Show alvin CONGRESS I 1 V by western asad pres press to the I 1 I 1 HOUSE washington feb 13 the house mebrat 10 in continuation of thursdays session on motion of payson the senate amendments were concurred in to tho the house houle e bill to prevent the unlawful occupation of public lands willis moved that when the housewert house went into committee of the whole on the river riter and harbor bill ali all debate on the pending action be ceased in an hour and a half reed raised the point that this mo me tion was not in order as it was net not competent forthe for the house to c close lose a debate on paragraphs of a bill not yet read in the committee the speaker pro tern tem blackburn eaid said this point would be well taken if directed against general ap bills and revenue bills ut the river and harbor barber bill had been repeatedly held to be neither and the chair therefore overrun overruled the point of order reed appealed from the decision saying euch such a ruling would establish a precedent of a most astonishing character and one which mu must t necessarily essa ess rily airily recoil on 1 both ath sides 8 of the house in the rule allowed debate to be closed plod upon pending paragraphs no distinction was made between general appropriation bills and an other dother bills bill billeaud saud it was not nt possible for any member to give any ground of dif difference ferenee between them long called the attention of the house to the we fact that if the principle involved in the decision of the sp speaker aker were carried out it would be in the power of any committee com mUtee to put an entire bill in one section and off debate upon that section clion ee after further argument willis moved to lay the tile appeal on the table agreed to yeas nays and then though it waa ini minutes pa pact r t twelve the house adjourned and was immediately called to order again a 1 n on fridays session 91 henley enley 1 from tire committee on public lands reported back tho the reso luciou requesting the president to in form the house what were the reasons which had impelled him to appoint a commission to examine ap the r line ne of tl the ie california oregon R R eaid said railroad having failed to corns corn the line within the time re quiren by law oates offered a substitute to the tile resolution respectfully I 1 the president not to confirm any favorable bl report which ma may be made by the corn commission sion recently appointed b bybia 11 1 to inspect a section of the calibo california ania im I 1 fe oregon road nor to order pat patents ants to issue until the president acts upon the heuse house bill forfeiting certain lands granted to aid the construction of that railroad nor until after the adjourn ment of the present congress Con eress he offered this substitute be he said because he did not think the original resolution was exactly respectful to the president and jand would not accomplish the purpose intended the tile substitute was ruled out on the point of order henley de demanded the previous question but no quorum voted and horr raised that point baying saying such an outrage should not be cerp perpetrated on the executive without debate the previous i ous question was seconded by to 47 on the vote by the tellers asleele moved to lay the resolution pa pu the table lost 42 to 88 the resolution then pasted the house then proceeded to the c consideration 0 a of business under ape c cial i a I 1 r rule u I 1 e I 1 |