Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-08
A POINT OF ORDER.
Mr.. Kilgore Creates Something of a
Sensation Today.
A FORGOTTEN RULE BROUGHT UP.
No Old Bills to Come Up for Six
Days.
A BRIEF SENATE SESSION,
And Then There Was an Adjourn
ment Until Monday.
A FORGOTTEN RULE BROUGHT UP.
| BRIEF SEN ATE SESSION,
SENATE.

The Senate, Immediately after the reading of
the journal. agreed that when IL adjourns to-
day it shall be till Monday next
A communication from the Secretary Of War
was laid before the Senate, showing that bal
ance of s3732 was still due to the state Of Penn
sylvania for moneys expended by that state for
the use of the United States in 1864. Messrs.
Turpie Ind and Gibson (Md.) }, who have
been on the list Of absentees for the last three
days, took their seats today. Mr.. Hiscock took
his seat yesterday. There are now but nine sb-
sentees-Messrs. Allison, Colquitt, Gibson (La. },
1rby. Jones (Nev.), Kenna, squires, Stanford
and Warren.
memorial was presented from the Chicago
Women's Club for the repeal of the provision
of law requiring the worlds fair to be closed
on Sundays.
bridge across the Mississippi river above New
Orleans, for the use of the Southern Pacific rail-
road, was reported by Mr. Vest from the COM
mittee on commerce, read and passed.
Mr.. German offered q resolution, which was
agreed to, calling on the Secretary of the Treas
ury for copies of correspondence relating to
the claim Of the city of Baltimore for advances
during the war Of 1912
The Senate then. at 1890, on motion of Mr..
Sherman proceeded to executive business.
Half an hour later the doors were reopened
and a message presented from the House
WICK Of Ohio. The customary resolutions Of
regret were offered by Mr.. Brice and were
adopted, and then, as further mark Of respect
for the memory of the dead member, the Sem
ate at IN. adjourned till Monday next
HOUSE.
After prayer and the reading Of the journal,
the annual report of the Secretary Of the
Treasury WAS laid before the House and re-
ferred to the committee on ways and means
The call of committees for reports was barren
Of results. In the consideration morning
hour the pending business was the motion
made by Mr.. Herbert (Ala.) to lay upon the
table the motion made by Mr.. Holman (Ind. }
terday passed the bill terminating the reduc-
tion in the engineer corps of the navy.
Mr.. Herberts motion was agreed to-yeas,
ITO; nays, sc. So the bill was passed.
Mr.. Cultivate (Ohio), under instructions
from the committee on military affairs, called
3, 1892, the provisions Of the act TO provide for
the muster and pay Of certain officers and en-
listed men in the volunteer forces.
Mr.. KILaoRK's POINT OF ORDER.
Mr.. Kilgore (Texas) made point Of order
against the BILL and quoted the rule, which
provides that business unfinished at the end of
one session shall be resumed after the sixth
day OF the subsequent session of that Congress.
Mr.. Cultivate suggested that if there was
any force in the point the House would not be
able to transact any business until six days had
elapsed.
Mr.. Burrows (Mich. remarked that the whole
difficulty arose from the failure Of this Congress
to adopt the rules of the last Congress.
The Speaker said that he could find no
decision Of any kind of his predecessors bearing
on the question. By implication the rule pro-
vided that business unfinished at the close of
one session of a Congress could not be consid-
cred during the first six DAYS of a subsequent
session. So the chair would sustain the point
Of order.
Mr.. Boutelle CMe. Then the House can do
nothing but adjourn from day to day.
The Speaker-The committee on rules will try
to correct the matter tomorrow morning.
So the bill was not received and the morning
hour was considered as having expired
The point made by Mr.. kilgore was entirely
unexpected and created much amusement
Probably not dozen members in the House
were aware of the existence Of such q rule or
If they were, understood lite purport Although
the rule has been In the code for many wears
Except during the Fifty-first Congress) none
of the Oldest members eau remember when it
has ever before been invoked.
The PRINTING BILL.
The House then resumed consideration of the
bill providing for public printing and binding
and the distribution of documents.
Mr.. ]. ID. Taylor Of Ohio offered an amendment
providing that additional copies of the Epher-
meris and Nautical Almanacs NAV be ordered
by the Secretary Of the Navy for sale.
After an hour consuned in securing a quo-
rum the amendment was rejected-yeas, &c;
nays, l22.