The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-05

err amendment appropriating 800, 600 for
building at New Albany, Ind Agreed to--o6 to
26.
Mr. Blackburn offered an amendment appro-
priating $l50,000 for building at Lexington,
Ky. Agreed to.
Mr. Keller offered an amendment appropriat-
ing 100000 for building at Springfield, y.
Agreed to-53 to AZ.
During the Offering of these amendments, and
voting upon them, there was intense confusion
and excitement in the House, Messrs. Thomp-
son and Warner, of Ohio, demanding quorum
in each case, and protesting that the House had
no power to bind itself, as had been done by
agreement. This aroused those members who
had been instrumental in securing the agree
ment. and MIR. Cassidy, Dir. Budd, and others
stood in the snace in front OF the clerks desk
gesticulating violently, and charging their OPP
ponents with bad faith.
AT o'clock Mr. Randall advanced to the
front Of the House and protested earnestly
against what he characterized as most unseemly
procedure. The House was proceeding to pre-
vent the sundry civil bill from being adopted
and thus forcing an extra session, and that was
being done by this demand of individuals for
public buildings. II ask the House continued
Mr.. Randall, impassionedly, ito let me get pos
session of this BILL in order that may send it to
the Senate, secure conference, and avoid an
extra session" Applause. He then moved to
suspend the rules, to adopt the amendments al
ready offered, and to send the bill to a confer
ence. The motion was agreed to.
At $40 Dir. Holman reported that the confer
ence committee on the legislative executive and
judicial appropriation bill had been unable to
agree. He stated that point of difference still
continued as to the amendment of the Senate
providing for senator's clerks.
Mr.. Dockery moved that the House recede
from its disagreement to the amendment, which
was agreed to without division, and the bill was
passed.
The House required to flibustering tactics
against the contested election case of Fredericks
Wilson, from Iowa, and, no quorum appear
ing. call of the House was ordered
Mr.. Hutchns submitted the conference report
on the naval appropriation bill, which was
agreed to.
Mr.. Keifer offered the following resolution:
That the thanks of this Congress are rendered to
Hon. John G. Carlisle for the courtesy with which he
fairness with which he has presided the debera
tons OF the House during the Fortyeighth Congress-
The vote was taken standing, and, amid loud
and continued applause, the Speaker pro tenn,
Mr.. Hatch, of Missouri, declared the resolution
adopted unanimously by the 325 representatives
of the Forty eighth Congress.
On motion of Mr. Poland resolution was
unanimously adopted rendering the thanks of
the House to Hon. JOS G.. S. Blackburn, Speaker
pro tenn for the ability and courtesy with which
he presided over the deliberations of the House
during the period he occupied the chair
Mr.. Randall submitted the conference report
on the sundry civil appropriation bill. He re-
Trained from making any remarks in respect to
adopted the House would have finally acted on
every appropriation bill. The report was
adopted
TAT this point the Grant retirement bill was taken
up andpassed, for report of which see elsewherel
The Speaker on resolution. appointed Messrs
Springer, Cox of New York and Reed as a COM
mittee on the part of the House to Join similar
committee the part Of the Senate to wait
upon the President and inform him that Con-
gress had finished its business and was ready to
adjourn.
On motion of Mr.. Lewis Senate bill was
passed for erection Of public building at Ope-
lousas, La.
At ten minutes before IL o'clock, according to
the hands of the clock, which had been turned
back that extentof time, Mr. Springer, as chair
man OF the committee appointed to wait on the
President. announced that it had performed its
duty, and the President had nothing to COM
municate.
MIR. cARLIsLE's CLOSING SPEECH
AT five minutes before IL Speaker Carlisle
called the House to order anu said: "Gentlemen
OF the House of Representatives--The work Of
the Forty eighth Congress is now completed and
the time has come for me to perform my
last official act presiding officer Of this House
L should do violence to my own feelings, and be
guilty OF the grossest ingratitude, if | were to
declare final adjournment without returning to
you, individually and collectively, my sincere
thanks for the complimentary resolution passed
this morning l thank you also gentlemen,
with equal sincerity, not only for the confidence
imposed In me at the beginning Of your labors
here, but for the respect and courtesy with
which you have conducted all your personal aud
official intercourse with me since that time The
membership of this House is so large. its bust
nessis so great, and the struggle the floor for
priority IN consideration of measures is so earn
est. that, without you cordial cooperation and
support, it would have been utterly i'm
possible to have conducted the business
here in an orderly and regular way. It is SIM
ply justice TO say that your cooperation and
support have been promptly and cheerfully given
in every emergency, and to this fact more than
to anything else must be attributed whatever
measure OF success has attended my efforts to
preserve order and facilite the transaction of
public business. Very few, even among those
who are best acquainted with legislative histo-
ries, have an adequate conception Of the in
creased labors and responsibilities devoyng on
Congress by the events of the last quarter of
century, and none am sure mono who have not
had actual experience, can fully appreciate the
difficulties of transacting public business in
BODY as large as this. In the first
Congress the House Of Representatives
consisted Of only sixty-seyen members,
less than the present membership Of the Senate;
now there are 1926 members, besides delegates
from the Territories From the organization of
the government to the close of the Twenty fifth
Congress-a period of fifty years-there were in
PRODUCED into the House, as shown by the
[ccofue, o,,i' uiiis' Wulie uuring the present
Congress there have been introduced s. 63O-al-
most as many as during that half century. At
present, each one of our general appropriation
bills embraces as much money as the whole
amount of the net ordinary expenditure of the
government during the first nine or ten years of
its existence, and the specific objects to be in
vestigated and provided for in those bills have so
greatly increased that it has become very con-
siderable task even to enumerate them. Though
this House has passed a larger NUM-
it is not strange, gentlemen, in view Of the fact
just mentioned, that it should be compelled to
leave unfinished large percentage of the meas
ures presented 1t is evident that unless some
constitutional or legal provision can be adopted
which will relieve Congress from consideration
OF all, or at least large part of the local and
private measures which now occupy the time of
the committees and fill the calendars of the two
houses. the percentage of business left undis-
posed of at each adjournment must continue to
If 10 not ahla tha r