Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-12-07
TELEGRAPHIC.
XLVI. CONGRESS.
SENATE.

senate. About two-thirds of the
senators were present, and there was
a general greeting and congratula-
tions among them. At IL o'clock
the vice president called the senate
to order and Chaplain Bullock de-
hvered prayer. The first business
transacted was the reading of the
credentials of James L. Pugh, elected
to fill the unexpired term of Gen. s..
Houston, deceased, as senator from
Alabama and the swearing in of Mr..
Pugh.
The credentials of Joseph E.
Brown, elected by the legislature of
Georgia, to fill the unexpired term of
that state, were read and Mr.. Brown
duly sworn in.
Senator Thurman offered a resolu-
ton, which was agreed to, directing
the secretary of the senate to inform
the house of the readiness of the
senate for business, and a resolution
offered by Senator 8ayard sending
ing the same information to the pres
ident by committee acting with a
similar committee of the house was
also adopted.
On motion of Senator Wallace a
recess of 80 minutes was taken,
pending the report of the committee
aforesaid.
When the senate reassembled, at
| 12:45, a message was receiv-
ed from the house anannounc-
ing that quorum of that
body was assembled and ready to
proceed to business, and on motion
of Mr.. Thurman recess was taken
until 1:30 p. m.
At 1:39 the senate was again called
to order and committee appointed
to wait on the president. They
reported through their chairman,
Bayard, that they had done so, and
that the president had expressed his
intention to presently communicate
his views in writing to the senate. A
moment afterward Private Secretary
W. K. Rogers appeared and deliver
ed the message of the president
which the vice president laid before
the senate, and the reading of which
was at once begun by Secretary Of
Senate Burch.
After reading the message it was
ordered printed and laid on the
table, and on motion of Mr.. Wallace
the senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.
The convening of congress always
attracts to the capital large mum
ber of sight-seers, and the reassem
bling of the forty-sixth congress
proved no exception to the rule
Long before II o'clock the galleries
of the house were filed with specta'
tors awaiting the rap of the speak
er's gavel. On the floor the GUS
tomary handshakings were indulgec
in, while members congratulated ont
another on their reelection, or ex
changed condolences upon their de
feat. At exactly IL, o'clock th,
speaker called the house to order
and the chaplain, Rev. Mr.. Harrison
offered prayer. The speaker thel
directed the clerk to call the roll.
The roll call showed 227 members
present, more than a quorum.
The clerk was directed to inform
the senate that the house was read,
to proceed with business.
On motion of Mr.. Blount th,
speaker was requested to appoint
committee to wait upon the presi
dent and inform him that the hous,
was ready to receive any communi
cation which he might transmit to it
The speaker appointed Messrs
Blount, Kelly and Singleton Qll.) al
such committee.
A number of bills were introduced
and the house took recess fo,
thirty minutes, after which the mes
sage was received and read at tn
clerks desk. When the reading O
the message was concluded, it wa
ordered printed and referred to th,
committee of the whole.
Mr.. Bicknel who had previously
asked if it was in order to take Ut
the senate JOINT resolution, prescri
bing a method of counting the cleo
toral vote, again endeavored to cal
up the resolution, the consideration
of which had been postponed unit
to-day.
Mr.. Weaver, of Iowa, raised to
point of order that to-day bein,
Monday the senator from Indians
Mr.. Bicknell, could not take the foo
and prevent the members fron
moving to suspend the rules.
The speaker ruled that the motiol
10 suspend the rules was one O
: privilege. He wished, however, tina
sne question be permitted to lie owe
1or a oay' SO as to afford him an op
portunity to inquire whether a Join
resolution presented a question O
: privilege.
MIR. Conger (Michigan) objected t.
that course. He did not desire an
continuing orders.
Mr.. Cox (New York)-Give us
vote on it.
Mr.. Conger-No.
Mr.. Bicknell demanded a deciso
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