Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-11-07

ten &. Burch, U. S. attorney for the
western district of Michigan S. S.
Matthews, u. S. marshal for the eastern
district of Michigan: III. III. Bates, New
York examiner in chief Of patent office.
10 be stmasters-Home A. Kenyon,
at Dwight, Rufus H. Mellin at Amboy,
VIM. Landermick, at Auburn, Gustavus
A. Pfrangle, at Aurora, Henry A. Mel
liter, at st. Claire, Edward S. Smith, at
Batavia, Eldridge D. Richardson eat
Cambridge-all in Illinois.
WASHINGTON, October 31.-The read
ing of the journal was not
concluded until 2:35, when papers in
large numbers on election cases were
presented by the speaker and referred.
Mr. Ewing, from the committee on
banking and currency, reported the
following bill: That the third section
of the act entitled an act to provide
for resumption of specie payments"
approved January 18th, 1875, be and
the same is hereby repealed.
Mr.. FortIpresented the views of the
minority committee in the shape of an
amendment to the bill, as follows, the
bill to repeal all that part of the act
approved January 18th, 1875, known as
the resumption act, which authorized
the secretary of the treasury to dis
pose of United States bonds and re-
deem and cancel greenback currency:
Be 1t enacted, &C.,: That all that por-
ton of the act which reads as follows
Quoting as above from the third sec
tom be and the same is hereby re-
pealed.
Mr. EWING move that the bill be
printed and recon- mitted.
Mr.. Garfield-And also the bill of the
gentleman from Illinois (Fort), as a
pending amendment.
Mr. Speaker-It can be presented as
an amendment proposed to be offered.
Mr.. Kelly-Is in order now to offer a
substitute?
Mr. Speaker-NOt without unanimous
consent.
Mr.. Fort understood that / had the
consent Of the committee to make a
minority report, and move it as an
amendment to the original bill If [
have that privilege, | desire to exer-
else it.
Mr.. Speaker-The control of the sub
ject is III the hands of the gentleman
from Ohio. The chair has given every
facility to the gentleman from Illinois,
which he was capable of giving him,
by fixing the status of his bill as pro-
posed amendment. The chair has not
the power to take from the gentlemen
from Ohio Ewing the right to amend
the previous question.
II No Io
proposition to recommit be voted down?
Mr.. Speaker--Then the bin will be
before the house.
The motion to recOmmlt was agreed
to without division, and Mr. Ewing
moved to reconsider that vote, his. ob-
ject being thus to get control of the bill
and be able to call it up at any time.
Mr. Conger moved to lay the motion
to reconsider ON the table.
Mr.. Speaker-The vote on that mo-
ton will be practical test of the sense
of the house.
Mr.. Springer-The gentleman from
Ohio has entered motion to reconsid-
er. Has he not the right to call up that
motion at any time?
Mr.. Speaker-Where motion to re-
it has been the practice of the house to
allow reconsideration to be called up
in the morning hours. The Chair thinks,
however, that the more equitable mode
would be where bill is reported in the
morning hour and motion to recon
slider made, to allow that motion to be
called up in the house after the morn
ing hour Otherwise, the morning hour
might be occupied in that way each day
to the exclusion Gifts regular business.
The gentleman from Illinois (Springer),
is aware that the practice here
tofore has been to allow
a motion to reconsider to be entered
during the morning hour, and to be
considered when called up in the morn
ing hour, although, as the chair again
states, that course is not in the interest
of facilitating business.
motion to reconsider under the impress
sion that it was the privilege of the
member of the committee who entered
the motion to reconsider, to call it up
at his discretion.
Mr.. Speaker That has been the uni
form p4actice of the house. but the
chair recognized the fact that any mem
Der Of the house can make motion to
lay it ON the table
, Mr.. EWING was under the impress
sion that no other member could move
to lay it on the table. 8a
Mr.. Speaker-The chair thinks that
mistake, but the gentleman does not
suffer unless a majority Of the house is
against his bill; for when his committee
is called he can again report his
bill and force action On it.
Mr.. Ewing If the motion to lay on
the table is in order, | am quite willing
to test the sense of the house on the
question now.
The vote was thereupon taken by
yeas and nays on Ccnger's motion to.
lay on the table the. motion to recon
slider the vote, recommitting the bill to
the committee on banking and currency
and the motion was rejected, yeas, 116;
nays, 1873, as follows:
Yeas-Messrs Aiken. Bacon, Bagley,
Baker, of.New York, Ballou, Blanks, Bis
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