The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-09
THE TEXAS STEER
Kicking in the House Yesterday Ac-
cording to His Nature.
THE FORMAL ELECTORAL COUNT
MADE IN JOINT SESSION.

Senator Morgan Introduces Bill to Pro-
vide for Government of Annexed Terri
tory-Tammany at the Telephone-An
Equestrian Statue to Gen. Stark.
WASHINGTON, February s. The
Speaker laid before the House the
house quarantine bill with Senate amend
ment. Mr.. M. A. Rayner, (Maryland),
moved concurrence.
MI. Kilgore (Texas), moved recess un-
til 12.45, pending that, his colleague, Mr..
Antony, interjected a motion to adj urn,
pending tha he moved when the House
adjourned it be to meet Saturday.
Mr.. Boutelle (Maine), suggested the
House could not adjourn today before !
o'clock, as it would prevent the House
from performing a constitutional duty.
Such adjournment would prevent the
counting of electoral votes. He hardly
thought that his friend intended to do
that.
Mr.. Antony-Under the circumstances
I withdraw my motion.
The motion to adjourn till Saturday
was lost, to pol.
On division the motion for recess was
lost, 2 to III. :,
Mr. Kilgore demanded the yeas and
nays. Mr.. Boutelle vigorously protested.
| 1t was obvious, he said, one or two
| persons were trying to prevent Congress
| from keeping out the pestilence. He
| hoped the Speaker would refuse to rec
| ognize them. >, -,
The Speaker, in conformity with the
rules. recognized Mr.. Kilgore, whose de-
| mand for the yeas and nays received
only three hackers.
| Mr.. Kilgore made few more flllbus-
tering motions and as he took his seat
after Intellectual efforts and after Mr..
! Rayner's motion to concur was agreed to,
/ was greeted with sarcastic applause.
Recess taken for quarter of an hour.
| After recess, q few moments before 1,
| the Vice President and Senate entered
| the hall and counting of the electoral vote
4 was proceeded with. At the completion
the Senate returned to its own hall and
the House returned in committee to CON
sid ration of the legislative appropriation
bill, the pending paragraph being That
for the appointment of a joint congress
| sional committee to inquire into the laws
organizing the executive departments OF
| the government at the national capital.
T.
the measure. He wanted the pension
bureau excluded from its provisions, as
! the bureau is now being Investigated.
4 He refused to acknowledge the power OF
the chair to rule him out of order and
| order him to take his seat. The services
of the sergeant-at-a had to be resort
ed to.
Without disposing of the bill the COM
mittee rose and the House adjourned.
In the Senate.
Mr.. Morgan introduced bill to pro
vide for provisional government OF
foreign countries and place acquired by
treaty or otherwise 1t was read in full
and reported to the committee on foreign
relations.
i The following bills were taken from
the calendar and passed: Senate bill
fixing at one dollar fee for certificates OF
title to vessels; Senate bill authorizi ne
the President to place upon the retired
list of Army Sergeants Long and Cor
4 nell. late of the United States signal
corps and survivors of the Lady Frank
lin bay expedition; Senate bill to ex.
| empt veterans from competitive ex'
animation in classified service OF the
| United States.
The Senate bill to amend act of May 5,
1892. prohibiting immigration of Chinese
having been reached on the calendar, (ir
absence of Mr.. Dolph who reported it
| was laid aside without action, after
notice by Mr.. Hoar of a substitute fol
the bill, the substitute being: 'sAct is
hereby repealed" Subsequently Mr..
Dolph moved to take up the bill and SAID
it merely proposed to strike out the
word 'swhiten as qualification for wit
nesses. When informed of Mr.. Hoar's
substitute he said he was ready to have
vote taken upon it, Mr.. Hoar simply
said ''let it go over" The bill went oyel
without action.
At five minutes before 1. Vice Presi
dent Morton announced the time had ar
rived for the execution of the order O
a the Senate. The senators fell into line
preceded BY the Vice President, ant
moved towards the hall of the House O.
Representatives.
At 2.1O the Senate reconvened.
vote was being taken on the bill befor
the Senate when it's regular proceeding
were interrupted, appropriating $50,0
for an equestrian statue to Major GeneI
al John Stark in M Manchester, N. FL. TIL
bill passed.
The Senate resumed the consideratio
of the railroad car coupler bill. Severs
amendments were offered, but no actio
taken.
Mr.. Cullom asked unanimous conser
to have the bill disposed of to-morro'
Mr.. Brice objected.
: The Senate, after a short executiv
= session, adjourned.
, Senator Morgan's Bill.
! The full text of Senator Morgan's bi
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