The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-03-07

0sSSOS OOv ~
was mades saky Those msmben Wit
deslred to amend tho amentment'
: with new propositions. Randall
th0reuIOn called ii the Previ0ul
question in the irst senate amend
ments, but the point "no quorum
having been raised, further consider
alton Of the amendment was post
poned ana Randall submitted thu
conference report on the naval appr0
priation bill announcing . disagree
ment. <vsr~
AS the clerk began recording the
report daylight began to stream into
the chamber and the dOOrkeepers
busted themselves in awaking many
persons who had spent the night IN
tle galleries and who had enjoyed
quiet maps on benches, their heads
resting On 0verc0ats and other I'M
pr0vised pillows. New arrivals
made their appearance and the
house began to wear . brighter aspect
although the air in the chamber was
sitting. Members who HAD been
sleeping In the cloak rooms and lob
bies came into the house refreshed
and proceeded to the restaurant to
secure breakfast.
The report on the Naval bill was
not agreed to, and q further confer
enoe was ordered. At 2 o'clock the
consideration Of the Sundry Civil bill
was resumed.
Budd moved TO concur in all pub
lie buildings amendments of the 3 M
ate, except one, this, being reserved
IN order that an opportunity might
be obtained to offer amendments.
Agreed I ,--77 to So.
It was then agreed by unanimous
consent that members should be per-
mitted to offer their amendments
and have them voted on, it being es-
pecially stipulated that the yeas and
nays should not be called and that no
question Of quorum should be raised.
Pending further action the confer
ence reports on the Fertilization and
Deficiency bills were submitted and
agreed to. The last of cheeseman's pub
lie building amendments being for
building at Winona, MIMI. having
been read, Stockslager offered an
amendment. appropriating 500, 900
for the building at New Albany, Ind.
Agreed to, Sc to 20.
Blackburn offered an amendment
appropriating $l50,0U0 for the build
ing ut Lexington, KY. Agreed to.
Keller offered an amendment ap-
propr1atfng 100000 for the building
ut Springfield, Ohio. Agreed to, So
During the Offering Of these amend
ments, and voting upon them, there
was intense confusion and. excitement
instbe house.
: Thompson and Warner (of Ohio)
demanded q quorum In each case.
and protested that the house had no
power to bind itself, rs had been
doAe, by agreement.
This aroused those members who
had been instrumental In securing
The agreement, and Cassidy, Budd
md others stood in the space in front
0 f,the clerks desk, gesticulating vio-
and charging their opponents
with bad faith. AT 8 o'clock Ran
1all moved to the front of the house,
md protested earnestly against what
ne considered as a most unseemly
The House was proceeding to pre-
rent the eundry Civil bill from being
!dopted and 1t was being done by q
lemand of individuals for public (,
buildings. II ask the House." con-
tnued Randall, .impassionedly, ITO
ct me get possession of this bill in
rider to send it to the Senate, secure
conference and to avoid an extra l
Applause. } He then moved
0 suspend the rules, and to adopt l
be amendments already offered and ,
send the bill to the conference. /
he motion was agreed to. 8
Hutchinson submitted the confer f
nee report on the naval appropria- 4
on bill, agreed to. Il
Keifer offered the following resolu- O
on, '''That the thanks of this congress G
70 hereby rendered to the Hon. Jno. o
Carlisle, speaker, for the courtesy o
It'll which he has treated all it's q
embers and for the ability and fair 81
ess with which he has presided
~ the Deliberate: s]of the house tt
ring the 48th congress-" The vote fc
as taken standing amid : loud a
ID continued applause. Speaker s,
o tenn. Hatch (Mo.) declared the nj
sOAuIlOn adopted unanimously by e,
9 325 representatives of the 48th n,
ngress. tn
Randall submitted the conference 81
port on the sundry civil appropri- CT
on bill. He RETAINED from maxi sh
3 remarks in respect to it, except be
say that when this report was je'
opted the House would have final XII
acted on every appropriation bill. m,
pplause. The report was adopted. su
Randall asked unanimous consent Sal
tsKe from the Speakers table and DIR
the Grant retirement bill. TAD
use There was sore .0elay 49,
ing TO the desire to bring up the W
TESTED election case, but finally ~
ections were waived and Randall Jas
,ouncing all appropriation bills G -,
sed,' the House adjourned sine die. d. d;
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