Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-05-29
FORTT.FIFTH CONGRESS,
WEDNESDAY. Nav 90

SENATE. - The Chair appointed Messrs
Dorsey, ingalls, and Barnum members of the
conference committee on the District gov
ernment bill.
Mr. Eaton, from the committee on foreign
affairs, reported a bill in relation to the
awards by the United States and Venezuelan
mixed commission, allowing the President
discretion in the settlement of the awards
and the appointment of new commission il
ne deems the same necessary. Placed on the
Mr. Sargent, from the committee on naval
aHalTS, submitted report on the affairs of the
Br9oklyn navy yard and the affidavit of Alex
printed and laid on the table.
On motion of Mr.. Anthony, il was ordered
that when the Senate adjourn to-day il be 10
On motion of Mr. Thurman, the House bill
to confirm the title of Benjamin E. Edwards
TO a certain tract of land in New Mexico, was
Also, a bill for the relief of Nancy A. .Herrick
OF Rochester. NY. Passed.
;, On motion of Mr.. Bailey, the bill for the re-
lief OF John Clinton, postmaster of Browns
vile, Tenn, was taken up and passed.
Mr.. Mitchell then addressed the Senate in
support OF proposed amendment TO the river
and harbor bill providing for the construction
OF locks around the cascades i'm the Columbia
river.
THE WOMAN QUESTION.
Mr.. Sar gent moved to take up the House bill
to relieve certain legal disabilities of women
known as Mrs. Lockwood'S bill-to admit
women to practice before the Supreme Court.
announcing that ii was SO near the expiration
OF the morning hour that he expected no more
tEah a test vote as TO the friends OF the bill at
this time.
The vote resulted yeas 26. nays 26. and was
manly party vote; MessrS. Conkling and
Hamlin voting no and MeSSrS. Butter. McDon-
aid and Voorhees, voting aye.
The Senate then resumed the consideration
of the
LEGISLATIVE. EXECUTIVE, AND JUDICIAL AP-
PROPRIATION BILL,
when came over as unfinished business from
Mir. Window said the bill was not as formid
able as il appeared. Ii covers with amenG-
menIfS, mel Sg4 pages Notwithstanding the sew
erai hundred amendments, a half-dOZen gen.
eral points covered very nearly all of them.
HOUSE.-Mr Wood called up the Joint res
Olution of the Senate for an adjournment of
Congress on June 10th, and moved that its
further consideration be postponed until the
Sth day of June
On IA rising vote it was manifest that the
Wood interpOSed motion to ad journ and de-
manded the yeas and nays.
MI MT Hale.-Why, the gentleman from New
York is certainly not going to fillibuSter against
his own motion. [Laughter.l
The motion to adjourn was rejected.
Inc QUESTION then came up on the motion to
postpone the consideration of the resolution,
and the motion was defeated by majority
OF eight, the vote standing l24 yeas to l32 nays
MeSsrs: Ryan and Haskell, of Kansas,
nOttu Will the democrats In The Affirmative,
The following democrats voted in the mega
live: MesSrS. Aiken, Bell, Bland, Bouck.
Buckner, Cut er, Fuller, Hardenbergh. Lam
ders, Morgan, Morse, PridemOre, Rea anu
Willis IN. W 1'
Mr.. Kelley said he would have voted in the
Affirmative if he had not been paired
Mr. Wood then moved to lay the whole sub
ject on the table.
The motion was rejected by a vote of l25
yeas to l3l nays-thirteen democrats Aiken,
Bell, Burch, Bridges, Cutler, Fuller Harden
berg, Landers. Morgan, Morse PridemOre
Rea, and Willis, On. W voted in the mega,
tive. ~
Mr.. GoOde inquired if iU would be in order
to move to fix another day.
The Speaker said it would not at that time
as the previous question was operating The
only way to get in an amendment was To non
concur i'll the Senate resolution.
The question was then taken on the Senate
resolution, and II was nOn-cOncuTred in by a
vote OF Ia yeas 10 l3l nays
MI. w God then moved TO reconsider the vote
rejecting the resolution, which prevailed, and
he then moved to insert the 9th of June i'm.
stead of the 10th.
MIR. Clymer moved to make it the 18th of
Sune, and upon that the yeas and nays were
ordered. The latter motion was agreed to by
ayOte of l64 yeas to 93 nays.
On all OF the above votes Messrs Oliver
Haskell and Phillips voted against fixing the
day to adjourn. MessrS. Ryan and Kelley
would have voted the same way if they had
not been paired. They were the only repub
!lcanS who voted against the resolutions to ad
1Ourn.