Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-29
The House.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-The committee on
postoffices and post roads reported q bill de-
claring all public roads and highways post
routes After some discussion the vote on
seconding the demand for the previous ques-
ton res ulted SO to 45-no quorum.
BILLS PASSED.
The House passed the following bills:
Granting pension to the widow of Lieut..
Hiram Benner and appropriating s4,1O0 fol
the erection of monument to Gen. Her.
kimer.
Senate bill appropriating S75, GOO for the pur-
chase of new site for the United States naval
observatory was taken from the speaker
table and passed, with an amendment provid-
ing that. if practicable the site shall be on an
even degree of longitude west of Greenwich.
PERTINENT INQUIRY.
Mr.. Brewer offered a resolution calling on
the supervising architect of the treasury for in
formation as to the number Of public build
ings now in process of erection, or which may
have been completed within the last three
years, and the reasons why suoh buildings have
cost, or will cost, more than the amount limit
ed by law. Referred.
Mr.. Davis introduced bill imposing a tax
on smoking opium, etc. Referred.
THE RULES.
The morning hour having expired, the House
went into committee of the whole on the re-
vision of the rules.
Rule eight, relative to the duties of men,
bers, having been reached, Mr.. Tucker offered
the following amendment: Whenever a
quorum fails to vote on any question, and OBJ
lection is made for that cause, there shall be q
call of the House, and the yeas and nays on
the pending question shall at the same time be
ordered. The clerk shall call the roll and
every member, as he answers to his name, or
ia brought before the House under proceedings
of the CALL shall vote on the pending question.
If those voting on the question, and those pres
emit and declining to vote, shall together make
majority of the House, the Speaker shall de-
clare that quorum is constituted, and the
pending question shall be decided as the ma
jority of those vsting appear. He stated that
he submitted the amendment not to any
partisan question. but for the purpose of pre-
venting the House from remaining idle day
after day at the will of the minority.
MIR. Garfield opposed the amendment.
Mr.. Blackburn advocated it.
Mr.. Conger declared 1t wrong unconstitu-
tional and partisan, statement which
Springer denied.
Mr.. Hunton submitted an amendment to
fuckers amendment, providing that the vot-
ing in the majority shall constitute majority
of those actually present in the House.
Mr.. Hawley opposed the amendment. The
most tQaJ GOulu NC uOuc ny tuc
under the present rule, was to fight until q
majority of the House could he obtained.
SENATOR CHANDLER.
Pending further action the committee rose,
and a message was received from the Senate
transmitting the resolutions adopted By that
body r.iative to the late Senator Chandler.
Speeches were then made in eulogy of the
late Senator by Messrs. Newbury, Williams,
Wis, Hubbeli, Brewer, Robinson, Burrows,
Hawley, Dunnell, Stone, Keifer, Conger, Biggs,
Cooper, Barber, Willet and Garfield. The lat
ter in closing, said that looking back on Sena-
tor Chandeliers life and summing up his char
acter he was struck with the appropriateness