Show I 1 B by I 1 I 1 y telegraph I 1 SENATE washington 5 morton submitted a joint resolution proposing pra posing an amendment to the constitution of 0 the united ted states stalest to provide for of president aud abd vice president by the direct vote of the people which was read and laid on the table until the appointment of committees morton presented a document completed by the ibe chiet chief clerk of the senate in regard to the counting of the electoral votes from 1794 to 1873 and said the information contained therein basof was of great importance and eind vaida valda valuable blei to the country at this time I 1 washingto gro Gyo 44 4 nanka banka of or mas a argued in favor of the immediate diate swearing in of the member from colorado ado a and hd sent bent to the clerks dierks des de kAhil hv naf f rw read the proclamation cla mation of ar tai the president labut in n comi with aw declaring calo rado in the springer x ha resolution yee yec lanng that delay ah h admIt admitting tink fhe the member would would not do injustice to colorado a comparatively domall two senators ope one and three electoral motion referring the credentia lq of tifa tife colorado member to to the judiciary committee was atu iff 98 99 the republicans against it as also blount mir co dpra durham in li 11 artzell holman lehr kehr lj moyne r boyner morgan neil nell obrien obdien rea SA savage 8 e stevenson waterson W aters Nad lad atud atad dvells V tag tai I 1 democrats nic Alc mccrary Crary presented resented the tile credentials of butha of carolina objection wt was LS made an and d the house was about lo 10 adjourn by agreement when tut out hew rew offered a it resolution providing fi the appointment of threet select one of fifteen n members abers aberg to go to louisiana one one of eix kix for florida and one of nwe nine tor for Cro carolina llna ilna to investigate jhb ho action of the returning boards also to report all the facts essential essen t lial to an honest return of the electoral t i I 1 votes the commissioners being empowered to fehd for persons and papers appoint sub bub com missioner sj clerks etc mccrary refused to yield to the resolution ot and the speaker ruled that a suspension of the rules thies to adopt the resolution w was s Imp impossible wAible i morrison presented a memorial and protest signed by citizens of the district against the admission of buttz and moved the reference of the question to the elections com committee cittee adopted to 89 hewitt then asked unanimous consent to oner his resolution for three select committees objections being made hewitt moved to adopt the resolution under a sus 1 pen penion pension ion lon odthe of the rules the speaker overruled the technical objections which were made that the morning hour had ed kasson appealed from the decision the appeal was put in writing it claimed that the decision was a violation ot of the rules of the house rouse and argued in support of hh his resolution the house by abote a vote of do 73 voted to td table kassous kas Kaa sous soua appeal hewitts hewitt He witts to suspend the rules r aad aid adopt am resolution being in order kasson kaston suggested thal that it be modified to ap apply ply only to fedei ral olli officers cerS hewitt cox blackburn and other democrats and hewitts dewitts He witts motion w was s adopted to 78 18 th the announcement was loudl loudly y applauded by the democrats bagley of new borki pierce and seelye voted with the democrats A committee to join the senate com mitlee and aud lotif yi tbt president that Con congress greas grees was prepared to receive auy avay communication was wa ordered and hood clymer and d hoar were appointed the speaker appointed as the south bouth Ca carolina rolna roina committee sayler abbott Ste riger jones of ky phillips phillip of mo blo banks hale and laurence hoar having announced that hale could not serve the speaker appointed willard VV illard lilard of michigan who asked to be elcus edana L of new york was the rhe house at adjourned IV washington ASHINGTON 5 1 immediately mediately after the reading of the to a privileged question tion asserted that on the vote yesterday evening on hewitts dewitts He witts resolution for three elect select committees for louisiana florida and south carolina he had distinctly voted in the negative and had bad subsequent ly heard his name BO so read by the clerk elerk but he be now found he was not so recorded in the jouk journal nal nai inac inasmuch as wi a correction of his vote vot I 1 would have defeated the resolution any change of the journal which would afflict the report was opposed by holman and other democrats on the report of the clerk it jt was grantee by the speaker that the journal was correct and that plais teda vote had not been heard the upshot of the matter ia is that plais plats beds teds vote was changed also the vote of fuller who claims that his yote vote had been mh understood misunderstood by the clerk this thia left the vote as previously recorded I 1 and the speaker to I 1 ivo iva avoid avold idall all ail misunderstanding e exercised er what be he claimed to be his const constitutional i tut fut ional lonal right rights to vote and voted so the resolution stands to appoint committees of irye loye tion for fer south carolina florida and louisiana AME AMERICAN RICAN bican CHICAGO 4 the inter oceans columbia special says when the democratic house pak er mackey amid breathless silence read resolutions rehearsing h he events of the last calling on the governor to take mem mew ures to protect the house against the threatened unlawful intrusion intimidation and violence from the democrats dembe rats who had hi ad in themselves tin unwarrantably in tile the hall ball the resolution was carried and the house exclusively republicans went into secret aes bes session bession the senate adjourned without meeting with the house oafa iraa 4 counsel for the re to publican electors today to day asked hidge bidge to put the case the democratic electors po pe for an injunction to prevent the former from casting the votes over till tomorrow to morrow mora morn morning ingy but the thib judge decided that he would hold a night session counsel then put in a demurrer and are arg arguing against it tonight to night quoting authorities auito r to show that the petition Is not perfect and also that the court has no jurisdiction in the matter should the judge overrule the de do the case will be tri trl tried edon on its ita merits tomorrow to morrow it seems to be the general belief that the republican electors will meet and cast their vote without regard to the de decision cison eison elson of tho the case energetic efforts continue to be L made by the republicans to get a quorum at t the b extra session of the legislature at lincoln tomorrow to morrow the democrats are wielding ail all their powers to prove prevent lii iii a quorum NEW york 4 about one thousand people witnessed the unveiling of the printers bust of horace greeky at greenwood cemetery this it afternoon Ater hernoon ter ten noon speeches were made by several distinguished persona washington 4 two batteries of th the fhe 0 first artillery arrived tonight to night and are quartered at the arsenal |