The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-12-20
certain ports named. After brief executive
session the senate at 4:3O adjourned.

certain ports named After bret executive
session the senate at 4:30 adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th, Mr.. Ed
muDdS submitted q resolution authorizing a
select committee to take into consideration
the state of the law respecting the ascertain
ing and declaration of the result of the elec-
ton of the president and the vice-president
or the United States; also to consider and
report upon the best manner Of electing
those officers, and The duration OF their term
of office. Agreed to. The resolution of Mr..
Matthews declarating the right OF the gov
ernment to pay its bonds IN silver, and Mr..
Chaffee's substitute, which is as follows
That all bonds of the United States issued,
or authorized to be issued under said acts of
congress heretofore recited, are payable,
principal and interest," at the option of the
government in com of gold or silver, of
standard value when such bonds were issued,
and to restore to its coinage such silver coin
as legal tender cOequal with gold coin is not
in violation of public faith nor in derOgation
of the rights of public creditor, were or
dered to be printed. Pending discussion, Mr..
Allison moved that the senate proceed with
the executive business. The motion was
agreed to by years Al, nays 20. The senate
then went into executive session, and ad-
jOurned.
In the senate, on the 18th, Mr.
Dawes introduced a bill to authorize
and equip an expedition to the Arctic
Stds Ib6lGEfSNs Al 40G tSDiIdblOH OF
the morning hour consideration was resumed
of the resolution of Mr.. Matthews to pay the
bonds in silver, and Mr.. Baydrd spoke in
opposition. After several speeches Mr.. Spot
ford then took mis- place TO speak on the
Matthews resolution, but yielded TO Il motion
for executive session, and the senate at 4
o'clock proceeded to consider executive
business, and when the doors were reOpened
at 80 adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 14th, Mr.. Came
ron (Wis) called up house joint resolution
relating to reservoirs, and to promote the
navigation of the Mississippi river. Passed
At the expiration of morning hour, consider
alton was resumed of Mr.. Matthews reSOlU.
ton declaring it to be the right of the gov
ernment to pay bonds in silver, and Mr..
Hereford spoke in favor thereof. Mr.. Merri-
man was entitled to the floor to speak on
Mr.. Matthews, resolution, but said owing to
the ldteness of the hour he would not address
the senate to-day on the motion. Mr.. Ed.
munds moved, and by unanimous consent 1t
was so ordered, that the vice-president de-
clare the senate adjourned Immediately after
reading the journal, and that no business
should be transacted. The vice-president an
nOunced as the committee to inquire into the
practicability of promoting commercial in
tercOUrse with Mexico and maintaining peace
on the Rio Grande frontier, authorized under
the resolution of Mr.. COnkling, recently
adopted Messrs. COnkIing, Hamlin, Howe,
Jones n w Cameron (Pa.(, Eaton and
Maxey. Mr.. Mitchell introduced a bill, by
request, to authorize the Southern Pacific
railroad company to extend its railroad and
telegraph line easteriy from its present east
ern terminus in Arizona to point on the
Rio Grande, at or near ElpasO, and to aid in
building the same. Referred. The bill is
the s&z:se as the one recently introduced in
the house Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 10Th, during the
Al, J
from the house announcing that the speaker
had signed a number of bills, among them
the deficiency appropriation BILL all of which
were Immediately signed by the Yice-presi~
dent. Senator Butler submitted a resolution
for the investigation of the committee on
privileges and elections from the COnside
ton of his credentials at the extra session,
but Senator Cameron Wis objected Oh the
ground that the resolution was in violation
of an agreement not to transact any busI-
ness, and after an animated discussion, the
resolution went over. A motion to 60 into
executive session was declared also to be
against the agreement. Senator Thurman
said there was matter which, he had been
informed, would be brought to the attention
Of the senate, and he moved the doors be
closed under rule sixty-fOur. Agreed to
unanimously. Rule siXty>four provides that
on a motion being made and seconded to
| close She doors of the senate on the discus
| sion of any business which may, iG the ODIu-
| ion of the senator, require seCreSy, the pre-
! siding officer shall direct the galleries to be
cleared, and during the discussion of such
! motion the doors shall remain closed. This
motion was submitted for the purpose OF
| considering the difficulty between Senators
| COnklin and Gordon in executive session
yesterday, aud after the doors were reOpened
! the following paper was made public. Dur
| ing the secret session Senator Hamlin Offered
| thefollowing, which was unanimously agreed
| to. Whereas, A mISund derstandIng having
| arisen between Hoo. Roscoe COnRling and
| Hon. J Ohm B. Gordon IN the course OF the
| executive proceedings OF the senate OF yes
| terday. and mutual understandings thereon
| having been arrived at, as set out in the
! following paper, 1t l. ordered that the SAID
| paper be entered a. large on the Legislative
| journal of the senate During an executive
| S, ssiOn of the senate, held yesterday, words
| were uttered both by Senator Gordon, O
| Georgia, and by Senator COnkHng, OF New
! York, which were mutually felttO be UnkInd
and offensive reports of the incident appear
! ing in the papers this morning which are in
accurate.and unjust 20 both 81 e ,kers. UpoI
careful inquiry as TO what was said by eacl
| speaker, and what was unC erstO)d to he salt
| by the other, it is certain that the first often
siye words were inspired by an honest ms
| understanding of what had been innOCentll
said by the other. One harsh remark pro
vOked another, as too often happens, but al
| that was offensive was the OutgrOWth o
| misapprehensiOu. Since such was the fact
! we who are mutual friends of both senators
are of the opinion that it is,due alike to tn
senate and TO the speakers that whatever wa
felt to be Unkind or offensive in the, remark
of either should be treated as never uttered
and we are now authorized to state that the
are mutually and simultaneously to state tina
they are mutually and simultaneously with
drawn, III. HANILIS.
NJ w. RANSOM.
TIMOTHY .. HOWE.
December Is, 1877. J. + MDOSALD.
The senate then adjourned until JanUaT