St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-05-23
The House of Representations.


WASHINGTON, May 22.-Bilis were passed an.
thorizing the construction of bridges across the
Missouri at Rulo and Decatur, Neb.
The speaker laid before the house a letter from
the secretary of the treasury, transmitting the
draft of bill permitting the expectation of spir
its by railroad routes to adjacent foreign terri
tory, with the benefit of a drawback of the inter
nal revenue taxes paid thereon. Referred.
The house then resumed the consideration of
the English -Peelle contested election case, the
pending resolution being on the motion to table
the motion to reconsider the vote by which the
house agreed to the minority resolution. confirm.
ingP eele's right to the seat, as a substitution
for the majority. The motion to table was lost
by vote. Yeas 1872, nays 1872
Mr.. Converse suggested that the sneaker
should vote.
The chair replied that it was unnecessary. The
following Democrats voted with the Republi
cans: Aiken, Beech Boyle, Budd, Collins, Con.
nelly, Dorgan, Finlay. Greenleaf, Hardeman,
Herbert, Hewitt, (Ala.;) Hunt, Jones, wis., J.;
Leviering, Mills, Morgan, Moulton, Neeche.
Peet., (Ark); Potter, Stevens, Sumner, Zeal. ;
Throckmorton, Tiilman, Turner, (Ga.); Weller,
Woodward Worthington and Yople
The question then recurred on the motion tn
reconsider, and it was agreed to. Yeas, 1873 :;
nays, 1870.
Between the first and second votes Lawrence
and Lanham paired. Willow, who had voted
with the Republicans, on e emotion to lay on the
table, this time refrained rom voting, and War
ner, Ohio, and Patton, who had not before voted
on this motion, voted in the affirmative. This
accounts for the change of the result.
Mr.. Brown, of Indiana, moved to recommit
the case to the committee on elections with in
structions to the ballots cast for the con-
testant, and the contestee in all the several yot-
ing precincts in county Marine, and make a re-
port of the result.
Mr.. Springer made point of order that the
motion was not in order as the rules which per
mitted a motion to recommt applied to the terms
in BILL and not to resolution. He made a
further point, that even were it in order to re-
commit, it too late to make the motion. as
the house had taken action under the operation
of the previous question. The speaker permit
ed the points of order. The house by yeas 1874.
nays 1874 refused to recommit the resolution.
Mr. Horr rising to question of privilege said,
no ex-member of congress has the right to the
floor if he takes it, and then abuses its privileges
by attempting to influence legislation here. T
now rise to say it has been brought to my notice
by Democratic member of this house that an
ex-member of congress, who is the father of one
of the litgants in this case, has been on the floor
of the house soliciting members, sending for
them, taking them into consultations, and at
tempting to influence them in their votes on this
case. If that be true, it is such violation of
the dignity and integrity of this house it ought
not to go unnoticed.
81 arise to say" replied Mr.. Randall. "that
the father of the contestant would be unnatural
he did not take the deepest interest in his sons
contest applause on the Democratic side, and
derisive laughter on the Republican side1, sand
stand here witness to the fact that the gentle
man has exercised the most careful propriety in
connection Herewith" Applause on Democrat
ic side.
And L want to say further" broke in Mr..
Blount, ''that it is notorious fact, known to
the members on this floor, that this rule has
been violated time and again, that ex-members
| of congress in the employ of railroad companies