New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-06-10
NETWORK MONDAY, JUNE TO- 1872.


the bill with the Objectionable amendment known S I'LL"
Enforcement act. -, -,
place the bill any favorable position nor uep'o
the majority Of any rights it now possessed -, n,
ELDRIDGE Dem, Wis) stated that the bill was now
on the Speakers table. and could not be reached
atwOthrds majority, while IL would require ohy M
jority vote TO pass it after 1t came from the Com''o0
on Appropriations -,
each side OF the House including one by MT kEkh
lnd) that all the Senate amendments should 90 acea
upon subject TO simple majority vote, except az 70 ne
o9eotl0na6le amendment, as 70 which t"othlrus "
jority should be required. ,..o.
was allowed to 20 over for the present without any Ao
Mr. CAMPBELL CDem., Ohio offered resolution re-
curing twotirds vote the enforcement anendileht
TO the sundry Civil Appropriation BILL leaving all the
OtieF amendments 10 be governed by simple mVoritJ
Mr. HOAR Gsep. Mass) made the point of order that
the House had no night to adopt such resolution ,
The Speaker having ascertalned from Mr. Campbell ana
matter be referred to Conference Committee sustained
the point or order and refused to entertain the resou
ton. as Il would not settle anything
Mr. BECK Dem, XVI offered resolution asserting
that the Objectionable Senate amendment was unconst
be returned 70 the Senate Rejected by party vote.
Mr. GARFIELD remarklng That he desired to do every
thing IN MS powertO expedite public business moved that
the rules be suspended and the Sundry Civil Appr0pria
ton bill be referred 20 the Committee Appropriations
Rejected by party vote, there being less than tWohrds
in the affirmative.
The vote having been announced, 81 to TO- Mr. BANKS
demanded the regular order OF business, when the
SPEAKER announced that the morning hour com
menced. The first business was bill reported by Mr.
COBURN, rep, Ind), from the Committee Military
Affairs, TO enable hOnOrably discharged soldiers sail
or their widows and orphans, to acquire homesteads
Mr.. FARNsWORTH rep. Ill reminded the Speaker
that he mad said there could DO no morning hour during
The SPEAKER said that that 30, If motions to
suspend the rules were interpOsed.
DIR. FARNsWORIH proposed to make such a motion,
but the SPEAKER said that Mr. COburn entitled 10
the floor and the reading OF the bill proceeded WITH
THE point OF thisparliamentary move is that, after
tho morning hour, majority may carry the m0u0nt to
60 to the Speakers taDle.-Reporterl
Inc morning h0ur having expired, MI GAIf iELD
moved at y o'clock TO proceed 70 business the Speak
eTs ablea motion which required only majority vote
and which would enable the house TO reach the sundry
Civil Appropriation bill.
This motion started flibustering movement on the
part OF the Democrats, commencing with a motion oy
Mr. HOLMAN Dem, Ind that the House take recess
till o'clock, and one by Mr. ELDRIDGE that the House
adjourn on each OF which motions the Yeas and Nays
After wasting an hour voting by Yeas and Nays, Mr.
GARFIELD made another appeal to the House TO escape
from the deadlock He moved 20 nOnconeur In oil the
Senate amendments, aud refer them to Committee OF
Mr.. CAMPBELL expressed the hope that that sugges-
Mr.. BECK hoped that Mr. Campbells suggestion would
not carry the Democratic side OF the House. They
would for everything hut the bayOnet amendment
aud he suggested mat the committee on Appropriations
should take the bill as IL now Stood with tho exception
Of that obnoxious amendment and pass 1T as an original
bill and send 10 10 the Senate.
Mr.. GARFIELD said that one objection to that was,
that many OF the other amendments ought not 10 DC
agreed to- They increased the appropriation by
$4,000.
Mr.. BECK thought II better to let that amount be
wasted than TO place bayonets at every polling place III
the country
Nir. FARNSWORTH argued that the minority would
have just as much chan OF defeating this legislation
after report from the Conference Committee II had
now and he not at all certain that the Senate would
not recede from the Objectionable amendment ,
After further coOquy the attempt to effect an AMIGA
be compromise failed and the weary routine OF calling
the Yeas and Nays on dilatory motions was resumed
Finally motion TO take recess having been agreed TO
by by telers vote Of Yeas and Nays was called
for and then motion TO adjourn was made on the part
Of those who were the special friends OF the Senate
legislation which drew the remarks from the Democrats
that the fibusterng the other side OF tho
House. The motion adjOurn negatiY 40;
Nays 103.
After further time had been wasted in dilatory mo-
tons, Mr.. GARFIELD moved TO suspend the rules and
adopt the resolution nOn-concurrng with the Senate
amendments to the sundry Civil Service Appropriation
bllL and agreeing to a Committee OF Conference, and
that House take recess till O'Clock Monday
morning. Agreed to without q division.
The SPEAKER thereupon appointed as such Commit
tee Messrs. Garfield Palmer, ana Niblack.
Tie House then 10 O'Clock, took recess till o'clock
Monday morning.