Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-03-01
CONGRESSIONAL,

reA Houses OSa.sr Eli In BstA
SENki "'-aiter our report closed
The sfIye, ON vas passed over The Pres,
dents veto by "e , 'Tso"iI S, vote:
Chafee CocITii. Coz, oonovcE Davis 81 III nrI n.
Wis OF W Va. D,nns, u rsey. EuStis, Perry, Oar
howe iGS ingalls, Johnston. jon Of Fa }ons
NNey;i Kellogg. kirkw.nd Motteery, McboualS.
Paddock. PsIters s Plumb: ssalsSafy' SsandsT..
Spencer, Teller, Thurman, voorhees,, Wallace,
NAYS Messrs Barnum. Bsyard, Blaine, II rt,er-
is nn9ns Paws, Eaton, aaml,n Hoar ker9as.
ROLLINS Sargent. wadlegh aud whyte-Is.
As II required two-thirdS vote to pass tie
OIL lhe pairs, 10 be equal, were two advocates
oi Ine measure with one opponent, and they
We're announced as follows: MeSsrs OgIeSby
OF Illinois, and Ransom, of North CAROLINE
who would have voted in the Affirmative viii
MT. Anthony. of Rhode Island, who would
have voted In the negative MesSrs Cameros.
of Wisconsin, and Booth, of California. VIE
would have voted in the Affirmative with M
Bul inside, who would have voted ia the mega
tive: MesSrs. Cameron. of PENNSYLVANIA anI
Armstrong, OF Missouri, who would have VOTED
in the affirmative, with Mr.. Edmunds, whe
would have voted in the negative.
MeSsrS. Christiancy, of Michigan and Sha-
ron, oil Nevada, were absent
When the name of Mr.. Hill, of Georgia was
called he said do not know the rules OF the
statement.
Several senators objected.
made.
Mr.. Hirl-Then vote aye.
HOl SE.-1he following is the vote i'm detail
on the passage OF the silver bill over the Presi-
YEAs-Messrs. Aiken. AIdrich. Atkins, Baker
Oh LndISna, Banning B.yne, Bell, Benedict, Bict-
Boyd Bragg. Brentano, Brewer, Bridges, Bughf
Brogden' BOVINE, Buckner; Bundy, Burchsrd.
of Tennessee, Cakins, CmdIeT, Cannon, Carlisie.
Caswel, Chalmers. Clarke of Kentucky, Clark of
Conger, Cook, Cox OF Ohio, Cox Of New Y SSse.
S or n; GriTtsnden, CuISerson Cummings Cut
d sT,nf aD "I Ellis PsS SsTyyi Pssnns PaTha
FoIney, Fort, Foster. Franklin. Fuller, Gsrts,'
HG; sinS , Gl"'rE Gooae Gunter H.mlltos,
Hs Iison hartLidEs, HartzeIl Haskell Hatcher,
h hIl1 HGnton; Humphrey, Ittner, Jones az
ma, Knapp, Knott. Ganders. tathf1n Lyon. i,nt-
Hea Lynde Mackey. Manning, Marsh, MAY ham.
ssis Nils; Mtshs, MSn9y MaH SSshS MSr ss.
MuldroT, Neal, Oliver, Page, Patterson OF New
Pollard: Pound, Price, Pridemore, Rainey, Ran
ddGIph, R,a, Reagan. Rice Of Ohio, RIDDLE Roo
s haEr T Shelley, Singleton, siem"ns.
Steele, stephens Stone OF Michigan, stones OK
Iowa, Strait, Thompson, ThornO1rgh, ThrocS-
New York, T"wnshend Of Illinois Tucker. Turner.
Iurney, Vance, Van Worries. Waddell Walker,
Wisconsin; v illiams of KfaDama, Williams ot
Wren, Wright, Yates aud Young Ia6
- N,AH ,s- Bacon, Bagley, Baker of New
Briggs, Cain, Camp, Campbell, Chittenden, Ciaf>
lin, Covert, CIap9 Davis of California Dennisoa,
Dwight, EameS, Eickhof Ellsworth. Field Free
man, Frye, Garfield Gibson. Hale. Hardenbergs,
HaI mer, Harris of Massachusetts, Hart, Hendse,
Jones OF New Hampshire, Joyce, Ketchsn. Lap
ham, Lindsey, lockwood, Loring, McCook, Morse,
ere; Pngh; Reed, Rice of Massachusetts, Robinson
OF Massachusetts, Ross; schlecher, sinnlckson,
M feSsT; with @srner WATSON Williams q
Delaware. willis Of New York and Wo SsnS vi
lhe Speaker announced the vote and said
In obedience TO the requirements of the con-
StitutiOn two-thirds have voted i'm the affirma-
tive, and the bill has passed, the objections Of
the President TO the contrary nOtwithstand-
Ing"
raj hand 7clapplng and other marks OF jubila-
ton. The bill and veto message were there
upon sent TO the Senate.
The House then, at 245, went into commit
tee OF the whole, Mr.. Eden in the chair,) anl
resumed the consideration of the bill 10 pen
sion the soldiers of the Mexican and Indian
wars.
After speeches by Messrs. Williams OF Ala
bama, Williams OF Oregon, Ryan, White OF
| Pennsylvania, and Riddle, the committee pro-
| ceeded TO consider the bill by sections.
During speech made by MIR. Singleton he
| sent TO the Clerks desk and had read letter
from Jefferson Davis requesting him (Single-
TOM TO inform the friends of the bill that if the
success Of the bill depended on excluding him
| (DayiS) from its benefit, he hoped that such a
provision would be inserted in il. Mr.. Single
ton proceeded TO eulogize Mr.. Davis, declaring
that this was but another proof Of his great
magnanimity, and explained that that gentle
man had been IN favor of delaying as long as
possible the act OF secession passed by Mis-
| sissippi, in hopes OF a reconciliation with the
| north.
The committee then rose, and the House, st
4.20 adjourned.