River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-02-01


necticut, was the only Democrat voting in the
the negative. The following is the vote in
detail: Aves-Alcorn, Allison, Barnum, Bay
ard, Bogy, Booth, Boutwell,, Burnside, Chat
Zee, Christianey, Cockerell, Coahling, Cooper.
Gragin,. Davis, Dawes, Dennis, Edmunds,
Johnston, Jones Ella. Jones lNev. Kelly,
Herman, McCreeTy, Mcdonald, Mcmillan,
Maxey, Merrimon, Morrill,, Prize, Randolph,
Ransom, Robertson, Salisbury, Sharon,
Stevenson, Teller, Thurman, Wallace, White,
Window, Withers and Wright-47. Nays
WIS.,, Clayton, Conover, Dorsey, Eaton,
Hamilton, Hamlin, ingalls,, Mitchell, Morton,
Patterson, Sargent, Sherman and West--I7.
The House Immediately took in hand
the electoral bill after il passed the Senate, on
the 25ch, and il was decided that the previous
question should be called on the following
day. It was also agreed that the last tour
hours of debate speeches should be limited to
ten mintes each. The debate was opened by
Mr.. McCrary in favor OF its passage. Mr..
Hunton also advocates the measure, as did
Messrs. Hoar and Hewitt and others. 1t was
opposed by Messrs. Hale, Monroe Smith OF
Penn, and others. The session adjourned
at II o'clock until 10 a. m. next day,
A bin was introduced in the Senate.
on the Goth, 10 attach to the territory OF
Wyoming portion of the Black Hills coun-
n.
duced bill TO extend the jurisdiction of the
U. ;. district and circuit courts over the In
dian reservations. Mr.. Window presented
the memorial OF the Minnesota legislature foI
setting aside the proceeds of public lands
sales as bounty for the destruction OF grass
hoppers.
In the House ON the Goth, inst, the electoral
compromise bill was debated from l0a. m. &c
p. N. the most intense interest and excite
ment prevailing throughout he entire session
Messrs. Lamar, Ben It'll, Watterson, Payne
Field OF n. Y. and others spoke in favor of the
measure and Messrs. Hurlbut, Townsend
Knott, Vance, Dunnell, Baker OF Ind, Jones O
Ky, and others opposed it, Upon the vote
being taken the bill was passed by I9l yeas
to So nays. Thirty-tour Republicans voted
for the bill and tiity-seven Democrats voted
Tor the bill and nineteen against il. The fol.
lowing is the vote in detail:
Yeas-The Speaker, Abbott, Adams, Aims.
worth, Anderson, Ashe, Atkins, Bagby, Bag.
ley, g. A, Bagley, ]. H., Banning, Beebe
Bell, Bland, Bliss, Blount, Boone, Bradley
Bright, Brown, tKy.), Buekner, Burchard
Caldwell, lAla.l, Campbell Gambler, Garfield
Chaplin, Chittenden, Clark, tKy.l, Clark, Mo. J
ClyIner, COchrane, Cook, Cowan, Cox, Grape
Culberson, Cutler, Darrell, Davis, Davy, De.
Bolt, Dibrell, Douglas, Durand, Eden, Ellis
Faulkner. FELTON,, Field, Finley, Foster, Frank
VI
in, Gunter, Hamilton lind. J, Hamilton, IN. J. J
Hancock, Hardenburgh, Harris, I Mass. Harris
va. Harris, lGa. Harrison, Hartridge. Hart
zell, Hatcher, Hathorn, Raymond, Henkle
Hereford, Hewitt, IN. w., Hewitt, V Ala J, Hill
Hoar, Holman, Hooker, Hopkins, Haskins
House, Humphreys, Hunter, Hunton, jerks
Jones, IN. a., Kehr, Kelley, Lamar, Land
worth, LeMoyne, Levy, Lewis, Lutterell
Lynde, Mackey, Maish, MacDougall, McCrary
McDill, Mcfarland, Mcmahon, Meade, Metcalf
Miller, Money, Morgan, Morrison, Mutchler
Neal, New, Norton. OBrien, Oliver, Payne
Phelps, Phillips, NO., Pierce, Piper, Plat
Potter Powell, Rea, Reagan, Reilly John, Reilly
J. b, Rice, Riddle, Robbins, pal, Robbins
IN. c. }, Roberts, Ross, IN. j., Sampson, Saw.
age, Sayler, Scales, Schleicher, Seelye, Sneak.
ley, Southland, Sparks Springer, Stanton, Stem
ger, Stevenson, Stone, Strait, Swami, Tarbox
Teese, Terry, Thomas, Thompson, Throckmor
ton, Townsend, PA J, Tucker, Turney, Vance
IN. c. J, Waddell, Walker, IN. ", Walker
Va. Walsh, Ward, Walling, Warren, Conn. J
Warren, tMass.), WattersOn, Wells, Mo-
Wells, (Miss.l, Whitehouse, Whitthorne
WIke, Willard, Williams, (Mich.l Williams
tDell }, Williams, w. b. (AIich.l, Willis, Will
", Yeates, Young.
Nays-Baker, IN. Y. J, Baker, lind. J, Ballou
Banks, Blackburn, Blair, Bradford, Brown
KS. Burchard, (Ili. J, Buttz, Caldwell, (Ala. J
Cahcon, Carr, CasswelI, Cate, Conger, Crounse
Daniord, Denison, Dobbins, Dunnell, Durham
Evans, Eames, Flye, Forney Fort, Freeman
degs s HOG" Hoge nf Hnrd HHbbeiI ef BprIb en
LYMAN, Jones, Ky Kasson, Kimball, Knott
Lapham, Lawrence, Lynch, Magoon, Milliken
Mills, Monroe, Nash, O'Neill Packer, Page
Plaisted, POppleton, Pratt, Purman, Rainey
Robinson, Rusk, Singleton, Simickson, Sic
mons, smals, Smith, lPa.l Smith, lGa. }
tINrr ,I,rrrrr u,ftc
Vance, (O.), Van Worries, Wait, Waldron
Wallace, Is. CO, Wallace, pa, White, Whit
ing, Williams, tAla.l, Wood, PA, Wood
burn, Woodwork.
Absent-W s. King. Collins, Egbert, Wig
CLINTON, Lord, Hayes, Bass, Stephens, Cation
Phillips, OF Kansas, Schumacher, O'Dell, Rosi
and Wheeler.
In the Senate, on the 9th, the mill
tary academy and notifications bill passed
without discussion after being amended. The
| bill 10 ratify the agreement with certain bands
OF Sioux Indians was passed, also the bill ex-
tending for two years the act establishing the
board OF commissioners for Southern claims
A short executive session was then held and
the Senate adjourned.
Mr.. Knott, in the House on the 9th,
made a report from the Judiciary committee
tavoring the admission of Beliord, the Colora.
do representative. The Indian appropriation
bill was passed. The four members OF the
Louisiana returning board were again pre-
| scented at the bar OF the House, and after be-
| ing allowed half an hour for conference to-
gether, their answer was presented to the
| House and read. The answer disavows any
| disrespect or intent TO evade the law; and
| that the papers called for by the House were
required by them continually until the count
was completed, when they were, as provided
by law, deposited with the Secretary of State
OF Louisiana, where they now are. The reso-
luton was then adopted adjudging the pris-
oners guilty of contempt, by a party vote
they were then ordered into the custody OF
the sergeant-at-arms until they should pro-
duce the required papers.
In the Senate on the goth, after the
message of the President giving his reasons
for signing the electoral bill had been read,
Mr.. Conkling said, 81 move this important
and wise message be printed and laid on the
table," agreed to. The message appears in
another column.
The following bills were introduced
in the House: Fixing the time for the regu-
lar meetings of Congress; FORGETTING certain
land grants in Michigan chartering a freight
railroad from the Atlantic to the Missouri