The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-12-21

| that each delegate should receive COmpenSl
tOn at the rate Of $50 per day and mileage
at the rate of twenty cents Il mile necessa
rilv travelled going to and from the place OF
| meeting, and that AL eSpensq' ot said con
! ientlun 10 De betrayed by the treasurer OF
the United States 3, That in the opinion
Of congress the revised and amended consti
] tuition should be reported to the president OF
| the United States on adjournment OF sad
convention, and that It should thereupon
Immediately be submitted by the president
to n convention ~ delegates chosen in each
state ly tn people thereof under recon-
mendaiOn OF It's legislature Tor its assent
aud ratification. q, That it is recommended
| to the legislatures of the several states OF
the union to apply to congress without de-
| lay to call the convention aG NfoteSaid, as
provided in article V in the constitution.
| Adjourned.
II the senate ON the 9th Mr. Morton
, omitted a Joint resolution proposing an
uendment to the constitution until the
| ST &c provided FOR the election o' = rreNi.
de nt and yicr.presldcnt by a direct vote of
| the people, which was read and laid on the
| table until the appointment Of committees,
| and then to be referred to the committee on
privileges and elections. Mr.. Spencer in.
| troduccd Il bill to establish q territory OF the
| Black Hills, ard provide y temporary gOr.
eriment thereof Laid on the table until
the committees be appointed, Mr.. Ed
munds moved to take up the resolution sub.
mitted by him Yesterday, ordering an in
quiry into the elections in various southern
states. After long debate the motion was
agreed to; yens 20; rayS 20, by q strict par.
| ty vote Mr.. Edmunde tAen modified his
resolution 50 as to authorize the committee
to extend its inquiry to the elections OF 1874
in the states named. The first resolution au.
thori1Ing the committee to inquire into the
| election in South Carolina, Georgia, Ala
bama, Mississippi, Louisiana ard florida for
the years 1874, - and '7G, etc. was then
agreed to-ycas A. nays -; a party vote,
! The second resolution authorizing the
employment Of stcnographerS and empow.
cring the committee to send for persons and
papers, etc, was agreed to without a diyIS.
ion. The third resolution in regard tU dep.
ostions, was also agreed to- The question
being on the last resolution OF MIR. Edmunds
in regard to the eligibility OF electors, it ", $
agreed to-yca, Is, nays, II. MrsSrS. Cock.
rel, MtDonal, Randolph, RMlsom and Wal,
lace voting with the republicans in the al
iirmativc. The preamble was then agreed tV,
| Mr.. Merriman introduced bill to alter the
time prescribed orholdng elections for pres
idcnt and vice president and counting the
vote in the electoral college. Ordered
printed and to be referred to the conmit
tee on privilrgs aud elections, when APP
pointed. 1t provides that the revised
statutes shall be amended 20 that the cleo
| tion for president and vice president shall
be held in OctoDer, md that the electoral
college shall meet in January following
The senate adjourned.
In the senate on the 9th, Mr. Window
introduced bill to extend the provisions oI
the act Of July 4, 1876, making an additional
grant Of land to Minnesota to aid in the con
structon Of railroads in that state. ORDERED
on the table for the present The standing
committees were then announced and 1t wa
ordered that all hills and petitions heretOior
presented be referred IL the appropriate
committees The chair laid before the sen
ate Il message from the president of tn
| United States enclosing arcpurt from, senate
| Sherman and other members OF the commit
| tee which visited New Orleans, with accom-
panying testimony in regard to the rccen
election in Louisiana, and moved that it ht
printed and lie ON the table, 4 heated de
bate followed, the senate adiourning before
the vote was taken.
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from the committee ON printing, to which
was referred the motion to print the depOsi
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Hon. J0hn sherman an" 0thers 10 the pres
ident IN regard to the late elections in Louis
lana, reported in favor Of printing all dcpO
sitions. There was a long and heated debate
hy both democratic and republican senators
in which senator Sargent brought up the re-
cent act of the governor Of Florida and de-
nouncea IT as IrauoHlcnt ana ulsStarelGl ,iIl
cnssion5 "f thr subiert Thc nuestion being
on the report of the committee on printing
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In the senate on the Sth, Mr.. lngall
submitted a resolution requesting the secre
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immediately what efforts have been maze t.
remove the Sioux Indians from their treat.
negoua.lons @ ",J iT nGT rnIon. t" tore,hsr wit
g"a'I%, tLo nhiart and d. mrno.e m thereof Agreed to
On On notion Of Mr.. Iio-an, the bill introduce,
bv him last session to provide for the iysu