Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-27
Honae of Rcprcsentntires.


WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-On motion of Mr..
sapp bill passed granting 10 Council Bluffs
Carr lake, near that city.
Mr. Wilson, from the committee on foreign
affairs, reported back adversely the bill author.
king the President to negotiate for lands for
colonization of colored persons. Laid on the
table.
The motion to dispense with the morning
hour was defeated-9O to Sand the speaker
directed the clerk to finish the reading of the
bills pending
at the expiration of the morning hour, Mr..
AIorey reported back the resolution directing
the postotiice committee to inquire into the
eXpediency of establishing a telegraphic postal
system under the government of the United
states, and also into the interest of repro
ducing facilities for transmitting telegraphic
messages equal to those now used by existing
corporations, and into the cost of operating
the same, and granting to that committee
leave to send for persons and papers.
Mr.. Blcknell called up the resolution pro-
posing joint rule for counting the electoral
votes, and after some time spent In vain to ar
rive at some determination, Mr.. Bicknell de-
manded the previous question on the Morgan
electoral resolution.
Mr.. Conger raised the question of considera-
ton.
A vote by division stood 119 and 10 in favor
of taking up the electoral resolution. Messrs
stephens, FELTON, and SDeer voted with the Re-
publicaus.
Vote by yeas and nays resulted: Yeas 130,
nays 124, in favor OF taking up the electoral
resolution, a strict party vote except FELTON,,
Speer and Stephens, of Georgia, voted in the
negative. Of the Greenbackers, Ladd and
stevenson voted in the affirmative, and Jones,
Lowe, Russell, IN. c. Murch, Gillette and
Weaver in the negative.
Mr.. Bicknell again demanded the previous
question, pending which Conger moved there
be call of the House.
The speaker called attention to tho fact that
the last vote showed the presence Of quorum.
The House had at the proper time the in
herent right to enforce the presence of absen-
tees, but quorum being present the motion
for call of the House has not under the rules
of practice priority over a demand for the
previous question.
Mr. Copger replied it was nevertheless in
order to have call OF the House.
The speaker said the chair recognized the
fact that there was more than quorum pres
ent-254 members had just voted.
Mr.. Conger stated sarcastically his object
was to compel the forty absent members to re-
turn to their duties. He hoped the ruling of
the chair would not prevent q quorum of the
House from calling in absent members.
Inc spSaheE ruleu lual tue IuOllOn was not
in order in the present condition of business,
it having been shown that there was not ouly
more thana quorum present, but more than
two-thirds of the full house, q sufficient num-
Der to meet every requirement of the consti-
tuition.
Mr.. Conger appealed from the decision,
which appeal Mr.. Blount moved to lay upon
the table. The Republicans refused to vote
upon this motion, and the House was thereby
left without quorum. Vote, yeas l4O nays
5, Springer, Gillette, Lower, Murch aud
Weaver.
Mr.. Couger raised the point of no quorum,
and call of the house was ordered.
The call disclosed the presence of25S men,
bers and all proceedings under the call having
been dispensed with, the question required on
the motion to table the appeal from the speak
er's decision and again no quorum voted At
O'Clock, after half dozen roll calls, the
House found itself in exactly the same stu
alton in which it had been for three hours pre-.
viously, or as Reagan expressed it, the House
merely west up Hill and then came down again.
The leaders of the Republican side were to
answer to their names on
sall of the House, but remain
silent on motion to table the appeal, thus
leaving the House without quorum, and
forcing call of the House. A motion to ad.