The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-13
Forty Fourth Congress.

WAsuINgToS. Jan IL.

WASHINGTON, Jan IL.
Mr.. Thurman submit ted a resolution in.
st'utting the committee on revision cf Il
laws TO itq1ire into the propriety of pro.
viding for publication a new edition of the
revis' d statutee as corrected and to include
laws pissed since 1873 also articles OF
confederaliIn and c~onstitu ion of The
Utl ed States; agreed to.
Mr.. Cl alice Introduced a bill to abolish
the use OF stoves for heating pas senger rail
road cars referred to committee on rail
rtals.
Mr.. johnson called up the senate bill au.
thorizing the court Of claims to hear tie
claim of VIM II. Ward of Auburn, N. V,
for the use by the government Of his patent
machine for shell moulding aud bullet max
ing After s0me discussion the bill was
laid aside and a resolution submit ted calling
upon the secretary Of war for all facts in
possession Of the department touching the
use by the government of such machines,
was agreed to-.
MIR. Gordon introduced a lii to create a
sinking fund for liq1'daticn of government
bonds a7var ced TO the Central Pacific rail-
road of California, Western Pacific rulio d
company, and UUi)n Pacific ia'lro4d COM
pany, under act of July /, 1862. and acts
amending the same, a1d fora settlement of
claims of the government On account of
said bond ; referred to committee on rail.
70 tds.
Mr.. Booth called up the resolution snb.
miited by him Monday in regard to coun'-
Ing the electoral vote, and spoke at length
il explanation of its provision, saying the
d fiiculty now confronted was the out.
growth of the lac war, and that the res.
possibility of the solutions IF the problem
rested on congress. There were three the
cries regarding the jurisdictions in the
matter.
Firs,-That the president of the senate
had absolute power to determine the vail
diiy Of the vote.
S'c'nd-lhst the vote OF no state can
be counted without the consent of both
houses.
Third-That NJ vote can be ~reiected
wi hout the affirmative action Of both
h uses.
Said he, there is still another that the
house has sole power to determine the
presld'nti l%count, which would be the m 1T
o lginal discovery if ii were not the most
unique Invention in American polite. it
Was certain that on the Al of F,bfu,ry
the two HOUSES Of C ngress would d # ra,
to the legal result ct thu day s procte iings
aid IN view IF that disagretmc t the peo-
pie having instenctively looked to the sl-
preme court t } decide the q l%estions Of law
which may arise and that wss what his
resolution suglested.
lie did not agree 10 the proposition TIA
absolute power 10 r ,ct or admit the vote
of o state was vested in the pres.d. mt OF
the senate. In his jungm n. th s power
was neiiher min's'eri II npr judicial, bus po-
liucal, IN in the absence Of express pro.
vision, was vested in Congress. Ia his
opinion certificates of returns, WHEN regu-
az upon its f zee, makes a prim faois case
which requires the action Of bllh houses TO
override, and that when there are double
returns the prima facie case is with that OF
the government de facto.
The senate then resumed the considera
ton of the house bill to perfect the revision
OF the United States It TUES, ald after
adopting the amendment setting forth in
detail wtishers and guqgers fees, the bi |
W IS passed and the ena adjourned Until
Monday.