Show mor fur the deseret evening news g bess bews io sair NAIr 1 SENATE t IS sherman erman presented a petition for the recognition in the tue constitution of almighty god aa aa the source of all civil authority howard from the committee 0 on n the pacific railroad reported adversely and asked to be discharged from further consideration of a jarge number of bills andi and i memorials for gran grau granting thag aldin aidin aid ald in the construction of railroads the military committee re reported arted adversely ad to the joint resolution t on for r or craded graded lieutenant general adm admiral irl iri and iud vice vied admiral introduced a bileto bill to eota bota establish blish al neof american steamers between the united states and europe 16 provides for 1 he ha e setting apart ot of an amount agouni not exceeding two millions annually for ten years from the money received by the united states for ocean and inland postage on foreign malls mails the payment of contracts is to be made by the post master masten general with citizens of the united states for the transportation of foreign malls op 04 american steamers numbering not lebs lets than two nor more than four departures monthly from new york and from two to four from boston the steamers are to be at least 2800 tons register and equal in speed to steamships of a similar class they must carry free all agents of the united states government and all m all ail matter from the P 13 department bui buz but the united states shall receive the postage 0 the postmaster general is to pay from the fund provided for each round voyage provided that the amount derived from postage be sufficient if not such sums as as may be derived are to be apportioned rate rato rateable ably for each ship and i each voyage in time of war the sec bec secretary y of the na itaw STaw y may t take he possession of an any or all at pae gae steamships for use in tj the tho e service of the united states the 0 ow eners ners nera i are compensated by the united states for any damage the vessels may sustain referred to the committee Commit teb on commerce I 1 I 1 E edmunds resolution relative lathre re t p counting the vote of georgia fsr for president debi vas was taken up and after aften dicus discussion was pa passed sed 34 to 11 the morning constitutional amendment was brought up which was discussed discuss ed by saulsbury in in opposition and Freling huysen in its favor divis davis took the floor and announced h his hid i desire to speak for several hours when the senate tooka took a recess washington 9 the rhe tho senate asse assem ml 1 13 0 submitted he minority report on the omnibus railroad bill the principal features of which have been tell teil telegraphed wilson Wil wll soh sob from the military committee reported 4 a joint resolution relative to td bo b ounces n les ies to 0 colored soldiers with ahcin ah ag d men noh woh persons sans bans who 0 volunteered for three years and anol were vere bon hon honorably crabl dia dil discharged charged shall ball receive 9 th thU 4 samo same filo file bounties 1 as other soldiers 1 senate benato resumed the considers nilder constitutional amendment amendments several amendments were mere offered and loster last bv 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 i fc 1 3 1 I 1 dixon bison renewed his motion to amend by requiring the ratification of amendments by conventions instead of by Legislatures i i i I 1 A ensued in which doolie Doo Do olife lib trek t conness vonness fessenden Pes senden hendricks Hendric kB 1 morton and liam llam surged the necessity of excluding arod from citizenship lest they overrun the entire pacific coast cor 1 batts bot hot s amend amendment ment excluding and indians not taxed was rejected ted after much further amendment mehi mefi dment was wax adopted 31 81 to ST ft is is as follows no discrimination shall be made in the united states in the exercise of the tho elective elec elee franchise or in the right to hald office in any state on account bf color tace nativity or creed buckalew offered on an amendment amendia ent providing that constitutional amendments must be I 1 ratified by legislatures chosen after the passage of the resolution submitting the amendments lost dixons dixona amendment was vas also lost morton offered an amendment relative to the mode of chasing presidential electors which was lost 27 to 29 amendment an abstract of which has been previously bentt sent was lost 9 to 46 warn warners ssu substitute s titu te was then voted down and the tho amendment having been cons considered dered in a of the whole it was wa reported importe re ported portel I 1 to the senate morton resumed his amendment iu in regard to the manner of choosing i dennial electors which was adopted 27 s anthony moved to recommit the tho amendment as amended to the judiciary committee but the motion was lost A motion to reconsider the vote adopting mortons Mor Mo tons rions amendment was lost when the resolution was read the third time and passed 40 to 16 washington Washing ton top the reports n the constitutional amendment all ail contain propositions excluding chinese from suffrage nige some of the opponents promise a remedy by the modification of the naturalization laws there are before the senate awaiting ing action civil nominations and military of which are brevets only eleven of the civil have been confirmed this session of the kavals all have acted except eight ramsey bamsey UL sey called up the joint resolution amendatory of the act to establish an ocean line of mail steamers between new york and europe cole said the matter was too important to be considered by so thin a ben ate hendricks said the object appeared to be to obtain government bonds before the company began to build a single vessel the bill allowing deputy collectors and assessors of internal revenue the pay of collector collectors sand and assessors when they perform the duties of these officers was passed near one a message from the house announced that they were ready to receive the senate fortha for por the purpose of counting the electoral vote at thirty five minutes past palt one the senate returned to its chamber the secretary read i the objection raised to counting the vo vote te of louisiana on the ground that no valid election for president dl nt or vice president had been held in said state offered ered a resolution that in the opinion of the senate the vote of lou louisiana S lana iann should be counted several senators offered amendments changing the phraseology of that resolution go which were successively voted down the senate got tangled in questions of order but after an hours a discussion it finally adopted a resolution offered by edmunds 31 to 26 that under the rule of the two not hot houses is se s the objection to moun voun counting ting the vote of louisiana was not in order every addy seemed to differ as to the condition in which this left the case cae and several new propositions were offered A me message sage was received from the house announcing that they had voted not to count the vote of georgia A scene of considerable confusion ensued howard offered a resolution which the he chair decided in arder williams appealed from the decision of the chair char add arid was sustained by 27 to 25 and the tho secretary was directed to inform the house pi af the action of the senate then 1 at ten ton minutes past four thu senate again proceeded eded edea to the hall at forty five minutes past four the senate returned to its chamber and morton offered a resolution RI POInting appointing one senator and two representatives to walton wait walt on gen grant and schuyler colfax and nna inform them of their election senator morgan was appointed on that camu committee on the tho part of the senate which then adjourned da dl HOUSE ROUSE I 1 ward iward introduced a bill filing the time for the election of representatives to con congress arbs or on the tuesday after the first mo monday ada in n december in each alternate year and also providing forthe for the registration of bf electors by inspectors appointed by the secretary of the inter interior lor i prescribing the mode of naturalize aliza tion also that the naturalization papers papera papers held b by persons in cities numbering over since bince january 1804 1864 shall be surrendered within a year and new ones taken A number of bills were introduced and referred two constitutional amendments were offered also several memorials and resolutions from state legislatures julian introduced a joint resolution to prevent further sa lesof the public lands except as provided under the preemption and homestead laws regulating lu amig grants rants of lands to railroads and limiting ting the sales of lands to actual settlers to an amount not greater than a quarter of a section hopkins moved to lay the joint resolution on the table to the morning hour having expired the resolution went over to monday next the next business in order was wag bencks Sc hencks motion to suspend the rules and take up the senate amendment to the copper tariff bill which was vas a agreed reed to lis ils to spaulding from the committee on reported back the senite ite amendment to the cohular appropriation pria tion bill which was made a special for to morrow the senate amendment was read pike asked if schenck would admit of schenck declined and m the tho previous question brooks to lay the bill on the table tabie but his bis notion was losif lost and the previous question was seconded and the amendment concurred in to 56 66 the house went into a committee of the whole and resumed consideration of the army appropriation bill several amendments werd word discussed but without progress until the tho house took a recess petitions were presented to repeal franking privilege eliot in introduced a bill to regulate and the fur trade in seah seals island paul st george and alaska the house took up the bill the building of a military and railroad rail Ball road rond from washington Washing tim to york kerr spoke in opposition the bill and thought congress had constitutional power fo to take charge e railways lail rall ways he pointed pointe dout dut out the cornu which would he eandi said inevitably the establishing of sueh such a the debate continued cullom and blaine supporting the bill haight phelps kelly twitchell against ib it when the debate closed twitchell moved to lay jy the lay the th bill on the tabie table ta ble bae which was 64 to 93 the bill was then ordered engrossed and read a third ime time and not being engros engrossed sed seO it went to the speakers pk kers kerB table thi the speaker announced that arrangements had been made for admitting spectators to witness the counting of the electoral vate tomorrow spaulding reported ported the senate amendments mend ments to the diplomatic appropriation pria tion bill the amendment I 1 out the clause consolidating the cent central r ld american missions was nga UPA burred I 1 in U the other amendments were wera a v variously a y disposed of 1 ju dd made a statement in reference to the bd business siness sineas before before the banking tanking committee i and asked to ta nave have the floor next saturday for the purpose of making reports unanimous consent was ww gra granted n ted petters fetters from the committee commit tee on t eleo elep leo ler eions reported in favor of cleaves the contestant from new mexico pike introduced a bill to compensate the meers officers off omm and crow of the kearsarge Kear stige sage for its destruction by the pirate alabama referred the house went into a committee of t the he whole on oil the army appropriation bill garfield spoke an hour explaining the amendment for the reduction of the army by the plan of direct muster out also aiso the consolidation of the quartermasters commissary and pay departments and the abolition of the ordinance department the commit committee tee teb rose and the house took a necess the evening session cession will be for the consideration sidera tipa of the tax bill the house evening session bewon was occupied mainly with a debate between schenck and wood on questions arsi ing out of the revenue bill the committee for the revision of the laws have agreed to a bill relative to naturalization which it will report as soon as possible it provides that hereafter all naturalization shall be done in united states courts and that regi registers stera stena in bandru bankruptcy toy may take evidence but not jimesue to certificates all applicants for naturalization must give notice beforehand of their intention any citizen may appear before a court and state C objections to the of an any applicant certificates of naturalization may be issued at the tho end grid of four years and alid six month months residence bur cannot be used till six months thereafter the purpose of df the bill is lii to make naturalization a judicial process washington 10 lo the committee on reconstruction today to day voted down he proposition to admit mississippi 1 with its present govern government men t under tte the constitution atit ution adopted by t the h e last convention n but which was vo voted d down by the people I 1 the vote in the committee stood 3 to 5 baere was wag a great pressure to obtain seats in the galleries and lon ion long iong before noon every position open to ehg the e public was occupied the doorways and corridors were thronged thron ged and many ladies occupied places in the gallery only half a dozen persons were in the diplomatic galleries but few colored people were present schenck at forty minutes past twelve moved that the senate be informed the house is ready to receive them the new york and washington railroad bill came up tip first as business T in in order phelps moved to lay jay it on he table which was lost by 62 to further farther proceedings were interrupted by the arrival of the senate the president of the tho senate took the speakers chair and speaker colfax ook a 6 eat bebide beside him senator conking ing and representatives wilson of rowa iowa lowa nowa and pruyn plyn of new york tork acted as tellers the role of e states was read and announced commencing with new Kew Hampshire when louisiana was waa is reached mullins objected fo 0 counting he the votes from ther the state of df loui loul louisiana slana siana some discus discussion aion alon arose as to what sho bho houlbe ulbe done in view of the case cabe ease case several numbers aftem attempted t to induce mullins til his objection buthe but he refused the speaker required his objection to 19 lie presented in writing which was done the senate thereupon retired tota chamber and after a brief discussion the house decided to count the ote vote of louisiana yeas nays 63 during the taking of the voll volt mr lawrence of ohio ende endeavored avore to raise false a point of order that no objection ca eai eal cai be made or entertained to the counting of the vote of any state exee except t where there a no such buch buch such state entitled to vote or 01 that the certificate transmitting theote the vote vole is irregular but the speaker declined to entertain the point of order schenck desired to ouen a rego reso resolution lution that the house I 1 in a adm admitting I 1 eting the vote of louisiana louwana neither affirms nor denies onies anything with regard to the manner mantler in which the election in louisiana was conducted objection was made and several others members desired to offer resolutions or remarks at fifteen minutes past two a message froni from the senate notified the house that they had bad resolved the electoral vote vole of louisiana should be counted immediately thereafter the senators returned to we the nail nall and took their places i 1 I 1 t the tho presiding officer announce dithe result of the deliberations ofa both homes houses whereupon the vote of lorils banawa ia nawa nawl J punted r 7 far seymour r and blair vhf the eail call of the states was |