Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-03-11
Conversational.

In the Senate, on the goth, the bill to
provide for and regulate the counting OF votes
for President and Vlce-President came up and
was amended In Committee Of the Whole, one Of
the amendments agreed to being to the effect that
only such returns from State shall De counted
as the two houses. acting separately. shall decide
to be true and valid returns The bill as amend
cd was finally passed-25 to 30 The Civil
debate on the bill should go on until two O'Clock
on the afternoon of the 9th, and that vote on
the bill should be taken on that day.
In the House, on the 25th, after a
twenty-ninc hours session, during which the
Democrats, by motions TO adjourn, calling for the
yeas and nays, and refusing to vote on the cali
thus making II appear on the record that there
was no quorum present succeeded In preventing
the taking up Of the caucus Force bill giving the
President power TO suspend the writ of ha6eas
corpus In certain cases, ETC., motion was finally
adopted-ycas no, nays S9-to take up the bill,
and some amendments were offered. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the Goth, an adverse
report was made on the bill TO secure from ulti.
mate loss depositors in the Freedmen's Savings
b
and debated, the discussion extending TO the
evening session.
In the House, on the 26th, the Sundry
Civil Appropriation bill was cor sidered in Com
mittee OF the Whole. The bill to provide
against the invasion of States, and "to prevent
subycrsiOn OF their authority, and to MAINTAIN Sc
curity OF elections" known AZ the caucus Force
bill, was debated at the evening session.
In the Senate, on the 9th, Messrs.
Allison, Boutwell,, Conkling, Merrimon and Eaton
were appointed as the committee under the reso-
luton to examine the several branches of the
civil service during the recess The resolution
requesting the President TO instigate inquiries as
to the proper place for branch mint In the West
ern States, and report at the commencement OF
the next session Of Congress, passed. The
Civil-Rights bill was then taken up, and Mr. Car
penter spoke against its passage. The bin was
reported to the Senate and passed. without
amendment-3s to s6-.the yeas and nays being
as follows: Yeas--Alcorn, Allison, Anthony,
Foreman, Boutwell,, Cameron, Chandler, Clayton,
Conkling, Conoyer. Cragin, Edmunds, Ferry
tMich.). Flanagan. Frelinghnysen, Harvey, Howe,
Ingalls, Jones; Logan, Mitchell, Morrill, lvtl,
sey, Robertson, Sargent Scott, Sherman, Spencer,
Stewart, Washburn, West, Window, Wright 3S.
Nags-Bayard, Bogy, Carpenter, Cooper. Davis,
Dennis, Eaton, Ferry (Conn.), Goldthwaite, Cor
Kelly, Lewis, McCreery, Merrimon. Norwood,
Ransom, Salisbury, Schurz Spraguc, Stevenson,
Stockton, Thurman, Tipton---a8. AT the evening
session the Annual Post-rOute bill was taken up
to reduce and fix the Adjutant- Generals Depart
meIft OF the army was agreed to-
In the House, on the 9th, report was
submitted from the Ways and Means Committee
in regard to the Pacific Mail investigation, with
resolutions to the effect that copy OF the EVIL
dence AZ to the corrupt use Of money TO procure
House at the first session of the Forty fourth
Congress, to the end that further inquiries may
be made and proper action taken in the
csses Of Representatives VIM. s. King and Schu