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HOUSE,
Mr.. Blaine introduced his school&
religious bill based on the message.
Several bills were introduced for
the redepptioR Of payments;
bAf repeaiihg AEss bin FOR
resumption in 1879. !
Blaine biif was referred to the I
Judiciary CommitteesEBs
. On the call of States the follow
ing ameng the vast number ofbfIls, I
were offered: by blaine, Of Maine,
proposing an amendment to the
constitutions providing that no State
shall make any law respecting the
establishment OF religion, or pro-
hibitiDg the free exercise thereof,
and that no money raised by taxa
ton, in any State for the support of
public schools, or derived from any
public fund thereof, or any public
lands devoted thereto, shall ever
he under the control of any relig-
ious sect, and that the money or
land so devoted shall be divided
among religious sects or denomina-
tons. ti- b~, f,srz.,y lie.
1 BY Hale, of Maine, To provide
for United States vessels hailing
from places where they ale owned;
also making the Presidential term
six years and afterwards ineligible.
BY Darrell, Of Louisiana, To
amend the act of the Sd of March,
1871, incorpating the Texas Pacific
Railroad Company, THE bill is
similar to Vests, Introduced in
the Senate b - roi .4t -s1s 100 bal
BY Morey, Of Louisiana, To re-
move political disabilities from all
the citizens Of the United States,
and to prescribe an oath of Office.
BY Davis, OF North Corolina, To.
repeal the law forbjdding payment
of accounts, claims and demands
of Southern citizens for quarter
masters stores, &c, and appropri-
ating $500. 900 to pay for the same.
Fort, OF Illinois, offered the fol-
loving resolution and demanded
the previous question on its adop-
ton:
Resozvcd By the House Of Rep
resentatiecs, That in all subordi-
nate appointments under any OF the
| officers of this House, It is the judg-
ment OF the House that wounded
union soldiers who are not disabled
from the performance Of duty,
should be preferred. A standing
vote on seconding the previous
question showed 81 Republicans
voting in its favor and 104 Demo
Gratis against it, The vote was
taken by tellers with The like gener-
al result, the report Of the tellsrs
being ayes 80, noes 126. So the
previous question YVES not sec
onded.
Cox, of New York, then offered
the following as an amendment to
the resolution, and moved the ref
erence of both revolutions to the
committee on accounts, and de-
manaeaa .nn3 previous question LII
ReSolued, That inasmuch rs the
union of the States has been re-
stored, all the citizeIs thereof are
entitled to consideration in the APP
pointment to offices under the gov
eminent. r..4 ,f r.
Hale, of Maine, inquired whether
Cox's resolution was offered as q
substitute to Forts. The Speaker
replied that he understood it to be
offered as an amendment. Stark
weather, of Connecticut, made the
objection that the State of New
York having been already called,
the gentleman, Cox, could not put
in q resolution now. . "a .--
The speaker ruled that it was too
late to make the objection.
Fort said that he bad tried to
make the objection as soon as the
resolution was offered Hale, of
Maine, inquired whether the House
had acteGs on the amendment. The
speaker-It has MOI. That would
be acting on the subject matter O.
the resolution now which is not the
purpose of the gentleman from
We" LOtA' Lib Pui POoO ~
fer both resolutions to a committee.
Cox-The original resolution was
an al cdptandum affair. My reso-
luton is in the nature Of an amnes-
ty. (Laughter.) I-..r
Reagan, of Texas, made q point
of order that neither the original
resolution, nor the amendment,
was in order. Neither of them pro.
posed anything which the House
was authorized or required by law
to do. The Speaker oyerruled the
point of order, stating that If it
was ever tenable, it came too late.
The vote was taken by yeas and
nays, and resulted in-yeas, 1853;
nays, 102; q strict party vote; SO
both resolutions were referred to
the Committee on Accounts.