The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-27
AT WASHINGTON.



Anderson said the senate was taking the
position that it would defeat the post-oiiioe
bill rather than that the light OF little bit
OF God Almighty's justice should flash
down on these railroad companies. He
hoped the conference report would be voted
down, anu the senate conterees informed
that they had to back down or they would
get no pOst-oiiice appropriation bill.
Dunn opposed the report, and expressed
the hope that the headlight Of the locomO-
tive would not railways continueto be lamp
TO the iootpads of conference committees.
He trusted the time would come when the
people could have a congress which could
| ma how to serve them.
The motion to adjourn to report was lost
yeas, ia; nays, l33, and further confer
ence was ordered.
Hiscock, chairman of the committee en-
appropriations, reported the deficiency ap-
preparation DILL. Ordered printed and re-
committed.
The pound rule then went into opera
| ton.
by Robinson, Of New York-A resolution
calling on the secretary OF state for informa.
ton as to whether officers of the British
steamship Republic, within few days, had
an immigrant under arrest until they sent
Tor the British consul and held pretended
trial before the British consul within terri
tory OF the United States before allowing
said immigrant to land.
Also, Il joint resolution for the relief of
| England, the benefit of Ireland. and the
glory OF the United States, laughter, 1t
recltes al length the present condition of
Ireland, declares her people are painting for
republicanism, asserts that Ireland is more
| necessary to the United States than much
| OF her present territory, aud would rival
| the great state of New York in wealth, in.
teliigence and culture, and requests the
president tn open communication with the
government OF Great Britain to obtain its
consent for the accession of Ireland to the
United States by purchase or otherwise.
Rice, under instructions from the COM
mittee on foreign affairs, called up the
senate JOINT resolution, providing for the
termination of articles numbere from Is
TO - and article 80 of the treaty between
the United States and Great Britain, con-
GUIDED at Washington, May Sth, 1871.
Passed without debate.
The internal revenue bill, with senate
amendment, was returned by the senate
ana "ent to the speakers desk and was
ordered printed.
Following bills printed aud referred.
by Rosecrans--For the retirement of
General George w. Getty with the rank
and pay of Encouragement.
By Iowhshend,o of lllinois-To prevent the
importation OF wine from Germany until
some means are provided to prevent the
importation Of delecterious wine from
that country
Notwithstanding the fact this was the
last Monday in session, there were ninety
tour measures introduced under the call of
states.
Under special order two unimportant
bills passed, aud the speaker then recog.
ni2ed Reed, who called up the resolution
before reported by him Saturday from the
committee on rules.
Blackburn raised apointofordcr againstit.
Carlisle ra sed II question OF considera-
ton, aud Randall demanded the yeas and
nays.
The house determned--ye l3i nays,
l26-to consider Reeds resolution This
was party vote, except that Bayne.
Brumm, Darrell, Miller, Jorgenson, Pres
colt and Scranton voted in the negative
with the democrats.
Before the announcement of the vote,
Campbell, Fisher, Turner and Robinson
who had voted 'yea," changed their votes.
Fucker also changed his vote to YEA" for
The purpose OF moving reconsideration.
These changes made total vote as above
stated.
Reed moved 10 lay The motion TO recon.
slider on the table, and the yeas and NAYS
We're ordered, pending which King moved
that the house adjourn.
The motion TO adjourn was loSt--yeas.
ST. nays, l1i-and the question required on
tabllnE the motion to reconsider the vote
by which the house determined to consider
the Reed rule.
The motion was tabled-yeas, l36: nays,
l2l
Reed demanded the previous question.
blackburn raised the point OF order
against the resolution, and preiaced his Or
gament with disclaimer of addressing bis
remarks IN the futile effort TO describe
and fifty characterize the effort which
the committee on rules had EN-.
bodied in this resolution in order to escape
The strait into which the moiority have been
driven, That question wuuld come up,
AMI II the majority saw fit in its magma.
nimi,y to follow the discussion
oil a proposition rs radical aud
revolutionary as the one now
at that time, he would ask il
TO be heard on the merit, If merit there was,
Of the arbitrary proposition. The
iirst paragraph OF the proposition
had the effect of suspending the rule.
by bare majority vote 1t was PROPOSE
ton to take away from the hose the power
oil suspending the rules by two'thirds
vote. IL was proposed that the majority
vote should suspend the rules for the pur.
pose OF taking up one bill and limiting nc
ton on that bill to one motion-a motion 10
agree to the senate amendment. Ii gave
power to ask conference on bill, not ono
sentence, one line, or syllable of which had
ever been i'll the house before. The majority
was unwilling to trust to the count which
lit common rumor was to be creiitedl had
been carefully m.de--a count made en- n
written agreement signed by members.
Though the rumor was that the majority
had marshalled its forces, yet it dare
not allow vote to he taken ON
the motion to concur in the senate amend.
menls, lie denied that the propo-
sition could be considered construed
or denominated rule, if it we're adopted'
what would happen If it went into the man,
uel as standing rule, to become in all
probability iunctns otiicio within thirty
minutes after enactment ? 1t was an alb.
surdity on its face. Was it q rule of the
house OF representatives, or did il no, prac.
tically constitute legislation itself?
A Member-"rhat one man could over.
rule the two hundred2"
Blackburn" do mean to say lust that
and nothing more. | mean to say that
when the motion TO non concur, il there he
nut single man to vote for ii and 395
againstit, their votesa are not counted, simply
because feature of this resolution refuses
to allow the DILL to be considered.
1t was what Blackstone has denomi.
mated not rule, not law, but
,entence pronounced and that without
hearing" Continuing. he said he did not
know that he had any authority or sem
blanco OF authority to express an opinion
OF what was or might be the purport of any
sincerely he declared he had no purpose of
offering what did not practically constitute