The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-02-14
coNoREssioNAL.

wAsHnNaron. Feb. 12-The chair
| laid before the Senate the House on
current resolution providing for =
Joint committee of three members OF
the House Of Representatives ano
two Senators to notify Grover Cleve.
land of his election as President OF
the United States from the Atm OF
| March next, and to notify Thomas
A.. Hendricks of his election as Vice
President from the same date. %
motion of Garland it was referred to
the Committee on Privileges ana
Elections. Garland said the phrase
| ology Of the resolution needed look
ing at.
The Senate passed the original
iolnt resolution authorizing the Preai-
dent to return to the government OF
Great Britain the steamer Alert with
tho thanks Of the United States. The
resolutions offered yesterday by In
calls and Hoar relating to the cleo
Ioral count we're, on motion OF Hoar,
referred without comment to the
Committee on Privileges and Elec-
lions.
The resolution offered by Sherman
/ was agreed to authorizing the Presi-
dent of the Senate to appoint 9 COM
mlttee Of three Senator'S to make the
necessary arrangements o + me IN
auouration OF the Pretident-elect. -
VanWyck enqlired OF the chair
why the bill to forfeit the iexas
Pacific land grant had been di.placed
from Its position at the head Ut Inc
8 3ecial order. He said the bill had
not been considered by the Senate,
hut whether by q mistake OF the
clerk, or for some other reason. the
bill had, within. q few days, dfsap-
peared from the special orders.
The chair (Edmunds) said 1t was
owing to no mistake Of the chair.
The bill had been placed before the
senate as Especial order in q technical
form and the senate by q vote re-
fused to consider il and proceeded to
consider other billj. CThi+ was the
anti silver coinage billy. That refus-
al, the chair said, under the constant
ruling Of pre-iding officers of the
senate, sent the bill back to the gen.
orat calendar and it. ceased to be q
special order.
VanWyck asked unanimous consent
that the bill be restored to its plsc-
among the special orders. He doubted
very much whether senat rs, when
they deciied to take up the. silver
TIL, thought they were displacing the
Texas forfeiture bill.
The chair said it was In order for
any senator, ut any time, after morn
ing business. to move to proceed to
the consideration Of any bill on the
calendar. =:
ingalls, did not think the Senate
had been prop. rly advised as 10 lis
Interpretation Of the rule WHEN 1t
displac> d the bill. LOCALS had sup-
posed y bill once placed mo especial
orders remained there Till ulsposed
Of. He di | not speak complainiugIy,
but felt satisfied it bad hot teen The
purpose of the Senate t. displace tue
forfeiture bill Van yck's request
for unanimous consent was :acceded
TO. and the bill ordered to be restored
to its place among the special orders.
HOUSE.
Horr then moved that the appr0.
priati0n for inlani mali transporter
zion be fixed ut ia. 0O0,O00a ana $780,
QUO be appropriated f n railway. posi-.
Office car service. Horl's amend-
ment was adopted.
/: Nichols offered. an amendment
u propriating. $266, 764 for necessary
aud spec. al facilities on trunk Hnes.
After q brief aud noisy debate by
Nichols, McComas and Money In
favor of the amendment and by
Townshend In. opposllion. it. was
adopted. On motion of Horr the
appropriation for Star route service
was increased: by: >$2V, 900. On. mo-
ton Of aorr The appropriation for
railway postof1ce clerks was in
creased SIC, O00.: -.
Townshend gave notice that on
these thlee amendments he would
demand the yeas and nays. Towns
shend offered an amendment provld-
ing that upon ali publications of
second class matter when sent by
publishers thereof, or from the Office
Of publication to bona fde subscribers
or from ne VS. agents to actual sub
scribers shall after July 1885 be en-
titled to transmission through the
mails at m cent per pound OF a
fraction thereof. Agreed to.
Long offered an amendment pro-
viding that any article or item in
any newspaper or other publication
may be marked for*observance with
out an increase of postage; agreed to.
On motion of, Townsbenu the amend
ment vas adopted directing the sec-
rotary of the tie Asury at future let
ings of coz tracts for the manufacture
of stamps etc. to pat in bids for the
bureau of engraving and printing.
Pending further action the cuu-
mittee rose.
The Sick Senator.
ALBION, ILL.,, Feb. 12.-This after
noon fifteen men went out to the resi-
dence of state senator Brown, re-
publican, who is very i'll, and carried