The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-03-09
CLOSE OF THE 41sr CONGRESS.
COMMENCEMENT OF THE AID.

sL0n atI n1gnt ana tOOK recess hS 10"
till 10 or 1899. At 1922 both Houses
Feassembled and were in session till noon
when they adjourned-the 41st Congress
coming to an end and the 42d immedi.
ately assembling aH
WASHINGTON, March 3-MIdnl2ht
The President with his private Secretary
ami Cabinet came To the Capitol to sign
bills, and WAS snugiy cared for III the
Presidents room. Just moment ago
they were in lhe hands Of the Sergeant
alarms of the Senate, who had spread
fine collation. in his office. On the
House side d well known trequentoreo t
the corridors has pre- empted the Militia
nv Committee, and spread bruntiful
supply of canvas back auck, cham Nagin
and cigars. rhe Honsc is iMpalices III
the d~lay of the Senate, and mauttSf>
its feelings in disorder and ,ur4u3Il.
The Senate (midnighD is still con~ld
ering the Onnl5us Appropriation hii
Fenton moved an appropriation of 500,
900 for lighthouses, ETC., al FairhaNen
N, Y. Agreed To. The appropriation.
for public buildings ut II trtford, Ct.,
Nashville, Little Rock, Ark, and ST.
L,uls, were severally raj -ctei Trumbull
offered an amendment looking 10 re orm
in the civil service Ii authorizes lhe
President to prescribe such regulations
for the admission IF persons INTO the
civi! service of the UnIted States rs will
best promote its tfficency Agreed t.
During the eOhs deratI1n OF the bill tn,
House substitute for the Senate bill re
Eating to the fraudulent trade marks, and
for protecting American manufacturers
Of watches from fraudulent foreign imi
tRtian, passed. 8F3#sE.a83
P,hMefoy NOV, as an amehdthfnt t.
tn, snndry clvli appropriations the bill
10 rpeal the duty on Gal. ObJectl' n
being made that us the Amendment was
of the nature of IA bin raising the re,
enue 1t could not be. received, he asked
consent to Withdraw it, bu' Edmuids oh
iected AmntIon TO lay III" amt ndment
on the table MAS llst-ayts Is; noes 30
pomcroy th-n Withdrew ii, when Trum
bull gave notice thai a. soon a. the pend
ing bil was disp sid of lie llimovc
TO take up the House j int res LUTON on
the subject Al 2:15 Il. NJ. the bill pas
sci. Trdmbull then moved that he Sc :
ate proceed 10 the consideration of III,
II, uAe ipln resolution repeating the du Y
on coal Agreed to. Considerable dis
cu~s.on at once enSued and motions were
madt- for an executive session, and tn
take UP private bills for the purpose o
consuming time. defeating the hIli.
Trumbull prot ested againtS the curse ri
the npponents to- repeal, an, appealed t.
its FRIENDSHIP stand by the measure. The
debate continues
In the Senate, the pending question
upon the passage of the r'pral Of III,
duty on coal was debated until Il few
minutes before five O'clock this mnrntng
when the Senate held an executive seS
sion Of one hour, and then tooka recess
un il 1890 Il. m
The all night session Of the House con
tInurd unti $50 O'Clock a IN A r gnla,
storm was raised by a 3propPsi2rn
Gltitld to adopt an am .ndment J." tn,
rules, which amendment was in'erprcte
by the Democrats to aim at giving tn
r. publican majority in the next Congr -
the anne power that it ex refs u is
the present Congress, through its major
ity5ot over two-thirds. Tue PROPOSE ,loI
was to amend the 42d rule so "a to pr,
vide that after the previous question il
moved, no motion shall he entertained
except to adjourn, to fix the time
which the House will ali urn. and Il
Law on the table, such MOTIONS not O b
repeated, and that after The previou
question is seronded, no original motion
whatever shall be entertained except
single motion to adjourn f,... .4
Eldrdge and Brooks, of New York
Randall, and other Democrats, denouncet
the proposition III unmpasured terms
amidst great excitement, Brooks vowin;
that the Democrats would resist. even Al
the hazard OF Revolution. Van Wycl
declared that the Forty second Congress
could adopt it's own rules, and that TIL
present Congress had found the existing
rides necessary to secure honest legisla
ton.
Mr.. Eldr:dge thanked God That Their
were seine honest men on the Republican
side Of the House.
Mr.. Garfield denied that it was tn
purpose OF the proposed rlle to place tn
minority in the power of til,
majority. Finally, amid much uprpar
question was taken ON suspendlng til,
rules and adopting the amendment, {
it was negatived by vte of "a t. SO
not two thirds in the affirmative. An
other scene occurred when Mr.. Clark o
Kansas, made an attempt to get up til,
"land garb" bill, which WAS denounceo
by McNcely and Rasdnl as State steal
the charge being resented by Clark, who
pronounced it false The ill feeding
went so tar that the active movers in the
affair shook their fists ut each other, but
did not come to blows. :. A proposition t.
suspend the rules and pass the bill got
only two affirmative votes
Finally, at half past four o'clock, the