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ross, except a few on which separate votes

| gross, except few on which separate votes
| were demanded.
The amendment Increasing the item for
| contingent expenses of the bureau of educa-
| ton from 81 400 to $40, 100 was agreed to
/ yeas, l40; nays, Ill.
The next vote was on an amendment the
| effect Of which is to continue IN force the
| present system of public land surveys and
| the Offices OF surveyors general The amend
| ment was agreed to-yeas, l2l; nays, 81.
| The next vote was on an amendment fixing
| the pay of Jurors at two dollars per day, pre-
| scrIbing the method of drawing them, and
| repeating the Jurors oath, and it was agreed
| to without division.
Tee next vote was on an amendment re-
pealIng laws IN regard to United States
| supervisors elections. On 4 division there
were 100 IN the affirmative, but the RepublI-
| cans refused to vote and raised the point of
mo quorum.
The vote was then taken by yeas and nays,
| and again the Republicans declined voting,
| the only exceptions being Messrs Chiffon,
Fort and M'kIlliger, who voted in the Mega
| less than quorum. The speaker thereupon
voted AYE, making a quorum, and declared
| the amendment agreed to, amid great dem
| onstratlons of applause on the Democratic
side. Then Mr.. Hale, resorting to dilatory
| tactics. moved that when the house adjourn
1t be until Thursday.
The motion was greeted with derisive
laughter on the Democratic side, and Mr.
Hale vas asked jeeringly whether he didn t
want to have the appropriation bill passed.
The motion having been drawn, only one vote
being cast in the affirmative, Mr.. Hale moved
to lay it on the table, remarking that he
wished to see whether the Democrats could
without any Republican votes, pass tine bill,
and that he hoped no Republican would vote
vote was taken, but previous to its an
nouncement Mr.. Tucker stated that having
no idea that the gentlemen on the other side
intended to refrain from voting, he had made
a pair with General Garfield. He had, there
fore, not voted, but had written to General
Garfield desiring him to return to the house
and release him from his pair.
Mr.. Waddell inquired whether any men,
Der of the house had the right to make pair
which should impede legislation. He denied
the moral right OF the gentleman from Vir-
glnia Mr.. Tuckerl to make such pair.
Mr.. Tucker SAID that he had all his life
acted upon the principle that if there was
any doublIlbout question Of honor, to decide
that doubt always on the side of honor and
therefore had refused to vote.
The only Republicans who voted were,
Brogden IN the negative; and Drelano, Pat
terson N. Y. ], and Dunnell, the latter hav-
ing voted by mistake, which he tried after
ward, without avail, to rectify, in the aftir-
yeas, >; nays, 143-one less than a quorum.
The speaker again made quorum by voting
no and declared the motion to lay the
bill on the table defeated. The speaker
then stated that mis- vote, 147, made full
quorum of the house; that he didn't think
1t needed 147 votes to make a quorum, as
there we're twenty vacancies.
Mr.. Hale-Is the speaker determined to
make ruling that less than a majority of a
full house constitute full quorum?
The speaker replied that he did not desire
to make any ruling. There was no necessity
for it. He, however, read decision adopted
by Speaker Grow to the effect that a majority
OF the members chosen constituted a quorum.
Mr.. Hale said that the point on which the
decision of Speaker Grow had ruled was not
analogous to tue present case, and ne was
glad the speaker did not make a precipitate
decision so If this matter did not end here,
he HaleJ reserved all the points as to quo
rum.
The speaker said he had that decision read
during a moment of calmness, so that if the
matter came up again it could not be said
that the decision had been made precipi-
lately
The bill, as amended, was then passed
yeas, l43; nays, III.
On motion of Mr.. Hewitt IN Y. !, a COM
mittee of conference was ordered on the
army appropriation bill, and the house adj
lourned.