Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-09
The House.


| The House
WASHINGTON, June S.-Mr. Tucker, from the
committee on ways and means, reported ajoint
resolution authorizing the secretary of the
treasury to cause duty of 35 per cent. ad
valorem to be levied on all articles designated
as cut hoops, hoops full to lengthy, hoops cut
and punched and barrel hoops which shall be
shown to the satisfaction of the secretary to
have been ordered under bona fide and absolute
contracts made and entered into prior to March
10Th, 1880, and which shall be imported into
the United States prior to the LIST of January,
1881, and the amount of any duties in excess
| of 80 per cent. ad valorem paid since the 18th
of March, 1880, on such articles, shall be re-
funded. Passed.
On motion of Mr.. Morrison. Illinois, the bill
passed placing the rate of duty ON barley malt
l at rs cents per bushel.
| On motion of Mr.. Deering the bill passed
granting pension to Mrs. Elizabeth Upright
of Iowa, who had eleven SONS in the Union
army during the rebellion.
At this point the public building bill was
called up and objected to. whereupon Mr.
Hooker emphatically declared his intention of
objecting to every proposition presented. A
! noisy discussion ensued, and confusion was
Increased by the Chicago dispatches which
| were coming in announcing large additions to
| Garfeld's vote. Order was again restored
| when Mr.. Blackburn presented the report of
the conference committee on the postofhce ap-
preparation bill, which was agreed to.
Hooker adhered to his intention of Directing
to every proposition, and motion was made
| to adjourn. During calling of the roll there
| was great deal of excitement shown by MEM
| bers over the convention news, and when Gar
fields name was called it was greeted with
| great applause both on the Republican and
| Democratic side of the chamber. The an
| nouncement which came in soon afterwards,
that Garfield had been nominated, was re-
| ceived with loud cheers and applause from
| members who had assembled in the lobby back
| of the speakers desk, and the confusion was SO
| great that the roll call interrupt
| ed. Members gathered in groups and dis
cussed the nomination, which appeared to meet
| with the general approval of Re
| publicans and which was conceded
by Democrats to be strong one. The second
| call of Garfeld's name was the signal for d
burst Of applause from Republicans. TIE mo-
| ton was finally carried, and accordingly the
House adjourned. Cheers for Garfield were
then given, while cries of speech from Hawley
and Hawley for Vice.President" went up but
that gentleman did not respond.
Mr.. Robson moved that Gen. Hawley take
| the chair. Carried unanimously amid loud
cheers. When HaWley took the chair the house
| presented q curious sight. The chair was occu-
pied, and the seats of absent members being
| filed by spectators who upon adjournment
had crowded into the hall, while in the rear of
| the seats were groups of men evidently full of
| excitement.
Mr.. Hawley on taking the chair, said 1 beg
| leave to say that we occupy this floor with the
kind consent of our friends on the right, who
will have their opportunity bye and bye.
| Daughter
| Hr;oa Of scpoaoh unoech -
Mr.. Hawley-I have no speech to make. The
| nomination made at Chicago is its own speech
for every Republican of the House, and our
| personal good will goes with our old friend and
associate, Gen. Garfield. L have no doubt
| from what have seen and heard that this
| event. this contamination, is in the very high
est degree satisfactory to every Republican
| here whatever may have been his personal
preference. (Applause.) We have been warm
| " divided in the past. We will be much more
warmly united in the future. loud applause.)
| l think one result will bel am supposing
| there are no Democrats hereto compel an
| excellent nomination on the other side, so
that the country will be certain of a good
President for the next four years, personally,
| whatever his political opinions. Loud ap-
plause in which the Democrats jOined.)
Mr.. Robson was then loudly called for and
| that gentleman responding, said
| As members of the American Congress
| Democrat-Both sides.
| Mr., Robson continuing-Both sides, think,
| we have the right to congratulate the whole
| country that man whom we all know to be a
| man of character and capacity beyond i'm
parchment. hes been nominated by one of the
great political parties for the highest
| office in the government of the people.
| Applause Therefore Mr.. Chairman, Ispeak
in acknowledgement and on behalf of the
House OF Represent atives that one of our num-
bers conspicuous before the people on account
of his service on this floor, has been selected as
the standard bearer of the great political party
to which belong. That is sentiment which
effects neither the politics nor the feeling Of
any body, and ask everybody within reach of
my voice to join me in giving three cheers for
the candidate selected from our body as can
didate of great political party.
The Republicans and gave the three
cheers with will, but the Democrats though
Joining the cheering retained their seats.
move Mr.. Chairman, that committee be
appointed, and suggest as its chairman the
oldest man of the House, Judge Kelly of Penn
sylvania to send by telegraph our congratula-
tions to our fellow congressman on his noml-
nation. (Applause).
Cries then went up for Kelly and Chairman
Hawley stated that Mr.. Kelly would have &C.
cupied the chair but that he had not been pres
ent.
Mr. Kelly-I have been in that chair but
once though have been here nineteen years,
and then / felt so like fool that never got
into it again. cloud laughter l thank the
gentleman from New Jersey (Robeson) aud his
associates on this floor, for having delegated to
me the Craftsmanship of the committee
to which has been confded so
grateful a duty. beg leave to inform! he cha
man and Honse that taking advantage of the
circumstances, L slipped out when Garfield was
nominated and sent the following telegram
Accept congratulstion and pledge of earnest
support" Applause. Irejnice most heartily
in this nomination. Gen. Garfield Is a mau OF
rare force of character, and wide attainments,
of great simplicity and man who adheres as
firmly as true party man 10 his personal con-
| victiOps and our friends on the other side, in
the detection which now overcomes them, while
q bad nomination for them is possible,
will find satisfaction in knowing that
they know the man to be one
who will administer the government faith
fully fairly and periodically after we shall
have inaugurated him. applause
The chair appointed Kelly, Robson, Brown,
Martin. of North Carolina, Page, Richardson,
of New York, and b. o. Henderson. of Illinois,
nc a committee to send a cOngratulatory tele-
gram to Garfield. Richardson was appointed
at the suggestion of Van VOORHEES,, of New
York. wbo was unwilling that the great State of
New York should not be represented on the
committee. and Henderson, at the suggestion
of the committee, of Illinois, who thought that
Illinois. the third State, always Republican,
lshould be represented. The meeting then, after
giving three more cneers TOT udrneio' ao-
journed.
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