The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-23
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
The senate.

The senate.
WASHINGTON. Oct 22.-The Senate met at - n..
the Vice President in the chair.
Prayer was offered by the Chaplain.
Bills and petition, were introduced and re-
ferred, rs follows:
Petitions asking increased pay for letter
carriers were presented by Mes.rs. Anthony,
Ferry, Mcpherson. kernan. Garland. Oglesby;
1 aS1we the Hoar m ipga hnd
and Post Roads.
memorial was presented from the Legisa-
ture of Michigan asking an appropriation Tor
the improvement of harbors at Menomee Buff
falo End other places. Referred to the Com
by Mr.. Cockrell: memorial from the Board
Of Trade of Kansas City, asking the repeal of
the resumption act: the remone ization Of the
Z nder: He asked that they be r. ferred to the
Committee on Fnaee,, with the hope that
they would report favorably on all of them. The
Mr.. Davis presented petition from the SOL
diers OF West Virginia numerously signed. ask
bill. Referred to the Committee ON Military At
fairs.
Mr.. Wallace presented a memorial from the
Chamber of Commerce of Philadelphia against
any change in the navigation laws relating to
foreign commerce.
Mr.. Wadleigh presented bill for the relief of
w. Howard. Referred to the Committee on
Mr.. Beck introduced bill to repeal section 3
of the act in relation to specie payments. Re-
ferred to the Commit on Finance.
Mr., Johnston introduced similar bill. Same
Mr.. ingalls, introduced bill to establish a
pension agency at Topeka. Kansas. Referred
to the Committee on Pensions.
Also. a bill to reimburse the State of Kansas
for expenses incurred in suppressing hostile
Indians. Referred to the Committee on laims.
,Also. bill granting pensions to soldiers of
the Mexican war. Refer red to Com mmittee on
sad He said he introduced 1T at the request of the
without committing himself as to its ,peri s..
Mr.: Howe introduced bull to amend the Re-
vised Statutes in relation to the Transportation
Mr. Jones. of Nevada, introduced bill pro-
. yiding for the cening of silver dollars of 4l2h
grains. Referred to the Committee on Finance
Mr.. Garland introduced a bill for the relief of
the officers and prvates of the Arkansas ynun-
Mr.. Merrmon introduced a hill for the relief
of Anna Hall, aud others, Of Washington, ID. @.
Referred % the committee on the District of
Mr. Mi fchell introduced a bill making further
appropriations for resuming work on the canal
near the Columbia iver. Oregon.
Mr.. Chatfee int oduced a ESQ ution calling on
the Secretary of the Int r,"r to transmit to the
Senate the last report Of the union Pacific Rail
Mr.. Morrill, introduced resolution author
izing the Sergeant at Arms to collect and
fapge duplicate copies of old bill, intro
duced since 1871 also to authorize the public
printer to prepare and bind ten sets of reports
of laws, etc, for preservation; and that the re-
mainder be sold for waste paper. of which he
said there was a large amount in the document
room that were apparently useless, and t is
resolution was offered with a view to getting
them out of the way Referred to the Commit
tee on Printing.
Mr.. Edmunds cal ed up hts resolution in re-
lation to the appointment, of COMMITTEES
of seven. Senators to take into consid-
tion of President and vi g President of
the United States. and moved to amend it by
adding to the end dc Of the resolution the follow
power to confer and act with any commit
tee of the House of Repres entatives having
was agreed to and the resolution adopted
The Chair laid before the Senate resolution
offered by Mr.. Davis. of West Virginia, for the
books, ETC., of the Treasury Department, which
was, on suggestion, laid over.
At 1879, on motion of Mr.. Sargent the Senate
WASHINGTON. Oct. 22.-The journal of Wed:
nesday. the last business session Of the House. |
Maine. said he rose to call up question of the |
highest privilege: claim of a member to his
seat sea. on on the floor which was pending at the
The Speaker decided that the question was
on the admission of Mr.: Beford as Representa-
tive from the State of Colorado.
Mr.. Harris, of Virginia. who was entitled to
the floor addressed the House. arguing that |
the election of October at which Mr.. Belford
for the election OF Representatives to the Forty
fifth Congress.
T.
the Governors certificate was priAa facie evil
dence of right to a seat
He said it was such only, when the Governor
Was duly authorized, and the certificate was in |
conf rmity to law. Ihe mere pre- sentation of a /
paper purportlng TO De a certificate was not
sufficient. He stated tn 1t unIer the new con-
stitution of Colorado, the certificate of Mr. Bel
ford was not valid one.
MIR. Harris maintained that the House in its
judicial capacity was bound to take notice of
the question whether the election was held on
the day prescribed by law.
Mr.. Butler, of Massachusetts,. said that similar
cases had been before the House since the be-
ginning of the government. 1t has upon record
cases in Tennessee aud South Carolina and the
much debated cases of Michigan and ArkanS as, |
in which representatives were admitted when
the constitution was approved, although there
had ha@am~no enabling act. Minnesota and
Kansas were admitted and the representative
chosen when the constitution was adopted was
sworn in when the State was admitted. There
was great opposition iu the latter State but the
mem her- elect was sworn in without opposition |
He maintained that Congress had decided by
snactment that the Territories could elect their
State officers and representatives on the same
lay that the constitution was ratified. The law
liking day in November for holding the elec-
ions in the States, he maintained. was over
ridden by the subsequent act, SO far as Color
do was affected. colorado having no State
aud authorizing the new State to
lold her election on another day.
Mr.. Springer, of Illinois, araued that the re-
usal of the Governor to sanction he prOciama-
ian for an election on the 7th OF November did II