Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-23
FORTY-sKTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2E


 SENATE. Notwithstanding MT. Edmunds' objection on account of the absence of quorum and the necessity for an executive session the Senate, on motion of MT. Morgan, Dem of Alabama, took up the resolution offered by him in June last, declaring that the president of the Senate is not constitu- tionally authorized to count the electoral votes, so as to determine what votes shall be received and be counted or what rejected, Mr. Morgan spoke at length in support of his resolution after which the Senate went into executive session.
 When the doors were opened number of private bills were taken up at the instance of different Senators and passed. bill to pay the widow of the late George Wright $3, 800 for the use of his patented finch pin for ar tillery carriages gave rise to debate on the question whether the government should pay l for inventions made by persons in it's employ. The Senate found itself without quorum, ! and at 4:30 p. m. adjourned to January 5, ! 1881.
 HoUsE-After the journal was read MT. Weaver immediately arose and said he desir- ed to correct the Record. The Speaker in ouired whether he meant the Record or the | Journal, Mir. Weaver replied the Record and the Speaker then said he would recognize the gentleman afterward. Mir. McLane inn mediately arose to what he claimed ques- i ton of higher privilege and said he desired 1 to refer to the scene of disorder which oc- ! cured yesterday in the Committee of the l Whole House He denounced all that took place in the House yesterday as insulting, dis creditable and degrading to the House as a parliamentary body. He intimated that the whole House was responsible for what had occurred because the members had gathered ] in the area and had urged Weaver and oth- | CTS on to making their speeches. The up- start of his remarks was that the two offend I ing members should make apologies to the l House.
 l MT. Bowman spoke of the scene of yes | terday as an insult offered to Congress, to the country and to the individual members of l the House: There was not man who did not hang his head in shame at what had oc- cured. He characterized the whole scene l as a pothouse brawl and gambling house | quarrel in which the members were only re- 1 strained by force from engaging in 8 fist | fioht. He cared nothing for the personal l o9arrels of the two gentlemen, but their in l suit to the House deserved the most severe l condemnation.
 1 MT. Harris, of Virginia, tried to pour oil on the troubled waters by suggesting that perhaps both gentlemen would now make an | apology and if 50 they should have an op- 1 portu1ity to do so.
 MT. F. Wood said that the scene of yester- day was one of the most disgraceful that had l ever occurred in Congress. He said he had done all in his power to stop the debate. 1 Several points of order were raised and discussed, all with the idea of settling the 1 matter in the most amicable way possible, and finally three resolutions were offered. MT. Malone offered resolution requesting the gentleman from Iowa and the gentleman from Illinois to apologize for their conduct 1 in the House on Tuesday. MT. Bowman had read that portion of the Record in which the
 offensive language that led to the contro- yersy was used He wanted action taken I commensurate with the offence, and offered
 a resolution for the expulsion of Messrs-
 Sparks and Weaver.
 Mr. Browne, of Indiana, offered sub
 stitute to this resolution for the appointment
 of committeeto investigate the whole mat
 ter. his object being, as he stated, to ascer- tain what other members were concerned After further discussion, in which there was universal denunciation of the disorder, vote
 was taken on MT Browne's resolution, and il was adopted as substitute for the whole