The Iola register., 1881-02-18
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.


FEB. 5.-The Senate passed the bill for the
erection of a public building at Quincy, Ill,
and also the bill to establish an additional
land district in Kansas. 30. :. The House passed
the Joint resolution for counting the Electoral
vote. The ApportiOnment bill was again tax
en- up and several speeches made thereon.
FEB. I'm the Senate, the alleged census
frauds in South Carolina were brought up by
the reading of the letter of the Secretary of
the Senate asking for Information on that
subject. Senator Butler took occasion to de.
nounce with some asperity the assertions
he Dy G9
Senator Conkling replied in an equally spirit
ed manner. 90. In the House o number of bills
and resolutions on various H topics were re intro intro
duce the River and HarbOr bill under sus-
pension of the rules lit being private bill day.,
lacked nine votes of the necessary two-thfrds.
FEB. SIN the Senate, the credentials of
Philetus Sawyer and Arthur p. German, Sena-
tors elect, were read and filed. Mr.. Bruce.
from the Committee on Education and Labor,
reported adversely the joint resolution to pro-
vide for the enforcement of the Eight hour
law. A resolution, offered by Mr.. Conkling.
treasury rel to report to the Senate the names Of
all persons nominated by the Collector of the
Port of New York between January and De
ss% orf s ss
sieH asg q aass the ose Civil yerViee rules. s etc.
Mr.. Blair introduced joint resolution pro
which was read. 1t prohibits after the year
1900 the manufacture and sale, anywhere with.
in the United States, of distilled alcoholic and
intoxicating liquors, except for medicinal,
mechanical, chemical or scientific purposes.
and also prohibits the expectation and i'm
portation of such liquors and their transpor-
tation through any part fthe United States,
except for medicinal and scientific uses. etc.,.
In the House Mr.. Reagan reported back the
River and Harbor bill and it was referred to
Committee of the Whole. Mr.. Reagan stated
he would move to 20 into committee on that
bill Immediately after the morning hour, but
Mr.. Atkins gave notice he would oppose it
with the Legislative, Executive and Judicial
bill, which he thereupon reported back from
the committee A. long discussion followed
over the question of precedence, which re-
House went into committee on the latter bill.
FEB. 9.-The Senate passed the Pension
Appropriation bill, all amendments having
been previously laid on the table for future
consideration. THE House passed the Leg.
islative, Judicial and Executive Appropria-
ton bill
COUNTING THE ELECTORAL VOTES.
The formal counting of the Electoral votes
for President and Vice President took place
in the hall of the House of Representatives, in
the presence of both Houses of Congress, on
the 9th. Weep President Wheeler occupied
a seat on the right of Speaker Ran.
dali Messrs. Thurman and Hamlin acted
as Tellers on the part of the Senate and
Messrs. House and Crowley on the part of the
House. The proceedings were carried out in
the manner prescribed by the joint resolu-
tion previously adopted, the Vice President
opening the packages purporting to contain
the certificates of election, handing them to
the Tellers, by whom they were read, and
then duly recorded. The result, as an;
of 1863 votes, of which James A. Garfield and
Chester A. Arthur received PA votes and
Winfield S. Hancock and william H. English
l55. The Vice President then declared Gar
field and Arthur elected respectively as Presi-
dent and Vice President of the United States
for four years from the 4th of March next. The
vote of Georgia, not having been cast on the
day prescribed by the Constitution, was
counted conditionally. as not affecting the re-
were crowded with spectators to witness the
proceedings.
FEB. 10.-The Senate passed the bill ap-
propriatin2 500, ,000for the purchase of ground
for the erection thereon of a hall of deposit
for the Government records. The Pension
Appropriation bill was considered at length
...... In the House, Mr.. Reagan 3D., MOI
the River and Harbor Appropriation bill,
and. though the motion was antagonized
by Mr.. Cox d., N. W with the Apportion-
ment bill, it prevailed - yeas $50; nays,
70. After some desultory discussion, Mr. Rea-
gan moved that the committee rise and report
the bill to the House, but Mr.. Cox raised a
point of order and demanded the reading of
the bill for amendments. The Chair sustained
the point of order and the HOuse, by a vote
of l52 to 6, refused to sanction Mr.. Reagan's
appeal from the decision of the Chair, SO sew.
eral amendments were got in and the bill went
over without action.