Imágenes de páginas
PDF
EPUB

Mr. Monroe moved to reconsider the vote last taken, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

Mr. Durham demanded the reading of the engrossed joint resolution; When,

Mr. Monroe, at 3 o'clock and 55 minutes p. m., moved that the House adjourn.

And the question being put,

It was decided in the negative.

[blocks in formation]

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are

Mr. W. P. Caldwell

Mr. D. B. Culberson

Mr. John H. Reagan

Mr. Charles M. Shelley.

Those who voted in the negative are

Mr. William Aldrich

J. D. C. Atkins
William J. Bacon
John H. Baker
William H. Baker
Latimer W. Ballou
Nathaniel P. Banks
Henry B. Banning
Thomas M. Bayne
George M. Beebe
Hiram P. Bell
Charles B. Benedict
George A. Bicknell
Jos. C. S. Blackburn
Henry W. Blair
Richard P. Bland
James H. Blount
Andrew R. Boone
Gabriel Bouck
Thomas A. Boyd
Edward S. Bragg
Lorenzo Brentano
Mark S. Brewer
Samuel A. Bridges
James F. Briggs
Curtis H. Brogden
Thomas M. Browne
Aylett H. Buckner
Horatio C. Burchard
Theodore W. Burdick
Benjamin F. Butler
George C. Cabell
Richard H. Cain
John W. Caldwell
William H. Calkins
John H. Camp
Jacob M. Campbell
Milton A. Candler
Joseph G. Cannon
John G. Carlisle
J. R. Chalmers
Simeon B. Chittenden
William Claflin
Alvah A. Clark
John B. Clarke
John B. Clark, jr.
Hiester Clymer
Thomas R. Cobb
Nathan Cole
Prancis D. Collins
Omar D. Conger
Philip Cook

James W. Covert
Jacob D. Cox
Samuel S. Cox
William W. Crapo
Jordan E. Cravens
Thomas T. Crittenden
H. J. B. Cummings
Augustus W. Cutler
Lorenzo Danford
Robt. H. M. Davidson
Horace Davis
Joseph J. Davis

Mr. Nathaniel C. Deering Mr. Charles H. Joyce

Dudley C. Denison
Geo. G. Dibrell
H. L. Dickey
Beverly B. Donglas
Mark II. Dunnell
Milton J. Durham
Jeremiah W. Dwight
Benjamin T. Eames
John R. Eden
Anthony Eickhoff
J. B. Elam

E. John Ellis
Charles C. Ellsworth
Russell Errett
John H. Evins
Thomas Ewing
William H. Felton
Walbridge A. Field
Ebenezer B. Finley
William H. Forney
Greenbury L. Fort
Charles Foster
Benjamin J. Franklin
Chapman Freeman
William P. Frye
Benoni S. Fuller
Mills Gardner
James A. Garfield
William W. Garth
Lucien C. Gause
John M. Glover
John Goode
Thomas M. Gunter
Eugene Hale

Andrew H. Hamilton
John Hanna
Aug. A. Hardenbergh
Alfred C. Harmer
Benjamin W. Harris
Henry R. Harris
John T. Harris
Carter H. Harrison
E. Kirke Hart
Julian Hartridge
William Hartzell
Dudley C. Haskell
Robert A. Hatcher
Philip C. Hayes
George W. Hendee
Thomas J. Henderson
Daniel M. Henry
John F. House
Jay A. Hubbell
Morton C. Hunter
Eppa Hunton
H. L. Humphrey
John N. Hungerford
Anthony Ittuer
Frank Jones
James Taylor Jones
John S. Jones
Joseph Jorgensen

J. Warren Keifer
Edwin W. Keightley
John E. Kenna
John H. Ketcham
John W. Killinger
William Kimmel
Robert M. Knapp
J. Proctor Knott
George M. Landers
Elbridge G. Lapham
William Lathrop
J. E. Leonard
Robert F. Ligon
Stephen D. Lindsey
Daniel N. Lockwood
George B. Loring
William Pitt Lynde
L. A. Mackey
Levi Maish
Van H. Manning
Benjamin F. Marsh
Benjamin F. Martin
Stephen L. Mayham
Anson G. McCook
J. H. McGowan
James A. McKenzie
William McKinley,jr.
John A. McMahon
Roger Q. Mills
John I. Mitchell
Hernando D. Money
James Monroe
Charles H. Morgan
William R. Morrison
Leopold Morse
H. L. Muldrow
Nicholas Muller
Amasa Norcross
Addison Oliver
Charles O'Neill
Edward Overton, jr.
Romualdo Pacheco
Horace F. Page
George W. Patterson
Thomas B. Peddie
William A. Phillips
Clarkson N. Potter
Thad. C. Pound
Llewellyn Powers
Hiram Price
Auburn L. Pridemore
John Howard Pugh
Terrence J. Quinu
Joseph H. Rainey
James H. Randolph
David Rea

Thomas B. Reed
James B. Reilly
Americus V. Rice
William W. Rice
Haywood Y. Riddle
William M. Robbins

Mr. Charles B. Roberts

E. W. Robertson
George D. Robinson
Milton S. Robinson
Miles Ross
Thomas Ryan
Ezekiel S. Sampson
William F. Sapp
Milton Sayler
Alfred M. Scales
Wm. S. Shallenberger
Otho R. Singleton
C. H. Sinnickson
William F. Slemons
A. Herr Smith
William E. Smith
Milton I. Southard
William A. J. Sparks
William M. Springer
John H. Starin
Walter L. Steele
William S. Stenger
J. H. Stewart
John W. Stone
Joseph C. Stone
Horace B. Strait
Thomas Swann
John M. Thompson
J. M. Thornburgh
J. W. Throckmorton
Thomas F. Tipton
Amos Townsend
Richd. W. Townshend
John R. Tucker
Thomas Turner
Jacob Turney

Robert B. Vance

Nelson H.Van Vorbes
Alfred M. Waddell

John T. Wait

Gilbert C. Walker

William Walsh
William Ward
Levi Warner
Lewis F. Watson
Frank Welch

Harry White-
Michael D. White
W. C. Whitthorne
Alpheus S. Williams
Andrew Williams
Charles G. Williams
James Williams
Jere N. Williams
Albert S. Willis
Benjamin A. Willis
Edwin Willits
Benjamin Wilson
Fernando Wood
Thomas Wren
Hendrick B. Wright
Jesse J. Yeates
Casey Young.

[blocks in formation]

So the House refused to adjourn.

Mr. Frank Hiscock
Charles E. Hooker
Amaziah B. James
William D. Kelley
John K. Luttrell
Lyne S. Metcalfe
Henry S. Neal
James Phelps

Mr. Henry M. Pollard
Gustave Schleicher
Leonidas Sexton
Robert Smalls
Alex. H. Stephens
Martin I. Townsend
William D. Veeder
Richard Williams.

Being engrossed, the joint resolution was read the third time.
The question then being on its passage,

Mr. Monroe demanded the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered.

Mr. Monroe moved to reconsider the last vote taken, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

The question was then put,

Shall the joint resolution pass?

And it was decided in the affirmative,

[blocks in formation]

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are

Mr. William Aldrich

William J. Bacon

George A. Bagley

William H. Baker
Latimer W. Ballou
Nathaniel P. Banks
Thomas M. Bayne
Henry W. Blair
Lorenzo Brentano
Mark S. Brewer
Samuel A. Bridges
James F. Briggs
Horatio C. Burchard
Theodore W. Burdick
Benjamin F. Butler
Richard H. Cain
William H. Calkins
John H. Camp
Jacob M. Campbell
Joseph G. Cannon
Simeon B. Chittenden
William Clatin
Rush Clark
Nathan Cole
James W. Covert
Jacob D. Cox
William W. Crapo
H. J. B. Cummings
Augustus W. Cutler
Lorenzo Danford
Horace Davis
Nathaniel C. Deering
Dudley C. Denison
Mark H. Dunnell
Jeremiah W. Dwight
Those who voted

Mr. J. D. C. Atkins

John H. Baker
Henry B. Banning
George M. Beebe
Hiram P. Bell
Charles B. Benedict
George A. Bicknell
Jos. C. S. Blackburn
Richard P. Bland
James H. Blount
Andrew R. Boone
Gabriel Bouck
Thomas A. Boyd
Edward S. Bragg
Curtis II. Brogden
Thomas M. Browne

[ocr errors]

Mr. William Lathrop

J. E. Leonard
Stephen D. Lindsey
Daniel N. Lockwood
George B. Loring
John K. Luttrell
Benjamin F. Marsh
Anson G. McCook
J. H. McGowan
William McKinley, jr.
Lyne S. Metcalfe
John I. Mitchell
James Monroe
Leopold Morse
Nicholas Muller
Henry S. Neal
Amasa Norcross
Addison Oliver
Charles O'Neill
Edward Overton, jr.
Romualdo Pacheco
Horace F. Page
George W. Patterson
Thomas B. Peddie
William A. Phillips
Thad. C. Pound
Hiram Price
John Howard Pugh
Joseph H. Rainey
Thomas B. Reed
William W. Rice
Charles B. Roberts
George D. Robinson
Milton S. Robinson
Miles Ross

Mr. Benjamin T. Eames
Anthony Eickhoff
Walbridge A. Field
William H. Forney
Charles Foster
Chapman Freeman
William P. Frye
Mills Gardner
James A. Garfield
Eugene Hale
Aug. A. Hardenbergh
Alfred C. Harmer
Benjamin W. Harris
Carter H. Harrison
Dudley C. Haskell
Philip C. Hayes
George W. Hendee
Thomas J. Henderson
Eli J. Henkle
Daniel M. Henry
Abram S. Hewitt
Jay A. Hubbell
Morton C. Hunter
H. L. Humphrey
John N. Hungerford
Anthony Ittner
Joseph Jorgensen
Charles H. Joyce
J. Warren Keifer
Edwin W. Keightley
John H. Ketcham
John W. Killinger
William Kimmel
George M. Landers
Elbridge G. Lapham
in the negative are—
Mr. Aylett H. Buckner
George C. Cabell
John W. Caldwell
W. P. Caldwell
Milton A. Candler
John G. Carlisle
J. R. Chalmers
Alvah A. Clark
John B. Clarke
John B. Clark, jr.
Hiester Clymer
Thomas R. Cobb
Francis D. Collins
Omar D. Conger
Philip Cook
Samuel S. Cox

Mr. Jordan E. Cravens
Thomas T. Crittenden
D. B. Culberson
Robt. H. M. Davidson
Joseph J. Davis
Geo. G. Dibrell
H. L. Dickey
Beverly B. Douglas
Milton J. Durham
John R. Eden
J. B. Elam
E. John Ellis
John H. Evins
Thomas Ewing
William H. Felton
Ebenezer B. Finley

Mr. Thomas Ryan
Ezekiel S. Sampson
William F. Sapp
Gustave Schleicher
Wm. S. Shallenberger
C. H. Sinnickson
A. Herr Smith
John H. Starin
J. H. Stewart
John W. Stone
Joseph C. Stone
Horace B. Strait
Thomas Swann
John M. Thompson
J. M. Thornburgh
Thomas F. Tipton
Amos Townsend
Nelson H.Van Vorhes
John T. Wait
William Walsh
William Ward
Levi Warner
Lewis F. Watson
Frank Welch
Harry White

Mr

Michael D. White
Alpheus S. Williams
Andrew Williams
Charles G. Williams
Richard Williams
Benjamin A. Willis
Edwin Willits
Fernando Wood
Thomas Wren.

Greenbury L. Fort
Benjamin J. Franklin
Benoni S. Fuller

William W. Garth
Lucien C. Gause
D. C. Giddings
John M. Glover
John Goode

Thomas M. Gunter

Andrew H. Hamilton

John Hanna

Henry R. Harris
John T. Harris
Julian Hartridge
William Hartzell
Robert A. Hatcher

[blocks in formation]

Those not voting

Mr. D. Wyatt Aiken
Horatio Bisbee, jr.
Archibald M. Bliss
John M. Bright
Solomon Bundy
Lucien B. Caswell
C. B. Darrall

John H. Reagan
James B. Reilly
Americus V. Rice

are

[blocks in formation]

Mr. Charles C. Ellsworth Mr. Goldsmith W. Hewitt Mr. Llewellyn Powers

Russell Errett

1. Newton Evans
James L. Evans
Randall L. Gibson
E. Kirke Hart

Geo. C. Hazelton

So the joint resolution was passed.

[blocks in formation]

Mr. Monroe moved to reconsider the vote last taken, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to.

Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said joint resolution.

A message in writing was received from the President, by Mr. Pruden, one of his secretaries.

Subsequently,

The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid the said message before the House; which was ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, as follows, viz:

To the House of Representatives:

In answer to a joint resolution of the House of Representatives of the 6th instant, requesting the opinions of the heads of the departments respecting the obligatory use of the metrical system of weights and measures, I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State. R. B. HAYES.

WASHINGTON, November 20, 1877.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Sympson, one of their clerks: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a resolution providing for the printing of twenty-two hundred and fifty additional copies of the narrative of the north polar expedition;

in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of the House of Representatives.

The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Chief of Ordnance on the joint resolution (H. Res. 37) to authorize the issue of arms to the Washington Light Infantry of Charleston, South Carolina; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By unanimous consent, leave was granted to withdraw from the files of the House papers in the following cases, viz:

To Mr. Benjamin A. Willis, in the case of Thomas Williams; and To Mr. Luttrell, in the case of William H. Davis.

A message in writing from the President, which was handed in at the Clerk's desk, notified the House that he did this day approve and sign a joint resolution of the following title, viz:

H. Res. 38. Joint resolution authorizing the payment of Rev. John

Poisal, D. D., late chaplain of the House of Representatives, for time of his service as such, without taking the oaths prescribed by law.

Mr. Rainey, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee did this day present to the President bills of the House of the following numbers, viz: H. R. 902, H. R. 1220, H. R. 1265.

And then,

On motion of Mr. Hale, at 4 o'clock and 50 minutes p. m., the House adjourned.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1877.

The following memorials, petitions, and other papers were laid on the Clerk's desk, under the rule, and referred as follows, viz:

By Mr. Bayne: Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for the amendment of the bankrupt laws;

to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Bland: A paper relating to the establishment of a post-route from Cherryville, by way of Rogers's Mill, to Cotewa, Missouri; to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads.

By Mr. Claflin: Remonstrance of J. F. Dane & Company, and one hundred and eighty-four other firms, in the shoe and leather trade, of Boston, and of Faulkner, Kimball & Company, and other firms of the Merchants' Association of Boston, against the repeal of the bankrupt law:

to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Cravens; Memorial of James M. Pomeroy, adjutant and inspector general of Arkansas, and others, for an appropriation for the encouragement of rifle-practice in the Army and Navy and the uniformed militia of the States;

to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Culberson: The petition of the mayor and board of aldermen of Jefferson, Texas, for the improvement of navigation between Jeffer son, Texas, and Shreveport, Louisiana;

to the Committee on Commerce.

By Mr. Giddings: The petition of Bassett & Bassett, for the pay ment of a voucher for $12,000, purchased by them from J. W. Sunderland, lieutenant Eleventh United States Infantry, and acting assistant quartermaster;

to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. Harmer: The petition of Angeline C. Pusey, for an extension of letters patent for scales, granted to the late Lea Pusey;

to the Committee on Patents.

By Mr. Maish: Papers relating to the claim of William P. Wood, for services rendered in the recovery of certain moneys belonging to the United States;

to the Committee on War-Claims.

By Mr. McMahon: The petition of Michael Mack, for a pension; By Mr. Overton: The petition of George H. Wells and sixty-seven other citizens of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, for the amendment of the pension-laws;

to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Americus V. Rice: The petition of owners of stalls in Northern Liberty Market for compensation for damages sustained by reason of its demolition;

to the Committee for the District of Columbia.

By Mr. Thornburgh: The petition of John L. Hawkins and others, for relief;

By Mr. Warner: The petition of Captain George Conway, for compensation for personal property lost while in the employ of the United States;

to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. Alpheus S. Williams: The petition of William J. Elgie, for a pension;

to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Wright: The petition of Augustus Watson and William Coppinger, for an appropriation of $50,000 to pay the cost of a preliminary survey of a transcontinental railroad from the Republic of Liberia eastward one or two thousand miles into the Niger Valley, Africa; to the Committee on Manufactures.

Mr. Luttrell, by unanimous consent, presented resolutions of the board of supervisors of Kern County, relative to desert lands; which were referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed in the Record.

By unanimous consent, bil's and joint resolutions were introduced, read a first and second time, ordered to be printed, and severally referred as follows, viz:

By Mr. Wood: A bill (H. R. 1527) providing for a general law authorizing any person or persons to establish gas-works in the District of Columbia, under restrictions;

to the Committee on the District of Columbia.

By Mr. Abram S. Hewitt: a joint resolution (H. Res. 49) in regard to remission of duties;

to the Committee of Ways and Means.

By Mr. Gibson: A joint resolution (H. Res. 50) authorizing and directing the President to appoint a commission to provide for the improvement of the Mississippi River;

to the Committee on Levees and Improvement of the Mississippi River. By Mr. Cummings: A bill (H. R. 1528) for the relief of Robert Coles; to the Committee on the Public Lands.

By Mr. Abram S. Hewitt: A bill (H. R. 1529) to amend Title LXI of the Revised Statutes, in relation to bankruptcy;

to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Gibson: A bill (H. R. 1530) appropriating $7,500 to reimburse certain citizens of Louisiana who advanced this amount to the govern ment work at Jones Bayou;

to the Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Ryan: A bill (H. R. 1531) for the relief of Sylvanus Sandford; to the Committee on War-Claims.

By Mr. Butler: A bill (H. R. 1532) to provide a method for the settlement and adjustment of the accounts of the attorney of the United States for the District of Columbia;

to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Bridges: A bill (H. R. 1533) for the relief of Robert Teysert; to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. Hendee: A bill (H. R. 1534) to amend the act entitled "An act to incorporate the Washington Market Company;"

to the Committee for the District of Columbia.

Also, a bill (H. R. 1535) granting a pension to Thomas T. Stewart, late private Company D, Sixth Vermont Volunteers;

to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Also, a bill (H. R. 1536) in relation to the affairs of the Washington Market Company;

« AnteriorContinuar »