The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-12
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
The House. n


imous consent, presented for reference num-
Der OF executive com mlunioations. .
Pe = o t9 bs prSve .hs
the national debt Referred, .,,
Mr.. sapp introduced the following bills, which
TO give construction to the net providing, for
the resumption of specie payments TO author
bonds OF the denomination OF SIS. s25, $50 and
slOo for investment Of savings. RI.
On motion Of Mr.. Cox i was agreed M tbat ~ when
Mr., Hubbel demanded the regular order of
The Speaker said the regular order WIS the
confederation Of private business. this being
Mr. Hale raised the question Of order that the
precedence. Az Mr.. Wood had shown such in.
tense anxiety to to hare ths on rJsolR e tb
The Speaker said q sat undet eerule private
business hid pfecedeIts. but the question Of
Mr. Hale said he would raise tha'juuestion.
Mr.. Wopd had no objectfoa to the consld' ra-
tion of the reso ution. but there should be Q
more full House This was priva . bill dav. and
q large number OF gentlemen were Interested in
MI. r. Hale said IL was understood that his
whole motive In moving 10 lay aside private
business was TO bring the House, whieh was ex-
ceptionably full this morning. to a ditect vote
On the vexed question involved In the untln-
Mr. Mr. Cox, C nf New York, gave notice tharf un-
to recommit the resolutfon. "a.
The House. on the question of consideraIion,
decided to proceed with the Unfinished busi-
ness, and then Mr., Hale demanded the pre-
vious question on his substitute.
The House by vote Of 100 to Ill refused to
second the demand for the previous question.
Mr.. Wood then offered the resolution rs orig.
inally reported by him from the Ways and
Means COMMITTEE as q substitute for the report
of the commi tee OF the whole.
the committee Of the whole had voted down Mr..
tt,t, thn rt,lty h l.,rt
to consider the report of the cgmmittee. which
was the substitute. which he tAIr. Hae had
MIR. Wood argued that IL was in order to move
to amend report from the committee of the
whole.
The Speaker said he had first recognized tt
gentleman from Maine, but as the HOus' had
voted down his demand for the previous aues-
ton the control Of the subject pass.d from
tleman from New York. sar. 5a a81 d
After further discussion Of the point Of order.
order. but that the vote would have to be taken
aTst at t on the report Of the COMMITTEES Of the
The first question was upon the amendment
offered by Mr.. Burchard, authorizing the COM
mittee to apply,to tn House for power to send
The amendment was rejected 1oe. nays
The question then REQUIRED upon Mr.. Woods
amendment, which was The original resolution.
and which was offered as a substitute for the
substitute Of Mr.. Hale, which was adopted in
r.Wood's substitute was agreed to-yeas Ill,
The resolution as originally offered by MI
Wood was then adopted without division. :"
Mr.. Cox, Of New York, asked leave to offer for
adoption aresolution requesting the President.
II not ineompati,le h With the public inter, sts to
fusing TO recognize the present government OF
Mexico under President Diaz. toge her with nil
orders. correspondence and documents Ia rela-
Mr.. Hale objected and the resolution was re-
ferred to the Comptttee on Foreign Affairs;
we're reported and referr, o the committee Of
the whole on the private ealeudsr.
On motion OF M. Bright the Fl 'uee went into
committee Of the whole on the private calendar,
: with Mr.. Blackburn in The chair :,
uAma pill e ar pay NJ H Nswmas and L Van
pied by tho Un ted States army in Alexandria,
ta. during the war. was taken up and con-
Mr.. Mills. of Texas. said when Q agoyernment
makes contract II should be fulfilled, but he
thought 1t strange that these claims could be
paid for In one section and not in another.
Houses and lands in his State had been taken,
yett was impossible to get bills through to pay
Mr. Hanna, OF Indiana. said he would never
pecaiy 70 citizens of States In rebellion. ,.ah1i
Mr. Mills said he would never favor paying
claim Of that character. He did not mean that
sort Of Claims 5R, II
Mr.. Hunton. of Virginia. said these claimants
were residents of New York and were loyal The
occupation OF the military property was by con-.
tract, and the only question should be as to the
loyalty of the Claimants OF which there could
Eyarts.
: Mr.. Brown. of Indiana, said that ought to
settle 1t. Laughterl
Mr. Mills said the peop'e of the South were
too proud to ask payment for their properly
taken during the war: but when the war ceased
all sections were alike, and contracts made
thereafter should be fulfilled. To refuse
Mr.. Frye, of Maine. said: Il am glad the gen.
t'eman from Texas has given the silver men
such q lick. 49,
Mr.. Mills said the reconciliation Of silver
would be keeping faith.
In the course Of The discussion Mr.. Conger.
of Mchioan was arguing to show that Alex
andria Va. had been in military occupation
during the whole war. He was frequen ly in
terrupted. whereupon he remarked If the
gentlemen did not cease their Interruption il