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nate then adjourned.
IN TIE HOUSE.
Forty Minute Session and Adjourn
ment to 40 O'clock Monday.

Forty Minute Session and Adjourn
ment to l 40 O'clock Monday.
Washington. Sept. 16.-Thc proceedings
in the House to-day were a repetition of
the proceedings in the House yesterday
and of the day before, with the single eX-
ception that the session was shorter, and
lasted but forty minutes. The tactics
which the republicans have adopted to
keep out a report favoring a federal cleo
tions repeal bill were again resOrted to,
and the democrats, not having quorum,
yielded to the inevitable, and moved an
adjournment, which was taken at II 40
O'Clock until As on Monday.
NO OUTLOOK FOR A CONTEST.
When the House met it was apparent
that the democrats intended merely to
carry out their programme of attempting
to report the federal elections bill That
the managers had concluded that they
could not secure quorum to-day was
manifested by the poor attendance on the
democratic side. Mr.. Tucker was early
in his seat and was engaged in close con-
sultatiOn with his lieutcnants The gen
eral of the opposing army, Mr.. Burrows,
was also in the hall long before noon,
suave and alert. There were exactly fifty
democratic members in the chamber when
the speakers gavel fell
REED on THE JOURNAL.
There were few corrections made to
the journal, which again gave Mr. Reed
an opportunity to make some sarcastic
remarks. He called attention to the err
rors made. He admitted that the House
had never had better clerks desk than
it had at present, but he had called at
tention to the matter so as to prevent
gentlemen on the other side from attack
ing the republican on this point.
MR.. KmGoRE OBJECTS.
The journal having been approved, Mr.
English asked unanimous consent for the
consideration of a resolution reciting that
the recent train robberies on interstate
lines showed that the United States
mails were in danger, and directing the
committee on interstate and foreign COM
merce to investigate these robberies.
Mr.. Kilgore objected.
MLD-MANNERED MIR. BURROWS.
The speaker directed the clerk to call the
committees for reports. But Mr. Bur
rows arose and in the quietest tone and
with an air or confidence that nobody
could possibly object to his proposition,
aeked unanimous consent that the call be
dispensed with and that members having
reports to make should present them,
subject to objections.
MIR Burrows resumed his seat with
well-feigned surprise when Mr. Tucker
put his veto on this proposition, but i'm
mediately rose again and moved that the
call be dispensed with.
CAPITOL CENTENNIAL. Rw
Mr.. Tucker called for the yeas and
nays, which were ordered. The vote re
suited: Yeas ?, nays l47, but before the
result was announced Mr.. Wilson, dem, of
| West Virginia, stated that the House had
| agreed to attend in a body on Monday at
2 o'clock on the ceremonies attending the
centennial of the laying of the corner
stone of the capitol, and asked unanimous
consent that when the House adjourned
to-day it be to meet Monday at As
! o'clock. There was no objection, and the
| above vote having been announced SHOW
ng that there was no quorum) the House,
1910 o'clock, adjourned.