, 1881-02-27
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ing was the vote in detail:


| Hufa5lQes Hltl ltiQ.ls oQQaQeGSa
| Butler. Johnston, Slater.
| Call, jonas, Vance,
Coke, Jones tFla.,, Vest,
Davis Nv. Val, Lamar, Voorhees,,
Farley, Mcdonald, Walker,
| Ferry. Mcmillan. WllllAms-2.
Garland, Mnxey,
] NAYS.
Bailey, Eaton, Logan,
| Bayard, Harris, PeEdleton,
Dilir jones tNevl Salisbury,
Dawes. kernau, Wallace-12.f
HOUSE.
| The Journals Of Thursday and Friday having
| been read, Mr.. Weaver asked leave to offer q
resolution granting ". F. Forzche, member OF
| the German Reichstag, the use OF the hall Of
| the House this evening for the purpose OF de-
| liyering lecture on the present condition Of
| the German people. Objection was made. and
| the House went into Committee of tho Whole on
| the Sunlry Civil Appropriation bill, nil debate
on the pending amendment approprlnttng sa)o,-
| Coz Tor the establishment OF naval coaltng
| station In the lsthmus OF Panama, being limited
| to twenty minutes.
Mr. Ellis said he would bFeAk through the
| shackles OF that unequal treaty, the Clayton
| RulWer treaty.
III. Her1ert-poes the gentleman say the
| proposition Is to break the treaty.
| 3fr Eliis-Certanly. l would give give Eu-
| glund notice that we do not intend to be bound
by it.
| the members should vote for it, Ike men who
were NOT to be driven Oft BY shadow or decta7
mat1on about jobs and lobbies. II it could not
| voted down. Had the new Democratic leaders
| forgotten all the lessons taught BY the Fathers
of tho party.
! nj. Stephcns-Pretty much.
| Mr.. Guide continued In the same strain.
Oh! for one hour of Marcy upon this floor to
teach the new lights OF Democracy how to fol-
| low In tho path of safety, expediency, and duty
| on great question like this.
Mr.. McMAhon snt he had understood yester-
Hos+ ffnf q prHai1dnffR n
| appeared before Subcommittee in favor Of
| these coalng stations. He had spoken about
! feel compelled now to withdraw that term, but
| he had not tnennt to be understood as saving
| that the private secretary hnd appeared befort:
| the Subcommittee such, though he had
! spoken to individual members.
| After considerable debate, Mr.. Goodies ameud-
| menr WIS utloptcd,-Se tn G5.
| Mr.. Bpunt Knvc notice TINT he would call for
! q ybte by the yeas and nays In the House.
| The House bills for tho relief OF settlers upon
| to authorize tho charge for milling or refining
| bullion when at or above the standard, passed.
There are about M ten parss OF the sundry Civil
| will probably provoke but little discussion: AS
soon us it is out Of the way Mr. Tucker will coll
| up the Funding bill. 1t is not likely he can do
! So, however, before o'clock Or after, MS there
will be two rot!-calls in the House on the Appro-
! priuton bl consuming twenty minutes cach.
aope the q
Ingalls, portrait Of the late Thomas Ewing.
Dir, Faye QHGfEu III AIUGNuUEuL increasing
| from s2Oo,0W to S350.oo0 the appropriation fur
! surveying public lands Agreed to, the amount
Of the appropriation having been, however, re-
Mr. Willis offered an amendment npproprat-
ing $4,000 to carry into effect the provisions Of
Sec. 1s33 OF the Revised Statutes. He explained
that tile amendment simply carried into elect
au existing law under which the President was
| authorized to appoint aud did nppoint the Com
mission known US the Civil-seryiee Commission:
The Commission had been appointed in ls11.., and
had made several reports. These reports had
not been satisfactory to, his Republican friends,
Una edF III, h1 a s6ey ha G5
priution under which tho low was put into exc
c,,tion. Rejected
tcnancc Of Howard University was ruled out Of
order by the Chair, whose decision was, however.
reversed by the Committee.
Mr.. McAfiIlin moved tn strike out the clause.
MessrS. Cun4ecr. ElOunt, Houck, and Page op-
posed the amendment, which was finally re-
Mr. Horr offered an amendment for the pay
ment to William F. Geary, of Cuttings County,
South Carolina, OF $1uo per month from the lith
abie,l By Wounds recently received while in tho
discharge Of t,ticial duties.
Mr.. Bsouut raised point OF order against the
Mr. Horr, In debating the point of order, at
tempted to spcuk to 31r: Merritt's amendment.
but wus cut oir by criesof Order!' aud ..vote:''
fran tic Democratic side He managed. amid
suod deal Of confusion and uproar, to say that
this was the eighteenth man who had been
last four years that the Government had been
carrYing on Its oonciatory policy:
The point OF order was sustained, and tho
Mr. Springer offered an amendment instruct
ing the Commissioners representing the United
States Mt the international Monetary Confer
euce to eHrce to no adjustment which does not
recognize silver coins rs part Of the money sys-
tenn Of the Governments joining in such Confer
Mr While made a point OF order On items
making allowances for contested-election cases.
Mr White moved to strike out all those items,
which ho described as old State claims, amount
Ing in the uggregat.: to &;43l, some Of them T. OF
thirteen nnd sixteen years standing. He pro-
tested against their payment
Mr.. Hnyes supported the motion, and ln-
stanccd vote III the Senate last week topaz the
estate Of Spoffurd three years salary rs Senutor.
aud said that IL all similar items were calculated
for the Inst three years the aggrcgate would
dune 10 stop such lArfsh expenditure.
i MOTION to strike out WIS defeated, with only
three votes in the affirmative.
Mr. keifer moved tn increase the amount IN
tho cuse OF Hull Of Fiordn. from s., 0o0 to $500.
Excluded on point Of order, US tho existing
law limits such allowances tu $2000 An appeal
taincd-U7 to E1.
Mr. Weaver moved to incrensc the amounts for
Yocum and Curtin. Of Pennsylvania. to SS,100.
claiming that they had each expended sl!,oO
Excluded on like point Of order. The decision
was sustained-1S to 81.
Mr. Van Voorhis moved to strike out the item
of $2,0oo for Ignattns Donnelly, whom ne de-
nounccd as - legislative pirate and freebooter
In politics" who had not the color OF claim to
'tR RE MOI motion was defeated, and leave given Van
yoorhs to print the rest OF bis speech III the
Clauses were inserted to pay Boynton 5000;
Orth, 500; Curtin, $s.Gu: and Yocnm, $500.
confusion was excessive. Half II dozen MEM
bers addressed the Chair at once, some vi tnen
raising points Of order, others discussing tho
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