Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1878-12-03
TELEGRAPHIC.
Forty-Fifth Congress of the United
States Second Session.
Synopsis Of President Hayes Second
Annual Message. ga
xiv CONGRESS.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Dec.

of the House to notify the Presider
that a quorum of the two Houses {
Congress have assembled and ar
ready to receive any communicate
he may be pleased to make.
Mr.. Breck, of Kentucky, intro
1uced bill to provide for the re
+;-ing of the trade dollar and for ii
re>coinage into the standard silve
dollar. Laid on the table, to b
referred to the Committee on Fl
nance, when appointed. He ais
introduced a bill amendatory t
title 48 Of the revised statutes o
the United States, so as to author
ize the purchase of foreign-buil
ships by citizens of the UniteC
States. Laid on the table, to be re
ferred to the Committee on Com
merce:: when appointed.
The Senate at 2:40 took recess
for three>fourths of an hour tc
await the President s message.
Mr.. Voorhees,, of Indiana, sub
mitted resolution instructing the
Committee on Finance to inquire
into the expediency of making the
trade dollar legal tender for all
debts, public or private, and pro-
Yiding for its recoinage into stand
ard silver dollars of 4123 grains.
Laid over under rules.
Mr.. Blaine, of Maine, submitted
the following:
Re8olued, That the Judiciary
Committee be instructed to inquire
and report to- the Senate whether
at the recent elections the consti-
tutional rights of American citizens
were violated in any of the States
of the Union; whether the right of
suffrage of the citizens of the
United States, or of any class Of
such citizens was denied or abridged
by the action of officers of any
State in refusing to receive their
votes, in failing to count them, or
in receiving and counting fraudu-
lent ballots in persuance of a cons
spiracy to make the lawful
votes of such citizens of no effect,
and whether such citizens were pre-
vented from exercising the elective
franchise, or forced to use it against
their wishes by violence or threats,
or hostile demonstrations of armed
men or other organizations, or by
any other unlawful means or prac-
tees.
Reso2Ued, That the Judiciary
Committee be further instructed to
inquire and report whether it is
within the competency of Congress
to provide by additional legislation
for more perfect right of suffrage
to the citizens of the United States
in all the States of the Union.
ResoZUed, That in prosecuting
these inquiries the Judiciary Com
mittee shall have the right to send
for persons and papers.
The resolution went over under
the rules.
After the reading of the Presi-
dents message the Senate ad-
journed tomorrow.
Messrs. Lamar, Of Mississippi,
Of Tennessee, and Eustis,
of Louisiana, presented resolutions
providing for the appointment of a
Joint committee of the House and
Senate to inquire inso the cause and
spread of yellow fever, and what
is necessary to prevent
its introduction into our country.
Laid over until tomorrow.
At 1:35 the Senate reassembled
and the committee to wait upon the
President reported they had dis
charged that duty. The message
from the President was received
few minutes later by Mr.. Rogers,
MS private Secretary and read i'm
by Secretary Gorham.
HOUSE.
The roll call showed 22J members
present. Thereupon the creden-
.ials of two new members elect
Mr.. Bailey to fill the vacancy caused
oy the death of Mr.. Quime, of New
York, and Mr.. Majors to fill the
caused by the death of Mr..
Welch, of Nebraska-were pres
iented and accepted without ques-
ion. The oath of Office, ironclad,
vas then administered.
A committee consisting of three,
Messrs. Atkins, Cox and Garfield,
vas appointed to join the Senate
committee to wait upon the Presi-
lent and inform him that Congress
vas in session.
At 12:40 o'clock the House took
recess of one hour. At the ex-
,iration of the recess the Presi-
lent's message was received and
.ead by the Clerk. !