The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-03-05
FORTY-SIXHH CONGRESS.
LAST SESSION.
SENATE.
THURsDAY's SESSION.

statement of all toe fees and cash
collected from American shipping, the
present fscal year.
The thanks OF the Senate were voted
unanimously to Yice-President Wheeler.
The House bill on the table making
appropriations for the payment OF claims
allowed by the commissioner Of claims
under the act Of March Bird, 81, etc, wa.
passed.
The Senate then consumed several
hours in q discussion of the House bill Il
incorporate the Cherokee and Arkansas
River Railroad Company.
Meanwhile a message was received
from the House announcing its non-con-
currence in the conference report on the
sundry civil bill. The Senate then re.
neWed Its former action of non-currence
in the report and ordered a new Con-
ference. subs. qusntiy f al report wa
Inade, lsigned by Two of the three mem
b5rs) repeating the recommendation oi
the previous report. with two -Ice tl1ns
namely, the Senate am ndment apprO.
priatng Sl75 600 for the search for ID.
steamer Jeanette, and the House pro
vision for one N nth'z extra pay f !
House employees. Z hese items, betOr
omitted, were now reinstated in tn II l.
Davis, Of West Virginia dis -enting
member of the c5hfsreuc-, exp ned q
his dissent had reference 10 the eI,r.
months pay provision The report wa
adopted.
Wallace presented the conference re-
port on the deficiency bill. agreed u
without explanatI. n.
Discussion OF the herokee and Ar
kansas r yer Railroad bill coupled, witt
occasional interruptions, the entire uighO
until , am, when Lamar, specially
cons uicupus in cha nplOn ug the me4--
ure, said h wa era etul o. the patti nc
with which the subject had been con-
sidered, but that as Il was not now OBJ
able that the bill cOu possibly pa the
House, he would not tresp-ss fu ther
upon the time and attention Of the Se..-
ate. The bill was then laid aside.
Many bills, not of pubic interest, were
then considered.
At Z 80 the roll call, up n a motion
for executive ses-i n, showed no quorum.
Davis, OF West Virginia, slated that
all reports of the cOnfe ence on the "p-
preparation bill had been adopted by the
two Houses, and IN bills were passed.
at this point an mated cnlloqly
occurred between Cunking and hernAn,
who had apparently been engaged IL
private conversation. Herman, evidently
by way of reply, exciaime B., with IN
usuai warmth, >" 1 don't care, -ir, whether
you do or Mt. to which COnkilnK re-
spOnded, /" Get him confirm i yOa
can you viii not DO it by L O'Clock to-
morrow" The reference Was supposed
10 be 10 the contested Albany pos office
nomination
The chair (Cockrel) rappe vigorously
for order, and the two senators sep :
rated. Subsequently, upon repetition
of the motion for executive session, Conk-
ling said ne would make no objection If
the action to be taken Was Limited 10
cases uuotjected to but that If the pur
pose WAS 10 take up coat -sted Gases ~
this time, III the absence of many repub-
lican members, he would resist the con-
summation of that purpose until the
minute hand reached II o'clock noon
Salisbury would object t. any arrange
ment. lie hoped the senzt0rs would nol
consent TO any COlui.io1 or control, but
would exercise that which they were en-
titled 10.
Herman said he had repeatedly moved
for an executive session heretofore, when
there was abundance of time for the
pAl bOSGf dlAA A-u hOAAA LOn AuEA1h ApOu
his motion.
Bailey commented upon what he con-
strued as threat to inIimid ste the
Senate by the senator from New Yol k
de Bailey for ore defed such. threats,
and they would have no influence upe
him. He hoped they would nave
none with the Senate. he, therefore
renewed the motion fer executiv
session
Conkling denied having ut red
any threat. The question being
taken and many republican senators
declining to answer, it Wa
found that no quorum had voted. A
long debate followed upon the powe
of the Senate under tie rules 10 CON- g
members In attendance 10 answer IN
roll call.
Pending a motion by salisbury lat
O'Clock am } thai the ch-ir be instruct, q
to call upon recusant mem 10 rs for any
excuses they might have Ia give, for not
answering, motion for recess Va
Degstived, ayes 70 noes S0-a party vote.
except that Thu man vote aye wit
republicans. Voorhees, said he Wa,
ind tierent about tie executive SEES on |
IS the pendlL & nom atoms gave him no /
whstever. The rece 1 food r. NJ
the President contained so many % ci-
mems of p4rt!sansnip and un ar ess ,ha
he Voorhees, Was hot desIrUu, of ActI Q
upon them al all.
Ransom renewed the mott n for exc
i've session.
Teller moved to lay the motion on the
table
The Chsir ruled the latter motion out
Of order.
No quorum having voted on Rams ms
motion, which re ulted-aye-, 81 uc=1, |
none; Republicans agzip decu ing toI
vote. Various nio.ica- met a *, at
and pending a motion by Thurm t
take up The oenat- JOINT Pei Ia ia plac-
ing General Thomas l. OrIJtend-n upon
the retired list, the point Of no quorum
was made, when the chair uprn al aetua
count determIneu that forty senators or a
number we're present. The bill
was then taken up and passed.
at AS am. the Senate was still ia
session.
Ats o'clock am, alter repeatei but
Intellectual eff ,rts by the majority for al
sXe cutIye session, & sufficient nun CT of
republican senators dechni & u ,swe 4
up yea and nag votes, 10 ensbI he
point 40 quorum" to b. made, recess
was taken un,il 9. Owing to the f. lure
d quorum TO appear a. the hour AZ
pointed The recess was substantially p-o-
onged until $50, when the JOINT resolu-
ion offered by Butler for an extra
months psy to Seua official, snd en-
lloyees was briefly debated aud passed
The galleries were meanwhile thrown
,pen 10 ticket holders. Fully three
ourths of the whole were ladies, and their
conversation soon caused
o much confusion SIS to practically ter
innate for few moments all further
temps at legislation.
The Vice President announced the
igning of the enrolled sundry civil bill
nd the deficiency appropriation bi !.
At 1880 Mai II General iauc Ok, with
Jolonel Mitchell, of his staff, under the
scort of Senator Blaine, entered from
be west door of the Sea4te, and was well {
omed with long continued app ause from
be galleries, and on the q 1T. The first !
4 the floor II greet him Wa ) ator {
and the cordial handshakmg {
Inflated by them was repezted by alltt