The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-04-18
,ne,,e u .efatitnte BE Thurman funding bill,

move 10 Substitute the Thurman funding bill,
now on the Speakers table, for this.
The Speaker said the biIl would be reached
| II the House went To the speaker taDe aiter
-" NJ Elair. OF New Hampshire, from the
same committee, reported u bill in relation to
the settlement Of lands granted TO the Pacific
railroads. Referred To the committee Of the
whole, and made the special order for May IA.
The morning hour having expired. Mr..
Mills, Of Texas, said tfn,t at the session last
night all Of the bills on she private calendar
relating To pensions we're disposed OF. The
bills and reports made last night epsld be
printed In time for the action Of the session
this evening" and he, thercsDre, ,tasked nnan-
imOus consent that at tn" session fortnight
the House proceed to consider the other bills
on the private calendar
Mr.. White, OF Pennsylvania, objected.
Mr.. Rice, Of Ohio, hoped the objection
would be withdrawn; single objection 70
any pill on the calendar would prevent Its
consideration.
Mr.. White, Of Pennsylvania, said that II It
was understood that single obi.ction would
prevent action on any bill, he would with
draw his objection to Mr. Mills, request.
The Speaker said that one objection would,
OF course, prevent action.
Mr. Mills inquired how it would be as to
bills which had once been objected TO- and
whether 1t would not require five objections
tonight to prevent action on them.
The Speaker thought that the five could not
object tonight. That sort Of objection only
came in on consideration on the day when q
bill was reached the second time
Mr.. White, Of Pennsylvania, renewed his
objection.
message was here received from the
Senate announcing the passage OF q r"solu-
ton for the adjournment Of COngress on
June 10, and the announcement was received
with applause on the Republican side
| Mr.. Cox, Of New York. moved to proceed
to the business on the Speakers table
Mr. O'Neill. Of PenDs yvania. moved that
| f,itt
The Speaker said that another motion was
pending, and two motions could not be enter
| tained at once.
the resolution did not go to the Speakers
| table, and il 1t would not be reached in
order2
The Speaker replied that it would.
| Mr.. CUx's motion TO go to the Speakers
| table was then agreed TO-
The bills first taken up were House bills
and resolutions with Senate amendments,
and tho amendments to the following bills
the bill for the relief Of w. G. Snyder; the
bill for the erection OF q public building at
Kansas City, Mo.
FINAL ADJOURNMENT or CONGRESS-.
The senate resolution for final adjourn.
ment Of Congress ON June 10 was then reached
and laid before the House.
| Mr.. Wood, Of New York and Mr.. O'Neili, Of
PennsyIvania, both rose and addressed the
Chair. The Speaker recognized Mr.: Wood,
who moved to refer the resolution to the Com
mitt4.e Uf Ways and Means.
After some discussion the question was
taken by yeas and tys, and the House, by a
vote OF LOT to 139, refused to refer the resolu-
ton
| Chair and the Speaker recognized him.
Mr.. ONeil claimed that be should be recog-
nized under all parliamentary rules, a5 he had
principally oppos' Mr.: Woods motion.
The Speaker recognized the gnntlnmnn ;n IN, nS
| right to move to concur. but Mr.. Wright had
risen, rs the Speaker was advised to move To
reconsider the vote just taken, and that Was
q question OF high privilege.
Mr.. Wright made the motion and Mr, Gar
field moved to lay the motion on the table.
Mr.. Springer, OF Illinois, wanted to move
to postpone the consideration Of the resolu-
tion but that was ruled out Of order:
The yeas and nays were ordered OF, on MI MT.
Mr.. Springer moved to adjourn. The motion
WAS rejected; yeas 81, nays 146.
Mr.. Clark, Of Missouri. moved to adjourn
till Friday Rejected yeas TO- nays 22i.
Mr.. Franklin, of Missouri, again moved to
adjourn. Rejected; yeas 81, nays 1870.
After this result had been announced, Mr..
Durham, OF Kentucky, rose to make II confer
ence report which he claimed was privileged.
The Republicans demanded the regular
| order.
The Speaker ruled that a conference report
WAS q question Oi such high privilege that it
could be made even pending q motion to ad-
jOurn. The resolution for adjournment would
not lose it's status. but would come up as
sOOn as the conference report was disposed OF.
Mr.. Durham then submitted the conference
report on the bill for the employment Of tenn
porary clerks, and to prevent depredations on
timber lands He said the conference had not
agreed TO the clause appropriating 900 for
the deficiency for collectors Of Internal reve-
nue., etc, that had been put on by the Senate.
f. H ha
amendment and to quote speech made by
Mr. Beck In the Senate on the subject when
Mr.. Banks, OF Massachusetts, made ques-
ton Of order, and said the gentleman could
not quote what was uttered in the Senate
and comment upon it, and there was no one
here to reply to 1t.
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 the
Senator claimed that the Senate was more
economical than the House. he denied It.
Senators had reflected upon the honor OF this
House and he proposed to defend that honor
on all occasions.
Mr.. Banks said If gentlemen in one house
commented on speeches delivered in the other
there would be- no eTd to discussion.
Mr.. Garfield symphthz"d with the gentle
man In his efforts to set the House conferees
right, but there was another way to do it,
! Mr.. Durham then proceeded to explain the
action OF the House conferees, and argued
that the appropriation OF $4,000 for cOllrc-
tors OF internal revenue, was in no sense q
deficiency.
At the close Of his remarks, Mr.. Reag an
moved to adjourn, and the yeas and nay $
were demanded.
The Speaker, in reply to a question, said
that the adjou nment resolution could come
, up again tomorrow after the conference re-
port WAS disposed Of.
The House then, bv a vote of 109 yeas to 96
nays, at 5 80 D. M, adjourned.
The Clerk read notice that a mooratic
caucus would be held in the hall Of the House
at o'clock this evening.