The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-06-12
FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS

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l-ED. HERALD,
SENATE.
Washington, IL When the doo,.
were reopened Butler offered 2 re-
soioilon which, under objection
vent over one day, providing for
Inc appointment of a speeial COM,
MIL. &c 10 examine into the condition
OF the national banks of New vi
city and ascertain specially Wbe her
| the funds or bonds had been iilaoaIf~.
used by officials, and If the n stIon:I
banking law had been vjoIatsd -
any respect. -
The Chair then laid before the
Senate the consular and diulomatie
bill, and vote was taken on the
amendments agreed TO In commit.
tee OF the whole, reserving, how
ever, for separate vote the $3.50,
600 item already referred TO. All
other amendments were agreed to
substantially as reported by the
Senate committee on approoria~
tons.
Vest and Jonas desired a separate
vote on the S250,OOO.
When the Chsir was about
to put the question on this item. he
said 1t Is due to the country and the
Senate that the committee on ap.
preparations should state why this
enol NOUS sum is asked, and what
Its purpose really and honestly is. /
call upon the chairman o the COM
mite to state the real purpose of
this appropriation.
To this Allison, chairman of the
appropriation committee. made no
response,
Van Wyck offered the following
amendment to the clause referred
to: "But no portion OF said $3.50 600
shall be pait directly or through
the Nicaraguan government to The
owners Of concessions granted to
the Maritime Canal Com pany of
Nicaragua"
Allison moved to lay the amend
ment on the table.
Van Wyck asked Allison to with
draw the motion, which Allison de-
clined to do.
The motion Of Allison was agreed
to and the amendment was laid on
the table.
Van Wyck then announced that
ho hod n in fhA &C
moved to reconsider the previous
vote.
At this point, Allison, rising to 8
question of privilege, moved that
the motion to reconsider be heard
under rule 35 in secret session.
The motion was agreed TO and
the doors were again closed. When
they were reopened VanWyck
asked the chair to state the question,
which the chair did, saving the
of VanWyck to the
proposed by the Senate
committee Tn appropriations had
been laid on the table, and that the
Senator had moved to reconsider
the vote by which his amendment
had been 50 laid on the table.
Wyck: Then when We went
into secret session, the committees
appropriatlng S25O,OO
was under consideration.
The presiding officer, Mr.. Harris:
The amendment OF the committee
had not been disposed of in the
but the pending question
WAS to reconsider the vote by which
the amendment If the Senator from
Nebraska was laid On the table.
Van Wyck: Then the proper mat
Ter fot consideration of the open
Senate is the further consideration
or vote on that amend ment
The presiding officer: The pend
ing question is. the bill having been
read three times shall it pass?
Mr.. Van Wyck protested that the
record would never after show any
action on the amendment ia cues
ton. TO fill up the hiatu which
would be TINS created, be thought
ne had d right as Senator to de
nand that vote be taken in open
10 sion Oh that amendment.
Several Senators, "QaestioD, cues
ion."
Thequession. Shall the bill paes"?
vas put. aud on this the nays and
syes were called. The result was
a yeas, nay (Vance), no quorum
roting. Vest, Jonss aud Van Wyck
Vere paired with absent Senators,
'ut announced if they had not been
'aired they would have voted
gainst the bill, the two lat named
senators because of the way in
vh'ch It was attempted to pass the
ill.
A roll OF the Senate vas called,
howing no quorum.
HOUSE.