Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-03-04
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WASHINGTON, March 3.-At S
O'Clock this evening all the COM
mittees of conference on the A D.
preparation bills have either actu-
ally or virtually agreed upon re-
ports, except in regard to the Leg
islative Appropriation bill and the
Army bill. The prospect for agree
ment on the two last named con.
tinues TO be very unpromising,
there being apparently q deadlock
on all heir political features. There
Is no difficulty about the army re.
organization sections for tho House
eopierees are willing to strike
Them out, to be replaced by sim.
pie provision that promotion shall
be stopped until the re.organiza-
tion subject is finally acted upon.
The point of contest is the clause
prohibiting the presence of troops
at the polls.
izsssage.
WASHINGTON, March 3d.-Wben
t2e veto message was received by
the House.o of Representatives, about
nine O'Clock Saturday evening, il
was placed on the Speakers desk
and remained there two hours, un-
opened and without any announce.
ment of the contents of the enve-
iope until the pending bill, for the
establishment of National Board
OF Health, was disposed of. A mo.
tion to proceed to business on the
Speakers table then prevailing,
Speaker Randall laid the veto mes.
sage before the House, as the mat
ter OF the highest privilege thereon,
and it was read from the Clerks
desk. 1t was listened to with close
attention, but at its close no one
manifested any desire to discuss il.
and the Speaker therefore imme.
diately put the question required
by the Constitution, "Shall this
bill pass, the objection of the
PRESIDENT to the contrary notwith.
standing?' There was slim at
tendance of members, and as it
was known to be hopeless to at.
tempt to obtain the passage of the
Dill over the veto, very little inter.
est was manifested in the roll-call.
The vote resulted: Yeas, lO9; navs,
80; whereupon the Speaker an.
nounced it, and said, s;pwo-thIrds
have failed to vote in the affirma-
tive, as required by the Constitu.
ton, and the bill is rejected.n Most
of the negative votes came from
Republicans of the House, but
considerable number came also
from the mocratic side.
a Two Days ssession-Po,,er'a Re-
pUrt.
WASHINGTON, March Sd.-Both
houses OF Congress were in continu.
Gus session Saturday night and un-
I'll this morning. A dead lock on
River Legislation and the Sundry
Civil bills was the cause.
Potter, for the majority of the
House Investigating Committee,
submitted q report. 1t is calm and
dispasslonate, reviews the testi-
mony given In Louisiana and Flor
iday about the alleged Democratic
bulldozing, and says: But twenty
one witnesses could be found Oh the
Republican side to swear that the
Louisiana election was not a fair
one, while 1900 Democrats testified
that the election was regular. The
conclusion is that Tilden carried
Louisiana and Florida regularly
and fairly and should have been so
counted.
Congregational.
WASHINGTON, March 3d.-Fol-
lowing is the continuation of the
report of the proceedings of the
Senate in session last night:
The question was then taken on
the amendment of Shields to PEN
sion Mexican veterans as amended