The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-02-28
BY TELEGRAPH,
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.
TO THE DAILY LN7.ELLIGEYCER
CoNGRESS.
HOUSE.
WAsuISoroN, February o.

| NsAAs SuSAhSt Au thC Glulfl OH tile Hlll
dry civil appropriation bill. =
The pending question was on the poinI
ot order raised by Mr.. Conger to thr
paragraph relating to the payment o
dues to mail contractors in the Southern
States. There being but few member.
present, the paragraph was passed over
Tor the present, when the committee re.
turned 70 the paragraph relating 10 The
Mr.. Holman moved to increase the ap.
preparation for the survey of such land.
from $4,000 10 $l5O0OO. Agreed 10,
Mr.. Wigginton offered an amendment
providing that after the 30th Of June,
1873, the office OF Surveyor General Of
the several States and Territories be aL,ol.
ished and the records OF such offices
be transferred to the General Land Office,
Mr.. Page made the point that this was
new legislation aud the Chair sustained
the point. E'17
Mr.. Townsend moved to increase the
appropriation for the Hayden surveying
expedition from $4,000 to $4,000.
Agreed TO-
Al.o = motion increasing the appro.
prlalion ior the Powell expedition from
S2O, 900 to $4,000.
souTHERE MAIL SERVICE. 3
The next paragraph to which question
was made was $375, 900 for the payment
Of mail contracts for mail service per.
formed in certain Southern States in
1859, 1860 and 1861, before the States
engaged in the rebellion.
Mr.. Conger withdrew the point which
he had made, but the point was renewed
by Mr.. Piper. .l-
Mr.. BlOunt WAS sorry that, len years
alter the close Of the civil strife, an oh.
lection of that character should come
from any section of the Union.
Before Mr.. Field made his report the
committee rose, in order that the new
legislative day might commence. GE.f
Mr.. Atkins. offered resolution that
when the Committee OF the Whole peSl
considered the Sundry Civil Appropria.
tion bill, it should be in order to offer an
amendment providing for paying the
mail contractors who performed mail
service in the Southern States in 1859.
1850 and 1861. Adopted.
suNDRY CIVIL BILL. -,
The House then went into Committee
OF the Whole on the Sundry Civil An.
preparation bill (Mr. Buckner in the
chair and Mr.. Atkins offered his amend
lnent, which was adopted.
MIR. Seelye offered an amendment au.
thor,zing accounting officers to settle the
accounts Of the commissioners appointed
in 1875 to investigate affairs at Red
Cloud agency. Adopted.
The committee then rose and reported
the bill TO the House.
FIELDS ELECTION BILL.
Mr.. Field, from the Committee on
Privileges, reported a bill providing that
in case Of failure 10 elect President and
Vice President, the President Of the Sen.
ate, or in case OF vacancy in that Office,
then the Speaker OF the House,
or in case Of there being no Speaker
Of the House, then the Secretary ol State
shall assume the Office OF President until
the President has been elected.
Mr.. Burchard raised the point OF order
that the committee had no authority to
report by bill.
The Speaker overruled the point OF
order raised by Mr.. Burchard.
The motion to reject Mr.. Fields bill
was defeated. -s-s.
The bill was then read second time
and discussed. The debate was brief and
the bill was read third time, when the
main question was put on its passage.
The bill YVES then read the third time,
and having been so read it was passed
yeas 1888, nays 100. A party vote, except
that one Republican, Purman, ofFlorIda,
voted for il, and the following named 13
Democrats voted against il: Buckner,
Goodin, Hancock, Knott, Neal, Potter;
Savage, Stevenson, Tarbox, Thomas,
Warren, Whitehouse, and Williams, OF
Delaware. arals7s
The exact text Of the bill is as follows:
In case Of removal, death, resignation
or inability OF both President and Vice
President Of the United States, or in case
OF vacancy in those Offices arising from
failure OF the two houses OF Congress to
ascertain and declare an election before
the commencement Of the term Of office
iq respect TO which the electoral votes
weHs cast, or in case OF vacancy arising
iromAany other cauSe, the President OF
the SenSie, or If there be none, the Speak
er Of the n House for the time being, and il
there be no apch Speaker, then the Secre.
tary Of Stase in Office when the vacancy
happens, shall act as President until the
disability is removed or u President
elected.
HASIProN-NICHOLI-s.
Mr.. Schleicher moved TO suspend the
rules and adopt resolution reciIing that
the principsl that free government de-
riYes its power from the consent Of the
people and cannot be disregarded by the
Congress OF the United States, and that it
is evident that the government known as
the Hampton government in South Caro-.
lima and Nichols government in Louis.
lana are the only governments in those
States that command the support Of the
people and do not depend for their sup
port on the military interference OF the
National government, and declaring that
the State government represented by Gov.
Hampton and the State government rep.
resented by Gov. Nichols are recognized
by Congress as the lawful governments Of
the States Of South Carolina and Louis
lana. Rejected-yeas l5G, nays 93-not
two.thirds in the affirmative.
Mr.. Watterson moved to suspend the
rules and adopt n resolution recil.
fling the text OF n telegram sent yes
terday to Gov. Nichols ot Louisiana by
authority Of the President, 10 the effect
that the Nichols government should he
sustained as representing the best ele.
ments OF the State, and declaring that the
opinions expressed by the President are
sound and are the sentiments OF large
majority OF the American people.
Calls were made on the Republican
side Of the honse for the author Of the
telegram, but his name was not given.
The motion to suspend the rules was
defeated-yeas 127, maya So, not two
thirds in the affirmative.
The conference report OH the Indian
Appropriation bill was agreed to.
| Mr.. Cox moved that the House take a
recess until 10 o'clock tomorrow. The
vote was very close, many OF the mod
crate Democrats voting with the Rernb'
licans against a recess, in order that the
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