The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-02-06
WASHINGTON WAITS

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mittee of the two houses on the inter
oceanic canal, to-day agreed to report
favorable the Wells bill to incorporate
the inter oceanic transit company, af-
ter amending it SO as to provide that
the government shall guarantee the
payment of the interest of $50, 600, 900
bonds of the company for Is years at
the rate of six per cent. The vote stood
five for and four against, Fry and Page
not voting.
Among the nominations sent to the
senate to-day were Mark S. Blunt, reg
lister of land Office at Pueblo, Colorado;
Henry Cousins, of Wisconsin, register
of land office at Florence, Arizona; E.
S. Whittier, receiver of land Office at
Evanston, New York, and W. II. Som
ers, receiver of land office at Beatrice,
Nebraska.
During the past week 104, 400 stand
ard silver dollars were distributed from
the mints; for the corresponding week
in 1880 the amount was s1,171, $50.
The civil appropriation bill will be re-
ported early next week. The commit
tee is at work.
Representative Page has gone to Al
bion, N. Y: on the receipt of tele-
gram yesterday announcing the serious
and perhaps fatal illness of his aged
father.
1t is to-day understood on good au-
thority that in the expected event of
democratic organization of the next
senate the craftsmanship of the judiciary
committee will be given to Judge Davis
Of Illinois, whose vote on the question
of organization has generally been con-
sidered somewhat doubtful. Three
democrats, who will be members of the
next senate, are above Judge Davis in
the present list of membership of the
judiciary committee, and. would
therefore, under the usage of promotion,
be entitled to the chairmanshIp before
the claims of the senator from Illinois
would be considered. These are Sena-
tors Bayard, Garland and Lamar, but
all three of them have had chairman
ships that, it is said, they are entirely
willing to retain and thus leave the
way open for Senator Davis to become
chairman of the judiciary committee.
Bayard prefers to remain at the head of
the finance committee, Lamar is salts
fed with the railroads and Garland with
the territories. 1t is belived that the
proposed arrangement will be highly
agreeable to Judge Davis as he naturally
prefers servic, on that committee.
In the house debate on the Morgan
resolution to-day, Speer made most
stirring speech, which was alternately
applauded by the republicans and DEM
ocrats. He maintained that Georgia
was as devoted to the union as any
state, and had fondness for the old
matters which had caused so much
trouble. Three democratic representa-
tives had already proven this by their
votes himself, FELTON, and Stephens).
He could not consent to sit idly by as
spectator at the accounting ofthe epresiden-
tial vote when the law required that he
should participate; that was farce.
The republicans as a rule voted in the
negative, and the democrats in the af-
flrmative, although some voted con-
trary. The following is the text of the
resolution adopted:
Resolved, etc., first, That the two
houses of congress shall assemble in
the hall of the house of representatives
on Wednesday, February 8, 1881, at
IL m. and the president of the senate
shall be the presiding officer; that one
person be appointed teller on the part
of the senate, and two on the part of
house, to make list of the votes as
they shall be declared; that the result
shall be declared to the president Of
the senate, who shall announce the
state of the vote and the persons elected
to the two houses assembled as afore-
said, which shall be deemed declara-
tion of the persons elected president
and vice president Of the United States.
and together with the list of the vot-
be entered on the journal of the house.
Second. That if it shall appear that
any votes of elections for president or
vice president of the United States
have been given on a day other than
that fixed for counting such vote by act
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