National Republican., 1884-07-08

In the absence OF Speaker Carlisle who left
for Chicago at . o'clock, the house was called
to order ut 10 o'clock yesterday morning by
the clerk of the house, and short recess was
taken.
Aner the recess Mr.. Randall, of Pcnnsylva-
mia, offered resolution appointing j. G. $.
Blackburn, of Kontucky, ~ speaker pro tenn.
during the temporary absence OF the speaker;
aud IL was adopted unanimously.
Mr.. Blackburn, on tnking the chair thanked
the house for this mark of confidence and said
thnt he would endeavor to deserve 1t.
At 1915 the house took II further recess until
1l:3O.
AMER tho recess the galleries presented gay
appearance being well filed with spectators,
the majority of whom we're ladies, whose bright
summer costumes aud lluttering fans formed
Il handsome frame to the rather dingy picture
which the hall presented. ON the floor there
were great numbers of empty seats, and the
members who were present sut around In list
less attitudes, giving evidence of their long
continuous attendance upon the sessions of the
house.
A Anumber of senate pension bills were passed.
AT ll;5j the house adjourned, and the session
of Saturday closed.
When the adjournment was taken II was
with the purpose of meeting at II o'clock, but
| the house found itself In the inco of the pre-
dicnmunt that, as the daily hour OF meeting
/ was IL u tlilfk, lUt ullItT tllt
rules was until Tuesday at II o'clock. There
wlsu hurried consultation among the mem
| bers, and the speaker pro tom. cut the Gordian
knot by assuming the chair ut II o'clock and
saying that by unanimous consent the session
of Monday would begin ut that hour. There
was no objection.
ON motion of Mr.. Randall, the house con.
Cured in the senate amendment to the ad-
| iournmcnt resolution fixing the hour of final
| adjournment at . o'clock.
| Messrs. Randall, Turner, of Georgia, and
| HlscOOk were appointed II committee To wait
upOn the President and ascertain whether he
| had any further communication TO make to
| the house. r'u
The speaker pro tcmporo announced the np-
! pOintmcnt of Alpssrs. Lowry, Herbert, and Ly-
| man us members Of the commission on the part
of the house to consider the present orgnniza-
tion of the signal service the geological geo
detic, aud const surveys aud the photographic
office
MIR. Baglcy, of New York, having taken the
| chair, Mr. Cox, of New York, offered rcsOlu-
| tion rendering the thanks of tue house to Hon.
| j. g. $. Blackburn "iOr his just remarkable,
and charming manner displayed IN the closing
| hours of this session rs president pro tempOrc.'
| Adopted amid applause and laughter.
Mr.. Cassidy, of Nevada, moved to suspend
! the rules and pnss the senate bill npproprlnting
100000 for the erection Of public building at
| Carson CITY, New.
| on this question no quorum voted, ana tell
ers were ordered. They remained In their
! places for nearly at hour without any definite
T'SullNs NbnNtlll DtlllB given INV ulu NllNll w
the passage of measures relative to the pay of
house employees Mr.. Cassidy, who was one of
tcllers on the public building bill, declined to
report the result of the vote In order that he
may have the floor In December next.
As fur rs the vote was taken It stood AZ to l.,
Thus amid much noise and confusion, but
no business, the first session OF the iorty.eighth
congress, died AWAY; AT q few moments be-
clock were turned back for five minutes In or
der to permit of the reception of message
from the senate announcing the adoption of u
resolution ,postponing the hour ofadJournment
Secretary McCook came rushing over with
the resolution written on n scrap of paper. The
resolution was immediately agreed to. not
wlthstanding the frantic demands of Mr.. White
of Kentucky, for Il division, which the
| sneaker pro tempore refused to hear
At2 O'Clock Mr.. Randall announced that the
committee appointed to wait upon the Presi'
dent had performed that duty, and the Presi
dent had no further communication to make
to the house.
On motion of Mr.. woiford, of Kentucky, q
bill was passed increasing the pension of sol
dlers who have lost an arm at the shoulder
joint to the amount received by those who
have lost u leg ut the hip Joint
At 2l5 the recreation of Il call OF the house
excuses were made for abscntecs, the tayorit,
excuse offered being that gentlemen were II
Chicago ION important business"
Finally, ON motion of Mr.. Young, of Tcnnes
see, the house excused all the dcmoCrati,
mcmhcrs "who are III Chicago engaged in thu
patriotic duty of nominating man for thi
presidency who would beat the republican
candidate" But even the call did not con
sune the time fast enough, and the hands o
the clock were advanced ten minutes. Thel
the speaker pro tcmp0re wishing to each an,
every member n safe return to his home, dc
clarGd the house adjourned without day. ZAP
plauSc
Leave taking and Handwriting followed
aud the hall was soon deserted