The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-03-03
HOUSE.

After prayer by the Chaplain, Mr..
Wslling demanded the reading of the
journal in full.
The Speaker stated that the journal
clerk had been taken sick and the jour
nal had not been comp .eted.
Thereupon Mr.. Wilson moved to sus-
pend the rules so as TO dispense with the
reading of the journal. The Democrats
declining to vote, left the House without
quorum, and the Speaker ordered call
of the House.
The roll call showed l64 members
present, and the further proceedings un-
der tho call were dispensed with, and
also the reading of the journal.
Immediately thereupon several OF the
mem bers, most of whom were congre-
gated in the area in front OF the clerks
desk, shouted "Mr. Speaker" waving
papers in their hands on which they
desired action by the House. The first
two or three that secured such action
proved to be resolutions for the payment
of some extra pages employed by the
House.
They were contested by Mr.. Holman,
but received two thirds majority under
suspension of the rules.
Mr.. Waddel moved TO suspend the
rules and adopt resolution reciting that
Messrs. Wells, Anderson, Csssanave
and Kenner, members of the Louisiana
Returning Board, who are in the custody
of the House, are IN the judgment OF the
House the prisoners of the majority of
the Electoral Commission, who have
completed the work of Wells, Anderson,
Casssnave and Kenner, with greater
contempt for the privileges OF the House
and for the public opinion OF the country
than had been exhibited by
them; that justice demands that
each of such Returning Boards should
occupy the same position ald that the
House has no power to contne the ma
iority of the Electoral Commission, and
therefore resolving that Anderson, Ken.
ner, Wells and CasssHave be forthwith
set at liberty, in order that they may as
sist the majority of the Electoral Com
mission in insugurating the person whom
they jointly counted into the office OF Pres
ident OF the United States, over the votes
of large msjority OF the legal voters OF
the country.
Mr.. Conger said that if it was neces-
sary to exhibit such specimen of spite,
he had no objection 10 the motion 10 sus-
pend the rules and adopt the resolution.
The motion was defeated, there being
only Is votes in the affirmative.
Mr.. Wsdron made y conferences re-
port on the deficiency bill. He said that
by ths conference report the bill showed
aa increase of sl,l52,0O0 over the
amount appropriated by the House, in
cluding an item of S500,000 for the def
cheney in the pay OF the navy, and an
item of 100000 for the deficiency in the
Department of Justice. The report was
agreed TO.
Mr.. Clymer made conference report
on the military academy bill, which was
agreed TO.
Mr.. Atkins, from the Committee on
Appropriations, moved 10 suspend the
rules and put upon it's passage the army
appropriation bill. He ssted that the
session was so far advanced that that was
the only practical method OF dealing with
the bill. He explained that thero were
three propositions in the OIL 70
| which the attention OF the House
should be called. One was con-
densing the Quartermasters Depart
men. into one appropriation clsnte
Another was fixing the basis at 1900
enlisted men, and third was that no
part of the appropriation should be used
for the purpose OF sustaining any state
government by the army.
The bill was read. 1t provides among
other things for the reduction OF the
cavalry to eight, artillery 70 four, and
infantry regiments to sixteen thsi the
officers of the discontinued regiments
may be assigned to other regiments o.
their respective arms, and that any
officer. on his own application
msy be ordered 10 diichsrs'
with one years pay for every eight year
service from the date OF commission
also tast there shall be no distinction II
the service on account of color; also, tina
there shall be no new enlistments in th'
army until the number of enlisted mel
shall be reduced to 1900; also, that n
part of the appropriation shall be use
IN support of the elaine Of either g "
ernment in Louisiana or South Csrolint
until such governments shall have bee'
| duly recognized by Congress.
After 8 brief discussion motion =
suspend the rules aud pass the bill Wa
.arsad q, vi.bout the yeas and nays.