The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-03-04
House of Representatives.

Continued from the Second Edition.
The business on the Speakers table was resumed as
The Senate bill for the reliet of Samuel H. Beatty
Hospts ii Al Cleveland. Passed '''''o'
The Senate bill relative to Courts Martial in the
The Senate bill to provide for the payment OF D. B.
Ted the S5 oe IN the maj" Re-
The Senate bill to amend the act OF July o. 1866 for
oonrs 9S Passed In certain cases from state
The senate bill to refer the claim of the trustees of
A. G. Sloo to the Court OF Claims. Referred to the
Committee Claims.
bill factate the auditing OF accounts Of disbursng
Sa Business Re S
The senate bill to amend certain acts in relation to
Mr. Rice tMass.), chairman of the Committee on
which provides that officers the retired list shall be
the increased rank unless when they are placed on
MI Spaidng (OhioJ, moved to strike out that pro.
vision of the bill which raised the commandant Of the
Marine GO5Ps to Hs snk of Re
The vote on the passage OF the bill was taken by
The Speaker, by leave of the House, presented out
Ing II the thanks of Congress to Cyrus w Field Which
was lhereupon read three times and passed unani-
At this time, quarter Of i O'Clock, the accommo-
sutficient for the Immense crowds attendant on the
dissolution of the Thirty ninth and the organization
is IS oceuped except the two front rows Of the Dpo
.S H @ % e eoTTys 0r re
blocked up and the wide corridors and stair cases are
the 6ai WIN 'e 'lON9 ''il'HS 70 So' we" OF
cloak rooms but the ladies cannot be retained in
there else they in such numbers that the capa
overfowing into the Hail. and chairs and lounges are
being prepared for them outside of the range of the
The business on the Speakers table is cleared Off
G F and other OH srs o.
the Mantonomah and Augusta to accept the presents
Joint aSaas o @Rl fs se Of
of sorrow and sympathy for the death Of President
Lincoln. ~, e-,-, A., 80,
vets in the army OF the United States was read three
Mr Banks moved to suspend the rules, and dis
charge the Committee Of the Whole from the further
appropriations for the representation Of american
Industry at the Paris Exposition. Agreed to; yeas
Mr. Banks moved amendments that the Commis-
sioners shall serve without Compensation, and
$4,000. The amendments were agreed to, and the bill
The Sneaker In responset to an inquiry as 10 whether
the Important bills had all been signed by the Pres-
and also that had just been informed that the Bill
h%m D hSd Se0n gneG BY the
The friends OF the measure greeted the announce
ment with clspping OF fhands.
Mr. Kasson, from the Conference Committee on the
bin TO provide for an annual Inspection Of Indian
to agree He added that 70 some Indians the Govern;
treating them as they were foreign nation instead
OF treating them, as all other Governments on the
port was agreed TO and the Committee discharged.
Mr.. FRrnswoIth, from the Select Committee the
murder of Union soldiers in south Carolina, made
special report. whish was laid on the table, and
Mr Francis Thomas md }, from the Judiciary Com
mittee made report OF testimony taken in the inves
tigation into the Freedmen's affairs In Maryland,
which placed in the custody of the Clerk of The
House to be submitted TO the fOrtieth Congress
On motion of MT Maynard, authority was given 70
the Chairmen OF all the Committees 70 pursue the
Mr. Marston IN W offered a resolution TO add to
the Joint Committee Of both Houses Joint Commit
Mr.. Hart, nom the committee on lhalah Anairs,
presented evidence taken in regard 10 the Indian
Superin tendency in Colorado Lald on the table and
ordered 10 be printed. , - =. --
ice company az the Great Falls, which, according 20
Mr., Blaine was rather cool proposition AZ this time
" on S' motion of Mr.. Dawes, committee was ap-
pointed 10 wait on President ana inform him that
the Thirty ninth Congress was IeAdy 70 aoJourn Ihe
isnt meitertbe hour OF arrived and the Speaker
rising TO deliver his valedlciory'
VaIedictOry of the Speaker OF the House.
eysntLen,,n or the House Of RepfeSentqttueS'-To be
called 10 this respOnsble position oy the voluntary
~ an honorable ambition. To be cordially
sunnored nv those of all political creeds, amid the
exciting scenes xdsnse Of conadence and
sSa prize 10 the latest houi OF my lie. But to be
ndorsed by you al IN me o nave spread
nee aud earnestness, beggars me in words OF
ahanKs 10 be able 20 relrs rom THIS Chair, when
lhyins ~ na on the hand for indelity 10 princ-
M eTish and on the other 70 impugn
gR pes he rigid inpartiality with which / have /
y ~ administer your rules. has been my earnest
snd daily endeaVor in the years that now gar
neTed Will wstest of my official predecessors whose
still enshrined In many hearts, and who
smnenily hOnored: the Chair declared as the essen
Ssis ~ a presiding othcer, promptude and impair |
n deciding the complex questions of order.