The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-03-09

tariff bill III place Oh NeSSTS. BNyNTu ana
Beck The sundry civil appropriation bill
was considered. The bill as reported from
tho committee appropriated S24 ,835, 900,
being 5000 600 less than the estimates and
S753,O00 less than the act of last year.
Upon motion of Mr.. Bayard a lie OF
thanks was given to Mr.. Davis for the able
and impartial manner in which he had pre-
sided over the deliberations of the Senate.
Mr.. Davis, in resigning his Office as presl-
dent pro tenn of the Senate, made an ad,
dress thanking the Senate for the goodwill
expressed in Mr.. Bayard's resolution. Mr..
Anthony offered a resolution declaring Sen
ator Edmunds president pro tempore of
the Senate. Mr.. Pendleton moved to amend
so as to make the resolution apply to Mr..
Payard The amendment was lost. MIR.
EdIrunds was then elected. Standing by
the clerks desk he said; Senators, L beg
to thank the Senate sincerely for the honor
it has conferred upon me, and to say that
shall endeavor to discharge the duties I'M
posed with fidelity. As 1 think that under
the law ought to take an oath of office ask
the Senator from Rhode Island, the Oldest
! Senator present, to administer 1t;
Mr.. Anthony administered the oath and
| Mr.. Edmunds then took the chair go.
The river and harbor bill, on objection of
| Mr.. ingalls,, went over till the next day,
which practically killed the bill E. E. Mr.. Tabor
| presented the credentials of his successor,
Mr.. Thomas NJ Bowen. of Colorado. Mr..
| Brown presented the credentials of Mr.. AL
fred II. Colquitt, of Georgia. Mr.. Window
! presented the credentials OF his successor
Mr.. Sabin, of Minnesota. The deficiency
appropriation bill was passed with an amend
ment directing the attorney general to pay
| Charles II. Reed for his services i'll defending
| Guiteau whatever sum he may consider II
| proper compensation, not to exceed, how
| ever, $1,000 The bill to refund to the State
of Georgia money payed out for the common
| defense in 1777 was passed. The House bill
| providing for the transmission OF small sums
of money less than So through the mails by
means of postal notes payable to bearer was
| passed.
At 3:15 A. NJ. Sunday morning the doors of
the Senate were re opened. message was
received that the House led agreed to the
| conference report on the sundry civil appro-
priation bill. After further routine bust
ness the president pro tenn, Mr.. EdmundS,
! brought down his gavel and said: Senators:
The hour has arrived at which by the Con
stitution and laws of the United States the
Forty-seventh Congress terminates. 1t be-
| comes the duty of the chair, therefore, to
declare this session adjourned without day {:
and in doing so he wishes you each one of
you, pleasant and safe journey to your
homes, and every felicity in your future
lives. The Senate stands adjourned without
day."
Upon Mr.. Reeds motion the House. after
a long and exciting parliamentary struggle,
referred the tariff bill as it came back to the
House from the Senate to a conference com
mittee of ten. The vote stood 129 yeas to %
NAYS, thirteen Democrats only voting and all
against the resolution, together with nine
Republicans. The speaker appointed as the
House members of the conference commit
tee Messrs Kelley, Mckinley, Haskell, Ran
dali and Carlyle.
Mr.. Randall having declined to serve on
the tariff conference committee, Mr.. Speer
was appointed in lis place. The river and
harbor bill was further considered and
amended. "A bill was reported to adjust
the salaries of postmasters The Senate
bill was passed appropriating 100000 for
the erection of a public building at Jefer-
son City, Mo. "A bill was passed
for the reappraisement of the t.ans-
port Planter, captured by Robert Smals. -.
The speaker announced the appointment of
the following members TO attend the cere-
monies of the unveiling of the statue of Jo-
seph Henry, late secretary of the Smith
sonian institution Messrs. Wait. Aldrich,
Brown, Kasson, Gambler, Walker, Pettibone,
Mcclure Cox, of New York, Rosecrans,
Knott, Tucker, Curtin, Gibson and Robe
son.
The most exciting scene that occurred our.
ing the past session took place i'll its last
days, during the discuss on of the river and
harbor bill Mr.. Van Noorhis, of New York,
offered an amendment to strike out the APP
propriation for the Sacramento river, Il I'D
! after reference to Chairman Page, of the
commerce committee, said: This is SO
damnablc, So outrageous that nobody but
gambler or cutthroat would think OF lacking
such n thing as that to such bill as this. u
Mr.. Horr sprang to his feet and demanded
that the words be taken down and reported
to the House. This being done Mr.. McLsne
offered n resolution for the expulsion of Mr.
Van Voorhis. The House and the crowded
galleries were Immediately in fever of ex
rita aud unuph confusion nravnil cd
After some debate the New York member
npologized to the House and declared that
he had intended no personal allusion. Mr.
McLane withdrew his motion, but Mr.. Her
bert, of Alabama, offered a resolution thai
Mr.. Van Voorhis should be reprimanded al
the bar of the House. Mr.. Page urged hin
to withdraw it, Mr.. Van Voorhis again
apologized. Mr.. Herbert refused TO with
draw his resolution, but aftcr some concil
iatory remarks by other members the reso
: luton was defeated by vote of sixty-six te
: seventy ght. Mr.. Van Noorhis withdrew
his amendment and the bill was passed boy
ll2 yeas to 80 nays. The general de
, ticiency bill was passed The conferenc,
: report on the fertilization appropriation bill
was agreed to.
The House decided by vote of 155 to 8
| that MIR. Cook, Greenbacker, of Iowa, wai
i elected, and that Mr.. Cults, who had occu
= ped the seat for two years minus one day
o was not elected to Congress. Mr.. Cook wa
sworn in, and the sixth Iowa district was
therefore, represented exactly twenty -fou
hours in the Forty-seventh Congress =. l.
the contested election case of Lee (colored
against richardson, of South Carolina tn
elections committee had reported in favo
of Mr.. Richardson, but their report was over
rnlel by the House, which, by vote of y
to la, declared that Lse was duly elected
The Democratic members refused to vote OF
the final motion and left the House without
quorum Mr.. Kelley presented the con
ference committee report ON the tax anC
tariff bill, and after debate it was adopted 10y
l53 yeas and ZIG nays. OF the li2 votes fo
the bill, 10 were contributed by Democrats
as follows: Messrs. Beltzhoover, Ecmenrout
Klotz, Mueller. Randall and Wise. of Penn
sylvania; HaIdenburg, Harris and Ross. OF
} New Jersey; Morse, of Massachusetts
{ | Ladd, of Maine: Bliss, Hardy
and Scoyile. of New York
T. Fulkerson and Wise, of Virginia Speer. OF
!, Georgia Shelley, of Alabama, and Wilson
! of West Virginia. Eleven Republicans vote
in the negative as follows: Messrs. Bayne
Campbell Fret and Miller, of Penn sVl