Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-11

HOUSE.

met at III, n continuation of Wednes-
DAY session Eaton, Chairman of the
Committee on Laws relating to the elec
ton OF President and Vice President,
reported back to the Senate the bill on
the House Calendar. With an amend
ment IN the nature of a substitute, as
follows:
SECTION I. That the electors of each
State shall meet and give their votes ON
the second Monday in December next
following their appointment. at such
pi zee In each as the Legislature of such
State shall direct.
Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of
the Executive of each State to cause
lists OF names Of all electors of such
state 10 be duly ascertained according
&c tha law of the State, made out and
certified: An to be delivered as soon as
may be after such determination shall
be had. to the electors. and before the
day on which they are required by law
TO meet.
Sec. 3. That Congress shall be in ses-
sion on the second Tuesday of January
succeeding such meeting of electors.
The Senate aud House of Representa-
tlves sh all meet in the hall of the House
OF Representatives at the hour of one
O'Clock in the afternoon OF that day in
joint convention. Two tellers shall be
previously appointed on the part of the
senate and two on the part of the
House OF Representatives. to whom shall
be handed. as they are opened by the
President of the Senate, all the oertlfi
Gates of the electoral vote, which oertif-
icates and papers shall be opened, pre-
sented and acted upon in the alphabet
cal order of the States, beginning with
the State of Alabama /; and said teliers
having read ths same in she presence
and hearing Of the joint convention,
shall make a list of the votes As there
appear from said certificates. The
votes having been ascertained and
counted by tellers the result sha
be delivered to the presiding officer #
the joint convention, who shall there
upon announce tho vote an the names
of the persons. il any, elected Presi-
dent and Vice President of the
United States, and said amour .
ment, together with list of tee
votes, shalt be entered on the journals
of the Senate and House of Repressn
tatives, and the presiding officer of IL .
joint convention shall, "a soon as may
to said Office of President and Vice.
ns objection is made to the return of
the vote of any one thereof, it shall be
counted and added to the list of States
an objection has been made. rs herein
after provided, the said returns
shall be laid aside to be proceeded
with in the same manner as
hereinafter provided for. Objections
to counting the vote of any State
shall be made in writing and shall be
signed by at least three members of tue
joint convention before the call OF said
State. said objection to be placed in
the hands of the presiding officer of said
joint convention, who shall present the
same on the call of the States. If more
than bne return. or p ,per purporting to
be a return, from State shall have
been reported by the President of the
Senate, the presiding officer Of the joint
convention shall submit them to the
members thereof to determine as to
which be the proper return. and three
hours shall be allowed for debate; and
the joint convention shall then proceed
to vote per capita, commencing with the
State of Alabama. and those votes shall
be counted and added to the list OF votes
already ascertained, which a majority
of the joint convention shall determine
to be the proper and legal returns.
Sec. Of the substitute provides that
the Joint convention shall not ba dis
solved until the count of the electoral
vote is completed and tho result de
clared.
Mills. Chairman of the Committee on
Ways and Means. reported bill amend
ing the statutes iii reference to the i'm
mediate transportation OF dutiable
goods.
The Senate bill to suspend operation
on section 5574 of the revised statute re-
lating to the nuano islands, was passed.
The contest over the public building
measures was resumed, and StOckslarer
moved to go into Committee of the
Whsle TO consider the measure.
Owing to the early hour of meeting
there WAS no quorum in the House. and
the point was raised by Warner, where
upon Belford emphatically demanded \
call of the House, and served notice up
on Warner that AS the fight had begun
it would be continued during the prog
ress of the roll call, and declared that
he would show whether there was a
quorum of courageous men or towards
present Many members came IN, and
at its conclusion. 222 Representatives.
answered to their names.
Further proceedings under call were
dispensed with. and at a few minutes
before II Warner moved to adjourn. but
this being voted down, the legislative
day of Wednesday continued.
After short skirmish, the motion OF
Stockslager WAS agreed to, and the
House went into Committee OF the
Whole. Wellborn in the chair.
The first bill taken up was that apprs-
priating 100000 for public building
1T New Albany. Ind.
Thompson proceeded to oppose the
method Of considering all these bills to-
esther in strong terms. He character
lied it as robbery" rs putting all
tue pork into the pot" and said that the
better way would be for the House to
allow each member An appropriation for
a public building, which. In the Ian
euage of Oakes Ames, he could put
where IL would do the most good" This
lead To an exciting scene, Thompson
being frequently interrupted and half
dozen n embers talking at the same
time amid So much confusion that
scarcely any of them could be heard.
Finally the bill WAS laid aside favorably.
Bills for buildings at Chattanooga,
Augusta, Me-. and Pittsburg were also
la,d aside favorably.
The committee then rose and the
House adj urned.
The chair laid before the Senate A
comm ,uication fro u the Secretary Of the
irvasury urging tue necessity for new
,eysnue cruiser for Alaskan waters, and
recommending an appropriation oil
&l75 900 for the purpose
Miller, of California, presented me-
moral Joint resolution from the Leeis-
la,ure Of California, urging the adop-
ton bv Congress of the bill introduced
by Sumner in the House relating to pos
tai telegraph.
Reports were made from committees
By Vest, from the Committe on Com
merce, favorably on the bill to author
ize the construction Of bridge across
the Mississippi
Miller, Of California. from the Com
uittee on Foreign Relations, reported
an original amendment to the consular
AID diplomatic appropriation bili, to
take the place Of the bill referred back
10 the committee, providing for the
an,,,,,t,uapt of a spAcial commission t0