The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-23

ident of the United States. 1t also appro-
PIRATES two thousand dollars to defray the
expenses of the commission. Referred. At
the conclusion of the morning business the
Senate resumed consideration of the bill to
repeal the specie resumption act, and Mr..
Matthews read an argument upon the gen.
eral financial policy of the government, and
to the Senate proposition of his own as
an amendment to the pending bill. The
bill was discussed at length, and then laid
aside informally......In the House, several
votes were taken on the Potter resolutions,
but the Republicans refusing to vote, there
hnally adjourned without transacting any
business. The last vote showed 141 Demo-
cratic members voting and one Republican
within five of a quorum.
In the Senate, May II, Mr.. Davis, of West
Virginia, said the select committee ap-
pointed some time since to investigate the
financial reports, books and accounts of the
Treasury Department, had been at work,
and some progress had been made. The
examining the books of the Department
The committee was of opinion that justice
could not be done to the subject and the re-
port made at the present session of Con-
gress. He therefore submitted a resolu-
ton authorizing the committee to con-
tinue the investigation, and sit dur
ing the recess of Congress. The
aside. At the expiration of the morning
hour, Mr.. Morrill,, Chairman of the Com
mittee on Finance, said he was not pre-
pared to proceed with his remarks, in op-
position to the bill repeating the Specie Re-
sumption Act, and on his motion further
consideration of the bill was postponed till
Monday next......In the House, the Potter
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several votes had been taken on the pre-
vious question, in which no quorum
was found, at length 14S Democrats
were found present who voted in the affirm
ative, showing quorum. Through much
tribulation and many roll-cails vote upon
the main question was finally reached, and
the famous Potter resolutions passed by a
vote of 145 to 2, just a quorum, the Repub-
Hcans having refused to vote. The passage
of the resolutions was hailed with moderate
manifestations of delight by the Democrats,
the Republicans having little to say, except
that they made the best fight possible. The
Democrats who cast the two negative votes
were Mills, of Texas, and Morse, of Massa-
chusetts.
In the House, May Is, Mr.. Stephens asked
to be put upon record. He was absent on
leave of the House yesterday when the
vote was taken upon what is known as
the Potter resolution, and was paired with
Mr.. Harris. But for the pair he would have
voted against the resolution as it stood.
Mr.. Ellis, from the Committee on Elections,
reported resolution declaring there had
been no fair, free and peaceable election in
the First Congressional District of South
Carolina, and that neither Mr.. Rainey, sit.
| ting member, nor Mr.. Richardson, contest
ant, was entitled to the seat. He stated
that he would call the resolution up on
Thursday next. The House went into
Committee of the Whole, Mr.. Springer, .oi
priation Bill. After debate the Committee
rose, and the Speaker stated that he would
be absent the early part of next week. Mr.
Eden offered resolution appointing Mr.
| Sayler Speaker pro tenn. Adopted. L
| was arranged that there should be evening
sessions for regular business purposes al
| next week.