Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-02-19
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Senate Holds a Continuous
Session of % Hours.
The Pinchback Resolution Laid
on the Table by 80 to %.
Still Tinkering with the Revenue
Bill,
BENATE

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S.-At two O'Clock
this morning Mr.. Hager yielded for a mo-
ton to adjourn, which was rejected, yeas 4
nays 80.
When the motion to adjourn was made
but one or two Senators were in their seats,
the others being asleep in the cloak and
committee rooms, but they were sOOn
called out to vote.
The discussion Of the resolution for the
admission of Pinchback lasted all night,
and at 9:l5 this morning Mr.. Merrimon
concluded six hours speech.
At $50 Mr.. Edmunds offered the follow
ing amendment:
Strike out the resolution, for the
admission Of Pinehback, and insert the
following: That the Committee on Privi-
leges and Elections be and is hereby in
stTucted TO report forthwith bill declaring
that no constitutional government exists in
Louisiana, and providing for an election OF
Governor, Lieutenant Governor and mem
bers of the General Assembly for the State
of Louisiana, and all other State officers
which, by the constitution Of that State,a
to be elected by the vote Of the people there.
Mr.. Ransom then took the floor and
spoke Of his desire to restore peace and
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He spoke till noon, when he said it was
impossible for him to 60 on in his present
physical condition. He would not ask the
Senate to adjourn, but would ask the priv
ilege of being heard at some future time.
Mr.. Norwood spoke on the general con-
dition of the South. At half past O'Clock
he yielded to Mr.. Morrill,, Of Maine, who
appealed to his friend (Mr. MOrton) to al
low this resolution for the admission Of
Pinchback to be laid aside now, that the
Indian appropriation bill might be con-
sidered.
Mr.. Morton opposed laying the resolution
aside, and said the disposal Of it was Of
more importance than the passage of the
appropriation bills. Ifthey failed, an ex-
ira session would have to be called, and the
responsibility would not be with the Re-
publicans.
The Senate, at 4 O'Clock, on motion of
Mr.. Morrill,, of Maine, laid the resolution
for the ADHESION of Pinchback on the ia
ble-yeas 80, nays p, as follows:
Yeas-AIesSrs. Allison, Anthony, Bayard,
Bogy. Conkling, Cooper, Davis, Dennis,
Eaton, Edmunds, FentOn, Frelinghuysen,
GOldthwaite, Gordon, Hager, Hamilton Of
Maryland, Hamilton of Texas, ingalls,,
Johnston, Kelley, McCreery, MeTimOn,
Morrill, of Maine, Morrill, Of Vermont,
Norwood, Ransom, Robertson, Salisbury,
Schurz, Scott, Sprague, Stevenson, Stock
ton, Thurman, Upton, Wadleigh, Wash
burne, Window and Wright-S9.
Nays-Messrs. Foreman, Cameron,
Chandler, Clayton, COnoyer, Cragin,
Ferry, of Michigan, Flanagan, Hamlin,
Harvey, Howe, Jones, Logan, Morton,
Oglesby, Patterson, Pratt, Ramsey, Sar-
geant, Spencer. Stewart and West-22.
Mr.. Ferry, Of Connecticut, who would
have voted in the affirmative, was paired
with Mr.. Boutwell,, who would have voted
in the negative.
BIr. West moved that the Senate adjourn.
Reiected-yeas 8, nays 81.
Mr.. Window moved that the Senate pro
coed to the consideration of the appropria-
ton bill. Agreed to.
Mr.. SchuIz presented the resolutions of
the Legislature Of Missouri in favor OF
establishing branch mint at St. Louis.
The Senate then proceeded with the
consideration Of the Indian appropriation
bill.
Mr.. Window, who has charge of the bill,
said the amount appropriated for the In
dians for the present fiscal year was s., &c.
| 600, and the amount appropriated by this
bill for the fiscal year ending June so, 1876,
as reported by the committee, was S5,227,-
924, a decrease of S462,076, as compared
with the bill for the present fiscal year.
! The Senate Committee on Appropriations
/ had added to the bill which came from the
House S277,317. As the bill was reported
to the Senate it was S1,T23,7 57 less than
| the estimates submitted for the fiscal yea
ending June 80, 1876.
Several unimpOItant amendments, report
| ed by the committee, were agreed to.
Mr.. Morrill,, of Maine, called up the res
olutiOn fixing the hour Of meeting Of the
| Senate at II o'clock A. NJ, and It wa:
amended so as to provide that it take effect
on Saturday next, and then agreed to.
Pending discussion on the Indian apprO
| priatiOn bill, Mr.. Sargent moved TO adj
| iOurn. Agreed to, and the Senate, after ;
continuous session Of nearly twenty-nin'
hours, adjourned.