The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-11-29
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FORTY-FTFTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, Nov, %, 1877.
SENATE
EXTRA SESSION.

SENATE,
The morning hour was used up dis
cussing the motion of Mr.. Thurman to
amend the journal Of yesterdays pro-
ceedings so it would not show the
pending question was the motion OF Mr.
Hoar to lay on the table the resolution
to discharge the Committee on Privileges
and Elections from further considera'
lions of the Butler credentials, He arr
gued that Mr. Hoar had Withdrawn that
motion with unanimous consent
The result of the discussion was that
Mr.. Thurman withdrew his motion to
amend the journal.
Mr., Window from the Committee on
Appropriations reported with amend
ments, the House Joint resolution in
relation to the Paris Exhibition, Placed
on the calendar
The Senate then, by vote Of yeas 80,
nays 90, refused to lay on the table the
resolution of Mr.. Thurman TO discharge
the Committee on Privileges and Elec'
tions from further consideration of the
credentials of NJ. c. Butler as Senator
from South Carolina. Davis, Of Illinois,
Conover and Patterson, voted with the
Democrats in the negative.
The question then being on the adop-
ton of the resolution, Mr.. Edmunds
moved to amend the resolution so as to
discharge the Committee from further
consideration Of the credentials Of Kel-
logg as Senator from Louisiana, instead
of NJ. c. Butler as Senator from South
Carolina. Upon this motion a debate
followed.
The motion was rejected-Yeas, 20 !;
nays, 81. The vote was the same as on
the motion to lay on the table, with the
exception of Conover who did not vote.
Mr.. Conkling then submitted an
amendment as follows;
Resolved. That the Committee on
Privileges and Elections be directed to
report the matter of the credentials of
William P. Kellogg and Henry M. Spot
ford, claiming seats as Senators from
Louisiana, and that meanwhile the case
of South Carolina be postponed. Re-
iected-yeas, 80; nays, 81. The vote
being as above given on the motion to
lay on the table. When the name of
Patterson was called in taking the above
vote he said he would vote for the reso-
luton as a separate proposition, but he
could not vote for it as substitute tor
the resolution Of the Senator from Ohio.
Mr.. Edmunds submitted an amend
ment to discharge the Committee from
further consideration of the credentials
of Kellogg, Spofford, Butler and Corbn.
RejeCted-yeas, 80; nays, 81.
Mr.. Edmunds moved that further con-
sideration of this whole subject be post
poned until Monday next. Rejected
yeas, 30: nays, 81; Conover not voting.
Mr.. Edmunds moved the Senate ad-
journ until Monday next. The vote re>
sulted-yeas, 81; nays, 81, as follows
Yeas-Messrs. Allison, Bruce, Booth,
Burnside, Cameron, of Pennsylvania,
Chaffee, Chrisliancy. Conkling, Conover,
Dawes Dorsey, Edmunds, Hamlin.
Hoar. Howe, Ingalls,, Jones, Of Nevada,
Kirkwood, Mcmillan, Matthews, Mitch
ell Morrill,, Oglesby, Paddock, Rollins,
Sergeant. Saunders, Spencer, Teller.
Wadleigh,. Windom-3I
Nays-Messrs, Bailey, Barnum Bay.
ard, Beck, Cockrell, Coke, Davis, Of II.
linois, Davis, of West Virginia, Dennis,
Eaton, Garland, Gordon, Harris, Here
ford. Hill, Johnston, Jones, of Florida,
Lamar, McCreery, Mcdonald, McPher>
son, Merrimon, Morgan, Patterson, Ran
dolph, Salisbury, Thurman, Voorhees,,
Wallace, White, Withers-3I.
Mr.. Conover, who had previously
voted with the Democrats, voted with
the Republicans on the motion to adj
journ, making it a tie vote,
Vice President Wheeler said, "The
vote being equally divided, the Chair
votes in the affirmative, and the Senate
stands adjourned until Monday next.
Applause in the galleries.
HOITSF.