New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-06
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CONGRESS-.

Senate.
WASHINGTON, December 5.-Mr. Ed
munds moved to take up the resolution
submitted by him yesterday, orderiag an
Southern States, which motion led to a
lengthy debate, after which the mot ton to
take up the resolution was agreed to-yeas
80. nays %. A strict party vote.
Mr.. Morton submitted q resolution look
ing to the amendment of the constitution
providing for the election of President by
Congressional districts.
Mr.. Edmunds' resolution reported yester-
day was adopted.
Adjourned.
The morning hour was consumed in par
liamentary debate, Mr.. Plaisted, of Maine,
claiming he had voted against the suspen-
sion Of the rules for the appointments of
committees for the South. Mr.. Banks
claims the record should be corrected, and
the correction defeats the resolution order
ing tie committees. An early solution is
not expected.
The Southern committees are arranged to
provide tor five sub committees in Louis
lana, three in South Carolina and two In
Florida, with two Democrats and one Re-
publican on each. Thompson, of Massa-
chusetts, is chairman of the Florida COM
mittee. All the committees leave to night.
The question of the appointment of three
select committees to proceed to Louisiana,
Florida and South Carolina was reopened
immediately after the reading of the jour-
nal. in the shape of q motion to cor
rect the journal, made by Mr.. Plaieted, of
Maine, who asserted he had voted yester-
day in the negative on that resolution, but
that his vote had not been recorded, as the
change of this vote would defeat the reso-
luton, which had got the necessary two
thirds majority only by tie vote of
l56 to 78.
The right of correction was challenged BY
the Democratic side, but the Speaker de-
cided, after long discussion, that the jour-
nal must be corrected.
This decision gave great pleasure to the
Republican side of the House, but the
triumph was of short duration, for imme-
distely Q like correction of the journal was
made by Mr.. Fuller, of Indiana, who had
yesterday voted yea, and whose vote had
not been recorded.
With these corrections Of the journal the
vote stood l57 to 79. and the Speaker giving
hia casting vote in the affirmative, the reso-
luton was again carried by the necessary
two.thirds majority. The result was greeted
with applause on the Democratic side of the
House.
Saturday, December l6, was assigned for
eulogies on the late Speaker Kerr.
The message was then read.
The Speaker announced the following 60
lect committees:
On Louisiana-Mesers Morrison, of Illi-
no's; jerks, of Pennsy lvanis; Mcmahon, of
Ohio; Lynde, of Wisconsin; Blackburn, of
Kentucky; Meade, of New York; House, of
Tennessee; Phelps, of Connections; New, of
Indiana; Ross, OF New Jersey; Townsend, of
Pennsylvania; D anford, of Ohio; Hurlbut, of
lllinois; Crapo, of Massachusetts, and Joyce,
of Vermont.
On Florida-Messrs. Thompson, of Mas
sachusetts; Debolt, of Missouri; Walling, Of
Ohio; HOpkins, of Pennsylvania; Garfield,
Of Ohio; Dunnell, of Minneeota.
On the South Carolina committee the
name of Mr.. Cochrane, of Pennsylvania,
was substituted for that of Mr.. Stenger, of
Pennsylvania, excused on account of illness
in his family.