Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-12-14

10 De conclusive, ana the lalTness
md impartia,ity of the Returning Board in
conducting its Investigations are highly
+
Congress-.
The second session Of the Forty-fourth
begun at noon on Monday, Dec. 49,.
After the Senate was called to order the new
members were sworn in and took their seats;
These are Messrs. Blaine of Maine, Chance and
Of Colorado, Price OF West virginia, Jones
Of Louisiana, and Randolph OF New Jersey: In
from Colorado, Chaffee secured the long term
ending March 4, 1879, and Teller the short
aFarsa ending e ddag,n March aa + 1siz; t me- c aamlnes
ON Privileges and Elections to inquire into the
recent elections in South Carolina. Georgia,
Florida, Alabama, Louisiana ana MISSISSIPPI.
gals introduced a joint resolution providing for
q Convention to amend the constitutional.
The House was called to order py clerk Adams.
q token of respect to the late Speaker, Mr.. Kerr.
Am election for Speaker was then held, which
result, d, Samuel j.; Randall IT, l6i; lanes "a "A:
declared elected, and upon being conducted to
the chair made a short speech. The oath of office
members: Messrs. Warner of Connecticut, Eel
laly of Maine, Humphrey Of Indiana, Carr and
Stanton Of Pennsylvania; also to MIR. Stephens
sion. a lengthy discussion ensued upon a mo-
ton to admit the new member from Colorado,
Mr.. Bedford, and a motion was finally adopted
referring ms credentais 70 she 'o oS l sobiec.
ton was also made to the admission of
the new member from South Carolina,
Committee on Elections. Mr.. Hewitt moved to
suspend the rules and adopt q resolution Tor the
appointment of three select committees TO pro-
coed to Louisiana, Florida and South Carolina,
to ~inyestia ate the action Ofthe Returning Boards
of those States. The Republicans resori ed to
fliDusterlng to prevent the passage OF the reso-
luton but the motion was finally adopted-yeas,
1856; nays, Is. 1t was a party vote, except that
Messrs. Geo. A. Bagley, Pierce and Seeley OF
Massachusetts,, voted with the Democrats In
favor of the motion.
The Senate, on the 9TH, after considera-
Bile discussion, adopted by a strict party vote the
resolution offered by MIR. Edmunds for a COM
mittee to investigate the elections in South Car
DINA, Georgia, Florida. Alabama, and Loulsl-
ana. A substitute, offered by MIR Whyte, Tor
the invt stigation of the action OF the Returning
Boards, was rejected without division. A
resolution, providing for an inquiry into the
eligibility of Presidential Electors, was also
adopted. The speaker of the House announced
the following select committees: On South Caro-
lina-Messrs. Sayler, Abbott, Cochrane. Eden.
Jones (Ky.), Philips (Mo:), Banks, Hale, and
jerks, Mcmahon, Lynde, Blackburn, Meade,
House, Phelps, New, Ross, Townsend (Pa.),
Danford, Huribut Qll.) Grape and Joyce; On
Hopkins. Garfield and Dunnen. 1.-THE fresi-
dents message was read in both houses.
In the Senate, on the 9th, a resolution
offered by Mr.. Withers, requesting the Presi-
dent to inform the Senate, if not incompatible
with public interest, under what authority troops
of the United States occupied the city of Peters
burg, Va. on the It'll of November, 1876, the day
of the general election, was the cause of quite a
general debate, Messrs. Logan and Edmunds
opposing, and Mr. Thurman and others favOring
its adoption. The resolution. somewhat modi.
fed in form, was adopted without division.
The hair laid before the Senate a message from
the President of the United States, enclosing
the report of Senator Sherman and other mem
bers of the Republican which
visited New Orleans, together with the accom-
panying testimony in regard to the recent cleo
ton in Louisiana. and moved that it be printed
and lie on the table. Mr.. Thurman objected to
printing all the matter accompanying the mes
sage, though he had no objection to printing the
message and communication of the
A long and animated discussion followed, in
which Mr.. Sherman expressed his conviction,
based upon the result of his personal iuvestiga-
ton that the Returning Board of Louisiana were
fully justified in throwing out the votes of the So
expressed his conviction. also based
upon his personal investigation, that
the election in that State was fairly carried by
the Democrats and should have been so counted.
The objection to printing the dispositions, etc.
being insisted upon, the motion, under the rules
| was referred to the on Printing!.
In the House, the Presidents message covering
the letter on Louisiana affairs by the Sherman
committee was received and read. the reading
occupying nearly an hour. Mr.. Wood charac-
terized the action of the President i'll sending
such a partisan communication to the House as
extraordinary and unprecedented, and he moved
that the message and documents be laid on the
table. Carried by a party v~ote--l53 to 81. Mr..
WOODBURY. was appointed on the select commit
tee for Florida, instead of MIR. Garfield, ex-
Cused.
The Senate, on the 18th, discussed at
length the resolution to print the Presidents
Louisiana message and accompanying docu-
ments. The printing was finally ordered by a
vote of 40 yeas to 13 nays. q number of ID mo.
Gratis voting yea. Mr.. Mitchell introduced a re-
solution, condemningt the action of the Governor
of Oregon in commissioning a Democratic Elect
] 100 in the State, and instructing the Committed
on Privileges and Elections to investigate
the matter. Ordered printed and to lie on the
table. A bill was also introduced, making it q
penal offense for any person to act as an ElectOl
in any State without having been duly elected
or appointed. or to bear or transmit any such
list of votes so fraudulently cast to the
seat of Government. 1.-The House adopted q
resolution, directing the Judiciary tC
prepare some measure, either legislative or con
stitutiOnal. by which the Electoral votes may bt
counted anu the result declared by a tribunal
whose authority none can question. The Speak,
er appointed MFR. Beebe on the Louisiana com.
mittee instead of Mr.. Lynde, excused.
EAST.
The Brooklyn Theater was burned on the
night of the 9th. The fire originated on the
stage, at 11:30 p. M, when the COMPANY