The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-30
ADJOURN MENT.
kWE HOUSE PASSES A RESOLUTION
TO ADJOURN JUNE ~.
rhe Time of the Senate Taken Up Mainly
with the Legislative, Executive ana
Judicial Appropriation Hiil.

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Thereto. Ordered printed and laid on the table
On motion of Mr.. Anthony. 1t was ordered
Mat when the Senate adjourned to-day 1t beto
n Mr.. Mitchell then addressed the Senate, in
ugporI Of ae9o for hn c %
Eda'ioeks around the cascades In the Columpla
M. Sargent moved to take up the House biz
known as Mrs. Lock woods bill, to admit women
10 practice before the Sapretnb s uonai an Of
the morning hour that h. expected no m, more
THAN test vote as to the frienns OF the blll az
and and was yso nearly party vote. Messrs Oonkling
and Hamlin voting no. and Messrs. Butler NC
\ donald and VOORHEES, voting yes; s,aora,ior of
The Legislative executive and judicial apnro,,
priation bill. which came over as diminished
D' Mr. WINDOW said that the total estimates for
1879 we're SIC 3e2 CIT The appropriai9n,s e. lor
49, to which was ada . s ns ns
The total appropriation by this bill. VI: W.
being less than last year by .b i hnSps
were too small rather than that they we're 700
large The amount was s7s7 '695 less than the
OF tmates. 49, ..oaro, no;r+s
of difference, which were first, q revision OF
the compensation and number OF EMPLOYEES o,
tobe put back; secon1 the House bill attempts
10 regrade or rather degrade. The clerical tnrne
in the several departments wnien tne
of Of tie force and should be put back third.
aboishng the fourth and nth a9dors Whicn
] out The House had also attempted to reor-
Ranize the messenRershiUs OF the departments
BY providing assistant messengers anu ps t ,ho
II was the nearly unanimous opinion OF inc
would be Of little use and this provision had
The House had appropriated for laborers IN
lump The experience OF Gnngreas mao and az
! b,l hnap onopded tn mnka AUTHORIZATIONS tOf
q certain number. The House had also re-
dueed the Compensation OF laborers. me CON com
mitee did not think they we're now oyerpalh,
and that Ms no reduction WAS made in the salt-
| aries Of members Of Congress-. 1T was not worth
There had been no Increase Of salaries. except
In a few cases where 1t was rec mm"nded Tor
! good reasons. nor had any new Offices been
These made up the great bulk of the amend
tents reported bv the committee;
Mr. Mcdonald introduced bill TO establish
board to be known the Board Of Pacific
Railroad Commissioners, and for other pur-
poses. Referred to the Committee on the Ju-
The Legislative appropriation bill by sections
was then commenced BY the clerk, and the NJ
merous amendments were generally agreed TO
At the suggestion of Mr., Anthony: clerks for
the public printer wer. made chlat $4,000 three
clerks of class 4, one OF class and one OF class
The clauses restoring the Fourth and Fifth
Auditors were az reed to without dissent
THE HOUSE.
Mr. Wood. of New York called up the Joint
resolution OF the Senate for an Adjournment OF
Congress on June 10 and moved that Its further
consideration be postponed until the eighth day
OF June. .p
puplicans we're in The majority. and MIR. WOOD
interposed o motion to adjourn and demanded
MI. Hale-Why, the gentleman from New
York Is certainly not going to filibuster against
his own motion Laughter
2The motion to adjourn was rejected.
'The question then came up on the motion to
postpone the resolution and the motion was
defeated by a majority OF eight votes. standing
Messrs Ryan and Haskell. Of Kansas, voted
with the Democrats In the affirmative, and the
following Democrats voted in the negative:
Messrs Aiken Bell Bland. Bauck, Buckner.
Cutter. Faller Hardenbergh Landsrs. Morgan.
Morse Predemare, Rea and Willis OF new
Mr.. Kelley. Of Pernsylvania, said he would
have voted in the affirmative If no had not been
Mr.. Wood then moved to lay the whole sub
iect on the table.
The motion was rejected by vote OF 12' yeas
Thirteen Democrats. Aiken, Boil. Bauck
Bridgers, Cutler Fuller, l1enburg S Sanders'
Mr.. doodle. Of Virginia inquired If 1t would be
in order to move to fix another day.
The Speaker said it would not at this time rs
the previous question was operaf Ing. The only
way to get in an amendment was to non-concnr
Gin the Senate resolution. The question was
then taken on the Senate resolution and 1t was
non-concurred in by vote OF l27 yeas to l3i
Mr. Wood then moved to reconsider the vote
rejecting the resolution. which prevailed, and
then moved to insert the twenty-fourth OF June
instead Of the tenth.
Mr.. Clymar, of Pennsylvania moved to make
it the seventeenth Of June. and upon that the
yeas and nays we're ordered.
The latter motion was agreed to by vote OF
On al the above votes Messrs. Oliver. of Iowa,
uly1.1 nd ina nf cd
hxinf a day to adjourn, and Mr. RYAN. of Kan.
sas. md Mr.. Kelley. Of PENNSYLVANIA. would
paired. These we're the only Republicans who
voted against the resolution to adjourn.
The ama o i, aoq bv on ar ys'1
Mr.. Singleton, of M,ssi sippi, rom the {, com =,
hhittee of conference on the consular and diplo-
matte appropriation BIZ submitted report
and 1t was agreed to by the House. The bill ap-
propriates SCI 600 less than was approprltt Z" for
the consular and diplomatic service In the Dill
Mr. Atkins, of Tennessee. from the Commit
priating the sum of $40 900 out Of the contin;
gent fund to pay the expenses OF the special
committee appointed to investigate the alleged
frauds in the pr sidential cleo lon.
Mr.. Conger made the point OF order thai the
bill must have its first consideration In COM
mittee Of the WI ole
The Sneaker sustained the point OF order.
Mr. Atkins then moved n It the House resolve
itself into committee OF thu whole: his purpoe,.
The House accordingly went into committee
of the whole Mr.. Caldwell of Tenn ssee. In The
chair. . = ,., \,
calendar and take up that Just reported by him
Mr. Conger insisted tina the regular orde
should be proceeded with. that hits should %
taken up and disposed IT In order. -
The first bill on the tendar was one 70 rhg u,
late the compensation OF pnstmasters; whci
was laid aside by vote bv Hers. Inc mex
was one to regulate the granting Of pension
non account of death wounds orirjuries receives
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United States and for the payment OF arrear
OF pensions. -
Mr. Rice. Of Ohio, hored thai the bill wou
not be- laid aside. but that 1t would be taken
and passed. ... 80,
srho Nc fora snaciac nurnnae hnt AS the gentle