The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-03-02
Forty 'Third Congress- First Session.
HOUSE.

NJ uu,o WASHINGTON, Feb. %.
Eiact;nnS ue . VI MO, from the Committee on
Eiection, made report in the Georgia contest
ed election case that Mr.. Rawle the s;ttino
member is not entitled to the seat and thai
MI. Sloan the contestant is. The minority re-
port taking an adverse position was read.
Committee were called for reports of a private
character.
After long debate the bill giving validity to
extension OF patent for improvement in har-
vesting machines was passed,
After struggle between the two opposing
propositions, one by Mr. Hawley of ILL.,, to 90
into Committee of Whole Cd private calender
and the other by Mr.. E. H. Roberts of New
York to go into the Committee of the Whole
Oh the Presidents message for general debate,
the yeas and nays were demanded by Mr. Ran
that the day would be wasted anyhow, to
which remark Mr.. G. f. Hoar took exceptions
as supplementary but Mr.. Randall retorted
that that gentleman (Hoar) was wasting time
by such technIcalIties
The yeas and nays were ordered and then
two other deliatury motions were interposed on
which the yeas and nays were also ordered.
Neither side would yield to the other. Those
VINO wanted to 60 on with private business did
not want to hear written essays read, and those
VINO VINO mad such essays prepared thought private
business of very little Importance and so the
clerk went on calling the roll for the yeas and
nay AT the conclusion of the first roll call
wishes.
MI Hawley OF ILL.,, withdrew the motion to
go INTO committee of the Whole on private
calender and yielded to the counter pronosition
10 go INTO Committee of the Whole on the
Presidents message for miscellaneous debate.
Other opponents were not for yielding and
demanded yeas ana nays on Mr.. Roberts mo-
ton.
Mr.. Willard of VT, followed this with a mo-
ton to adjourn. and the majority on rising to
vote being against adjournment, demanded the
yeas and nays.
In the meantime Mr.. Banning presented
a petition of the Archbishop of Cincinnati,
GOV Noyes and Others of Ohio for the releas,.
or Edward Condor of Cincinnati; the last
American Fenian deta ned in England, which
was referred to the Committee on Foreign At
fairs.
Mr.. Willard of VT, stated that his reason for
moving to adjourn was that when 1t was pro-
posed by the Chairman of the Committee on
Claims SHawley of Ill,) to go into Committee
vi tne whole on the private calendar, the
gentlemen on the Democratic side of the House
interposed filibustering motions and one gen.
tleman (RandalD had stated that unless there
was AN agreement to devote the rest of the day
TO aeoate no business whatever would he done.
After further fllibustering, all opposition
was Withdrawn or overcome the House went
into Committee of the Whole on the Presidents
message.
Mr.. Brown of KY, read a speech arraigning
the Republican party for political and financial
sins.
At the close of Browns speech Mr.. Raideyof
5. C., sent to the clerks desk and had read
letter written by Mr.. Brown to the Louisiana
Courier in 1861, tending to show his loyalty to
the Union was not at that period distinguish
ing feature of his character
Mr.. Millken of KY, followed with written
speech against the educational bill.
Mr.. Mellsh addressed the House in support
OF the bill to provide money of the United
States and regulate its value.
Several other members asked and obtained
leave to have speeches printed ithout being
delivered and then at o'clock the House ad-
iOurned