The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-02-24

Mr.: Wimlnm OiCp.), Of Minnesota, called mp
the bill apprnmiatiiE 900 to supply n dc
: ttcicncy III tho appropriation for printing dur.
Ing tho current ii.cai ycar.
/ Mr.. Anthony Qiep.), Of Rhodo Island, snid
I people wrrr constantly applying To the cnulntt-
tee On printing for situations III tho government
office. The printers In that Office controlled
/ tho typographical association In Washington,
hut he had been informed that tho government
printers allowed those ili private offices to work
/ for lcss amount than that paid In the govern
mCnt Office.
/ After further discussion tho Senate refused
to cOHcur IN the amendment yeas, 20; nays,
49,
Mr.. Sargent (lsep.l of California, submitted
bill providing that tlc whole number Of pas
ScngciT Uf AsIatIc birth or descent received on
board the steamers Of the Pacific mall company,
10 bG loaded at any placc In America, shall nj
! no time exceed DfiU passenger for every fifteen
registered tons, anil on any violation ot'tlis
provision, payment from this apprprion shall
cease. Ordered to be printed. .
The Senate considered the Indian aplFOpria-
| tiOn btll and variOnS amendments reported by
tho committee OIL appropriations were agreed
10. The bill, having been considered N COM
mittee of the whole, was reported totllC Senate,
and tho amendments made In cnmuittGG
were cOncuFrrd Ut. The I'LL was road third
time and passed.
Mr.. Dawes (liep), Of Massachusetts,, intro
tluCedl bill 10 authorize and equip All cxredi-
tiOn 10 tho Arctic scRS, according to the plan ri
Capt. lIowgHtr, Of the signal service. referred
to The committee OF naval affairs
The bill to encourage new cubio telegraph
liuO between America and Europe was passed.
Mr.. Adams, clerk Of the ltnnsc Of lepr0sGn-
tativcs, appeared nj the lar OF the Senate and
announced that thC llunscwonld l'o prepared
10 meet the Senate In the ball Of the House to
proceed with the tUrt ier count or the votes for
President and Iicc-Ircsidrnt.
The Senate returned to It's chamber after the
visit TO the Horse, and the president pro tim.
announced that he having submitted 10 tho two
houses Of Congress In Joint meeting the de-
cision OF tho Electoral commission In regard 10
the vote Of Florida, member from New York
objected thereto, which objection would be
road.
The secretary then read the objection sub
mItted In the lIUuso by Mr.. Field.
The Senate, By strict party vote Of II to %,
refused to adjourn.
Mr., whytc Dcnl), OF Maryland, submitted
the following: Ordered, That the Senate do
NOT concur III The decision made by the commits.
sion created under the act approved JANUARY
81. 1877, but that the votes cast br Wilkinson
Call, Robert Bullock, J. Z. Yonge aud II, u.
Hilton az electors Of the State Of Florida, are
the trtlG and lawful votes for President and
yice-lreSdent Of that State, md Shond be
counted M the electoral vote Of tho State Of
Florida. lf 1T i'i
\ number OF amendments wcrc presented,
and finally Slr. Hatulin (lsep.). Of Maine, sub
mittrd the following:
Htsnlpe,i, That the vote Of the State Of Flor
ida should BE- counted for Il. i. Hayes for Pres
! - 4 -.
idcnt, as determined by the Electoral commits
sion. 1t' VI
At the request, OF Mr.. Mormon the decision
OF tho Electoral commission submitted To- the
Joint convention was read. The question being
OIL the order submitted By Alr. byte Il was re-
IeCted-yeas. 20: nays, 10 strict party vote.
Tie question was then taken gu the rcsoln-
ton OF Sir. lIanlin and Il was agreed to-Aycas,
10 nays, % strict party vote.
After some further discussion Mr. Sherman
Rcp.), Of Ohio said he did not like the rcsuln-
ton offered by tho senator from Maine, aud
lust adopted, because It contained the names OF
the persons voted for. lie hoped the vote by
which that resolution was agreed 10 would lie
rcconSdered, and one submitted by himself
would lie adopted in place thereof. Alr. Sher-
mans resolution was as follows:
ResDlrei. Thatthc decision Of the commission
upon the electoral votes Of the State Of Florida
stand as the Judgment Of tho Senate, tho Objec-
lions made thereto to the contrary nOtwitli-
standing The resolution OF Mr.. Sherman was
then agreed to---ycas, IL nays, % strics
party vOto. is'1 tzg aAE
Ir. Patterson [lICp.l otsouth Carolina, pre-
scented the credentials Of David 7. COrbin,
clAinlingtO have boon elected United States
Senator from the State OF South Carolina for
six years from AarCiI, 1877. The credentials
L., ,,n.nr
nor OF South Carolina and after being read
they were placed on file, no objection being
made thereto.
II Mr.. Mitchell Hep Of Oregon, called up
the resolution. providing for The iss'lc OF an
attachment for Conrad y. Jordan cashier OF
the Third National bankof New York, he liav-
Ing failed 10 appear before tho committee OIL
privileges md elections 10 testify IL 10 the ac-
counts Of Samuel J. Tildcn, Wm. 7. l'cltOn and
! 4. S. Hewitt in that hank. After discussion
the resolution was agreed to.
Mr., Vance (Denl.), Of Ohio. chairman Of tho
committee on printing, offered an amendment
to the Printing bill lFnvitins That aftcr the
close uf tho present Congress no greater price
shall he raid for labor BY the government prin-
ter than N paid III the cities uf New York. PhIIa.
,lelpha and Baltimore. lie explained that he
had, IN conjunction with the chairman Of tho
committee on printing Of the Senate, addressed
letter 10 tho public printerin AuguSk last, n,l-
wishing him to adopt some smell rtlle In the nRn
ugcmelLt Of the printing oi!ler. II that advice
, had been followed, there would not now hgYO
been dollar Of deficiency in that department
VI the government
Slr. ConSer ClIcp.), Of Michigan, thought
/ that the proposition was imprnctlcablc, mud
that 1t aimed blow at tho most faithful labor
era Of the government. 49,
The aMcdncnt was adopted By yeas, r11S !;
nays. los. and the bill apprOrriating $3.50, 900
for deficiency In tho printing RpproprintiOnwas
passed. 20 I.w O.. -.a ta.
Mr.. Hale tIiep.l, Of Maine, rose TO a priv.
icgSl question nI'l read letter which had boon
addressed to him from j. Madison Wells and
Thomas q. Anderson. stating that they were
confined in ,lsinf, dark dungeon III tho cellar
Of the Capitol; that, lIy order Of tho Speaker,
| they had been transferred TO much better
room, and that they had been brought back to
Q tho cells by Orlrr 81 the sergeaut.at-anns, md
that on account Of the bad air In the coll, one
ur them (GlvCrnOr Wells was now on his sick
led. Mr, Hale snid lii attention had been
called lv this letter to the matter. lie had
gone to the cell Ia Which tue prisoners woru
confined, and had found 1t damp, dark rOom
I into which d CLEAN Of sunlight could never
penetrate. aud which had TO be Illuminated by
sas. Tho air was poisonous, and ono Uf The
prisoners, an old man over seventy years Of aer,
! lay Oh Ibis Lcd Of sickness II was inlinnan to
I keep them in such room, AMI hu therefore
Offered Il resolution DIRECTING tho SCrgeant-at-
arms TO remove the prisoners IL n well lighted
aud well ventilated roam, where their health
may not DO endangered. .... p
1 Mr. Cox moved TO rriUr The resolution 10 the
special committee oil tho election In Louisiana,
with Instructions to report speedily 10 the
House whether such State Of affairs does exist
M IL stated IN the communication Of J. Madison
Wells and Thomas c. Anderson, and It waE 20
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