Show CONGRESS X w U to the SENATE washington mar matthews protested against tha doctrines ath reference to alio parallel which biad been drawn between alio english bouso of lords and alio senate and alie house of commons and house of representatives ho woula ask was the senate to have no right to participate in legislation and must aliey he dictated to as inferiors and subordinates they equal partners with the house of representatives in all alio duties and bili ties of legislation and as a s well qualified to make up tho people hoar mid the sentiments uttered by the gentleman on the other side well warranted that lie discussion would be protracted through alio night and through the day it was an attack upon the national life as well as upon alio constitution of the country thurman made a reply to matthews and hoar in the course of which ho referred to alio election in hamilton county olibo as allowing whether this law so lauded by the kotlier side was an instrument for taft purity of elections or an instrument of fraud and bribery he agreed that the humblest action should be protected but lie did not think any man rich or poor should be protected by means of a packed jury he denied eliat the house was attempting to cherco the senate any more than the senate was trying to coerce the house no inclination on side A vote was alien taken upon the motion that the conference commit too recede from its position relative to the legislative bill and was lost the vote was 30 nays 26 yeas thurman moved to strike out of alie bill eliat part relating to jurors alie president ruled alie motion out of and thurman took nn appeal appeal was laid on alie table alier senate amendment to the lill was then sustained ayes 29 annys 24 another committee of conference on alie legislative appropriation bill ans asked of the house and a motion made that the senate still further insist on its to alio army bill alie customary thanks oatlie senate were tendered vice president wheeler and a recess was taken till 10 clock upon reassembling a note was read from alio vice president saying lii would not preside aaen during the session that a president pro efm might be elected anthony a resolution declaring thoi W ferry elected president pro temper moved to substitute alie nameon alien gehurman GT hurman yeas 26 nay 28 r i elected atu im cleir f thurman A number or private bills were pasted before taking alie chair ferry returned thanks for chii renewal of generous confidence A number of bills on the calendar and pension bills were passed including a pension of fifty dollars a month to alie widow of gon it buchanan harris called up the house bill to prevent alie introduction of infectious or contagious diseases in tho united states and to establish a national board of about twenty private belll parsed and then after 11 an executive session lasting half an hour was held when alie doors were rr opened windom submitted a resola gioi containing the appropriations for alo army and for tho legislative judicial and executive expenses of alio government for six from july ast 1st so as to avoid an extra session saulsbury objected to its present consideration and it went over at noon ferry president pro em baid fixed for th first adjournment journ ment of congress having arrived the chair declared the congress adjourned day alie closing hours of alie were characterized with more than usual confusion and disorder the senate chamber was densely crowded both on the floor and in the caller iea and with or 10 senators addressing alie chair at the same time it was with difficulty anything could be understood HOUSE alie seward impeachment was again taken up and a vote wat taken on alie resolution tho republicans again declined the vote ao that there was no quorum potter eted to springer that performed hi whole duty in tho matter aud lie should now withdraw tho report after a brief dig cassion cus sion in which ellere were somo stormy passages alie house recon alio note ordering the previous question and thus got rid of the subject potter then at a in presented the report of tho on dec tion frauds with the views of alie minority and of butler and also a report on the cipher dispatches they were ordered printed blount the conference committee on ho ico appropriation bill mado a report with a provision for doable po card agreed to tho senate bill for tho appointment of jamea aal a brigadier general on tho retired list was taken from the speakers table and passed beag naya 66 tho speaker voting in the affirmative to make the necessary two third knott presented the report on the case with resolution thai the charges against II 11 W blodgett IL S district judge for the district of illinois be laid on abo table and that tho houi hou i take no action thereon bragg insisted on having alio report road in full tho speaker unstained braag right to have abo paper read ago wa adopted chandler at a m biado are fiort from tho committee appointed to investigate tho charge contained in the of special agent yil amnia against he speaker carlisle occupying tho chair a speaker pry fern ali report which wa that every statement of wrong made in tho letter wa with out even the ambiance of truth A that the emi letter of william special agent of the department him unfit for public ail requesting his al after some dicksion dic butler withdrew his resolution and the report was ordered printed the houie then am took becom till the space in front of alie speakers desk was by this time fil ledwith ft crowd of gesticulating who bills in their hands demanded recognition objection however were made to nearly all billa amons them eliat making an appropriation for tho payment of arrears of pensions and that providing for a treaty with mexico atkins moved that the insist on its disagreement to the senate amond menti to the legislative appropriation billand that ft new con committee be appointed baker moved to concur in alio senate amendments whereupon mckenzie moved to take a recess baker however being informed that there was a likelihood that no conference could como to an agreement his motion and atkins durham and foster ap pointed conferees the measure known ns alio mcgowan health bill then passed yas nays 63 a corn mission of health to sit in washington to establish rules and regulations in regard to public health to obtain and communicate information on the subject of epidemic diseases and report to the next congress sparks moved to suspend the rules and concur in the senate amend ments to the arrears of py unions bill the motion which was sustained by an overwhelming ri ia VMS vote brought to their feet mills mcken zie and a few other members on alie democratic side who loudly protest on against the measure as one eliat would rob the people for a few moments there was a horrible uproar the wildest gesticulations could bo seen but no word eliat was uttered was lienard the yeas and nays were ordered anil lie motion to suspend the rules and pass alio bill was agreed to yeas nays cl the original bill appropriates for arrears of pensions for alie next fiscal year alio ameal mants arc first to allow penion pen ion agents cents for eacle payment and appropriating for the purpose second to strike out the clause excepting pensions grantee by special act third atiat in no case shall arro irs be allowed to date from before actual disabilities and fourth limiting the timo of application for arrears to july 1880 finley moved to suspend the rules and pas alie bill relative to transportation por tation of animals at 1110 reported that the conference on the legislative bill had not been able to agree and he moved that lie house ad hero a parliamentary finality agreed to Cirl islo being in alie chair akred a resolution of thanks to speaker randall and it waa adopted berh ertme clerks S pettit and beil S brown atkind began an address to alie biome but was interrupted by several messages anil by a resolution to admit ho ladies of bemben and families to floor privilege accorded and generally availed of the session being resumed condemned cannon wa voted to alio monument association detroit A from alie president transmitting ofalia centenial commission was laid on alia table after a stormy and exciting cene and the delivery of stormy political speeches on both sides tho speaker delivered hit farewell addre and lie house was adjourned without day |