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Show CONGRESSIONAL. SENATE. Upon the reception of the Ku Klux bill from the House, a motion by Trumbull, that the Senate recede from its amendments that are not con curred in by the House was rejected, ! ayes seventeen, nays thirty-three; Caldwell, Kill, Robertson, Schurz, j Trumbull and Wright votiog with tbe Democrats in the afErniative. I A committee of conference was or- j dered, also a committee of conference j on the deficiency appropriation bill; j and at one o'clock the Senate went into executive session. HOUSE. Stewart submitted a joint resolution, proposing an amendment to the Constitution, Con-stitution, to be known as the 16th, as! follows: Article 16, Section, 1; There shall be maintained in each State and Territory, Terri-tory, a system of free common schools. Neither the United States; nor any State, Territory, county or municipal corporation shall aid in support of any school, wherein the peculiar tenents of any religious denomination are taught. Section 2; Congress shall have power -to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. I This was read and objected to by Blair, and withdrawn. The House proceeded to the consid-: eration of the resolution offered by ' Blair, of New Hampshire, last Mon-! day, disapproving moderate taxation : to pay off the immense sums of the! public debt as heretofore practiced by I i the Secretary of the Treasury, and ! 11 limit the sum for the principal of said : I debt to $25,000,000. 'h Cox, who drew up the resolution, i J; moved to lay it on the table, for the It: purpose as he said, i.f showing his ! vote upon it, intending himself to vote t against the motion. Tbe House re- si fused to lay the resolution on the table; yeas 3, nays 159; the affirmative votes being given by Maynard, Spraeue and ? Taffe. The House refused to second thejti previous question on the adoption of a the resolution by 65 to 71; and May-! nard having rise-i to debate on the I icauiuuuu u went, over unaer tne rule. The Speaker appointed Dawes, Kelly Kel-ly and Beck a conference committee on the deficiency bill. Butler, of M ,,3., introduced a joint resolution, rcqu ting the President to cause to be submitted to the joint high commission the claims of American citizens for damages and losses suffered on account of their imprisonment, without with-out due process of law or trial, in British prisons for supposed complicity in the Fenian cause in Ireland. Tlie vote on the second reading, under the previous question, was taken by tellers. After the affirmative vote was taken, those who were opposed to the resolution resolu-tion refrained from voting, under the lead of Garfield. There was, therefore, there-fore, no quorum voting, the vote being 103 to 8. A call of the House was thereupon ordered and held, when 175 members answered to their names, and all further proceedings under the call were dispensed with. The morning hour expired and the resolution went over until next Monday. . I |
