Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-10
THE TUCKER RULE INVOKED
But Ii Was Not Necessary as Quorum Was
 Mustered.
FIFTY-THREE REPUBLICANS VOTED NAY"
MT. Aldric' worn in-Congress Is Conf- dently .peoted to Adjourn Today. TT Senate Spent the Day Tn
 ., learing Odds and Ends. z

fore that on which congress is confident-
 ly expected to finally adjourn for the ses-
 sion the house spent six and half hours
 in the consideration of a contested elec-
 tion case-Truman H. Aldrich, republic
 can vs. Oscar w. Underwood democrat,
 from the Ninth Alabama district It was
 the unfinished business when the house
 reassembled at 10 o'clock in further con-
 tinuance of the legislative day of Satur-
 day, the pending question being the mo-
 tion of MT. Daniels, republican, of New
 York, to lay on the table the motion of
 Mr. Owens, democrat of Kentucky, to
 reconsider the vote by which on Monday
 the house decided to consider this case.
 There being no quorum present at that
 time, 1t was decided by the republican
 leaders to enforce for the first time the
 Tucker rule incorporated into the code
 of the Fifty-fourth congress. Before all
 it's features, especially that by which the
 sergeant-at-arms produces absent gen-
 tlemen, were brought into play, however,
 a quorum appeared, and the discussion
 was begun. It was participated in by
 Messrs. Daniels, republican, of New
 York, and Linney, republican, of North
 Carolina, in favor of the contestant, and
 Messrs Underwood and Stallings demo-
 crats, of Alabama, in favor of the con-
 testee.
 There was considerable republican op-
 position to the recommendation of the
 committee and the resolution declaring
 Aldrich entitled to his seat was agreed
 to by less than ten majority, the vote be-
 ing yeas 116, nays 107.
 The following republicans voted
 against Aldrich
 Messrs. Baker of Maryland, Barthodt
 plna Rrpdprioly PurraI1
 Burton of Missouri, Burton of Ohio, Cod
 ding, Ellis, Evans, Gibson, Hainer of Ne-
 braska, Henry of Connecticut. Hill of
 Connecticut, Howell, Huff, Huling of
 West Virginia, Johnson of Colorado, Joy, Rem, Keller, Knox, Lacey, Leighty, Lewis, Loud, Loudenslager, Low, Me- Call of Tennessee, Mcclure, McEwan, McLachlin, Mondell, Moody. Parker, Pit ney, Rainey, Shafroth, Sherman, South
 ard, southwick. Charles ". Stone. setts, Wanger, Wilson of Idaho Wood and Wright
 MT. Aldrich was sworn in.
 The final conference reports on the h. dian and naval appropriation bills were agreed to amid applause.
 The report of the conference upon the sundry civil appropriation bill final agreement as to all matters in dispute except the public building appropria- tions, was agreed to. The house voted
 
 except as to that for the building at Sa- vannah, Ga, but by vote of 96 to 91 agreed to it.
 The house disagreed to the senate amendment to the urgent deficiency bill, giving to every employe on the rolls Dee cember 2, 1895, and since discharged, a months salary. The rules were suspend ed and the bill passed to put into opera tion the recommendations of the inter- national marine conference for prevent ing collisions at sea.
 A resolution reported from the commit tee on accounts was agreed to authoriz- ing the speaker to appoint committee of five to sit during the recess to investi- gate the charges of mismanagement against the Leavenworth soldiers home At 2 o'clock a still further recess was taken until 10 o'clock tomorrow. The Senate. Very satisfactory progress in clearing up the odds and ends of the legislative work of the session was made by the sen- ate today. Final conference reports on the naval appropriation bill and on the
 Indian appropriation bill were presented and agreed to. In the naval bill com-
 promise was made reducing the number of battleships to three and directing that no contracts shall be made for armor plate until after the secretary of the
 navy shall have inquired into the cost of manufacture and shall have made re- port to congress. The question of con- | tract schools in the Indian bill was com promised on the basis of allowing them, where there are no other schools to take their place, during the fiscal year 1897. A resolution which had been offered yesterday by MT. Wolcott respecting the erection of an equestrian statue to Gen. William T. Sherman in the city of Wash ington was taken up and discussed for nearly two hours. It directed an inquiry by the committee on the library into facts and circumstances of the contract and requested the secretary of war to suspend it's execution until next session The resolution was defeated
 The bill in relation to contempt of court, reported from the judicial commit tee by MT. Hill, was taken up discussed for some time and then allowed to be set aside informally, so that other busi- ness might be taken up.
 The bill increasing from SIP to $50 month the pension of Francis E. Hoover, which was vetoed by the president and afterwards passed by the house over the presidents veto, was taken up and dis cussed briefly, but when the senate came to vote upon it's passage it turned out that there was no quorum voting in the chamber, and then, at $40, the senate adjourned until il a. m. tomorrow, leav- ing the sundry civil bill and the District of Columbia bill the only appropriation bills not finally acted on.
 A supplementary deficiency bill for compensation and mileage of new mem- bers of the house of representatives was passed. It appropriates about $40,0O0. Followed Up Their Victory. andau I1lna q -Tha Eaurtian caua lr,x