the second amendment of the Senate and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: insert, in lieu of the words stricken out, the words but none of said interest-bearing obligations not already due shall be redeemed or paid before maturity, unless at such time United States notes shall be convertible into coin at the option of the holder, or unless at such time bonds of the United States bearing a lower rate of interest than the bonds to be redeemed can be sold at par in coin. And the United States also solemnly pledges its faith to make provision at the earliest practicable period for the redemption of the United States notes in coin!' 66 They recommend that the Senate recede from their third and fourth amendments to the bill of the House. "Managers on the part of the House Managers on the part of the Senate "ROBERT C. SCHENCK. "WILLIAM B. ALLISON. "JOHN SHERMAN. Pending the question on agreeing thereto, It was decided in the negative, Yeas... 53 119 51 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are The Speaker voted in the negative, So the House refused to lay the report on the table. The question then recurring on the said report, Mr. William B. Stokes John Taffe Francis Thomas Ellihu B. Washburne Mr. Schenck moved the previous question, which was seconded and the main question ordered and put, viz: Will the House agree to the said report? The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Joseph J. Gravely Asa P. Grover Mr. William H. Koontz So the report was agreed to. Mr. Charles W. Pierce Mr. John Trimble Robert T. Van Horn Ellihu B. Washburne William Windom. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. On motion of Mr. Farnsworth, by unanimous consent, the House agreed to the amendments of the Senate to the bill of the House (H. R. 2006) to establish certain post roads. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. The hour of 4 p. m. having arrived, the House took a recess until 7 o'clock p. m. After the recess, Mr. Jenckes, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on the Revision of the Laws, submitted reports upon the mode of appointing assignees in bankruptcy, and on the subject of the allegations of Mr. Brooks, of New York, against Mr. Butler, of Massachusetts; which were severally laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mr. Dawes, the rules having been suspended for that purpose, introduced a joint resolution (H. Res. 476) for the payment of Caleb S. Hunt and J. Willis Menard, to defray their expenses as contestants for a seat in the House of Representatives from the State of Louisiana; which was read a first and second time. Pending the question on its engrossment, Mr. Banks moved that there be a call of the House. And the question being put, It was decided in the negative, Yeas 55 57 110 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. George W. Anderson Mr. Benjamin Eggleston Mr. William S. Lincoln Mr. Green B. Raum Aaron F. Stevens Row'd E. Trowbridge B. F. Whittemore Mr. William H. Robertson Mr. C. C. Bowen Benjamin M. Boyer The question then recurring on the engrossment of the resolution, Mr. Ward moved that it be laid on the table; which motion was disagreed to. The question again recurring on the engrossment of the resolution, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are— Those not voting are Mr. Oakes Ames Samuel M. Arnell J. W. Clift Schuyler Colfax Mr. Columbus Delano Oliver J Dickey Mr. William H. Kelsey So the joint resolution was passed. Samuel S. Marshall Mr. Samuel Shellabarger John Taffe Caleb N. Taylor Ellihu B. Washburne Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate therein. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Gorham, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed bills and joint resolutions of the House of the following titles, viz: H. R. 1803. An act making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending June 30, 1870; H. Res. 413. Joint resolution in relation to the lands of W. W. Corcoran, in the District of Columbia, used by the government during and since the war of the rebellion; H. R. 1880. An act to relieve certain persons from the legal and political disabilities imposed by the 14th amendment of the Constitution of the United States; severally with amendments, in which I am directed to ask the concur rence of the House; and H. Res. 475. Joint resolution for the appointment of Thomas O. Osborn, as manager of the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers ; H. Res. 327. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to remit the duty on certain meridian circles; without amendment. On motion of Mr. Garfield, the House disagreed to the amendments of the Senate to the bill of the House (H. R. 1803) making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending June 30, 1870, and asked a conference with the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two houses thereon. Ordered, That Mr. Garfield, Mr. Beaman, and Mr. Dodge, be the managers at the said conference on the part of the House. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. Mr. Farnsworth, from the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the bill of the House (H. R. 1746) for the removal of certain disabilities from the persons therein named, submitted the following report, viz: "The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 1746) entitled 'An act for the removal of certain disabilities from the persons therein named,' having met, after full and free conference have agreed to recommend, and do recommend, to their respective houses as follows: "That the House of Representatives agree to the amendment of the Senate with the following amendments: "Strike out on page 1, line 10, 'R. H. Glass ;' line 11, 'John D. Alexander.' |