the laws made in pursuance thereof, and renouncing all allegiance to any foreign power, shall have a certificate of citizenship issued to him by the clerk of said court, and said person shall thereafter be entitled to all the rights and privileges of citizens of the United States, and of the several States in which they may reside, as defined by the Constitution of the United States and the constitutions of the States in which they may reside. Mr. McKee, on leave, introduced a bill (H. R. 1474) to establish a uniform rule of naturalization; which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on the Revision of the Laws. Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne, from the committee appointed to wait upon the President of the United States, reported that the President had informed the committee that he would make a communication in writing to the two houses on Wednesday next, at 1 o'clock p. m. Mr. Stokes, on leave, introduced a joint resolution (H. Res. 366) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Maynard, on leave, introduced a bill and joint resolution of the following titles, viz: H. R. 1475. Á bill to give uniformity to the currency; H. Res. 367. Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States; which were severally read a first and second time, ordered to be printed, and referred the former to the Committee of Ways and Means, and the latter to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Mullins, on leave, introduced a joint resolution (H. Res. 368) requiring all applicants for pardon or relief of certain disabilities to give ninety days' notice previous to their application to Congress; which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on Reconstruction. Mr. Mullins submitted the following resolution which was read and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, viz: Resolved, That the Judiciary Committee be, and are hereby, instructed to investigate and report to this house the propriety of the passage of an act to suppress by national authority any and all combinations of persons who belong to or are in collusion with any secret league, or wicked and common enemies to the peace and good order of society, known and designated by the name of Ku-Klux Klan, or by whatever name the said marauders or common enemies of peace and order may be known or designated; and that said combination of persons be declared outlaws and common enemies to good order and civil government, and upon conviction thereof before any court of competent jurisdiction, that the property of such persons be confiscated to the use of the United States, and that the persons thus convicted be declared infamous, and incompetent to hold any office within the limits of the United States. The Speaker laid before the House a letter from C. E. Lippincott resigning his position as Doorkeeper of the House, said resignation to take effect this day. The same having been read, On motion of Mr. Kelsey, the House proceeded to the election of a Doorkeeper. Nominations having been made as follows, viz: By Mr. Kelsey.. Mr. Hill.. Mr. Whittemore. OTIS S. BUXTON. EDWARD JARDINE. .W. T. COLLINS. And Mr. Kelsey, Mr. Hill, Mr. Whittemore, and Mr. Randall, having been appointed tellers, The following named members voted for Otis S. Buxton, viz: George M. Adams, William B. Allison, Oakes Ames, Stevenson Archer, Samuel M. Arnell, James M. Ashley, Samuel B. Axtell, Jehu Baker, John D. Baldwin, Nathaniel P. Banks, Demas Barnes, Fernando C. Beaman, James B. Beck, John F. Benjamin, John A. Bingham, James G. Blaine, Austin Blair, George S. Boutwell, Nathaniel Boyden, Benjamin M. Boyer, James Brooks, John M. Broomall, Ralph P. Buckland, Albert G. Burr, Roderick R. Butler, Samuel F. Cary, John W. Chauler, John C. Churchill, Reader W. Clarke, Sidney Clarke, John Coburn, Burton C. Cook, John Covode, Shelby M. Cullom, Henry L. Dawes, Columbus Delano, Oliver J. Dickey, Nathan F. Dixon, John F. Driggs, Ephraim R. Eckley, W. P. Edwards, Benjamin Eggleston, Jacob H. Ela, Charles A. Eldridge, Thomas D. Eliot, John F. Farnsworth, Orange Ferris, Thomas W. Ferry, William C. Fields, John Fox, James A. Garfield, Adam J. Glossbrenner, James H. Goss, Joseph J. Gravely, William Higby, Samuel Hooper, Benjamin F. Hopkins, Julius Hotchkiss, Chester D. Hubbard, Calvin T. Hulburd, Ebon C. Ingersoll, Thomas A. Jenckes, Alexander H. Jones, Thomas L. Jones, Norman B. Judd, George W. Julian, William D. Kelley, Francis W. Kellogg, William H. Kelsey, Michael C. Kerr, John H. Ketcham, Bethuel M. Kitchen, J. Proctor Knott, William H. Koontz, Addison H. Lafflin, George V. Lawrence, William Lawrence, William S. Lincoln, William Loughridge, John Lynch, Rufus Mallory, Samuel S. Marshall, James M. Marvin, Horace Maynard, Dennis McCarthy, James R. McCormick, Hiram McCullough, Samuel McKee, Ulysses Mercur, George F. Miller, James K. Moorhead, Daniel J. Morrell, James Mullins, William Mungen, Leonard Myers, William E. Niblack, Charles O'Neill, Godlove S. Orth, Halbert E. Paine, Sidney Perham, John A. Peters, S. Newton Pettis, Charles E. Phelps, Frederick A. Pike, Tobias A. Plants, Luke P. Poland, Daniel Polsley, Theodore M. Pomeroy, Hiram Price, C. H. Prince, Samuel J. Randall, William H. Robertson, William E. Robinson, Lewis W. Ross, Glenni W. Scofield, Worthington C. Smith, Rufus P. Spalding, Thomas E. Stewart, William B. Stokes, John H. Stover, J. H. Sypher, Stephen Taber, Francis Thomas, John Trimble, Lawrence S. Trimble, Ginery Twichell, Charles Upson, Henry Van Aernam, Daniel M. Van Auken, Philadelph Van Trump, Cadwallader C. Washburn, Ellihu B. Washburne, Henry D. Washburn, William B. Washburn, Martin Welker, William Williams, James F. Wilson, Stephen F. Wilson, William Windom, Fernando Wood, George W. Woodward, P. M. B. Young. Mr. Beatty, Mr. Bowen, Mr. Cake, Mr. Callis, Mr. Cobb, Mr. Corley, Mr. Donnelly, Mr. French, Mr. Haughey, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Norris, Mr. Shanks, Mr. Taffe, and Mr. Whittemore, voted for W. T. Collins, Mr. Hill and Mr. Moore voted for Edward Jardine. Otis S. Buxton having received a majority of the whole number of votes given, was declared by the Speaker duly elected doorkeeper of the House for the remainder of the present Congress. And thereupon, Mr. Buxton appeared, and having taken the oath required by the Constitution, law and rules, entered upon the discharge of the duties of his office. Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz: Resolved, That the Postmaster General be directed to communicate to this house a copy of any contract or agreement he may have made with Wells, Fargo & Co. for carrying the mails between the termini of the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific railroads, at the rate of $1,750,000 per annum, together with all correspondence on that subject in the department; and also all the correspondence, proposed agreements, or contracts in the department, of Carlton Spaid, in regard to the carrying of said mails; and further, all information in the department and all the complaints made in regard to the manner in which said Wells, Fargo & Co. have performed the said mail service. Mr. Shanks, on leave, introduced a joint resolution (H. Res. 369) declaring it to be the duty of the United States government to acknowledge the provisional government of Crete as an independent political state, and to treat with it as such; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed in the Globe. By unanimous consent bills were introduced, read a first and second time, and referred as follows, viz: By Mr. Ferry: A bill (H. R. 1476) making appropriations for certain harbors in the State of Michigan; to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. By Mr. Ingersoll: A bill (H. R. 1477) to prohibit the sale of coin on behalf of the United States, and to provide for the redemption of the United States legal-tender notes in coin at par; to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. By Mr. Maynard: A bill (H. R. 1478) to relieve De Witt C. Senter, of Tennessee, from disabilities; to the Committee on Reconstruction. Mr. Schenck moved that the several votes of reference this day taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. The Speaker laid before the House additional papers in the contested election cases of Chaves vs. Clever, and Switzler vs. Anderson; which were severally referred to the Committee of Elections. The Speaker also, by unanimous consent, laid before the House resolutions of the constitutional convention of Texas, as follows, viz: I. Requesting the appointment of a committee to inquire into the condition of the State; which were referred to the Committee on Reconstruction. II. Requesting that Sabine Pass may be made a port of entry; which were referred to the Committee on Commerce. Also a communication from the governor of the State of Georgia, relative to the inability of the loyal State government of that State to carry out the laws of Congress; which was referred to the Committee on Reconstruction. Also copies of the laws of Dakota Territory for 1867-68; which were referred to the Committee on the Territories. The Speaker having announced as the regular order of business the consideration of the bill of the House (H. R. 1460) regulating the duties on imported copper and copper ores-the pending question being on its passage. On motion of Mr. Schenck, at 2 o'clock and 35 minutes p. m., the House adjourned. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1868. The following additional members appeared, viz: From the State of New York: Burt Van Horn and Charles H. Van Wyck. From the State of North Carolina: John T. Deweese. From the State of New Hampshire: Jacob Benton. The following memorials, petitions, and other papers were laid upon the Clerk's table, under the rules: By Mr. Myers: The petition of letter-carriers in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, post office, praying for an increase of their salaries. By Mr. O'Neill: A petition of similar import. By Mr. Speaker: The petition of Wm. C. H. Waddell, relative to a reduction in the cost of inter-oceanic postage. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. By Mr. Nicholson: The petition of William S. Chapman, praying for an extension of his patent; which was referred to the Committee on Patents. By Mr. Moorhead: The memorial of George Given, a soldier of the war of 1812, praying for a pension; which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. By Mr. Archer: The petition of W. Cornell Jewett, praying for deliberation before resorting to threatening measures against England; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. By Mr. Perham: The petition of Lewis E. McLaughlin, praying for arrears of pension; which was referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. Whittemore: The memorial of Andrew Ramsey, a citizen of South Carolina, praying for the removal of political disability; which was referred to the Committee on Reconstruction. By Mr. Ketcham: The petition of officers of the army, praying for additional pay; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. Burr: The remonstrance of citizens of the State of Illinois against any modification of the tariff on wool. By Mr. Beaman: The petition of citizens of the State of Michigan, praying for action on the "civil service bill." Ordered, That the said remonstrance and petition be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. By Mr. Scofield: The petition of discharged soldiers of the State of Michigan, praying for bounty land; which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands. By Mr. Ingersoll: The petition of Pinkney and brother, of Peoria, State of Illinois, praying for amendment of the law taxing tobacco. By Mr. Schenck: The petition of citizens of the United States, praying for the remission of duties on certain articles to be imported for an Irish fair. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. By Mr. Spalding: The petition of A. M. Edwards, praying for a pension. By Mr. McKee: The petition of John Vice, praying for a pension. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. Perham: The petition of Charles H. Cobb, jr., praying for bounty. By Mr. Schenck: The petition of the inmates of the Soldiers' Home, in the District of Columbia, praying that they may be allowed to draw their pensions, which are withheld. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. Sitgreaves: The petition of the widow of Captain J. G. Mitchell, praying for grant of lands discovered and settled by him in Alaska. By Mr. Shanks: The petition of Captain G. H. Bonebrake-heretofore referred, January 19, 1868. By Mr. Bingham: The memorial and evidence of John Milone, postmaster at Uhricksville, State of Ohio, praying for relief. Ordered, That the said petitions and memorial be referred to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. Francis Thomas: The petition of citizens of the State of Maryland, praying for a republican form of government; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. Burr: The petition of George Smith, praying for a pension; Also, the petition of Scott J. Halferty, for the same; Also, the petition of Margaret Parker, widow of Leynard Parker, for the same; Also, the petition of Mary A. Casterviler, widow of John Casterviler, for the same; Also, the petition of Elizabeth Morley, mother of Isaac G. Morley, for the same; Also, the petition of Mary Miller, widow of Henry Miller, for the same; Also, the petition of Catharine M. Brown, mother of George Brown, for the same; Also, the petition of Lucy Bennett, mother of John L. Bennett, for the same; Also, the petition of Melissa Andrews, widow of Joseph Andrews, for the same; Also, the petition of John McClusky, for the same; Also, the petition of Aaron T. Macklin, for the same; Also, the petition of Charlotte Ochner, widow of Louis Ochner, praying for the same. By Mr. Van Aernam: The petition of Margaret K. Judd, for the same; Also, the petition of Mrs. S. E. Harmon, widow of James Harmon, for the same. Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. Boutwell: The memorial of Polly B. Howe, relative to the extension of the Howe patent; which was referred to the Committee on Patents. |