National Republican., 1878-06-14
house or REPREsESTITIvEs.

mr. but'hAhD raisod tnc question OF con-
siderati ion as against that motion.
Mr.. cox IN. W inquired II the motion Of
Mr.. ELLIS was not one of the very highest
questions Of privilege.
The SPEAKER said II was, and he rocog.
nized the right Of the gentleman to make the
motion, but the majority could control the
matter.
The House, by large majority, refused to
go on with the election case.
Mr.. Atkins motion TO 90 into committee
was agreed to by a vote Of 1l2 to 80.
Mr. HALE moved to suspend the rules and
adopta resolution that all further debate on
the bill and amendments be terminated, and
that discussions of points of order be limited
TO five minutes.
Mr.. REAGAN, who had been struggling to
get the floor TO move n suspension of the rules,
wanted to know how Mr.. HALE could get the
floor when he could not.
The SPEAKER said because II was the man
ifcst desire Of the House to go on with the
sundry civil bill, and this resolution was In the
direction of facilitating business.
Mr.. PHILLIPS inquired If this resolution
cut of all explanations Of amendments.
Mr.. HALE said that was his intention.
Several members hoped that no such gag
would he applied.
The resolution was however, adopted by q
vote Of 1l6 to 10, and caused good deal of
confusion.
Mr.. EDEN moved to suspend the rules and
pass the bill as II was originally reported from
the Committee on Appropriations, thus cut
ting out all amendments that had been made
in Committee of the Whole.
Mr.. ATKINS protested against the action
proposed by Mr.. EDEN.
Mr.. EDEN said II the gag was to be applied
and no discussion was to be allowed, we might
as well pass the bill in this way.
Mr.. ATKINS said he had opposed Mr..
HALE's resolution.
Mr. MILLS. How docs the gentleman from
Illinois get the floor to make his motiOnH
The SPEAKER. BY recognition of the
Chair.
Mr.. MILLS. Why are not other gentlemen
recognized TO move a suspension?
The SPEAKER. Because the gentlcmans
motion relates to the bill under consideration.
Demands were made oil all sides for the
reading of the bill, but the Speaker ruled that
Mr.. EDES's motion suspended all rules, even
that under which member had right to
demand the reading of paper.
Mcssrs HOOKER, KENNA, COX, aud
Others protested against that construction of
the rule.
Mr.. EDyN's motion to suspend the rules and
pass the bill was rejected by vote of 4s yeas
to 195 nays.
The House then went into Committee Of the
Whole.
Mr.. WILLIAMS (Mich.0 offered an amend
ment, which was agreed to, appropriating
$4,000 for care and preservation OF Yellow
stone Park.
The appropriation for the survey under Pro-
fessor Hayden was increased to $4,000, and
that for Professor Powell to $4,000.
Mr.. ATKINS offered an amendment, which
was agreed 10, apPropriating 5000 TO enable
the Commissioner of Pensions to rent the lower
floor of the building occupied by the Pension
Bureau.
Mr.. CLAFLIN offered an amendment ap.
prOpriating $50, 600 to erect u wall around the
Jail of the District of Columbia, and 10 provide
for the erection of workshops for the employ
mcnt of prisoners
The point Of order was made and sustained
that there was no law authorizing the erection
of the wall and the workshops.
Mr.. STONE offered an amendment, which
was agreed to, approprating Si1,l35 for the
purchase of stationery and newspapers for
Senators and Representatives for the present
session of the Forty-ffth Congress.
large number Of amendments were offered
and adopted to pay messengers, committee
clerks, pages, &c.
Dozens of other amendments were offered,
but as a rule they were ruled out on points Of
order
Pending further consideration of the bill,
the committee rose.
Mr.. BLOUNT submitted the conference re-
port Ou lHC iost-'uncc appropriation lli,WHiCi
was agreed to; and the House, at 4:30, took u
recess till 7:30.
EVENING SESSION.
When the House reassembled Mr.. ATKINS
did not Immediately move to go into COM
mittee, and large number Of bills and reports
were presented by unanimous consent, most of
them for reference to Committee of tho Whole
OH tho Private Calendar.
Mr.. COX IN. ", from Committee on For
eigu Affairs, reported a bill for an investiga-
tion of the case Of Edward o. NJ. Condor, now
confined in British prison for giving aid. rs
alleged, to Fenians. PASSED..
Mr.. BLAIR introduced bill to establish n
polytechnic school for the United States. Re-
ferred.
Mr. DEAN offered a resolution authorizing
the Committee on Expenditures of the State
Department TO sit during the recess, but oljec-
tiOn WAS made.
A like request by Mr.. BRoGpEN, for similar
leave for the Committee OH Expenditures of
the Post Office Department, was also objected
to.
Mr.. DANFORD, from the Committee on
Naval Affairs, reported bill authorizing the
sale of the small.arms now in use in the navy,
aud the purchase of arms similar to those used
in the army Passed.
Mr. WADDELL rose to a question of priv
ilcge, and offered a resolution that the rcsolu-
ton for an adjournment on Monday be re-
scindcd, and that the day of adjournment be
fixed for Thursday, June 20. Rejcctcd-yeas,
Al nays, ll3.
The House then went into Committee of the
Whole on the sundry civil appropriation bill.
The only amendment adopted was one au-
thOrzug the POsmastcr-Gencr to adopt Il
uniform canceling inl; or other appliance for
canceling stamps which tests and experience
may prove to have been practicable
When the second section Of the bill was
reached,
Mr. HALE made the point of order that that
and the succeeding sections to the end OithC bill
were not gcrInauG TO the bill, and that besides
it w4 new legislation. Crhc sections referred
to ali related TO the printing, binding, and dis
tributiOn of public documents. They involved
no money appropriatiOn.)
The CHAIR sustained the point of order,
and twcnty.six pages Of the bill were stricken
out at one swOop.
The committee then rose, and the bill as
amended was reported to the House.
The amendment prohibiting any reduction
of the pay of the police of Washington was
| cOncurred in without division.
Mr.. EDEN threatened tho other day to call
the yeas aud nays on that amendment, but he
did not do 50.
On concurrng in the amendment incrcasi ng
the appropriation for the Atlanta court house
the yeas aud nays were demanded, aud the
amendment was COncurrCd in-yeas, lil I;
nays, Is.
On concurring in the amendment increasing
the appropriNt'o0 Tor the custom-house at