The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-04-13
Forty.seventh Conere s:..senate.s

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A JOINT resolution was passed approprlatine
SM5v,UvV M., i9r monument I,o over 'ne grave 40 o.
voorhees, submitted resolution declaring that
the conduct OF the state department IN e;auon
70 the arrest and imprisonment OF oanlel
McSweeny and other American cltlzens by the
British authorities, is in violation OF american
law, inconsistent with the value OF american
citizenship and derogatory to the honor oi
the United States. Temporarily tapied. ....
Mr.. Morgan introduced bill to define the
rights OF citizens of the United States in, and
when living in, foreign countries Ihe Dill sets
forth that the rights of American citizenship in
foreign countries, which are required to be
protected i'll the manner and by means
provided in section 2OOl OF tho re-
vised statutes, extend to and include the
right to be secure in their persons, houses, pa
pers and effects against unreasonable searches
and seizures and the right to be exempt
from domiciliary visits without legal warrant
| according to the forms of law of the coun ~,
and the right on demand Of themselves OF
| counsel to be informed of The nature and
| cause of any action against them when they
| are under ART est or are imprisoned
on suspicion =, or cris or nrsa
| against the laws of such foreign country, and
| tho right of trial in such cases within reason
| able time, to be confronted with the witnesse'
| against them, to have compulsory process fol
| obtaining witnesses in their favor and 10 have
| counsel for their defense. Referred to the
| committee on foreign relations.
The bill for the admission of Dakota into the
Union, recently recommitted to the committee
| on Territories, was reported without amend
| ment. Upon motion of Mr.. Farley the Presi-
dents message, vetoing the Chinese bill, was
taken up. MIR. Sherman supported and Mr.
| fayard spoke against the Presidents Veto On
the question: "Shall the bill pass notwih-
standing the objections of the President? p the
| vote was, yeas twenty-nne, nays twenty-one,
so the bill failed to pass over the veto, two
thirds not having ted in the affirmative. The
vote is as follows: Yeas Bayard, Peck, Call,
Cameron wis., Cockrell, Coke Davis (W.Va.l,
Fair, Farley, German, Grover, Hampton,
Harris, Hill (Col) Johnston, Jones, New,
Lamar, Mcpherson Maxey, Miller (Cal.). Mil
Ter IN. ~, Morgan, Pendleton, Pugb, Slater,
Teller, Vest Voorhees, and Walker-29. Nays
-.Aldrich, Anthony Blair, Davis OlL) Dawes,
Frye, Harrison, Hawley, Hoar, ingalls,, Kellogg,
Mcmillan, Mitchell Morrill,, Platt, Plumb,
Rollins, SAWYER, Sewell Sherman and Window
-2l. Paired-Garland, Jackson, Jonas, r n
som, salisbury, Williams and Vance in the
| affirmative, with Edmunds, McDiil, Allison,
Logan, Ferry, Saunders and Conger in the
| negative.
The presidential count bill passed without
amendment. 1t provides tbat the presidential
electors of each State shall meet and give their
votes on the second Monday in January next
following thoir appointment, at such places as
the legislatures of the States may direct; that
each state, pursuant to its laws existing
on the day fixed for the appoint
| ment of the electors may determine
prior to the meeting Of the electors any CON
troversy concerning the appointment of all OF
anv OF them: that -rrh determination shall be
| conclusive evidence of their lawful title, and
shall govern in the count ly Congress; that 10
electoral vote or votes from any State from
which only one return has been received shall
be rejected, except bv the affirmative votes OF
| the two houses; that il more than o'e
votes of those electors who have I've II
appointed by the lawful tribunal OF the Sale
shall be counted, AMI in tAe event of ques-
ton as to which of two or more of such State
tribunals is the lawful tribunal, the votes OF
the electors appointed by that tribunal which
the two HOUSES, acting separately, sha'l de-
eide tho authorized Cne shall be counted
that i'll case of an undetermined contest be-
| tween two or more sets of electors of state
those votes shall be counted which the two
Houses, acting separately, shall decide 10 be
the lawful electoral votes. The bi al-o pro
vides that il the counting the votes all not
have been completed before the fifth calendar
day next day alter the first jOint meeting of ihC
two houses, no recess shall be a';erward taken
by either house until the counting is iiaished
House.
There was sharp debate on Mr.. Crapoi
motion to suspend the rulos and pass reso
luton making the bill to extend the corporate
existence of national banks con inuint
special order for April Is. AIr. Bland opposed
the motion, and declared his hostility tc
national banks and national bankers. Mr.
Springer opposed the motion because it woult
intel fere with the tariff commission and othe
important bills on the special order calendar.
Mr. Hardenbergh declared that the nationa
bank bill transcended in importance any 9th e
on the special calendar, and he favored thu