Morning journal and courier., 1886-06-24
FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS-.
WASHINGTON, June 23, 1886


 | SENATE.-The Hawley motion was take1
 up to reconsider the vote by which the Sen 1 ate passed the bill prohibiting members O.
 Congress from acting as attorneys of lano ! grant railroads.
 After somewhat lengthy debate the mo.
 tion to reconsider having been brought to (
 vote was agreed to; yeas 31, nays 21. The
 only Republican voting in the negative was
 MT. Van Wyck. The Democrats voting aye were Messrs. Call, Gray, Payne, Pugh and | Ransom.
 MT. Hawley moved to refer the bill to the Judiciary committee; agreed to, 80 to 21. A number of veto messages received from l the President were read and laid on the l table. Mir. Logan remarked as to one of l them that he had never before known of a ! construction that soldier on furlough was not in the line of duty.
 ! it congenial duty to express himself in the most extraordinary way respecting the two houses of Congress. That, however, was 6 1 matter of official propriety as to which every man must judge for himself. He defended Congress from the criticisms made by the ments were based on misapprehension. He charged that the pension office organized was organized to reject claims whenever that could be done.
 The bill to repeal the timber culture act was then placed before the Senate and de- l at 3 o'clock tomorrow vote should be taken on the bill.
 At 5:1O the Senate went into executive session and at 5:40 adjourned.
 HoUsE-Mr. Morrison, of Illinois, called up the report of the Committee on Rules amending the rules of the House. upon which the debate occurred yesterday.
 MT. Reed, of Maine, raised the question of consideration. MT. Hiscock, of New York, expressing his desire to go on with the sun dry civil bill, MT. Randall rem arked that he could take care of that measure.
 On standing vote the House refused-S0 to 91-to consider the report. The vote was received by the Republicans. But on yea and nay vote the House determined yeas 133, nays 115, to consider the report, Mr. Reed changing his vote at the last moment to enable him to move to reconsider Having made that motion, he yielded to MT. H1scock to move to adjourn, and this motion he supplemented with another that when the House adjourn to-day it be to meet on Friday next. MT. Burrows, of Michigan ironically suggesting that Friday was too early 8 day, moved to substitute Saturday.
 Thus, having laid 8 foundation for day of flibustering, the Republicans refrained from voting and left the House without quorum.
 Mr. Morrison moved call Of the House. LsSSeA oIAS5OoeSS< consider the sundry civil bill.
 ''I will take care of the sundry civil bill" remarked MT. Morrison.
 ''You too,' exclaimed MT. Reed, in affect ed surprise; ''I am afraid the sundry civil bill is being taken too much care of"
 A call of the House was then ordered and the doors of the chamber were closed.
 Roll call then followed roll call and busi- ness was entirely suspended. Members passed the time by gathering in groups in the chamber or retiring to the cloak rooms 1 to chat and smoke and the sergeant at-arms l was directed by resolution to arrest absent l members and bring them to the bar of the ] House.
 At 4:30 further proceedings were dispensed l with. Mr. Burrows motion to adjourn till | Saturday was voted down and a roll call | the time until p. m., when the ] House adjourned. ! It is understood that the deadlock will be I broken and the House proceed with the con- l of the sundry civil bill to morrow. A Democratic caucus will be held in the ! House tomorrow evening. !