Also, a bill (H. R. 1768) to appropriate money for continuing the im provement of the harbor at Ludington, Michigan; Also, a bill (H. R. 1769) to appropriate money for continuing the improvement of the harbor at Pentwater, Michigan; Also, a bill (H. R. 1770) to appropriate money for the improvement of the harbor at Charlevoix, Michigan; Also, a bill (H. R. 1771) to appropriate money for continuing the improvement of Eagle Harbor, Lake Superior; Also, a bill (H. R. 1772) to appropriate money for continuing the improvement of the harbor at Ontonagon, Lake Superior; to the Committee on Commerce. By Mr. Henderson: A bill (H. R. 1773) for the relief of Horner R. Parish; By Mr. Fort: A bill (H. R. 1774) granting a pension to Miram V. Kinney; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. Gunter: A bill (H. R. 1775) to punish embezzlement by agents and attorneys; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Also, a bill (H. R. 1776) for the relief of James M. Douglass, of Benton County, Arkansas; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. Alpheus S. Williams: A bill (H. R. 1777) for the relief of Jacob H. Stark; to the Committee on Military Affairs. Mr. Wood, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz: Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be authorized to employ a doorkeeper or assistant messenger, to be paid out of the contingent fund of the House of Representatives, who shall receive the same compensation as is now paid to the messengers appointed by the Doorkeeper. Mr. Wood 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. Wilson submitted the following preamble and resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads and ordered to be printed, viz: Whereas it is understood that a few successful bidders for contracts for carrying the mails have been awarded large numbers of contracts, and that they have in many instances given substantially the same securities for the performance of their contracts, which securities are inadequate to the aggregate liability of each of the said bidders; and whereas it is further understood that they have sublet many of those contracts to other parties, and that the subcontractor is at the mercy of the first contractor for his compensation: Therefore, Be it resolved, That the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads be, and it is hereby, directed to report a bill in which provision shall be made securing to the said subcontractor compensation direct from the Government for his services in the Postal Department. Mr. Wilson also, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee of Accounts, viz: Resolved, That the Clerk of this House be, and he is hereby, directed to pay, out of the contingent fund under his control, to William M. Patten. $100, as pay for his services as messenger at the north door for the month of October, 1877. Mr. Vance, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the same committee, viz: Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives be, and he is hereby, instructed to pay J. M. Hines the sum of $90.67, for services as messenger of the House of Representatives from January 10, 1877, to March 4, 1877, and from October 15 to November 1, 1877. Mr. Dunnell, (the rules having been suspended for that purpose,) from the Committee on Commerce, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 287) to change the name of the port of entry of the district of the Teche, in Louisiana, from Brashear to Morgan City, reported the same without amendment. And the question being put, viz: Shall the rules be suspended and the bill passed? And it was decided in the affirmative, (two-thirds voting in favor thereof.) So the bill was passed. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bill. Mr. Mills moved that the rules be suspended, so as to enable him to submit and the House to agree to the following resolution, viz: Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to so revise the tariff as to make it purely and solely a tariff for revenue, and not for protecting one class of citizens by plundering another. Mr. Mills demanded the yeas and nays; which were ordered: Yeas, 27; nays, 56. Mr. John H. Baker made the point of order that a quorum had not voted on the said demand. The Speaker overruled the point of order, on the ground that a quorum was not necessary to order the yeas and nays. Mr. Clymer, at 2 o'clock and 25 minutes p. m., moved that the House adjourn; which motion was not agreed to. Mr. Clymer moved to reconsider the vote by which the yeas and nays were ordered. Mr. Burchard made the point of order that it was not in order to have the yeas and nays on a motion to reconsider the vote by which the yeas and nays were ordered. The Speaker overruled the point of order, on the ground that the motion to reconsider could be made on any motion, whether carried in the affirmative or negative, except the motion to adjourn; and that, if carried in the affirmative, the question would immediately recur on ordering the yeas and nays, and, if then ordered by one-fifth of the members voting, a further motion to reconsider that vote would not be in order. And the question being put, viz: Will the House reconsider the vote by which the yeas and nays were ordered? Yeas... And it was decided in the negative, Nays... Not voting. 34 110 147 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. George A. Bagley John H. Baker Thomas M. Browne Philip Cook Mr. H. J. B. Cummings Mr. Levi Maish Augustus W. Cutler Nathaniel C. Deering Anthony Eickhoff Aug. A. Hardenbergh Benjamin F. Marsh James Monroe Mr. Thomas B. Reed Those not voting are― Mr. D. Wyatt Aiken William Aldrich Lorenzo Brentano Mark S. Brewer Lucien B. Caswell Simeon B. Chittenden Alvah A. Clark John B. Clarke Robt. H. M. Davidson Mr. Russell Errett I. Newton Evans Mr. John N. Hungerford Mr. David Rea John S. Jones Mr. William D. Kelley Jolin H. Ketcham So the House refused to reconsider the said vote. John H. Reagan Haywood Y. Riddle Mr. Wm. S. Shallenberger John M. Thompson Lewis F. Watson Alpheus S. Williams Mr. Wood moved that the House take a recess until 10 o'clock a. m., Monday. Mr. Mills made the point of order, that the said motion was not in order. The Speaker sustained the point of order, on the ground that a motion to take a recess was not in order pending a motion to suspend the rules On motion of Mr. Wood, Ordered, That there be a call of the House. The roll having been called, The following-named members failed to answer to their names, viz: D. Wyatt Aiken, William Aldridge, J. D. C. Atkins, George A. Bag ley, Latimer W. Ballou, Nathaniel P. Banks, Henry B. Banning, George M. Beebe, Charles B. Benedict, Archibald M. Bliss, James H. Blount, Gabriel Bouck, Lorenzo Brentano, Mark S. Brewer, Samuel A. Bridges, John M. Bright, Solomon Bundy, George C. Cabell, Milton A. Candler, Joseph G. Cannon, Lucien B. Caswell, Simeon B. Chittenden, William Claflin, Alvah A. Clark, John B. Clarke, Francis D. Collins, James W. Covert, Samuel S. Cox, William W. Crapo, Lorenzo Danford, C. B. Darrall, Robert H. M. Davidson, Joseph J. Davis, Benjamin T. Éames, E. John Ellis, Russell Errett, I. Newton Evans, James L. Evans, Thomas Ewing, Walbridge A. Field, Ebenezer B. Finley, Charles Foster, Chapman Freeman, John Hanna, Alfred C. Harmer, Benjamin W. Harris, John T. Harris, Carter H. Harrison, E. Kirke Hart, Julian Hartridge, Philip C. Hayes, Eli J. Henkle, Daniel M. Henry, Abram S. Hewitt, Goldsmith W. Hewitt, Hilary A. Herbert, Frank Hiscock, Eppa Hun. ton, Amaziah B. James, Frank Jones, Joseph Jorgensen, J. Warren Keifer, William D. Kelley, John H. Ketcham, John W. Killinger, Robert M. Knapp, George M. Landers, Elbridge G. Lapham, J. E. Leonard, Daniel N. Lockwood, William Pitt Lynde, L. A. Mackey, Stephen L. Mayham, Anson G. McCook, William McKinley, jr., John A. McMahon, Lyne S. Metcalfe, John I. Mitchell, Leopold Morse, Nicholas Muller, Henry S. Neal, Charles O'Neill, Thomas B. Peddie, James Phelps, Henry M. Pollard, Clarkson N. Potter, John Howard Pugh, Terrence J. Quinn, James B. Reilly, Americus V. Rice, William W. Rice, Charles B. Roberts, George D. Robinson, Miles Ross, William F. Sapp, Leonidas Sexton, William S. Shallenberger, Charles M. Shelley, Robert Smalls, A. Herr Smith, Milton I. Southard, William A. J. Sparks, John H. Starin, Alexander H. Stephens, John W. Stone, Horace B. Strait, Thomas Swann, John M. Thompson, Amos Townsend, Martin I. Townsend, Jacob Turney, William D. Veeder, John T. Wait, William Walsh, William Ward, Lewis F. Watson, Harry White, Andrew Williams, James Williams, Benjamin A. Willis, Hendrick B. Wright, Jesse J. Yeats, Casey Young. A quorum being present, On motion of Mr. Mills, all further proceedings under the call were dispensed with. The question then recurring on the motion of Mr. Mills, And being put, viz: Shall the rules be suspended? The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. John H. Baker Hiram P. Bell Mr. Geo. G. Dibrell H. L. Dickey William H. Felton Andrew H. Hamilton Mr. Robert A. Hatcher John F. House William R. Morrison Mr. E. W. Robertson Those who voted in the negative are Mr. William J. Bacon William H. Baker H. J. B. Cummings Mr. Nathaniel C. Deering Mr. H. L. Humphrey Those not voting Mr. D. Wyatt Aiken Simeon B. Chittenden Francis D. Collins James W. Covert Samuel S. Cox William W. Crapo Thomas T. Crittenden Lorenzo Danford C. B. Darrall Dudley C. Denison are John N. Hungerford Mr. Robt. H. M. Davidson Mr. John W. Killinger Joseph J. Davis So the rules were not suspended. And then, William Kimmel Mr. Hiram Price James H. Randolph Michael D. White Mr. William F. Sapp On motion of Mr. Wood, at 3 o'clock and 40 minutes p. m., the House took a recess until 10 o'clock a. m., Monday. AFTER THE RECESS, (Monday, December 3, 1877, 10 o'clock a. m.,) A message from the Senate, by Mr. Sympson, one of their clerks: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed, without amendment, a bill of the House of the following title, viz: H. R. 1279. An act authorizing binding of documents for members of Congress. The Senate have passed a bill of the House of the following title, viz: H. R. 1526. An act to provide for deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878, and for prior years, and for other purposes; with amendments, in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of the House of Representatives. |