Show I 1 CONGRESS by ny western asad press to the tile HERALD L washington feb 12 the chair laid before the senate the house cop con current resolution providing for a joint committee of three members of the house of representatives enta tives and two senators 3 acors to notify grover cleveland of his election as president of the united states from the fth of march next and to notify thomaa thomas A hendricks of his election aa as vice prasit dent from date on motion of garland it was referred to the committee on privileges and elections G garland arland said the phraseology of th the re resolution ol ution needed looking atthe senate then passed the tile 1 n al jo joint int resolution authorizing tl the I 1 e pr president i dent to return to the governs ment of great britain the steamer alert with the thanks of the united states the resolutions offered yesterday I 1 by ingalls and hoar relating to the tile electoral count were on motion of hoar referred without comment to the committee on privileges and elections the resolution offered by sherman was agreed to 0 o authorizing the tile president of the senate to appoint a committee ailt tee of three senators to make the necessary arrangements for the inauguration gu ration of the president elect van wyck inquired of the chair why the bileto forfeit the texas pacific land grant had been displaced from its position at the head bead of the special order he ile enid said the bill had not been considered by the senate I 1 but by a mistake of or the file clerk or for some sonic other reason the i bill had bad within a few dal da L disappeared bear ed from the special orders the chair JEd edmunds munds was owing to no mistake of the cie clerk rk the bill had been placed before the senate as a special ecial order in a technical form furn and the senate by vote refused to consider it and proceeded to consider another bill this was the ant bliver bih er coinage bill that refusal the chair said under the constant rulings ruling ings bf the presiding officers of tile senate sent the bill back to the general calendar and it ceased to bo be sp special e cial order van a n wyck asked for unanimous consent that the bill be reato restored red to its place among the tile special orders 1 he I e doubted ver V much cheth whether tho h senators senatore when hen they decided to take up the silver that they were displacing the texas forfeiture bill the tile chair said taid it was in order for any senator at any lime time after the morning business to move to aro proceed to the consideration of an any y bill on the calendar |