Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-12-04

Mr.. Blaine was therefore declared
duly elected Speaker of the House of
Representatives for the 42d Congress.
Messrs. Maynard and Wood conduc-
ted Mr.. Blaine to the chair.
:. A message was sent to, notify the
Senate that the House was duly organ
lied and ready to proceed to business.
a committee was appointed in connec-
ZION with like committee from the
Senate to inform the President that
Congress was in session and ready to
receive any communication he might
desire to make. s. I...,.-. -..lt...
:. About fifty members from the South
ern States who could not take the oath
of office which. is known as "the iron
clad - took the modified oath. Prom
inent, among them was Stephens, Of
Georgia. ,.o 81 - .i..
The next business in order being the
election of Clerk, Mr.. Maynard offer
ed a resolution covering all the elective
officers of the House, and paIning the
Following. For Clerk, Edward Nc
Phers0n; for Sergeant-at-Arms, n. G..
| [Ordway; for Doork keeper, o. S. Buxton;
for Postmaster III: j. Sherwood, OF
Miehigan;j for Chaplain, Rev. J. g.
Mr.. Niblack moved an amendment
by inserting instead of the foregoing,
the following names George G. Wild
deberg, Peter Rupp, Charles w. Comes,
A. J. Startling and Rev. s. B. Mahon.
The amendment was rejected, and the
1originai resolution adopted and tho Off.
feers sworn in. fi'~7.' p
b4ID Delegates from territories were then
lcalied and sworn in, with the excep
ftion or Mr.. George o. Cannon, of Usah
IN reference to whom Mr.. Merriam Of
lfered q resolution reciting that Mr.
4 Cannon had taken an oath inconsistent
! with citizenship and with his ebliga
ttiofis as a delegate, and has been and
fcUntinues to be guilty of practices in
viOlation and defiance Of laws; and re-
ferring TO the COMMITTEES on elections
tthe question of Mr.. Cannon 'sright TO 8
seat. ei.'.i .'tii ~. TITO '''Shis 81
f. Mr.. Cox opposed the resolutions a:
tending to establish very dangerous
precedent. u Here was a prime tucie
with regular certificate from the
Governor OFT Utah. He moved that the
fdeiegate be sworn in. = LH.'.' ''''
The resolution was further opposed
Eon' the same ground by Messrs. Butler
Hoar,- Potter and Maynard, and on
motion Of Mr.. sNibiack the resolution
was laid on the table and. the oath OF
foffice administered to Mr.. Cannon. ~
| The House then proceeded to the
drawing of seats. 80 '''-'
Mr.. Hale, of Maine, gave notice that
he would tomorrow introduce and
press to early passage the bill to repeal
the increase Of salary law. ~ -.'-'' i-..
Mr.. Butler, of Mass, offered a resO-
Hutton to admit to their seats Messrs.
lSypher, Sheldon and Pinchback, OF
Louisiana. -. i- '-.. 'ff ~
With out action the House adjourned.
SENATE. y 10 tilj- --..
The Senate was called to order at
noon by Vice President Wilson. ''-
Mr.. ingalls, presented the credentials
Of Robert Crozier, appointed by the
Governor of Kansas to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Mr.. Cald-
we'll. The credentials were read an :
oath Of office administered. ,''-' '''
1t was ordered that the Senate meet
daily at y O'Clock until otherwise or
gSMessrs.i Anthony an ID Thurman were
appointed q acomlnittee to join a similar
committee On the part of the House to
wait on the President and notify him
THAT a quorum Of each house had as
lsembled. '
! Mr.. Sergeant had telegram read