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.Ma.ssa;chusetts-Henry L. Dawes and George F. Hoar. ARKANSAS. Clifton R. Breckinridge. John H. Rogers. JJ!ichigan-Omar D. Conger and Thomas W. Palmer. Poindexter Dunn. Samuel W. Peel. Minnesota-Samuel J. R. McMillan and Dwight 1\I. Sabin. James K. Jones. Mi.ssissippi=-James z. George and Lucius Q. C. Lamar. CALIFORNIA. Missouri-Francis M. Cockrell and George G. Vest. Charles A. Sumner. James H. Budd. John R. Glascock. Barclay Henley. Nebraska-Charles F. l\Ianderson and Charles H. VanWyck. WilliamS. Rosecrans. Pleasant B. Tully. Nevada-James G. Fair. New Hampshire-Henry W. Blair and Austin F. Pike. COLORADO. New Jersey-John R. McPherson and William J. Sewell. James B. Belford. New York-Elbridge G. Lapham and Warner Miller. CONNECTICUT. North Carolina-Matt. W. Ransom and Zebulon B. Vance. William W. Eaton. John T. Wait. Ohio-George H. Pendleton and John Sherman. Charles L. 1\fit.
1883 . CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 3 . NEBRXSKA. When the State of Mississippi was reached in the call, Archibald J. Weaver. Edward K. Valentine. The CLERK said: The Clerk wishes to make a statement respecting James Laird. NEVADA. the second district of Mi&issippi, for which no enrollment has been made. George W. Cassidy. THE SECO:YD DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI. NEW HAMPSHIRE. Ossian Ray. The Clerk has not enrolled the name o~any one as a Representative Martin A. Haynes. for the second district of Mississippi, for the reason. that no paper NEW JERSEY. which can be considered a certificate of election in the sense of 'the law Thomas M. Ferrell. William Walter Phelps. has been presented to him. J. Hart Brewer. William H. F. Fiedler. John Kean, jr. William McAdoo. Ron. James R. Chalmers, who claims( to have been elected in that Benjamin F. Howey. district, has filed with the Clerk four "exhibits" in support of his NEW YORK. claim to be enrolled as a Representative-elect. :: Henry W. Slocum. Henry G. Burleigh. Exhibit A is a certified copy of the canvass ~de on the 18th of Perry Belmont. Frederick A. Johnson. William E. Robinson. Abraham X. Parker. November, 1882, by the secretary of state of :Mississippi of the votes DUTwin R. James. Edward Wemple. "'~ cast in that district, which canvass gave- F elix Campbell. George W. Ray. Ji>tes. Nicholas Muller. Charles R. Skinner. l\fr. Van H. 1\fanning ...... : ...... 8, 749 · SamuelS. Cox. .l\ Thomas Spriggs. lli. J. R.Chalmers...... :...... 8,']1j7 William Dorsheimer. Newton W. Nutting. H. C. Carter ...... _ ...... : ...... 129 John J. Adams. Frank Hiscock. Mr. John Hardy. Sereno E. Payne. l\lr. J. R. Chambless ...... - ...... 1,472 AbramS. H ewitt. James W. Wadsworth. Scattering ...... 1 Orlando B. Potter. Stephen C. Millard. Man Waldo Hutchins. John Arnot. In this canvass the county of Tate is counted as 1,166 for 1\Ir. John H. Ketcham. HalbertS. Greenleaf. ning, none for 1\Ir. Chalmers, 3 for Mr. Car:er, and 1,472 for l\Ir. Cham Lewis Beach. RobertS. Stevens. bless. John H. Bagley, jr. William F. Rogers. Thomas J. Van Alstyne. Francis B. Brewer. Exhibit B is a certified copy of the return made NoYember 11, 1882, by the commissioners of election for Tate County, which certi NORTH CAROLL~A. fies that in that county- Risden T. Bennett. Alfred 1\I. Scales. Votes. James E. O'Hara. Clement Dowd. Mr. Van H. l\Ianning received ...... 1,166 Wharton J. Green. TyreYork. 1\Ir. James R. Chalmers received ...... 1,4i2 William R. Cox. Robert B. Vance. omo. Mr, Hannibal C. Carter r-eceived...... 3 John..J<'. Fotlett. Alphonso Hart. This return is signed by the three commissioners of election of Tde Isaac M. Jordan. Goorge L. Converse. County. Robert l\1. Murray. George \V. Geddes. On the back ofit is a copy o!the tally-list, which is referred to in Benjamin Le Fevre. A. J. Warner. George E. Seney. Beriah Wilkins. the return as a ''true and correct" tally-sheet of the votes cast ior William D. Hill. Joseph D. Taylor. Congress by precincts, and which gives this total for that county: Henry L.l\lorey. William McKinley, jr. Votes. J. Warreq.Keifer. Ezra B. Taylor. James S. Robinson. David R. Paige. 1\lr. Van H. Manning ...... 1, 166 Frnnk H. Hurd. l\Iartin A. Foran. Mr. J. R. Chambless ...... 1,472 John W. McCormick. 1\Ir. H. Carter ...... 3 OREGON. Exhibit C is a certified copy of another certifiCate signed by the Melvin C. George. same commissioners, and made on the 18th day of November, 1882, PENNSYLV A...'-'IA. stating that the '' true and correct '' list of the returns of the vote in Mortimoc F. Elliott. Samuel F. Barr. Tate County is as follows : Henry H. Bingham. George A. Post. Votes. Charles @'Neill. William W. Brown. Samuel J . Randall. JaJonathan Chace. J. R. Chambless, and that he intended to make out the tally of said SOUTH CAROLINA. Yote for J. R. Chalmers; that he still believesthathewroteJ. R. Chal Samuel Dibble. John J. Hemphill. mers and not J. R. Chambless on said tahy-sheet; but if mistaken in George D. Tillman. George W. Dargan. this, he swears that it was a clerical error on his part, and that the vote D. Wyatt Aiken. Edmund W. M. l\lackey. returned on said talJy-sbeet was in fact and truth cast and returned for John H. Evins. TENNESSEE. J. R. Chalmers. These papers, separately considered, show that there was a clerical Augustus H. Pettibone. Andrew J. Caldwell. Leonidas C. Houk. John G. Ballentine. error in the tally-list accompanying the return of the commissioners George G. Dibrell. John M. Taylor. of Tate County, made NoYember 11 1882 in that the recitals of the Benton 1\Icl\Iillin. Rice A. Pierce. return and of the tally-list differ as to the name of the person who Richard Warner. Casey Young. received the 1,472 vote in question; and that on the 18th of No TEXAS. vember, 1882, the same commL<:Sioners of election sent another paper, Charles Stewart. Thomas P. Ochiltree. which corrected the tally-list as to this fact., and made its recital of John H. Reagan. James F. Miller. James H. Jones. Roger Q. Mills. name harmonize with that of the return, which correction of error, David B. Culberson. John Hancock. however, reached the office of the secretary of stateNo•ember 21, 1882, J11101es W. Throckmorton. Samuel W. T. Lanham. or thre~ days after said officer had made his canvass, as appears from Olin Wellborn. VERMONT. Exhibit A, duly certified by himself. John W. Stewart. Ltike P. Poland. Whatever may be the judgment upon the facts hereby revealed, these papers, taken singly or togethe1·, afford the Clerk of the H-ouse no suffi VIRGINIA. cient ground for the enrollment of 1\Ir. Chalmers as a Representative John S. Wise. George C. Cabell. Robert 1\I. Mayo. John Randolph Tucker. elect, because they do not form a compliance -with the plain require Harry Libbey. JohnS. Barbour. ments. of the law. George D. Wise. Henry Bowen. If the governor of Mississippi issued a certificate of election to any Benjamin S. Hooper. one, based upon the ca,nvass made by the secretary of state on the 18th WEST VIRGINIA. of November, 1882, for theseconddistrict, it has not beenpresented -to Nathan Goff, jr. Charles P.Snyder. the Clerk, who submit.'> to the House the papers in his possession, with William L. Wilson. Eustace Gibson. his reasons for hating failed to enroll any one. WISCONSIN. FIRST DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA. John Winans. Richard Guenther. Daniel H. Sumner. Gilbert l\I. Woodward. When the first district of North Carolina was reached- Burr W. Jones. William T. Price. CLERK Peter V. Deustcr. Isaac Stephenson. The said: With rCoo-ard to tho first district of North Caro , Joseplil. Rankin. lina, the Clerk has information that Mr. Walter R. Pool, who was elected 4 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DECEMBER 3, at the November eleetion of 1882 to represent it, died on the 25th of The roll was called, with the following result: A.ugnst, 1883. No certificate of the eleetion of a successor has been For Mr. John G. Carlisk, of Kentucl.:y-190. filed with the Clerk. Adams, J. J. Dockery, King, Seney, SEYE:NTH DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA. Aiken, Dorsheimer, Kleiner, Seymour, Alexander, Dowd, Lamb, Shaw, 'Vben the seventh district of Virginia was reached in the call Arnot, Duncan, Lanham, Shelley, The CrJERK said: The Clerk advises the House, respecting the seventh Bagley, Dunn, LeFevre, Singleton, district of Virginia, that Hon. John Paul, eleeted to represent it re- Ballentine, Eaton, Lewis, Slocum, Barbour Eldredge, Lore, Snyder, signed his office, to take effect September 5, 1883. ' Ba.rk.sdl\le, Elliott, Lovering, SpriJtgs, The following members failed to answer to their names: Beach, Ellis, Lowry, Springer, MI. HAMMOND of Georgia, Mr. McCom of Iowa, .Mr. HASKELL of Belmont, Ermentrout, McAdoo, Stevens, Bennett, Evins, J. H. McMillin, Stewart, C. Kansas, Mr. RoBJ:RTSON of Kentucky, Mr. WmTE of Minnesota, and Black bum, Ferrell, :Matson, Stockslager, Mr. CLARDY of Missomi. Blanchard, Fiedler, Maybury, Storm, The CLERK. Three hundred and seventeen members have answered Bland, Findlay, Miller, J. F. Sumner, C. A. Blount, Finerty, ~fills, Sumner, D. H. to their names-more than a quorum. Boyle, Follett, Mitchell, Talbott, LIST 01<~ CHANGES SINCE THE ELECTION. Breckinridge, Foran, Money, Taylor. J. 1\I. Broadhead, Forney, Morgan, Thompson, 'T~ CLERK. Of interest to members and as a matter of permanent Buchanan, Fvan Mo~rison, Throckmorton, record the Clerk presents in tabulated form the chang~ in the list of Buckner, Gedd~s. . ~Iorse, Tillman, Budd, Gibson, Moulton, Townshend, members since the election of the Forty-eighth Congress, and requests Burnes, Glascock, Muldrow, Tucker, t be incorporated in the RECORD. It is as follows: Cabell, Graves, Muller, Tully, Caldwell, Green, Murphy, Turner, H. G. Li.st of changes sinee the election of Forty-eighih House of Representatives. Campbell, F. Greenleaf, Murray, Turner, Oscar Candler, Halsell, Mut<.'hler, Van Alstyne, Hancock, Neece, Vance, Date of va Carleton, District. . Name. Successor. Cassidy, Hardeman, Nicholls, Van Eaton, cancy. Clay, Hardy, Oates, Ward, Clements, Hatch, W.H. O'Neill, J. J. Warner, .A..J. Cobb, Hemphill, Paige, 'Varner, Richard First Alabama ...... Thomas H. Herndon* ·March 28, 1883 James T. Jones. Collins, Henley, Patton, Wellborn, Sixth Iowa...... Marsena. E. Cutts* ..... Aug. 31,1883 John C. Cook. Connolly, Herbert, Pierce, Weller, Sixth Louisiana...... AndrewS. Herron* ... Nov. 27,1882 Edward T. Lewis. Converse, Hewitt, A. S. Peel, S. W. Wemple, First North Carolina.. Walter R. Pool*...... Aug. 25,1883 Cook, Hewitt, G. W. Post, Wilkius, Seventeenth Ohio ...... Jonathan T. Upde- Nov. 30,-1882 Joseph D. Taylor. CosgroTe, Hill, Potter, William, graff.* Covington, Hoblitzell, Pryor, Willis, .Seventh Virginia...... John Pault...... Sept. 5,1883 Cox,S.S. Holman, Pusey, Wilson, W. L. 'Third West Virginia... John E. Kennat...... l\1arch 4,1883 CharlesP. Snyder. ColO, W. R. Hopkins, Randall, 'Vinans, E. B. 1 Crisp, Houseman, Rankin, Wise, G. D. Hunt, Reagan, Wolford, *Died. tResigned. CulbelSQn, D. B. Curtin, Hurd, Reese, 'Vood, AD::\IISSIO~ T..O THE HALL. Dargan, Hutchins, Riggs, Woodward, Davidson, Jones, B. W. Robinson, W. E. Worthington, ~!J COX, of New York. Mr. Clerk, I desire to present a motion ns Davis, L.H. Jones, J. H. Rogers. J. H. Yaple, :a rna t.ter of courtesy and at the request of many members of the House Deuster, Jones,J.K. Rogers, W. F. Young. .arouod me. I ask consent to move that admission to the lobbies and Dibble, .Jones, J. T. Rosecrans, Dibrell, .Jordan, Scales, 'to the floor of the House in rear of the seats be accorded to the families
1883. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. half .of the tellers appointed to canvass the vote for Speaker, reports that SWEARI:NG I:N OF MEMBERS. they have a~eed in their tally, and that the whole number of votes The SPEAKER proceeded to administer to the members in attenc~ cast is 308. e The number necessary to a choice is 155. Of the total ance the oath of office. The members presented themselves, as then· number of votes cast, Ron. JoHN G. CARLISLE, a member-elect from names were called hy States, and took respectively the test-oath pre the State of Kentucky, has received 190 votes; Ron. J. WARREN KEIFER scribed by the act of July 2, 1862, or the special oath provided in the received 1,3 votes; Hon. GEORGE D. ROBI:NSON 2 votes; Ron. J. W. 1 act of July 11, 1868, for tho e whose ~?ilities unde~ the fourteenth WADSWORTH 1 vote; Hon. E. S. LACEY, 1 vote, and Ron. JOHNS. article of the amendments to the Constitution of the Umted States ha·.-e WISE, 1 vote.' l\Ir. CARLISLE having received 190 ~otes is hereby de been removed by a vote of two-thirds of each House of Congress. clared the duly elected .Speaker of the House of Representatives for the When the State of Kansas was called, Forty-eighth Congress. [Applause on the Democratic side.] Ron. Mr. SPRINGER said: I ask that Mr. PETERS, who claims to be SAMUEL J. RANDALL and Ron. J. W.A.RRENKEIFERwillpleaseescort sworn as a Representative at large from the State of Kansas, sballshtnd the Speaker-elect to the chair. aside for the present. Mr. RANDALL and Mr. KEIFER conducted 1\fr. CARLISLE to the The SPEAKER. The gentleman will stand aside for the present. chair when the Speaker-elect addressed the House as follows: The Clerk having completed the call of the roll of members-elect for G;,_tlemen of the House of Representatives: I ~bank you sincerely for the the administration of the oath of office, ,. high honor conferred upon me by the.voteJ_ust take!l. To ~e chos_en The SPEAKER said: When Mr. PETERS appeared, claiming to be from the membership of a great body like this to preside over Its delib sworn as a. Representative-elect from the State of Kansas, he_ w~ asked erations is a distinction upon which any citize:J?- might properlY: C?n to stand aside for the present. Unless there be further ohJectlon the gratulate himself; and I assure you th~t your kin?ness and partiality gentleman, if present, will take the oath of office. are fully appreciated. At the same time, I realize the fact that the 1\Ir. SPRINGER. The governor of the State of Kansas has placed position to which you have assigned me is one of very grea~ labor _and in my hands or forwarded to me a memorial, signed by himself and responsibility; and, while profoundly grateful to ~ou for this. manif~ other State officers of the State of Kansas ancl a large number of the tation of your confidence, I shall en~r upon the ~charge of 1ts duties citizens of that State, protesting against the admission of Ir. PETERS with a serious distrust of my capacity to meet m an acceptable man to a seat as a member of this House, on the ground that under the con ner the requirements of the office. I .P!omise, ~owever, to devote to stitution and laws of the State of Kansas he is ineligible to bold that your service all the zeal and all the ability of which I _am po~ed. office. Gentlemen the maintenance of order upon the floor IS essential-ab I will ask that this memorial be pri!ted in the RECORD, except the solutely esse~tial-to the intelligent and systematic transaction of the names. I will also offer a resolution in reference to this subject, and public business and I eam.estly invoke your n.ssistance in the enforce after that I · ill withdraw my objection to the oath being administered ment of the rul~ adopted for the government of our proceedings. The to the gentleman from Kansas. large addition to the membe~hip of this ~ouse resulting from ~here The SPEAKER. If there be no objection the memorial referred to apportionment of representation makes thiS duty even more difficult by the gentleman from illinois will be printed in the RECORD without than it has been heretofore ; and without your cordial co-operation and the names. support I can not reasonably hope _even to discharge the or~ry da~y There was no objection. The memorial, without the names, is as fol dnties of this office. That you will cheerfully co-operate w1th me m lows: every proper effort to preserve order, and to facilitate the busin~ of leg STATE OF KANSAS, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMEXT, islation I h..we no doubt. But, gentlemen, I shall ask somethmg more Topeka, NO'IJemher 31, 1883. of you 'than mere co-operation iu the ~rrect disc~arge of m~ official To the House of Repn:sentaJives United Stales, Washington, D. C.: duties. Assuring you.of my earnest desrre at all times to be Just and We State officers and members of the Democratic party of the State of KUl~ impartial still I can not expect t{) avoid mistakes, and shall be compelled sas, ~ost respectfully protest against the ad mission of J u?ge S: R. Pt=:ters, of thiS Stat~. to a seat in yoUl' honorable body, and protest aga1nst h1m berng nllowed therefore 'frequently, no doubt, to rely upon the friendly forbearance of to take the oath as a member of the House. gentlemen up~m both sides of the House. JudgeS. R. Peters was elected judge of the ninth judicial di~trict of the State I a.m sure, gentlemen, that all matters of legislation p;esent:edduring of Kansas in November, 18i9 His term of office commenced m January, 1880. for four years, ending January, 1884. this Congress will receive from you such careful consideration as the Section 13, article 3, of the con titution of the State of Kansas reads as fol- magnitude and character o~ the interests~ vol ved req~e, and that your lows: . d' . t h II .. action upon them will be WlSe, conservatt~e, and pat::Iotic. Sudden~d "The justices of the supreme cow·t. and Judges of_ the IstrJC court~ a a .. stated times receive for their servicessuchcompensatwnas maybe provided b.Y radical changes in the laws and regulations afiecting the commerClal law whi<·h shall not be increased during their respective term of office: Pro and industrial interests of the people ought never to be made unless t,•ided, Such compensation shall not be.le~ than ~een hundred d?llars to eacb. imperatively demanded by some great .Public emergency, and in my justice or judge each year, and such JUStices or Judges shall rece1ve ~o fees or perquisites, nor hold any other office of profit or trust under. the a?t~ori~Y ofth~ opinion, under existing circu~nces, such changes would not b~ fa State or the "L'nited States during the term of office for whtc_h sa1d Justices ~nd ,·orably received by any constderable number of those who ha~e ~ven judges shall be elected, nor pmctice law in any of the courts 1~ the State durmg serious attention to the subject. [Applause on the Democratic Slde.] their continuance in office." . · . , . T • This was the constitution under whtch Kansas was adtmtled mto the Umon, Many reforms are undoubtedly necessarr, ~d it ":ill be Y?ur duty, af~r assented to by Congress in the act of admission, and is a part of the compact be a careful examination of the whole subJect mall Its bearrngs, to decide tween the United States, and the State of Kansas. bow far they shall extend, and when and in what manner they shall be Under this provision of our constitution, assented to by Congress, JudgeS. R. Peters cannot hold a seat in your honorable body1 nor can he take the oath as a ma.de. If there are any who fear that your action upon this.or any member without a clear violation of our constitutiOn. This was well known to other subject will be actually injurious to any interest, or even afford the electors of Kansas when Judge Peters was voted for~ Nov~mbe_r, 1882. reasonable cause for alarm, I am quite sure that they will be agreeably The Legislature of the State of Kansns, in the face of th1~ electiOn, m .o~der to give a legislative construction to the constitution, passed Without opposthon the dis..'tppointed. [Renewed applause upon the Democratic side.] following law, appr
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\ report to the House, at the earliest time practicable, whether 1\fr. Peters is eligi Mr. CONVERSE. I think the record will show that lie did state ble to a. seat in this House; and if not, whether Bon. S. N. Wood, the c011testant, exactly what I said. That is immaterial, however. I ask that the is entitled to the seat. credentials he read. Mr. CALKINS. Before moving to lay upon the table the resolution The SPEAKER. The credentials will be read. just offered, which it ismy·p·urposeto do, I desire to make a statement Mr. SPRINGER. In acceding to the request of the Speaker, who to the House. But before I make the statement I will ask the gentle said that he desired to administer the oath to the Delegates from the man from Illinois [Mr. SPRINGER] whether, in objecting to the swear Territories, after which my resolution would be in order, I did not ing in ofthis member from Kansas now, he admits that tlie credentials yield for any other business to take precedence. I therefore ask that which he presents from his Stare are perfect in form. I will ask the the matter referred to by the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. CoXVERSE] Clerk to read them. be withheld until the Delegates have been qualified. Mr. SPRINGER. I have stated I will not make further objection to The SPEAKER. The Chair doe not know what motion the gentle the gentleman oeing sworn in. man from Ohio [Mr. CoYVER E'J proposes to submit. If it is a motion Mr. KASSON. Then I move as a matter of privilege that the gen to administer the oath to Mr. Manning as a member-elect of this House, tleman be sworn in. it would of course take precedence over the swearing in of the Dele Mr. CALKINS. The objection to the gentleman being sworn in being gates and over the matter proposed to be submitted by the gentleman withdrawn, I will move, not that the resolution do lie upon the table, from Illinois [Mr. SPRI.NGER]. Until the motion of the gentleman but that it go to the Committee on Elections when appointed. from Ohio is submitted it will be impossible for the Chair to decide. Mr. SPRINGER. Iwillstateitis perfectly immaterial tome whether Mr. COl\'YERSE. I submit the resolution which I send to the desk, the oath be now administered or the resolution be first considered. on which I demand the previous question. The SPEAKER. The Chair was _about to suggest that the qualifi Mr. COX, ofXew York. I rise to aquestionoforder. The reading cation of a member being a matter of the very highest privilege, per oftheprimafacie certificate is a question of privilege; "·hen that has haps the oath should be first administered, and then the gentleman been read we shall see what is next in order. from Illinois [Mr. SPRINGER] can offer his resolution. The SPEAKER. The Chair understood there was no objection to Mr. SPRINGER. I will withdraw the resolution until the oath has the reading of the certificate; but the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. been administered. SPRINGER] claims that he had yielded his right to the floor simply for Mr. PETERS then presented himself, and qualified by taking the the purpose of having the oath administered to the Delegates from the oath prescribed by set•.tion 1756 of the Revised Statutes. Territories. Mr. SPRil~GER. I now "move the resolution which was read by Mr. COX, of New York. But, as I understand, my friend from Ohfu the Clerk a few moments ago. [Mr. CoNVERSE] proposes to offer his resolution before the credentials TheSPEAKER. Unlessthegentlemanfromlllinois [Mr. SPRINGER] are read. insists upo~ the immediate consideration of his resolution the Chair The SPEAKER. If there be no objection the certificate will be read, will direct· the Clerk to call the names of the Del~uates from the Ter and then the ChaiT will hear what is the nature of the motion of the ritories, that they may be qualified. gentleman from Ohio before determining whether or not it has preced ~Ir. SPRINGER. I will withdraw the resolution for that purpose. ence over that submitted by the gentleman from Illinois. Mr. CONVERSE. I desire to present ·a question 9f high privilege. The Clerk read as follows : When the Clerk of this House was calling the roll this morning, refer State of .3Iississippi to all to whom these presents shall co1n.e, greeting: ring to the vacancy in the second disttict of the State of Mississippi he Whereas it appears by the returns received at the office of the secretary of state, as certitied to me by that officer, that Van H. Manning is duly and con stated that if the certificate from the governor i83ued to Van H. Man stitutionally elected to the office of Representative in and to the Forty-eighth ning had been presented to him he should have filed it and placed the Congress from the second Congressional district of the State of l\1 ississippi: Now name of Mr. Manning upon the roll. know ye, that in consequence thereof, and by virtue of the constitution and laws of this State, we do authorize and empower him, the said Van H. Manning to For reasons which were satisfactory to .Mr. Manning, he chose not execute and fulfill the duties of that office according to law, and to have and to to present that certificate until some action had been taken on the part hold said office, with all the powers, privileges, and emoluments to the same of of tbe House. This morning I called upon the attorney of Mr. Man right belonging, for the term prescribed by law. In testimony whereof, I, Robert Lowryt governor of the State aforesaid, have ning and asked permission to present his credentials to the House for caused these letters to be made patent, ana the great seal of the State to be here such action as the House might see proper to take in relation to that unto affixed. vacancy. Given under my hand at the city of Jackson the 18th day of November, in the year of our Lord 1882. It has been the custom, .Mr. Speaker, to have no vacancy except ROBERT WWRY. where absolutely necessary. The sc.-cond Congressional district of Mis By the governor: sissippi is entitled to a Representative on this floor. I believe it has IlE..'ffiY C. MYERS, Secretary of State. been the policy of this House, by an unbroken chain of prec~ents, to seat the member who may have the certificate of the governor. · Ur. KEIFER. :Mr. Speaker, I desire to have read in this connec I have here the certillcate issued by the governor of Mississippi to tion, and with the same purpose, the other papers which have been filed Mr. Manning, and I ask that it be read by the Clerk. I desire then with the Clerk-papers in the nature of certificates showing the result ro offer a resofution which I hold in my hand in relation to the matter. of the election-all the papers pertaining to this matter. Mr. SPRINGER. I withdrew my resolution for the purpose sug The SPEAKER. Is there objection to reading all the other papers? gested by the Speaker, the swearing in of the Delegates from the Ter- Mr. COX, of New York, and Mr. CONVERSE objected. ritories. . The SPEAKER. The gentleman would have the right to have Mr. CONVE.RSE. I will state that the certificate is in the usual them read in his own time. form of certificates from that State ; the same exactly, I believe, as pre Mr. KEIFER. I do not refer to the testimony, but to the certifi sented by the other gentlemen from that State. cates of the can\assing board showing the result of the election. This Mr. KEIFER. Of course there can be no objection to the reading is not a paper which has been filed with.the Clerk; the others are. of this certificate, if it be propos'ed to submit any motion with reference Mr. CONVERSE. I object. to the swearing in of the gentleman referred to. But I desire to state Mr. CALKINS. I rise to a question of order. ro the House that Mr. Manning himself never accepted that certificate. The SPEAKER. The gentleman will state it. And I will state further, if it is to be treated as accepted, that he has Mr. CALKINS. The question of order I make is this: The Clerk put upon the files of the House a statement which shows that he was bas stated to the House that there are other papers, certificates filed beaten in that election by 980 votes. That is in his answer a formally by General Chalmers claiming this seat; and that statement having filed; ind he has also stated in that answer, in effect, that he would been made, the House, before it swears in either of these gentlemen not ask to be seated on that certificate. on the prima facie case, has the right to have those certificates read. Now, do gentlemen propose to force him to do that which be would Mr. CONVERSE. I ask that my motion be put. not himself do? That is the question which I desire to ask. Does the The SPEAKER. The Chair has no question that the House or any gentleman from Ohio [.Mr. COXVERSE] propose to require Mr. :Manning "member has the right to have all the papers read when there is a mo to be sworn in against his will? tion before the House in reference to this matter-- Ur. CONVERSE. After the reading of the certificate I will submit Mr. CONVERSE. I make my motion. a resolution, and then we can discuss the question of fact when we The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Ohio has sent up his motion come to that. Our claim is that M:r. Manning not only holds the cer in writing, and when it has been read all the pa.pers, of course, will tificate and is therefore prima facie entitled to the seat, but that upon come before the House iu the C'Onsideration of the matter. the contest he will be shown to be in fact entitled to the seat. I ask Mr. CALKINS. But, Mr. Speaker, if the motion of the gentleman for the reading of the certificate. from Ohio is to be followed, as I understood hl m to indicate, by a demand Mr. KEIFER. I do not object to the certificate being read. of the previous question, then I ask whether the question of order 1\fr. CALKINS. Before the certificate is read I desire to correct one could properly be raised at that point? If it could-if our rights are statement which the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. CoNVERSE] made with saved-that is all we desire. reference to the statement of the Clerk, inasmuch as the Clerk himself MJ-. KEIFER. Does the gentleman from Ohio propose to move the can not make the correction. I did not understand the Clerk to say previous question? that had General Manning presented his credenLials to him he would Mr. CONVERSE. ''Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.'' have put his name on the roll. I make that statement in justice to Mr. CALKINS. The gentleman from Ohio, as I understand, showed the Clerk. a disposition to move the previoas questi1>n on his resol•tion, which
/ 1883. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-. HOUSE. would of course cut off debate upon it. ;Now the question is whether Mr. MILLS. The certificate of the gentleman from Colorado stated the Chair would hold that the reading of these other certifiootes would that the election was held on a day not authorized by law. be in the nature of debate. To save this question of order, and in view Mr. MONEY. That is so. of the statement mide by the Clerk of this House that other certificates Mr. MILLS. The statement on the face of the certificate showed have been :filei in h'Ts office asking that the name of General Chalmers that the election was illegal. That was the reason why the gentleman be put upon the roll as the member from the second district of Missis was not admitted to his seat. [Laughter and applause.] sippi, I 9.emand that those certificates be read as well asthatsubmitted The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Ohio insists on his objection by the gentleman from Ohio before actio~ be taken upon the resolution to the paper being read. an1 before either claimant to the seat be sworn in. It is this point of Mr. BELFORD. I think the House at that time received the cer order which I desire to save. tificates made out by the coun.ty canvassers, and upon a resolution The SPEAKER. The Chair dislikes, of course, to decide absolutely offered by the gentleman from Illinois [1t'lr. SPRINGER] who sits at my any question of order before it arises; but from present information the side the House referred that pase to the Committee on Elections. That Chair would be inclined to hold that the reading of those papers, they is what they did. A Republican was elected then, and yet they r.ele being mere matters of evidence, would be in the nature of debate. gated me to the Committee on Elections. [Laughter.} .Mr. CALKINS. That was the point I was fearful of; and for this Mr. MILLS. The Republican was elected in October and the Demo-' reason 1 desire to raise now the point of order that where there are two crat in No"ember. That is what was the matter. claimants to a seat and the House is called upon to decide the prirrur, lt'lr. CALKINS. I do not desire to wrestle with the opinion of the facie case (and here are two gentlemen struggling to be sworn in upon Chair, and therefore I ask permission of the gentleman from Ohio to certificates) it certainly is the right of the House to hear both certifi have read a section of the law of Mississippi with reference to this cer cates read before acting upon either. tificate of the go"ernor as read. Mr. CONVE~E. There is but one certificate from the governor ?t-'lr. CONVERSE. I object until my resolution has been read. from the executive; the other papersrelate to the merits of the case. The SPE~ER. The resolution of the gentleman from Ohio will Mr. CALKINS. We have the statement of the Clerk that certifi now be read. cates lutve been filed in his office and a request made that General The Clerk read as follows : Chalmers be sworn in upon those certificates; but the Clerk refmed to 'Vbereas Van H. Manning holds the certificate of the governor of the State of put his name on the roll and submitted the question-very properly Mississippi in due form. giving him the prima facie right to a seat on this floor as a Representative of the second district of 1\Iississippi in the Forty-eighth to the House. This is the first stage at which the question which I Congress : Therefore, , now present could be raised; and I wish to save that question, because Resolved, That the said Van H. 1\Ianning immediately qoo.lify as a member of if the reading of those certificates be in the nature of debate the mo this House as a Representative of said district without prejJ}dice to the final tion for the previous question would cut off the right to have them right to the seat. · read. :Ur. CONVERSE. On that resolution I ask the previous question. Ur. COYVERSE. I insist on my motion. Mr. CALKINS. Before the gentleman insists-- Mr. CALKINS. A. question of order is pending. M.r. KEIFER. I desire to move an amendment. The SPEAKER. What is the gentleman's question of order? Mr. CONVERSE. I object, and insist upon my motion. Mr. CALKINS. The question of order is this : I now ask that the Mr. CALKINS. I ask the gentleman from Ohio to yield before in Clerk read also the certificates, which he has referred to as being in his sisting upon the demand for the previouS question, to allow the law hands, from the executive officer of ?t-fississippi, relative to the right of bearing upon this subject to be read in the presence of the House. General Chalmers to be sworn in on the prima facie case. M:r. CONVERSE. There will be time enough when the previous Mr. TUCKER. I would ask the 'gentleman from Indiana whether question is ordered. I object at this.time. there is any certificate, according to the law of Mississippi, signed bJ. M:r. CALKINS. But if the law is read in thepres®ce ofthe House the executive of the State, in favor of General Chalmers? i-.may not be necessary to order the previous question. :Mr. CALKINS. I will answer the gentleman by saying, if he refers Mr. CONVERSE. I do not yield. to what I know about it persqnally, that it is my wish to present to the Mr. COX, of New York. The gentleman from Indiana ought tore House a question of law arising upon the statutes of Mississippi on that member tha.t this side of the House has been frequently compelled to point. Whether the governor has signed any certificate or not I do not submit to the enforcement of a similar demand from that side. know, but that the secretary of state under the law has made a certifi !1r. CALKINS. If we did wrong, then yon ought to do right. cate I do know as a matter of fact, which I think under a fair construc Mr. COX, of New York. We propose to do right. The gentleman tion of the statutes of Mississippi entitles General Chalmers to a prima from Indiana ought himself to bow to the previous question. facie seat upon the floor. Mr. CONVERSE. I insistuponmy motion. I demand the previous Mr. BELFORD. If the gentleman from Indiana will yield to me question. for one moment I will call the attention of my Democratic friends to a The SPEAKER. The question is, Shall the previous question be precedeBt which while exceedingly unpleasant to me was very effective now ordered? to them. [Laughter.] You on that side of the House now have so Mr. CALKINS. If in order, I demand a second. large a majority you can afford to be decent in this Congress. The The SPEAKER. There is no second allowed or required by the precedent I wish to refer to, made by my Democratic friends on the rule on this motion. other side, is this: I was elected to the Forty-fifth Congress [interrup Mr. M:A. YO. I would like to ask the gentleman from Ohio a ques tion and laughter]-you can answer me when I get through. I wai tion for information. elected to the Forty-fifth Congress. I had the certificate from the. Mr. CONVERSE. I must decline to ~eld for a question. governor of Colorado. I had a majority of2,700 honest votes in my The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Ohio declines to yield. The State. I came here and presented that certificate.to this House. My question is, Shall the previous question be now ordered? competitor, knowing that you gentlemen of the Democratic side had a. The question was taken. vast majority and expecting to obtain a seat through your partisan Mr. CALKINS. I demand a division. partiality, came here with a canvass from various counties as against The House divided; and there were-ayes 159, noes 97. my certifieate, and you referred "fllY case to the Committee on Elections. M.r. CALKINS. I demand tellers. If you acted honestly then why should you act otherwise now? [Laugh Tellers were ordered. ter on the Republican side.] Mr. CALKINS and :Mr. CONVERSE were appointed iellers. 1t'lr. MILLS. Permit me for one moment. The House again divided; and the tellers reported-ayes 151, noes108. !'lr. CONVERSE. I rise to a point of order. I insist the pending M.r. CALKINS. I demand the yeas and nays. question shall be disposed of. The yeas and nays were ordered, 68 members voting therefor. The SPEAKER. The Chair has already decided that at this stage The SPEAKER. The question is will the House now order the pre of the proceeding these papers
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Smith, Taylor, E. B. Wakefield, Wise, J. S. Mr. CONVERSE. He does claim his right to a seat upon the floor, Spooner, Taylor, J. D. Washburn, 'Vorthington, and has never admitted to anybody, either publicly or privately, but Steele, Thomas, 'Veaver, York. that he was honestly elected. Stephenson, Valentine, Weller, Strait, Wadsworth, White,J. D. Mr. KASSON. The papers which the gentleman from Ohio declines Struble, Wait, Whiting, to allow to be read in this connection, if I am correctly informed, show NOT VOTING-30. exactly the contrary. I wish he would allow them to be read so that Belmont, Haskell, Patton, Stewart, J. W. all the facts may appear. Bowen, Hutchins, Peters, Stone, Mr. CONVERSE. I must decline to yield for that purpose. If the Breitung, Kean, Phelps, Townshend, ~entleman from Iowa will go to the case of the gentleman from Ohio Campbell, F. Kellogg, Rankin, White, Milo Clardy, McAdoo, Robertson. Wilson, James LMr. McKINLEY] he will find an exactly parallel case. He presented Davis, L. H. McCoid, Robinson, W. E. Winans, E. B. the certificate of the governor, and we did not object; but we have on Finerty, Ochiltree, Springer, file a statement from the secretary of state showing the same state of Hammond, O'Neill, J. J. Stevens, £.1.cts that appear in this case, as we claim. So the previous question was ordered. :Mr. KASSON. • But the gentleman from .Ohio appears here and is After the second.call of the roll, Mr. CALKINS said: I ask that the claiming his seat. It is publicly alleged that the gentleman from Mis reading of the names of members voting be dispensed with. sissippi referred to in the resolution does not claim his right to a seat. There was no objection. Ur. CONVERSE. That is entirely a mistake. The gentleman has Mr. O'NEILL, of Missouri. I desire to know if my name has been never admitted, as I have stated, that there was any doubt of his 1ight. recorded. The SPEAKER. This debate is entirely out of order. The SPEAKER. The Chair is informed that the gentleman's name Mr. .McKINLEY. Inasmuch as my name has been mentioned in is not recorded. this connection, I imply wish to state that there is no certificate filed Ir. O'NEILL, of Missouri. I desire to vote. with the secretary of state contradicting the certificate of the governor The SPEAKER. Under the rules of the House the Speaker has no of Ohio in my case . right to entertain the request of a member to be permitted to vote who .1\Ir. COl\TVERSE. The gentleman is mistaken; there is such a cer has not voted on the first or second roll-call. The gentleman's vote tific..'l.te. can not be received unless he states that he actually did vote upon this Mr. McKINLEY. I was informed by the secretary of state that question and that the Clerk failed to record his name. there was no such certificate. The result of the vote was then announced as above stated. Mr. CONVERSE. I filed the certificate myself. Mr. CALKINS. I now move to commit the resolution to the Com The SPEAKER. The question is o:a ordering the previous question; mittee on Elections, when appointed, with the instructions which I and the Clerk will call the roll. send to the desk and ask the Clerk to read. . The question was taken; and there were-yeas 162, nays 129, not .Mr. COX, of New York. Pending that I move that the House do voting 30; as follows: now adjourn. YEAS-162. r Mr. CALKINS. Let the instructions first be read. Adams,J.J. Dockery, King, Shaw, The Clerk read as follows : Aiken, Dorsheimer, Kleiner, Shelley, That the certificate of the governor of Mississippi certifying the election of Alexander, Dowd, Lamb, Singleton, Hon. Van H. Manning to this Congress from the second Congressional district Arnot, Duncan, Lanham, Slocum, of Mississippi, together with the certificate of the secretary of state and all other Bagley, Dunn, LeFevre, Snyder, papers in the hands of the Clerk of this House touching the right of Hon. J. R. Ballentine, Eaton, Lewis, Spriggs, Chalmers to a. seat from said district, in this House, be, and they are hereby, re Barbour, Eldredge, Lore, Stewart, Charles ferred tQ the Committee on Elections, when appointed, who are h~reby directed Barksdale, Elliott, Lovering, Stockslager, tQ report to this House without delay which of said parties, if either, is entitled Beach, Ellis, Lowry, Storm, prima facie tQ be sworn in as a. member pending the contest on the merits, and Bennett, Ermentrout, Mcl\lillin, Sumner, C. A. • not to affect the final right to said seat. Blackburn, Evins,J. H. Matson, Sumner, D. H. Blanchard, Ferrell, Maybury, Talbott, MEl't~ER SWORN IN. Bland, Findlay, Mayo, Taylor, J. M. Blount, . Follett, Miller,J. F. Thompson, Mr. THOMPSON. I rise to a question of the highest privilege. My Mills, Throckmorton, colleague from Kentucky [Mr. RoBERTSON] is present, and d&;ires to Boylc1 Foran, Brecktnridge, Forney, Mitchell, Tillman, have the oath of office administered. Broadhead, Fyan, Money, Tucker, Buchanan, Geddes, Morgan, Tully, The SPEAKER. If the gentleman will come forward the oath of Buckner, Gibson, 1\Ioulton, Turper, H. G. office will be administered. Burnes, Glascock, Muldrow, Turher, Oscar Mr. CALKINS. I will yield for that purpose. Cabell, Graves, Muller, Van Alstyne, Caldwell, Green, 1\Iurphy, Vance, Mr. THOMAS A. ROBERTSON appeared and qualified by taking the Candler, Greenleaf, Murray, Van EatQn, prescribed oath. Carleton, Halsell, 1\Iutehler, Ward, ORDER OF BUSINESS. Cassidy, Hancock, Neece, Warner, A. J. Clay, Hardeman, Nicholls, Warner, Richard The SPEAKER. The question is on the motion of the gentleman Clements, Hardy, Oates, Wellborn, from New York [Mr. Cox], that the House do now adjourn. Cobb, Hatch, W.H. Paige, Wemple, Collins, Hemphill, Pierce, Wilkins, Mr. COX, of North Carolina. I ask the gentleman from New York Connolly, Herbert, Peel,S. W. Williams, to withdraw his motion for n. moment, that I may move that the House Converse, Hewitt, A. S. · Pryor, Willis, shall meet each day at 12 meridian, until ot.herwise ordered. Cosgrove, Hewitt, G. W. Randall, Wilson, W. L. Covington, Hoblitzell, Reagan, Winans, John l\fr. SPRINGER. I have a resolution, which I send to the desk, and Cox, S. S., Holman, Reese, Wise, G. D. which will accomplish that object. Crisp, Houseman, Riggs, Wolford, Mr. RANDALL. I object to any yielding for the resolution. Culberson, D. B. Hunt, Rogers, J. H. Wood, Curtin, Hurd, Rogers, W. F. Woodward, Mr. SPRINGM Let the resolution be read. I am sure there will Davidson, Jones, J. H. Rosecrans, Yaple, be no objection to it. Deuster, Jones, J. K. Scales, Young. The SPEAKER. The Chair has no power to have the resolution Dibble, Jones, J. T. Seney, Dibrell, Jordan, Seymour, read if it be objected to. Mr. SPRINGER. I think the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. NAYB-129. RANDALL] will withdraw his objection. Adams, G. E. Davi, G. R. Horr, Morse, Anderson, Davis, R. T. Houk Nelson, Mr. RANDALL. I decline to withdraw the objection. If I had Atkinson, Dingley, Howey, Nutting, been going to withdraw it I would no~. have made it. 'Ve can take Barr, Dunham, James, O'Hara., that up after the pending matter is disposed of. Bayne, Ellwood, Jeffords, O'Neill, Charles Belford, Evans, I. N. Johnson, Parker, Mr. SPRINGER. I will state that besides fixing the time for the Bingham, Everhart, .Jones, B. W. Payne, meeting of the House at 12 o'clock, my resolution makes our time Bisbeeil Fiedler, Kasson, Payson, that of the 75th meridian, so as to conform to railway time. Boute e, George, Keifer, Peelle, S. J. Brainerd, Goff, Kelley, Perkins, The SPEAKER. To the consideration of that resolution the Chair Brewer, F. B. Guenther, Ketcham, Pettibone, understands the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Rlli"DALL] to Brewer, J. H. Hanback, Lacey, Poland, object. Browne, T. M. Harmer, Laird Post, Erown, W. W. Hart, La'vr~nce, Potter, Mr. RA.1\TDALL. I object to anything except the regular order. Brumm, Hatch, H. H. Libbey, Price, 'fhe SPEAKER. Does the gentleman object to the motion of the Budd, Haynes, Long, Pusey, gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. Cox], that the daily hour of the Burleigh, Henderson, D. B. Lyman, Ranney, Calkins, Henderson, T. J. Mackey, Ray, G. W. meeting of the House until otherwise ordered shall be 12 o'clock Carupbell,J. M. Henley, McComas, Ray, Ossian meridian? Cannon, Hepburn, McCormick, Reed, Mr. KEIFER. The part of the resolution which relates to the daily Chace, Hill McKinley, Rice, hour of meeting being 12 o'clock should be considered in order, but Cook, His~ock, ~fillard Robinson, G. D. Cox, W. R. Hitt Miller, S. H. Robinson, J. S. the balance of the resolution is not. Culbertson, W. W. Hol.;_.es, Milliken, RQwell, The SPEAKER. The Chair understands the resolution offered by Cullen, Holton, Morey, Russell, Cutcheon, Hooper, Morrill, Ryan, the gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. Cox] relates to no subject ex Dargan, Hopkins, Morrison, Skinner, C. R. cept fixing the daily hour of meeting of the House. The effect of the 1883. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 9 resolution of the gentleman from Illinob [:Mr. SPRI~GER] is to adopt a, st~tement of the judgments rendered by that court durilllg the year a new method of calculating time. ending December 3, 1 83, &c.; which wa' ordered to lie on the table Mr. SPRINGER. We have now no time of meeting; we can fix tile and he printed. hour of twelve or ten minutes before twelve. REPORTS OF SEARGEAT-.\T-AIC.\1~. The SPEAKER. The Chair understands that we have the actoual The PRESIDENT pro tempore also laid before the Senate the annual time. report of the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, communicating, in obe Mr. SPRINGER. nut we have not adopted the actual time; that dience to law, a full and complete statement of all the property in his is all. possession belonging to the United States Dccemher 3, 1SP3; " ·hich was The SPEAKER. The question is on the motion of the gentleman ordered to lie on the table and be printed. from :North Carolina [Mr. Cox]. He also laid before the Senate a, report of the Sergeant-at-Arms of Mr. SPRINGER. Would not my motion be in order as an amend- the Senate on the subject of the &'lle of wa ·te paper, old carpets, and ment? condemned furniture; which was ordered to lie on the table and be The SPEAKER. The Chair t1links not. printed. Mr. SPRINGER. Why not? He also laid before the :-5enate a letter of the Scrgeant-ak\.rms of the The SPEAKER. Because the Chair thinks the resolution of the Senate, submitting a report of Chief Engineer T. . Jone:> on heatiu~ gentleman from Illinois [l.Il·. SPRINGER] relates to an entirely separate aml Yentilating the Sena:te Chamber; which was ordered to be printed, and distinct subject. and to be referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds ~Ir. SPRINGER. The Chair has not heard it read yet. when appointRd. The SPEAKER. The gentleman him. elf has stated what it was. Mr. SPRINGER. It simply states that the hour of meeting of the REPORT OF 8ECRETARY OF TilE l:iEXATE. House shall be 12 o'clock of the seventy-fifth meridian. The PRE"IDEN"T wo te111pore laid before the Senate the revort of SEVERAL ME)ffiERS. Regular order~ the Secretary of the t'enate, commnnicatin~, in obedience to law, a Tho SPE.AKER. The question is on the motion of the gentleman statement of the receipts and expenditures of the Senate from Jnly 1, from North Carolina.. 1882, to June :30, 1883, and a full and complete acconnt of all property The motion was agreed to. in his possession belonging to the United, tate Dec<:>mber 3, 1883; wh:~'h The SPEAKER. The question recurs on the motion of the gentle was ordered to lie on the table and bo printed. man from New York [Mr. Cox], that tho House do now adjoarn. PETITIOYS AND l\IEliORIALS . .l\Ir. CALKINS. Pending the motion of the ~entleman from New York [Mr. Cox], it has been suggested that it is desirable on the part The PRESIDENT pro tempore presented a joint memorial of the of the other side of the House to perfect the organization of the IIouse council and house ofrepresentati,'es of the Territory of Montana, per to-night. I therefore suggest to the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. CoN taining to the boundaries of the Yellowstone National Park; "'Which was \'ERSE] to allow this matter to go over without prejudice, in order ordered to lie on the table, to be referred to the Committee on Terri that the organization of the House may be perfected to-night if desired. tories when appointed. Many members objected. He also presented ajoint memorial of the council and house of rep The, PEAKER. Objection being made to the suggestion of the resentatives of the Territory of Montana in favor of an increase of com gent'lemn.n from Indiana [Mr. CALKINS], the question is on the motion pensation to surveyors for surveying public land~; which was ordered to adjourn. to lie on the table, to he referred to the Committee on Public Landl5 The _motion was agreed to upon. a division-ayes 159, noes 70 ; and when appointed. accordmgly (at 3 o'clock and 40 mmutes p. m.) the House adjourned. He also presented a joint memorial of the council and house of rep resentatives of the Territory of Montana concerning the trea,tn1ent of Indians and depredations committed by them upon white settlers and PETITIONS, ETC. their property; which was ordered to lie on the table: to be referred to The following petitions and papers were laid on the Clerk's desk, the 9ommittee on Indian Aflhirs when appointed. under the rule, and referred as follows: He also presented a petition of members of Troop L, Tenth l:nit.ed By Mr. BLAND: Papers relating to the drum of C. P. Culver, J. R. States Cavalry, stationed at Fort Stockton, Tex., praying that pensions Randall, and others, and of Mrs. C. P. Cnlver-se>erally to the Com be granted after certain length of service in the Army; which "·a or mit~e on Claims. dered to lie on the table, to be referred to the Committee on Pcn. .ions By Mr. DIBRELL : Papers relating to the claim of St. Peter and when appointed. St. _Paul's Church, of Chattanooga, Tenne. see i. of the heirs of Matthew lie also pre ented the petition of Gilbert :Morton, ensign United A.lhson, of ~am_uel ~mondson, and of F. E. :stewart, administrator of States Xasy, retired, praying restoration to his former rank ; which the estate of MlChael S. Stewart, decca:;cd-severally to the Committee was ordered to lie on the ta:ble, to be referred to the Committee on on "·ar Claims. ~a,val Affairs when appointed. lly .:\Ir. DU~~: Paper relating to the claim of the National Bank of lie also presented a memorial of the ::N"ew York Chamber of Com We tern Arkaw·as-to the Committee on Claims. merce :in memory of the late ex-Governor Edwin D. l\Iorgan, of that Also. papers relating to the claim of Leander ~I. Black-to the same State, and focmerly a Cnited States Senator, which was ordered to lie committee. on the table. ' Abo, papers relating to the claim of Sewell Coulson and Porter Har- Mr. LOGA~ presented a petition of the Board of Trade of Chicago, ri. on & Fishlmck-to the same committee. · ' TIL, praying for the passage of a bankrupt law; which was ordered to A.!so , the petition of the lJ.eirs of Cal Yin B. Ctmningham for relief- lie on the table, to be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary when to the Committee on the Judiciary. ' appointed. lly1'\lr. JOH~ H. EVINS: Papers relating to the claim of Dr. Theo Mr. DAWES. I desire to present as a memorial a, resolution of the oore Dchon-t.o the Committee on Claims. Legislature of :Ma~sachusett relative to the French spoliation claims. .\.lso, paper. relating to the<.:laim ofCharlesll. Roberts-tothe-same I ask that it may be read and laid upon the table, to be referred at the committee. proper time. By .:\Ir. HARDY: Papers relating to the claim of Charles Marklein, The resolution was read, as follows: late :-;utlcr of t,he 01?-e hundred and seYcnty-eighth New York Volun • Co:u.:uo~WEALTH OJ" MAs~ACUt"SETT::;, teers-to the Comnuttee on 'Var Claims. In the year one thousand eight hundred nnd eighty-three. Resolution relative to the French spoliation claims. ~y .:\Ir.
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