Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-03-04
TELEGRAPHIC.
CONGRESS-.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, March 4.-The House has
refused, yeas 12S, nays 1872, to concur in
the Senate amendment to the post Office
appropriation bill relative to open mail
transportation.
The remaining committee amendments
to the river and harbor bill were agreed
to. Jones, of Nevada, said it was clear
that further discussion of this bill was the
merest waste Of time; he therefore moved
to lay it on the table This motion was
defeated, yeas II, nays 81.
A message from the House announced
an agreement in the postohice appro-
priation bill on every point of difference,
except that relating to postal 10 cent
stamps for letters requiring special expe-
dition in delivery. Plumb moved that
the Senate recede on this; agreed to-
Cullum called up his resolution to au-
thorize the committee on transportation
routes to the seaboard to sit during recess
Of Congress; agreed to.
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bill was resumed.
AT o'clock, Hale submitted the final
conference report on the deficiency bill,
showing all differences adjusted and the
Senate went into executive session.
When the doors re-opened, recess was
taken until 9 80.
HOUSE.
Randall submitted the conference re-
port on sundry civil appropriation bill
with 231 amendments placed upon the
bill by the Senate. Agreement has been
reached as to III, leaving 90 still in con-
troversy. Sixty amendments on which
agreement has been reached involved an
appropriation Of s., ,233,O00 OF these 80
were for public buildings which would re-
quire an expenditure OF $1,637, 900, For
two hours and a half matters went on
very smoothly. The report OF the con-
ference was agreed to, and the House pro-
ceeded to consider the amendments
upon which no agreement had been
reached The House insisted on its dis
agreement in each case until the amend
ments relative to public buildings were
reached Randall asked that they be
considered in gross, but an objection was
made by those members who desired to
amend the amendments with new propo-
sitions
Randall thereupon called for the previ-
GUS question on the first of the Senate
amendments, but the point "no quorum"
having been raised, further consideration
of the amendments was postponed, and
Randall submitted the conference report
on the naval appropriation bill, announc-
ing disagreement As the clerk was read
ing the report daylight began to stream
into the chamber, and the doorkeepers
busted themselves in awakening many
persons who had spent the night in the
galleries and who had enjoyed quiet maps
on benches, their heads resting on over
coats and other improvised 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 lobbies came into
the hall refreshed, and proceeded to res
taurants to secure breakfast.
THE report on the naval bill was not
agreed to and further conference was Or
dered at O'Clock.
Consideration of the Sundry Civil bill
was resumed.
Budd moved to concur in all the public
building amendments of the Senate ex-
cept one, this being preserved in order
that an opportunity might be obtained to
offer amendments; agreed to, II to 90.
1t was then agreed, by unanimous con-
sent, that members should be permitted
to offer their amendments and have them
voted upon. 1t being especially stipu
lated that yeas and nays should not be
called and that no question of a quorum
should be raised
Hutchins submitted the conference re-
port on the naval appropriation bill.
Agreed to. Keifer offered the following
resolution That the thanks of this Con
gress are hereby rendered Hon. J. NJ.
Carlisle, Speaker, for the courtesy with
which he has treated all its members and
for the ability and fairness with which he
has presided over deliberations of the
house during the 48th Congress. Adopted.
Adjourned.