National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-03-04
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

In the House yesterday, alter the read
ing of the Journal message was received from the
President, which was supposed to be the veto mes
sage on the funding bill.
On motion of Mr.. Bount, Senate amendments to
the civil sundry appropriation bill were noncon-
Cured in and q committee of conference ordered.
Subsequently MeSsrs Blount, Mcmahon, and Mon
roe were appointed as such committee.
On motion of Mr.. Bragg, chairman of Committee
on War Claims, the rules were suspended and the
bill was passed. making appropriations for the
payment OF claims reported allowed by the Com
Mr. Cobb submitted the conference report on the
District of Columbia appropriation bill.
The Presidents veto message was then lat 1220)
taken from the Speakers table and read by the
clerk.
The reading having been concluded Mr.. Tucker
moved that the message be printed and laid on
the table for future consideration.
Mr. Robson moved to proceed to the cOnSidera-
ton of the message Immediately.
The yeas and nays were ordered on Mr.. fuckers
motion.
1t was agreed to-yeas, 1873; nays, 1850 the
message remains on the Speakers table
Mr. Cox moved TO suspend the rules and pass an
apportionment bill on the basis of 3OT.
This meeting with opposition on the Republican
side, Mr.. Cox so amended his motion as to bring
to have votes taken on the numbers 3d. 319 3l5,
S07, and when majority shall agree OH any num-
Der, to have the bill, with the second and third
sections of the original bill, put its passage
without debate or dilatory motions.
Mr.. Conger raised point of order against the
proposition, and Mr.. Cox modified by striking out
the words, i" or dilatory motions"
Mr.. Cox closed the half-hour debate with an
argument in favor of 307
Mr. Conger, reserving the right for himself and
friends to vote, if desirable, made no further OBJ
lection to the proposition, and, the rules being
suspended i'll accordance Herewith, the House
first proceeded to vote upon S22 Three hundred
and twenty-five was rejected-yeaS, 1l9; NAYS,
132-and the vote was taken on 319.
This number was agreed to-yeas, I36; nays, I23
The result was received. with some applause on
the Republican side.
Mr.. Killinger was the only Republican who
voted in the negative, while the following Demo-
Gratis voted in the affirmative MeSsrS. BeltzhOOver
Bicknell, Coffruth, FELTON,, Hill, HutchinS, New
Richardson. of South Carolina, Ryon, of Pennsyl-
vania, Illman, Wise, and Wright
Mr.. Cox then stated that he intended to abide by
the will of the majority, and, though he would
vote against the BILL he would perform his duty
and present 1t in proper shape.
MeSsrS. Ryon and Bayne asked leave to present
amendments having for an object the prevention
of the system OF gerrymandering; but they were
nays, 113, and provides as follows:
"SECTIoN l. That from and after the Sd of March,
1883, the House Of Representatives shall be COM
the several States as follows Alabama, S. Arkane5
sas, 5; California, 6; Colorado, l; Connecticut 4;
Delaware l; Florida, 2; Georgia, 10: Illinois, %;
Indiana, 13; Iowa, 10; Kansas, 6;lKentucky, IL;
Louisiana, 6: Maine, 4; Maryland, 6; Massa,
chusetts, H. Michigan II; Minnesota, 5: Mssis-
sippi Z; Missouri, IA Nebraska. 5; Nevada, 1 New
e. n,
Carolina, Q; Ohio, 81; Oregon. l Pennsylvania,
2S; Rhode Island, 2; South Carolina, 6; Tennessee
10; Texas. 10; Vermont, .; Virginia. 10: West Yir-
ginia, 4; Wisconsin, 8.
"SEC. 3 That whenever a new State shall be
admitted into the Union, the Representative, or
Representatives, assigned it shall be additional to
the number, S19, herein provided for. &c..
''SEC. g. That in each State entitled under the
apportionment the number to which such State
may be entitled in the Forty eighth and each sub
sequen Congress shall be elected by districts COM
posed of contiguous territory and containing, as
near as practicable, an equal number of inhnbi-
tants, and equal in number to the Representatives
to which each State may be entitled in Congress,
no one district electing more than one Representa-
tive
On motion of Mr.. Loring, Senate bill was passed
creating commission to perform certain duties
under the act of Congress for the erection of
monument at Yorktown, Va.
Senate amendments were concurred in to the
following House bills Designating indianapolis,
Ind, port of delivery amending the act pro-
Yiding for the holding of terms of the Circuit and
District Courts for the district of Fort Wayne, Ind
the erection of monument at Schuyleryille, NY,
commemorative of the battle OF Saratoga.
Mr.. CofrOth, chairman of the select committee
on pensions, bounty, and back pay, presented the
testimony taken by that committee, together with
report thereon: ordered printed.
Mr.. Van Noorhis moved to suspend the rules and
pass bill approprating 100000 for the erection of
q public building at Rochester, n. Y. The bill
was on the public calendar, in company with fifty
four other bills of similar character, and hftyfOur
gentlemen were Immediately on their feet protest
ing against one building being preferred to
another. The confusion and noise was conse-
quently very great the Speaker declaring that an
agreement had been entered into by which gentle
men were to be recognized according to the order
of their bills on the calendar.
This Mr.. Blackburn denied, and the Speaker
said that he would examine the record; pending
which the House lat half-past four) took a recess
until eight o'clock.