National Republican., 1876-12-19

| tney naQ left the once. "
| The vote was taken by yeas and nays, and the
The vote in detail was as follows:
YEAS.
AIeorn, Eamunds, Msxey,
Bogy. Goldthwaite, Morrill,,
| CockreIi Hitchcock, Price.
Conkling. Johnston, sherman,
Cragn, Herman, Thurman,
Pswess, PPsxIss MhssEG'reery MhsEG' Wrisgst-ss wight
Eaton,
anthem hhR1RSny' Gs@ssSn GS,se Pa SGPss Psss, Fla
Bayard. Dorsey. Norwood,
Blaine, Ferry, Paddock,
| Boutwell,, ingalls,,
| Burnside,
Nebraska into two judicial districts. COMMITTEES
on Judiciary.
The morning hour having expired the CHAIR
laid before the Senate the unfinished business,
being tho resolution introduced by Mr. HITCH.
COCK in regard to
THE ELECTORS OF OREGON.
MrMAXEY opposed the resolution and thought
the Senate had no right to inquire into the cleo
its own laws on the question and Oregon ha d as
much right as any other State, aud the Governor
Of that State had put his Interpretation upon the
laws Of that State and acted accordingly. He
then reviewed the statements of outrages In Louis
| lana and contended that the outrages there were
Mr BRUCE asked MI MaxEr II he hal un.
derstood him to say that the colored race were
Mr MAxEY said that he did not say that the
colored people were savages, or that these OUT
RACES had been committed by colored people; but
that 1t they were not committed By white men,
Mr.. BRUCE said he did not entertain the opin-
ion that black men were any better than white
men, but he certainly did not think they were
Mr.. MITCHELL said Mr. LOGAN desired to
speak upon this subject, but was absent to-day on
arfn of md ha bad hat tha IL,
tion be laid over till to- morrow. So ordered.
Mr.. FERRY called MIR. MORRILL, to the chair,
and, as chairman of the Committee on Rules,
called up
THE AMENDED RULES,
as reported from the committee He said the
secretary had been instructed to prepare a new
manual of the rules and IT was desirable to have
the amended rules Incorporated into the manual.
He said there were some changes, and an entire
new classification OF the rules oy topics.
The rules were taken up and were being read
when Messrs. CoSKLING, HAMLIN and DAVIS
urged that the report and all the changes of the
rules, with marginal notes and explanations for
rules and changes could be seen properly by
them, and after some debate, on motion of Mr..
FERRY, the report was recommitted and ordered
Mr.. EDMUNDS introduced bill to amend
Sec. 7s9 OF the Revised Statutes. Ordered printed
BILLS FOR RELIEF.
Mr.. WRIGHT moved to take up Senate bill
s4o lOr Ine reNet OF IilDDeS d TO-, oil Charleston
S. C., on a cotton case, which was ordered, and
after and explanation It was passed.
On motion Of Mr.. HAMLIN, Senate bill S9l,
for loss of postage stamps stolen, was taken up
and put on Its passage, when Mr.. ALCoRN op-
posed II on principle, asserting that bondsmen
should be held for such cases If necessary, and
that was why b0ndsmen were provided for. You
might as well, he said, take man on his honor
fSe vote vote was vas taken and an % the BIZ biil was passed.
Mr.. WHYTE called up the bill for the relief of
Mrs. Catherine Thrush and William B. Stone
JON on NsTa fs sa
amendment to remand IL TO the Court Of Claims.
The amendment was agreed to and the bill was
On motion Of Mr.. CoNKLING the Senate, at
3:25 O'Clock, adjourned.
House OF Representative.
The SPEAKER, under the regular order,
called the States for bills and resolutions for
reference only, and the following were among
others introduced and referred:
By Mr.. HALE, of Me-: Authorizing citizens of
the State of Colorado to fell and remove timber
on the public domain to be used for mining, man.
ufaeturing and domestic purposes.
By Mr.. HOSKINS, Of N. Y: To promote the
EDUCATION OF THE BLIND.
It appropriates s25oooo to be used as a perpetual
fund to aid in the education of the blind through
the American Printing Honse for the Blind.
The Secretary Of the Treasury is made custodian
Of the fund, which is to be invested in United
States bonds
ByMr HEWITT: To falicltate the negotia.
tion Of bills Of lading and other commercial In
struments of writing and to punish frauds
therein.
By Mr.. o'BRIEN, of Nd: For the relief of
Samuel S. Smoot, of the District ofUolumbia
By Mr.. DOUGLASS, OF Va: To provide for
the settlement Of unpaid claims of officers Of the
line Of the revolutionary army, who served to the
turned on the books Of the Treasury Department.
By Mr.. VANCE, Of N. O.: Resolutions of the
Legislature Of the State of North Carolina rela-
tive to the internal revenue laws.
METHOD FOR COUNTING ELECTORAL VOTES.
By Mr.. KNOTT, KY: To provide method for
counting the votes for President and Vice Presi-
dent Of the United States and declaring the re-
suit. II provides that at II o'clock meridian, on
the same day every four years thereafter, the
House of Representatives, and the Senate Of the
United States shall assemble in the hall Of
purpose of counting the votes cast for
President and Vice President Of the United
after which the President Of the IS senate shall
appoint teller on the part Of the Senate, and
the Speaker OF the House q teller on the part Of
ate shall proceed to open the certificates OF the
electors Of the several States, opening first the
IN tbs arey thair ana in ne Pm %
and shall declare the result If no objection Is
made to any certificate. The certificate shall
then be handed to the teller, who shall then re-
cord the vote, In case Of objection on behalf Of
either the House or Senate, the same shall be
considered by the joint convention, and the ques-
tion shall be decided by majority vote. II It
shall be shown that In any case the result is
changed by the intermeddling Of any military or
civil officer Of the United States that question
shall also be considered by the joint convention.
II q difference of opinion shall arise between
the Speaker Of the House and the President Of
the Senate in relation to the counting Of any vote
the same shall be submitted to the Joint conven.
tion to be decided by majority vote. All ques-
tons shall, with tho consent of the Speaker OF the
House, be put by the President of the Senate to
the joint convention. No debate shall be had on
differences Of opinion between the Speaker Of the