American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-05-25

concurred in and the bill passed. The Post
office Appropriation bill having been consid
to the senate, amendments made in commit
tee were concurred in, and the bill passed
ID. Eads, suggesting certain notifications
In the act authorizing the construction Of
Referred Consideration was resumed of the
bill to repeal the Specie Resumption act, and
e senator nn Gose read long argument in faS S
when the bill should be taken up again he
would insist on its consideration from
communication was received from Chiet
Justice Waite, of the Board of Regents of the
death of Prof. Henry. and the Senate agreed
70 concurrent resolution adjOurnfng both
House immediateiy after the reading Of the the
journal, demands for the regular order were
Speaker er t On tne ana the h
secondary to the demand for the previous
question on the resolution offered yesterday
from voting. thus leaving the House without
aquorum, as there were but Ill Democrats
rnm Mr. wood theS said As m te factoSs
minority seem determined to obstruct
R business, l move that the House adjourn"
but was carried-yeas $50, nays l04-.... At a
Democratic House Caucus, held Immediately
that the investigation resolution should
be acted upon before any other business
was dome; that tho mo motion sam,c for sian an
should be entertained; that all the Demo
cratic members out of the city be notified to
return to Washington, and that, after due
notice, all existing pairs be declared at an
end
In the Senate, on the 18th, number of
bills were introduced and referred, among
them one by Senator Eustis for the estab-
lishment of n semi monthly mail steamship
service between the United States and Bra
I'll, to be paid by the Government $50 per
mile; also, one by Senator Beck, authorizing
the Postmaster General to place mail service
on any public highway, river or railroad,
n the Se Senate
concurrent resolution for final adjournment,
and moved that its consideration be post
Agreed to-yeas 1870, nays los. Adivision was
then called for on seconding the previous
luton. and the call showed only
lis members 'present-2s less than
to vote. After several more ineifectuai eff
forts to secure a vote, on motion of Mr.. Potter
fhe ba1s after
which the following resolutions were adopt
Resolred, That the resolution now pending
in the House is an attempt in a form uniusti-
fable and illegal to reopen the question of the
by the action Of the Forty. fourth Congress,
which alone had jurisdiction, and Is there
fore revolutionary and destructive of good
order, business prosperity and peace of the
country.
Resolred, That the effort of the Democratic
u
Opportunity for amendment or debate, a
measure of such revolutionary character
%nieh mas not 9een Tecoendea . or eon h
devised by individuals for private party
ends, shonId be resisted by all means which
are authorfzedby the rules of the House.
The first resolution passed unanimously;
the second passed with only q few members
of the caucus dissenting.]
In the Senate, on the 18th, consideration
was resumed Of the bill to repeal the Specie
an argument upon the general financial poll
cy of the Government, and offered, as a sub
stitute for the pending bill, the bill intro
THE dead lock, in the House upon Pot
ter's investigation resolution still continued,
eae q To ana se
Ss For. mr r ss,s
that the regular order be laid aside and the
House proceed to a consideration of the pen
pared to go on with the public business, and
are here for that purpose pun but are left with
tlemen on the other side, and demand the
regular order" Mr.. Potter then moved an
adjournment, which was carried-yeas al,
nays 16.
bills were reported from committees. Fur
Their consideration of the bill to repeal the
Resumption act was postponed till Mon
n AaoSened Of t RensSn 6als were
In the House, after several more Intellectual
efforts to obtain a vote upon the Potter reso-
luton of investigation, a quorum was finally
obtained and the preamble and resolution
were adopted as reported. The Republican
members abstained from voting to
the last, the only negative votes
cast being those of Messrs. Mills
and Morse. The final vote was las to 2.
Some exciting scenes took place during the
long struggle ovex the passage Of the resolu-
ton, especially between Messrs. Goode and
Conger, the latter having implied that the
former had broken his pair with a Republi
can (Mr. Lorfng).
The Senate was not in session on the 18th.
......In the House, 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 resolu-
lion MS 1t stood. Mr.. Ellis, from the Committee
on Elections, reported a resolution declaring
that there had been no fair, free and peaceabls
election in the First Congressional District of
South Carolina and that neither Mr.. Rainey,
the sitting meInber, nor Mr.. Richardson, the
was entitled to the seat. He
stated that he would call slp the resolution
next. The Army Appropriation
bill was considered in Committee of the
Whole: The Speaker announced that he
would be necessarily absent during the COM
Ing week, and Mr.. Sayler was chosen Speaker