ceeded with until the Journal of yesterday had been read in full and approved. The Speaker overruled the point of order, on the ground that it could not be made until after the reading of the same had been concluded, when it was subject to correction; and also on the ground that the reading of the Journal could be dispensed with by unanimous consent or by a suspension of the rules. After the reading of the Journal, as far as prepared, had been concluded, Mr. Springer moved to amend by inserting after the word "reports," in the following entry, viz: "Mr. Piper, by unanimous consent, from the Joint Select Committee to Investigate the Subject of Chinese Immigra tion, submitted reports in writing; which were ordered to be printed in the Record," the said reports in full; Pending which, Mr. Fernando Wood moved to suspend Rule 1, requiring the reading of the Journal; And the question being put, It was decided in the affirmative, (two-thirds voting in favor thereof.) So the motion was agreed to, the said rule was suspended, and the further reading of the Journal was dispensed with. SAME DAY, (pp. 590, 591.) The House then resumed the consideration of the objections to the counting of the vote of Henry N. Sollace as an elector from the State of Vermont. Mr. Fernando Wood made the point of order that the paper submitted by Mr. Poppleton was not in order under the first section of the electoral act. The Speaker held that, while in his opinion a grave mistake and wrong had been committed in the joint meeting of the two houses yesterday, by the refusal of the presiding officer to receive, even for opening and reading for information, a package which had all the surroundings of an authentic and duly-attested paper in relation to an electoral vote from the State of Vermont, he was also of opinion that there was no power in the House to review the decision of the presiding officer of the joint meeting. The Speaker further stated that he was, however, of opinion that so much of the paper submitted by Mr. Poppleton as requests the return of certain papers from the Senate, alleged in the preamble to have been taken away in an undue manner, was in order. Whereupon, Mr. Poppleton modified his resolution in accordance with the foregoing decision of the Chair. Mr. Fernando Wood submitted the following amendment to the said resolution, as modified by Mr. Poppleton, viz: Ordered, That the vote of Henry N. Sollace, claiming to be an elector from the State of Vermont, be not counted. Pending which, Mr. Knott submitted the following resolution as an amendment in the nature of a substitute for the modified resolution submitted by Mr. Poppleton, viz: (See page 591 for resolution.) When Mr. Poppleton accepted the said amendment. The Speaker then decided that the two hours' debate authorized by the electoral law would now commence. Mr. Caulfield appealed from this decision of the Chair. The Speaker declined to entertain the appeal. SAME DAY, (p. 594.) Mr. Lane moved to reconsider the vote last taken. Mr. Fernando Wood made the point of order that, the previous question being in operation, the motion to reconsider was not in order. Mr. Banks made the further point of order that the previous question must be exhausted before the motion to reconsider can be entertained ; and, further, that it was not in order to move the reconsideration of a vote on ordering the main question when it is partly executed. The Speaker overruled the point of order and held the motion to be in order, on the ground that in the event of an affirmative vote on a question of reconsideration it is immediately divested of the previous question, and therefore by analogy admitted the motion to reconsider. SAME DAY, (p. 595.) Mr. Walling moved that the pending resolution be laid on the table. Mr. McCrary inade the point of order that under the electoral law the said motion was not in order. The Speaker overruled the point of order, on the ground that any motions which are allowed by the rules of the House and which pertain to the main question are in order at any period of the progress of the main question. SAME DAY, (p. 601.) The question then recurred on the resolution submitted by Mr. Poppleton, as amended by the substitute submitted by Mr. Fernando Wood; When Mr. Walling asked to be excused from voting thereon. Mr. John L. Vance moved that Mr. Walling be excused from voting on the said resolution. The Speaker declined to entertain said motion. Mr. Walling appealed from the decision of the chair. The Speaker declined to entertain the said appeal. SAME DAY, (p. 604.) Mr. O'Brien having claimed the floor to submit a resolution notifying the Senate of the action of the House, The Speaker stated that he had already allowed a vote to be taken on every legitimate legislative motion. He had allowed the motion to reconsider to be voted upon whenever it has been made, so that the House might have an opportunity to correct any error it might have committed. The House has had an opportunity to vote on the motion to lay on the table the propositions themselves, and on the motions to reconsider the vote upon those propositions. Now, when the House has advanced to a declaration of its judgment on the objection to counting the vote from the State of Vermont, it is brought to the following para graph of the law, as its guide and its mandatory instructions: When the two houses hare voted, they shall immediately again meet, and the presiding officer shall then announce the decision of the question submitted. The Senate has notified the House of its action upon the objection to counting the vote from Vermont. The House has now reached its judg ment upon the objection, and as far as the Chair is concerned, it is his duty, by the terms of the act, mandatory and ministerial, to notify the Senate to that effect, and he would therefore direct the Clerk accord ingly, and that the House is now ready to meet the Senate to proceed with the counting of the electoral votes for President and Vice-Presi dent. SAME DAY, (p. 610.) So the House refused to take a recess. Mr. Fernando Wood moved that the rules be suspended, so as to ena ble him to submit, and the House to agree to, the following proposition, viz: A motion for the previous question to be entertained on the order offered by Mr. Lynde and the amendment of Mr. Mills, if offered in a shape to be in order. The House then to take a recess until Friday, March 2, until 10 o'clock a. m., and the vote upon the main question to be taken at 1 o'clock p. m. to-morrow. Mr. Hooker made the point of order that, as the motion of Mr. Wood proposed a recess, the same was not in order, a motion for a recess having just been voted upon. The Speaker sustained the point of order. FRIDAY, MARCH 2, (p. 628.) Mr. Field, from the Select Committee on the Privileges, Powers, and Duties of the House of Representatives in Counting the Vote for Presi dent and Vice-President of the United States, reported a bill (H. R. 4698) to provide an effectual remedy for a wrongful intrusion into the office of President and Vice-President of the United States; which was read a first and second time. Mr. Conger made the point of order that the said bill could not be reported or considered pending a motion to suspend the rules, which motion he claimed to have made before the said bill was read. The Speaker held the report made by Mr. Field from the said committee to be first in order, a question of high constitutional privilege being involved. Appointed member of Electoral Commission. Appointed member of select committee to investigate the late election in South Carolina. 23-36 74 242 331 441 345 To pay, expenses in contested election Accidents, to provide for a more thorough investigation of, on railroads. H. R. 4558. Adams, Charles H., of Cohoes, sixteenth district of New York: Answered roll-call Leave of absence granted 4 111 Adjournment, (See also Recess,) for the day, 23, 37, 44, 47, 61, 70, 75, 81, 88, 92, 102, 113, 123, 134, 138, 143, for over one day.. resolution relative to. Adjutant-General, report of the, on H. R. 4304 to secure title to Fort Union military reservation, in New Mexico.. Advertisements, relative to, for the Interior Department Agriculture, Commissioner of, for the publication of the monthly reports of the.. H. Res. 167. annual report of the. Ainsworth, Lucien L., of West Union, third district of Iowa: Answered roll-call Bills of the House introduced by- Jane D. Cotter. No. 4515. 351, 613, 643 52, 139, 147, 217, 272 699 109 271 27 271 169 48, 49, 79, 570 462 7 Alabama, members from the State of, appear, viz: Jere Haralson, Jere N. Williams, Taul Brad- to improve the Coosa River to the Selma bridge, in.. electoral votes of, counted.. H. R. 4407, 4409. Alaska, granting the right to the Ship-Building Company to purchase certain lands in the Ter- 5 227 353 120, 360 360 186 172 172 242 264 313 315 315 401 .616, 622, 631 7 199, 509 44 45 48 Anderson, William B., of Mount Vernon, nineteenth district of Illinois : relative to, for Providence Hospital, in Washington, D. C... for the publication of the monthly reports of the Commissioner of Agriculture. to amend the act making, for the service of the Government for the year ending H. R. 1005. to authorize further, for the public works on the Monongahela River, in West for the improvement of Feather River, California.. Appropriations, to appropriate out of the Indian civilization fund he expenses incurred in con- H. R. 4178. to authorize further, to continue the public works on the Mississippi River, foot H. R. 4182. making, for the Post-Office Department for the year ending June 30, 1878...... making, for fortifications and other works of defense...... H. R. 4188. making an appropriation for a light-house and fog-signal on Whale Rock, Nar- S. 492. H. R. 4243. for the consular and diplomatic service for the year ending June 30, 1878....... for the construction of custom-house and post-office at Hartford, Connecticut. Committee on, to pay widow of M. C. Kerr, late Speaker.. relative to the deficiency in the, for transportation of United States notes........... relative to certain, for head-stones of graves for an appropriation to make surveys of certain lands in North Carolina. H. R. 4307. H. R. 4452. H. R. 2653. making, for the improvement of the military road between Springfield and Fort 217 for additional appropriations for temporary clerks in Treasury Department... to authorize further, for the Little Kanawha River in West Virginia... to appropriate $136,597 for Mare Island navy-yard, Vallejo, California.......... H. R. 1037. relative to, for printing for the Patent Office. making, for the payment of claims allowed by the Commissioners of Claims .. making, for the Indian Department....... making, for the legislative, judicial, and executive expenses of the Government H. R. 4472. making an appropriation for the preparation of a report on immigration ... H. R. 4482. making an appropriation for the ship channel in Galveston Bay, Texas....... making an appropriation for the improvement of the Chattahoochee River, in H. R. 4513. making, to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending making, for the repairs, construction, &c., of certain public works on rivers H. R. 4617. making, to aid in completing the Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship-Canal H. R. 4647. making, to supply a deficiency in the, for postage-stamps for Treasury Depart- making, for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending 507 H. R. 4680. to repeal section 14 of an act making, for sundry civil expenses of the Govern making an appropriation for a military post near the Ute Indian reservation H. R. 3347. |