The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-03-30
EORTY-FOUR7H CONGRESS.
The Financial Problem.
A VOTE REACHED IN THE HOUSE.
MOTION TO REPEAL PARTS OF
RESUMPTION ACT LOST.
WASHINGTON, March 20, 1876.
CEN ATE

Mr.. Morton called up Senate bill No. |,
to provide for counting votes OF the Presi-
dent and Vice President.
Mr. Merriman asked to offeran amend
ment to the pending BILL that the Presi-
dent shall appoint five army officers not
below the rank of Colonel, in place of
five persons mentioned in the bill. Or
dered printed.
Senate bill No. was then taken up,
when Mr.. Randolph briefly addressed
the Senate in support of his amendment,
After debate, the Chair laid before the
Senate the Military bill from the House,
with notification that the House fails to
concur in the amendment of the Senate.
The Senate then agreed to adhere to its
amendments and ask Committee of
Conference. Senators Sargent Cockrell
and Harvey were appointed on the part
of the Senate.
Pending discussion the Senate went
into Executive session and soon ad.
journed.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Atkins moved to suspend the rules
and pass the bill repeating all provisions
of the act of the 14th Of January, 1875, for
resumption of specie payments that au-
thorize the Secretary of the Treasury to
redeem and cancel United States notes
and to sell United States bonds for the
accomplishment Of that purpose.
Mr. Payne desired to offer an amend
ment, but it was ruled by the Speaker
that no amendment was in order.
Mr.. Holman called for the yeas and
NAYS, and they were ordered.
The motion to suspend the rules and |
pass the bill was rejected-yeas, l09;
nays, lOS, not two-thirds in the afirma-
tive. The following is the vote in detail
Yeas-Messrs. Ainsworth, Anderson,
Ashe, Atkins, Baker, Ind, Banning,
Blackburn. Bland, Blount, Boone, Rad |
ford, Bright, Brown, KY, Burchard, Wis.,
Cabell, Caldwell, Ala, Caldwell, Tenn,
Campbell, Cannon, Cate, Caulfeld, Cooke,
Cowan, Debolt, Dibrell, Douglass, Dur
ham, Eden, Egbert, Ellis, Evans, Faulk-
ner, Tourney, Fort Franklin, Fuller,
Goode, Goodin, Gunter, Hamilton, Ind,
Harris, Ga, Harris, Va, Harrison, Hal.
ridge, Hartzell, Raymond, Hays, Here
ford, Hewitt, Ala, Holman, Hopkins,
House, Hunter, Hunton, Hurd, Hyman,
jerks, Jones, KY, Kelly, Knott, Landers,
Ind, Lewis, Lynde, Mcfarland, Mona
hon, Milliken, Morgan, Neal, New, Oil
yer, Phelps, Phillips, Mo-, Phillips, Kan,
Popleton, Rea, John Reilly, James B.
Reilly, Rice, Riddle, Robins, N. c., Rob
nson, Savage, Sayler, Scoles, Sheakley,
Smith, Ca, Southland, Sparks, Springer,
Stevenson, Stone,' Terry, Tucker, Van
Vorhees, Vance, Ohio, Vance, N. c.,
Waddell, Walker, Va, Wallace, Pa,
Wells, Mo-, Whitthorne, Williams, Ind,
Williams, Ala, Yeats and Young: Total,
100.
Nays-Messrs. Bagby, George A. Bag
ley, John H. Bagley, Baker, N. Y, Bal
lou, Banks, Barnum, Bass, Beebe, Blaine,
Blair, Bliss, Bradley, Brown, Kan, Bur-
chard, ILL.,, Caswell, Chittenden, Conger,
Cox, Crapo, Cutler, Dennison, Dunnell,
Duran Eanis, Ely, Farwel, Foster, Free
mann, Frost, Fry, Garfield. Hale, Hamil-
ton, N. j., Hancock, Hardenberg, Hen
dee, Hathorn, Henkle, Hewitt, N. Y,
Hoar, Hoge, Hooker, Hubbell, Hurlbut,
Joyce, Kehr, Kimball, Landers, Conn.,,
Lapham, Leavenworth, Luttrell, Lynch,
Marsh, McCrary, MCDill, Metcal e, Mill
er, Money, Monroe, Morris, Nash, Nor
ton, OBrlen, rage, Payne, Fierce, Piper,
Plaisted, Potter, Powell Pratt, Randall,
Reagan, Robbins, Pa, Sampson, Schuma-
ker, Schleicher, Seeleys, Smalls, Single
ton, Smith, Pa, Strait, Stenger, Stowell,
Tarbox, Thompson, Thornburg, Throck-
morton, Townsend, Pa, Tufts, Walker,
N. Y, Wallace, S. c., Ward, Wheeler,
Warren, Whitehouse, Willing, Wike,
Willard. Williams, N. Y, A. S. Williams,
Mich, Williams, Wis, Williams, Del,
Williams, Mich, Willis, Wilson, Iowa,
and Wood, Pa. Total, l08.
AdiourneI.