The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-07
AN EARLY ADJOURNMENT.
May Is Suggested as the Date by a
House Committee.

Way Is suggested as the Date by a
House Committee.
Washington. May Elm the House to-
day the committee on ways and means,
through Mr.. Dingley. reported a concur
rent resolution providing for the adjourn
ment of congress on the 18th inst The
reading of the resolution was greeted with
applause. Mr.. Dingley asked immediate
consideration of the resolution.
Mr.. Wheeler of Alabama asked that the
matter be allowed TO go over until to-
morrow, but Mr.. Dingley moved the pre-
V-ous question, which was ordered by an
Overwhelming vote The speaker was
about TO put the question on the passage
of the resolution. when Mr. Wheeler SIX
ed If fifteen minutes for debate was not
allowed on each side of the proposition
upon which the previous question had
been ordered.
The Speaker-The chair is Of the i'm
preston that debate has been had be-
tween the gentlemen from Alabama and
Maine.
Mr.. Wheeler (walking down the aisle
and drawing off his spectacles in his ex-
citemen0-No debate at all, Mr. Speaker;
no debate. Only a request that the reso-
luton go over unnl tomorrow.
The Speaker-The char does not desire
to rule arbitrarily upon the matter.
Mr.. Dngley asked and obtained unani-
nous consent for the gentleman from AL
ALBANIA to address the House for 1--WE min
utes
republican majority for violation of its
pledges in the campaign of 1894 to relieve
the people of the country from the condi-
lions under which they are lahoring.
Nothing whatever has been done in that
direction, and now it was proposed to adj
journ within fortnight, thus abandon
ing all hope and opportunity OF accom-
pishing any legislation.
The resolution was agreed to without
division, the announcement being greeted
MIR. Mccall of Massachusetts reported
from elections committee No. the con-
tested election case of Yost, rep, VS..
Tucker. dem, from the Tenth district of
Virginia, in favor of Mr. Tucker the
sitting member The report went to the
calendar.
elections committee No. ?. reported the
case of Thompson, pop, vs.. Shaw, dem,
from the Third North Carolina district,
unanimously recommending that Mr..
Shaw's titles to the seat which he holds
he confirmed. The report was agreed to.
The House then went into committee of
the whole to consider private pension bills.
The afternoon passed without notable
incident save the development of a differ
| 'ence of opinion between the committee on
rules and Mr.. P.ckler. chairman of the
committee on invalid pensions. regarding
the meaning of the rule under which the
House was operating; The former were
of the opinion that the session provided
for was to be of the usual length when
other classes of legislation was under con-
sideration, and Mr.. Dalzell, rep, of Penn
sylvania submitted that ii would be wiser
to proceed in that manner.
Mr.. Pickler stated that he did not un-
derstand there was to be any restriction
made upon the right of the House to
sit through the twenty-four hours if it
desired to do so, and he appealed to the
members to stay at their posts on this
anniversary of the battle of the Wilder
ness, and act upon these bills for the
relief of the soldiers who had spent the
whole night in that dreadful field in de-
Tense of their country, or Of those de-
pendent on them.
AT o'clock the quorum of 100 members
disappeared, and an effort was made to
adjourn. 1T was defeated by a vote of
81 to IS. Another attempt was more sue
cessful, and at 7:05 O'Clock the House adj
journed, having passed upon twenty-seven
bills during the afternoon.