The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22
House and Senate Quit For Christmas.
NO BALL ARRANGEMENTS
M0rrell Could Not Get Un-
 animouS Consent. !
Pension Building was' Suggested But Underwood Raised Point of No Quorum and Adjournment
 Was Taken.

Washington, Dec. 21.-The objection by Mir. Mann of Illinois to unanimous consent to take up the inaugural res- olution in the House today sent the whole matter over until after the holi- days.
 MT. Morrell of Pennsylvania on be- half of the Committee of the District of Columbia, was directed to move the passage of the Senate resolution which. among other things. provided for,hold- ing the inaugural ball in the pension building as heretofore, but Messrs Underwood of Alabama and Mann in sisted that a quorum of the House should be present to consider the mat ter. Immediately after Mir. Mann's objection the House adjourned until January 4, 19O5. .-,.
 As soon as the House met today. MT. Morrell of Pennsylvania called up the Senate resolution granting the 1na''- gural Committee permission to use certain public buildings and reserva- tions including the use of the pension building for the inaugural ball. MT. Morrell explained that the resolution was exactly as 1t came from that body and said after consultation with the members of the District of Columbia Committee on vote, the evident of the desire of the House, that the inaugu- TAI 0all De -UEl0 HI IuS pCuSiOu ing. 1t had been decided to accept the Senate resolution in its entirety.
 After the resolution was partially read MT. Williams of Mississippi of- fered an amendment requiring the In augural Committee to give bond to in- sure the repair of all damage done to public reservations and buildings.
 MT. Underwood of Alabama elicited from Morrell the statement that the action in calling up the resolution to- day was by order of the Committee. a majority of the members which had been boiled and expressed their ap- proyai of the Senate measure provid- ing for the use of the pension build ing for the inaugural ball. Fault was found by MT. Underwood with that method of a resolution and he called upon Mir. Morreli to state the names of those of the Committee who had been seen. which the latter did, MT Underwood opposed consideration of the resolution at this time, when he said a quorum of the House was not present and called attention to the promise made four years ago that the people of Washington would construct a place for holding inaugural balls.
 Asked by MT. Mann of Illinois why the Committee had switched" first from the Congressional Library, then to the Capitol and now to the pension building MT. Morrell repeated his statement that it was because of the evident disposition of the House to hold the inaugural ball in the pension buildink.
 The resolution was criticised by MT. Mann because, he said. 1t permitted the charging of excessive prices for cabs and carriages and he thought there should be d quorum present to con- sider that and other features of the bill, He objected to motion fol unanimous consent to take the resolu- tion up and 1t accordingly goes over until after the holidays.
 The House then, at 12:39 o'clock, ad- journed until January 4, 1905.
 After a session of four minutes du- ration the Senate adjourned at 12:O4 p. m. today until January 4. next.
 The proceedings consisted of pray CT by Chaplain Hale. the reading of the journal of Mondays brief session and the receipts of a number of nomi- nations from the President.