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Show FORTY -SIXTH CONGRESS. KXIRA. SE'iSION. Wahiugloii, 23. Springer pre-d'inted pre-d'inted a memorial from J. J. Wilson, claiminjt to bo eleetcd Irom the Ninth congresdioual didtrint of Iowa, on the Oth uf November, and ofbred a resolution to refer tho memorial to the committee on olectiona when appointed. All aiuiutf members from luwa were elected on the day claimed on tho oilier oido a not tho day legally fixed for the election. Tho renolutiuu I wan adopted by a party vote. Young read an uxlract from ft re-1 port of liio grand jury on the election in Humilton county, Ohio, to prove that his colleague, (Butterworlb) and himself were uot considered very bad periona. Tho house then went into committee com-mittee of the whole on tho army appropriation bill. Tucker otlered an iimeudmont repealing re-pealing the law which prohibits any person who hid nerve J in tho military, naval or civil Bervice of tho confederate confede-rate states from being appointed to a position iu the army uf the United titatej. Tho consideration of the bill haviog been concluded, with tho exception ol section six, repealing the Btatutes allowing the military to preserve penco at tho polls, that section waa read, when Conger raised a point of order that tho section chaugod tho existing law and d:d not retrench expenditures ex-penditures It could not be held seriously that the striking out of the words "to keep the peaco at the polls" retrenched ".xpeuditurea. I A lengthy discussion took placo between be-tween l1 rye, (3arlialo and Robe&on i over the construction placed upon the) power given the president for the use tho troopa, and before it waa concluded con-cluded Stephens obtained the floor, hut dialed that he waa unable to proceed pro-ceed at proseut and at hia suggestion the committee roao and the house adjourned. |
