Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-12-04
FORTI-FOCRTH CONGRESS-.
SECOND SESSION.
MONDAY. DECEMBER lsI6

] SENATE.-Nery little interest center,d in
| the proceedings to-day and Senators were
! slow i'm taking their seats. At 1I:30 Senators
Merrimon, of North Carolina, and Cockerill,
| of Missouri, came in and greeted each other,
| remaining in conversation for ten minutes.
On the republican side Mr. Key, OF Tennes-
/ see, came 10 his seat early and Immediately
/ engaged in writing, and continued IL till the
Senate was called 10 order. Senator Ran
dolph came in early and was assigned by Mr..
! Christie to one of the seats arranged during
the recess, in group of three, in the rear OF
the main body of seats on the democratic
/ side. Herman, Thurman. Bayard. and many
/ democratic Senators came i'm one after the
| other, making a busy group OF takers Oh
that side of the chamber. ON the republican
! side Senator Blaine was given seat in the
| outside row of three. and upon his desk some
! friend placed fire bouquet. \ similar bout
! QUct was placed on Mr.. Davis desk. The
/ two Colorado Senators were assigned 10 the
Other two seats by his side. Only two or
! three republican Senators came in until n
few minutes before the Senate was called to
order The galleries filled up slowly, but by
- o'clock were comfortably fuu with the eX-
ceptiun OF the seats assigned to Senators
| families and the diplomatic corps.
! At Il o'clock Vice President Ferry called
The Senate 10 order. and prayer was offered
by the chaplain, Rev. DIR. Sunderland.
! Thanks were given in the prayer for the sue
cess of the Centennial. and that so much good
/ sense had been shown during the exciting
scenes Of The late Presidential election; and
I wisdom asked for all invested with power To
/ settle the existing difficulties without coufl-
| sion and trouble; and God was bcSought not
/ To forsake this people in the eyes of all the
nations at this critical period in the nations
/ existence.
The credentials Of the Senators from Colo
: RADIO (MeSSrs. Chatiee and III. VI, Teller were
I presented; also. the credentials of Samuel
/ Price, appointed Senator from West Vir-
/ ginia. in place OF Senator Caperton. deceased.
/ Senator Hitchcock accompanied the Colo
J RADIO Senators to the desk. where they Were
joined by Mr.. Blaine, and the three were
/ sworn in.
Mr.. Price was next sworn in taking The
4 modified oath.
A resolution was adopted that the Senators
| from Colorado draw for the terms of their
/ ScEatorship. and Senators Chaffee and Tel
! Ter came forward to the desk and drew slips
! from the box. Mr. Chaffee drawing the term
ending in 1879, and Mr.. Teller the term end
/ ing in 1871.
Senators Anthony fR H. and McCreery
! (ky.) were appointed committee on the
/ part OF the Senate to join a committee on the
! part OF the House 10 notify the President that
| both houses OF Congress had assembled, and
/ were ready to receive any communication he
! might choose to make.
/ 4 resolution was adopted that the Score
/ tary notify the House that the Senate was i'm
! session. after which, on motion of Senator
/ Thurman. the Senate took a recess for three
/ quarters OF an hour.
! During the recess Senators very generally
remained in the chamber and freely con-
! NcrSed with each other.
! Senator Conkling was in his seat. looking
/ little pale: but otherwise appeared well
senator Morton was not present.
/ -fRer Recess.-Tbe Senate was called 10
( order az one o'clock.
! Mr.. EdmundS offered a resolution. which
I was laid on the table and ordered printed.
/ setting forth that whereas the constitution
! provides for the method OF electing RepreSen-
! tatlNeS 10 Congress. and rccltcS who are emit
| tied to vote for such Representatives; and
whereas II 1S,alcged mat in the states of South
| Carolina. Georgia. Alabama. Louisiana, and
! Mississippi the rights of many such persons
! were denied and abridged during the
1.s oil Iii ss..-.. for
| the committee on privileges and cleo
| tons b2 authorized TO inquire whether
! such rights were denied and abridged. and if
| 20 TO what extent, and who have been affected
| by such denial and abrid cement, and by
/ what authority such abridgement has been
| carried on. Also. that said committee in
| quire into the fact whether any Presidential
electors in the late election were disqualified,
| and whether any Of them have been interfered
| with in their rights and qualifications, and
whether there is any Constitutional remedy
| therefor: that said committee employ clerks
and Stenographe.s and be empowered TO take
| testimony and administer OATS.
| The Chair laid before the Senate the state
mcnt OF the Secretary of the Senate of the re-
! cciptS ard expenditures of the Senate and
statement of the property on hand, which
| were ordered printed and lie on the table.
Also, statement Of all the judgments
awarded by the court of claims.
Mr.. ingalls, offered a joint resolution that
whereas the constitution. of the United
| states provides the method of anne ndment To
ton contains many faulty defects. therefore,
Resotrert, That "A convention Of delegates To
consist OF as many members as there are
senators and Representatives in Congress be
appointed in q method hereafter to be proVid-
ed and that no person holding an Office oftrust
or eInolument under the United States gov
eminent, shall be a member thereOf-said
convention 10 assemble in Columbus, Ohio
on the second Monday in May. 1871, and that
the Chief Justice of the United States shall
preside. said delegates shall receive q per
diem tWnnfN dollars M 40 4 n mud
from the place of meeting. said expense to be
betrayed out OF the Treasury of the United
States; that said convention submit the Te
silt of their labOrS 10 Congress TO be there
after ratified by the severa states as pro-
Vided by law.
Ordered TO lie on the table and be printed
At one o'clock and fifteen minutes the SEN
ate, on motion of Mr.. Anthony. adjou rned
Till twelve O'Clock tomorrow.
HOUSE OF IVES
The crowd at the Capitol to-day was very
large, and, as usual upon the opening of a
session of Congress, the House OF Represent
atives was the objective point WhIIe the
number OF visitors was not as great as at the
opening OF the Forty-fOurth Congress. last
session. the galleries were still uncOmforta-
bly, filled. while the dOoTways were thronged
with a large number of anxious faces, who,
failing To get seats inside. confented them
selves as best they could by peering over the
shoulders of those in front Of them.
ON the floor, from the hour OF ten O'Clock.
llleTt WIS lllt USUAL scene oil DuSlle ana
fusion. ard the buZZing noise OF conversation
was heard everywhere. Members who had
been reelected TO The Forfy-fifth Congress
congratulated each other heartily, while
those who had entered for the race. but had
JAILED to win. were condoled with Radical
republicans and equally radical democrats
Srasped each other cordially by the hand,
and for the time being the bitterness OF polit-
zeal warfare was forgotten.
As the hour of u O'Clock approached tile
iloOrkeeperS made efforts TO get the floor
cleared OF all but members. and the scores of
outsiders Then made rush for the galleries.
and pushed and hauled at each other to their
hearts content. Finding ingreSs to the yisi-
tors galleries impossible. a rush was made
FOR The reporters gallery, and IL the crowd of
lmportunates was to he believed. every pa per
IN isOWelIs Directory was represented. Every
fellow who ever wrote a para raph for the
most obscure country paper claimed to he
washington correspondent and Insisted
upon erowding on and annoying those in the
galleries who had regular seats and legiti-
mate newspaper work to do.
Representative Randall came i'm at five
minutes before II O'Clock and took tke seat
he had occupied all of last session.
Al II O'Clock Mr.. Clerk Adams took his
place al the desk and raped to order. He
stated that as the Speaker had departed this
lie since the last session Ii was his duty to
call the House to order