The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-05-16
renee Of that BODY. Aaiourned till Monday.

ing TO $4,000. Made the special order
for May -. Mr.; Darrell Introduced bill pro-
ffipsfon, Homestead and Timber-culture
laws, must be printed in a newspaper in the
county where the contest lies. Passed. The
House then went into Committee of the
Whole on the private calendar.
The Senate was not In session on the 18th.
......The following bills passed the House:
To restore TO the market certain lands In
Utah; for the relief of settlers an thblit
lands, providing that any person WHO shall
plant and maintain for eight years M aeisss
OF timber land shall be entitled TO usfent
FOR such quarter sect3ohi permitting Nehras-
kn to cede certain territory to Missouri. nro
vidfng Tor the sale of timber lands in Cdlifor-
mia, Oregon, Washington Territory, Nevada
and Colorado, in quantities i5e exceeding 100
acres 10 any one ettissn, at minimum price
OF ss,ao per sere, and making it unlawful to
cii., any timber on public lands.
In the Senate, on the 18th, number Of
bills were introduced and referred, alter
which the Post office Appropriation bin was
tsfeh Up hnd Considered, bat not finally dis
nostd oi..... In the House, Mr.. Potter, Of New
York, as q question OF privilege, presents3
the memorial adopted bF the Mst!y5.and Leg
reetlnS III investigation by select commit
I tee into the alleged frauds in Florida and
Louisiana at the late Presidential election,
said committee to be authorized to appoint
sub committees to send for persons and paz
pers, and to sit during the recess OF Congress;
The preamble and resolution, having been
reHd, MI. Copger said they did not present
Question OF privilege, and the powers
PROPOSED In the resolution could not be given
by mere majority votel but would require
SUSPENSION of the rules. Mr.. Potter REPLIED,
phe woald suppose that If there was any sub
3ect which should be entitled to preference
in this House in respect OF order OF business,
Il was the subject brought to its notice by the
memorial OF a sovereign State to inquire into
The official conduct of high officers of the
Government, and relating to frauds alleged
to have occurred, changing the result of the
ment, >, MIR Hale argued from the Rules
and Manual that the resolution
did not present question of
privilege. If the resolution proposed or
suit of the Presidential election, then there
might be some claim that it did present a
question Of privilege, But as iiiere Expires
question:: Mr.. fairfield als6 argued against
the resolution Being a privileged ONES The
Speaker after Some preliminary remarks
here involved, and broadly and directly pre-
sented as to the, .rightfpl Occupancy of the
Chief Executive Chair of the Qpternmpnt,
Officials With frauds alleged, the Chair is I'M
able to conceive. The Chair finds enumer-
ated among questions of privileges set
down in the Manual the following: Election
CT President The Chair therefore rules that
the preamble and resolution embrace ques-
tions of privilege of the highest character,
and the Chair recognizes the right Of the gen
.lEman from New York to answer the SAINT.
Tie other points are; of cottse, held in re-
serve" Mr.. ,Conger appealed from the de
clsion OF the CHAIR. Mr.. Potter moved to lay
tie appeal on the table, and the motion was
agreed to-yeas 12S, nays l0S-a party vote,
with the exception of Messrs. Fort, Mitchell,
and Butler, who voted with the Democrats,
and Messrs. Buckner and Mills, who voted
with the Republicans. Mr.. Reagan, desiring
10 justify his vote in support of the resolu-
ton, stated while he agreed with hts
colleague tMills} that 4 retri1l OF the Presi-
dental Question could not be had by the
House; the resolution, in alleging that great
frauds had been perpetrated, raised dues;
ton OF the highest privilege. Points of order
were raised by Republican members, against
giving the committee power to sit during re-
cess, and against the right of the chairmen of
sub committees to administer oaths, both of
which were overruled by the Speaker. Mr..
Garfield then made point of order that il re-
quired two thirds vote to give the commit
tee power to report at any time. The Speaker
sustained this point whereupOn Mr.. Potter
an exciting debatej hif. Potter moved
the Previous Question, wherehpon the Re-
publican members withheld their votes and
the result was-yeas lie, NAYS i-no uuorlin,
call of the House was then ordered and
all the Republicans answered to their
names, SO that no further proceedings under
the call could be had. Mr. Potter then ask
ed the Speaker whether,if the House adjourn
ed now, this question would come up as I'M
finished business. The Speaker informed him
that it would remain before the House until
disposed of. Mr.. Potter thereupOn moved
the House adjourn, and 1t was carried-yeas
us, nays ITO. ..t
Following is the full text of the preamble
ami resolution for the investigation of the re-
suit of the late Presidential election in Flori-
da and Louisiana, introduced in the House
by Mr.. Potter of New York:
WHEREAS The State of MorvIand hos NV
its Legislature, formally declared that due eff
tect was not given to the Electoral vote cast
by the State on the 9th day of December, 1S7a,
by reason of fraudulent returns in the Flee
total votes from the States of Florida and
Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, An affidavit by Samuel B. McI.in,
Chairman of the Board of State Canvasse1s
of the State of Florida for the election held
in that State in November, 1916, for the cleo
ton of President and Vice President, has
been made public, alleging false and fraudu-
lent returns of the votes for such election in
that State, whereby the choice of the people
OF that State was annulled and reversed that
the action of the State Board of Canvassers
IN making such returns was influenced by the
conduct and promises of Hon. Edward +.
NOyesi now Minister to the Government of
rance; and
WHEREAS, 1t is alleged that a conspiracy
existed in Louisiana, whereby the Republi
can vote in all the precincts of the parish of
East Feliciana and in some precincts of West
Feliciana, at the general election in Novem-
polls to afford preteXt for the exclusion by
the Returning Board of that State of the
vote cast in these precincts for electors of
PRESIDENT and Nice-President, and that Jas.
e. Anderson, Superintendent of Registra-
ton OF East Feliciana, and ID. a.
Weber. Supervisor of Registration in
the parish of West Feliciana, in that
State, in furtherance of that conspiracy,
falsely protested that the election in such
precincts had not been fair and free, and that
the State Returning Board thereupon falsely
and 4 hn
precincts, and by means thereof and of other
false and fraudulent action of said Returning
Board, the chiOce of the people of that state
was annulled and reversed, and that such ac-
ton of said Weber and Anderson was induced
or encouraged by the assurances of Hon.
John sherman, Secretary of the Treasury of
the United States; and
WHEREAS, The gravity of these charges,
the nature OF the evidence upon which they
are reported TO be based, and the official
dignity and position of the persons named in
connection with said frauds, make il proper
that the same should be inquired into, to the
end that the honor of the Nation may be vim
Dictated and the truth as to such elections
made known,
Resolued, That a committee, consisting of
eleven members of the House, be appointed
to inquire into the aforesaid allegation rs to
the conduct of persons in office aforesaid,
in respect of said election, and into the alleged
false and fraudulent canvass and return of
votes by state, county, parish and precinct
officers in said States of Louisiana and Flor
ida, and into all the facts which, in the judg-
ment OF said committee. are connectedwtth or
pertinent thereto, and that said committee,
for the purpose of executing tLis resolution,
shall have power to send forpersons and pa
pers, to administer oaths and to take testi-
mony, and in their discretion to detail sub
committees, with like full authority of said |
committee in every particular, with power
TO sit in Florida and Louisiana; which sub
committees shall be committees of this
House, and the chairmen thereof shall be
authorized to administer oaths; that said
anu sub committees may employ
and be attended each day by a
deputy Sergeant at Arms, and may sit dur
ing the session of this House and during va
cation, and that said committee proceed in
their inquiry, and have leave to report at any
time.
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