Those not voting are— Mr. George M. Adams George W. Anderson W. Jasper Blackburn Burton C. Cook Mr. Thomas Cornell Oliver J. Dickey Richard D. Hubbard Mr. Michael C. Kerr Carman A. Newcomb John A. Peters Mr. William A. Pile Lawrence S. Trimble So the House refused to lay the motion to reconsider on the table; When, Mr. McCarthy withdrew the motion to reconsider. The said bill was then read the third time. The question then recurring on the passage of the said bill, Pending which, The Senate attended in the hall of the House. The President of the Senate took the Speaker's chair, as the presiding officer, in pursuance of the joint rule of the two houses, the Speaker being seated on his left and the senators having taken the seats provided for them. The President of the Senate then proceeded, in the presence of the two houses of Congress, to open the certificates of the electors of the several States, authorized to be represented in the electoral college, for President and Vice-President of the United States. Pending the opening and counting of the same, Mr. Mullins objected to counting the vote of the State of Louisiana. Whereupon, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. A message from the Senate by Mr. Gorham, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have adopted a resolution providing that the votes of the electors of the State of Louisiana for President and VicePresident of the United States be counted. The Senate again appeared, Pending the further opening and counting of the votes, Mr. Benjamin F. Butler submitted the following objection to counting the vote of the State of Georgia, viz: I object, under the joint rule that the vote of the State of Georgia for President and Vice-President ought not to be counted, and object to the counting thereof because, among other things, the vote of the electors in the electoral college was not given on the first Wednesday of December, as required by law, and no excuse or justification for the omission of such legal duty is set forth in the certificate of the action of the electors. Secondly, Because at the date of the election of said electors the State of Georgia had not been admitted to representation as a State in Congress since the rebellion of her people, or become entitled thereto. Thirdly, That at said date said State of Georgia had not fulfilled in due form all the requirements of the Constitution and laws of the United States, known as the reconstruction acts, so as to entitle said State of Georgia to be represented as a State in the Union in the electoral vote of the several States in the choice of President and Vice-President. Fourthly, That the election pretended to have been held in the State of Georgia on the first Tuesday of November last past was not a free, just, equal, and fair election; but the people of the State were deprived of their just rights therein by force and fraud. Whereupon, The Senate withdrew. The question was then put, Shall the vote of the said State be counted? Yeas.. And it was decided in the negative, Nays.. Not voting. 41 150 31 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who vot ed in the affirmative are Mr. William B. Allison Delos R. Ashley James M. Ashley John F. Benjamin Amasa Cobb Oliver J. Dickey Nathan F. Dixon Grenville M. Dodge Mr. Ignatius Donnelly Mr. William H. Koontz Mr. Hiram McCullough Ulysses Mercur Mr. Samuel J. Randall Daniel M. Van Auken Mr. William H. Robertson Row'd E. Trowbridge Mr. Worthington C. Smith Rufus P. Spalding 雞雞 John Fox John A. Griswold Asahel W. Hubbard Richard D. Hubbard John Lynch John Morrissey Theodore M. Pomeroy Fred'k E. Woodbridge. So it was ordered that the said vote shall not be counted. On motion of Mr. Delano, by unanimous consent, indefinite leave of absence was granted to him. Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported a bill (H. R. 1911) making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1869, and for other purposes; which was read a first and second time. Ordered, That the said bill be committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and made a special order for tomorrow and until disposed of (except Saturday,) and printed. On motion of Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne, by unanimous consent, the bill of the House H. R. 1570) making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year ending June 30, 1870, and for other purposes, with the amendments of the Senate thereto, was taken up. Ordered, That the House insist upon their disagreement to the said amendments, and agree to the appointment of a committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses thereon. Ordered, That Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne, Mr. Benjamin F. Butler, and Mr. Banks, be the managers at the said conference on the part of the House. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. Mr. Roderick R. Butler, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 1912) granting a pension to the minor heirs of Lieutenant R. H. Allen, deceased; which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. On motion of Mr. Raum, by unanimous consent, leave was granted for the withdrawal from the files of the House of the papers in the case of A. G. Holden and others; copies to be left. Mr. Bowen, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 1913) to remove the political disabilities from E. M. Whiting of Charleston, South Carolina; which was read a first and second time and referred to the Committee on Reconstruction. On motion of Mr. Raum, by unanimous consent, the Committee on Military Affairs were discharged from the further consideration of the following, viz: H. R. 1342. A bill for the relief of A. R. Thomas; the petitions of Jacob Powers; T. K. Clingan; Anthony P. Zimandy; Major J. A. Brentz; John Hitch; Hiram Hedricks; Henry Errett; Captain H. P. Ingram; First Lieutenant E. M. Jordon, and Second Lieutenant John H. Askins; H. R. 1198. A bill for the relief of J. T. Turner; the petition of Robert F. Winslow; Benjamin F. Flanders; and the same were laid on the table. Mr. Mallory, by unanimous consent, presented the joint memorial of the legislative assembly of the State of Oregon asking aid in the construction of the Salt Lake and Columbia River Railroad; which was referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. On motion of Mr. Henry D. Washburn, by unanimous consent, the Committee on Military Affairs were discharged from the further consideration of the resolution to the manner of settling bounty claims; the joint resolution of the House (H. Res. 144) in relation to the bounty act; the petition of citizens of Michigan for the relief of soldiers who have lost a leg and obtained an artificial leg at their own expense; the peti tion of William C. Shimoneck; the joint resolution of the House (H. Res. 190) in relation to the pay and bounty of soldiers enlisting for specified terms of service and honorably discharged before the expiration of their term of service, their discharges stating that they were discharged at the expiration of their term of service; the petition of Benjamin F. Brulaker and John T. Taylor; a resolution relative to the extension of the additional bounty act to widows of soldiers who have died since its passage; H. R. 351. A bill providing for the payment of soldiers' bounties, in case of the death of the applicant; H. R. 570. A bill providing for bounties to the widows and children of certain soldiers who were killed or died in the service and for other purposes; the petition of V. Schulters; and resolutions of the legislature of the State of Missouri in reference to bounty; and the same were laid on the table. Mr. Norris, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 1915) to amend an act entitled "An act to provide an oath of office and for other purposes," approved July 2, 1862; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Mr. Taber, by unanimous consent, from the Select Committee on Ventilation, presented a report of Allen C. Stimers on the ventilation of the United States House of Representatives; which was ordered to be printed and recommitted to the said committee. Mr. Sitgreaves, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported adversely upon the bill of the House (H. R. 887) for the relief of the members of company Independent Exempts, West Virginia volunteers; and also upon the petition of Ethan A. Sawyer, accompanied by a report in writing in the latter case. Ordered, That the said bill and petition be laid on the table, and that the report be printed in the Globe. On motion of Mr. Boyer, by unanimous consent, the Committee on Military Affairs were discharged from the further consideration of the bill of the House (H. R. 1348) for the relief of S. K. N. Patton, late colonel 8th Tennessee cavalry; the petition of John C. Harrison; the petition of William K. Grayson, of Wood county, West Virginia; and the petition of Captain Daniel S. Hart; and the same were laid on the table. On motion of Mr. Garfield, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the evening session of to-day be dispensed with. On motion of Mr. Phelps, by unanimous consent, the Committee on Appropriations were discharged from the further consideration of the joint resolution of the House (H. Res. 161) fixing the compensation of members of Congress, and the same was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. William H. Hooper, by unanimous consent, presented the memorial of the legislative assembly of the Territory of Utah for admission as a State; which was referred to the Committee on the Territories. Mr. Churchill, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 1258) to define felonies and misdemeanors and to regulate peremptory challenges in the courts of the United States, and for other purposes, reported the same with an amendment, in the nature of a substitute thereon. Ordered, That the said bill and amendment be printed and recommitted to the said committee. Mr. Laflin, from the Committee on Printing, to which was referred the question of printing the tabular statement of accounts of Indian agents to June 30, 1868, reported adversely upon the same. Ordered, That the same be laid on the table. Mr. Jenckes, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on the Revision of the Laws, to which was referred the bill of the House (H. R. 1510) supplemental to an act entitled "An act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States," approved March 2, 1867, submitted an adverse report in writing thereon; which was ordered to be printed and recommitted to the said committee. Mr. Higby, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolution: which was read and referred to the Committee on Printing, viz: Resolved, That thirty thousand copies of the report of R. W. Raymond, (special commissioner on mining statistics,) on mines and mining in the States and Territories west of the Rocky mountains, be printed for the use of the members of the House. On motion of Mr. Perham, by unanimous consent, the Committee on |