Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-12-26
Congressional Summary.
SENATE.

/
DECEMBER 15.-The Senate consumed
the whole day in discussing the silver
resolutions of Senator Matthews, with
out reaching vote.
HOUSE.
DEC ia number of bills were
introduced and referred. Mr.. Single
ton presented the report Of the
conference committee on the de-
fciency appropriation bill. He ex-
planned that the difference between the
two houses was $171, 900, and the com
mittee on conference of the house had
! yielded $l02, 900 to the demands Of the
senate committee.
After long discussion the report CT
the conference committee was agreed
to without yeas and nays.
The bill now goes to the president for
his signature.
At the end of the morning hour the
house proceeded to consider the bust
ness on the speakers table, and several
bills and communications were appro-
priately referred.
When the Paris exposition bill was
reached, Mr. Wood On. Y. moved the
house concur in the amendments.
Agreed to yeas, 124, nays, 80.
SENATE
Dec. 15.-Mr. Butler submitted
resolution for an investigation
of the discharge of the com
mittee on privileges and cleo
tons from the consideration of his ere
dentials ut the extra session, but Cam
/ al, ln az.
! that the resolution was violation of
! the agreement not to transact new bus
mess; and after an animated discussion
the resolution wen, over. A motion
! to 90 into executive session was de-
clared, also, to be against the agree
ment, but subsequently Mr. Thurman
said there was a matter which he had
! been informed would be brought to the
attention of the senate, and he moved
| that the doors be closed under rule G4.
| Agreed to unanimously.
The rule IA provides that on motion
made and seconded .closc the doors
of the senate in the discussion of any
business which may in the opinion Of
senators require secrecy, the prcsid-
ing officer shall direct the galleries to
be closed, and during the discussion Of
such motion the doors shall remain
| closed.
! This motion was submitted for the
purpose of considering the difficulty
between Messrs. Conkling and Gordon
i'll executive session yesterday, and
after the doors were reopened the fol-
lowing paper was made public;
| During the secret session Mr.. Ham
lin offered the following which was unan-
imously agreed to:
WHEREAS, A misunderstanding has
arisen between Hon. Roscoe Conkling
and Hon John b. Gordon in the course
of executive proceedings of the senate
of yesterday, and mutual understand
ing thereon having been arrived at as
set out i'll the following paper. 1t is or
dercd that said papers be entered at
large on the legislative journal of the
senate, that during an executive session
Of the senate held yesterday, words
were uttered both by Senator Gordon,
Of Georgia, and by Senator Conklng, of
New York, which We're mutually felt to
be uukind and offensive reports ofthc in
I Cltlclll appearing III ulc papers Oh lillS
morning, which are inaccurate and I'M
just to both speakers; on careful in
quiry rs to what was said by each
speaker and what was understood to be
sud by the other, it is certain that the
first offensive words We're inspired by an
honest misunderstanding of what had
/ been innocently said 10y the
other speaker One harsh remark
provoked another Us too often
happens, but al that was
offensive was the out growth of mis-
appropriation. Since such was the fact
we, who are the mutual friends Of both
senators, are of the opinion that it is
! due alike to the senate and to tine
speakers that whatever be unkind or
/ offensive in the remarks of either,
should be treated as if never uttered,
/ and we are now authorized to state are
mutually and simultaneously with
/ drawn.
/ lSigned) II. HAMLIN,