The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-08
-FORTYFOURTH

In the Senate, January 20, a joint resolu-
ton of the Minnesota Legislature regarding
the monetization of silver was presented.
A majority report from the Senate Commit
tee on Florida Elections was presented,
and ordered printed. The Presidents Mes.
sage IN the Electoral Bill was pre-
sented and ordered printed......In the
House, bills were introduced fixing March
4th as the date Of the first session of every
Congress, declaring forfeited certain
Michigan Railroad lands, chartering a
freight railway from the Atlantic to the
Missouri. The amendment to the Eads Bill,
providing for the payment of Mr.. Eads in
United States bonds, was rejected.
In the Senate, January 80, Mr.. Wright
submitted a resolution that the Senate ap-
point by UiuG UOce vote five Senators to be
members of the Commission on the Elec-
toral count, and gave notice he would call
the resolution up at $3.50 to-day. Mr..
EdrHunds submitted a resolution authoriz.
ing and directing the President of the Sem
ate to appoint two tellers on the part of the
Senate to perform the duties re.
CURED by the Electoral Count
bill, which recently passed. Agreed to.
A bill was reported for the punishment of
persons making or holding dies, molds, etc.,
for the manufacture of counterfeit coin.
Petitions were presented asking a copstitu-
tonal amendmentgranting female suffrage.
The 1--WE members of the Commission for
counting the Electoral vote were elected,
viz, Messrs. Edmunds, Morton,
F~relinghuysen, Thurman and Bayard......
In the House a bill appropriating $500, 900,
to be paid Jas. B. Eads for the construction
OF the Mississippi River j%etties, passed. The
Speaker laid before the House the bill abol.
ishing the Board of Commissioners of
Metropolitan Police, of the District of
Columbia. The question was put: Shall
the bill pass Notwithstanding the Presidents
veto, and it was decided in the Affirmative
yeas, 158; nays, rs. The five House mem.
bers of the Electoral Commission were
elected as follows: Messrs. Payne, Huntop.
Abbott, Garfield and Hoar. The resolution
declaring that Colorado is a State of the
Union and that j. B. Bedford is a legally
elected member of the House, was taken up.
but was postponed till Wednesday.
In the Senate, January 81, a c~ommunica.
ton was received from the four Judges of
the Electoral Tribunal, nominating Justice
Bradley as their associate. A resolution was
adopted to the effect that during the electoral
count tickets shall be issued to Senators.
Representatives, and others, and distributed
by the Sergeants-at-Ar Arms Of the Senate and
House of Representatives. Mr.. Merrimon
said the object was to issue tickets to
families of the Supreme Court Judge, mem.
bers of the Cabinet, and other officials.
twenty-five hundred copies of the Presi.
dents message on the Electoral Count bill, |
were ordered printed for distribution. Sen.
ator Frank Hereford (Dem.) of West Viz.
ginia took his seat and the oath of Office,
In the House, a resolution was adopted hal
spectators be admitted during the count,
except those obtaining tickets, OF
which each member of the House is
to be allowed three on each day. A
bill was introduced for a more thorough in.
yestigation of railroad accidents. James b.
Buford, representative from Colorado, was
admitted and sworn into Office, thus settling
Colorado controversy. The majority
report OF the House Committee on the Flor.
lda Election was partially read, and ordered
printed, but no action thereon taken.
In the Senate, February l, resolutions of
| meeting held at BarnWell, South Carolina.
stating that the eolored people voted for
Hampton, were offered and referred, A
of residents of New Orleans, charg-
ng the Kellogg Government with incom-
was read and referred to the
oil Privileges and Eelections,
authorizing them to summons any of the
and call for proof of the state
nents. A resolution providing that the
proceedings of the Electoral Commission
We printed in the Congressional Record, was