The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-26

Pennsylvania, moved that the House adjourn
and on this the, yeas and nays were demanded
/ by Mr.. Leonard.
The yeas and nays were ordered, and the vote
resulted. yeas 112. nays 49,
Mr.. Hale proceeded to close the debate. He
denied the right of any one to raise a question
on prima faeie right In the case. and said the
| majority Of the House had power to send Mr..
Belford before the committee composed us 1t
| had right. freely expressed themselves on the
question. and who. IL they followed their rea-
soning here to q logical 1sonclusion. must refuse
He said it was denied that Belford had re-
ceiyed majority Of three votes In the. election,
PARTIES ali The they
1t was not claimed that the election was not the
expression Of the will of the people Of Colorado.
Under these circumstances be maintained that
the prina facie right should not be set aside.
Mr.. Haie's demand for the previous question
was seconded. and the yeas and nays were or
dered on Mr.. Harris's substitute to send 1t TO
the Committee on Eelections, Mr. Bragg having
Withdrawn The amendment proposed by him.
The vote resulted-yeas 197, nays 1870: party
vote, with the exception of Mr.. Butler of New
Jersey. Democrat, who voted no.
The resolution as ameDned was then adopted.
The Speaker laid before the House number
OF executive documents, among them q commu-
nieation from the Secretary Of the Treasury
Interior Department building, which was or
when Appointed.
Mr.. Garfield asked unanimous consent and
had read a petition of 21O colored men asking
the assistance of Congress to enable them to go
to Liberia. and said there was an extensive
movement going on among the colored people
looking toward emigration to that country The
petition was ordered printed aud referred.
ad haa bs ad 9 aes &
q petition and protest:
u, !. Against the unjust discrimination In fixing
clerks in the different departments of the gov
ernment and leaving those Of mechanics and
laborers to the whim OF individuals.
2. Against the assumption OF authority on the
part of heads of departments under which
the clerks are worked seven hours day and
mechanics and laborers ten hours,
B. Against allowing one class leave OF alb
sence with pay. and refusing. the same to
another c. ass and petitionng that al classes
In the civil service Of the government be subject
sation for services be equally. liberal to all
classes and that anything In violation of this is
undemocraic unAmerican and In contraven-
ton of the programme of civil service reform.
Referred to the Committee on Civil Service,
when I Wt,e, aWpn,ointed; -
petition in his desk with the names of 2o.7O2
residents Of the Twelfth Congregational Di 81
small loans to enable men to locate on public
lands. and the loans to be secured by mortgage
on the lands and to bear interest.
MIR. Springer presented a petition of the
Labor League OF the District of Columbia ask
ing the restoration of impartial suffrage. He
SAID It was signed by some 600 or 800 citizens of
the, district Referred to the District ,mmitte-
Mr.. Kelly. of Pennsylvania said: I desire to
present q petition of q citizen of the United
States to Congress thaf 1t change the financial
system of The country 50 that the laboring peo-
pie shall not have to appeal to the ,vernment
for means of expatriatio Tor themselves and
their posterity. 50 that hey may cont nue. In the
homes of their choice ard pursue the callings
to which they nave been trained. VIM. Kelly
petitioner. [Great laughterl
Mr. Harrison. of Illinois, desired to offer a
retit on for increased compensation to letter
carriers.
The members on all 81 'es began to open their
desks for papers. but objection was made. and
ut tive minutes past o'clock the House ad-
ourned until Monday.