The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-10-25

of Louisiana, was discussed, but no result
reached. The Presidents message was read
and referred to the Committee of the Whole.
OCTOBER 17.-Senate-Mr. Thurman pre-
sented the credentials Of Henry NJ. Spot
ford, Senator from louisiana. Laid over
till tomorrow. Mr.. Edmunds submitted the
following, which was laid over until to-mor-
row, at the request Of Mr.. Bayard:
Resolved, That a select committee Of Senators be
appointed whose duty it shall be to take into con-
sideration the state. OF the law respecting the aseer,
Of President and Vice President of the United states,
and that said committee have power to report by
bill or otherwise.
A number of bills were introduced, and
referred. On motion of Mr.. Morrill, a reso-
luton filling vacancies in the committees as
follows was agreed to: Messrs. Matthews,
of Ohio, and Wallace, of Pennsylvania, on
Foreign Relations; Cameron, of Pennsyl-
vania, on Military Affairs and Public Build
ings and Grounds; Armstrong of Missouri,
on Railroads; Grover, of Oregon, on Private
Land Claims; Armstrong, of Missouri, on
Enrolled Bills; Ferry, of Michigan, made
Chairman of Committee on Postoffices and
Postroads, in place of Mr.. Hamlin, who re-
tains a place on that committee as member,
and Hamlin made Chairman of Committee
on Foreign Relations, in place of Morton,
l WIN ItIdluS Ii Nv AdN oo ' ANAA "a sAS
Committee on Privileges and E~lections......
House,. B. Elan, contestant from the
Fourth District of Louisiana, wa sworn in,
taking the modified oath. Mr.. Frye, of
fered a resolution reciting that Charles Z.
Nash had presented a certificate of election,
signed by Governor Kellogg, then the duly
recognized and acting Governor of Lou
isiana, but that the Clerk Of the House had
declined to place Nash's name on the roll,
but had substituted E. W. Robertson, on
authority of a paper signed by Governor
Nichols, and directing that the name of
Robertson be struck off the roll, and that
Mr.. Nash be sworn in. After debate, a
substitute offered by = Mr.. Ellis, that
Robertson be sworn in, was agreed to-, and
the modified oath of Office administered,
The case of Mr.. Pacheco, Of California, was
then called up, when Mr.. Garfield moved
the oath of office be administered Agreed
t to, after some discussion, and Mr.. Pachecc
took his seat. The Colorado case mex
! came up, and after a short debate, wen
over.
t OCTOBER 1S.-Sendte-During the morn
i, ing hour a number of bills were introduced
; and referred, among them one by Mr.. Chris
I tiancy to enlarge the jurisdiction of thu
. Court of Claims. At the expiration of thu
morning hour consideration was resume o
Mr.. Thurman's resolution to have the oatl
administered to Mr.. Spofford, of Louisiana
the pending question being the substitute
, referring the credentials to the CON
mittee. After debate, by a vote of yeas
So; nays, SO, the substitute was agree
4 to, and the credentials of MI
Spotford were referred to the Committee o
5 Privileges and elections. Mr.. Conkling O.
fered an amendment so as to read: "An
d the same Committee shall also consider an
it report upon the credentials of VIM. PIT
Kellogg. The amendment was agreed t.
and the resolution passed as amended.
message was received from the Presider
inclosing the report of the Secretary of tn
at Navy Department. Referred. Mr.. Day
h submitted a resolution, stating that thel
appeared to be material differences, alter
n lions and discrepancies in the financial r
port of the Treasury Department, and a
k. thorizing the appointment of a special cor
mittee to investigate. In explanation, NJ
Davis said he thought there were force
balances. The resolution was ordert
IN printed and to lie on the table...-.Ho
"a was not in session.
Ia OCTOBER ~19.-Sendte-Mr. Merrimon i
Of troduced a bill to alter the times for hol
ing the election for Electors for Presidcl
and Viee-President and casting the vote
the Electoral College. 1t proposes
IN amend action 1911 of the revised statues
that Electors shall be appointed In ea'
State on the Tuesday next after the fir
re Monday in October, instead of Novembe
lie and that the Electors shall meet and gil
q. their votes on thefrst Wednesdayin Janua
TO next after which they are appointe
&C instead of the first Wednesday in Decembt
ID as required by the present law.
OF McCreery submitted an amendme
to the bill introduced by him
v. Wednesday, to repeal the bankrupt law,
follows: provided, nevertheless, that
Sc cases pending in the District Courts of t
OF United States on or prior to the goth of c
tober, 1877, may be tried and determin
under the law as it now exists" 1t W
AT ordered that the amendment be printed al
he the bill be taken from the table and
he ferred to the Committee on Judiciai
'st together with the amendment. At the
ms p~iration of the morning hour considerati
was resumed of a resolution submitted
Mr.. Thurman to discharge the Committee
Privileges and Elections from further &C
ma sideration of the credentials Of ]. P. Eust
ng of Louisiana, and Mr.. Thurman spoke
he favor of the claims of Enstis. After Sol
he debate, in which Senator Davis said he "
er, not prepared to vote, as the question wa
nd purely legal one, until after further inves
Ter CATION, Mr.. Thurman withdrew his motto
ic-