National Republican., 1877-03-04

III.
MIR. KNOTT then would move to suspend the
The IsPEAKER The gentleman must see
his motion he will deprive gentlemen OF getting
10 sther business by Unanimous consent.
derstsnd that the Gentleman from t indIana @ to II on
ON, on motion of MI: JOHN REILLY it was
Should be filed at the clerks desk S who@t H'tsSs tSS
Ing up The time of the House by reading them.
citing that ali investsations that had bSon tS Sr,
dered by this House had been virtually ended,
that It was useless, therefore, to hold IN custody
ducc papers, and that the Sergeant at Arms he,
therefore, directed to release and discharge all
nov E, held IN bis custody By order Of the
Mr.. EDEN iil.l called up the Senate bill to
extend the southern Claims'Commsson for two
years longer, and II was passed.
Tho House insisted upon its amendments to the
Sundry Ciyil Appropriation bill, and asked a
Mr.. RAYMOND Qnd.), tried to have passcda
bill to exempt, deposits in savings banks from
taxation, but objection was made.
the confusion was so great and SO many mcmbeps
were struggling for the floor, that MIR. HOLMAN
moved recess until such time as conference re.
MIR. RUSK suggested that the House might 40
on With pension bills, there could be no objection
At 1855 the House adjourned Fridays session.
y was called TO order again at ~ o'clock.
Mr. HOOkER (Miss.) offered q resolution to
tion the bill for the relief OF the Choctaw Nation
o. Indians, authorizing them to enter suit in the
vvonft OF Claims; The motion was defeated
Mr.. HOLMAN, (Ind.), submitted the con.
ference report on the Legislative Executive and
difference arc settled except that relating to the
salary OF the President. 1t took over half an
Mr. HOFFMAN, s0asnSS them movoa TsGOri that the House
insist upon It's amendment fixing the Presidents
salary at $4,000. He hoped that when the
decisive as to leave no doubt Of the determine.
tion OF the representative OF the people not to
Mir. sAYLER, ttohIo), inquired wha. had been
the Judgment 1, n SI g the Court Of Claims.
a., mr. HOLMAN said they had been omitted as
The proper place, for the item was In the Sund ry
MIR. sAYLER thought this was the proper BILL
review, had decided that certain claims must be
paid, and all we cared to do now was to make the
apPrSSpfan,I1n S He had not as much respect now
had q few days ago. Nevertheless It was the
Court Of last resort, and he protested against the
mittee on Appropriations IN particular; or the
gentleman from Indiana, especially making them.
serss R9,uTnng Sn Board to pass upon the Iudg
were neither IDIOTS nor knaves, and they knew
what they were doing when they passed. upon
.Mr. HARRISON (Iil.) said with reference to
the Presidents salary that the House had twice
paSsed pSS d Dill to reduce II to $4,000 Last year
and he hoped 1t would now insist upon the re.
Mr.. GARFIELD tohlO, called attention to tho
fact that the President had once vetoed a Bill
which reduced this salary. 1t was not fair now
TO put on this BILL for 1t would not be manly for
the outgoing President to approve 1t with the re.
Mr, MAILING (oh!o) said the President
Mr. GARFIEI,n N honed THE tI,Ino, ,you,l ,o,
Mr.. HARRISON said his side of the House
had agreed to the reduction when they thought
Mr.. Tildcn was elected President, and so there .
Mr.. GARFlELD said that If the amendment
was insisted upon the bill would fail and an ex.
ira session would be inevitable. At that extra
session the salary could be neither Increased nor
diminished, so that the object Of the proposition
Mr.. HARRISON IlL) said the Republican
party would then have to take the responsibility
The House then insisted upon tho reduction of
the salery, and new conference was ordered.
Mr.. HALE (Me.l presented the conference re.
port on the Fortifeation Appropriation bill, and
Mr., CLARK iMc) submitted the Conference
report on the Post Route bill
All the differences were agreed to except the
clause aLProprating $500 for the postal car ser.
vice, the House conieIees having stricken out the
last clause OF the bill, and recommended that
amount. On this clause further conference was
mtbkTs. HOLMAN, CLNMER anu WALDRON.
were appointed the new conferees on the leglsla.
Mr.. LUTTRELI., tCaI., submitted the confer.
enee report IN relation to the sale Of desert lands,
Messrs. CLtRKE, (Mo.,) wApprL1, IN. OIL and
SASSGM P Pos, were RGs,s appointed theA new con-
MIR. cox IN. W, presented the report of the
special committee on election frauds in New York,
sSs aSs Seesr cities and 1T was ordered
Mr.. KNOTT, (Ky.), from the Committee on
the Powers and Privileges of the House on the
string Of whereases, reelting that from the evi.
dence presented to the House. 1t appeared that tho
Tilden and Hendricks electors were lily elected
In Florida and Louisiana and hat the votes Of the
Hayes and Wheeler electors were Improperly and
Illegally counted, and closing with resolution
before 1t, 1t was the duty OF the House Of Repre-
sentatives to declare and It does hereby declare,
that samuel J. Tilden, of New York, received iS6
and qualified; that Thomas A. Hendricks received
l96 votes for Nice-President, and that, therefore
Tilden nd Hendricks were elected President and
Vice President Of the United for tour years from
the 4th Of March, 1877.
Mr.. KASsoN raised tho question of consldera.
ton.
Mr.. WHITE, (Ky.l demanded the yeas and
nays on the question Of consideration, and said
the resolution was revolutionary, reasonable
The House decided to consider by a vote Of l.o
sfMSs M. Y %iLsSGN Il lsG owa, asked leave to offer
suDsttute, ueclurlnk that lne votes hnd been
counted, and that Il. b. Hayes and W. A.
W HELLER had been legally declared elected
President and Eice-President OF the United
States, and that IL was the duty of all abid.
ing citizens TO abide by the result.
Mr.. KNOTT declined to accept the amend.
ment.
The yeas and nays were demanded, and tho
resolution was adopted, yeas 1877, nays 49, Tho
vote was partizan with the single exception that
with the Republicans.
Mr. FIELD than from hc fYom mi m NJ, Dou,
ers and Privileges, submitted n long preamble
recitng the action OF the Electoral Commission,
and closing with q resolution that in the count.
ing OF the Electoral vote of any State 1t is the
duty and the right OF Congress and of this House
to enquire whether any votes, purporting to come
from State, have been cast as required by tho
legislature thereof, and to receive evidence of
any fraud or forgery or the inellgbility Of any
candidate whatever,
Mr.. BURCHARD Qll) moved to amend the re.
solution so as to provide, that the enquiry under
the evidence should extend only to the genuine.
ness or proper authorization of a certificate and
not to the votes as reported by the State Canvas.
sers. The latter motion was rejected by vote
ef 70 yeas to l26 nays.
Mr.. KNOTT, (K.) offered q substitute, rccit.
ing the resolution which tho House refused to
age said to contain an electoral vote Of Vermont,
and declaring that the rejection Of said resolution
was not to be construed as a recognition of the
right OF the President Of tho Senate to declare
what certificates should be opened.
This was, however, subsequently withdrawn,
and Mr; FIELDS resolution was adopted.
report on the Naval Appropriation bill, and il
was agreed to. The main points OF difference
were as to pay Of the navy and the appoIntm ment