Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-06-20
,eading of the bill in full, intending in that

Mr. Cannon desired to make a statement
but Mr.. Waddell objected most decidedly Il
his doing so, aud he joined Mr.. Ward ant
| Mr.. Freeman in demanding the reading o
| the speaker ruling that motions to suspend
the rules did not deprive a member of hi
right to call for the reading of d bill.
Mr. Cannon offered to withdraw the bill
| but he was overruled In that, and the CLERK
| commenced to read the bill.
Before he had been FIVE minutes reading
his voice failed. and a member of the house
(Keifer) stepped to the desk and relieved til,
clerk. This act was greeted with shouts o
laughter and cries of louder, "louder.
After while Mr.. Freeman. who had previ
ously announced that he could not be ''bull
dozed, ;" relented and Withdrew his demand
for the reading, but his colleague, Mr.. Ward
persisted that the bill should be read. Tn,
tumnlt increased to such an extent that the
speaker called on the sergeant-at-arms to re-
store order, and that functionary, shoulderinf
his heavy mace, tapped with large sized
silver eagle, marched up and down the vari
GUS aisles amid shouts of laughter, cheer
and clapping of hands. When this little cpl
sode was over, Mr.. Keifer resumed the read
ing of the bill.
After some time Mr.. Keifer was relieved by
Mr.. Humphreys, Mr.. Humphreys by Mr..
Cummings, Mr.. Cummings by Mr.. Harden
bergh and Mr.. Hardenbergh by Mr.. Stone
The reading was finished at alf-past ten
o'clock by means OF liberal skipping, and
then was declared passed by an equally lib
eral counting of votes, Mr.. Dunnell in the
chair as! speaker pro tenn, in spite of Mr.
Wards protests against both.
Mr.. Hamilton moved to suspend the rules
and pass the senate bill in relation to the
Venezuela mixed commission. Agreed to.
The bill repeats the act of April 25, 1866, tc
enforce the stipulations of the Venezuelan
commission.
The speaker announced the appointment
of the following committees:
On the reorganization of the army-Messrs
Banning, Diborell, Bragg, Strait, and White
On the transfer Of the Indian bureau tc
the war observation-disclosures. Scales, Boone,
Hooper, VOORHEES,, and Stewart,
On the labor question-Messrs. Hewitt [ N
VI, Biddell, Dickey, Tucker, Thompson,
Rice, and Boyd.
On motion of Mr.. Atkins, leave was grant
cd the committee on appropriations to meet
on the twentyfrst of November next to pre-
pare the appropriation bills.
Mr.. Atkins then made conference report
on the sundry civil appropriation bill. He
explained the report which, however, he had
not signed, because, he said, of the appro-
priation for the Halifax award, which he
thought unjust. The bill, he said, as origin
ally reported, appropriated SIG, 548, 900, as il
passed the house SIT $50, 1856, and as ii
passed the senate $22, LOIS, 100, exclusive of
the appropriation for the Halifax award; as it
came from the conference committee the bill
had been cut down to $19, $50, 100, also ex-
elusive of the Halifax award.
A discussion ensued regarding the Halifax
award, Messrs. Hewitt n. Y. War6eld and
Hale favoring, and Butler and Cox [ N. Y. ]
opposing it.
The house then proceeded to vote on the
conference report, and it was adopted, its OPP
ponents being in too small a minority to or
der either the yeas and nays or tellers, and
the vote OF a division being ayes, 129; noes,
%. The announcement of the result was
hailed with applause.
Mr.. Tucker declined to serve on the select
committee on the labor question, and Mr..
Jones Ala. was appointed in his stead.
The house concurred in the senate resolu-
ton extending the session to three o'clock in
the morning, and took recess till two o'clock
in the morning.
The house was called to order at two
O'Clock.
Mr.. Garfield appealed for unanimous con-
sent to take up and pass the bill relieving
from taxation in the District the property of
the late Chief-Justice Chase. He thought it
an act of justice to the memory of great
man. ---4s
Mr.. Bouck objected, and as Mr.. Garfield
had not the floor for the purpose, he could
not move to suspend the rnles.
We go to press before the last hour agreed
upon by both houses for adjournment-fve
o clock this morning. The last extension OF
the session was made to allow time for the
enrolment of the sundry civil appropriation
How AIillionaires Worship.
New York Sun: Attracted by the sound
of silver bells, nearly two thousand person s
filled the Fifth avenue Presbyterian church
yesterday morning, and listened to peculiar
Satan in particular. The magnIfcence of
this Presbyterian church cannot be easily ex-
aggerated. Costing not far from a million
golden dollars, it stands on the fashionable
side of Fifth avenue, monument of the po-
tency of wealth, a luxurious symposium for
the representatives of not less than two hun
bred million dollars. Large as its dimensions
are, its seating capacity is In the neighbor-
hood of eighteen hundred only, for men who
can afford to pay for hardwood seats polished
to the verge of satin, cushioned in crimson
and bountifully supplied with stuffed pillows
for the weary back, do not like to be
crowded while at their Sunday exercises.
Fronting the congregation is the pulpit, on
the facade of which, carved in sturdy oak,
are the angel, the lion, the bull, and =, the
eagle, types of the four evangels, but often
taken by uninformed observers as types of
the bulls and bears of Wall street, who so
literally contributed to pay for the costly pile.
The pulpit itself IS like howery bed of ease.
Carpeted it is with the choicest fabric known
to the weaver's loom, thick and soft, and
yielding to the feet of those "ho take hold
on righteousness. Three elegantly carved
arm chairs afford accommodation for the
clergy, and a. table of the same suite stands
at the right of the oficiator. Above the
speakers head beveled sounding-board i'm
parts resonance to the voice, and over this is
the gorgeous organ front, with carvings and
curlings, designed by artists and executed by
experts. All about the auditorium are mag
niicent stained glass, diamond cut windows.
through which the rays of the sun shine,
mellowed and tinted.
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