Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-05-22
PORTY-EIGHTR CONGRESS-.
First session.
sen ATE.

bers. on the part of the Senate, of a commits
sion TO supervise the d. dication ceremonies
in connection with the Washington menu.
ment-
A number of petitions were presented and
appropriately referred, protesting against any
government assumption of the telegraph
service or increase in the number of govern
ment employees, and the destruction of pri
vate interests which such assumption would
involve. The petitioners say that free COM
petition is best for that as for other business
Mr. Harrison presented a counter petition
setting forth that the employees of the West.
ern Union Telegraph company are engaged
in getting signatures to petitions in opposition
to the postal telegraph, and insisting tha,
such petitions are not in the interest of the
people.
The Senate proceeded to the consideration
of bills on the calendar providing for the
erection of public buildings.
Bills were passed as follows providing for
public buildings:
At Jacksonville, Fla, $4,000
" Vicksburg, Miss, 100000
g Chattanooga, Tenn, 100000
" Opelousa, La, so, 600
" Troy, N. Y, l75,OO0
" Portland, Oregon, 100000
" Sacramento, Cal, 100000
- Asheyille, n. G., 100, 600
sc Saratoga Springs, NY. 100000
I" Dayton, o., 10000
- Springfield, O., 100000
The foregoing sums include the full cost OF
the site and buildings,
At 2 O'Clock the chair laid the Utah bill
before the Senate, bnt Mr.. Hoar, who has
charge of that bill, gave way in order to per
NIT of further consideration of the bill to
establish a bure an of labor sfafistics
Pending action on this, Mr.. Van Wyck
obtained unanimous consent to put the fol
lowing bills on their passage, and they were
ead the third time and passed, namely: Per
mitting the erection of bridge across the
Missouri river at White Cloud, Kansas an.
other across the same river near the town Of
Rulo Richardson county. Kansas another
across the Mississippi river between St
Paul, MINI. and Natchez, Miss, and another
across the Illinois river between its moutl
and Peoria, Ills also bill authorizing the
Bellingham Bay Railroad & Navigation Co
to build bridges in the territory of Washing
ton.
Without further legislative business the
Senate went into executive session and later
adjourned.
HOUSE.
Immediately after reading the journal the
House resumed the consideration of the
English Peele contested election case.
MIR. Long of Mass, made an earnest appeal
to the members to decide the case accord ng
to their consciences, and asserted that there
was not an iota of proof to sustain the conclu-
sions of the majority report, which was gro
tesque in its overstate ments and mistate
ments.
Mr.. Pelle of Indiana addressed the House
in his own behalf. and Mr.. Englishs claims
were further advocated by Messrs. Hurd OF
Ohio, Springer of Illinois, Hawley of Cali,
fornia and Converse of Ohio.
Mr.. Hart of Ohio then offered as substi-
tute for the majority resolutions the resolu-
ton of the minority confirming the right OF
Mr.. Pelle to the seat.
During the progress of the vote there was
a great deal of interest manifested, and AT
the end of the call when it was evident that
the substitute was agreed to, Mr.. Springer OF
Illinois, who had voted in the negative,
changed his vote to the affirmative for the
purpose of moving a reconsideration. The
vote was then announced-yeas l2l, nays III.
The following democrats voted with the
republicans in the affirmative: Messrs.
Aiken, Beach, Boyle, Budd, Connolley, Dor
gan. Findley. Greenleaf, Hardeman, Herbert,
Neece, Peel, Potter, Stevens, Sumner.
WOrthington and Yaple.
Mr.. Springer moved a Reconsideration,
and Mr.. Hart of Ohio moved to lay the mo-
tion on the table, pending which Mr.. Con-
verse moved to adjourn.
The motion was carried amid graat ap-
plause on the democratic side--ll9 to lis.