The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1870-01-11


ia all respects CONFIRMED TO the requiem ents
Of the act Of Congress entltled "Aot AuthoriE-
ing the submission OF the constitutions Of Wiz.
giniA, Mississippi, and Texas 10 a vote Of the
people, and authorizing the election Of State
oficerG, provided by the said constitutions,
and members OF Congress-" approved April 10,
81 q rsSoiTtd By hs srAais and HoHs Of Rspr,.
ssnidiipsi IN Coagrsii aSssnblsd, That the State
Of Virginia Is enti.led 70 representation In
the Congress Of the United States.
Mr.. Bingham demanded the previous quos-
tion on hia resolution,
Mi, Paine moved to refer 1, TO tho Recon.
The pfsyiOui question on the resolution was
Mr.. Paine moved to lay the resolution on
the tabls, but subsequently, withdrew thu,
Mr.. BeuJamIn moved 10 reconsider the vote
BY which the main question was ordered, and
demanded the yea, and nlY, -,
was madoi yeas TO- nays 70. The speaker
promptly voted no, and the motion was not
Mn. bingham then demsnded the previous
question on the passage the bill. Pending
Mr. whiitsmore, of s. o., moved to adjourn,
and demAnded the yeas and nays.
MT. Cos, OF N. y, wanted 20 know II this
was intended - = dilatory notion.
The roll was then called, and the House TO
fused to adjourn yoas2s, naYaB,
air Paine, Of Wis, hero tose 70 aquestlon
| Of order, And called Atteation To the fact that
the vote on the question OF RECOMMENDATION
had not been eorreotly announced. Both Mr.,
HoAr, OF Mass, and Mr.. Hoge, Of 5, o., had
| voted In the Affirmative, yet only one vas
marked A. having voted, and from the posltioa
| Of the mark u could not be aaoertAined which
| one was intended on the Foll.eall
both made the point that the vote had been
announced, and the point Of order could not
The speaker said the menbers voted 10 the
hearing Of the whole House, and aflet the
voting the roll vas called for the expires, put-
| therefore, entertain a proposition OF mere
heArssy OF this kind, coming from gen tlemAn
other than the one Immediately interested.
Mr.. FatnIworth, Of Ill, oohtended tbs, as
the result had already been amounted all this
was now out Of order. Besides, he said y
would have msde no difference. The vote
stood 70 to 70. The vote Of the Speaker made
ItToto II. Even II smother vote was added
In the A1itmAtlVe, still the motion to recon-
slider would not prevail, iyith the sps.ker.
motion would not be agreed 10,
Mr.. HoAr Of MSS here arose and aAid he
had distinctly voted nthe Affirmative, but
not be told IRON the record WAsthof the siGa
indicating the vote was put down to himself
or Mr. HoEe, Of South 6afoilna Ne asked,
asa question Of privilege, that hia vote be re-
Mr.. Hoss, ols. o., also stated thhth no had
voted In the Affirmative,
The Speaker said the vote OF MT. HoaT
been said BY MT. Farnsworts, the speaker
said under the Circumstances he should with
dss s1 vote y had been the for
re, Ahd he was not willing TO break through
| that custom now.
speaker could not SiiSdrs" his vote. He
had not voted as Speaker, but ~ member Of
the House, and no member could withdraw
The speaker again oVorrulsd this poiat, and
insisted upon HE right TO withdtAw his vote,
and declared that the. vote stood y toTe, Apd
said, would do no wrong TO auy one, as the
question would In N ediAteiy reeur ag ain upon
ordering the maia question. u the vote had
been upon the passage Of the bill 1t might be
different.
Nj. Randall, OF Pa. desired to enter an oh.
lection e the speakata wlthdrANlns his
vote, but the latter desilnsd to entertain the
The question then required sEaln upoa
ordering the main question on the resolution,
and the House refused 70 second II by'a vote
Mr.. Palao then r1oved 70 refer the bill 10
the Committee on Reoonstrhotion. . Fl
| Mr., FArnswotlh made the point Of order
that the morning hour had expirsa, and thai
| the bilrmu1t 60 over under the rulo,
The Speaker sustained the point OF order,
M Beck, Of Ky, nom the ommi,tse on
| Appropriations, reported a bill mAklhE An an.
nuil appropriation for the support Of the
sppropfIates ass oOS ior he purpose spociaed.
Mr., Kelsey, OF N. Y, from the sans commit.
tee, reported bill Npproprlating go 900 900
lor TIE Psy@ssSS, 9, pensions for the n'ehy year
Both these bin, were male the special order
for Thursday. .I.
Mr. Asper, Of Mo, introduced a bill 10 PRO.
vide for a gradual increase Of national eur
reney aud tho retirement OF United Slater
Treasury notes, The bill proposes the ln-
ereaoe OF the national currency notes TO 1000,
900, 900, to be proportional among the several
states and Tertitories. To secure the with
lrawAl Of the United States Treasury notes
to direct 50 per 81 ssnt. Gatiss to &c PSid Il
united states Treasury notes, which are 70 BE
cancelled aud no new notes to be issued Ia
their stead. To further provide for the re.
tIrement Of the notes, the Secretary 10 author.
izei to Issue bonds payable 10 not lees than
twenty years, bearing not over ~ per cent.
coin Interest. s..
Mr.. Prosser, Of Tennessee, Introduced a bill,
the preamble Of which ssts forth the necessity
for education. and states that the proportion
to an alarming extent. The Comnissioasr o.
| Education Is directed to cooperate with any
State, Territory, county municipal or local
! Organization In establishing and mAlntalning
public schools, provided Sush Organization
| guarantees to pay ons half Of the expense,
and are unable to pay the whole. The bill
trAnBiefs to the Department Of Education all
that portion Of the Bureau OF treedmen,
| Refugees Afl Abandoned Landa pertaining to
eduoation, aud All mooeyh held 10 trust for
moneys hereafter appropriated for that pur
pose. The bill further provides that all
schools eItablishci by the Goyernment shall
Education, sad Il spprSpria for The enirsSi
nseal year ending June 30, 1871, the following
suns For building, enlargins and repairing
hoOlhOuses, tsO0.00O; for books, school APP
pArAtuH, 40, tiBO,Ooo; for salaries Of lnsPss
tors, superiRtssJsHts snd teSehsTs, vs., oooi for
sonool. among the 5Ssi1S iSaSss S,S0SSS
NJ. Morrui, Of Maine, presented a bin pro-
Of each Congress shall commence hereafter at
Il O'Clock IN on the htst Monday Of January
annuNlly, Instead Of the arst Wednesday 10
December, until otherwise ordered by Law.
Referred TO the judiciary Committee.
Also, the following, which was referred to
| the Civil Service Uommitteei
That no person not citizen OF the United
| states shall be hereafter appointed to any
| Oflce or clerical position therein, where the
duties are performed In the uhlted States, and
/ any person not citizen OF the said States
now holding ONCE or position shall be SUM
maTily discharged thsreiron, ~.
Mr.. HOAr. presented a bill prov iding that
| whenever the widow Of RdeoeAaed oifioer or
| soldier shall hereafter have forfeited her pen-
| sion by marrying again, the depende NJ mother,
GtheT, Of other 5sl.tiys q such ofieer o. spl,
| entitled to such pension as he or she would
| have been entitled to II there had been no
widow Referred to Committeo on Invalid
Mr., BsnIsmin, Of Mo moved 70 suspend
the rules so a. to take up House bin No. 39o
which provides for change Of the mode In
the payment OF pensions.
The rules were suspended, and the bill was
Mr. Lawrence, OF Ohio, moved to. amend By
| providing that the pensioners 10 eGeh county
shall be paid IN the county In which they re-
side, and he proposed TO doyolYe the duty oil
Paymeht upon an assessor, or some Other
The Gmendmsnt was discussed At length
| and II was argued that Its adoption would
sAyeA considerable amount OF money to the