The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-17
cove MEssIONAL PROCEEDuNGs.
The senate.

tias DemotreAs In their seats,
| MI. Harnlin offered o resolution, which waH
ab1 pied, instructing the Secretary OF the SeIa4
q 10 to iaform the House that tho Senate was
read y to proceed robustness,
| The chair laid before the Senate Ines
morial from his General Assembly Of Mis-.
soswi i'm reference 10 regular system Of
| leyss5 along the Mississippi river; also n
| memorial frora the same source iH regard to-
the re tnoval Of the National Capital which
| wag4rt cetved and laid on the table to be re-
| ferrsd to the appropriate committees when
| apppin ted
| MIR. EdmundB. called up the resolution
| offered yesterday to revive. and continue tho
stanltin q end other eommitteesof the Senate,
and isvfas adopssd
Mr.. 3 awss introduced bill to provide for
| the rom Owed Of the books and aIes from the
old IDr tion Of bhe Capitol building, and tv
place sh I'm in the basement OF the Capitol ufls
| til a Baf table building on other place Is prp
| vided foi them.
| Mr.. Da ives explained thtt these portions Of
/ the C,H,it tol mentioned we're constructed Of
wood, and thatthaaetiDn proppsea was simply
Ito rem eve the papers to safe place to avoid
sach a disaster as had recently occurred at
Il After further discussion the resolution was
rsferred to the COMMITTEES on Public Build
fngs ard Grounds and ordered printed.
Mr.. tnrgsnt presented petition fbr the re-
lief of Frank Sauls. late Colleetorof Internal
Revenue at San Francisco.
Re ferred toethe Committee on Finance.
Also, n bill releasing the bondsmen Of t1g
mort againsttSau
MI Sargent also introduced n bill to deter
| mine the rights OF settlers on public lands in
Chilli orlial
Rs ferred to the Committee ON Public Lands.
Ais %. o resolution calling upon, the presi-
dsnt for statetnent OF the expenditures and
| rsssi pts Of the Navy Department from 1859
| to Ju ne 30, 1876. He said that the statement
was tlready prepared, and was similar 70 one
| prep. tred last year in relation. to the Navy
| 1epa rtIasnt.
H rft
| raent be, included in tde above request. A
| siInil ar statement would be ready from that
| depal tnAsnt, and 1t would obviate the neces-
| aity CT passing another resolution. The res
| alntit N was amended as suggested and
| adopt ed
| Mr.. Ingalls, introduced bill to amend an
| act granting arrears OF pensions.
| Referred to the Com nlittee on, Pensions.
| Mr.. Davis presented petition from several
hnndredaitizesas Of Wheeling, West virginia,
askiD e for increased compensation to the Lett
ter curriers'
Snlilsr.. Positions. were presented by
Messrs.. Thurman Bamlin and Oglesby, all
/ Of whiCa were referred to the COMMITTEES ON
Postofees and Post Roads.
\ Mr.. Iteek intrOdi god a bill to remove all
disabilities imposed by the fourteenth
Amendment to the Ctmstft 1tion Of the United
| States. Referred tothe Committee. ON Judi i
ciary.
Several private relief bills were introduced
by Senators, and referred to the COMMITTEES
on Claims
Mr. Hamlia introauoed q bill for the organi-
zatiozAof the Terrt t0ry ofiCotuson. Referred
to the COMMITTEES on Territories.
Mr. Paddock introduced bflsto establish q
branch mint at Omaha, Nebraska. Referred
| to the COMMITTEE on Finance
| Alb3 30 D. In On motion Of Mr.. Eflmundg,
| the Senate took d recess until t:15.
| The Senate re0ssembied at tI15 D m.
Aessrs. Anthony and BayaEd, the. commit
inform him that the Senate was In session.
appeared at the bar and reported that they
had waited upon the President, and he had
notified them that ho would soon commufil-
At :25 p. m, Mr. aogers, the Private Sec
retary Of the pTesideat, appeared in the SEN
ate Chamber with the message Of the Presi-
Senate and read by the slerk. The reading
Of the message occupied eight minutes time,
kat the conclusion Of whlea on motion Of Mr..
Allison, 1t was referred TO the COMMITTEES on
T appropriations and ordered printed.
/ The Hense.
| WAsHfNtsvO Oct tS. - The House was
opened by prayer by the new Chaplain, Kev.
DIR. John Rorsel, Df Maryland.
The journal OF yesterday was reattiand ap-S
Mr.. Ha,e Of Maine, rose to call up the Col
Mr.. Coz, OF New York, raised the point of
order that the CASES OF disputed elections
must b3 taken up in the order In which they
had beon obieated e. in which case the Colo
RADIO case wotsld be che lasa to TO considered
by thetHouse
The, most Of the session was devoted to the
question of swearing in the two South Carolina.
members, Rainey and Cain, whose names
were put upon tho roll by the Clerk.
i ME, Cox, OF New York, waited TO nave the
question referred TO the Conamittee on EIec-
tioas, but 1t was contfnded on the Cxher tpsud,
among Others by two Democrats, Mills, OF
Texas, aad Potter, of'New York. that as these
gentleman had the asual legal certificates of
election they should be sworn, and then
1hnir rio In I'd anutx frx
the Committee ON Elections
The Housa took the latter yisw OF the case,
and Tainey and Cain were accordingly sworn
Papers In the contests In tho two cases we're.
presented by Msssrs. Cox and CLARK and re-
ferYed to the Committee on .EIecaons TIss
message Of the President, which had come TN
while Mr.. Bxtler was sGeakings was then
read, end Oh motion Of Mr. Wood, cf New
fork was referred to the committee Of the
whole house and the usual nuIaber cf copies
ordered printed.
y The case of Mr.. DarraIl claiming O. seat as.
representative from the third Louisiana dis
: triet, was next taken up. Mr.. Gibson, OF
RFsentes # thg tbs osEe std t. a q @ the
tion Of J. III. Acklen, and moved that Mr..
Darrall be sworn In, and that the Certificate
2 be referred 10 the Committee on Elections.
NJ oprys aryss fad That h hs sase q dEsa aat a
{ rally from those just passed upon WITHOUT
5 intending to defend os attack the Resurning
4 Board Of Louisiana, he maintained tnat the
! returns Of that board were the only returns
4 that could be made, and that the certificate
was given to Mr., Smith by the then doverno' (
' OF Louisiana. As nobody would diepute u 10
3 certificate OF Mr.. Smith, be was - not Only y IN
v but in the exact form under which every
q member from Louisiana had held his scat
j, here for the past six years. He denif II that
!. certificate Of returns Of any other Ilstnrning
BOard made after the election. Jt Tuatt8red