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Show FORTY -FIFTH CONGRESS- SENATE. WEDNESDAY EVEN I NO. Washington, 5. In the evening session, alter several amendments had been oflered aud rejected, the vote recurred re-curred ou the adoption of the resolutions resolu-tions submitted by Kdniuods declaring declar-ing the validity of Constitutional Ame.tdmenla. Kdmundi demanded a separate vote on each resolutions. Tbe first one was agreed to by a vote of yeas 23, nays 17. Tho second resolution was agreed to by a Bimilar vote. Aa agreed to tbe resolutions read: Ifesolceil, As in the judgment of the senate that the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments Amend-ments to the Constitution of the United Slates, have been legally ratified, rati-fied, and are as valid and ol ihe same paramount authority as any other part ol the Cusiuuliou; that the people of each atate have a common interest in the enforcement of the whole Constitution in every etate in tbe Union, and that it ia alike tbe right and duty of congress to enforce said amendments aud to protect every citizen in the exerciie of the rights thereby secured by the Uwb of , a general character already passed for that purpose, and by further appro priate legislation, so far as such enforcement en-forcement and protection are not secured by existing laws, and that it is tbe duty of the executive department depart-ment of the i40V3rnment, faithfully And with diligence to carry all such laws iuto impartial execution, and of 1 congress to appropriate all moneys needful for that end. liestlved, Further, that it is the duty of congress to provide by Uw for a full and impartial protection of all citir.?r.s ol tbe Uuittd titates duly qualiti-d in the right to folo lor rep.e-sentatives rep.e-sentatives in congress, and to this end tbe committee oo judiciary be and is hereby instructed to prepare and report re-port as goon as may be, a bill for the protection of such rights and the pun-istunent pun-istunent of intrjctious thereof. Cj motion of Edmuuds tbe teuate took up the house joint resolutioo proposing pro-posing an amendment to tbe Cousti-lution Cousti-lution prohibit;ug tho payment of claimB of disloyal persons for property injured or destroyed in the iate war of the rebellion, so it would bs unfinished unfin-ished business tc-morro. The senate then, at 11 p m., adjourned. nii.'wUiY's rHOCE!,iS03. ! Washington, li Blaine presented a memorial lrj:u uiar.uUcturujg ' coin pan u a of M.tii.c, rt-prcrif filing fl2 IX),OOU ol Cdpiul and employing ! thousands of pern .ls, a-ttiug mi j propriil'.lOQ tjr mall service b-MW-en. L'lie ur mure ol uur Ai.am:u porta mid ; .-uuiii American p irt- i'nn i:i-m 1 ritilials say ttie lufjocy v, i!l be re'.urmd in mere teed cummerce. Tiil- nie-oj I rial WJB rruJ. ) I'jdiJuck submitted a reto ution 'n- otruuting the cuuiiuuu-i; uii uncui-, lure to n.'i iiie i' rt-ml t) rt-pott)! concerning mkctiuiid i!ii-aes anting ! l:urned stuck. Agreed to. j Wallace Bubmitied a resolution re-, (iueli(iii Um committee ou commerce to ri-port tho house b ll Itrjowu ao tl e inler-jU'e commerce b:il at the earliest earli-est moment. Laid on Hie Ubie. He jjave uoiice that be wuuU call it up at an early day. The vice president laid before the senate the joint resolution proposing an amendment to tne Constitution prohibiting the payment of claims o! ilislt'iyal pitreons lor property injured iu tbe rebellion. Bailey moved to postpone tbe pcud iny aud ail prior orders and proceed to tbe consideration ol the bill for the relief re-lief of book agents ol Hie Methodist church of tbe south. Kijected, McDonald, Mc-Donald, Voorhees aud Dvis (His)1 voting with the republicans in the ; negative 1 At the request of bis colleague, I Morrill, Edtnunda consented imt the unfinished business Hhould be laid abide informally, and the bill iu provide pro-vide for taking the tenth and euij&b-quent euij&b-quent censuses was taken up. Morrill explained the bill. Kernan oiTered an amendment that tbo superintendents and supervisors super-visors shall take an oath Kir thu faithful discharge of their duties. Agreed to. Conkling submitted an amL-nduicn: that each eub-diviaion shall couUm not less than 3,000 inhubitauts, where the last preceding census shows the inhabitanta thereof. Agreed to and the biil paused yeas 40, nays 4, these being Cameron (Pa.), Mitchell, Spencer and Teller. Tho vice president presented the message of the president with a ro port of the Paris monetary conference. confer-ence. Referred to the committee on finance. Adjourned, alter an executive ses sion. |