Show FOILTYE1GIITII CONGRESS I c 11 HOUSE Washington 12Rsga nom the commitee on commerce reported re-ported back the resolution calling on the S ° > crrtarc of the Interior for copies of any correspondence now pending with pub r Hnate officers of the customs New York as to the Interpretation of the section of tbe Revist d Statutes and civil service law in jefcrence to the preference given in appointments to honorably tpscbargecl soldiers ant sailors Adopted Reports submitted By Dors iraimpr from the committee on juSiciary to make a bill of lading conclusive evidence in certain cases House calendar By Poland from the same committee com-mittee regulating appeals from the supreme courts of the Territories House calendar Green of the committee on agriculture agri-culture for the relief of fruit growers > grow-ers and to encourage the cultivation of fruit committee of the whole It allows fruit growets tomaaufacture brandy from the product of their orchards without payment of taxes Skinner from the committee on pst offices and post roads granting letter carriers and clerks in first class offices thirty days leave of absence ab-sence each year House calendar i Lovering from the committee on Ubor for the adjustment of accounts ac-counts of laborers arising under the eight hour law Kleiner committee on alcoholc liquor traffic adversely to restrict the use of distilled spirits to arts and manufactures House calendar Murphy committee on railways and canal for the acceptance by the United States of the grant rf II linos and Michigan csn1 l House calendar At the conclusion of the call Thompson moved to rescind the order under which the House had been considering the public buildiosrs bills adopted Monday last He contended the order was a general or standing order and liable therefore to repeal while on the other hand It was maintained it was a special order which expired ex-pired by its own limitation only The Speaker was clearly of the opinion that the motion was not a privileged one but as it was a new question he preferred to submit its decision to the House which determined deter-mined yeas 77 nays 101 It was not privileged Public business was then suspended sus-pended House proceeded to the contdderaion of resolutions ex preesive of regret at the death of the late Thomas H Herndon of Alabama After eulogies by Jcne of Alabama Forney Hoar Dowd Culberson Shellay and Oae the House as a mark of respect to the memory of the deceased adjourned |