CONGKESS, UNITED STATES. 



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this people will go on in a career of prosperity 

 for which the history of the world from its be- 

 ginning to this hour can show no parallel." 



The Speaker: "The question is on the 

 amendment of the gentleman from Illinois to 

 the resolution of the majority of the com- 

 mittee." 



The question was taken, and decided in the 

 negative, as follows : 



YEAS Messrs. Adams, Archer, Axtell, Ayer, 

 Banks, Beatty, Beck, Bird, Booker, Boyd, James 

 Brooks, Burr, Calkin, William T. Clark, Sidney 

 Clarke, Cleveland, Clinton L.Cobb,Conner,Cox, Deg- 

 ener, Dickinson, Dox. Eldridge, Ferriss, Fitch. Fox, 

 Getz, Gibson, Griswold, Haight, Hambleton, Hamill, 

 Hamilton, Hay, Holman Ingersoll, Johnson, Julian, 

 Knott, Lash, Lewis. Logan, Marshall, Mayham, 

 McKenzie, McNeely, Milnes, Morgan, Morphis, Mor- 

 rissey, Mungen, Newsham, Niblack, Prosser, Ran- 

 dall, Reeves, Rice, Roots, Schumaker, Lionel A. Shel- 

 don, Sherrod, Shober, Joseph S. Smith, Stiles, Stokes, 

 Strader, Swann, Sweeney, Van Horn, Van Trump, 

 Ward, Wells, Whitmore, Eugene M. Wilson, Win- 

 chester, Wood, and Woodward 77. 



NAYS Messrs. Allison, Ambler, Ames, Arnell, 

 Asper, Atwood, Bailey, Beaman, Benjamin. Bennett, 

 Benton, Bingham, Blair, George M. Brooks, Buck- 

 ley, Buffinton. Burchard, Burdett, Benjamin F. But- 

 ler, Roderick' R. Butler, Cake, Cessna, Churchill, 

 Amasa Cobb, Conger, Cook, Cowles, Dawes, Dickey, 

 Dixon, Dockery, Donley, Duval, Dyer, Farnsworth, 

 Ferry, Finkelnburg, Fisher, Garfleld, Gilfillan, Hale, 

 Harris, Hawkins, Hill, Hoar, Hooper, Hotchkiss, 

 Judd, Kelley, Kellogg, Kelsey, Ketcham, Knapp, 

 Laflin, Lawrence, Maynard, McCarthy, McCrary, 

 McGrew, Mercur, Eliakim H. Moore, William Moore, 

 Daniel J. Morrell, Negley, O'Neill, Orth, Packard, 

 Packer, Paine, Perce, Phelps, Platt, Poland. Pome- 

 roy, Rogers, Sargent, Sawyer, Schenck, bcofield, 

 Shanks, Porter Sheldon, John A. Smith, William 

 Smyth. Starkweather, Stoughton, Strickland, Strong, 

 Taffe, Taylor, Townsend, Twichell, Tyner, Upson, 

 Cadwaladcr C. Washburn, William B. Washburn, 

 Welker, Wheeler, Willard, John T. Wilson, Winans, 

 and Witcher 101. 



NOT VOTING Messrs. Armstrong, Barnum, Barry, 

 Biggs, Boles, Bowen, Buck, Coburn, Covode, Crebs, 

 Cullom, Davis, Ela, Haldeman, Hawley,Hays,Heaton, 

 Heflin, Hoge, Jenckes, Alexander II. Jones, Thomas 

 L. Jones, Kerr, Loughridge, Lynch, McCormick, 

 McKee, Jesse H. Moore, Samuel P. Morrill, Myers, 

 Palmer. Peck, Peters, Porter, Potter, Ridgway, San- 

 ford, Slocum, William J. Smith, Worthington C. 

 Smith, Stevens, Stevenson, Stone, Tanner, Tillman, 

 Trimble. Van Auken, Van Wyck, Voorhees, Wal- 

 lace, Wilkinson, and Williams 52. 



So the amendment moved by Mr. Logan was 

 not agreed to. 



The question recurred upon the amendment 

 moved by Mr. Bingham for the substitute re- 

 ported by the minority of the Committee on 

 Foreign Affairs. 



The amendment of Mr. Bingham was to 

 strike out all after the enacting clause of the 

 substitute, and to insert in lieu thereof the 

 following : 



That the President is hereby authorized to remon- 

 strate against the barbarous manner in which the 

 war in Cuba has been conducted, and, if he shall 

 deem it expedient, to solicit the cooperation of other 

 Governments in such measures as he may deem 

 necessary to secure from both contending parties 

 an observance of the laws of war recognized by all 

 civilized nations. 



The amendment of Mr. Bingham was then 

 agreed to, upon a division yeas 100, nays 17. 



The question then was upon substituting the 

 proposition of the minority, as amended, for 

 the proposition of the majority. 



The question was taken upon the amended 

 substitute for the majority report, and de- 

 cided in the affirmative, as follows : 



YEAS Messrs. Allison, Ambler, Ames, Arm- 

 strong, Asper, Atwood. Beaman, Benjamin, Benton, 

 Bingham, George M. Brooks, Buckley, Buffinton, 

 Burchard, Roderick R. Butler, Cake, Cessna, Church- 

 ill, William T. Clark, Coburn, Conger, Cook, Co- 

 vode, Cowles, Dawes. Dickey, Dixon, Dockery, Don- 

 ley, Duval. Dyer, Ela, Farnsworth, Ferry, Fisher, 

 Garfleld, Hale, Harris, Hawkins, Heflin, Hill. Hoar, 

 Hooper, Hotchkiss, Judd, Kelley, Kellogg, Kelsey, 

 Ketcham, Knapp, Laflin, Lawrence, Maynard, Mc- 

 Carthy, McCrary, McGrew, Mercur, Eliakim H. 

 Moore, Jesse H. Moore, William Moore, Daniel J. 

 Morrell, Negley, O'Neill, Orth, Packard, Packer, 

 Palmer, Perce, Phelps, Platt, Poland, Pomeroy, 

 Rogers, Sargent, Sawyer, Schenck, Scofield. John A. 

 Smith, William J. Smith, William Smyth, Stark- 

 weather, Stokes, Stoughton, Strickland, Strong, 

 Taffe, Tanner, Tillman, Townsend, Twichell, Ty- 

 ner, Upson, Ward, Cadwalader C. Washburn, Wil- 

 liam B. Washburn. Welker, Wheeler, Whittemore, 

 Willard, John T. Wilson, and Winans 101. 



NATS Messrs. Adams. Archer, Axtell, Bailey, 

 Banks, Barry, Beatty, Beck, Biggs, Bird, Blair, 

 Booker, Boyd, James Brooks, Buck, Burdett, Burr, 

 Benjamin F. Butler, Calkin, Sidney Clarke, Amasa 

 Cobb, Clinton L. Cobb, Conner, Cox, Cullom, Dege- 

 ner, Dickinson, Dox, Eldridge, Ferriss, Finkeln- 

 burg, Fitch, Fox, Getz, Gibson, Griswold, Haight, 

 Hamill, Hamilton, Hay, Holman, Ingersoll, John- 

 son, Julian, Kerr, Knott, Lash, Lewis, Logan, Mar- 

 shall, Mayham, McKee, McKenzie, McNealy, Milnes, 

 Morgan, Morphis, Morrissey, Mungen, Newsham, 

 Niblack, Paine, Porter, Potter, Prosser, Randall, 

 Reeves, Rice, Roots, Schumaker, Shanks, Lionel A. 

 Sheldon, Porter Sheldon, Sherrod, Shober, Joseph 

 S. Smith, Stiles, Strader.Swann, Sweeney, Taylor, 

 Trimble, Van Trump, Wells. Eugene M. Wilson, 

 Winchester, Wood, and Woodward 88. 



NOT VOTING Messrs. Arnell, Ayer, Barnum, Ben- 

 nett, Boles, Bowen, Cleveland, Crebs, Davis, Gil- 

 fillan, Haldeman, Hambleton, Hawley, Hays, Heaton, 



Slocum, Worthington C. Smith, Stevens, Stevenson, 

 Stone, Van Auken, Van Horn, Van Wyck, Voorhees, 

 Wallace, Wilkinson, Williams, and Witcher 41. 



The joint resolution, as amended by the 

 adoption of the substitute, was ordered to be 

 engrossed for a third reading ; and, being en- 

 grossed, it was accordingly read the third time. 



The question being on tbe passage of the 

 joint resolution, it was passed. 



The resolution was not acted on in the 

 Senate. 



The following act was also passed at this 

 session, appointing a new legal holiday : 



Be it enacted, etc., That the following days, to wit : 

 The first day of January, commonly called New- 

 Year's day ; the fourth day of July ; the twenty-fifth 

 day of December, commonly called Christmas-day, 

 and any day appointed or recommended by the Presi- 

 dent of the United States as a day of public fast or 

 thanksgiving, shall be holidays within the District 

 of Columbia, and shall, for all purposes of present- 

 ino 1 for payment or acceptance for the maturity 

 and protest, and giving notice of the dishonor of bills 



