The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-02-03
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ReSolred, That the Senate will be
ready to receive the House of Rep
resentatives in the Senate Chamber
on Wednesday, February 9, at II
O'Clock NJ, for the purpose of being
present at the opening and counting
of the votes for President and Vice
President of the United States; that
two persons be appointed tellers on
the part of the Senate to make list
of votes cast for President and Vice
President of the United States as
they shall be declared, and that the
result shall be delivered to the
President of the Senate who
shall announce the state of
the vote which shall be en-
tered on the journal, and ifit shall
appear that the choice has been
made agreeable to the Constitution,
such entry on the journal shall be
deemed sufficient declaration there
of. f--#. -.sss- r-. Ia 49,.
White objected to the present con-
sideratiOn of the resolution and it
was laid over and ordered printed.
Bills were introduced and referred
as follows: t,,.y I...a. .#t
BY Morgan-To extend the postal
service to foreign countries. Re-
ferred to Committee on Post Offices
and Postroads. i- -.t
By Call-For the improvement of
certain rivers and harbors in the
State of Florida. Tabled and
ordered printed. at..t-
Call forwarded, by the clerk, the
credentials of his colleague, Chas.
w. Jones elected for the term COM
mencing March 4, 1881. Read and
The Indian in severalty bill was
taken up and discussed at some
length, bntat 1856 O'Clock the Senate,
without action on it, went into
executive session. and when the
doors were reopened, adjourned.
HoUsE.-A motion TO dispense
with the morning hour was lost by
vote of 80 to 80, and the Speaker,
as regular order, directed the clerk
to finish the reading of the bill
which was pending at the ex-
piration of the morning hour. t
> Money OF Mississippi, chairman of
the Committee on Postofficcs and
Postroads reported back the rvsoli-
ton directing that committee to in
quire into the eXpediencyi of tele-
graph postal system under the gov
ernment of the United States, and
also into the cost of reproducing fac
similes for transmitting telegraph
messages to those now possessed by
existing corporations and cost
of operating same, and granting
the committee leave to send for
persons and papers.
Bicknell of Indiana, called up reso-
luton proposing n joint rule for
counting the electoral vote.
Speer of Georgia, asked Bicknell
to yield to HIM to call up contested
election case of Yeates VS.. Martin.
Field of Massachusetts, hoped the
gentleman would not do that, as the
report in that case had just been
printed, and the House should be
allowed two or three days to ex-
anime it. After some time spent in
vain attemps ito arrive at some de-
termination in reference to time to
be consumed in the debate, Speer
gave notice that he would call up
contested election ease tomorrow.
After tie morning hour Cobb,
from Committee on Appropriations,
reported the District of Columbia
appropriation bill, which was or
dered printed and recomnlitted.
Bicknell then. demanded the pre-
vious question on the Morgan elec-
toral election result.
i Conger of Michigan, raised the
question of consideration in favor Of
the field The vote by this decision
stood119 to 1I0in favor of taking UP
| the electoral resolution. Stephens
FELTON, and Speer Of Georgia, voted
with the Republicans.
The vote by yeas and nays re.
suited, yeas 130, nays 124 in favor
of taking up the electoral resolu.
ton. This was a strict party vote
except FELTON,, Speer and Stephens
OF. Georgia, who voted in the mega
tive with the Republicans. Of the
| Greenbackers, Ladd and Stevenson
4 voted in the affirmative, and Jones
\ Lowe, Russell of North Carolina
Murch, 'Giliet, Weaver and Yoakun
n the negative.
Bickliell again demanded the pre-
yious question. "
-Conger appealed from the de
cision of the chair.
After some discussion, Bloun
moved to lay the appeal on the ia
Bile. Rufus then abstained from
voting and left the House without 1
quorum This of course compelled
another call of the. House, and il
this way Rufus continued TO filibus
ter until A O'Clock. After half
dozen roll calls the House fonnd it
self in exactly the same position il
which it had been three hours pre-
| Lviously, or as Reagan of Texas, ex
pressed it, tahe House merely wen
/ up q hill and then came dow
| again" The tactics of the Republi
can side were to answer to thei
names on a call of the House, but t.
remain silent on any motion to tabl
the appeal. thus leaving the Hous
without quorum and forcing
call of the House. AT 4:45 motion
to adjourn was defeated. Anothe
call of the House was ordered, AM
I then at $40 the House adjourned.
| CHICAGO, January 26.-Licensci It,
/ organize a, new Telegraph, compan,
with a capital of $1,0OO,0O0, was re
ceived by counsel for corporation
Yesterday morning, will be had in
|. few days, when organization will b
i effected, and bonds opened for sub
scriptions. -..,..s-s
! HARRISBURG, Pa, January 90
The ninth Intellectual ballot for Uni
| ted States Senator took place to-da.
as follows; Oliver IS, Wallace sc
Grow 81, Baird /, Mayeagh 3, Snow
4 den ], Agnew ], Hewett 4, Allison
| and Curtin 2. Adjourned till to
morrow. ~.
| NASHVILLE, January 26.-Tk,
| thirtieth ballot for Senator stood
| jackson 20, Maynard 25, Reese l. A
| soon as jackson was declared
| elected he was. lifted out of his sea
| by friends and escorted to the stand
| where he. said he would do what
| ever lay in his power to allay, al
sectional agitation, and brins
proper spirit to the country. IL
would not only represent the state
but the United States in the broad
est sense OF the word. 7,i
| WASHINGTON, January 26.-Tht
President sent the following nomi
nations to the Senate to-day Stan
Hey Matthews, of Ohio. to be- Asso
ciate Justice of the United States Su
/ preme Court vice Swayne resigned
| NJ Martin, to be, Suryeyor-Genera
of Florida. sa .fd e. - a