The Worthington advance., 1877-03-08
F0RTY-FOURTH CONGRESS-.

Nothing was done in either branch
OF Congress on the 9th and 29th of February
or March lst, save to continue the Presiden.
tial count On the I'd inst. both houses were
33n?1d1ustrioqsly my working upon appropriation
complete their work by the 4th
In the Senate on the 3D., Mr.. Win
dom reported that the conference committee
on the Legislative, judicial and executive
appropriation bill had agreed on all items ex.
cept the Presidents, the House insisting on
reducing it to $25, 900 and the Senate stand
ing Tor $50, 1000. A new conference commit
tee was appointed, and at late hour both
Houses agreed on the $50,00O, and the bill
passed. Another point OF disagreement was
the post office appropriation bill. The Senate
had appropriated $500,0OO subsidy to the Pa
cifc Mail Steamship line and several other
steamship subsidies, and also a large sum to
re-establish the fast mail, all Of which items
the House refused to agree to-. After con-
terence committee the Senate abandoned its
claims, and the bill passed without the subsi-
dies. Logan made strong effort to pass the
bill equalizing bounties to soldiers in the late
war, but it was indefinitely postponed by a
vote Of 81 to %. Sherman's bill to aid in re-
sumlng specie payments, based upon the re-
cent message Of the President was postponed
until next December. All OF the appropria-
ton bills were finally agreed upon by both
houses except the army bill and both houses
took recess until Sunday morning with the
expectation OF some compromise being reached
on the matter through conference commit
tees.
In the House on the Sd, the time
was chiefly occupied in considering the ap-
preparation bills votedi the Senate report.
mittee on privileges, Proctor Knott, chair
man, declaring that Samuel J. Tilden
received 1856 electoral votes OF electors legally
and constitutionally appointed, and was there
by duly elected President of the United
States, and that it is the opinion of the House
that Thomas A. Hendricks, having received
like number OF votes for Vice President,
was duly elected.
MIR. White protested against the resolution
as revolutionary, reasonable and damnable.
MIR. Wilson desired to offer substitute tor
Mr.. Knott's resolution, declaring the electoral
votes of the States had been counted in &C.
cordance with the law: that Hayes and
Wheeler had been legally declared elected
the duty of all law abiding citizens to obey
the law. But Knott declined to allow the
amendment to be offered, moving the pre-
vious question, when the resolution was
adapted-137to s8s:,strict party vote.
Alter the result 6lsshe vote was announced
Mr.. Garfield remarked of this resolution that
40 du eA eApIcSSlOu VI Tue opinion OF Lne House
it was one thing, but if it was declaration
which was to become legal finding of the
House it was another thing.
Mr.. Field, from the committee on privi-
leges, reported a resolution declaring, after a
long preamble, that in counting the electoral
votes of any State it is the right and duty OF
Congress and ofthis House,t TO inquire wheth-
er any votes purporting to come from the
State that have been cast by persons duly ap-
pointed by that State and for that purpose to
receive evidence of forgery, talsehood or ina
bllity of any certificate OF any Governor or
canvasser. The resolution was adopted
MIR. Page moved to suspend the rules and
adopt the resolution condemning the recent
attempt to defeat the will of the people of Ore
gon and also condemning the corrupt use oil
money to aid in that outrage, especially the
payment of g., 900 to Cronin to defeat the elec-
ton, for his part in the famous transaction
Ona viva voce vote the Speaker said the
ayes appeared to have it, but few Of the Dem.
ocrats Understandings it or not caring to vote
against it the reading of the resolution was
again called for and vote taken by yeas and
nays which resulted yeas 81, nays 10.
The ideas are not necessarily relat.
ed, but when you overhear servant
girl singing ''Silver Threads Among
the Gold'' while she is mixing the
buckwheat batter, it somehow unfav.
orably affects your appetite for the
cakes.