Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-12-16

, Lane john Ii. Thompson, W. W. Irwin, oPi'eS os'"
rod, Wood, Daniel, and Riggs. n.,,.,,.. Gan
Committee on Patents.-Hlessrs. IL. hcCieiiah Sfu'
ston, Gerry Ramsey, and Sanford. ds-
Committee on Public Buildings and Gro"s,
Messrs Boardman, Ward, Augustus Young
and Bovine. Business
, Messrs Eastman, Beeson, Z. A. Floyd
tocks. Morchand. York
Committee on .4eeoants-Messnrh W,II;,m,
Cary, Slney N. Clarke, and Jesrp" Thomas w vii
Committee Mfeage.--EEdw o,ds Wss,b,oot and
liams, Meriwether, John =
hg Ce;,. On n. hSrary on the part Of The House.
Messrs Tillinphssf AycrIgg, and Sumter.
' M, cnnaLSER also announced the following De-
ne m.,itlees, appointed under the order OF Friday
'as s.,,,l Committee Finance and The Curreney.-
,,ss.rs Cushing John p. Kennedy, Gilmer O. DAVIS
wise, Roosevelt, Profit, Mckay, and VIM. w. IRWIN
Select Committee on the .7pportionment Of Represen-
atires-Messrs Everett, Chids, Caruthers, Summers,
Pearce, John T. Stuart Bidlack, Cross, and Weiier.
Select Committee on the Smithsonian Bequest-
Messrs j. @. Adams, Habersham, Truman smith, IN
derwood, Benz Randall, Charles j. lngersol Hunter,
Houston, and Bovine. .
SeIect Committee on the National Foundry.-Messrs.
William c. Johnson, Samson Mason, King, Randolph,
Mallory Hunt, Keim, Parmenter, and Cave Johnson.
Mr. BRIGGS rose and said that, since the adjourn
ment of the House on Friday last, he understood that
Colonel Hunter late Assistant Doorkeeper, had died
He (Mr. b. desired to offer the ordinary resolution,
providing for the payment of the funeral expenses OF
The deceased and then offer another resolution hav-
ing reference to the Office which had been thus made
vacant.
And Mr.. Is offered the following resolution, which
was adopted unanimously:
Resolped That the Clerk of the House pay the fune-
raj expenses of Col. John W. Hunter late Assistant
Doorkeeper of this House.
Mr. b. then offered the following resolution
Resotred That the Office of Assistant Doorkeeper is
not necessary for the service Of this House, and that
the same is hereby abolished.
Mr.. CAVE JOHNSON asked the yeas and nays on
the adoption of the resolution, which were ordered and
being taken, were: Yeas III, nays -.
So the resolution adopted
Mr. TALIAFERRO offered the following resolution,
which was read for information
Resolred, That the several memorials, petitions and
resolutions presented TO the House of Representatives at
the last Congress- and which not finally acted on,
also all bills which reported, acted on, and lost in
the Senate, and such bills referred to commit
tees and reported on be again referred 10 the COM
mtees which the respectively referred at
the last Congress-, written request TO that effect being
handed by member to the Clerk of the House, whose
duty it shall be to enter the same upon the journal as II
presented in the House.
MIR. WISE inquired whether this resolution would
not embrace sundry abolition petitions
The SPEAKER replied, No-such petitions not hav-
ing been received, the resolution would not embrace
them.
Mr.. WISE said he had then no objection to The adop.
ton Of the resolution.
And the resolution adopted
Mr. UNDERWOOD desired to offer the following
resolution, which read for information:
Resorcd, That the Speaker engage the services Of
four stenographers at 4 compensation not exceeding
So per day for each, to be paid out OF the contingent
fund Of the House, whose duty It shall be TO report te
debates and proceedings Of the House daily, and truly,
for insertion in the newspapers published IN this city
The stenographers engaged shall regulate among
themselves the time which each shall employ in taking
shortha notes of the debates and proceedings, and
preparing the same for the press They shall furnish
the public printers with all practicable despatch, copy
their reports for insertion in their paper, and such
printers shall publish the at length in the newspa
per edited and published by them without charge TO the
Government; and in they decline doing SO, the
reports Of the stenographers shall be delivered TO such
other printer or editor as the Speaker may designate
who will insert the reports in his paper Any steno-
erapher so employed may be removed by the Speaker
at any time, and another employed in his place Inc
Speaker shall locate the stenographers so employed IN
such place in the Hall as he may deem proper The
stenopraphers shall make known TO any member which
of them reported any speech attributed to such mem
Mr. WELLER inquired OF the Speaker if resolutions
were now in order.
The SPEAKER said, only by general consent.
Objection being made to the reception OF the resou-
MIR. UNDERWOOD moved suspension of the
rules.
Which motion being rejected, the rules were not sus
pended.
On motion Of FtfG r BaRNAkbP The asE House. in pur
of its order Of former day. proceeded TO Inc
election Of Chaplain, viva yoce, as required by the
rule)
Mr. CUSHING nominated the Rev. Mr. Clarke OF
the Presbyterian church.
Mr.. OSBORNE nominated the Rev. R. R. Gurley,
of the PRESBYTERIAN church.
MIR. GENTRY nominated the Rev. John N. Nlaiht
of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Mr. WOOD of New York nominated the Rev. Mr.
Donellan, of the Roman Catholic church.
MIR. ROOSEVELT nominated the Rev. MIR. llawley
Of the Episcopal church.
Mr. UNDERWOOD nominated the Rev. MIR. French
of the Episcopal church.
The House then proceeded TO vote, and the result
was as follows, (Messrs Gushing, Ward, and Roose-
Welt acting as tellers)
Whole number OF votes 10
Necessary TO choice loo
OF which
Mr.. Maft received l33
Mr. Mr. F Hswlsy 81 3
So the Rev. Mr.. Maifit, having received majority
of all the votes was declared duly elected Chaplain on
the part ofthe House for the present session..
MIR. CUSHING moved that the House adjourn, but
withdrew the motion at the request Of
The SPEAKER, who presented to the House sundry
Executive communications, of which we have only
been enabled TO obtain the following: -
/. A. letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting
report Of the number of small arms OF every kiho
which belong to the IT, S., and in the several arse
nails and depos including those in the of the Army
the number lost or destroyed annually and also the
number annually manufactured at each ofthe National
Armories, &c; made in obedience to resolution o.
the House of Of the Cd September last
which letter and report were ordered to lie upon the
table ,..
9 letter from the Secretary OF Slate, trasmiltng
statements of the expenditure of the contingent fund OF
the Department, prepared in obedience to the second
section of the act making appropriations for the clyl
and diplomatic expenses of Government for The year
1896 which letter and statements referred TO the
Committee on Public Expenditures
g. A. letter from the Secretary of the Treasury trans
hitting report relation 10 certain nsolvent debtors
of the IT, S. pursuant to the eighth section of the act
of March 9 1884, which letter and report were ordered
to lie on the table.
a. A letter from the Clerk of the House of Repre-
sen,ayes transmitting the statements which he re-
oured by the act Of May ., 1889, to lay before Con,
gress at the of each annual session, OF
the expenditures for the preceding year from The funo
for he continoent expenditures oil the