Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-06
HOUSE.

Under the new rule adopted yesterday
Speaker pro TEN Blackburn proceeded tc
recognize members to call up special meas
ures. Numerous bills were called for and
objected to. Then Mr.. Lamb moved to adj
iourn as Judge Holman seemed to have de-
cided that no business should be done. On
division the vote stood tie of los and the
motion was lost. Mr.. Henderson then
called I'D the bill for the distribution oil
the Congressional Record to the various in
corporated associations in the states and
territories, and this being objected to he
moved to adjourn. Lost.
Mr.. Warner (Ohio,) for the purpose OF
consuming the remaining ten minutes the
house had devoted by the rule for the spec
ial business, moved q recess for that length
of time. Lost but the time consumed in
voting exhausted the ten minutes.
Mr.. Atkinson, from the committee on rail-
ways and canals, reported bill for the sur
vey of water route to connect Lake Mich
igan with the Detroit river, which was re-
ferred to the committee of the whole.
Mr.. Mutchler, from the committee on civil
service reform, reported adversely the bill
prohibiting the removal of union soldiers OF
dependent relatives in the civil service excep,
for CAUSE
The house calendar being in order Mr.
Willard obtained permission TO file u minor
ity report hereafter.
Mr.. Money, from the committee on post
offices and post roads, reported bill to re-
duce postage on mailable matter Of the sec
ond class. 1t provides that postage on pub
locations of the second class, when sent BY
the publisher to bona fide subscribers shall
be one cent per pound or fraction thereof.
A session was ordered for tonight ane
then the house went into committee of tn,
whole on the river and harbor bill.
Mr.. King defended the appropriation fol
the improvement of the Mississippi river
and favored the levee system.
Mr.. White, of Kentucky, thought the
pending bill contained larger sums as an ap-
preparation for trout streams than did the
bill of 1892, which was vetoed, and which
had so much to do with bringing the Demo-
cratic party into power.
Mr.. Belford, who made his first appear
ance in the house to-day, and who was ap-
plauded as he took the floor, offered an
amendment directing the appointment OF
a commission to make a survey to ascertain
if reservoirs could be constructed which
could be used in irrigating the public lands
of Colorado. He said the only objection to
the bill was that the slices of pork were not
sufficiently large. The amendment was
ruled out on point of order in speaking to
a verbal amendment.
MIR. J. S. Wise, of Virginia, opposed the
proposition to set aside the Mississippi river
commission, and place the whole pork in the
hands of Capt. Eads, whose plans at best
were problemstical. 1t not only ignored but
insulted the engineer department of the gov
eminent. The proposition to make for
tune of man by incorporating his name in
great national measures to the excluaion OF
department of the government in its bold
ness and audacity surpasses anything he had
ever witnessed in the house. The committee
then rose and took recess until 8 o'clock,
p. nj.
At s o'clock the house went into COM
mittee of the whole to continue the consid-
Grafton of the river and harbor bill. Less
than eighty members were in attendance at
the beginning of the session. Mr.. White,
of Kentucky, Immediately gave notice that
at the first opportunity he would raise the
point of no quorum, and would not
permit the business to proceed until quo
rum was obtained. Mr.. Willis appealed to his
colleague to permit consideration of the bill
in order that public business might be facil-
itated. He said it was understood that only
unimportant items would be discussed. Mr..
White offered an amendment to increase the
proposed appropriation for the harbor
at Burlington, VT, and insisted upon
quorum to vote on it.
In dividual appeals were made to him to
withdraw his demand, but he refused and
and asked for call of the roll. Only 1856
members answered. No quorum being
present the committee. under the rules, arose
and lts condition was reported 70 .ne nc house IS,
thence of the house by demandinga call and