The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-12-22

and every member in the rlgnes anu AZ
| Ieges to which he may be enutleu III - he
nsr;ence of the parliamentary power oil .ne
: chair. Ut will be my duty and my. plee,,of
! To give true expressien.in the aPpolntIne r.
/ committees To the opinions and wishes OF ~
house upon every question present. than
| lieying myself, as / really amJ no Hioie S IN
| tho voice of the house itself. we sIaiiu
| ~, ,,rasenc. Of events which strain ana tes'
| in the last degree our form OF goNeIilineac..
| Our liberties consecrated by so many 80
rif;ces in the past and preserved anna w
/ reioicings of an eXultant peoPle 70 Ou- ,o
| tenniaI anniversary as one ahlohs IL al
/ tions Of the earth, must be Halntaiiieu a.
/ every hazard TApplause.l The peoPo
! look confidently to your moderation 70 -
patiet, calm, firm judgment ana "lsu"ni -
! this time fraUght with so many Peil-s' -,
us not | beseech of you, dlsaPPolh' W.
/ lust expectations and their keen SENSE
| right. but, by vigilance, prevent even tne
| SLIGHTEST deDarture from the constitution
and law, forgetting in the moments OF am am
/ Guilty that we are adherents OF party anu
/ only remembering that we are American Vl'
! liens, with country to save, when VIII DSI
/ lost if unauthorized and unconsutuuonaI
acts on the part of the executive oihcers Oe
/ not frowned down at once with unspaiIinS
/ and relentless condemnation. The oath OF
| office was then administered to the speaker
/ by Mr.. Holman. Objection was mace !"
/ swearing in OF Mr.. Butts of South Carolina
L q
/ latter Mr. Springer offered a resolution M
structing the judiciary committee to inquire
and report at as early n day as possloie
| whether Colorado is a state in the union,
and directing that until such report Is re-
| ceived no person claiming to he rePreseh-
l tatiye from Colorado shall be sworn in as a
/ member. After some preliminarles, vote
/ ON the question was taken on Nh springer
1 resolution, referring the credentials Of the
| Colorado members to she judiciary commit
| tee and il was adopted, l42 yeas % nays
! The republicans voted sOlidly against II, as
/ did the following democrats: BlOunt, Cox,
/ Durham, Hartzell, HOLMAN, Keher, LeIneyne
! Morgan Neal, O'Brieu, Rea, savage, Ste~-gf-
son, Watterson and Wells of Missouri Mr..
Hewitts motion to appoint three committees
/ to look into elections IN three doubtful
| states was carried-ayes 156, nays Is. A
committee to notify the president that the
house was ready for his message was ap-
/ pointed. The speaker announced the ap-
| pointment of the South Carolina committee
| as follows: Messrs. Sayler, Abbott, Stenger,
Eden, Jones (KsO Phillips Mo-, Bank
Lapham and Laurence. Adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.--lSenate.-Mr.
Morton submitted joint resolution pro-
posing an amendment to the constitution
until the states provided for the election
of president and yice-presIdent by a
direct vote of the people, which was
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pointment of committees, and then to be
referred to the committee on privileges
and elections. Mr.. Spencer introduced
bill TO establish territory OF the Black
Hills, and provide temporary govern
ment thereof. Laid on the table until
the committee be appointed. Mr.. Ed
munds moved to take up the resolution
submitted by him yesterday, ordering an
inquiry into the elections in various
southern states. After long debate the
motion was agreed to; yeas 80; nays
p, by a strict party vote. Mr.. Edmunds
then modified his resolution so as to au-
thorize the committee to extend its in
quiry to the elections of 1874 in the
states named The first resolution au-
thoriZing the committee TO inquire into
the election in South Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and
Florida for the years 1874 rs and '76,
etc, was then agreed tO-yeas fl, NAYS,
25; party vote. The second resolution
authorizing the employment of steno-
graphers and empowering the committee
to send for persons and papers, etc, was
agreed to without division. The third
resolution in regard TO dispositions, was
also agreed to The question being on
the last resolution of Mr.. Edmunds in
regard to the eligibility of electors, it
was agreed to-yeas As, NAYS, II. Messrs.
Cockrell, McDonal, Randolph, Ransom
and Wallace voting with the republicans
in the affirmative The preamble was
then agreed to. Mr.. Merriman introduced
a bill to alter the times prescribed
for holding elections for president and
vice-president and counting the vote in
the electoral college. Ordered printed
and to be referred To the committee on
privileges and elections, when appointed
1t provides that the revised statutes shall
be amended so that the election for
president and vice-president shall be
held III October, and that the electoral
college shall meet in January following
The senate adjourned. HOuse.-Ar.
Hamilton (Indiana) offered his resOlu-
ton assigning Saturday, the 10th, for the
presentation of suitable resolution on the
death of the late Speaker Kerr. and an
expression by the members of the esteem
in which he was held; for his uublem-
ished character, and eminent public ser
vice Adopted. The speaker then an
nounced the presidents annual message.
which was thereupon read by the clerk.
The speaker announced the following
select committees: On Louisiana
Messrs. Morrison, jerks, McMahon,
Lynde, Blackburn, Meade, House,
Phelps, New, Ross, Townsend (Penn.),
Danford, Hurlbut, (Illinois), Grape and
joyce On Florida-Messrs. Thompson,
Debolt, Wallings, Hopkins and Dunnell
On the South Carolina committee, the
name of Dir. Cochren was substituted for
that of Mr.. Stenger, excused on account
of illness in his family. Adjourned
p
Window introduced bill to extend the
provisions OF the act of July 4, 1876, max
ing an additional grant of land to Min
nesOta to aid in the construction of rail
roads in that state Ordered on the table
for the present The standing commit
tees were then announced, and it was
ordered that all bills and petitions here
tofore presented be referred to the ap-
propriate committees. The chair laid
before the senate message from the
president of the United States enclos-
ing report from senator Sherman and
other members of the committee which
visited New Orleans, with accompanying
testimony in regard to the recent cleo
ton in Louisiana, and moved that it be
printed and lie on the table. A heated
debate followed, the senate adiourning
before the vote was taken. HOuse-The
bill repeating so much of the act of De-
cember 1872, as provides for a pivot
draw in any bridge on the Ohio river
between Covington and Cincinnati, was
made the special order for the first Tues
day alter the holiday recess. At the
close of the morning hour the speaker
laid before the house a message from the
president, transmitting letter, accom-
panied by the testimony, addressed to hinr-
by Hon. John Sherman and other distin-
guished citizens, in regard to the can
vass of the vote for electors in Louisiana.
Mr.. Wood moved that the message OF the
president and accompanying document
he laid on the table, and it was adopted
yeas 153, nays go; party vote. Ad-
iourned.
WASHINGTON, Dec. T. .Senate-Mr
Anthony, from the committee on printing,
to which was referred the motion to print
the dispositions accompanying the commu-
nicatio:l of Hon. John Sherman and others
TO the president in regard to the late
elections in Louisiana, reported in favor
OF printing all depo,itions. There WAS "A /
long and heated debate by both demo- /
cratic and republican senator's. in which |
senator Sargent brought up the recent
act of the governor of Florida and de-
nounced it as fraudulent and disgraceful.
stirring up various other senators to the
discussion OF the subject The question
being on the report of the committee on