The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-06
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FORTy-FIRsT TEKM-sECOND SESSION.

Senate.
WASHINGTON Dec. 6.-The Senate met at noon
with hfty-ive members present
The resignation OF Senator Grimes was received
Mr. Lot al. Morrill, was sworn In as Senator from
Maine.
The credentials OF the Virginia Senators were pre-
sented and laid on the table.
A committee was appointed to inform the House
and the President OF the Senate's readiness to
proceed T. business.
A large number OF bills were introduced and
ordered to be printed among them bills by Messrs.
Drake and Sumner, restricting appellate powers OF
and 6v M Moron TO nrovG aSr or the
OF Georgia On motion Mr.. Edmunds bill on the
same subject reported last session, was @ made the
1880 took a recess for half an hour
House.
The House was called to order by the Speaker at
noon, when the proceedings were opened with
prayer by the chaplain, Rev. Mr.. Butler.
The roll of members was then called by States by
the clerk, and large majority answered to their
names. The roll having been completed the Speaker
announced that there were 1870 members present.
Mr.. Brooks On. W presented as a question OF
privilege the credentials of S. S. Cox memberelect
from New York.
The Speaker stated that there were several gentle
men present, including Messrs. Cox, OF New York,
Barnum, Of Connecticut, Brooks, OF Massachusetts
and the members-elect from Alabama who had not
been sworn in; and he invited all OF them whose
rights to seats were unchalenged to present them
selves and take the oath Mt the same time.
Mr.. Paine suggested that perhaps the better mode
would be to make formal reference OF the creden-
tals OF all those members to the Committee on Eec-
tons.
The Speaker remarked that his suggestion had
been that only those members whose credentials
were absolutely unchallenged should present them
selves and that he would not administer the oath to
any member against whom an objection should be
bers TO be sworn in against whom there was no OBJ
lection, without further ceremony.
dentials of Mr. Gov had been nresenteI eariv in
March last, unchallenRed, and Mr.. Cox had been
tually appointed by the Speaker as member of the
Committee on Banking and Currency.
Mr.. Paine said he did not object to any Individual
member. He had only suggested a general rule
which he thought ought TO be adhered TO.
The several members elect then presented them
selves at the bar to take the oath OF Office
rod of Alabama and Mr.. Whittemore objected to the
swearing in OF Mr.. DOX OF Alabama, and those
gentlemen were directed to stand aside.
The oath was then administered to Messrs. Bar
mum, OF Conn.,. Brooks, OF Mass. Cox, OF N Y;
Burchard OF ILL.,, and Buck and Barclay OF Ala.
On motion OF Mr.. Schenck, the Clerk directed
to inform the Senate that quorum Of the House had
assembled, and that the House was ready to proceed
On motion OF Mr.. Schenck, committee OF three
was ordered to join similar committee OF the
Senate to wait upon the President of the United
States and inform HIM that Congress had assembled
and was ready to receive any communication he
might be pleased TO make.
The speaker appointed as such committee MeSsrs.
Schenck, Dawes and Woodward.
Mr.. Schenck then moved that the House take q
recess until half-paSt one O'Clock.
He said had formerly been the usage for Congress
to wait until it heard from the President before pro-
ceeding to any legislative business, and he thought
It well to return to that old custom, and to observe
that same deoorum and courtesy which had formerly
preValleu Inere nau Deen reasOn.uurlng lev years
past more satisfactory to gentlemen for changing
that practice, and 1t had fallen into disuse but he
trusted that they would go back to the old land
mark.
During the delivery OF these remarks there were
symptoms on the Democratic side OF a readiness to
get up q discussion. just then amessage was re-
ceived from the Senate that it had appointed COM
nit tee to wait on thy President.
Mr.. Schenck, resumining the floor after the mes
sage from the Senate was delivered, said that for
fear the House might get into discussion as to the
for departing from that custom OF late years.
he would move the previous question. Qaughterj
ton was agreed to-.
The House thereupon, at 12K O'Clock, took re-
cess till haf-past l.