The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-03-02
xLIvTH CONGRESS- second Session.
WAsHIsaTos, March /, 1877.

4. f,ir.ysx-f N 4 ~ SENATE 4 III = Il
1.-THE Senate's recess having expired ut Il
O'Clock, that body reassembled at that honr
but no legislative business could be trans
acted :<s,;i osea, = 4Ht.r; 3i,s s,. ].
The objections in the Vermont case tav
ing been disposed OF last night, the Senate
awaited the action Of the House in that mat
J. ter. -....,,g 5...s e..s,F..r.....I rs..
The Senate is still in session waiting tt
be called to the House to proceed with the
count. = = 4 - Al z d.
'11F HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES, : =. ;
1 IN the House all bills recently passed by
the Senate removing political disabilities
were passed. lt-it,.s,ti 80 : Ittssytyy
+ a call of the House was moved for the
purpose of delay. The Speaker counted
/ the House and found quorum. Roll-call
was demanded to verify the Speakers
count The Speaker said further proceed.
ings under the cah of the House were in
order under tI,e rules of the House, but not
under the electoral law. The Speaker was
not responsible for the law, u >.s-r1..s.
Mr., Walling disctafmed any reflection on
the Speaker, but demanded q roll-call on
his motion for call OF the House, The
ayes and noes being taken on the motion for
call OF the House resulted: Ayes. SO /;
noes, 100. .,,."- 10, ,2.,'.,,
| This skirmish occupied one hour and q
quarter, and was followed by amotion to
| reconsider. l.~q..Yf. j l...:.4. ,ftrsl
Pending this motion the Speaker ordered
prayers, and the legislative day Of Thurs
day began. %..;,,. A. i7t..l Ne. .sa3.,.
After the Journal was read Mr., Pepple-
ton elafWed that, duplicate returns from
| Vermont had been properly made to- Mr..
! Ferry, and Vermont should 60 to the Com
mission. ,..-.,g..f
On the motion to suspend the rules and
suspend reading the Journal the vote
stosd-:yes, l75; noes, So. General Glib.
son, Colonel Levy, and Captain Ellis, OF she
Louisiana delegations, voted aye. This call
is preliminary TO Poppleton's motion re-
gardirG the Eernsout resurns. The further
count nuy be delayed several hours unless
forced ny q resolution 10 proceed, to be
passed under suspensien OF the rules.
1t has TRANSFERRED that duplicate return
from Vermont was filed with the clerk,
whose dusY' it was toforwsrd IL. The mi.
nority insist that the Senate shall meet and
open the certificate fro,n that State rendered
now, or serds for one which by legitimate
procedure should be i'm Ferry's box. ...,.
Speaker Randall ruled that Ferry, in re-
fusing to read, but carrying away with him
duly authenticated papers affecting the cleo
ton in Vermont, acted wrongly, and it Is
competent for this House to- demand the re-
turn of the papers,. A. resolution to this
effect was presented. ..',.' "a. - ..'4',r,.
The House seemed perfectly ureontrolla-.
bic. The minority demanded. the other
Vermont papers, and the Speaker ruled that
a motion to suspend'the rules was in order,
and refused to entertain appeals '!n;'ai .s. 80
Speaker Randall said that he was deter
mined that gentlemen should:tahe seats. He
would not submit longer. to this disorder.
Speaker Randall, after: having the rules
read, said: 'sThe Chair is resolhte. The
Sergeant-at- Arms will do his duty
The cloak-room, lobbies,. and. all APP
proaches to the House were cleared, and
the vote was taken on theinotion to. suspend
the rules and proceed with the count
A two-hours' debate on. Vermont COM
menced. ri. b, u .r, . .
During the debate on Vermont, Mr.. Hew-
lit stated that he received package Off
cialIv addressed to Mr.. Ferry in December,
with letter stating that q. duplicate had
been addressed to Mr.. Ferry by mail. Mr..
Hewitt had no doubt Mr.. Ferry had had
his mail copy until he denied it.. Hewitt
then rendered the package to Ferry, which
Ferry refused to receive. Mr..HeWitt then
in Joint session handed it to Ferry. AZ
forwards Mr.. Hewitt. went to, the clerk 5
desk with Senator Edmunds to see If Ferry
and his secretary regarded it as personal
pupe1, and carried it away. H.
Mr.. Garfield caused to be. read letter
from Gorham, Secretary, OF the State, sta
ting that he did, while in joint convention
yesterday, put in his pocket, the duplicate
return from Vermont, but upon being adj
vised by the president of the Senate had re-
ceived it.. He took the return from his
pocket and laid it on the table In the pre-
sence Of all the tellers. When the debate
was about half through page from che
Senate came into the House with the return.
He took it to Mr.. Hewitt, but that gentle
man declined to receive it. The page de-
clined to state where he got it, who sent
him with it, to whom he was instructed to
hand it, or anything connected with his
custody Of the paper. ..s~r. .... .r
A resolution was then offered by J. Proc
tor Knott that the duplicate return from
Vermont should be opened by the president
of the Senate in the presence OF the two
houses, and, iffound to be genuine certif-
cate, that the same, together with all the GER
| tifcates, shall be referred to, the Electoral
Commission that If the Senate refuse to
meet in joint convention for that purpose
the House notify 1t that it will not be
| ready to receive until it does. The ayes
and noes were demanded, and the resolu-
ton was lost by-ayes, 116; noes, 14S.
Mr.. Hopkins, of Pennsylvania, then in
PRODUCED a resolution directing that the
president Of the Senate open the certificates
| It was IN all respects the same as the reso-
luton just voted down with the exception
that the words ssthat the House will not
meet the Senate until it acauieces therein"
were omitted. Hostages, 116; noes, las.
Mr.. Lane moved to reconsider the yote.i
After discussion the Speaker ruled the
| motion to reconsider in order. 4HaE1
NLr. Hale moved to lay it upon the table f;
upon which the ayes and noes were or
dered. -. i. a<lI3 =.
The House at last, at $50 P. NJ, reached
a vote on Poppleton's resolution,as amend
ed by Woods substitute-that is, that the
vote of Sollace be not counted. MIR. Wall
ing endeayored, to interpose further delay
| in the shape Of request that he be excused
from voting, which the Speaker refused to
entertain, and al appeal from the ruling OF
the Chair was taken. The Speaker refused
| to entertain it, and so the roll-call proceed
ed, resulting-yeas, 205;> nays, Is! So the
| decision of the House was that Sollace',s
vote be not counted. Most OF the Repnbli-
cans voted with the majority for the pur-
pose Of sooner bringing the question to o
close. - y mr. :. -
1 There s.no prospect Of aioint session for
some time. 5.:Ei; - = -. =. ~ - -
T An all-night session is Indicated ,1.} 1T
| During the debate Mr.. Stone, who was one
Of the teIlers, stated that he saw the secre-
tary of the Senate throw package, under
the table among the rubbish, and Stone
notified Mr. Hewitt. subsequently ne saw
the secretary take the package from under