National Republican., 1877-02-18
FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
SECOND SESSION
SENATE.

SENATE.
SATURDAY. February Il, 1877.
The Senate was called to or!ler at 10 A. NJ,
and the CHAIR laid before tho Senate a commu.
nication from Judge Clifford, President Of the
Electoral Commission, notifying tho Senate that
the Commission had duly considered the matters
submitted to II in relation to the electoral vote
OF Louisiana, and had come TO q conclusion there
on, which conclusion would bo submitted to the
two Houses when they should convene In conven.
MIR. HAMLIH said that inasmuch as the Elec.
toral Commission had come to q conclusion
on the question submitted to II, and had notified
the Senate that II was ready to communicate that
decision TO the JOINT convention OF the two Houses,
the House that the Senate Is now ready to meet
the House in Joint convention for the purpose Of
Mr.. WiTHERS asked II II was competent for
the Senate 70 meet the House in the absence of
quorum Of the Senate.
MI; HhMLIN said he made his motion in the
usual parliamentary manner, assuming that .
quorum va vas present but Of sour;s on looking
was not present. He thought, however, that II
was competent for the Senate to pass the motion,
received notice that the House was ready to re.
ceiye them, II would, Of course, be competent for
any one to raise the point. Tho motion was
AT ten minutes before twelve Mr.. KELLY sent
to the clerks desk and had read an article which
tion to the electoral vote in Oregon.
Mr.: KELLY made lengthy statement in re-
gard to the Oregon cipher dispatches but moth.
ing strange or startling was developed.
Mr.. MAXEl sent to the desk the credentials
o. RicnARp CoxE ss Senator;elest from TEXAS
ior six years from the tth Of March next which
Mr.. NORWOOD sent up the credentials OF b.
II HILL as Senator.elect from Georgia for six
years from March ith next, which were also
placed on file.
At 2:i5, on motion of Mr.. WHITE, the Senate
took recess till Monday morning at 10 o'clock.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Tl... 4
recess was Immediately taken until ~ O'Clock,
when 1t was again called to order.
AMER the journal had been read, the SPEAK.
ER laid before the House a communication from
the President Of the Electoral Commission, mott
Tying the Houte that the Commission had agreed
upon the Louisiana case, and that the decision
Mr.. LAMAR, Mississippi. was Immediately
CIcrk Of the House be directed to in.
form the Senate that the House would
be ready at II o'clock on Monday the 10th inst,
to receive the Senate oprocccd with the count
Of the vote under the electoral act.
Mr.. KASSoN, of Iowa, said that before the
Of privilege, and to call attention to the fact that
the Secretary Of the Senate had been here some
time with message from the senate.
The SPEAKER said that was not question OF
r'MMeKA NJ. KAssoN per,s,ed in addressing the
CHAIR when he was % again called to order from aS
the Democratic side, and the SPEAKER directed
him to cit down.
Mr.. kAssQN-will the Chair recognize a
question Of order?
Voices On the Democratic side, No! Mob
Mr.. kASSUN, Ia. | was asking the CHAIR,
The SPEAKER What is your point Of ordcr'
Mr KAsSON replied that 1t was that a mes.
and that 1t bore directly on the subject matter
lrxoisSs;, How DO you know that q
The SPEAKER said that was not point OF
order. He had no disposition TO stop message
from from t6e use senate, but he had laid message be'
olutlOn OF tho gentleman from Mississippi was
pertinent to the question
The SPEAKER was about to put the question
Mr.. BuRCHARD, OF Illinois, after several cf.
iorts,was recognized, and made the point that II
was not competent to adjourn beyond ten o'clock
Mr.. LAMAR said the gentleman misappre.
hended the resolution. II was not that the
House should ndiournto take q recess, kbut that
there should be joint convention at Il O'clock on
The resolution was then adopted by l52 yeas tC
10. nays; The only Democrats who voted in the
MArNoND. Of Indiana; Porter, OF Michigan
| TAnBox, Of Massachusetts,; WALLIsG, of Ohio
Yolk. vi "'''0"'' anu "H'rkhoOsk' 0' New
:, Just before the announcement of the roll cal
,he srEhkEs recognized Mr.; doRHAM, Secre
that the Senate was now ready to meet II,
Mr.. LAMAR, Miss, then moved that the Hous,
| take recess until ten o'clock Monday morning
| upon which the yeas and nays were demanded
and the motion was agreed to by yeas li7, nay
| l01, and accordingly at l20 the House took I
recess until ten O'Clock Monday.
The Democrats voting In the negative wert
| Messrs, ANDERSON, Mo; BELL, N. H.; CANP
nELL, ILL.,; CuTLER, N. j.; FRANKLiN, Mo.
GoRnAN, Kan; HAyMoND, Ind; WELLS, Mo.
| and WAREHOUSE, N. Y.
After the recess had been announced, the clerl
| read n notice that caucus would be held at ,:S
| p. m, whereupon the Democrats called out /,
| have It now, but Mr.. LAMAR, the chairman o
the caucus, paid no heed to the call.