Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-05-04
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WASHINGTON, April 25.-rhe pending
question when the House met was the mo-
ton made by Mr.. Reed (Me. Saturday, to
lay on the table the resolution expunging
from the record such portions of the speech
OF Mr.. Walker lMass.) which were not
uttered on the floor, and which reflected
on his colleagues, Messrs. Williams and
Hoar. The Republicans retrained
from voting, and the result was yeas,
6; nays, 13S-no quorum. A call of
the House was ordered, and showed that
there were 213 members present, and the
question REQUIRED on the motion to table
the expunging resolution. The motion
was rejected; veg, 5; nays, 155,, The
eG55as y IS rays h1 isgn been t $751;
.E'as lost-yeas.- 10, nays 1853, and there
upon MI. Townsend (Col.) came
forward with q motion for recess until 5
O'clock. The. recess motion was lost-yeaS
Q, nays 146-IC. Quorum. After some time
spent in fllibusteIlng, call Of the House
having been ordered and 220 members re-
spending, further proceedings were dis
pensed with. and the vote required on the
motion for recess. This was lost but as
no quorum voted the House adjourned.
WASHINGTON, April 26.-Mr. Blanchard
(Ls.l gave notice in the House that on
Monday next he would call up the river
and haTb0T appropriation bill. Incommlt-
tee Of the who'd Mr.. Blount explained the
provisions of the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill appropriated 81, 5S4-
9Z5, being $4,000 less than the cur
rent law, and S553, 541 less than the
estimates. 1t was agreed that general dc
bate on the bill should close after two
hours debate tomorrow. The committee
then rose, and on motion Of Nh. Geary
(Cal. the House agreed to the request Of
the Senate for a conference on the amend
ments made by the Senate to the Chinese
exclusion bill, passed by the House.
AIessrs. Geary. Chapman and Hit were
appointed cOnferees.
WASHIN GTON, ID. c., April 27.-By IN
animous consent (the Walker eXpunging
resolution still blocking the way CT the
regular order) the House went into com
mittee of the whole Mr.. Oats, of Ala
bama, in the chair on the diplomatic and
consular appropriation bill. Mr.. Hit
ing for its effect the separation of the
missions Of Colombia and Ecuador,
which the pending bill consolidates II
one mission. The amendment was re-
| jected. Mr.. Hit made several efforts TO
prevent the consolidation of missions and
the reduction of the salaries of ministers
to the South American republics, but his
efforts were Of no avail. He then offered
on amendment to restore to $500 the sal
| airy of the minister to Venezuela (the com
| mlttee having cut it to $4,000. NOquOruM
| voting on the amendment, the committee
| rose and the House adjourned.
WASHINGTON, April 2S.-The House By
unanimous consent went into committee
| Of the whole. Mr.. Gates (Ala.) IN tao
| chair, on the diplomatic and consular ap-
| preparation bill. The pending question
was on Mr.. Hits amendment restoring
| to $500 the salary Of the minister &c
| Venezuela. No quorum voting, call o.
| the committee was ordered. Al
| though 1872 members responded K
| their names, the quorum vanished on tA(
vote on the amendment. and another cal
showed that ITO members were present
| These constituting quorum, the teller:
| resumed business at the old stand
| But the business was slack and again
| the tellerS went into liquidation
and another roll call was INSISTED
upon. This time $50 prospective
customers responded; but when business
| was again resumed the number dWlndled
| Finally the committee, on motion Of Mr.
Blount, rose. Mr.. Blount then moved tina
the House adjourn, and on this motor
! demanded the yeas and nays. The result
was: Yeas, 10; nays, 1873. Then Mr.
| BIOunt moved that the Sergeant-at
| arms be directed to bring in the ab
| sentees. This was carried and the ser
| geant-at-armS procured several hacks AM
his deputies proceeded at full speed to tn
| BennIngS race track, where the Sprin
races are being held. But the return iron
the races was not as speedy as the tri
| there, and as it was evident that no bust