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Show iiolse:. j P.tund, rising to a question o'i privilege, said last nignt be moved to pass Hie bill exteuding the time for itie completion of the Northern Pacihe railroad and that Eden had made remarks in- opposition to the bib which were outrageously incorrect, ..A IA K., lUa tl House laised tba point that there was no question of privilece involved. The speaker watt about to sustain the point when Kden aaid Pound had no right to misrepresent, if he (Pounil) was here in the em ploy of railroad corporations. cor-porations. (Calls of order. Great contusion.) Pound I demand that the gentleman's gentle-man's remarks be taken down, charging charg-ing me with being in the employ of railroad corporations. Ihe remark vv.'re written out and read. Pound I move that the gentleman, unless he apologizes or retracts, be censured. Edtn The only thing I meant by the remark was that the gentleman from Wisconsin appeared as an active partisan of railroad corporations, legiilaUQg in tneir interest; not that he whs an employed attorney of railroad rail-road corporations. The speaker inquired qj Puud was satisfied. i'.jund I am not. (Laughter.) The speaker remarked in a cou-dilatory cou-dilatory spirit, thai he hai always believed that remarks which were iuter.-rrle-l out of ordei shou'd tut appear in the ftecorj, and lual ns a controversy had arisen in th:s matter everything otlensive had better be omitted lrom the Record as having bern fid out of order. Morrison said his colleague (EJen) bad Btattd frankly alt Iih mea.it, and if the bouse thought tbe remarks objected ob-jected lo should ba omitted from tbe. Ktcord there was no objection to that emission. Finally it was decidnd that everything which had taken place should nppear in the Record. lowing moved to suspend Hie rule piss the bill to retire national bank notes aod substitute treasury nuts for them. Rfjrted yeas 109, rjavs 114. Tne ri-auU wa- greeted i witli applause on the republioin side, j Southard moved to eu'pend the ' m;es and pass the following b;!l: That ; on and alter the Is', of October, 1878, legal tender ones of tbe Unin d Hutes shall be rt ci ived at par in payment !Ot customs duties. Aared to, aud i::e bid paes'd yer 1-33, najs53. I Uarkell moved to tuspend tne ' r ideas od pses tne bill pruvi-tnig iimi wounds received or disease contracted in the service ol the United Slates during the ?te wr, shall cn-umeuce m-rn the -'mp ol tbe death or dis-i-liarg-, and for the payment ol 1 1 -rears of pensions on that principle, and als - . roviding that no claimant phall be entitled to any oompensalion I for nit king application for arrears ot j pensions. Agreed to yeas 101, n. ys I Clark (Mo.) moved to suspcnJ thru th-ru it-a and pass the senate bill !o create an auditor ot railroad accounts. Agreed lo yeae 187, nays 13. Tne senate resolution extending the time for tbe final adjournment until H1 p.m., was concurred in. Alkiurt, from the conference com-aiivtee com-aiivtee on the sundry civil bill, reported re-ported the committee unable to aree Ine conference differed vwry wide'y on a great many points. Whether they could, on further conference, come lo an agreement, remained to be seen. As yet, there was very little probability of an agreement. Hale, one of the conferrees stated; that though tbe first conference com mittee bad failed, be hoped and expected ex-pected another committee could agree by 8 o'clock. Tbe report was theu agreed to, and Atkins, Hewitt (N. Y. ) and Halt appointed a conference on tbe put of tne house. Crittenden moved to suspend tbe ruies and pass the bill to estahlisn a hoard of Pac 6c road commissioners nrii the requisite twj-thirris. Tbe house then took recess. EVENING SESSION. The attendance of mombers wis ratner slim, many having already left tie city. Cox (X. Y.) moved to suspend tbe rules aud pass tbe bill to fix tbe pay ot letter carriers. Agreed to yeas 149, nays 54. The result was hailed with applause. I Conger moved to suspend Ihe rules jand pass the joint resolution propou ling a const1 lutlonal amendment for-et for-et r prohibiting thi- payment of auy Jciann for property taken, usei, n-jured n-jured or destroyed by the United States troops during tbe war ol the rrbelliou, unless tne owner was loyal tj the government and j-ave neither aid or encouragement to the enemy. Agreed to yeas 144, Days 01. A message was received from lh oeoalo that that body bad adopted a resolution lor the further extension ol the SHssion to 1 o'clock Thurtday morning, and it was concurred in. Murao moved to suspend tho rule and pass tbe bill for a commission on lb removal ol tbe national uu-erva-tory at Washington. Agreed to. Cannon moved to suspend the rules and pass the post route bill, winch con tamed all lbs routes in the original house bill, all the -routes put on by the tteuaie aud some 4(H) additional cost routes, and none of the objec tiooable amendment that bad been added by tbe seuaie. Ward and Freeman demau.led the reading of tne bill iu full, intending in that way to prevent uo passage. Caunun desired to make a state , r,,ftnt, bt't Waddell objected most ideciiledly to his doing so, and he j joined Ward and Freeman iu demand iug the reading ot tbe Jl. I This took place amid great UDroftr, the speaker ruling that the motion to suspend the lu'.ta did not deprive a member of bis rigtit to can for the reading of the bill. Cannon offered lo withdraw the bill hut tie was overruled on th it aud the cl rk commenced to read the bill. Bii re bad been five minutes naming, bis voice failed and a m-m- t er of the bouse (Kuifer) stepiel to lhn dealt and relieved the clerk. The act was greeU-d with ttbouts of laughter laugh-ter and calls of "Louder! Louuer."' rhe tumult increased to such an ex- 1 1 :eut that the speaker called on tne j ?rrgant at -arms to ret-tore order and ' Lhat functionary, shouldering bis I heavy mace, topped with a largo i i-i zed silver eaiile, marched up and down tbe various eide aisles amid i shouts of laughter, c hours aod clup- piug of hands. When this little ! episixle was over, Keifar resumed i reading Ihe bill. Alter some lime, Keifer was relieved re-lieved by Humphreys, Humphreys by Cummingft, Cummmga by Hardeu bergh, and Hardeub: ri;n by ri"ino. Tne reading wan finished at 10 30 by motions nt liberal skipping, aud llien was declared pasied liy au fq'iaily liberal c luntiog of votws (Duuuell in chair as speaker pro Urn ), in fpite of Ward's protesLs Hti'iut lotb. Magi mis of Montana moved to t-Ufpcnd the rules and pss tiie nenaie bill creating th Utah and Northern railroad company in Utan, Idaho aud MoutanR. Agreed to. Hafinlcon myvi-d to' suspend tho rules and pa-s tbe senate bill in relation rela-tion to the V' uezuelaD mixtd com-uissiun. com-uissiun. Agreed to. The bill repeals tne actof tbe 27th of April. 1S00, to I enforce the Htinulationit nf tho Vene zuelan conveuUou. Tne speaker aunouncel the appointment ap-pointment ot tbe lolloping commit-tees: commit-tees: On renrRaniziliou of the army Banning, D.'boreu, Bragg, Strait aud j White ot Pennsylvania. I On the transfer ot tha Iudian bureau bu-reau to the war departrnnnt cale, Boue, Hooker, Vau Voorhies and Stewart. On tbe labor question Hewitt (X. Y.), Kidded, Dickey, Tucker, I'turnip? :i, Kice and Boyd: Leave way given the committee on appropiiationo to meat on the 2Ut ot November ns.tt to prep tro apropn ation bills. Alkies t!ie made a confirer.re r.- port on the sundry civil bill. He explained Ibu report wnich, h'jwjve.r, be hiO not signed, because he s;d. of the appropriation lor the Hahiax awird, which be thought unjust. Tne mil aboriginally r ported appropraie ! fIG,54S 000; b it passed tne nouse, J17.590 1S. and as it passed tbe sen ate. $22,075. 1U0 (exclusive of the ap propriation for the Halifax award), hs ! it came from tbe conlereuce commit- j It.-ethe bill bad been cut down lo ; fl9. 250,100, also exclusive of ihe Halifax award. A d'.scusaatn ensued regarding the Halifax award. 1'lie bouse then pro cee led to vote on thi conference report re-port aud it was adopted, its opponents brim; in too small a majority to order eilner the yeas and nays or tellers, toe vote on a nivigiou oeiuc e.is HO, nays 39 Tne announcement of ihe re"ilt was hailrd with app'auHR. T.ictcer dec!in?-d to serve on tin -i-i-it c.iiuDiuiiii un tne Ubjr ques- I ;io;i, aud Jones of Alabama waj ap p:;i ntt d in hi? blend. The huuse concurred in the senate resolution extending t'ie session io ' a.m. Kecess liii 2 a.m. |