The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-03-25

pany to be refunded a tax OF S4;536 al
legged to have been illegally assessed upo
the gross receipts derived from carryin
the mails.
The Senate voted to adjourn over Il
Monday when it adjourned to-day.
The Chair laid before the Senate tn
bill on the Sioux deficiencies, with q no
tice that the House will not agree to tn
amendments OF the Senate. The Senat
voted to insist upon its amendments, ant
asked for a committee OF conference
Messrs. Withers, Allison and Oglesb,
were appointed on the part Of the Senate
THE POST ROUTE BILL.
The Senate took up for consideration
the Post Route bill.
Mr.. Hamlin said the committee hat
paid personal attention to all the propos
ed routes, and had made personal inquiry
from different members as to the necessity
of all they had proposed. They hat
stricken out and inserted only such a
they had carefully scrutinized, and per
haps upon this statement the Senate
would not insist on having the bill read
in full.
A debate ensued, during the course oi
which Mr., Sargent said: Let the de.
partments send their mail matter by q
stroke Of the pen. 1t will take no more
time than to lick a stamp, and it costs
no more 10 send mails in this manner
than it does with stamp on them. He
believed this economy might be carried
a little further, and that members oi
Congress might be put into correspond
ence with their constituents by the frank
ing privilege. He believed il right that
Representatives and Senator's should be
permitted to communicate with their
constituents, and to send them such in.
formation, printed and otherwise, as they
may deem necessary.
The bill was amended as 10 minor
points and passed.
RETIREMENT OF JUDGE M'cASDLEss.
The bill providing that Wilson Nc.
Candless, Judge Of the District Court Of
the Western District OF Pennsylvania,
may be retired on account OF i'll health,
although he has not reached the age Of
seventy years, was taken up and amended
so rs to provide that ae should resign at
the end Of six months after his retire.
ment, and then passed.
COUNTING THE PRESIDENTIAL VOTE.
The Senate then resumed the consider
alton OF Senate bill No. |, to count the
vote for President and Vice President.
Mr.. Burnside moved TO reconsider the
vote whereby the bill was passed to a
third reading, and then introduced the
following amendment:
SEC. 8. That II more than one return
shall be received by the President OF the
Senate from a State, ,purporting to be GER
tifcates Of the electoral votes given at
the last preceding election for President
and Vice President insuch State, he shall
Immediately make n report thereof to
the Chief Justice OF the Supreme Court
Of the United States, who shall at once
cause said Supreme Courtto proceed to
examine as TO who are the legal electors
Of said State, and shall have power to send
for persons and papers, and said Chief
Justice shall on or before the last Tues.
day in January next, succeeding the
meeting OF electors Of the President and
Vice President, report TO the President oi
the Senate which OF said electors were
legally elected, and the returns sent by
the electors so designated shall, il in all
other respects they are legal, be counted
before the two houses.
Mr.. Bayard introduced an amendment
proposed by Cooper, as follows: And II the
two houses do not agree as TO which re-
turns shall be counted, then that vote
shall be counted which the House OF Re.
presentatives, voting by States in the
manner provided by the Constitution
when the election devolves on the House,
shall decide to be the true and valid re-
turns.
After debate the question was taken on
the amendment offered by Mr.. Bayard and
lost. Yeas IS, nays 81.
The question was taken on the amend
ment proposed by Mr.. Burnside, aud it
was lost.
The question was then taken upon the
passage OF the bill and passed. Yeas 81,
nays 90.
Mr.. Thurman said he was at a loss to
see what the Senators could sec in this
bill Of partisan nature, and he moved
the reconsideration OF the vote whereby
the bill was passed in order to give one
more chance to fix the same bill TO meet
the question when two sets OF returns
were sent in. He did hope that in that
chamber where debate was allowed free,
some measure could be perfected to meet
the necessity OF case. II not, there was
no hopes Of getting it done at this Con-
gress. The motion was entered.
The Senate took up the Consular and
Diplomatic bill and made it the order Of
business.
The Senate then went into executive
session and soon after adjourned.