Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-01-25
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From Washington.
PASSAGE OF TIE ADJUSTMENT PLAN ID luz
SENATE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, lS77.-lhe bit q;
reported by the joint committee of Congress
for tho appointment ef commission to August
the Presidential difficulty passed the Senate
this morning, after an all nights Session. Oy
vote of Al to II, as follows:
Ayes.-Messrs. AIcorn, Allison barnum
Bayard, Bopy. Booth, Boutwell, BURNSIDE
Chatter, Chrstiaucy, Cockrell, Conki1ng' coop
er, Cragiu, Davis, Dawes. Deans, hdmuods'
| Frelinghuysep, Godthwaitc,- Goruon, howe
Johnston, Jones of Florida, Jones OF NcVada'
Kelly, Herman, McCreery, McD9naia' NC
MILAN, Maxey, MerrimoD, Morrill, Prlce, nan
dolph, Ransom, Robertson, Salisbury, Sharon
Stevenson, Teller, Thurman, Wallace "hYte'
Window, Withcrs and Wright-47.,
ocs.-Messrs. Blaine, Bruce lcol. j. came
ron of Pa, Cameron of Wis, Clayton, Con
over, Dorsey, Eaton, Hamilton, Hamlin, In
gals, Mitchell, Morton, Patterson, Sargent
Sherman and Wcst-l7.
Absent and not voting --Mcssrs. Ferry, An
thony, Harvey, Hitchcock, Key, Logan, Nor
wood, Oglesby, Paddock, Spencer and Wau-
leigh-ll.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Coukliug' 5 truly
great speech the Senate YVES addressed IN
speeches Of ten mDutes each by Mcssrs. Nor.
ton, Sherman, Sargent and Blaine III OPPOSE
ton to The plan, after which Mir. Edmuuds, in
brief speech, closed The debate, aud the vote
was taken, there being very full Senate, as
will have been seen.
A few amendments were offered to the bill
providing that the commission should sit
with closed doors. that they should nave power
to 20 behind the returns, &C., but they we're
all voted down, and, Just as reported, the bill
passed, ADD at 10 o'clock this morning, the
Senate then adjouruiug uutil tomorrow at twelve
o'clock u.
Mr. Eaton, Of Connecticut. was the only
democrat who voted 10 opposition to the pas
sage Of tho bill, whio twenty oue radicals voted
ID favor Of it.
"a, nc surprise was expressed BY his friends
,t R]aine S vote, it having been asserted that
he would "a, or the plan.
The crowd il tho galleries remaioed until
about . o'clock this morning. when 1t sens'oIy
diminished and at tho time OF adjournment
not more than one hundrau Spectators 'oc'ud-
ing three ladies', remained.
TIE BILL. IN THE HOUSE.
The bill providing for the count OF thu elec
oral vote was taken up ia the House to'6ay
md tho debate begun, and will be CONTINUED
al TO-DAY, with session to night and recess
,ntiI TO- morrow at 10 clock, when ten minute
speeches will be made until o clock, when
vote will be taken. The result will be the pas
sage of the bill by decided majority; some
say two-thirds.
ILLINOIS SENATOR.
A dispatch received at . O'CLOCK announces
the election to-day, by the Illinois Legislature,
Of Judge Davis as u. S. Senator from that
State from the 4th of next March. The news
was received with grcat joy The Senate aud
the country vii! BE the gamers by the ex'
change OF An able jnrist for mere b old aud
bad political trickster.
MR.. cONKLIEGs SPEECH.
The occasion Of tho contest over tho electoral
vote for President of tue United Ststes--an
epoch IN the history Of tho country ems es-
pecially ti!tod for the display Of tho great ora.
tors of Congress but i'll tho Senate, at least no
man has risen with tho occasion except MI.
Conkling, Of New York. His speech IN argu-
mont extended to tho lilui! Of lis great thome,
and resistlc:s in lis closely arranged facts and
overwhelming logic boro down al boforo IT.
In diction it WAS rounded and complete. some
times almost rythmiesl in the graceful cadence
of its sentances, and always idiomatic ANA por-
spicuous. At its opening tho manner OF the
speaker left nothing to be desired, tu. more
than onco the effort, which occupied parts OF
two days, fsggod perceptibly, and it Wa known
th at the ors!or's ine physical stamina WAS not
in IFS best condition. Altogether it WAS an ms
toricsl speech, and may be likened to the fire
efforts of other days, when Clay, and Webster,
and Wrght2 and Calhoun, and Chestnut ana
BENJAMIN were familiar names. 1t 10 conceded
to hs the best speech in Congress- since the war.
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