National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-12-22
SENATE AND HOUSE.
They Fail to Come to Agreement on the Ad'
journment Question.


Shortly amer assembling at noon Saturday
the senate went into secret legislative session.
During the secret session the doors were for
few minutes considered open for the purpose
of receiving q request from the house for
further conference on the naval bill, which re-
quest was granted. After the secret legislative
session the senate went into executive ses.
sion, and at 345 the doors were opened, and
the house resolution providing for ADJOURN
ment to jan was taken up senator Alllson
said IL the two houses passed the resolution
aud adjourned accordingly there would be on
Jan. no money for the support OF the navy:
A long debate on the naval appropriation Dill
followed. At5o'clock message was received
from the house Of representatives making
provision for the naval service for thirty-one
DAYS from the ;Ilst of December
Mr.. Butler moved its immediate considera'
Mr.. Logan opposed 1t. Mr.. Bayard spoke in
Mr.. Butler withdrew his call for considera-
tion of the bill. -
Tho house concurrent resolution providing
Tor an adjournment nom saturday 70 Jan.
was then taken up and voted on by yeas ana
nays, and was not agreed to-yeas 8, nays %
This vote developed the fact that there was
no quorum present, ,whcreupon (at oao p MI
the senate adjourned till to-day.
The senate, in secret legislative session, con-
sidered at length the Vest resolution, declar-
| ing that the Nicaraguan surveying cxpedltlon
| Is lDcNpeulent ana ulfectllg lue hcCEtluiy VI
the navy not to enforce his orders on the sub.
| jeot. The time was taken up chiefly In long
| speeches upon the merits Of the Nicaraguan
| treaty and the benefits to be expected from the
| building of the canal. The Eads railway
project was incidentally discussed. Senator
/ Morgan, who Is friendly to the canal, made
the leading speech In favor of the treaty, ana
! senator Vest led in opposition. During the
/ debate Senator Edmunds took occasion TO say,
| In substance, that hc strongly favored the
| ratification of the Nicaraguan treaty, regard
| less Of what foreign powers might say or 90.
! The Vest resolution, which was forgotten early
/ In the debate, remains unacted upon:
Tho house on Saturday took up the interstate
/ commerce bill. During the debate Mr. Reagan
! yielded TO MIR. Randall TO permit him TO report
! "A conference disagreement on the temporary
naval appropriation bill.
Mr.. Randall moved that when the house ad-
| iourn II be to meet on wednesday, tne 2ltn
instant The constitution, he said, prohibited
| an adjournment for more than three days
| without the concurrence OF the senate. lie
! asked unanimous consent that II should be
agreed that on the 2it further adjournment
should be had until the 9th, then TO the 3lst,
and then until the 9th OF January, ana that on
those days no business whatever shall be
| transacted.
Mr.. Randalrs motion was agreed to, but
unanimous consent was not given TO the agree'
| ment for further adjournment.
Though there is no definite agreement that
no business shall be transacted on "Wednesday
there is II tacit understanding to that effect
and II Is also understood that consecutive ad
journments shall be taken for three business
DAYS ut q time until Jan. 8.
Consideration of the interstate commerce
bill was resumed. Amer short debate the
subject was postponed.
Mr. Randall Introduced bill making tenn
porary provision for the support of the navy
for the month Of January, 1885, 1t was passed
without division.
A senate joint resolution was passed declar
ing Christmas and New Years days holiday
for all per diem government employees.
The house then, ut 4:25, adjourned until
Wednesday, Dec. a.