The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-28

Record, OF the Forty-sixth Congress, TO
show that on motion TO table the motion
TO reconsider the vote by which the eight
hour bill was laid on the table Mr.. Morton
had voted aye.
Mr.. Cannon suggested that the record
was not the highest authority. The jour
nal was the highest authority. He in
quired whether when the gentleman made
the statement he did not know that the
journal showed TO the contrary? Jap
plause on Republican side.
Mr., Bynum replied that he bad gone to
the record to find the vote, and he be
lieved the record to be correct and night.
Mr.. Cannon declared that the journal OF
the House was the proper authority,
Mr.. Bvnum reasscrtcd that members
always examined the record and not the
journal TO see If they were correctly re-
corded. II n member had voted one way
and desired To be recorded another way lac
would seek out the journal TO make the
change, and possibly this might De SO IN
the present case. llensiNe laughter on
the Republican side.
The matter was then dropped and the
speaker laid before the House number Of
kilograms from absent members asking for
extension If leaves on account OF sickness.
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Under the call OF States the following
bills, etc, were introduced and referred
By Mr.. Breckenridge, OF Arkansas To
suspend the operation OF the laws relating
10 the sinking fund; also, TO correct GER
tain abuses arising under the tarih laws IN
relation 10 steel rail bars, copper, structural
iron aud lumber.
by Mr.. Anderson, of Iowa: To define
20. IL. H.. ttalt
OF persons connected with them.
By Mr.. Joseph, Of New Mexico; A rcso-
luton directing the Secretary OF the In
terror forthwith TO examine into the occu-
panCy OF the Maxwell land grant 10y those
who hold adversely to the party or parties
in whom the titles thereto have been de-
cidcd TO be 10y the supreme court OF the
United States, and 20 report 10 Congress
without unnecessary delay the extent OF
each adverse holding, the value Of the
land embraced within such holding, aud
the value Of the Improvements thereon,
and also the time when the holding was
first occupied and the names Of the parties
who now possess the same, with view 10
indemnify such adverse claims, and ior
expenditures they have incurred in good
faith. During the pendancy OF such in
ycstigation and report thereon all writs Of
cicctmcnt are TO be temporarily sus-
pended
Referred 10 the committee on private
land claims, with leave to report ut any
time.
BY Mr.. Nandevcr. Of California To
provide means Of discriminating the cot
tony cushion scale now threatening the
citrus lruit culture In California.
The speaker laid before the House the
requests OF Mosss. lloycy aud Nlaison.
the rival candidates Tor the goycmorsliip
Of Indiana, Tor leave oi absence Tor fifteen
days ION account Of important business. %
The request caused q laugh but Mr..
O'Ncill, 1T Missouri, objected o. tlom ON
the ground that the House ought not to
grant leaves for political reasons after
having on Saturday revoked al leaves.
Mr.. Buchanan, OF New Jersey, thought
that the Indiana campaign hal been
fought ont long enough on the floor OF the
House, and he favored transferring the
fight 10 Indiana. He therefore moved
that the leaves be- granted, which motion
prevailed
Mr. lurncs, Of Missouri. moved that the
House 20 into committee Of the whole on
the deficiency appropriation hill.
Mt. hhhen, 81 south Carolina, made an
unsuccessful appeal 90 Mr. Burnes So allow
the mA to go over until tomorrow, Whct
many Of the friends OF tho French spolia
ton claims would hc present, and lhc mo
ton WIS 1gryvd 90 10y bare quorum, th
vote standing yeas 700 nays I.
In committee, the chairman Mr.
Springer stated the pending question Q,
bc on the appeal from the decision Of th,
chair ruling the French sp0lialou claim
section ont ni the blu.
After mo- hour and more the vote Of
quorum was secured, and the decision al
the chair WIS sustained Ny q vote of los Il
~ 50 iho provision was eliminated iruu
the bin.
by unanimous consent the il1or was nc
corded 10 Mr.. N1st, 1T Virginia, VIII,
made an exhaustive speech iu favor Of thu
Blair educational bill, aud charged its Gail
utc Of passage 90 the Democratic party
lie quoted from q speech made duriug th
last Virginia campaign hy Senator nalio
90 the eject that The blair bin had bcpi
defeated in thr FIuy.uuih Congress o..
Speaker Carlisle ami tlat, because of thl
action, hc las q representative of Virginia
had UlIlrd tu vote lur the usual p'suu
ton Of thanks rendered 30 the speaker a
the end II the Congress. Yet the sam,
gentleman had been reelected speaker %
The filIcih CongIu-s hy tic votes OF Dom
oCraiic mrmhrn lrUm Virginia and o..
had again bad thr power to constitute thJ
committee GA education s0 as % defeat the
measure.
Mr. Wise. II Virginia, took the lloor o.
reply. Everybody. hc uid. understood
the purpusg ol his colleagues speech. 1h,
gcntlcman's opponent WIS ia tho 6rld