Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-05
N y to your homes, and felicity in your
future lives. The senate stands adjourned
without day." (Applause.)
House.

WASHINGTON, March AT $50 a. m.
Bisbee, from the committee, reported a
resolution stating the charges made
against Clerk Bailey were not proven.
Laid on the table.
Then the dead lock upon the election
case was continued until o'clock, when
Mr.. Hiscock presented a conference report
on the sundry civil appropriation bill.
The house recedes from its disagreement
to the senate amendment, which strikes
from the bill the provision for the repeal
of the pre-emption laws and the ratifca-
tion of the Sioux treaty. The report was
agreed to.
Mr.. Hiscock introduced a joint resolu-
ton appropriating $4,000 for altering
the internal revenue dies, plates and
stamps, for providing blanks for claims
for rebates. Passed.
At 80 a. N. a motion was made for a
recess, but the friends OF the 'bonded ex-
tention" bill opposed it, and raised
point.
There was no quorum for half an hour,
and the tellers stayed in their places and
became the butt of jocular remarks and
suggestions on the part of the members,
who were in the best of humor. The usu-
al scenes attendant on an all night session
were enacted, though the galleries were
practically vacant The attendance On
the floor was good and the members
lounged back in their chairs and smoked.
told stories, and laughed to their hearts
content.
At o'clock Mr.. Butterworth moved to
proceed to business. On the speakers
table was motion, which elected shouts
of laughter, which was ruled out of order
by the speaker. The speaker suggested
that there were upon his table anumber of
unimportant house bills, with senate
amendments, which should be considered.
He asked for unanimous consent for that
purpose.
Mr.. Butterworth objected, which led to
the remark from Mr.. Steele that the
whisky bill was standing in the way of
other business.
Mr.. Butterworth replied with
some warmth that the whisky
bill was entitled to as
much consideration as any other measure.
while he vehemently declared the whisky
bill should never be considered on Sunday.
Such proposition was unworthy of the
Democratic party, and much less worthy
of member of the Republican party.
After another unsuccessful roll call on
tina election case the members settled down
to fun" Sleeping members became
targets for paper balls and copies of old
bills, which were thrown at them from all
directions, and many nap was uncere-
moniously disturbed. As morning ap-
preached, however, sleep departed and the
members appeared as bright as on the
early hours of the evening.
Shortly before dawn, Mr.. Young sug-
gested a compromise proposition, that at
II o'clock the house should vote upon the
whisky bill and election case.
Mr.. Randall objected.
''Do you propose" queried Mr.. White,
''to sweep off colored representative for
whisky?'
81 do,' replied Mr.. Young, with frank
ness which was relished by the house, and
greeted with shouts of laughter, ''but I am
unwilling to sweep off colored represen-
tative for a crank.''
docs the gentleman know what crank
is?" Qaughter). Before trade is Closed"
shouted Mr.. Bragg, of Wisconsin, Il want
to know how much whisky has been
drunk?'
Mr.. White-Whisky will come up, per-
haps, when this case is over, but not now.
Il don't want it to come from a crank"
retorted Mr.. Young.
''The river and harbor bill has had the
stufing knocked out of it." calculated Mr..
Van Voorhis, somewhat irrelevantly. Then
in a lull in the proceedings Mr.. Walker
made an earnest effort to pass the French
spoliation claims bill, but Mr.. HaIman de-
manded the regular order. and prevented
the passage.
Mr.. Calkins then suggested an arrange
ment might be arrived at, whereby in
common fairness, the election case should
be postponed until 10 o'clock. "Say l
o'clock" came from the Democratic side.
mingled with demands for the regular or
der
Mr.. Hatch said that there was little fair
ness, little honesty and little decency in
this case.
In view of the proceedings, some even
ings ago, demand was interpOsed by Mr..
Van Voorhis, to have these words taken
down, which was greeted with hearty
laughter.
Some time was occupied in the vain at
tempt to come to some agreement, and
shortly after o'clock Mr.. Robinson rose
and called attention to the hour. This
congress was making a record before the
country and record in history. He
thought everybody would agree with him
that too much whisky had been taken out
of bond already. Shouts of laughter.
1t was in the interest of good order and
good government that the house take re-
cess for three hours in order to avoid any
difficulty or any personal controversy, and
in order to avoid any false attitude before
the country. Let every man have time to
cool and to reflect. Let the members
come back in three hours and try to do
their duty according to their convictions.
He asked the unanimous consent for a re-
cess of three hours.
Objection was made and again the
monotonous roll call was proceeded with.
At its conclusion at 6:20 o'clock the house
took recess until $50.
After the recess Mr.. Holman protested
in the name of the religious sentiment of
the country. against attending to anything
but indispensable public business.
The chair being temporarily occupied
by Mr.. Blackburn, the usual compli-
mentary resolution to the speaker for 1.-The
ability and courtesy" with which he had
presided, was offered by Mr.. Randall.
Mr.. Blanchard inquired whether one
objection WOuld Trevent the 71reSeOt cOn-