House Proceedings

Washington, Sept. 27.- Notwithstanding Tnesday was expected to inaugúrate iu the house a debate, which in partisan bitterness would equal, if not exceed, any debate that haa taken place since 1876, the attendance was unusnally small on both sides of the chamber when the rap of the gavel called the mernbers to order at noon. In the second inorning hour (the first being unproductive of results) Mr. Talbott (Dein., Md.) moved that the house go into the committee of the whole for the consideration of the bill to retnit the penalties of the designers of the '■Vesuvius," but by consent the bill was hád over until Oct. 11. The house theji proceeded to the consideration of the federal elections repeal bill, and was addressed by Mr. Tucker (Dem., Va.), who opened the debate. He said that the statutes, which it was proposed to repeal, were unconstitutional and that congress had no right to confer the power that it had done upon supervisors of elections. The right of sutïrage was a right preBerved to the states and granted specially in the legislatiou, the right of suffrage granted in the states of the union. he planted himself on the ground that the right of a citizen to vote was a right given to him not by the legislation of the United States, not by the federal states, but by the right provided in the state and recognized by the legislation. Mr. Brosius (Rep. Pa.) complimented the gentleman froiu Virginia on his able speech and he desired to emulate hia example in one place. He would be glad to discuss the ineasure from a nonpartisan point of view. He believed tliat underneath the fretting Btream of our politics there was patriotisin, and to that patriotism he appealed. He then spoke against the proposed repeal. Mr, Laphani (Dem. E. I.) from the coinmittee on military affairs reported a resolution calling upon the secretary of war for the authority by whicc United States troops were permitted to shoot down settlers in the Cherokee Btrip. A quorum not being present the house adjourned at 4:40 p. m.