The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-23

not vitiate the election. and cited a precedent
where the people being entitled to hold an cleo
ton and the call for such election was reelected
or refused, the election had been declared valid,
Mr. Butler said that when they authorized
Colorado to do a certain thing they did it pre-
sumably on the ground that she would DO it
MI. southard, of Ohio. asked whether if in the
members were chosen for more than one Con
gress,
- Mr., Butler said no. and he. did not blame the
putting it on. Colorado had no law. for she was
not State but the Colorado Governor had given
in the form recognized all over the country, 9
full and complete certificate. to which as full
faith and credit should be given by the House,
Mr.. Harris said that the constitution was
higher than the laws of the House OF Hepresen-
tatiyes. and it says that the election should be
neglected or refused, but the election had been
declared valid He eonended tha, , i ~, was the the
eestioa On and not the certificate that
Mr. Conger. of Michigan. said he admired the
ingenuity, with which the other side changed
they labored 50 hard to show that Colorado was
not a State. and toat she was not entitled to bs
represented h. re; that the very acts whic,n, they
were now holding up were n void or, illegal.
The machinery with which they grind logic on
pronostion one uaX and exact ,oppostl21n on
to him in all his observations OF human nature.
In the course of Mr.. Congers speech ahumor-
Springer. Mr.. Conger remarkipg that he felt
gratihed to see the Democrats. and his friend.
Mr.; Snringer. who hid denounced as utterly
bad all acts Of the Republican party. now ac-
cepting in childlike confidence the utterances
| of the Republican Attorney General and his
marshal in Colorado.
had not spoken on tho question of the admis-
sion Of Colorado in the last Congress.
Mr.. Conger admitted his mistake, but appealed
to tn members on the other side If he was not
Justified by the gentemens previous course in
| p esuming that he spoke on the other side of
the Goorad9 question Lsugh.erw W., =, No
| York, moved that when the House adjourned to-
day 1t be to meet on Wednesday, Agreed'o,
M dy Of eaysn ba
| appointed whose duty 1t shall be to consider
the, subject of civil service of the United
its efficiency and that the said committee shall
have power to report by bill or otherwise.
Mr.. southard. of Ohio. offered the following
Reso1red. That q COM ittee, consisting. q Of
eleven members Of the House, be appointed.
| ton the state of tho law respecting the q Ger
tanning and declaration of the election Of Presi-
dent and Vice President of the United Stat s.
and that said committee have power to report
| by bill or otherwis and that sal committee
have power to confer and act with the commit
tee g appointed p 9 on the part of the Senate in re-
The Speaker. before action was had on the
resolution. read the Senate resolution for the
| formation of its committee.
Mr.. Garfield thought the committee was too
large, and suggested that lesser number
would suffice.
Mr. Southard said that he had followed the
general rule in the formation of House commit
tees
Mr., Garfield said the Senate comm tees were
usually nine but they had mad. the number in
this case seven. He suggested nine as the
proper number.
sMr Harris. of Virginia, said I'VE want II
eleven to seven this time" IL ughter.l
The resolution as originally introduced was
adopted.
Mr.. Cox of New York, offered q resolution
directing the Secretary Of the Navy to inform
the House whether the eight hour law had been
complied with at the navy yards Of the United
States.
The House then. at LOS D. M. adjourned.