Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-04


and without final right to the seat.
Mr.. kasson, of iowa, doubted whether
the House had right to order a man who
did not claim his seat to be sworn in, to
which Mr.. Converse replied that Mr..
Manning did claim his right to the seat.
The previous question was ordered on
the resolution by 162 yeas to 12S nays.
Mr.. Calkins, of Indiana, offered a reso-
luton providing that the certificate of the
Governor of Mississippi, certifying to the
election of Mr.. Manning to this Congress
from the Second district Of that State, to-
gether with the certificate of the Secreta-
ry of State and all other papers in the
hands of the Clerk of the House
touching the right of Mr.. Chal-
mers to the seat, be referred
TO the Committee on Elections, when APP
pointed, with instructions to that commit
tee to report without delay which of the
parties, if either, is entitled Drima fdcie to
be sworn in, pending a decision on the
merits of the case. Pending action, the
House at 3:4O O'Clock adjourned, after
adopting resolution that the daily hour
of meeting shall be - O'Clock.
IN THE SENATE.
At u o'clock sharp the Senate was
called to order by President pro tenn, Sen
atOr Edmunds, of Vermont, and prayer
was offered by Rev. j. j. Bullock, the
Chaplain.
The galleries were we'll filled with spec
tators, and many Of the desks of the SEN
ators were decorated with flowers.
The President laid before the Senate the
credentials of reelection of James
B. Beck, of Kentucky. to succeed
himself, the credentials of Thomas w.
Palmer, of Michigan, to succeed Senator
Ferry, and also the credentials of 0. f.
Pike, Of New Hampshire, to succeed
Senator Rollins. The oath was then ad-
minlstered to Senators Beck, Bowen, Gull
lom, Dolph and Frye, whose credentials
were submitted at the last session. Sena-
tor Anthony was not present.
The iron-clad oath was taken by Sena-
tors Beck, of Kentucky; Bowen, of
Colorado; CullOm, of Illinois; Dolph, of
Oregon; Frye, of Maine; Hoar, of Massa-
chusetts; Mcpherson, of New Jersey;
MandersOn, of Nebraska; Palmer, of
Michigan; Pike, OF New Hampshire;
Plumb, of Kansas; Sabin, of Minnesota; (;
salisbury, of Delaware. and Watson, of
Iowa, the remainder taking the modified
oath. The new Senators are Messrs. Pike,
of New Hampshire; Kenna, of West Vir-
quit, of Georgia; Wilson, of Iowa !;
Riddleberger, of Virginia; Sabin, of
Minnesota; Palmer, of Michigan; Cul-
lom, of Illinois; Henderson, of Nebraska; /;
Dolph, of Oregon, and Bowen, of Col
OradO.
The customary resolutions notifying
the House of Representatives and PresI-
dent Arthur that the Senate was ready
for business were agreed to, and reso-
luton was adopted that II o'clock be the
hour of meeting until further notice.
On motion of Senator Garland, of Ar
kansas, the Senate then, at 1880 O'Clock,
took recess of one hour.
On re-assembling in the Senate Cham
Der at 80 O'Clock, Senator Ingalls,, of
Massachusetts,, moved that in order to
afford opportunity for receiving nOtitica-
ton of the organization of the House of
Representatives and if possible to receive
the Presidents message this afternoon,
the recess be extended to 3 O'Clock, which
motion was agreed to.
At O'Clock the Senate was again called
to order, and there being no prospect of
the House organization being completed
in time to do business this afternoon, on
motion of Senator Ingalls, the Senate ad-
journed until tomorrow.
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.
A largely attended caucus of Demo-
cratic Representatives was held tonight
in the hall of the House for the purpose of
considering the questions raised to-day in
connection with the Chalmers-Manning
contest. After discussion which lasted
the whole evening it was decided to refer
the case to the Committee on Elections,
with instructions to report on prima facie
right only. This is substantially an
agreement to vote for the resolution
offered by Mr.. Calkins at tO-day's session
OF the House. The rules of the Forty
seventh Congress were adopted to
continue, in effect till two weeks after the
appointment Of the Committee on Rules.
The election of the caucus officers was
postponed until the next caucus. The
Democratic members think that, having
come to All agreement on the contested
election case, they will be able to organize
the House tomorrow and receive the
Presidents message before ) O'Clock.
They express the opinion that after the
reception of the message an adjournment
for two or three days will be taken.
THE REPUBLICAN SENATORS.
1t is expected that a caucus of the Re-
publican Senators to arrange their party's
representation upon the committees will
he held at II O'Clock tomorrow. 1t is
probable that no other subject will be
discussed, but that another caucus for
the nomination of the officers of the
Senate will he held later in the week.
The Republican Senators are of the
opinion that the question of the Presi-
dency of the Senate will not be raised un-
til after Senator Anthony's arrival.
NEW BILLS IN PREPARATION.
Gen. Warner, of Ohio, will take an early
opportunity to introduce in the House a
bill providing for the retirement of the
trade dollar. He says that its coinage
was mistake, there never having been a
time when the same amount of silver in
the form of standard dollars would not
purchase as much tea in China or India
as if coined in trade dollars. Several
other members of the House are pre-
pairing bills for the same purpose.