Daily Republican., 1880-12-22
CONGREGATIONAL.

L
HOuses-A Lively Time I'm the
House OF Bepreseutsttves =
weaver snd Sparks Become Ex'
cited.
WAsHrEsToN Dsc 2l.-Mr. Whyte In
troduosd . joint resolution proposir.,
an amendment to the Federal Constitu
tion permanently fixing the number OF
judges of the Supreme Court of ths
United States. The proposed amend
msnt makes the Supreme Court consist
Of zone chief Justice and - associst,
justices, Of whom - justices shall form
quorum"
On melton of Mr.. Garland, the bill
reported by him this morning amend
ing section 1852, revised statutes, was
taken up and passed. 1t extends the
sessions Of territorial legislatures to
sixty days instead of forty dGys.
On motion Of Mr.. Voorhees,. the House
bill sppropriAting 5000 to increase
the height Of the pedestal Of the Parrs,
gut monument in Washington, and su
thorjgiDg the Secretary Of the Navy to
use the ordinance to ornament the ps-
destal, was taken up and passed.
The Senate went into executive sss.
sion and then adjourned until to-nor
raw.
HOUSE.
There was Q lively time in the House
to-day. The morning hour having
expired, Mr.. p. Wood N. ~ moved
that the House 60 into committee on
the Funding bill, and that all general
debats close in one hour, pending
which Mr.. Robsson IN. J.) rose to a
question OF privilege, and offered the
following resolutions:
Resolved, That the two houses will
assemble In the Chamber Of the House
Of Representative on the second We'd
nesdsy in February, 1881, at II o'clock,
and the President of the Senate shall be
the presiding officer; that two persons
snail be appointed tel!ers on the part
of the Senate, and two on the part Of the
the Houte Of Representatives, to
make a list Of the votes % they shall
be declared; that the result shall be
delivered to the President Of the Senate,
who shall announce the state Of the
vote and the persons elected to the two
houses assembled as aforesaid, which
announcement, together with . list Of
the votes, shall be entered on the
journals of the two houses.
The House suddenly became still and
attentive, wondering What was the mat
Ter. Had some newspaper vili6ed a
member, or was political internal ma.
chine to be discharged!
The clerk read the slip, and then II
appeared that Robeson's intention was
to antagonist the RefundirR bill with a
joint resolution regulating the manner
Of counting the Electoral vote in mode
acceptable to the Republicans.
Mr.. Robeson began to explain and
advocate his motion, but was cut short
ty the rulings Of the Speaker, and q
storm of noisy opposition on the Demo
cratic side Of the House. Speaker Ran
dali ruled that the motion of considera.
tion must be entertained as the privi-
lege in question, but was not debatabls.
The motion was put and decided by
q strict party shout of aye and no. The
tellers cried "Robeson" in such vigor.
Gus tones that every body laughed.
Wood endeavored to combat this sud.
den flank movement, and then saw the
uselessness Of resistance and sat down,
evidently discouraged and disgusted,
The vote on R0beson's motion was
strictly on party lines, and the motion
was defeated, bare quorum voting.
Wood then brought up once more his
Refunding bill, and, in answer TO a
question, stated he wished to press it
to vote before the recess This pro
gramme met with considerable opposi-
tion, and great confusion reigned for
several minutes. The Republicans art
not inclined to filibuster, but there is a
disposition to talk.
In the discussion between Nsssrs.
Bland and others, Weaver said, in re
ply to Sparks, that no one could sscribe
fslsehood TO him without feeling thu
force Of his (Weaver's) right arm.
Sparks answered, 81 spurn with COL
tempt the reach ofhis arm.' Weaver
than gave warning that his fighting
weight was lS5 pounds, and finally he
denounced Sparks personally as a
"lisr" on the focr of the House, and
Sparks retorted by shouting, "Yor are
a seoundel ard william" Then they
advanced toward each other and began
to take IF their GOATS, when the Speak.
ar directed the Sergeant-at-Arms to his
duty, but the conbstants were remov-
ed by their friends. The House ad.
i0urned at 5 D. N.