The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-10-02
THE HOUSE.
One of tie Last Acts Was to Declare the OF:
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Z. ::WAsnINGToNs Oct. lin: the House to-.
day before the: rerding of the: Journal,
Breckinridge ef*Kentucky raised THE, point
Of no quorum. E. While waiting a qnornaf q
message was Received frem the Senate that
anneunced an. agreement to the: conference
report on tile Tariff Bill. =
:. Shortly. before / O'Clock Breckenridge:
withdrew the point, but 1t immediately was,
rene wed by K ifgore OF Texas. = = =
But a. few minutes. afterward Kigore re-
Tented and withdrew the point, and the
= Journal was read. =" = g.. - ii
" Mckinley Of: Ohio called up the House
concurrent resolutions directing the clerk to
number eenseettlEeN the. paragraphs Of
tie enrolled Tariff Bill, with the Senate
: amendments. This was agreed to-: and on
!: motion of Nc kipley a concurrent resolution
was agreed to directing the clerk 10" make
further eOffectioHin the punctuation OF The
enrolled Tariff Bill. 8 :: X. :;
-. Mckinley offered a. resolution fora COM
nlittee of threbEseach frem the House and
Senate to wait upon the President and in
form. him that Congress IS ready TO- adjourn,
and:aSk If he has any further egnimunlca-
tio1l to make. Adopted. - - 4 I 4.
Carter of Montana submitted the confer
. ence report outhe bill to dispose OF the
Fort Ellis Military Reseryationlns Montana.
THIS bill Allen of Mississippi took.as a
very remote text for political speech, III
which he charged the Republican party
with degeneracy and Inconsistency. He
said that; the Republican party had begun
with Abraham Lincoln and ended with
Benjamin Harrison was proof that the
party had gone tp seed. :'.-s.
McCreaEy OF Kentucky gave notice that
he would raise: the point of no quorum
against the conference report, and Carter
Withdrewit
!" CaswcH of wisconsin submitted letter
addressed to the Speaker by Postmaster
Wheat rendering his designations. Subse-
quently Spooner of Rhode Island from the
committee submitted his report. 1t stated
that although the relations between Dalton,
the previous postmaster, and CtilbertSOn.
the mail contractor, give rise ITO grave
suspicion Of some. private arrangement be-
tween them whereby Dalton, during the
F@rty-ninfh and Fiftieth Congresses; de-
rived personal profits out OF his contracts
for carrying the mails, no absolute proof
was obtained. The report was accompanied
by resolution declaring the office OF POST
master ofihe: House vacant, and directing
the Assistant Postmaster to-: perform such
duties until a postmaster shall disappointed
and qualified. :: :: 80
: Hayes of Iowa submitted "A minority re-
port, dissentingfn in reference to- Postmaster.
Dalton. = Il y.
Pending a discussion upon the question.
Mckinley catledup the resolution for final
/ adjournment, Win an ainenutheuG.lIAlu tne
honr:at 6o'clock. Agreed to. ). ::
:. The Wheat resolution was then agreed to.
:: The Speaker laid before The House i let.
ter from Representative Conger,: stating that
he had forwarded to the Governor Of Iowa
his resignation as Representative from the
Seventh Distfictof that State. The Speaker
further stated that lie received q substaIi-
TALLY similar communication from Repre-
sentative de Haven Of the First District OF
California. but the letter was mislaid.
Senate concurrent resolution for negoti-
ations with Great Britain and Mexico for
preventing the entry OF Chinese laborers
into the United States was agreed to.
CasweIl of Wisconsin asked unanimous con-
sent for the consideration OF tile resolution
electing p. j. Flint of Wisconsin Postmaster
OF the House.
Williams of Ohio objected, and Caswell
withdrew the resolution.
Mckinley, Chairman of the committee
appointed to wait upon the President, au-
nounced that the President had no further
communications to make, and the House
took recess.
During the recess all the members left
the hall to make preparations for their de-
parture from the city, and whenthe Speaker