Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-12-22
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
CONGREssIONAL.

ONNhNOAaES5hONALs
In the Senate, on the 18th, Bogy (Mo.)
presented a memorial Of himself, Stevenson
Ky.) and Mcdonald Qnd.), embracing a re,
port OF the Democratic Committee who wit
messed the count by the Louisiana
Returning Board Ordered printed. Bay
ards (Del.) resolution directing the Attorney
General TO inform the Senate as to the num-
Der OF Deputy U. s. Marshas employed on
election day was amended by requesting a
full statement as 10 the necessity for their
employment, the object thereof their duties,
etc, and agreed to. Mcrrimon IN. C.) intro.
duced bill TO amend the Revised Statutes as t o
vacancies In the Office of President and Vice
President. Referred. An executive session
was held and the Senate adjourned. In the
House bill for a constitutional amendment
fOrbidding the manufacture and sale of dis
titled liquors as beverage after 1900 was re-
ferred. On the question Of resuming busi
ness under the twenty-frst joint rule, which
requires that at the second session OF Con-
gress unfinished business Of the last morn
ing hour shall be taken up in regular order,
the Speaker decided that the joint rule was
In existence and binding on the House. A
select committee to visit New York, Phila-
- deiphia, Brooklyn and Jersey City and In
vestigate the late election in those cities was
announced. as follows Cox, Rice (0hio),
Waddell, McDougall and Wells (Miss.). The
Postoffice and Fertilization Appropriation
bills were reported. The first appropriates
$32 983, ,125; the latter, $250,0O0. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th, numerous petit
tions praying Congress to prohibit the man
ufaeture aud sale OF alcoholic liquors as a
hay iu ;oN Of CnIp
Territories of the United States were pre-
sented and referred. Consideration OF Ed
munGs' joint resolution proposing a consti-
tutional amendment so as to have the su-
preme Court count the electoral vote was re-
sumed, and Bogy (Mo.) spoke at length upon
the eubject. He argued that the electoral
vote had always been counted by tellers APP
pointed by the two houses of Congress and
not by the President of the Senate. As TO
the twenty-seeond rule, whether IL be in
force or not, it was nothing more or less than
the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution.
He said 1t required the concurrence Of both
houses Of Congress to receive the vote Of a
State. He was opposed to throwing duties
of a political nature upon the Supreme
Court. The question being on the passage
Of the resolution, 1t was reiected-14 to 81.
Adjourned 49,. In the House a substitute for
the Silver bill introduced last session was
agreed to, and the bill was passed-167 to 50.
1t provides that silver dollars weighing 41215
grains shall be coined and shall be legal
tender for all debts, public and private, ex-
cept where the payment In gold is required
by law. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 14th, Thurman (Ohio)
moved to amend the resolution to print ex-
ira copies Of the Presidents message and ac
companying documents, in regard TO the late
Louisiana election, so as to have the Demo-
cratic Committees report printed Herewith,
and long discussion followed, participated
In by Sherman, Thurman, Morton, Bayard,
Randolph, West, and Withers. The amendment
was agreed TO and the resolution adopted
A message from the President in regard to
troops being stationed at Petersburg, Va, on
election day was ordered printed. Execu-
tive session and adjournment. In the
House q resolution was reported from the
Judiciary Committee as a substitute for Nc
Crary's resolution about counting the elect
oral vote, and adopted. 1t provides for a
committee Of seven, to act in conjunction
with any similar committee that may be ap-
pointed by the Senate, TO report without de-
the desired end; also, another committee of
seven, to report what are the privileges, pow
ers and duties Of the House in counting the
electoral votes. The Senate amendments to
the Post-Route bill of last session, to re-es-
tablish the fast-mail service and the frankIng
privilege, were rejected, on the ground that
they should not be engrafted in such bill
The Postoffice Appropriation bill was con-
sidered in Committee of the Whole, aud with
out disposing Of the bill the House arose
Adjourned,
In the Senate, on the 18th, the resolution
In regard to the appointment Of the Oregon
electors was taken up end a discussion en-
sued, participated in by Thurman, Wallace
and Mitchell. A vote was not reached. An
executive session was held and the Senate
adjourned. In the House the bill to pay
the expenses of the Southern investigating
committees, reducing the appropriation for
the Senate from $4,000 to $4,000 and in
creasing that for the House from S2l 900 to
$4,000, led TO a political discussion, con-
Quoted by Hale (Me.) on the Republican side
and Cox (N. " on the Democratic. Finally
the bill was passed. The PostOffice Appro-
priation bill was considered in Committee of
the Whole, but without reaching a vote the
House adjourned.
In the House, on the 10Th, the Postofice
Appropriation bill was passed. The Speak
er laid before the House a telegram from
Mr.. Morrison, Chairman Of the Louisiana
Select Committee, with that of Mr.. Orton,
of the Western Union Telegraph Company,
refusing to produce the originals of telegraph
dispatches. resolution offered by Mr.
Wood On. ~, that the Judiciary Committee
report at the earliest practicable moment
what action the House should take in
the premises to enforce its rightful
authority, was passed without division.
Eulogies on the late Speaker Kerr were de-
livered by Hamilton, Kelly, Cox, Vance,
Clymer, Holman and others, and resolutions
expressive of the profound sorrow of the
House, directing the Speakers chair to be
kept draped in mourning during the re-
mainder of this Congress, and the usual
badge OF mourning TO be worn by the mem.
bers and officers of the House, were adopted
unanimously, and the House adjourned.
WASHINGTON.
On the 18th the House judiciary Commit.
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