The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-12-06

tnat nothing except routine work on ap
preparation bills will be attempted until
January. Consequently many members
wait until after the holiday recess before
putting IN an appearance,
Long before the hour of high noon
arrived the pub!i1 and reserved galleries
were crowded to their utmost capacity
with visitors and the corridors were
filled with those who found it impossi
bic to obtain admission. The diplomatic
corps was also unusually we'll represented.
Promptly at II O'Clock Speaker Crisp
called the house to order and the con-
fusion which had previously prevailed at
once subsided The mem6yrs rose to
their feet and Chaplain Milburn offered
a fervent prayer.
The clerk was then directed to call the
roll by states. The call was interrupted
by g. message from the senate announcing
that the senate was ready TO begin the
transaction of business and that Senator'S
Hale and German had been appointed TO
wait upon the President and notify him
that it was ready to receive any c0mmu-
nication he might desire 20 make. The
call then proceeded. There were 224
members who answered to their names
and the speaker declared that quorum
was present.
Holman, (dem } of Indiana, offered "a
resolution that committee be appointed
to notify the senate that the house was
ready to transact business.
Springer. (dem of Illinois, offered a
resolution instructing the speaker to ap-
| point a committee of three members to
act jointly with similar committee ap
pointed by the senate to notify the Presi
dent that congress was ready to receive
any communication he might see proper
to make.
The speaker appointed Springer, For
ney and O'Neill to constitute the com
mittee.
The credentials Of John L. McLauren,
from the sixth district of South Caro-
lima; S G. Hilborn, from the third Cali
fornia district; Lewis B Oneghan, from
the sixteenth Ohio district; John B
Brown from the first Maryland district
and Sykes, from the twenty fourth Penn
! sylvania district were read and ap
proved. The members elect then came
forward and were sworn IN.
viding that until further notice the dali,
hour at which the house shall conven
be fixed at - O'Clock noon Adopted.
The report Of the Utah commission
the report of the secretary Of the Smith
sonian institute and the report submitte'
by the board of managers for the h1in'
for the soldiers was read by Title and re
ferred.
At 10 40, upon resolution Of NJ
McMillin, the house took p recess f.
thirty minutes in order 10 give the com
mittee appointed to wait upon the Pres
ident, opportunity to report. When I'll
house was again called to order at / i
but few members were present Til
committee appointed to wait upon n
President had not returned and pero
of waiting followed, which vas devote
to general conversation upon the foo
! A parativoly small number Of specti
tors remained in the galleries.
At :35 the committee returned an
Springer announced that the missiO
with which they were charged had bee
: executed ard that the President wcul
send communication to the house {
morrow
English, Of New Jersey, announce
f the death Of his colleague, rhe iA,e Z,
ward NJ Mcdonald, aud stated that at
future time he hoped tG submit SONS 8,
propriate remarks lie offered tie usu
resolutions OF esteem and asked that
an additional mark Of respect that Il
J house adjourn The resolutions we
. adopted and at 40 the house adj lurne'