Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-03-17
HOUSE.
In the Ho9ee of Representatives TODAY Mr..
Brown of Indiana offered as q pririlesed
question the following preamble and resolu-


In the Ho1ee of Representatives TO-DAY Mr.
Brown of Indiana offered As . privileged
question the following preamble and resolu.
ton:
whereas, There was pending in the 4Sth
Congress, bill containing among other mat
tiers an appropriation of $50, 900 for certain
improvements on the Ohio river at or nea,
Jeffersonville Indiana, known as the Jeffer.
sonville Levee appropriation, and.
whereas. IL IS charged by reputable citi.
zens of Indians that during the pendency Of
SAID measure person or persons, then off.
GERS of the Horse of Representatives. ex
acted, collected and accepted from person
or persons interested in the success of said
appropriation a large sum of money on pre-
tence, or for the purpose of influencing the
members or senators in their official action
thereon, and,
Whereas, 1t is also charged that the person
or persons so exacting. collecting and ac.
cepting said sum of money for the purposes
aforesaid, are officers and employees OF this
House, therefore,
Resolved. That the committee on the re.
form of the civil service be instructed to in.
quire into the truth of said charges and re-
port the facts to this House.
The resolution was accepted
bill was introduced to grant the widow
of Vice President Hendricks one years salary
of the vice presidents office.
resolution was offered bv Mr.. Reed OF
North Carolina directing the committee on
education to report the Blair educational bill
at once
Mr.. Collins, from the committee on judic-
iary, moved to suspend the rules and pass the
bill to provide for the closing up of the bus
lness and paying the expenses of the court of
commissioners of Alabama claims. The bill
was passed without debate or division
On motion of Mr.. Miller of Texas the
rules were suspended and the Senate bill
passed authorizing the comptroller of cur
rency to permit the receiver of national
bank to use trust funds for the purchase of
property upon which the bank holds mort
gage or evidence of Indebtedness.
Mr.. Bland of Missouri, under the in true
ton of thaA committee on coinage,
weights and measures, moved to suspend the
rules and adopt the following resolution:
Resolved, That House bill No. $500 '.for
the free coinage Of silver" be made special
order for Saturdays Goth and 27th and Satur-
day April Sd, and the same to be taken up
again Tuesday, April 9th after the morning
for the consideration of bills reported by the
committees, and to so continue from day to
day until disposed of. provided that unles.
sooner ordered by the House the pre-
vious question be pending thereof at 8
o'clock Thursday, April Sth. This
order not to interfere with reve-
nue. or general appropriation bills except
Thursday, April Sth, fixed tor the final dis
position OF this order.
After some opposition the motion to sus-
pend the rules and adopt the resolution was
agreed to-Yeas, 179; nays, 81.
The announcement of the result was greet
ed with round of applause by the silver
men. The vote, however cannot be regarded
as test vote inasmuch as the well known op-
ponents of the free coinage of silver as Find
ley of Maryland and Bayne and Scott of
Pennsylvania voted in the affirmative, while
Blount of Georgia, Curtin of Pennsylvania
and Dougherty of Florida who first voted in
the negative changed their votes at the So
licitation of friends who desired that dis
cussion should be held. Had not this change
been made the motion would lacked the nec-
essary two-thrds in the affirmative.
Mr.. Reagan of Texas, from the committee
on commerce. moved to suspend the rules
and adopt resolution making the inter
state commerce bill a continuing special or
der for April 18th. Agreed to, yeas, 1875
nays, A.
The House then at 5 o'clock adjourned.