Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-22
House.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-Mr. Hawley stated
that the general assembly of Connecticut had
transmitted TO the House an oil painting of
Jonathan Trumbull, formerly speaker of the
House, and on motion of Mr.. Burrows, the
painting was accepted and the thanks of the
House ordered TO the assembly of Con-
necticut.
4 motion to dispense with the morning hour
proved unsuccessful, not receiving a neces-
sary two-thirds vote, and the speaker called
committees for reports.
Mr.. Field presented majority reports of the
committee on elections In cases of Holmes VS..
Sapp, from the Eighth, and Wilson VS.. Car
penter, from Ninth Congressional districts,
Iowa. These reports grantlea to contestants
10 withdraw their petitions. Ordered printed.
Mr.. Weaver submitted the minority report of
the same committee in the case of Boynton VS..
Loring, from the Sixth Congressional dis
testant entitled to his seat
Mr.. Sparks, from the committee on military
affairs, reported back adversely tho bill provid
ing for an assistant secretary of war. Laid on
The table.
Mr.. Caldwell, from the committee ON pri-
vatc land claims, reported back adversely the
bill TO ascertain title 10 a tract of. land known
as rancho Pansche Grande, in California. Re-
ferred TO private calendar.
The morning hour having expired, f. Wood
moved that the House 60 into committee of
the whole on the funding bill, and that all gen.
eral debates close in one hour, pending which
Mr.. Robson Of New Jersey rose to question of
privilege and offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That the two houses will assem-
bic in the chamber of the House of Representa-
tives on the second day in February, 1881, at IL
O'Clock, land the president of the Senate shall be
the presiding officer; that two persons shall be
appointed tellcrs on the part of the Senate and
two on the part of the House of Representa-
lives to make a list of voters as they shall be
declared; that the result be delivered to the
president of the Senate, who shall announce
the state of the vote and persons elected to the
two houses assembled as aforesaid, which an
nouncement together with the list of votes
shall be entered in the journals of the two
houses. The speaker decided that the resolu.
ton presented a question of privilege, where
upon Mr.. f. Wood raised the question of
consideration.
Mr.. Robson thought Congress would enjoy
its holiday better after having prepared to do
it's constitutional duty. He desired to be
heard on the question Of consideration.
The speakcr-That is not debatable
Notwithstanding this statement and cries of
order from the Democratic side Robson de-
clared this was the resolution under which
every President was counted in up TO the time
of Abraham Lincoln.
Mr. Townsend of Illinois-Does the gen.
tleman want to antagonize the funding bill?
Mr.. Robeson-1 desire to antagonize every
bill until my high constitutional duty is dis
charged.
\ vote was then taken on the question of
consideration.
BY q vote of yeas S7 and nays 96 tho House
refused 10 consider Robeson's resolution. This
was strict party vote, Republicans voting
in the affirmative and Democrats in the mega,
tive; Greenbackers with the exception of Ladd,
Df fn1 1xrif1 hn
The House soon after went into the COM
mittee of the whole on the funding bill, ali
attempts by Mr.. F. Wood TO limit the debate
oeing voted down amid a good deal OF con
fusion.
Mr.. Robson remarked that the country now
knew which side of the House was opposed to
going on with the electoral vote. The speaker