The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-04-25
HOUSE.

At the expiration Of the morning hour a mes
sage was received from the Senate, announcin
that that body had adopted a resolution for tn
final adjournment of Congress on the tenth @
June. The announcement was received with ap
pause.
Mr.. O'Neill desired to call up the resolution 70
present consideration, but the Speaker recognizes
Mr., Cox IN. " to move to go to business on tn
Speakers table.
The motion was agreed to and the senat
amendments to the House bill for the erection o
public buildings in Kansas City, Mo-, were con
curredin
The concurrent resolution for the final ad
journment Of Congress on the 10th of June came
up.
Mr. Wood IN. ny moved the reference of the
resolution (under the 54.h rule) to the Committee
on Ways and Means
Mr.. ONeil rose at the same time and moved the
House proceed to the consideration now.
The Speaker, however, intimated to him that il
was proper for the Chair to recognize on that sub.
ject the Chairman of the Committee on Ways and
Means.
Mr. 0'Neill replied with some Warmth) that he
presumed to be able to say, as well as the Chair.
man of the Committee on Ways and Means, the
Speaker or any other man, whether the business
of the House could be finished by the 10th Of
June.
The previous question was seconded on Mr..
Woods motion by a vote Of III to 1O5, and then a
vote was taken by yeas and nays, and the mo.
tion to refer the resolution to the Committee on
Ways and Means was defeated-yeas, 107 nays
120.
Mr. Wood thereupon moved to postpone further
consideration of the resolution till the third Mon.
day in May
Mr. Wright moved to postpone till this day a
week.
MIR O'Neil claimed that he had right to the
recognition of the Chair, and moved the resolution
be cOnCurTed in.
The Speaker gave precedence to Mr.. O'Nein's
motion.
Mr.. Wright moved to reconsider the vote refus.
ing to refer the resolution.
Mr., Garfield moved to lay that motion on the
table.
Mr.. Springer interposed motion to adjourn,
RCieCted-yeas, 81; nays, lac.
Mr.. Clarke MOI moved that the House adjourn
to meet on Monday. Rejected on a yea and nay
vote.
After two hours spent in voting on this and 9th.
er dllatOry motions, on which the anti-tartf Dem
oCrats voted with the Republicans in order to
force an early adjournment Mr.. Durham present
ed conference report on the deficiency bill for
to protect timber lands He was proceeding to re-
ply 20 statements of the Senate Conferees in the
Senate when he was interrupted by point of or. |
der made by Mr.. Banks and sustained by the |
Speaker, that it was unparlamentary to refer to |
proceeding in the Senate. He said that he could |
get at il without violation Of the rule and there.
fore asserted in denial Of the claim that the Senate
was as economical as House, that the Senate had
tackled on to this bill amendments increasing the
appropriation to the amount of about S90O0O II
had also been alleged, he said, that one Of the
points in controversy was in reference TO the ap-
pointment ofspecial agents to look after ware
houses He represented a district which was
largely interested in dstilling and where he was
sorry to say, mOOnshiners existed to some extent
He never would protect mOonshiner knowingly
but neither would he vote money to the Commits.
sioner ofInterpal Revenue to send out spies to en-
trap men. The extravaganza of the Senate was
as plain proposition as was ever yet on mans
nose. (Laughter.) And he insisted that the House
down the brakes on such extravaganza.
As to the item for postal clerks he would leave
the explanation about that to his colleage on the
committee, BlOunt.
Another motion TO adjourn was made, and was
again resisted on the Republican side of the
although the Speaker, in response to in
luiries, said that the conference report and reso
luton for adjournment would come up again to.
morrow under the previous question. The vote
was then taken by yeas and nays and was deCid-
I'd in the ahirmatiye-169 to 96. The House there.
lpon adjourned