Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-02-24
UNITED STATES CONGRESS-.
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Mr.. Sargent (Rep.), OF California, submitte
bill providing that the whole number OF pat
s0ngers Of Asiatic birth or descent received o
board the steamers Of tho Pacific mail company
to be loaded at any place In America, shall o
no time exceed one passenger for every iiftee
registered tons, and ON any violation Of this pro
cease. Ordered to be printed. ''''
Tho Senate considered the Indian appropria
ton bill, and various amendments reported b
tho committee on appropriations were agree
to, The bill having been considered In com
mittee Of the whole, was reported 10 the Senate
aud the amendments made In committee wer
concurred in. The bill was read third tim
Mr.. Dawes (Rep. J, of Massachusetts, intro
dnced bill to authorize and equip m cxpcdi
ton to the Arctic seas, according to the plan o
Capt. Howgate OF the signal service. Neforre'
to the committee on naval affairs.
The bill to- encourage new cable telegraph
line between America and Europe was passed
Mr.. Adams, clerk Of the House OF Reprcscn
tatiyes, appeared at tho bar OF the Senate an,
announced that the House would DO prepare,
to meet the Senate IN the hall Of the House 4
proceed with the further count OF the vote 10
President and Vice-Prcsidcnt.
Tho Senate returned to its chamber after tn
visit TO the House, and the president pro tenn
announced that he having submitted to the tw'
houses Of Congress in joint meeting the decis
ion Of the Electoral commission in regard I,
the vote of Florida, member from New Yorl
objected thereto, which objection would b.
read.
The secretary then read the objection sub
mttod in the House by Mr.. Field.
The Senate by strict party vote Of IA to q
refused to adjourn.
Mr.. Whyte (Dem.). of Maryland, submitted
the following; Ordered, That the Senate d.
IL. hst h..n IL,
sion created under the act approved Januar,
80. 1877, but that the votes east by Wilkinson
Call Robert Bullock, J. T.. Ionge and II. B.
Hilton rs electors of the State of Florida, art
tho true and lawful votes for President and
vce-President Of that State, and should BIZ
counted as the electoral vote Of the State OF
Florida.
A number Of amendments were presented
and finally Mr.. Hamln Qicp.), of Maine, sub.
mitted the following
Resolr,d. That the vote Of the State OF Flor.
ida should be counted for II. B. Hayes fol
President, and William A. Wheeler for Vice.
President, as determined by the Electoral com.
mission.
At the request of Mr.. Merrimon the decision
Of tho Electoral commission submitted to the
Joint convention was read. The question being
ON the order submitted by 3Ir. Whytc, it was
rcjected-yeas, 20 nays 45; a strict party vote.
The question was then taken on the resolu-
ton of Mr.. Hamlin, and it was agreed to--yeas,
40; nays, 25 ; a strict party vote.
After some further discussion Mr.. Sherman
(Rep.), of Ohio, said he did not like the rcsolll-
ton offered by tho senator from Maine, and
just adopted, because it contained the names OF
the persons voted for He hoped the vote by
which that resolution was agreed to would be
reconsidered. and one submitted by himself
would be adopted in place thereof. Mr.. Sher-
man & resolution was as follows:
Resolred, That the decision of the commission
upon the electoral votes of the State Of Florida
stand as the judgment of the Senate the OBJ
jections made thereto to the contrary notwith-
standing. The resolution of Mr.. Sherman was
then agreed to-yeas, "A nays, 25; strict
party vote.
Mr.. Patterson LRep. ], of South Carolina, pre-
scented the credentials of David 7. Corbin,
claiming to have been elected United States
Senator from the State OF South Carolina for
six years from March 4. 1877. The credentials
were signed by ID. II. Chamberlain. as COVER
nor of South Carolina ; and after being read
they were placed on file, no objection being
made thereto.
Mr.. Mitchell rep Of Oregon. called up
the resolution providing for the issue Of an
attachment for Conrad N. Jordan, cashier of
the Third National bank of New York, he hay
ing failed to appear before the committee on
privileges and elections to testify as to the ac-
counts of Samuel J. 1ilden, Wm I. Pelton and
A. S. Hewitt in that bank. After discussion
the resolution was agreed to.
Mr.. Ingalls, (Rep.), of Kansas, from the conf
mittee on PENSIONS reported favorably on the
of the House to the bill increasing
the pensions of those who have lost both an arm
and foot from S24 to S36 per month. He said
the Senate passed bill to increase such pen
sions to $37 month, but the House reduced it
to S36, and as there were only sixteen persons
on tho pension rolls affected by it, the commits
tee thought it best to have the Senate concur.
The amendments were concurred in and the bill
passed.
After discussion Mr. Booths amendment to
the Pacific railroad bill to create sinking fund
for the liquidation of the Indebtedness due the
government by the Pacific railroad companies,
providing that the $750,000 to be paid by the
to the credit of the sinking fund
shall be in addition to other payments, instead
was agreed to-yeas. %: nays, 20.
The Printing Appropriation bill passed by the
Senate provides that from and after the pres
cnt session of Congress the Congressional prin-
ter shall not pay price exceeding fifty cents
per thousand ems for composition, and forty
cents an hour for time work in binding, etc.
House.
Mr. Hale (Rcp.), of Maine, rose to a privi-
eged question and read letter which had been
iiuTeSseu 10 MN ITonl d. MdulHoH VEINS anu
Thomas {. Anderson, stating that they were
confined in a damp, dark dungeon in the cellar
IF the Capitol; that, by order Of the Speaker,
they had been transferred to much better
'oom, and that they had been brought back to
he cell by order of the sergeant-at-arms. and
hat on account of the bad air in the cell one of
hem Gov. Wells) was now on his sickbed. Mr..
Hale said his attention had been called by this
etter to the matter. He had gone to the cell
wi inb he prisnnnvl rnptipaI anJ had
'ound it damp, dark room into which a CLEAN
If sunlight could never penetrate, and which
rad to he illuminated by gas. TIE air was poi
onous. and one of the prisoners, an old man
,ver seventy years of age, lay on his bed of
sickness. 1t was inhuman to keep them in such
room. and he therefore offered o resolution
Erecting the sergeant-at-ar to remove the
prisoners to well lighted and well ventilated
DOM, where their health may not be endan-
,ered.
Mr.. Cox moved to refer the resolution to the
pccial committee on the election in Louisiana,
With instructions to report speedily to the
louise whether such state Of affairs does exist
II is stated in the communication of j. Madison
Wells and Thomas c. Anderson, and it was SO
eferrod.
Mr.. Morrison (Dem.). of Illinois, chairman of
he special committee on Louisiana affairs. sub
nttcd the report of that committee, which
unclslcs with resolution declaring that the
electors received a majority of the
otoS in the State Of Louisiana that the pre-
ended canvass and compilation of the vote for
lectors by the board Of returning officers was
sithout authority of law, fraudulent and void,
nd that the vote of that State cannot be count
d for Hayes and Wheeler without confirming
nd approving the Illegal and fraudulent action
II said returning board.
Mr. Townsend (Rep.), of Pennsylvania cub
nitod a minority report recommending the
doption of a resolution declaring that the
republican electors have been elected in LOUISE
na, and that the election was examined into,
determined declared and promulgated by the
roper authorities Of said State, under all the
orms of law and in compliance with the Con-
tuition of the United States.
Both reports were ordered to be printed and
The Speaker laid before the House conf
luncation from Justice Clifford, the presid-
lg officer of the Electoral commission. stating
hat he was directed by that commission to
lform the House of Representatives that it
as considered and decided on the matters sub
lifted to it touching the electoral vote of
florida and has transmitted said decision to
he president of the Senate.
The Senate in body visited the House, and
he decision Of the Electoral Commission was
hen read. 1t was signed by eight members,
majority of the commission.
After the reading of the decision the presiding
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