National Republican., 1878-04-18
FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
nbnfirued from Fyrs Ruoe. !

and the announcement was received with ap-
plauss on the Republican side.
Mr.. cox IN. " moved to proceed to tho
consideration of business on the Speakers
table. Agreed to.
The bills first taken up were House bills and
resolutions with Senate amendments, and tho
amendments to the following bills were con-
Cured in and the bills passed, viz: Bill for
relief Of Thomas w. Collier bill for relief OF
w. G. Snyder, of Illinois: bill for erection oil
public building in Kansas City, Mo.
The Senate resolution for a final adjourn.
ment Of Congress on juno 10 was then reached
and was laid before the House.
Mr.. WOOD moved to refer the resolution to
the Committee of Ways and Means.
On ordering tho previous question on Mr..
WOODS motion to refer the yeas were ITO and
the nays 105
Tho question was then taken by yeas and
nays, and the House, by n vote of lO7 yeas to
l39 nays, refused to refer the resolution.
Mr.. WRIGHT moved to reconsider the vote
just taken.
Mr.. GARFIELD moved to lay the motion on
the table.
The yeas and nays were ordered on Mr..
GARrIELD's notion. and, pending the roll
call,
Mr.. SPRINGER moved to adjourn. Tho
motion was rejected-ycas 81, nays lag
Mr.. CLARK (Mo.) moved to adjourn until
Friday. Reiected-ycas TO- nays 22i.
Mr.. FRANKLIN again moved TO adjourn.
Rejected-yeas 90, nays 100.
After this result had been announced, Mr..
DURHAM rose to make conference report,
which he claimed was privileged.
Tho Republicans demanded the regular or
der.
The SPEAKER ruled that conference re-
port was u question Of such high privilege that
II could be made even pending u motion to nd.
I'll
not lose its status. IL would come up rs soon
as the conference report was disposed Of
Mr. DURHAM then submitted the confer
| ence report on the bill for the employment OF
temporary clerks and to prevent depredatiOns
on timber lands. He said the confcrees had
not agreed to tho clause approprating $4,000
for deficiency for collectors of internal revenue,
&c. That had been put on by the Senate.
He was proceeding to speak upon the amend
ment and to quote speech made by Dir. BECK
in the Senate on the subject, when
| Mr. BANKS rose TO u question of order, and
said the gentleman could not quote what was
uttered in the Senate and comment on it
There was no one here to reply to II.
| Mr.. DURHAM said there was no one In the
Senate FROM this House to answer when the
attack was made on the House, and when
economical than the House lio denied II
senators had reflected upon the honor Of thi'
House, and he proposed TO defend that honol
on all occasions.
Mr.. BANKS said that If gentlemen In on,
House commented on the speeches delivered
in the other thcro would be 10 end TO the dis
CuSsOn.
Mr.. GARFIELD sympathized with the gen
tlcman in his efforts to set the House conferect
right, but there was another way TO do 1t
If speeches delivered in one House were to b.
quoted and commented on in another, the.
would get into an interininable jangle.
Mr.. DURHAM then proceeded to explain
the action OF the House confcrees. and arguet
that the appropriation Of 10000 ior collector
OF internal revenue was in no sense def
cheney.
At the close of his remarks, Nr. REAGAN
moved to adjourn.
The yeas and nays were demanded.
The SPEAKER, in reply to a question, sal,
that the adjournment resolution would com
up again tomorrow after the conference rcpor
was disposed OF.
The House then, by vote OF los yeas to o
nays, at $50 p. m adjourned.