The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1888-01-19
SPEAKER CARLISLE I'LL.
The Blair Bill Sunset Cox
Elected Speaker Pro
Tenn.
Congress.

mi SlO!e printing and ErliihG on
second, third and fptuth class snail
m4tter,' such bill having hee., re-
port~d AacA from the Postffnc cum-
m!itse withoa: amendment Con-,
seat vas given and the bill passed.
Mr., Wilson, of Iowa, offered &
resolution which was adopted, call
ing on the Secretary offhe Treasury
for his report as to amount Of reve-
nue collected from each kind Of
liquor each yea: since the passage
of the Internal Revenue law, and
from the special tax on distillers
and brewers.
The Presidents message, L. ms.
mitting the Pacific railroad cons
missioners' report, was laid Aefore
the Senate. At conclusion Of the
reading OF the message Mr.. Hoar
moved that it, with the accompany
ing reports, be committed to select
committee Of five Senators to be ap-
pointed by the chair. Aged to.
The Blair Educational bill was
taken up and MT Bowen made Il
i speech in support of il. MIR Blair
followed Mr.. Bowen in advocacy of
his bill
>;r. Harris Interrupted Mr.. Blair
10 s.,y that i'll the Blair pamphlet
tn legislature of Tennessee was
represented as fayoriDg the bill.
That was q gross mistake. The
legislature Of Tennessee had never
taken any such position
Ar. Blair admitted that there
might probably be y mistake as to
Tennessee, bu. he was certainly
not mistaken in saying the bill was
favored by the legislatures OF Louis
l.snf, Mississippi, Ai1b1;na, GeoT-
gia, Florida, South Carolina, Nortn
Carolina, and Virginia. 50 that il
those States, whosa Senators gener-
ally attacked its constitutionality,
there seemed to bs no objection to
il. The debate became aeueral and
was participated in by Iessrs Hoar,
Dawes, Piatt and others, Mr.. Blair
still holding the floor. Mr.. Blair
final ', however, yielded to the mo
ticn +, adjourn, stating that he in
te.s,l:." TO force the bill to an carly
conclusion. and at 4:15 the Senate
adjourned.
HOUSE There was much un-
easiness manifested in the House
this morning over news OF thu se-
rious illness of Speaker Carlisle
The House was called to order by
the u:erk who announced tho fact of
the Speakers indisposition, and
stated that nominations for Speaker
pro. tenn. were in order.
Mr.. Mills, Of Texas, offered res
olution appointing Samuel L. Cox,
of New York, as Speaker pro. tenn.
during the present temporary abb
sence of the speaker, and the reso-
lutiol was unanimously agreed to.
Mr.. Cox having taken the chair
and called the House to order, The
chaplain offered tbs following pray
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