The National tribune., 1884-05-29

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| lay that motion on the table, pending which
Mr.. Converse (0) moved TO adjourn.
| The motion was carried at $50 by a vote of
yeas 1l9, nays lis, amid applause on the
| Democratic side.
THURSDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
In the House, on Thursday, consideration of
( the English-Peelle contested election case was
resumed, the pending question being on the
motion to table the motion to reconsider the
vote by which the House on Wednesday agreed
to the minority resolution, confirming Mr..
Peelles right TO the seat, as a substitute fol- the
majority resolutions.
The motion to table was lost by a tie-yeas
! I32, nays 132-twenty Democrats voting
with the Republicans to lay the motion GA
the table.
The question then REQUIRED on the motion to
reconsider, and it WIS agreed to--yeas l33, nays
100.
Mr. Browne tRep., INDY moved to recommit
! the case to the Committee on Elections, with
/ instructions to that committee to make re-
count Of the ballots cast for contestant and con-
testee IN all the several voting precincts IL the
/ county Of Marion, in the seventh Congressional
district of Indiana, and make report of the re-
4 suit there The motion was defeated--yeas Ia,
nays 1874.
At this point Mr.. Horr (Iich.), rising to a
question Of privilege, called attention TO the
| fact that Dir. w. II. English, an ex-membeT of
/ Congress and father of one ofthe litigants, was
soliciting votes for the latter on the floor OF the
/ House, and an acrimonious debate ensued, after
which vote was taken on the minority reso-
! luton and il was lost-yeas l2S, nays l29-and
the majority resolution adopted-yeas 40, nays
I27-thus seating Mr.. English, who appeared at
the bar OF the House and was sworn in. A
resolution. offered by Mr.. Bayne rep, Pa, in
structing the Committee on Rules to inquire
and report to the House whether or not the
I Hon. VIM. H. English, an eX-member OF this
House. has violated the pr 7ileges thereof In
the contested election case OF English vs. Peelle,
was then taken up.
Mr. Hammond Dem, Ca offered an amend
ment intrustfng the investigation to a select
committee of seven members to be appointed
by the Speaker and requiring it further to in
quire whether any eX-members employed as
| agent or attorney in any contested election
case, or for any railroad or other corporation
/ having any claim pending, has, during this
session, abused the privileges allowed him
under rule "a, and report who they are and
how they have abused the privileges granted
| them.
The amendment was agreed to, and the reso-
luton as amended adopted.
The bill FORGETTING the Oregon Central land
grant was then taken up and discussed until
adjournment
FRIDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
In the House, on Friday, the session was
the private calendar.
The bill providing for the retirement of
Colonel Henry J. Hunt, chief Of artillery IN
the Army of the Potomac, as a major general,
gave rise TO a good deal of discussion
In opposing the measure, Mr.. Springer (O.)
took occasion TO speak in strong condemnation
of the bill to retire General Grant and to give
him pension of SO, 125 year simply because
he had been unfortunate in Wall street.
The bin was laid aside in Committee Of the
Whole to be reported fayorably to the House.
At the evening session forty-six private PEN
sion bills were passed, including one granting
a pension of $50 per month TO the widow of
General E. o. C. Ord.
SATURDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
In the House, on Saturday, there was
lively debate on the Senate bill granting per-
mission to L. K. Reynolds, q. S. N, TO accept
the decoration of the Royal and Imperial Or
der Of Francis Joseph from the government of
Austria.
Mr. Robinson On. " asserted that the in
tention of the bill was :" to PROSTATE the Ameri-
can people in the dirt" and that it twas the
beginning of series of orders of nobility"
Mr. Cox IN Y.) said the medal was merely
a present TO a young naval officer who had
saved eleven lives at the imminent peril of his
own.
Mr.. Kasson (Iowa) also severely criticised Mr.
Robinson, and the bill finally passed without
division.
A bill was passed to equalize the rank of
graduates of the Naval Academy, and another
for the retirement Of Samuel Kramer, with the
rank Of chaplain.
bill was passed. after debate, restoring Al
fred Hopkins to the rank of chaplain in the
navy.
MONDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
In the House, on Monday, among the bills
introduced was one (H. R. 7115) by Mr. Hop
kins pa for the payment Of bounty hitherto
withheld from the volunteers of the cd regi-
ment Of Pennsylvania infantry; which was
read first and second time, referred to the
Select Committee on Payment of Pensions
Bounty. and Back Pay, and ordered TO be
printed.
+ On motion Of Mr.. Rosecrans (Cal.), a resoIu-
ton was adopted authorizing the Committee
! on Military Affairs to examine into the work
ing and management Of the Soldiers Homes,
TO sit during the sessions Of the House, and TO
send for persons and papers.
On motion of Mr. Dibrell (Tenn.1, Senate
amendments to the agricultural appropriation
bin were non-concurred il.
On motion Of Mr.. Steele Ind.), the amend
Inent Of the Senate to the House bill TO provide
for the muster and pay Of certain officers and
enlisted men Of the volunteer service was con-
CURED in.
Mr.. Bedford rep, COLI introduced bill
appropriating 100000 for the erection of a
home Tor disabled soldiers OF the Confederate
army at Fredericksburg, Va. Referred.
The House then, at $40, adjourned
TUESDAYS PROCEEDINGS
In the House. on Tuesday, Mr.. Ellis Ia
called up a joint resolution appropriating the
. further sum of 100000 FOR the relief Of the
! sufferers by the overlooking of the Mississippi
River and its tributaries. The resolution was
passed, yeas 100, nays IS.
The Hcuse then resumed the consideration
: Of the Wallacc-McKinley contested election
case.
: Senator Sharon's Divorce Suit.
, Ex-senator Sharon testified at San Francisco,
on the 26th inst, for the first time in the suit
brought against him by Miss Hill for divorce
: and alimony. he denied ever having 81 500
from the plaintiff for investment. He said the
: word wife" in the letters produced addressed
e by him to her, was a forgery. he never signed
the allaned I.aarrian.e The dncuIlInrt