Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-06


be disrespsctful or lacking In decsncy.
he therefore asked that. under the cir
cumstances, the resolution might be
printed in tie Record.
MIR. Caldwell, Of Tennessee, OF
jected.
Mr. Baker then took the floor on .
question Of privilege. and, as apart OF
his remarks, hsd tho resolution Rad, in
order thus to secure its publication in
the Record.
Several efforts were made by Dem ,
Gratis to prevent the reading Of the pa
per, and during ono Of the Interrupt
tions Mr.. Gibson, Of West Virginia,
declared that the paper contained state
ments which were false upon their face.
When the document had been about
half read Mr.. Bland, Of Missouri,
raised the point Of order thatit was dis
respectful to the House, and asked that
the Speaker rule the paper out OF
order.
This the Speaker declined to do, on
the ground that the question OF disre-
spect was one which must be decided
by the House, and that before the
House could decide upon it the reading
must be concluded.
From this decision Mr.. Bland ap
pealed, and, upon Mr.. Blount's motion
TO table the appeal, raised the point Of
no quorum.
Messfs. Baker and Bland were ap-
pointed tellers, and for an hour they
retained their places in front Of the
Speakers desk, but no quorum was
forthcoming. Requests for unanimous
consent to put various measures upon
their passage were denied by demands
for the regular order, generally made
by Mr. Browne, of Indiana, who also
objected to Mr. Morrison's request to
take up the adjournment resolution for
the purpose Of concurring in the Senate
amendment.
Mr.. Browne stated that he would OBJ
ject to everything until the pending
matter was disposed Of. This could
be done il the gentleman from Missouri
would withdraw his point Of no quo
rum. Finally, at o quarter before 2
O'Clock, q quorum sppeared and the ap-
peal WAS tabled-l59 to 4.
The reading of Mr.. Bakers resolu-
ton was then continued, but before IL
vas completed unanimous consent was
given to printing in the Record.
The adjournment resolution wa;
taken up, and the amendment Of the
Senate fixing the hour of adjournment
at 4 o'clock to-day WIS concurred in.
The bill was passed appropristing an
additional sum Of $4,000 for the SO.
lection of site for the Congressional
Library. The same bin passed tho Sem
ate yesterday.
At 2:25 the committee appointed to
wait on the President and inform him
that Congress- was ready to adjourn
appeared at the bar of the House and
announced that it had performed its
duty and that the President had no
thing further to communicate to Con-
gress.
On motion Of Mr.. O'Neill, Of Penn
splvsn,s. the Senate bill was passed &C
ceptirg The gift Of the Grant relics.
On motion Of Mr.. Neal, Of Tennes-
see, the bill was passed increasing to
Sl50,000 the limit of the cost Of the
public building at Chattanooga, Tenn.
The House then, st $40 P. NJ, took
a recess for half an hour.
After recess Mr.. Hiscock, Of New
York, moved to suspend the rules and
pass the bill regulating the duties on
tobacco Wrappers. Mr. HiScock took
the floor and spoke in support Of his
motion until seven minutes before 4.
The next three minutes were con-
sumed in attempting to secure consent
to have tho majority report on the
tariff bill printed in tho Record. and
then the Speaker, without any prelimi-
nary remarks, declared the House ad-
iourned sine die.