Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-05

k2hccepted the conference report
Some men wanted to defeat
:zaction, because their particular interest
s%dld not get all the advantage they desired.
ssHe told story of an old negro
lScalled "Fiddle Billy" who was tried for
Enghting and sentenced to receive thirty
;snine lashes. While his lawyer, an old
4methodical gentleman. was writing mo-
6tion for new trial Billy was taken out
Hand got his lashes. When he came back
zshis lawyer said to him, ''NeveT
'sinlnd, Billy, you will get a
kheW trial." "Oh, no, master,''
Ssald Billy, ''for Gods sake let us have no
more new trials" So the people having
s3gone through all this tariff excitement.
9wanted to get rid of it and hear no mOre
SaOout 1t. tie avOwed himself a protect
Stonlst, and said that he would go homeI
Hand preach protectionist doctrine to theI
Hpeople of Georgia. fApplause ON the Re-
spublican side.
Mr.. hasson closed the debate, advocat-
slng the adoption of the report. 4 votel
s was then taken and the conference reportl
q twas adopted-yeas 152, navs 116. The
announcement was greeted with applause.
Sand the bill now only awaits enrollmentl
Sand the signatures of the presiding of
k1cers OF the TIVE houses to be sent 10 the
president for his action.
q After hfteen minutes spent in the vain
sel1ort to accomplish any further business,
atne House, at 5:45, took recess till s.
O'Clock.
When the House met in evening session.
zthe usual "last night" assemblageI
Ethronged the corridors, and standing roomI
was even at premium in the galleries.
Inc proposition made by Mr.. Belford, of
sColorado, to have the families of
smembers admitted to the hoorl
zmet with objection. There was:
WAS large attendance of mem!
5bers,. many OF whom, with favOriteI
ebllls in their hands, clamored for recogni-.
stion, but the Printing Committee wasI
saccorded the floor and several joint reso-l
Buttons were passed for the printing of
various public documents.
4 The contested election case of LeeI
against Richardson, from South Carolina,
swas taken up and was discussed for morej
sthaa an hour. But little attention wasI
spald to the speakers, whose voices were!
adrowned by the buzz of conversation inl
kthe galleries and the louder shouts of
daughter from numerous groups of mem-s
sbers on the floor of the House. Lee!
Swas given fifteen minutes to speak,
Jim his own behalf and Richardson
submitted his claims in a brief speech.
4 IA vote was then taken on the minority resOJ
I zlutions as a substitute for the maioritys
sresolutions declaring Lee entitled to al
zseat, and they were adOpted--yeas 124,s
Snays la. There was good deal of indig-s
snation manifested among the Democrats
kat the result of this vote as i'll
Sls the first time this session when:
sthe resolutions of majority of the com-s
amlttee have been voted down, and thes
democratic members were free in theirs
sdenunciatiOns of what they claimed wass
gan attempt to put $4,000 into the pock-
Gets of the contestant. The majority off
athe committee reported the resolution giv-s
sing the contestant leave to withdraw hiss
spapers without prejudice, the effect of thisi
Eoelng TO confirm Richardson's right to hisy
Sseat, and the report was signed by Cal-y
skins, Miller, Jones OfTeXas, Paul, 'Beltz-s
shOover, Atherton. Davis of Missouri, ands
kMOulton. The minority report was signeds
sby the remaining Republicans. The votes
sthen recurred on the majority report ass
samended, and the Democrats refusing tos
vote the House was left without a quo-s
rum, the vote standing yeas 12S, nays 6.
IA call of the House was then ordered.
A call disclosed the presence of $50 mem-s
tbers, and further proceedings were dis-s
spensed with, but on the question the elec-s
stlOn case again no quorum voted, AnOth-E
Yer call was had and once more q QnOrums
answered to their names. At 1880 az
motion for recess until 10e0'clOck to-mor-.
srow was lost.
THE SUNDAY SESSION,
WASHINGTON, March AT a, M
3both Houses are still in session, waitinrs
for the enrolment of the tariff bill so itI
.may be signed by the presiding officers of
;both houses in open session. They areS
lalso awaiting the result Of the conference
ION the sundry civil bill, Which ought to bey
sent to the President tonight to avoid thel
risk Of its failure and consequent extra
Session no Ia ho
from about o'clock until . or 10 in thes
morning. )
In the House several efforts were mades
TO get rid of the deadlock upon the votes
|oy which the previous question:
WAS ordered on the South Carolinas
election case, but upon every mos
|tion to reconsider the DemocratsE
reiralned from voting, and no quorums
resulted. The conference report on thez
deficiency appropriation bill was agreed
TO, and at O'Clock the cOnferees on ther
sundry civil bill reported an agreement2
with the senate conterees, and the reports
was adopted. The House recedes from aliE
points OF difference with the Senate.
AT 4:3O a. IN. a motion was made for as
recess, but the friends of the 'EbOndedS q
extension" bill opposed it and raised thex
point OF no quorum. For half an hour
the tellers stood in their places and be-N
came the but of jOcular remarks and sug-S
gestiOns on the part OF the members, who%
were ia the best of humor. The usual6
scenes attendant on an all night ses-&
sion were enacted, though the eal-F
leries were practically vacant. ThcS
attendance on the floor was good. and thee
members loURged back in their chairs ande
smoked and told stories and laughed toE
their hearts content.
At O'Clock Mr.. Butterworth moved toR
proceed to the business on the Speakers $ b
table. The motion elected IL shout off
laughter, and was ruled out of order by#
the Speaker.
After another unsuccessful roll callE
on the South Carolina election case the
members settled down to fun, The sleep-S
ing members became targets for papera
balls and copies OF old bills which werek
hurled at them from all directions. andH
many nap was unceremOniously dis-9
turbed. AS morning approached. how-E
ever, sleep departed and the members app
peared as bright as in the early hours ofk
the evening.
Shortly before dawn Mr., Young, ofS
Ohio, suggested a compromise proposition
that at Ii O'clock the House should vote b
upon the whisky bill and the electionE
ease.
Mr.. Randall objected,
sDo you propose" querfed Mr.. White,
:
II do" replied Mr.. Young, with frank
ness which was relished by the House, Is
and was greeted with rOars of laughter II
''but am unwilling to swap off IA c0lored&
for a crank
docs the gentleman know what az
crank is?" Laughter. Is
''Before the trade is Closed" shoutedE
Bragg, of Wisconsin, Il wanted to know =
how much whisky has been drank"
Mr.. Whisky will come up per
haps when this case is over, but not now s.
Il don't want TO hear from a crank, "a
Young. r.
''The river and harbOr bill has had the%
stuffing Knocked out of it," ejaculated&
Van NoOrhis, somewhat irreleyantly,
Sometime was occupied in vain at
tempt to come to some agreement, and j!
shortly after O'Clock a. M, Mr.. RObesOn g
rose and called attention to the hour. S
This Congress was making record be- &
fore the country and a record in history IL
and he thought that everybody wouidE
agree with him that too much whisky q
had been taken out Of bond already ,E1
Shouts of laughter.l 1t was in the inter
est-ot COOL order and good government that&
the House take recess for three hoursS
N order to avoid any dificultyA
Of personal controversy, 6ndE;
in order to avoid any false attitude begores
the country. Let every man have time tOls
cool and to reflect. let there be no hiatusE.
in the position Of business. Let the mem =
bers come back in three hours and try tOE
10 their duty according to their cOnyic-S S
tons, He asked unanimous consent for 81
a recess of three hours. e
Mr.. Ermentrout, of Pennsyslvania-I& e
object unless the gentleman withdraws N
ais remark about too much whisky. q
Mr.. RObeson-I Withdraw my remark. .
Mr.. Ermentrout-Then l withdraw nv y