eldrdge and other Democrats com.
ing bin by submit log ysious BUS, morio for recess,
u mocIa1c str. ngih was however not HufHclent 10
Mr. Eoiicge d. sired to have call of the House, SO
as 10 have absent pemocra c n em6ers Sro1Sht Ia
Speaker declined to enGerain fur her Oous FOE
recess. and stated thsi he doubled whether he
should have entertained uaore than the Ane.
Mr. koss SAID ne wanted the rule enforced, so that
b0pdhoioeIs should be turned out of the Hall He
apprebensive tn at the chair would count them.
Toe speaker directed me doorh To eotorce the
rule, and intmated to Mr.. Ross that he himself
WAS violating the rule la not occupying his own
seat.
Mr.. schenck irs.ted on the previous question
the CO nieJ ence report.
1he prvvious question was seconded.
Mr.. L EdIidge demanded the yeas and nays on Or
Mr. Schenck Observing that several Republican
members were votiyg fer the yeas and nays, re-
marked d at memBeTs might have I'll cir votes put
record, and the session could be extended I'LL
O'Clock
The no ain question ordered-Yeays 96; nays, 26
Mr.. Butler (Mass) asked and Obtained iaave TO
have printed his remarks In reply to the attack made
upon him last night in the Senate oy Senator Hen
deIson.
II e vote was taken on the Conference report on
the funding bill. and 1t was agreed Lo-Yeas, l02;
nayP, 80 - $4,000,
the President for his approval.
Mr Dawes from the Committee on Election, re-
Torted bill TO relieve Nelson Tiht or Georgia from
diss biities which passed by the requ lite two
hTds, II also reported back the credentials Of
sin Corley, member elect from south Carolina,
and r. n. b Young member elect from Georgia aud
moved tn the oath pre7cribei tor persons whose
disabilities have been removed be Administered to
them. The motion WIS agreed TO- and they were