The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1886-12-22
CONGRESSIONAL.
TUESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.

ton Of tho house to vote adjournment
yesterday evening, yeas 121, nays 127.
The error occurred by reason of the
great confusion.
Reed, Of Maine, said: Then we are
still in session.
Townsend, of ILL.,, contended that the
house having refused to adjourn, the
legislative day of Monday must now
be continued.
The speaker said: The chair thinks
the house did adjourn. [Laughter]
Morrison from the committee re-
ported concurrent resolution for holt
day, Dec. 20 to Jan. 4. Agreed.
Senate amendment to bill for relief
of survivors of the "Jeannette" was
concurred in.
Dinglcy, of Maine, presented re-
monstrances of the boards of trade of
Pennsylvania, Fla, and Portland, Ore,
against the free ship bill.
WELDON, of Texas, from the
committee on Indian affairs, reported
the Indian appropriation bill and 1t
was ref rred to the committee OF the
whole.
House passed bill extending privi-
lcge of Immediate transportation OF
dutiable goods to Bridgeport, Conn.
Wheeler, of Ala, reported Military
Academy appropriation bill. he
ierred.
Belmont reported the diplomatic
and consular appropriation bill, and 1t
was referred to the committee OF the
whole.
O'Donnell, from committee OH ven-
tilation and acoust cs, reported reso-
luton directing the daily cleaning OF
the vcntilating pipes leading to the
hall of the house.
The committee in its report says:
"Thcre are in this chamber ZIG nickel
plated cuspidors, furnished by the
munificence Of the nation, with the
sole design of being employed for the
purpose for which they were provided,
Dut Tor some reason, unknown to your
committee, they are ignored, and the
re perforations in the brass ventila-
tors employed as the receptacles of tx-
pectoration."
Gillison, of West Virginia, thought
the resolution should be referred to
committee on civil reform, which was
engaged in cleaning all the depart
ments of the government.
The report was then adopted and
the house went into committee of the
whole on the army appropriation bill.
The appropriation for manufacture
of arms at the national armOry was
increased from 100000 to 100000,
but after the committee rose and re-
ported the bill to the house the action
was reversed, the increase being re-
iected. and the bill passed.
Tow n 'hend, Of ILL.,, from the COM
mittee on appropriations, reported the
invalid pension appropriation bill.
SENATE.-Among tho papers laid
before the senate to-day were commu-
nications from the supervising archi-
tect of tho treasury as to Che necessity
of additional vaults for the storage OF
silver. Also report of the govern
mcnt directors Of the Union Pacific
Railroad Company, asking attention
to legi lation affecting that company.
The bill to fix charge for passports
at 81 was Immediately passed.
Appropriations to supply deficien-
cies for public printing, with an
amendment requi. ing the money tobe
expended rateablI
He said as the committee had taken
no action II showed to him that there
were either irreconciliable difference
of opinion or Discrimination on the
part of the committee to bring the bill
before the senate.
Amendment to bill for completion
of building at Fort Scott, Kan., was
n-concurred in and conscience
asked.
Morgan offered resolution calling
on the president for the correspon-
dencc with the government of Nicara-
qua relating to the Nicaraguan canal.
Adopted.
A holiday rec IS from tomorrow to
January was agreed to.
Cullum called up the conference re-
port OH the interest to commerce bill.
lie said he did so for the purpose of
giving the senator from Iowa (Wilson)
an opportunity of making some re-
marks upon the bill, after which, in ac-
cordance with the suggestion of many
senator's on both sides, as to the i'm
practicability of action on it before
the holidays, he would let the bill go
over until after the holidays. lie an
nounced, however, that when the SEN
ate resumed sessions he would again
call up the conference report and insist
upon its consideration from day to