The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-11

NNtN Va AuNNu Dku'f1t uuu tulu Ill
nounoeror together vita the list OF vote,
sha be entered on the jlufDa.s OF the san
ate and house OF Representatives and che
presiding officer OF tho Joint convention
shall, ~ soon as may be, not " said per
sons OF their election to sad Offices OF pres
Id mt ana vice president, aud v In tho Call
NJ the state no objection is made to rs,urr
them, tho vote thereof shall BE-
Sos. s,s % d, .ns s IN , s. Sqc
lection being made AZ hereinafter provided
then said return shall be laid aside 10 be
proceeded with In the same manner ~ here.
matter provided for, as 10 case OF dou Ole
vo,es from a state all objection 10 the
counting. The vote of any state may be
made In writing and signed by nt last
three members OF the joint convention.
shall he placed,in the hands OF the pfesid-
ing officer OF said joint convention who shall
present the ssme on the call o. tho ttste,
| II moro than one return o. tie paper pur.
porting to DO the return from he state shall
have been received by the president o the
senate, then and In that oat the PRECEDING
officer OF the Joint convention Ghall suomi;
to tue members thereof 10 determine US to
which.is the proper return. and
bate and the joint convention shall
then proceed to vote per capita, osmmenc.
ing with the state OF Alabama and these
votes cha be couuiod and added 10 the
| list of votes already ascer,sined on whlch a
majority Of the JOINT convention shall de-
| teTmino 10 have heen contained in the
proper and legal returns.
Sec. OF the substitute provides hat
| the Joint convention shall not be dissolved
until the count OF the electoral vote Ia com.
plaifd aud the result declared
Ellis introduced Joint resolution direct
| ins the postmgster-generh1 to investigate
aud apply the mos, effective means for the
protection OF the mail on local car rom
| lire. Referred.
Mills, from the committee on wsys md
means, reported bill amending the STAT
utss In reference TO immediate Transports
| ton OF dutiable goods.
Placed on house calendar.
The senate bill passed To r.her suspend
the oneration OF section 557i, revised stat.
utes In relation to guano lsland2.
Then the contest over public building
measures was resumed, Stocssinger NOV
| ing TO 70 into y committee OF the who G for
the consideration OF the measure. Owing
to the early hour OF meeting thgIe was nu
| quorum In the house, aud thst point was
raised by Warner. whereupou Bedford en-.
pha.ically demanded n call OF the house,
and served nntica upon Warner that AS the
| fight had begun 1. would be continued.
| lnflfk the pfDlsIsa5 Oh iAt ron NAll. WHICH
Beliord declared would show whether tn Re
WAS Quorum Of courageous men or COW
ards present, many members came in. AT
its conclusion 222 responded, answering 10
| their names. Further proceedings under
the call were suspended with
At "a few minutes before L. Warner moved
| TO ndjoui n, but this being voted down AFTER
q short skrmish, tho motion Of SioCKatiger
was agreed to- and the house went into
/ mi no ~ lha ufhnlA WaIIhn~u a tkr
chair.
| Stockslager took occasion during tho do.
| bate on the bill apUroprlatins 5000 70 r
public building ct New Albany, Indiana, b.
defend the resolution under which the COM
mttee was sctiug, coutending that II was
wise public policy for the government to
procure o suitable building in which to
transact ITO business.
After & long colloquy tho bill wan laid
aside fnvoraby.
Hopkins Get forth the facts and figures In
support OF the next oil, Increasing To
$4,000 he limit of appropriation for the
erection OF public buildings ~ Piusburg.
Willis moved to amend the bill by in.
crossing the limitation OF Lousylle TO the
same amount In ths course Of Ia argu-
ment In favor OF the emencmeDt he COM
pared the public buildings IN various cities
OF the Union and deduced from the COM
parson the conclusion that II IouiBvills
had n building com meneurate with her r.,
a,ivo importance 1t would cost sl62,3O0.
The amendment was ruled out on point
OF order.
The bill was laid aside fsvorably.
The next bill was one for tho erection OF
building in Chattanooga. Tennessee, the III
innate cost to be 500, OOO.
Young said the democratic majority had
been sent here not to cut down necessary
appropriations. but to reduce tariff bur.
dens upon the people. He would
ask tina gentleman from Kentucky
lend $50,0O0.t00 to distillers than appro-
pirate 100000 for public buildings. He
would ask the gentleman from Onio
(Warner) whether on Monday last he did
not vote for the proposition which his col.
league (Hurd) declared would take the $780,
900. 900 out OF the poor and lsboring men.
Warner.-"I did not believe with my co.
LEAGUE"
Y0upg.-"A ajority oil your party did"
The bill was laid aside favorably.
Throughout the day there was grea;
deal OF noise upon the floor, despite the
numerous circumstances OF the chairman
accom- panied by some vigorous rapping
with the gavsl. Much time was expended
In discussing points Of order, which were
finally decided by the chairman (Wel-
S,rn to IN cal. SUCH forth pu ffa' comment %snsst
from Wilson OF lowe. The members Of
the comm ttee were in the best OF humor
and although the opposition at times made
use ot pretty eevere language there was no
bad blood exhibited until tho dill for the
erection OF bnilding at Augusta, Maine,
at an ultimate coat OF $3.50 0c0 was reached,
when Miliiken and Storm INDUCED In a
warm colloqny.
Mlhken was proceeding to present the
claims OF Augusta and the necessity OF
the building when Storm interrupted with
the question whether Milliken intended 20
vote for every public building on the
cal .ndar.
Miliken replied he would vote for oil
which he thought proper, and when Storm
insisted upon more categorical answer
politely intimated that IL was none OF his
business. From this answer Storm con-
cluded aud stated as his conclusion that
this was a cu'-and-driei matter, aud that
Millken would not dare to strike at bi
for fear he won d be struck back.
Milliken replied that II an unjust bill
came up he would strike at 1t.
Storm then denounced the loe.roliing
policy which was influencing the house,
and Milliken suggested that the gentleman
VINO talked 20 much about log rolling must |
have had some experience OF IL himself. |
The country would not be deceived by such |
talk.
The controversy continued some time
when the debate was closed bv limitation,
the bill having been laid aside iavorablv. |
II, together with those previously consid- |
cred, was reported to the house.
Without further action tho house sd-
ourned.
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