Show CONGRESS I 1 4 detate hE tATE u 1 WA feb 25 mr windom called up the resolution suba autma it ted by him on the ho 21 anit instructing tho the committee commil tco on commerce to insert iu in the river anil and harbor appropriation bill aoh earns as in their jude mout can bo be judiciously bubly anil and economically in tho the improvement of western water courses cour eoa as recommended by the ho special committee ou on transportation mr windom argued that all these were emary end and would I 1 r reply by tho the government an a hundred fold mr ramsay toll the credentials tie of samuel J IL mcmillen Mo Millin senator from minnesota for six ix years from march eth roid and placed on 00 filo file tho the unfinished busi business noss being the bill to to to the counting ol at the 91 voto vote came up mr pratt moved to lay the bill abide and taka false up tho the bill to restore to tho the rolls roll of pensioners of tho the war ol of 1812 the names or persons persona dropped oo on account of disloyalty mr edmunds announced that it tho the regular order was broken into in this way he bo should consider himself released from rom all re responsibility pon iu ILL regard to the civil rights bill the tha senate by a voto vote ot 20 to 1 24 4 rejected mr pratts motion nna ana ilia pending bonding bill was then proceeded with mr thurman moved to amend so BO AS to for tho ilia appointment of two tellers on tho the part of the lh senate instead of one agreed to lie ile also alga moved to amend to fo as ai to th that t certificates ot at electoral votes a shall ba ho 0 coned presented auel acted upon in alphabetical order of ilia naino or of statch beginning 09 with A agreed to several other amendments mostly merely verbil vei bil were agreed to A long bisou ili ou mun ensued upon the iho general provisions of the bill at civo it 1 m mr motion morion said to test the of ilia senate lie he would move a rheem till oven thirty p in with wilh ilia iho that tho the bill should bo be finished to night mr edmunds edmund mid baid that when this his bill was disposed of la he proposed to move to take up the civil rights bill and suggested a pro ramme lor for the consideration of the bill which would close tho the debate at tivo live p 1 to tomorrow mr thurman tharman objected to agreeing 1 to lo any such meli arran arrangement ho hoped 1 11 that when the present bill wa was 3 the senate would UL ui up the steamboat bill oiher wino it would bo be lost mr edmunds said bald there was nothing thing left but bat for I 1 iho ile swats senate to go un on sod aad do the iho business before acl uro it il mr morton morion withdrew lis his motion lor for and the iho ot of ilia bill continued mr merriman ink ing in opposition to it mr Elmur ids offered as ai a substitute ilia bill introduced by him lut jit january emary mr eaton moved the indefinite postponement of the bill it ejected yeas tom hi 14 says naya 31 finally the discussion dui disi cassion closed and the bill passed 28 29 to 0 o 20 ar arpon Kr dunkling Cun kling edmunds and aad jones voting with the democrats in ia the negative on motion of mr r edmanda the civil rights bill wait waa taken up and it WM was a agreed that general debate ab close on the bill at 2 p in saturday mr sherman gave notion that ho be would call up the tax and tariff bill on saturday after the disposal of the civil rights bill adjourned butler maynard and others in insisted that thab there ought to bo be some wy way to compel members to vote the speaker I 1 splice th that at ho he knew of 0 no way and remarked that when a majority of the house was willing to proceed to business it could do so BO the trouble was that certain members choso whoso duty it was to bo be present prea ont were absent finally tho the roll was called A and a showed the presence oia of members largely moro than a quorum mr butler then moved to close the doors and fond tor for absentees this opened a new flew flold field for not covered by the be rule namely that individual members bo be excused if the speaker recognized the adais sion eion of motions to excuse abs absentees enteen before their being called tor for it woul i practically defeat the call and tho ff house ouse ind indicated icat i its is u nn willingness g to decide in favor ol of tuch such motions tho the space paoo in front of tho the speaker desk was ai filled with a crowd ot of members making suggestions aind causing great confusion oon fumon at 1215 mr chouler mid ea rl it wu was plain the ali night would be fritt frittered ered bwy away anil members bit incompetent to tj work tomorrow to lo morrow ile he therel cre moved on an adjournment 94 to at I 1 a democratic stem b or moved bit u adjournment mr butler raved a point of order that this was waa a dilatory motion but the speaker ruled that i it t 7 wu not 0 1 and ISO vote roaul ted yea jeaa a CU 69 ind nay ys IN mr hereford ellered ofle reil a lutio 0 the senate concurring that the housa a till tho the fertit of me rob aroh the spoiler speaker ruled it out of order tb the a pending motion to ausbond the rules coming coining fir url firl L ur mr eldredge then mocoa to td ad joura till saturday batur day and the yeas aud and says were ordered gescat you yokel 8 I 1 says ur mr coburn then moved to iao tile up tho the boroo I 1 bill ill mr eldridge Eldrid go raised a question ques lioa of consideration and aad the yeas and says dayi tho the cal resulted roul tod naia dats SO 89 mr eldridge Eldrid go thou moved to reconsider the vote by the bouso greed agreed to 0 o consider the force bill and demanded abo teas and which nere ere ordered mr motion aiu cd ye 85 ny DAYA tad and the bill was MU then taken up md and read I 1 mr niblock made n R point of order abata bill provided for the cres tion lion ofner 0 new officers it plou lj lo be fint crt cr t in of ilia whole T abo L e speaker berm ed to ent enterkin erain ili alic a point rod nod mr niblock eppe oled mr rr conger moved to ly lay tile lio p PC peal I 1 0 on u ill alio 0 bablo ft lilo carried 12 to ig 56 M wr r coburn at four pm p m yom rom ta li of ilia lh debate but PAU nil on oil 0 tho the laTe nevis of the hour and oil ve wea tines ot of the mim nie ebora bors lie he would yield to 0 IATO same joffere amendments were thereupon hereupon sug mg geared by mos cannon clawley ill III end dl K H ac R hoar hear ur mr haars hoars amendments wore to strike out the iba first firl and nd third lection and onnon cannon i to 1 out the iho thirteenth adjourned |