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w WASHINGTON, May 22.-SEN-
ATE-Pending discussion on the
resolution of Davis, the MORN
ing hour expired and ingalls,
called up as unfinished bust
ness the bill to provide q per-
manent form of government for
the District of Columbia.
Ferry said the understanding of
the Senate yesterday was that the
House bill to forbid the further re-
tirement of legal tender notes
should be taken up at the eXpira-
ton of the morning hour 10 day
and then laid aside informally, to
allow the Senator from Mississippi i
(Lamar) to address the Senate upon
the Texas Pacific Railroad bill.
All the Senators concurred that
the understanding was that Lamar
should he heard upon the Texas
Pacific bill.
Ferry said he would not insist
upon consideration of the bill to
forbid the further retirement of
legal tender notes to-day, as the
Senator from Delaware (Bayard)
was not prepared to speak.
The bill to provide permanent
government for the District of
Columbia was laid aside Informally
and Lamar spoke in favor of the
Texas Pacific railroad bill.
Davis, of West Virginia, called
up tho resolution submitted by
him a few days ago, authorizing
the select committee appointed to
investigate the financial reports,
books and accounts Of the Treasury
Department, to continue its inves.
tigation and sit during recess. An
extended discussion followed.
HoUsE.-A vote was called for
as to whether Harrison's resolution
presented question of privilege.
Both sides seemed disinclined to
vote and the result was, yeas IL;
nays so.
The point of no quorum being
raised on the Democratic side Har-
rison withdrew his resolution.
Watson then offered o resolution
extending the power of the investi-
eating Committee to any State
where there may be we'll ground
ed allegations Of fraud.
Cox, of New York, moved to re-
fer the resolution TO the Potter
Committee and the yeas and nays
were called for. The vote resulted,
yeas SO, nays ll5. The motion 10
refer being thus defeated the reso.
luton was adopted without divis.
ion.
Springer submitted report
from the Committee on Expendit-
ures in the State Department, set.
ting forth ten articles of impeach-
ment against o. d. Bradford, late
Consul General to Shanghai. Or
dered printed and referred 10 the
Judiciary Committee.
The Harrison Resolution.
WASHINGTON, May 22d.-Harri-
son offered preamble and resolu-
ton reciting the formation of the
Potter Committee to investigate
Florida and Louisiana frauds; that
it is charged that like frauds
existed in Oregon and South Caro-
lima and empowering that commit
tee to enquire into the same, i'll
substantiated by testimony to be
presented to it.
Resolved, The Senate and House
OF representatives of the 44th Con-
gress having counted the electoral
votes for President and Vice Presi.
dent and it having been declared
that Rutherford B. Hayes had re-
ceived the highest number of votes
for President and VIM. A. Wheeler
the highest number of votes for
Vice President, that it is not now
in the power of Congress, nor is it
it the purpose of this House,
through said investigation, to an
null or attempt to annul the action
of the 4ith Congress in the prem.
Uses.
The point having been presented
as to whether the resolution in
volved question Of privilege, the
Speaker pro tenn, Sayler, submit
ted the question to the House. On
a standing vote both sides mani.
tested Discrimination to take
grounds on either side and the vote
was taken by yeas and nays and
resulted: Yeas II, nays 90. But
few Republicans voted and not
nearly all the Democrats. The
members of the select committee
who voted at all were Potter, Cobb,
Cox, of Ohio, Morrison and Stenger,
who voted in the affirmative.
Objection being made that no
quorum had voted, Harrison,
amidst storms of calls to order,
Withdrew the resolution, stating
that he was not DESTROYS of OBJ