The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-06-14
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

WAsH1NeToN, June ll.-When
the doors opened Butler offered a res
olution, which under objection went
over one day, providing tor the ap-
pointment of special committee to
examine into the coniti0n of national
banks in New York City and ascer>
tain specially whether the funds or
bopds have been illegally used by Of
ficials and if the national banking
law has been violated in any respect.
The chair then laid before the SEN
ate the consular and diplomatic bill.
and q vote was taken on the amend
ment agreed to in committee of the
whole, reserving, however, TOR
special vote the $25O,OOO item
already referred to. All the other
amendments were agreed to substan-
tally as agreed by the Senate CON-
mittee on appropriations.
Vest and Jones desired separate
vote on the $3.50, 900 item.
When the chair was about to put
the question of this item Vest said:
1T Is due to the country and the
Senate that the committee on appro~
priations should state what this sum
was asked for and what the purpose
really and honestly is. I call upon
the chairman of the committee to
state the real purpose of the appro-
prlation."
To this allusiOn the chairman of
the appropriation committee made
no response.
Van Wyck offered the following
amendment to the clause referred to:
but no portion of said $3.50, 900 shall
be paid directly or through the Mica
ragua government to owners of the
concession granted the Maritime
Canal Company of Nicaragua.
Allison moved to lay the amend
ment on the table.
Van Wyck asked Allison to
withdraw his motion which Allison
declined to do.
The motion of Allison was agreed
to and the amendment LAID on the
table.
Van Wyck then announced he had
voted in the affirmative and now
moved to reconsider the vote.
At this point Allison rising to
Que stion of privilege moved that the
motion to reconsider be heard under
rule IS, in secret session.
The motion was agreed to ana
doors closed.
When they reappeared Van Wyck
asked the chair to state the ques-
ton. which the chair did.
saving the amendment of VanWyck
to the amendment proposed by the
committee on appropriations had
been laid on the table, and that the
Senate had moved to reconsider the
vote by which bis amendment would
be also laid on the table:
VanWvck- -"Then when we went
into secret session the amendments
of the committee on appropriations
of $3.50, 900 was under consideration: - !,
The presiding Officer-"Mr. Harris.
amendment of the committee had not
been disposed of in the Senate, but
the pending question was to recon-
slider thu vote by which the amend
ment of the Senator from Nebraska
was laid on the table,"
Wyck-"The pro ler matter
for the cons4 ieration OF the open
Senate is the further consideration
or a vote upon that amendment
The presiding officer-"The pena,
ing T question IS, the bill having been
read three times, shall it pass" ..o
Van Wvck protested that tne
record would not hereafter SNOW any
action upon the amendment in ques,,
lion. TO fill the void wblcn w1u.d S..d
he thus created be thought ne d nad
the right as q Senator TO oemann aas;nu
that % n vote be taken in open session
m that amendment. ~ >,
" The question, ''shall the Dill pass,
vas nut. and on this the nays !rha aho
vess wsS were called by Vance. Ne Me
yesult was "a yeas, l nay No
qIE,uhi qT" ,his voting Vest, James an, ana
Van Wyck were paired with " nav ao1eni had
Ssnators van but announced If tney nsu ave
not been paired they wouaa ',se Of 1.-The the
wsv vv. which it was attemPeea P,ats 20 R~as wss
NC w." hill The roll of the senate erum "~1
snT n.I,ad 3D. h,,t did not secure quo' "
The Senate adjourned.
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