Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-12-08
News by Telegraph.
FROM WASHINGTON.
CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, D. G., Dec. s, 1876.
SENATE,

la the Se1atu, after the usua! reception 81
memorials.
Mr.. Edmunds moved IL take us Senate bal
No. TO-
MIR. MerrlmoG made the polnt ~ at,ter that
under the ioin. rules no business ot the prevl.
Gus session could he taken up during the first
six days OF the session.
The President (Mr. Ferry decided that Lac
Joint rules had been abrogated at the last session
by the adoption OF the following order, adopted
on the l4th OF last August
ReSOlre1, That the resoiu!iGn Of The Houa,
Of Representatives presented this day in the
following words: Resolved by the House Of
Representatives, the Senate conourriGg, That
the sixteenth and seventeenth joint rules he
| suspended for the remainder OF the session, be
respectfully returned to The Hou5, Of Repre-
| sentatlves, with the statement that, as the
House of Representatives has not notified the
Senate Of the adoption o.! Joint rules ior this
present session, as proposed by the resolution
| Of the SENATE Of the 2jth dag of January last,
and transmitted 10 the House Of Representa-.
| ti7es Oh the o2i day oil the same month, there
are nc Join. rules 10 force
Mr. Merrimon appealed from The decision Of
the chair, and discussed the subjsc in an able
argument. tie insisted that while the power to
make separate rules vas direct grant. the
power to adopt joint rules was grant by neces.
sary implication, and their continued applica-
ton was essential to legislation. Tor no house
could pass bill alono, and 40 bill could ba re-
| ceiyed by one house from the other except III
| pursuance OF some Joint rule There was al.
ways 3 Congress and always Joint rulea, and
neither mouse could abroga.c them without the
consent OF the other.
! Mr.. johnson, Of Virginia alter reo!!iug the
| circumstances which surrounded the proposed
| abrogaton Of the rule, showed that these joint
rules were recognized az in force every day by
| both Houses, and message from the other
| House being received during his argument, he
aIlnde;i to il as an oppoEtrue illustration OF the
position he had taken.
The Senate decided that the twenty second
joiut r;l!c waa not 10 force. five members voting
10 the negative.
The proposed amenlu.eut 10 nave Tie SIX.
prt,ne Court couot the electoral vote was then
| taken ".
THE TwENTY.sECOND JOINT RULE.
The discussion iuaugurated 10 the Senate to-
day Is the first movement 10 relation to tho
count of the Presidential electoral vote by Con.
gress. On the joint rules depend the "aodus
0psrandi OF proceeding in Joint session.
The majority Of the Senate now hold Tor the
first time "a The history OF Congress that the
joint rules i:.li at the close Of each Congress
and need TO b. re adopted; and that they were
Dol ou;y not rc.alopted, but explicitly disa
vowed b. The Senate last August and conse-
quentl7 aes MT now in force. The majority oil
the Hous, Of Representatives hold that the
joint rules are still in force.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
il the House of Representatives altor the
r,adipg al the Journal, several bills of private
character were introduced and referred.
The committees we're then called for reports
OF private character, under which few bills
were introduced and referred.
\ bill 10 amend the Constitution 81 AZ TO
prsvea! the payment Of Southern war claims
was referred.
The States were ueXt called lGr resolutions OIL
private aud public character, under which 8
few resolutions we're introduced.
A resolutions OF enquiry 10 References 10 The
purchase Of The liarper'a Ferry arnogY aud
water power, and "a 10 the expedioncY OF re-
establishing 10 arnory there, or OF putting the
water pose. 10 some purpose, was adopted.
The House then vent into committee OF the
whole % the Invalid Pension bill, add after
consideration the bill wa, reported II the
llonsc and passed.
Mr. Wood then called up hls fas0iltlous ash
lug for information CONCERNING the sendlng OF
troops into the Southern States by the ESecu'
tive, whe!enpou The radicals at once began to
filihuster IN order to prevent their ooas'deFs,
ton, and made strenuous enorf To tnaF cnd
without success however.
The resolutions were then ,akaa up and
modified, &c as to read, ''if Got Incompatible
with the public interest. md then passed
without debate, nom con.
The House agreed thai when II adJonra 10,
day it be until Monday
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