Omaha daily bee., 1890-09-24
LANCSTON SEATED AT LAST.
The House Finally Settles the Virginia
Contested Lection Case.
Mos1pRoTRAcHD AND BITTER ON RECORD
South Carolina's Dispute also En- ndcd-
A joint Resol ution offered In
thesenate fia Mem orial
to General Grant.

wMu1SGToN, Sept. f.9.-Mr. OFerrall OF
Virginia was the only omocnt in the cham.
ber this mornin G durin prayer.
The clerk Immediately began to call the
roll on the approval ci Fridays Journal The
clerk having called The roll announced the
pairs and recapiulated the list of those vot-
ing. The speaker heJtatcd before he an.
nounced the result, there being but two lack.
ing ofa quorum
Mr. o. t'errall demarded that the result
should be announced.
In order to delay the ann ouncement repub.
lican after republican rose and requested
to know how they we're recorded. There
was considerable talk end when IT had sub.
sided the vote was tnnounced-yeas, 1856;
nays, mo quorum, a, call OF the house
was ordered
Just as the clerk besln to call the roll Mr..
Sweeney of Iowa, one of the absentees, en-
tered and was reeeivd by his colleagues
with applause. Shotly afterwards Mr.
Mudd of Mar yand nade his appearance
amid reception of iiingled applause and
| Kisses
During the roll call camera was brou ght
| into req IL isition and photographer again
reproduced the array Of empty democratic
seats.
One hundred and sixty -four members re-
sponded to the call aud without any an
nouncelnent of the reslt further proceedings
were dis posed of and tle vote again recurred
on appro wing Fridays journal. The vote re-
ssulted-yeas, 16O nay, nono-the clerk not
| ing quorum.
Notwlthstandin the protests of Mr.
| O'Eerrall the speaker directed the reading of
Saturdays journal. Twas approved, as was
| that Of Monday
The question then recurred upon the first
of the majority resolutions to seat Venable
1t was agreed tO-yeas 151 nays, | (Cheadle)
| the clerk noting quorum,
Then came the question on the seating of
Langston, and it was carried on q division,
| Messrs. OFerrall and Cheadle alone voting
| in the T. egative.
The oath was then administered to Lang
ston amid cheers from the republican side
an from the galleries
Mr. Rowell of Illinois called pthe case of
Miller VS. Elliott of South Carolina. The
previous question was ordered and despite q
protest from MIR. Kerr of Iowa that some rea-
son for its adoption should be given the reso-
luton unseating Elliott and seating Miller
was agreed to.
Then, on IN oton offtr Henderson OF Iowa,
the house went into committee of the whole
on the senate amendmrnts to tho deficiency
| bill
Mr.. McCrar.y Of Kntllcky, who with a
| chamber, inquired what bill was under con.
| sideration .5-5-
Mr.. Henderson of Iowa in response said he
did not blame the gent'e 'eulan for being little
behind on general legislation.
The afternoon wastc1nsumed In discussion
of the French spoliatioa claims, but without
| action the commit sercse- }easi
| Mr.. Gambler Of Massachusetts, asked unani-
| nous consent for the con Iteration of the res
oluton providing that n subcommittee Of the
house committee on the worlds fair shall in
quire into the progress oeing made by the
fair com missioners, but MIR, Kilgore objected.
The house then adjourned