The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-21

| low Wltn great NlROr, ana, some oil tne DOyS
being Sunday school scholars, with some ac-
| curacy. The Congressman are less accurate
| This over. the boys play tag around the cloak
At2 o'clock the House met again and sat for
nm hour and half. II did some business spas
medically. but not much. This. nuch. must be
said for disordcrly House. that 1t voted down
Jobs and utterly refused TO leg,slate when II was
no condition to iegis,nto AS sn 6ns G11r grey
| Twenty. thirty. forty. were on the 1oor. more
Or less under tho influence Of LIQUOR. When
tho confusion was ut iis height Such busl,
with cat calls. These middle.a .aged slccpess
| md somewhat tpsy men wed WIN ench other
| time tho Speaker ordered the Sergeant Arms
to take the mace from us place anu restore
| order. THOMPSON. his face on broad grin,
| TO DO his share Of the work. He moved toward
| Ben Butler who was standing AT the foot OF an
aisle actively adding TO the din. There is
nothing very imposing about, John q.
posing about the mace. which looks like an
ebony prizo bat with spread eagle on top. But
when Ben Butler saw It approaching, he drew
n look Of penitent awe over lis lace ana started
| up the aisle hoad down, arms spread, the mace
after him Tho Speaker roarcd. the House
roarcd men screamed and kicked and writhed
| ~ Butler duckcd his head and scuddcd into
cloak room. At last the House was persuaded
I TO take another reccss. after extending the scs-
sion till 7. Half mn hour before that time 1t mot.
| some few things were done none OF moment
| and then the demoraliz'd House adjourned.
The Senate was drowsy. uninteresting body
| all day yesterday. A good portion OF the after
| noon and evening, was spent IN executive sos
sion. great deal OF local interest attached to
| the first executive proceedings. The old Dis.
| trict Ring made desperate fight against one Of
| the men who had been nominated Tor the Dis
| trict Commission an Old citizen Of Georgetown.
and representative Of the property and bust
ness interests Of the District; There will DO
nearly, a hal, million OF dollars 10 be- jis, rs,
old Ring wanted a subseryient Commissioner.
The waning power 81 y tng ola hlns was was nr ap-
| tion leaked out There was practically no op-
position 10 Mr.. Dent the representative OF the
| Rings man, got through by majority Of only
| two votes. The new organic act of tho district
| requires the concurrence OF both Commission
ers to authorize 9ny expenditures. TO make
After the recess for dinner the senate went
si6Hcrs Sion to the InternGiionSi Mone,9ry conven-
ton hqd been passfd npo1 n he hths previous rSc'ES
very dsc3cd on @ Goakne a was NOT
tionally Shocked. He did not expect such
believe all this is ieigned on Conklipg's
part. l do not II i was ieisned i
about the scene in Tho executive sess ion agree
in saying ihnt Conklipg never eSoried himself
con'urred in. Many who b. ard his speech
cay il, was one q tie bcsi e1or's oi his
and he can Hi It be vefy rcrsus We when
| he tries 10 be. IL was all in vain. Tho motion
t. reconsider was lost 10y two votes \ singular
! circumstance contributes largely 10 this result
The Fraudulent President, anxious to pay the
trading politicians who had been sent TO louisi-
ana to carry into effect the iniatory part Of the
bargain by which he had beer counted In. nom
mated Jul ulgc Lawrence Of Illinois in Fenton's
place. There was moro than one Republican
Senator who wanted chance 10 slap the Fraud
ulent Administration in the face by rejecting
Hayes that Conklng's mori0n had failed by
only, two votes and tlgt Lawrence was sure to
BE- defeated. he quickly Withdrew the latter's
name and renominated Fcnton. who was con-
frmed after short, sharp struggle. py vote Of
Alta quarter past twelve came the report Of
the Conference Committee on the Sundry yiyil
bill. u was concultcd q. ~lthcut debate. The
commission on army reduction md the trans
fer oi tho Indian Bureau came next ia order.
\ long. weArsomc debate followed ON private
claim. that Of Geo. II. G.dllngs oi Texas. This
drow-y pro 'ccaing lasted for two hours And 2
hnlf with various Interruptions Gidiings Ind
been mail contra tor in l,ji- .. aud his clal m
/ has been passed upon lN Congress ana the
Court Of Chains The bill with amendments
The s,ene in the senate Chamber from and
during ihis tmo uil : O'clock WIS splril".S IN
sense. Thcr'was not 6s mu'h apparent drunk
enness on the Senate floor rs there was on tho
ioase was nericptibly drunk only one Sen.
Htor was conspruously so, There were sey-
cral. however, who wore rather toy full for plain
a. three ininu'os'of mo CLERK of the House
! Npl NNlci. ana the House febDlui N tAtDuulNg
the session was conrurrcd Ia. TueyJteby yeas
and nays on the G.dlings bin being still un-
finished desperate effort had 60 be lnnde o got
togcthera quorum, Senators were dragged out
oi cloak rooms. and c0me into the Senate much
worse in looks or the wear ana tear Of the
night session. One tall senator appeared IN
his stocking feet. several of them lay sleeping
on the sofas around the mate When awaken
ed to vote they would stand UP sometimes sup
ported by brother senator yoto and then dr5r
down on their sofa and or to their dreams
The session was further extended to and
subsequently 10 I O'fIOnk
The long delay which kept both chambers sit.
n,ent Of tn: 'bfi. Wien the conierencc commit
tee reports had been adopted 10y both Houses, a
room of the House. There was the bill as 1
passed ihe II IioqJG last week 14ir,y or forty big
on ese 9 sheets eS weo fSP' 3 or
and with the bill altered was the report OF
the conference comnieei telling in patient
treal'd 4. Out of this labyrinth the enrolling
clerk had 10 pick out the law as passed and
thcri. and it took them seven hours. II hat
beeh the case al the closing hours of a session
Ii At the President has, signed q blank page o
Fsq'edb iSdI bo Bin psEE@ psEana bs bs onrm6os m HsGG. re.
work began and wont on In confusion
Two or three men having official relations with
seemed to have neither the ability nor force tC
order matters smoothly; Somewhere IN tht
declared that the room must be cleared. anc
? cleared 1t was Rightly or wrongly this was
reme,mbered Against him when an error u
. hed, 70. be .comrare1 Or, lhe membeg'
Of the Committee on Enrolled Rills the only
= man on hand and able 70 do his work was
knney, the colored member. IN the ten min
of un-titrhed sheets. carried thom to the speak
, rr. the President of the senate, and then to Mr.
/ liaycs. It wus close work The law haly l.
40 ltiflhnI uUH Mr. IinVp- fnrt his