The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-03-08
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Mr.. Hill-Then / vote aye.
This was the vote in the House:

The vote was then taken aud resulted yeas 1875,
nays 49,
Cook Of Ga, ana Kelley Of Penn. all of Whom had
been absent from the House by illness but came up
in time by consent to record their votes,
which they old IN the affil native.
The following j. the vote in detail:
Yeas aiken, Aldrieh, Atkins, Baker of Ind Ban
png sagn 1On Bel Bensses
tano, Brewer, Bridges. Bright, Brogdon, Browne,
Bucknerr, Bundy, BurchaTd, surdick. Butler,
Caldwell of Kv., Caldwell OF Tenn. Cakns, Gambler,
connor, Carlisle, Casweli, Chalmers, Clark Of KY,
Clark Of Mo, Clark Of Iowa, Cymer, Cobb, Cole,
Conger,, Cook. Cox Of o, Cox Of N. Y. Crayens,
ford. Davidson, Davis of N. c., Deering. Dibrell,
Dckey, Dunnel, Durham Eden, Elan, Ellis,
Everett, Evans of Ind, Evans OF s. G., Ewing,
lin, Fn Ter, Garth, Giddngs, Glover, Goode, Gun
ter, Hamilton, Hanna, Har Is Of Ga. Harris Of Va,
Harrison Ha,idge hsTts Haskell HATCHER
EFT Of Ala, Herbert, Hooker, House, HubbeiI,
Hunter, .Hunon, Humphrey. liner, Jones of Ala !,
Landers, Lathrop, Lyon, Luttrell, Lynde, Mackey,
Manning, Marsh, Mayham. MCGOWAN, Mckenzie,
Mckinley, McMahon, Mstcalf Nils, Mitchell,
Oliver Page, Patterson Of N. Y. Patterson o. CAL,
Phelps, Pollard. Pound, Price: Pridemore. Raney,
Roberts, Robertson, Robinson Of Ind, Ryan, samp,
son, Sapp, SayIer, Scaes, Sexton, Shelerbarger,
Shelley, singleton, slemons. smals. Smith Of Ca,
sione of L., Street, Thompson, Thornburgh,
Throckmorton Upton, Townsend Of O.. Townsend
Dey, Vance, V VAN VolHees wadds, walker, walsh
WEIGH, White OF Penn. White of Ind, Whit
thorne, Wiggington, Williams Of Wis. Williams
let's, Wilson, Wren, Wright, Yeates and Young :.
1876.
Eays-Messrs. Bacon, Bagley, Baker of N. y,
Camp Campbell, Chittendep, Clafin, Covert, cIapo,
DAYS. Of CAL, Denison,. Dwight, Eames, Eick
hoit, Ellsworth, Field, Freeman. Frye, Garfield.
Gibson, Hale, Hardenbergh, Hammer, Harris Of
Mass, Hart, Hendee,t Hewitt Of N. Y, Hiscock,
Hungerfofd, james, Jones of N, H., Joyce, Ketch-
Morse, Muller, Nocress, oNei, oTsrtaS Potter,
Powers, Push, Reed, Rice of Mass, Robinson of
Mass Ross Schleicher, Sinnickson Smith, OF Pa,
Watson, Williams of Mich, Williams of N. Y, Will
liams of Del, ana Wooa of N. Y.-73.
Friday the House only was in session; the
Senate amendments to the bill in regard to the
New York pension agency were coucurred in +;
bill was reported to secure mail service to
Brazil. s
Neither House was in session Saturday.
Monday in the Senate many petitions and
new bills were presented and few unimport-
snt bills were passed. In executive session the
Senate confirmed Bayard Taylor as Minister to
Germany, and the appointments of Jehu Baker,
Mr.. Goodloe and others to important posts. In
the House much new business was introduced,
bat there was little of importance transacted
thr Senate bill restoring certain old soldiers to
the pension rolls was advocated by Mr.. Wait of
Connecticut, and was passed III to 81.
In the Senate Tuesday Mr.. Beck's resolution
10 favor of forbiddng further levy of taxes for
the sinking Fund was discussed by Mr. Beck
In support and Mr.. Morrill, against and referred
to tue finance committee. In the House a res
o'utiou prohibiting the PdcIfi, Railroad Com
pany to declare further dividends until their
Indebtedness to the government was liquldated,
was introduced and referred In committee of
the whole the fortifcation bill was considered
without amendment ordered to be reported to
the House. 1t app -oprates 100000 for the
prote ction of Publications and other works Of
defence: 1880 for armament of fortlfication
aud $4,000 for torpedoes and harbor de-
fences. Mr.. Kelley made speech in favor Of
the repeal of the resumption act.