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Winchester Gazette
Winchester, Virginia
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U.S. Senate passes resolution for uniform district-based election of presidential electors (29-11); Mr. Barbour's amendment to cap House at 200 postponed (22-11); House rejects adjournment proposal (63-82) and debates Bankrupt Bill, likely to pass.
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The Senate have at length passed the resolution, by more than the constitutional majority, proposing to the States to amend the Constitution of the United States so as to create an uniform mode (by Districts) of electing Electors of President and Vice President of the United States--ayes 29--noes 11.
-What its fate may be in the other House is uncertain.
Mr. Barbour's resolution, proposing an amendment of the Constitution to prevent the number of Members of the House of Representatives from exceeding 200, was postponed indefinitely-Ayes 22-Noes 11.
The House refused to consider the resolution from the Senate to fix a time for the adjournment of the present Session; the first Monday in April-
For considering it 63
Against it 82
The proposition for striking out the 1st Section of the Bankrupt Bill (which would amount to a rejection) having been decided in the negative, the House is engaged in discussing its details. We incline to the belief that the Bill will ultimately pass.
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senate resolution passed 29-11; barbour's resolution postponed 22-11; adjournment consideration rejected 63-82; bankrupt bill under discussion, expected to pass.
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Report on U.S. Congressional proceedings: Senate passes constitutional amendment for district-based election of presidential electors; Mr. Barbour's proposal to limit House members to 200 postponed; House rejects Senate's adjournment resolution for April; House debates details of Bankrupt Bill after rejecting its outright rejection.