New-York tribune., 1880-06-15
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

The House met at 9:30 III continuation OF
Saturda, SESSION. the pending question being on sec
ondng the demand for the pr .yOuS question on the
electoral couut resolution Tic EeUuUicaus resorted to
thuStcrns tactics; and AFTER several :ol!-cals, the
House dourncd aud II O'Clock the session o II IL
dav bccan.
TIE conference report on the House bill re-
lating to tie public lands was presented.
The bill provides that when any lands OF the United
Stntes shall have been entered and the Government
price pad IN full proceeding shall thereafter
ne naIatanrd on account OF material taken from said
ard- ana that no cIyi shall he maintained for any
material taken in th" ordinary clearing oi la' d. IN work
ing u'uiuE r"im or Tor aS uiiufhl or u"hrHlG put-
ps., ii D. iu iiiug improvements the land ut bona
ir Hers. uui Of any mttrr'l taken ~ any
poison vi nOut kn"Wtrgc 0t the trc>paSs or without
fraud IoiusiOn Nv any pcr~On who IN good ialth has
lnid TIE iic'I> 81 the United states Tor the saiut;
provided mat me PROVISIONS Of ' SECTION siAl lppv
nn.y to trcspa--cs committed puOr To March l. 1879
II rr-tur ne PROVISION reducing The pilce Oi lands
within ,iA miles III raIlru to 81 % "r are Where
The, were PLACED III mark. al 81 90 per aero prior to
l>GI , . -
Sr:'c aurnimcnt' to the G. G.neral Deficiency b.il
ven. ron roururlcl in. and Il conference ord rcd
Nj HIrKNI.LL (Dcu.. lndD thrn dcIltn tea the Pre-
,lni, ul, ion the - Ect tor, tOu' rrSohii0n Hnd
The l. pub cans. rr-rmiuS Their hhhtus'InS tactics,
l,it ihr Illus. Hllh,nt quorum.
A'rcrsrvr r"icalls Mr.. BICKNElLs'otcd thar IL
Tie It,ui;Iuu t. he voted on. therefore hr Wiihditw
r.. Iton b, iGi Il sl,cih order the hr,, Monday
- D.uol,brr. 1aI, notion was agreed to-yeAS' s.;
Mr. Weight % m, Pcnu) moved TO suspcna the
RULES aud pass the oi res !"i"h /" enforce th' sht
Tnc mn. rhour's debate proceeded with.
Mt. CANNON az w.. II.l opp'SHi thr b'll. re would
no. vote L his constituents who worked upul
farms uHy MI prIyire"i clasS-!css than 1000
ten hon : WH-,, Tor rl:at hours work.
Mr. TiILMAN (DHm.. :. @ sald that five minutes
w;is short nr To discuss TINS great drma&Oglcal
qur, Ion. aud asked leave Ia PRINT speech upon the
Tmnirri in when he 'hungnt ne had proved thar
dcnag"rc hnd Proposcd Il al tSt, tlmt IT had been
conceive III SIN and br' ught forth IN iniquity.
Nr. RIt T. (krp., MasN.l OppOsed the blll.
Mr. BAYNE dep. Prnr.j sppo>cd the bin rs being
dcmn. .ogcal measure, n dscrcdtabe to the mind and
the heart OF The man who conceived H..
Mr.. robson URrp., " j. favored the bin because II
was My the rnorcemrnt OF statute. He was IN ia
vor long sood The statute books OF eGforcnG
it bi al III power OF the Goyernmcnt. Applause
Mr.. WRIGHT dem. PennD Hdvocatcd the bill He
dd hot know whether he had betn alluded to as dem
agoguo did nc the snnp oT his finger The CON
stucti'n pu! upon the EightllOur la" WAS wrong be-
fore G,d and man.
Mr. COX (Drm. y. " replied to Mr. Bayno's charge
that the otg majors and supporters OF The Eight Hour
Grant carried II ou, hr, k" the rest. must be pnt down
d, ,mngusue. The Eight Hour law has been Tried III
England II Inns Deen tiled III the Springfield Armory.
ard II was found that the GOvernment gets more work
under the ELht Hour law than under the Ten-IIour
donce can chnnge them: lI.auchtcr and applnlsc.l
Mr.. Willis tDrm, Ky;l remarked that when the
Eight Hour law was In the Senate every Democratic
Mr. TILLMAN-uow many Democrats were there In
MIR. .WlLLIs-Unfortunately only seven or eight.
Senator Shcrndn who has recently be II accidentally
defeated for standard bearer or the Republican party
proposed tO amend the title ~ 10 make II real IN hill
10 give 10 Government employ e. 25 per cent more
WngcH Than employ cS In private establishments"
RtpuOioan members. Thu; Is right; that s just what
1t is.
Mr.. WIII.IS-Mr. Sherman said that then, and you
Say But the Committee on Education nnI Labor
representing thA Democratic party, says that all laws
must be properly enforced.
MIR. PAGE Drop, CALI lrauntinGyl-EXccpting the
election laws.
Mr. PHILLIPS tDem.. MOI advocated tho pending
mcnsuro.
Mr. PAGE Q2ep, Cali said ho was in favor of the en-
forcemrnt Of the Eight Hour law Just rs he In favor
OF the emf rCcmcnt OF the election laws. Members wOnd
s the House for months and hear discussions favor
the rich and in favor OF corporations but whru
spoke word In fnvOr OF the iabUrng casScs hc
nouuced demaGOgue tApplAuse.l
Mr.. TALBOT tDeIn., MIDI advocated an amendment
making It nnluwI Ius for any pcrsOn or corporation to
employ children under sixteen years Of are for more
than eight hours day except III agricultural, house
hOd or mechanical pursuits.
Tho bil wns then passed-yeas, 1870 nays. 81.
The conference report OF the h FOR the settlement Of
outstanding claims against the District OF Columbia
agreed tu.
The Senate bin passed increasing the pension of
certain soldiers and sailors who utterly helpless.
Mr.. MCLANE (Dcm.. Md then moved to suspend the
rules and pass tho bill known rs the" Carlisle" Sugar
bill.
The opponents OF the bill refused to VOTE thus leaving
the House without quorum
Mr.. MCLANE was then appealed to 10 withdraw his
b but this he positively refused TO do and the House
for the second time to-day found sof In deadlock.
After making several attempts To secure second. Mr..
McIane yielded and tho House at o'clock adjourned.