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CONGRESS, UNITED STATES. 



to the House of Representatives by the Con- 

 stitution; yet when we assembled here we 

 were met with a revenue measure, which had 

 been prepared during the recess by a special 

 committee of the Senate. It was soon sent to 

 us for our acceptance. The House, which is 

 charged with raising revenue and making ap- 

 propriations for carrying on the Government, 

 has always enjoyed the privilege of being the 

 first to name the day for an adjournment. 

 The Senate, however, long before our business 

 was well shaped, and before it was known 

 what exigencies might arise, assumed the con- 

 ceded functions of this House, and sent us a 

 formal intimation as to the time at which it 

 would, in its judgment, be convenient and 

 agreeable for us to adjourn. 



"And now, sir, when we come to act upon 

 an important appropriation bill for the support 

 of the Government, what do we find ? The 

 Senate meets us with the intimation that we 

 may designate necessary appropriations, but we 

 must yield our convictions on other points not 

 germane to such a bill, or they will prevent 

 our bill from becoming a law. There is where 

 the danger of revolution lies. And^sir, I may 

 say that while my opposition to this measure 

 is manifested as it is at this time, by reason of 

 my commitments of an honorable character to 

 gentlemen on the other side, there is lying 

 behind it the conviction that this method of 

 passing any law, whatever the merits of the 

 measure may be, is dangerous, and one for 

 which the Republican party ought not to make 

 itself responsible. Therefore, I hope that this 

 report will be recommitted ; and, on my mo- 

 tion to recommit, I call the previous question.'' 



The question being taken on seconding the 

 previous question, the House divided ; and the 

 tellers reported yeas 101 ; nays not counted. 



So the previous question was seconded and 

 the main question ordered ; which was upon 

 the motion of Mr. Kelley to recommit the 

 report of the committee of conference. 



The question was taken ; and it was decided 

 in the affirmative, as follows : 



YEAS Messrs. Acker, Archer, Arthur, Banks, 

 Beck, Bell, Biggs, Bird, Austin Blair, James G. 

 Blair, Braxton, Bright, Brooks, Caldwell, Campbell, 

 Carroll, Comingo, Conner, Cotton. Critcher, Cross- 

 land, Dox, Du Bose, Duke, Eldredge, Finkelnburg, 

 Forkcr, Henry D. Foster, Garrett, Getz, Giddings, 

 Golladay, Haldeman, Hambleton, Hancock, Hand- 

 ley, Hanks, Harmer, Harper, John T. Harris, 

 Havens, Hawley, Hay, Hereford, Hibbard, Hol- 

 man, Houghton, Kelley, Kellogg, Kendall, Kerr, 

 Ketcham, King, Lamison, Lewis, Manson, Marshall, 

 McClelland, McCormick, McGrary, McGrew, Mc- 

 Henry, Mclntyre, McJunkin, McNeely, Mercur, 

 Merrick, Morgan, Morphis, Packer. Potter, Price, 

 Eandall, Ecad, Edward Y. Kice, John M. Eice, 

 Eitchie, William E. Boberts, Sion II. Eogers, Sher- 

 wood, Shober, Slater, Slocum, Sloss, Stevens, Storm, 

 Strong, Swann, Terry, Thomas, Washington Town- 

 send, Van Trump, Waddell, Warren, Wells, Whit- 

 thorne, Williams of New York, Winchester, and 

 Young 99. 



NAYS Messrs. Ames, Averill, Barber, Beatty, 

 Beveridtre, Biffby, Bingham, Buckley, Buffinton, 

 Burchard, Burdett, Benjamin F. Butler, Eoderick 



E. Butler, Cobb, Coburn, Coghlan, Conger, Crocker, 

 Darrall, Dawes, De Large, Donnan, Duell, Dimnell, 

 Eames, Elliott, Charles Foster, Wilder D. Foster, 

 Frye, Halsey, George E. Harris, Hays, Gerry W. 

 Hazleton, John W. Hazleton, Hill, Hoar, Lowe, 

 Maynard, McKee, Merriam, Monroe, Morey, Leon- 

 ard Myers, Packard, Peck. Pendleton, Perce. Aaron 



F. Perry, Platt, Poland, Prindle, Eainey, Ellis 11. 

 Eoberts, Busk, Sawyer, Sessions, Shanks, Sheldon, 

 Shellabarger, H. Boardman Smith, John A. Smith, 

 Snyder, Thomas J. Speer, Sprague, Starkweather, 

 Stevenson, Taffe, Turner, Twichell, Tyner, Wake- 

 man, Walden, Wallace, Walls, Whiteley, Willard, 

 Williams of Indiana, Jeremiah M. Wilson, and John 

 T. Wilson 79. 



NOT VOTING Messrs. Adams, Amber, Barnum, 

 Barry, Boles, Clarke, Cox, Crebs, Creely, Davis, 

 Dickey, Ely, Farnsworth, Farwell, Garfield ; Good- 

 rich, Griffith, Hale, Herndon, Hooper, Killinger, 

 Kinsella, Lamport, Lansing, Leach, Lynch, McKin- 

 ney, Benjamin F. Meyers, Mitchell, Moore, Nedc-y, 

 Niblack, Orr, Palmer, Hosea W. Parker, Isaac C. 

 Parker, Eli Perry, Peters, Porter, Eobinson, John 

 Eogers, Eooseyelt, Sargent, Scofield, Seeley, Shoe- 

 maker, Worthington C. Smith, S^app, E. Milton 

 Speer, Stoughton, Stowell, St. John, Sutherland, 

 Sypher, Dwight Townsend, Tuthill, Upson, Vaugh- 

 an, Voorhees, Waldron, Wheeler, and Wood 62. 



Subsequently Mr. Garfield, of Ohio, said : 

 " Mr. Speaker, I desire to submit the follow- 

 ing report from the committee of conference. 1 ' 



The Clerk read as follows: 



The committee of conference on the disagreeing 

 votes of the two Houses on the amendments to the 

 bill (H. E. No. 2,705) making appropriations for sun- 

 dry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal 

 year ending June 80, 1873, and for other purposes, 

 having met, after full and free conference, have 

 been unable to agree. 



JAS. A. GAEFIELD, 

 FEANK W. PALMEE, 

 WM. E. NIBLACK, 

 Managers on the part of the House. 

 COENELIUS COLE, 

 GEO. F. EDMUNDS, 

 JOHN W. STEVENSON, 

 Managers on the part of the Senate. 



Mr. Garfield, of Ohio : " The Senate origin- 

 ally asked for a committee of conference in 

 reference to the disagreeing votes of the two 

 Houses on this bill, and I suppose they will 

 make known their wishes. I do not know 

 but the House might hasten business by order- 

 ing a new conference. I move the appoint- 

 ment of a new conference on the disagreeing 

 votes of the two Houses on the bill ; and on 

 that motion I demand the previous question.' 1 



The motion of Mr. Garfield, of Ohio, was 

 agreed to. 



The Speaker: "The Chair appoints the 

 same conferees as managers on the part of the 

 House." 



Mr. Garfield, of Ohio, soon after submitted 

 a privileged report, and said : " In explana- 

 tion of the report, I desire to state to the 

 House that the main body of the report is the 

 same as was presented before. Three impor- 

 tant changes were made, in view of additional 

 facts brought before the conference committee 

 as to the amount of sums appropriated. Be- 

 yond those three changes every word is the 

 same, except what relates to the tenth amend- 



