Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-05-31

that the Journal was to contain the
proceedings of the House; to be a
record of things done by the House.
A motion that was not entertained
could certainly form no part of the
proceedings of the House.
After further remarks by Messrs.
Kasson, Kelley and Randall, the mo-
ton to correct the journal was re-
jected; yeas 80, nays 134.
Mr.. Miller, of Pennsylvania, then
started with the opening of his
speech in the contested election case
of J. Mackey against OConner, but
had not finished the first sentence
when the attention of the Speak
er was called by the Democratic
members to the fact that the journal
had not yet been approved. They de
manded the yeas and nays on the
question of approval. As the vote
proceeded, and as the Democrats
withheld their votes, there was lire
ly to be failure of quorum, but
an active hunt after the Republican
absentees, and the fact that Mr.. Viii
son, of West Virginia, and MIR.
Morse, of Massachusetts,, who were
paired, carried out their promise to
vote, if necessary, to make quorum,
resulted in 146 yeas and 3 nays; SO
that the journal of yesterday was
approved.
Mr.. Miller, of Pennsylvania, then
proceeded with his speech in favor
of the report of the election com-
mittee in the case of Mackey against
O'Conner. In the course of his
speech Mr.. Miller caused some
amusement by an exhibition of tissue
ballots, which he called "Little
Jokers," by which Democratic frauds
are said to have been committed in
South Carolina. He gave an Illus
tration of the use made of them,
and suggested that in some of the
close Northern districts it might be
convenient for Democratic candi.
dates to understand the game.
The discussion was continued by
Mr.. Davis, of Maine, against the res
port, and by Mr.. Paul, of Virginia,
in favor of it. Much of Mr.. Pauls
speech was directed to the discussion
of the readjustment policy in Vir-
ginia, to the praise of the Readjust-
ers as an honest party, and to the
criticism of other Southern States in
connection with their debts, in fact
he declared that Virginia was the
only debt paying State of the late
Southern Confederacy.
The latter assertion was denied in
dignantly by Mr.. Carlisle, of Ken
tucky, who declared that the State of
Kentucky had never scaled her pub
lie debt to the amount of one dollar,
and had never proposed to do so.
The assertion of Mr.. Carlisle was
traversed by his colleague, (White,)
who reminded him that certain coun-
ties in Kentucky had refused to pay
their debts. Ii that was not repudia-
tion what was it?
Mr. Tillman, of South Carolina,
also declared for his State that it
was the Republican party there
which had repudiated the debt, and
that it was now being paid under the
rule of the Democratic party.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Pauls
speech, within a few minutes of 5
o'clock, M Caikins inquired wheth-
er, if an evening session were disc
pensed with and the House now adj
journed, the discussion would be res
sumed tomorrow without any OBJ
struction from the Democratic side.
Answers came back resolutely from
Messrs. Morrison, Atkins, Randall
and other Democratic members, that
no agreement whatever would be
made.
Mr. Calkins then gave notice that
he would call the previous question
on the contested election case at
5 o'clock Tomorrow. Several Re-
publican members suggested 2
o'clock, and Mr.. Morrison, of illinois,
asked. de6antly, why he did not do
it now?
The hour of o'clock having ar
rived, the House took recess till 8
o'clock.