The New York herald., 1877-03-02

OK the House Tor the purpose OF rcsuming the
Upon returning at haIi-past eleven N. the PRRsr.
DENT pro tenpore announced that the Senate having
trcd from the joint meeting upon objection submitted
tn the vote OF Wisconsin, that objection would DO
read.
joint meeting, and Mr.. CAMERON, OF Wisconsin, sub
mittcd tho iollowtng:-
M Re;Gysd That 'Ss vote Of Daniel w. Down; sss
n. 81 Ss ] the s:
thereto to the contrary Notwithstanding
The resolution agreed to without debate and
without roll call, though thrco four Senators
the democratic side voted no' when the question
put:
Representatives OF the action OF the Senate
PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON March l, 1871
number of bills removing political disabilities were
passed.
OPENING sKlRxysH.
Mr. o'BRIxs, (dem.) OF Nd, moved call Of the
House.
The SPEAKER counted the House and found that there
was quorum present and so announced.
Mr. WALLINa submitted that roll had to be called
In order to verify the fact.
The SPEAKER stated that motion for q cali Of the
House in order. The Chair regarded It a. Of q
dlatory character, but bound to submit IT,
Mr. O'BRIEN, OF Maryland, inquired whether 1t was
not within the knowledge Of the Chair that in former
Congresses therc calls Of the House when it
The SPEAKER replied that that had occurred where
gentlemen had declined vote and while 1t was
allowable under rules OF the House 1t was not al
iowable under the law and that he responsible
for the law.
Mr. wooD (dem) OF n. Y, claimed the door to offer
resolution, but Mr. Waliing insisted ON his motion
for call Of the House.
Mr. AosKINs, (rcp) of N. T., remarked that tho
House was operating under the Electoral Commission
quorum, and that motion for a call of the House
should not be entertained II call OF tho House
to be allowed at any time during the proceedings then
they could never be completed
The SPEAKER-The Chair has o right to Hnd out
whether there Is o quorum.
Mr. HosnSs-No gentleman has right to claim that
there Ii quorum present when the Speaker has A.
ccrtained that there is
Tho SFEAKER-There is q quorum present, but tho
gentleman from Ohio (Mr. waIlng) is not willing to
take the statement OF the Chair
Mr.. WALLING-I dsclam any reflection on the Chair
but have right to know whether there ,s a quorum
present, and demand the yeas and nays on my
motion.
The yeas and nays were ordered and resulted-ycas
6s, nays 1e9, a call OF the House was refused
This little movement the picket limo was SO far
successful as TO have occupied an hour and quarter
the precious time Of the House. II was followed up
bv motion to reconsider the vote, and, although Mr.
Wood made the point OF order that such could
have NO practical OBJECT legislation but was, paipaby
and uDquestoEably diatory motion, it was allowed
by the Speaker who said that never yet ruled
or decided, either by inference otherwise that a
motion to reconsider dilatory motion On the
contrary the Chair very that what the House
could 40 it could undo ny motion 10 reconsider.
Mr.. HALE (rep.) OF Me-, moved TO lay the motion
10 reconsider on the table. Agreed to-yeas ia,
nays s.
STRUGGLE RECOGNITION
As soon as the vote announced q struggle for
recognition by the Speaker made between Mcssrs.
Wood. P0ppleton, Cauiield and Mills each having a
proposition to submit which claimed 10 be OF the
highest privilege IL transpred in The course OF the
Wood before the motion tor call Of Tho House. and
who afterward learned that Mr.. POppIeton who pre-.
sen ted the objection to the certificate from vermont
had been seekng the floor, sent or both ,hesc scno
and arranged that tho resolution prepared By Mr.
Wood should be offered by Mr. popploion twho under
usage, first entitled to tho noor), and that Mr.
Wood should move the previous question upon It.
In the meantime Mr.: CauheId, who had iaiicd IN his
efforts to be recognized by the Char, handed over 10
Mr.. Poppleton the resolution which he prepared aud
Mr. Popplcton sent II TO the Clerks desk
The SPEAKER suggested that that action hardly
In consonance with the agreement made, but Mr. Pop
ploton replied that he had becD party tho prepara
ton o Mr. Caulheds resolution, and that 1t had direct
reference to the objection 10 the certificate from
Vermont
THx VERMONT RETURN,
The SPEAKER thcreupOn directed It 10 be read and II
was read II recitcs IN the form OF pro;NnDle that
sealed package addressed to the President OF tns
Senate purporting to contain The electoral vote
tho state OF Vermont was delivered Yesterday to tho
President OF the Senate by Mr.. Acw; that II appears
by telegram from the Clerk the United States Dis
trict Court OF Vermont that duplicate of such
was deposited IN that Office on the 18th ol December
1876 that such package had been made part the
objection to the certificate @: Vermont, and sui |
renamed unopened, and that the objection caunot be
considered until such package ~ opened according
law; that such package Is retained by the President
or Secretary OF the Senate and therefore resolving
that the refusal the President Of tho Senate open
such package in tho presence OF tho two houses
violation OF the law hDd oi the privileges the
House, aud that unti such package shall be opened
tn. counting oi the vote cannot proceed iuftber
cordng TO the consituiion and the law ana that the
Senate be requested to meet the House session.
so that sucn package may be opened and proceedings
had thereon according to law.
PRAYER THE CHAPLAIN
As the Clerk finished the reading OF the resolution
the speaker announcci the opening OF new icgisla.
i've day, and the ncisy passious the tuuult
hour killed low brici moments whe prayer
consisting Uf collects from the Episcopal service,
offered by Rev. Mr. Babbitt, rector or Grace church,
Nyack, n. y, attended by Mr. townsend, tho regular
oil Uriet duration Tor the reading ot tho |
journal OF yesterday mad progressed httIc Mr.. |
springer, OF Illinois, ascertaDcd that the Clerk
Omutng, usual the detailed statement OF papers,
votes, sc, anu insisted thst tue journal should be
read IN full That demand, the Speaker stated, It |
would be impossible 10 comply WITH. ior the papers
tailed votes by yeas and pays, SC, were not copied
into the Journal AT a events the speaker refused
entertain any question until the reading the journal
was completed. and Nr springer waited Tor Then
he moved that the Journal oe CORRECTED by inserting
aitcr the statement that lir per submitted report
on the coonc question the report itself
Mr.. WOOD. of Eew York, undertook to get Over tho
difficulty by moving To suspend the rules and dispense
WIN the rcaiing OF the Journal.
The yeas and nays were called and the motion was
agreed lo--ycas l7j, nays 50.
When the result was announced Mr. WooD OF New
York, raised the point OF ordcr tnat nothing COM
objections 10 Vermont. and thai the proposition
offered by the gentleman from Ohio (Nr. Poppeion)
was not IN order.
Mr.. CAuLyiELp, tdem.) OF H.. argued that nothing
was bGt w proceed ~ the consideration vi the