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Show TELEGRAPHIC I'ORTV-FOl.HTII t'ONtaiKSS. NKXATK. WiishiiifcUiu, 21. Tim president preionted tli notiticaiiun of the eltc-loral eltc-loral commission thut the Oregon aaao wan deckled. Loeau movwJ thit tho house be notititd. Agreed to. After the presentation of the cre-deiiiialrt cre-deiiiialrt ol Siemitor-elecl Ferry and tlie oxplanaliuu by Bogy tlitit when be presented reoolu lions favoing th liaesaye of the Texas Pucitic bill, he thought ttiat bulb houses of tbe Missouri Mis-souri legislature hud passed them, the Kenulo we.ul to the chamber of tho house to rusuino the electoral count. Upon iho return to the senate chamber riareiit submitted a resolution reso-lution that the decision of the commission com-mission upon the electoral vote ol tho state o! Oregon stand us thu judgment of the senate, tho objection made thereto to the contrary notwithstanding. notwithstand-ing. The dubate waa opened by Kelly, who denied thai Walla was eligible as a presidential elector. hen tbe senate returned tlie ob jection to the electoral vole of Morrell ot; Pennsylvania waa read, The objection was overruled as invalid, and recess taken till Monday. ;noi sk. Atkins, from the appropriation committee, reported tlie army appropriation ap-propriation bill. It reduces the number num-ber ot cavalry regiments to eight, the artillery to four and the infantry to ix teen, and contains a proviso prohibiting pro-hibiting any money being nppropri-, alid by the bill from being applied lor tlie pay, transportation or subsistence subsist-ence ol troops to be employed in cupper i of tne claim of 'either Nichollsor Packard as governor of Louisiana or in support of tho rival legislatures in aid Btale, aud prohibits pro-hibits the employment ol any portion ol tbe army iu support of the claims of any state government, or of any otlieer ol said stale until duly recognized recog-nized by congress. Ordared primed. On motion of Hoi man thu senate amendments to the postitBce nmo-priaiiou nmo-priaiiou bill were uoniJt'U:urrcd in mi.) a i.rt.,(ur.,n ,..,;. I . vtuniviiLv luiiiuml:u uiueieu, Tbe same action was taken in re gard to tbe deficiency, naval aud legislative appropriation bills, Tho speaker appointed as tbe conference con-ference committee ou the poatolTice appropriation bill Holman, Blounl aud Foster. -Durham, chairman of the committee commit-tee on tho revision laws, reported back the senate bill authorizing the appointment of a commissioner to prepare for publication a new edition of the revised statutes. Passed. L A message waa received from the senate informing the bouse that it was ready to meet the bouse ia joint convention to continue the count of electoral votes. Clark, chairman of the committee on pestofDcesand post routes, reported back the post route bill. Passed. Tbe speaker laid before the bouse a communication from Justice X, Clifford, informing tho houso that the electoral commission bad considered and decided the question entrusted to it in regard to tbe votes of Oregon and bad transmitted its decision to the president of tbe senate. McMabon oflered a resolution directing di-recting the clerk of the house to 1 notify the senate tht tbe heuse would be ready at 1 o'clock to receive that body. Wilson raised the point of order that nothing was in order but a rcso-1 rcso-1 lution to notify tho senate that tbe house was now ready to icceive that body. He therefore oflered that resolution. Tlie speaker ruled that McMabon 'a resolution was in order, but Hint Wilson's resolution could b ofTeied na a substitute. It was so offered and was agreed to yeas 145, nava 87. The question was then on the resolution resolu-tion as amended. Vance of Otiio tmdeavored to muko a motion for a recess until 10 o'clock Monday, but he waa not recognized. The resolution ns amended was agreed to yeas, 107; nays, S'J. The following follow-ing members voted in the negative: Abbott, Ainsworth, Ash, Atkins, John H. Bagley, Banning, Blackburn, Black-burn, Boon, Bradford, Bright, Bur-chard Bur-chard (Wisconsin), Cabell, Caldwell (Alabama), Caldwell (Tennessee), Care, Cate, Caulleld,Clark(Mi8souri) ,' Clymer, Cochrane, Collins, Cook Cowan, Cox, Culberson, Davis, Dibolt, Dibrell, Egbert, Field, Finley, Ferney Franklin. Fuller, Gany, Glover,' Hamilton (Indiana), Harris (Georgia), Harris (Virginia), Hartsoll, Hooker, Hopkins, House, Humphreys, Hun ton, Hurd, Jenks, Knott. Landers I f,11liJ,w T 1 r a,.u..,H, u.ui, i.ynue, Maekay, Marsh, Metcalf, Manler, Morrison, Mutchler, Phillips (Missouri), (Mis-souri), John Keilly, Rico, Kiddle, Kobbins (N'urtii Carolina), Roberts', Uoes (Xew Jersey), Scales, Shcakley, Slimons, Southard, Springer, Slenger, Stone, Swann, Terry, Thonipnn, Tucker, Vance (Ohio), Vance Xorih Carolina), Waddell, Walker (Virginia), (Vir-ginia), Walling, Walsh, Whithorne, Wigginton, Wykem, J. N. Williams (Alabama), Yeals and Young S'J. McMabon moved to reconsider Hie vote, and Hale moved ts lay the motion on the table. Tbe latter motion waa agreed to yeas, 175; nays, 74. The speaker then directed the clerk to notify the senate of the action of tbe l.ourje. After tho senalors had withdrawn the speaker made the announcement of a new legislative day. A motion for a recees till 9.30, made by Lane, was ruled out of order by the speaker as a dilatory motion, tbe ruling being i much applauded on the republican side and in tbe galleries. Tho discussion discus-sion tbon proceeded on an order oflered by Hale that the vote of Oregon Ore-gon be counted. Tlie journal of yesterday having been rend and a few enrolled bills having been prcseuted and signed by liic speaker, Clymer oflered a resolution resolu-tion that lor tlie more careful con sideralion of tho objections to the report of the electoral commission in the Oregon case, tlie b raise shall now take a rere.s until 10 o'clock on Monday. He desired to state why he oflered the resolution, but was met by objections on Iho republican side, and by the tpeaker's ruling that the question ques-tion was not debatable. Clymer Do the geutlemen on the other side refuse to heir a statement as to tlie object of the recess? Towneend I object to debate Hancock made and argued the point of order I bat under tho constitution consti-tution and under the electoral law a recess was not now in order. In conclusion ho said: I feel aa keenly as any oilier member the mortification of defeat and di-apprjiniment, but 1 hope no ono will no far lose bis manhood man-hood us to f:il in tlie performance of his duly. There is no authority in either house to resort to any legislative legisla-tive or parliamentary expedients to postpone action enjoined on us by the constitution. Clymer Thia is a question of order, not of manhood. I wish to say that in making tho motion, I have done it Townsend I object to debate. Several other republicans Let him go on. Townsend Very well. Clymer As my motivo has been impugned 1 have a right to say that so far a! I am concerned, and I believe be-lieve so far fts a majority of those with whom I act are concerned, the motion is made in good faith. Thia Oregon question does involve an issue of the highest importance to all the people, and if those who wioh to present their reasons for opposing the finding of tlie commission should ask for delay they ought to have it. Therefore I have made tbe motion in good faith. Brown Is it in order to reply to the gentleman from Pennsylvania. Speaker Not unless it bo on a point of order. Each side having . beeu heard, the chair thinks it his duly to confine the discussion to the Question of order. Tbe chair decided on tho 10th of February the same question in tbe Florida caje. An appeal being taken from the decision, de-cision, tho appeal was laid on the table by a vote of 150 to 76. Tho chair overruled the point of order, and tho question was then taken and the resolution was rejected yeas 112, nays 158. Lane tiien moved for a recess till 9.30 on Monday. Hale made tho point of order that the motion was dilatory, and therefore there-fore iu contravention ot the constitution constitu-tion and tiie law. Speaker The chair is unable to recognize this motion in any other light tlniD as a dilatory motion. Lmie It was not so intended. Speaker Tne chair is unable to classify it in any other way. The chair rules that where tho constitution con-stitution of the United Stales directs anything to be dune, and where the law under the constitution of tbe United Stales and obedience thereto directs fti.y hiing to be done by either . motion to obstruct or impede Hit execution of that constitution ant ItlW. Lane I desire to say that it waa nol in that ipirit that 1 made tho molior to take a recees. It is a matter o personal privilege, and I have the . right to explain. Speaker The chair would state to tbe gentleman from Oregon Lane I trust tbe chair will not interrupt. The chair has stated that I made tho motion in that spirit. Speaker Ihe chair has not attempted at-tempted to classify the gentleman's motives or to indicate what they are; that belongs to a higher power. Lane To that higher power I am willing to submit. A member You cannot go back on the returns. Tho attention of the speaker was directed to the breaches of decorum on the floor and in tbe gallerieB. The speaker announced that if the disturbances were renewed he would direct tho gallleriea to bo cleared. Hale then presented tho following order: Ordered, That the count of tho electoral vote of the state of Oregon shall proceed in conformity with the decision of the electoral commission. Lane oflered tbe following aa a substitute: Ordered, That tho vote purporting to be the electoraNote for president and vice president, and which was given by J, W. Watts, claiming to be an elector from the state of Oregon, be not counted. Hewitt arraigned Hoar for bud faith in deciding in the commission contrary to his expressed views in the bouse and in committee by which the electoral bill was framed, and Hoar defended himself and described Hewitt, Hew-itt, quoting Dauiel Webster on one occasion, as '"a man rickety, shaky, crazy and out of joint." A resolution declaring that the vote of Watts, one of the Oregon electors who was not entitled to cast a vote, waa passed in tho house by a vote of yeas lol, nays 107, and the senate was notified that tbe bouse was ready to resume the joint meeting. When tho senate retired to consult on the objectioHs to Morrell, Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania elector, without discussing the question the houso took a recess till Monday. |