Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-02-17


move a reconsideration of the vote by which
the previous question was seconded.
Mr.. Prescott objected.
"That," shouted Mr.. Cox, amid cries of
"order" and 'vote," 'fs a eowardly pro-
ceeding to attack man at the last moment
without giving him chance TO reply-most
cowardly."
The Speaker stated that the first vote
would be taken on the amendment offered
by Mr.. Cox, fixing the representation at 307,
and ruled that Mr.. Cox could not modify it
by changing the number to 3l9.
Mr.. Cox thereupon withdrew the amend
ment.
The next vote was taken upon the amend
ment offered by Mr.. Anderson, Of Kansas,
fixing the number at 325, and it was agreed
to-yess 162, nays 104.
Mr.. White, of Kentucky, was the only
Republican who voted in the negative, but
+he following Democrats voted IN the
affirmative with the Republicans: Messrs.
Aiken, Beach, Beltzhoover, Bragg, Gull
berson, Curtin, Davidson, D-uster, Ellis,
Evlns, Finley, Hobletsell, Jones of Texas,
McLane, Mills, Reagan, Richardson of
South Carolina, Shelley, SDeer, Tillman,
Upson and Wellborn.
Represent atives are distributed smong
the several States as follows:
Alabama s, Arkansas 5. California 8,
Colorado l, Connecticut 4, d alawsre 1,
Florida 2, Georgia 10, Illinois 20, Indiana
13, Iowa II, Kansas z, Kentucky IL, Lou
isiana 6. Maine 4, Indiana 6. Massachusetts,
10 Michigan IL, Minnesota 5, Mississippi z,
Missouri IA. Nebraska 3, Nevada l, New
Hampshire 2, New jersey z. New York "a,
North Carolina 9, Ohio 81. Oregon l. Penn
svlvsnia %, Rhode Island 2. South Carolina
z, Tennessee 10. Texas IL, Vermont 2, Vr-
ginia 10, West Virginia 4, Wisconsin 9.
The ne Xt vote was taken upon the amend
ment offered to the third section of the bill
by Mr.. Bel zhoover, of Pennsylvania, the
obi ct of which is to make 1t unlawful to
divide any parish or county in the forma-
tion of any representative district, which
shall consist OF one county or parish. Re-
jected-yeas III, nays 1876.
Mr.. Springer, OF Illinois, moved to recon-
slider the vote by which the House had re-
jected an amendment offered by Mr. Cole
rick, amending section 3 so as to provide
that if iD any State In which the number of
Representatives is chang ed by this sct the
Legislature thereof shall not have adapted
its laws in time to enable Representatives
to be elected to the Forty-eighth Congress,
# shall be lawful for the Governor of
such State, after it shall have been redis-
tricted, to provide for a special election for
such Representatives. When this amend
ment was rejected there was no interest
paid to 1t, and Mr. Colerick was unable to
OBJ ain the yeas and nays, but Mr.. Springer's
motion to reconsider was the signal for a
scene of great noise and confusion. A mo-
tiOu 10 table the motion to reconsider was
Immediately made on the Republican side,
and the Democrats demanded the yeas and
nays.
Mr.. Springer asked that the amendment
be read, hut a storm of objections came
from the Republican side, and the Speaker
ruled that 1t could only be read by unani-
nous consent.
Instantly Messrs. Hooker, of Mississippi.
Springer and Aiken of South Carolina
were on their feet aud insisting upon their
right to hear proposition upon which they
were called to vote.
The continuous rsppiug of the Speakers
gavel had but little effect in allaying the
confusion, and 1t was not until consent had
been given tothe reading Of the amendment
that comparative quiet was restored. The
vote was then taken on the motion to lay on
the table the motion to reconsider the vote.
by which the House rejected Mr.. Colerick's
amendment, and resulted-yeas 13l, nays
no quorum. The Democrats refrained
from voting Without further action the
House, at $40, adjourned.
MAJOR ROCHESTER, TO BE CONFIRMED.
The Senate in executive session to-day
transacted no business except to refer to
appropriate committees the nominations
sent In by the PRESIDENT yesterday ana
| Tuesday, and to receive reports from COM
mittees on a number OF nominations ex-
amined by them since the last executive ses-
sion was held. Among the nominations
thus reported back was that of Msj, Roches-
ter to be Psymaster General of the army.
The committee, after fully examining the
objections raised against the favorable
action on this case, reported to-day unani
mously that the nomination should be con-
irmed. 1t was accordingly placed on the
calendar with the committees favorable
recommendation.
OUR INDIAN POLICY.
The report of the Board Of Indian Com
missioners, sent to the President to-day,
urges Congress to provide the Commissioner
of Indian Affairs with a much larger school
fur d to be used in educating thirty thousand
Indian children now growing up in ignOr-
snce. The report closes as follows: "We
have no new measure to recommend. We
simply urge persistent adherence to the
peace policy, which means government by
law, homestead rights and education" F"
JUSTICE HUNTS RESIGNATION ACCEPTED.
The President has formally accepted the
resignation of Ward Hunt as Associate Jus
tice of the Supreme Court, and will nomi-
nate his successor next week.