Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-03-24
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.


ca, ous .ne pusnoes ii,,sa hoscre tweIve M MI.
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n8 nv tus.,ut Nun. - ~ oalh ar niice HI then
speeen, h,u tson ,s ~. rn,,osas sd,on,nnd sne dis
deciareu ,o rorue.n at,,,,oa M, tha swearloo IN
Ine new eonso s ""s IT, ~ ~ VIca prea,dent a}toT
OF lho i'ei,oc, n', Dsn. W u, hodv to Inc nentral
winch Wv ooio @ uonI1am, a,oct ,yas insuonraied
a. a. U su,har ina sena,e adjonrned fiji
Ne.lt,ns n.i'I. " '''
'o'ino'io"' m T,o IJorsa x,as in session all
uOUBL ho houoo M"" AZ ,.N, ~ ~
night and ut hVc O'Clock III tho s morning 'ooa I'm, ",
cess until ten Upon coming pgSihor nea.n an,na .,
that hour SeVeral u.ne a,S
and reports OF cuhleronvo :. ~ rIaa 'a Jo'
agreed 70. Al tWelHe olooA , !" "io ii'"'' ""' Wv
clared adjourned without uay. .. ,.,., 10
At o'clock Nj, lne new hvusc was as. Meuao
order ny Mr. crherSCn S,i ~ NJ ~. W. Vii, oi
The aleenIees were, VIZ ~ Non ~ NJ NJ s ~
PennsyNanh' Morgan vl onlv, anu ma,','no,,
Florida Tue s.ates VI la rem nTIaaiss,nUi on
cut, virginia, georgia Aiauanha, NJ
lsiana, IeAns, anu shV hss aS'a M to,,v,h a.
ynla (CoVodes anu ulo thilu anu ,"sn,,,aS
,no,iOn vas Sdoptci 10 proceed TO the election Of
Sneaker. brooks made a point Of order, that the
Recording Clerk had not called tho names OF the
n,embera elect from Georgia aud Louisiana. The
CLERK oyerrulcd tho point of order Brooks ap-
peacd from tho ruling of the CLERK. Tho Clerk
refused to entertain the appeal. Then commenced
time threatened 10 result IN general row.
Brooks, at the top of his voice, insisted upon his
right 10 appeal while there were loud calls TO order
and for proceeding to the election oil speaker
Many members were on their feet screaming for
one thing and another. angry @ @Molus Mei9 ',i9
hurled back aud ioilh OelWeeh tno a an
Republicans, flhally leieIs WeIp nPPo,'o', ~ ~
Brooks, on being eNpostuihted WIN, MlthuISM ~ his
appeal WashOurne on Illinois, I oS.iaeo
g. Blaine as the repuOnCan ean1uo ~. opsahe. pI
and Randall holhinSeu ~, W tS,, .asam rSsmIt.
cratic candidate; LhG Sole was tne" % ISe, Mt,haal
ing as lonCWs ., )" 20 p"T MI cSrl IN hepennon an.
G, Kerr OF indiana, 90. Tue SeIh l.ai
nounced that M mas a,uy "a tbe
OF Iho houoo =, ,'d,'taS Wessrs Dawes and Kerr
t bt ~ tbo Sneaker's chair The cere-
10 nnm; ho"I, nerformad amid General satjs
EiS A. eaool ar eIact made brief spepch and
laCuon .no yvashh,r, ~, nIinoia The senior
was sMoiu i ~ H. ~ 'unrso Tho nemhors were then
n,,.I' T., hv the sncaEer exceptipr Hamilton, of
STon,iond U;nchcs1er and Rice of Kentucky and
yp M"'S u", ,a Drer oC Missouri 10 whom obiec
80 ~, ,-ss ,nadn Tho House then ad iourned
'''n - ~ o..,,..,
SENATE, March Otn -MesSIs' CalneIoh
and MCCreery were appointed committee to no.
tify the President that the Senate is ready for ous
ness.-blls were lhtIooucco W IsPtS, ~ ON am tIo
and to suspend tne tenure on ollve IaT ioi .,'e
more equal disTlouuon oi tlio nuI'ota, ,Si,,S
capital granting iahe 10 tIe 1--WE A." ~ ,si,,n
state Line halIro u S'"et rh.no ,,ssooos
importance were lh.i1uuIcu, n.1. I-.n.' Az Sonsto
were received from the President, when tne sehale
went into executive session, and soon alter au'
icurned ,....,,,,,,,.ho a. =
doUSE'-oOueu ulscuselou diose ppm WY
contested election cases from PennsyNtna auo
upon the question Of admitting the georgia Nom
bers: finally all these cases were referred 70 tle
Committee on Elections House then pr9ceeu
ed TO complete its organizalon py elecuhg Euwase
Mcpherson, Clerk; N. g. Ordway, Strgeantat
Arms; Otis T. Burton, Doorkeeperi ana W. o. hlls'
Postmaster These gentlemen hIen me SAINT Po,
sitions in the last Congress Aiter theSe oincers
had been sworn in. the House ADJOURNED
SENATE, March 6tb-A message was re-
ceiyed from the President requesting the passage
of a Joint resolution relieving A. 4. Stewart from
the effect Of the law OF l7S9, which declares that
no person engaged in trade shall be secretary OF
the treasury. Sherman introduced bill to effect
tkis Patterson introduced bill to repeal the
law Sherman also introduced one for the same
PURPOSE with the provso that the Secretary oi the