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CONGRESSIONAL,
Forty-Fifth Congress.

Forty Fifth Congress.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-HOUsE.-Mr,
O'Brien moved a call of the house but
the speaker, counting, said there was a
quorum.
Mr., Walling demanded call.
The chair said he considered that a
dllatory motion but was bound to submit.
he said while it was allowable under the
rules OF the house it was not under the
law.
Mr.. Wood wanted to offer a resolution
but Mr., Walling insisted on his motion.
Mr.. HaSkins said if call could be de-
manded any time during the proceedings,
further business was impossible; nobody |
had right to claim there's no quorum it
the chair has ascertaned there IS.
Mr.. Walling disclaiming any reflection |
on the chair IN not accepting his state |
ment and demanded the yeas and nays, |
| which resulted yeas, 6S, nays l69 and a |
call of the house was refused. This pro
ceedlng consumed an hour and quarter
aud was followed by motion to recon
slider, which the speaker entertained
Notwithstanding Mr. Woods protest.
The speaker contended that he had never
ruled or decided or inferred that a motion
to reconsider was a dilatory motion.
The motion to reconsider was tabled, ia
to 6.
MeSsrs Wood, Poppleton, Caulfeld and
Mills struggledsfor recognition, claiming
that they had questions of the highet
privilege to submit. 1t seemed that the
speaker had recognized Mr.. Wood before
the motion for a call of the house and Mr..
Poppleton presented objections to the
certificate from Vermont, consequently
the speaker arranged with these gentle
men that Mr.. Poppleton should offer MIR.
, Woods resolution aud that Mr.. Wood
should move the previous question. In
the meantime Mr. Caulfeld, who was not
recognized. handed Mr.. Poppleton a
resolution sent to the clerks desk. The
= speaker suggested that this was hardly in
consonance with the agreement made, but
. Mr.. Poppletcn insisted on the reading 1t
recites that the Hewitt package of votes
from Vermont was duplicate of the one
: which was sent to the president Of the
, senate; that such a package had been
3 made a part Of the objection
to the certificate of Vermont and still
remained unopened, and that the objections
cannot be considered while such package
is retained by the president or secretary Of
the senate and therefore resolving that the
refusal of the president of the senate to
open such package in the presence OF the
two houses was violation of the law anC
of the privileges of the house and tht
counting of the vote cannot proceed unit
, such vote is counted, and that the senate
be requested to meet the house IN JOIN
session that the package may be opened
The speaker then announced that tht
:, new legislative day had begun.
There was brief pause during prayer
:" but the reading of the journal gave Mr.
.. Springer an opportunity and he demanded
that the detailed statement OF papers
Al votes, etc., be not omitted.
p The speaker stated that it was impossi
bic, as the details were not copied IN tn
journal The speaker refused to entertain
e pIeted When the reading ended, Mr.
e Springer moved that the journal be cor
R. rected and that the paper submitted oI
IN on the Coohe question be inserted.
y Mr.. Wood moved to suspend the read
a ing OF the journal and the yeas and nay
II resulted, yeas Us, nays IS.
R 3e Mr.. Wood then raised the point t
order that the house must consider tn
Vermont objections ard that Mr.. Popple
y toms proposition was out of order.
Mr. Caulfeld said that was correct, ,unles
=, there was an impediment in the way
Mr.. Springer had yesterday offered OF
u, jections, together with a certificate whic
the vice president refused to open.
Mr. Hooker argued against the point c
GO order and for the admission of the secon
certificate.
MIR, Reagan supported the point q
order.
The house has passed through seer
of the widest uproar and exclteme1
owing to the persistent efforts of impra
ITS ticabes to prevent the house from pr
OF ceeding with the decussion on the obje
. tious to Vermont count. Among tt
most demoustrative was Mr.. Beebe
New York (l4th district, Newburgh d
trict) who. not satisfied with his effor
to attract attention on the floor, mounts
his desk and made the widest gesticul
!, tions and protestations against the acti
of the speaker. At least dozen, lnclu
he'd ing Messrs. O'Brien, Poppleton, Cauife
Tan and Sp~ niger were shouting all at once
'om the top of their voices. The demonstr
ton was hissed, both from the floor a.
'ro- galleries, aud it was Only after the mt
strenuous efforts on The part OF the speak
and the interference Of the sargeant-
arms with bis mace, and the clearing
IN the lobhies at the back Of the membe
Hi seats. that some appearance OF order v
'Vs restored.
AM The speaker regretted that, where
md, side had good and substantial objectlo
s6giy to the electoral count, that any oth'
-iaIs should be made which would not comma
fun the respect of the house. The speal
tock to- said:
are ar With best respects for all parties c.
1usi- cerned, the chair considers that grt
Puts mistake aud wrong was committed vest
.and nd day in the joint session of the two hous
New in this, that the presiding officer refu
to receive, even for opening, reading {
: information, a package which had all
= surroundings authentic to papers in
spect to an electoral vote in the state
Vermont The chair does not thi
Il lin any aspect of this CT
~ be would be called upon to rule that
action of the presiding officer of the j
convention yesterday was wrong he does
think he possesses the power. Iu tect
cal sense, the action of the joint convent
can be reviewed iu this house 10 the II
} proposed, and yet there is, above a
fact on which this matter re
that fact is whether
house should have possession of Il
nring airing papers. To that extent, and to that
q fact tent only. the chair thinks that the r.
os,1ss sGae luton of the gentleman from Ills, [