The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-03-09
SENATE.

in the senate on the 23d, Mr.. Sargent
amendments, reported by the committee on
appropriations, which were agreed to. The
bill was then reported to the senate and the
question being on cOncurring in the amend.
ment made in committee of the whole, it
was LAID aside for the time being. Mr.. Ogles.
by called up the house bill, granting to the
city of StevenspOrt, Wisconsin, 81 certain piece
of land. Passed. The senate then resumed
consideration Of the naval appropriation bill,
the pending question being upon cOncurring
in the amendments made IN committee OF
the whole. The amendment made in com.
mittee on the whole to strike out of the
hOuse bnl the clause providing for the APP
pOintment OF a commission, etc, was con-
CURED in. Other amendments, made in COM
mittee of the whole, were concurred in with
out debate. The bill was then read the third
time and passed. The bill granting the right
of way to the Hot Springs railroad company
over the Hot Springs reservation, Arkansas,
was taken mp and passed. After an execu-
tive session the senate took a recess till 10
O'Clock tomorrow.
In the senate on the 24th, Mr.. Sar-
gent submitted a resolution that the decision
of the commission upon the electoral vote CT
the state of Oregon stand as the judgment of
the senate, the objection made thereto to
the contrary notwithstanding. A long de-
bate followed, participated in by Mr.. Kelly
and others. Mr.. Sargent's resolution was
then adopted, and the senate proceeded to
hall of the house. When the senate return.
ed the objection to the vote of Morrill,, of
Pennsylvania, was read. The objection was
overruled as invalid and a recess taken till
Monday.
In the house on the 26th, met at 10
o'clock, but it was nearly twelve before bust
ness was begun, the interval beng consumed
in the call of the house, and in voting by
yeas and nays on the question whether the
testimony taken before the committee on
privileges of the house in the case of the
Pennsylvania %elector, Mr.. Boggs, appointed
instead of Mr.. Daniel j. Morrill,, a centen.
NAL commissioner should be read. The
house decided by 1873 to 116 it should be read
and it was accordingly read. Mr.. Kelly Of
fered a resolution tha'the vote of Mr.. BOggs
should be counted, and Mr.. Stringer offered
a substitute that it should not be. Mr.. String
er took grounds that under the constitution,
and under the laws of Pennsylvania, Henry
X. Boggs was not entitled to east his vote as
~elector. A vote was taken on Mr.. !tringer's
substitute for Mr.. Kelly's resolution, and 1t
was adopted-yeas, 1873; nays. 10. So the
house decided that the vote Of Mr.. Boggs
should not be counted, because he was NOT
appointed in conformity with the constitn-
ton and laws of the state. The senate was
then notified OF the vote and OF the readiness
of the house to meet the senate in joint
meeting. After quite a lengthy discussion,
the house proceeded to vote on the substi-
tute offered by Mr.. Eames that the vote of
the state be counted II was agreed to with
out discussion. The house, at half past six
o'clock, took a recess till 10 o'clock to-mor-
row morning.
In the senate, on the 9th, the reso-
lufions of respect to the memory of speaker
Kerr were adopted, and e~ulogies delivered
by senators Mcdonald, Wallace, Wright,
B4yard and Booth. The resolution author
.zing the president to designate a site for a
colossal statue of liberty was adopted. The
,il to amend the Pacific railroad act, SO as
% defer action until December relative to
he creation of a sinking fund for the pay !