The Portland daily press., 1885-02-26

| ecutive session alternated for half an hour OF
more the roll call sometimes disclosing absence
| OF quorum.
| Finally at 715 p. M. it becoming apparent that
the bill could not be disposed of tonight, the Senate
adjourned.
HOUSE.
! The Speaker laid before the House communica
ton recommending the appropriation of $25, ,oOC
for the revenue marine service In Alaska. Re
ferred.
Mr.. Geddes of Ohio, from the committee on wal
claims. reported a bill making appropriation for
the payment of 4th of July claims. 1t was referred
to the committee OF the whole.
Mr.. Townshend of Illinois asked unanimous CON
sent to take from the Speakers table for reference
to the committee appropriations the post office
appropriation bill with the Senate amendments
but Mr.. Payson of Illinois objected.
Mr.. Burnes Of Missouri moved to suspend the
rules and pass the deficiency appropriation bill with
various amendments reported from the committee
on appropriations. The following were the im-
portant amendments reported and incorporated in
the bill:
Appropriating S23S, ,448 TO pay judgments rem
dered by the Court of Claims.
Appropriating $l62, $40, together with unex-
and despatch boats.
AboIshing the Office of the 10th census and pro-
vldlng that the work of the census shall be COM
pleted in the office of the Secretary of the Interior
Mr.. Burnes of Missouri called the attention of
the House to the fact that of all the approximation
bills the deficiency bill the safest to pass under
suspension Of the rules. No objection could be
made to it for what it contained. Tho only obec-
tlon could come from these gentlemen who did not
think that it contained enough. There might be
some meritorious claims which were not incorpor-
ated In the bill, but if that were the omissions
could be supplied in the Senate.
MIR. Reed of Maine thought that seme reason
should be given why it was proposed to pass the bill
IN IN thls extraordinary way The representatives Of
the people ought not to be told by the appropria-
ton committee that thew the n
have their claims passed upon.
Ar. Randall of Pennsylvania explained that there
reporting the bill.
Mr.. Long of Massachusetts, corroborated the
statement and said the House would make no mis-
take in passing the bill under suspension of the
rules.
The motion to suspend was agreed to-
The House proceeded to the consideration of
business under the special rules.
Mr. Bontelle Of Maine called up the bill appro-
prlatng 500 900 for the erection of public build
ing at Houlton Me-, but it was objected to.
The House then took up the river and harbor bill,
upon the third reading of which the previous cues
tion was operating, and proceeded to vote upon the
amendments reported from the committee of the
whole. Two hours were consumed in voting on the
amendments separately, as question of no quorum
raised in nearly every instance necessitating
tedious vote by tellers. In each case the amend
ments were adopted without yea and nay vote
until the amendment was reached striking out the
clause appropriating for the improvement of the
mississippi river from the head of the Passes to
the mouth of the Ohio river and recommending the
President to appoint james b. Ea Is advisory en-
glneer OF the Mississippi river commission.
The yeas and nays were called amid much con-
FUSION Upon the amendment of the committee
the vote was declared to be yeas 1877 nays l39.
This rejects the amendment of the COMMITTEES of the
to the bill.
vote and moved to lay that motion on the table.
Agreed to--yeas 145, nays 1874.
MIR. Willis then asked that the Eads proposition
be stricken out, but Mr.. White objected.
The opponents of the bill then resorted to libus-
terng tactics and several motions to adjourn were
made and severally voted down.
Then motion made for recess, and no
quorum having voted, call of the House was
ordered.
quest Of absent members, the House lapsed into a
state OF listlessness until $50 o'clock, when Mr.
White of Kentucky secured the floor on a motion
connected with a call OF the House, and his pres
ence was the signal for cries of Louder" Leave
to print" Vote, and so forth. and general shouts
and confusion, while Mr.. Weaver OF Nebraska in
the guise of parliamentary inquiry asked whether
the man with the most mouth entitled to all the
time of the House.
Amid shouts of approving laughter Mr.. White
called the attention Of the House to the fact that
the gentleman who was jeering at him was yiolat-
Ing openly the rules of the House by smoking on
The nooT and this turned the laugh against Mr..
Weaver who quickly retorted that It was necessary
for man to do something to keep from being bored
to death but Mr.. White was not to be diverted
from his purpose of making speech, which he con-
tinued to do to the intense enjoyment of the House
az large, but to the manifest annoyance of the
llens OF Jne river ana narD0r Dill. JeerS, laughter
and shouts greeted him on all sides and confusion
reigned supreme.
Finally Mr.. Van Eaton of Mississippi. rising to
what he stated was question of the highest priyi-
lege, stated that the successor of the gentleman
from kentucky was present and he moved that he
COW be sworn in. (Laughter.)
Mr.. White-I will say to the gentleman that if
there had been fair election in his district his suc-
cessor would have been here.
MIR. White then proceeded with his speech and
amid hisses from the Democratic side he referred to
PRESIDENT elect Cleveland as being in saloon in
'Oh!'' said Mr.. Gibson of West Virginia "this is
dsgraeetul. The gentleman shall-not utter false
Mr.. Brown of Indiana demanded that the words
be taken down,
Several Democratic members" Withdraw theml,
NO. replied Mr.. Gibson, II do not take them
back, but repeat them"
The language was read at the clerks desk as
given above.
Mr.. Gibson, being allowed to make statement
SAID that his language this: 81 submit that the
gentleman from Kentucky has no right to stand on
this noor and advertise deliberate falsehoods'
Mr.. Brown then moved that in the Judgment of
Ihls House the language used by the gentleman
from west Virginia was supplementary and in
censure of the House,
Mr.. Brown said he had no hope that the gentle
man from West Virginia would be censured what
ever language he might have employed.
MIR. Tillman of South Carolina thought the House
was engaged in an extraordinary proceeding. 1t
was engaged in what he might call legislative ve-
to. The constitution put it in the power Of fifth of
the members to veto the will of the majority by
calling the yeas and nays Since 6 o'clock it had
been evident the vetoing minority was determined
that the river and harbor bill should not pass and
the question had resolved itself into of endur-
ance when 1t came to question of physical endur-
ance ackasses were superior to the intellectu
al statesmen.
On motion of Mr.. Hammond of Georgia, Mr..
Browns motion tabled
At II 40 motion to adjourn was lost but at IL
O'Clock similar motion was carried.