Connecticut western news., 1877-02-09

tain and decide the lawful electoral votes. He denied that Congress had the right to give away that power of the Vice-President to any other body.
 Mir. Caldwell Dem), of Tennessee, opened the evening session by favoring the bill, believ ing as he did that peace and prosperity would follow in the wake of it. Mir. Stevenson (Rep.), of Illinois, and MT. Caulfeld (Dem. ), of Illinois, also favored the bill in short speeches.
 i MT. Springer Oem.) j. of Illinois, also advo- cated the bill declaring tn t the inevitable re- suit of t failnre to pass it would be that MT. 1 Tilden would be proclaimed President in one wing of the Capitol, and Mr. Hayes in the other. 1 MT. Hale (Rep.). of Maine, said that this bill startled him by the bold assumption of the power of Congress to regulate and control the election of President, which power, in his judg- ment, had never been lodged in the two houses 1 by the framers of the Constitution. i Mir. Hewitt Oem.) of New York, stated his belief in the lawful election of Mir. Tilden, and his firm conviction that it the determina- MT. Hayes by declaring the rght of the Vice President to count the votes. Of course the House would not remain passive, and the re- suit would be civil war To avert this disaster he supported this bill
 Mir. Willard Rep.), of Michigan, favored the i bill, and urged that mere partisan considera- l tions should be lost sight of and set aside ill favor of the public interests.
 NIT. Smltn (hep. J, or PennsylVanla, opposed the bill and expressed himself as favoring the counting of the votes by the president of the Senate
 1 Mir. Garfield (Rep.), of Ohio, said that while he admitted the bill had great merits and was l intended to tide over a possibly great public danger, he considered it unconstitutional. He then advocated the right of the president of the Senate to count and announce the electoral vote.
 The House was addressed in favor of the bill 1,TyN I nf Ma onhI1 fS ". Hartridge and Felton [Dem.l, of Georgia Lamar [Dem.l of Mississippi; Watterson [Dem.l, of Kentucky; Hill [Dem. ], of Georgia Davis [Dem:l, of North Carolina Bland Ohio Foster [Rep. ], of Ohio Landers [Dem. ], of Indiana Hardenburgh [Dem.l, of New Jer sey Vance [Dem. of North Carolina OBrien [Dem.l, of Maryland Payne and Walker York Brown Dem.l, of Kentucky: Gibson [Dem.] of Louisiana and Payne [Dem.l, of Ohio.
 And in opposition to it by Messrs. Mills [Dem.], of Texas Baker [Rep.],. of Indiana {; Hurlbut [Rep.l of Illinois Singleton [Dem. l, of Mississippi; Lapham [Rep.l, of New York Vance [Denl. l, of Ohio Townsend [Rep.l ], of New York Lynch [Rep. ]; of Mississippi; Knott [Dem. j. of Kentucky Carr [Dem. j. of Indiana Dunnell [Rep.], of Minnesota Pratt [Repl of Indiana Lawrence [Rep.l of Ohio Black burn [Dem. ], of Kentucky and Jones [Dem. ], of Kentucky.
 The vote was then taken, and the Compro- mise bill was passed by ballot of 191 yeas to 86 nays. The following is the vote in detail, the names of Republicans being in italics:
 Yeas-The Speaker, Abbott Adams. Aims worth, Anderson, Ashe, Atkins, Bagby, Geo. i. Bagley, John H. Bagley, Banning, Beebe, Bell, Bland Bliss, Blount, Boone, Bradley, Bright, Brown Ky, Buckner, Burchard Wis, B,uleigh, Cabell, Caldwell, Tenn, Campbell, Candler. Cauldeld, Chapin, Chdttenden Clark, Ky, Clark, Mo-, Clymer, Cochrane, Cook, Cowan Cox, Ch'apo, Culberson, Cutler, Da'rdN, Davis, Dauy, De Bolt, Dibren, Douglas, Durand, Eden, Franklin, Fuller, Ganse, Gibson, Glover, Goode, Goodin, Gunter, Hamilton, Ind, Hamilton, N. J., Hancock, Hardenbergh, Ha,7is, Mass, Harris, Ga., Harris, Va, Harrison, Hartridge, Hartzell, ford, Hewitt, N l., Hewitt, Ria, Hill, Hoor, Holman, Hooker, Hopkins; Hoski'as, House, Humphreys, Hunter, Hunton, Jenks, Jones, N. H., Kehr, Kelley, Lamar, Landers, Ind, Landers Conn.,, Lane, LedUerecorth, Le Moyne, Levy, Lewis, Luttrell, Lynde, Mackey, Maish, McMahon, Meade Metcalfe, Miller, Money, Morgan. Morrison, Mutchler, Neal, New, Nor ton, O'Brien, Otter, Payne, Phelps Phillips, Mo-, Pierce, Piper, P1ad, Potter, Powell. Req, Robbins, N. O., Robbins, Pa., Roberts, Ross, N J., Sampson, Savage, Sayler, Scales, Schleicher, Seelye, Sheakley, southard, Sparks Springer, Stanton, S'oat Stenger, Stephenson ', son. Thomas, Throckmorton, Ioocnsend. Fa. Tucker, Turney, Vance, N. C., Waddell, Walk CT. N. Y., Walker, Va, Walling, Walsh, Ward Warner, Warren, Watterson, Wells, Mo, Wells Miss, Whitehouse, Whitthorne. Wyke, WI lard, A. s. Williams, Mich, Williams Del.
 ". B. Wiuiams, Mich, Willis, Wiltshire Wilson, W. Va, Wilson, Iowa, Wood, N. Y. Yeates, Young-191.
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 Cannon Carr. Cas,ceu, Cate, Conger, C''ounse Danford Denison Dobbins, DtnneU, Durham Eraas, Eanees, Fgye, Forney, Fort, Freeman Frye, Ga'Jield, Hale Haralson He,adee, Tender son, Hoge, H,tbbell, Hurd, HurEbM Hy1aan Jones, Ky, Joyce, Kassa'a, Kin'baA, Knott Ldphana, Ld,ore,ace, Lynch, Mdgoon, Milliken Mills, Monroe, Nash, ONeiu, Packer, Page Plaisted, Poppleton, Pratt, Purn,d,,, Rdiney sn'aAs, Snsath. Pa, Smith, Ga, Stoeoeu, Thorn b,trgh, Toaonsend N Y., Tt.f1s, Vdn Forlaees Vance, Ohio, Wait, Waldron, Wallace, s. c. Wallace, Pa, White, Whitney, W1llidms, N: Y. WiRianas, Wis, Williams, Ala, Wood, Pa.
 Woodb,trn, Woodsso,th-86.
 Mir. Stevenson nominated Allen G. Thurman of Ohio, and Thomas F. Bayard of Delaware and said he joined with the senator from Ney Hampshire in expressing the hope that the, , would receive the unanimous vote of the Senate They were unanimously elected. Mir. Payne (Dem.) of Ohio, offered resolu , ton that the House now proceed to the election of the five members of the commission on tn
 Presidential electoral connt. Adopted.
 Mir. Lamar Dem), of Mississippi, rose an put in nomination Messrs. Payne, of Ohio ; Hunton, of Virginia, Abbott, of Massachusetts ! Garfield, of Ohio, and Hoar, of Massachusetts The vote was taken, and the appointment o Messrs. Payne, Hunton, Abbott, Garfield an Hoar received large majority of the votes, an : were declared elected to act for the House. : NIT. Banning Oem.) of Ohio, introduced ,, bill providing that the first session of ever Z Congress shall begin on the fourth of March. | MT. Hubbell (Rep.). of Michigan, introduce | 8 bill chartering freight railroad compan from tide water on the Atlantic to the Missom aa river.
 . The House considered the bill authorizin the secretary of the treasury to pay James I
 Eads, constructor of the jetties at the mouth c
 the Mississippi ri raver t s5oo oGo the n pendn1 2 Mir. Buckner (Dem. ), of Missouri, directing tn payment to be made in United States bonds = The substitute was rejected-yeas, 58; nay'
 162.