Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-08-04

Tho House Offers tho Senate . Chance I
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In the House yesterday the Senate mes
sage was read in relation to the adjourn.
ment of the Legislature sine die at 10
o'clock a. m. on Tuesday, August z, and
it was referred to the ways and means
committee.
Mr.. Cooper's Senate substitute tor
House message to the Senate to appoint a
free conference committee to consider the
whole subject of congressional apportion.
ment was read. The Senate substitute
was returned to the House of Representa-
tives, with information that the Senate
respectfully returned to the House the
message with information that it would
be useless to hold any further conference
on tho subject of congressional appor.
tionment, as all fair and just concessions
to the House had been made and refused,
and further conference would be futile.
MIR. Amerman presented the following
as reply to the Senate message: Re.
solved, That the clerk of the House OF
Representatives be instructed to inform
the Senate that, in the judgment of the
House Of Representatives, the proposition
of the House for free conference commit
tee on the subject matter of congressional
apportionment, and declaring that the i'll
feeling of the Senate in reference to the
the same is untrue. in fact, unparliamen-
tary in language, and in tho rejecting
upon the dignity of the House, and to the
end that the Senate and House of Repre-.
sentatives may reason and confer together,
that the constitution and the laws may be
Obeyed, and the people served in their
liberties and rights, the Senate is most re
spectfully requested by the House to meet
them for the purposes of legislation by tic
appointment of committee of five to act
with similar committee of the House as
FREQ conference committee to be governed
by parliamentary law, to whom shall be
referred the whole subject matter of con.
gressional appointment; said committee
! to report by bill or otherwise"
Mr.. Amerman defended his reply to the
Senate substitute and said that the House
requested the Senate to reconsider it's in
tention not to hold further conference
with the House committee, and he thought
it was plain that further conference
would result in q conclusion of some kind,
| and he hoped after the House had passed
his reply to the Senate resolution it would
be sent to the other brauch of the Legis.
lature and be received in courteous man
ner and another conference appointed. He
further said tho House was ready to meet
the Senate in spirit of concession, aud
! another conference would certainly be
productive of good.
Mr. Furth said he doubted the sincerity
of the language Of the Senate substitute
when it declared that political apportion-
system of representation. He further held
this assertion to be true, but coming as it
did from the author of tue Senate sul,sti-
tute, he was compelled to doubt it's entire
sincerity. He favored further attempt
at congressional apportionment, and
thought bill acceptable TO ali would be
agreed upon.
Mr.. Ziegler held that the Senate's sub
stitute was only q political stump speech
and was unworthy the action of the SEN
alto where it originated. He read from
several authorities on parliamentary law
and practices to show that it was cOmpe.
tent to organize free conference COM
mittee to which may be submitted differ
ences that an ordinary committee of con-
ference was unable to reconcile.
Mr.. COlbOrn said lie did not QuentiOn
the right to appoint free conference CON-
mittees, but he did not think further con-
ference on the subject under debate
would result in any good, for the reason
that the Democratic demands were un-
reasonable.
Mr.. Stewart held that q conference
would tend only to prolong the session,
and be a wanton waste of public treasure.
MIR. Lowry said that he favored some
portions of the Senate resolution, but as
serted that it was made up mainly of a
political speech, and was not worthy of
courteous consideration by the House. He
said he would favor any simple, plain res
olution which declared that further con
ference would result in no good, but he
would vote against any resolution, Re-
publican or Democratic, which attempted
to inject political speech upon either
House. He favored adjournment, as q
longer session would result in nothing,
and therefore proposed any proposition to
create any further conferences that would
prolong a useless and frutless session.
Mr.. Hulings opposed any further refer
ence of congressional appOrtiOnment to a
committee. 1t would result in nothing,
but would be expensive by prolonging a
useles session.
Mr.. Amerman's resolution, was then
agreed to by a viva voce vote, and the
House adjourned until Monday evening at
0 o'clock.