Morning journal and courier., 1881-03-04
difference be appointed. The report was

difference be appointed. The report was agreed to.
 Consideration of the Japanese indemnity yeas 46, nays 6.
 Consideration of House bills on the calen. dar was then resumed, and the Senate com pleted consideration of the bills on the calendar that were not objected to. Mir. Whyte offered a resolution, which was
 unanimously adopted, thanking the presi-
 deps of the Senate for the ability and im-
 partiality with which he has presided over
 the present session.
 The House having disagreed to the report
 of the conference committee on the sundry civil bill, the Senate reconsidered it's vote agreeing to the report and disagreed to the same, and a new conference was agreed to, the same conferees being appointed.
 HoUsE.-The Presidents message vetoing the funding bill was received, read and laid on the table for further consideration
 Mir. Cox moved to suspend the rules and pass the apportionment bill, which was done, and the House first voted on the number 322, which was rejected yeas 119, nays 132. A vote was taken on sls, and the proposition was adopted, 136 to 123, and the result was loudly applauded by the Republicans. The bill was then passed by a vote of 145 to 113, all the Republicans and the following Democrats voting for 1t Be1tzhoover, Berry. Bicknell, Coffroth, Cole rick, Felton, Forney, Hill, New, Richardson of South Carolina, Scoville, Singleton of Hi Wise and Wright.
 The bill provides that after March 30, 1883, the House shall consist of 319 mem- bers, apportioned as follows: Alabama 8, Arkansas 5, California 6, Colorado l, Con- necticut 4, Delaware l, Florida l, Georgia 10, Illinois 20, Indiana 13, Iowa 10, Kansas 6, Kentucky II, Louisiana 6, Maine A. Miobsro,, i Minnesota 5, Mississippi ', Missouri IA, Ne braska 3, Nevada l, New Hampshire 2, New Jersey z, New York B, North Carolina 9, Ohio 21, Oregon 1, Pennsylvania 28, Rhode Island 2, South Carolina 6. Tennessee 10, Texas 10, Vermont ?, Virginia 10, West Vir- ginia 4, Wisconsin 8.
 After this had d-been disposed of there was clamor for recognition, and it was finally agreed that House bills on the table with Senate amendments should be disposed of These were mainly of a private character.
 The House at 4:3O took recess till p. m.
 The House reassembled at p. m. MT. Ferdon, of New York, moved to suspend the rules so as to take up and act upon pension bills which have passed the Senate, and such bills from the Senate as are on the private calendar relating to pensions Ihls was adopted, yeas 1O9, nays fl.
 The deficiency bill with the Senate amend ments was taken up. The amendments were non concurred In and conference was request ed. The House then proceeded to consider pension bills under Mr Ferdon's resolution. A difficulty occurred on the very first bill, which resulted in the yeas and nays being called on every pension bill.
 After this had gone on for some time MT Blount presented the conference report on the sundry civil bill. The report was disa- greed to and new conference ordered.
 Consideration of pension bills was then re- sumed After one bill had been disposed of Mir. Singleton called attention to the fact that it was now 12:1O. The 4th of March was here and he argued that this Congress had expired by constitutional limitation. He moved to adjourn sine de.
 The Speaker said this same question came up in 1851 and the House decided that the session be extended until 12 o'clock of March ith Mir. Singleton's motion to adjourn sine de was rejected, and he then gave mo- tice that he would contest before the Supreme Court the constitutionality of all laws passed after o'cIock