Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-03-05
HOUSE.

High Comedy Ttmes Midnight
Enter: King Cambrinus, Canvas
back Duck, Champagne, Cigars,
and Artendants-Scene A Regular
StOrm-A Shaking of Fists, but NO
Blows.
WASHINGTON, March 8, midnight. 1.-THE
President, with his Private Secretary and
Cabinet, came to the capitol to sign bills,
and was snugly cared for in ahe Presi-
dents room. Just q moment ago they
were in the hands of the Sergeant-at-
Arms of the Senate, who spread fine
collation. in his Office. On the House side
a well known frequenter of the cor
ridors has pre-empted the Military Com
mittee room and spread bountiful sup
ply of canvss-back duck, champagne and
cigars. The House is impatient at the
delay of the Senate, and manifests its
feeling in disorder and turmoil.
WASHINGTON, March 4, A. M.-The all
night session of the House continued till
5:3o o'clock in the morning. A regular
storm was raised by proposition of Mr..
Garfield to amend the rules. The amend
ment was interpreted by the Democrats
to aim at giving the Republican majority
in the next Congress the same power
exercised during the present, through its
majority over two-thirds. The PROPOSE
ton was to amend the second rule, so as
to provide that after the previous ques-
ton is moved, no motion shall be enter
tanned except to adjourn, to fix the time
at which to adjourn, or to lay on the
table, such motions not to be repeated;
and after the previous question is Sec
onded, no original motion whatever shall
be entertained, except the single motion
to adjourn.
Messrs. Eldridge and Brooks, of New
York, Randall and other Democrats de-
nounced the proposition in unmeasured
terms, amid great excitement, Mr.. Brooks
warning the Democrats would resist
even at the hazard of revolution.
Mr.. Van Wick declared the Forty-sec-
ond Congress could adopt its own rules,
and the present Congress had found the
existing rules ali that was necessary to
secure honest legislation.
Mr.. Eldridge thanked God there were
some honest men on the Republican side
of the House.
Mr. Garfield denied that it was the pur-
Pose of the proposed rule to place the
minority in the power of the majority.
Finally, amid much uprosr, the ques-
ton was negatived by Ga to 81, not two
thirds in the affirmative.
Another scene occurred when Mir.
Clark, of Kansas, made an attempt to get
up land grant bill which was denounced
by McNeely and Randall as State steal,
the charge being resented by Mr.. Clark
who pronounced it false. The i'll feeling
went so far that the active movers in the
affair shook fists at each other, but did
not come to blows. The proposition got
only two affirmative votes.
Finally at half past four o'clock the
Omnibus bill came over from the Senate
with an enormous batch of amendments
tackled TO it which were read.
Mr.. Dawes stated that the Committee
of Appropriations had looked over the
Senate amendments and although there
were many things they did not entirely ap-
prove he still thought that on the whole
the best thing which the House could do,
was to concur in all, rather than send
them to a Conference Committee. He
| therefore moved to concur in all the
Senate amendments. Carried, and the
| House at 5:20 o'clock, took recess til
10 A. NJ, having first resolved that nc
business should be in order during next
session, except to receive messages from
the President and Senate, enroll bills AND
in reference to the general appropriation
bills.
The Closing SessIOn-Bad Head
aches and no Business.
At ten this morning the members gen
orally wore an expression of wearinesE
consequent on the long night session anC
the want of rest. After about five min
utes spent in the presentation of an ex-
ecutive message the House took furthel
recess until IL o'clock. Meanwhile thu
members gathered in groups holding
noisy conversation over the scenes of the
night session and preparations for the
opening of the AID Congress and the gal.
leries gradually filled up with spectators.
At IL A. N. q resolution was adopted
to pay ]. ]. Hines, of Alabama, $500 fol
contesting the sest to which he was en-
titled.
Unanimous consent being asked fol
several propositions of various kinds
Mr.. Randall objected, aud gave notice
that he would object to everything
Business, therefore, came to stand still
and the buzz of conversation becam
general again in the House and galleries
There was not a vacant seat in the gal
leries.
At11:4O A. NJ. the Committee appoint
ed for that purpose, called on the Presi
dent and were authorized to report L
| Congress that he had no further commu
nicatiOn to make.
The hour of noon arrived, when th
call was interrupted by the fall of tn
Speakers gavel. Suddenly the clamor c
the House was hushed into perfect 81
lence, when the Speaker, addressing tn
House, returned his grateful thanks fC
their support during the session, referrin
to the fsct that the House of this Cor
gress was the first for ten years in whic
all the States were represented, and dt
claring the fOrty-first Congress adjourne
sine die. The applause in the chambt
and galleries was general and long su:
tanned. Having left the chair he receive
the congratulations of members.
The Presidents Chamber - Bill
that Failed OF Approval or Cor
curFence.
The President and members of Il
Cabinet, together with his Private Seer
tary, occupied the Presidents room net
the Senate chamber, where the Presidel
signed all bills presented him, excep
ing nine, among which are: the act fl
the purchasers of land sold for direct ts
r in insurrectionary States; the bill ,relati'
to the Selma, Rome and Dalton Railros
Company; and the bill relating to tel