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CODE OF JOINT RULES. IOWA. John H. Gear. E. H. Conger. Mr. ALDRICH. I am directed by the Committee on Rules to offer W.I.Hayes. James P. Flick. a resolution, and to ask for its present consideration. D. B. Henderson. Joseph R. Reed. Joseph H. Sweney, J.P. Dolliver. The VICE-PRESIDENT. The resolution will be read. Daniel Kerr. Isaac S. Struble. The Chief Clerk read as follows: John F. Lacey. Resolved by the Senate ofCM United states (the House of Representatives concurring), KANSAS. That the Committee on Rules of the Senate and the Committee on Rules of the Edmund N. MonilL John A. Anderson. House of Representatives are hereby constituted a joint select committee to E. H. Funston. Erastus J. Turner. prepare and report a code of joint rules for conducting the business between Bishop W. Perkins. Samuel Ritter Peters, the two Houses. Harrison Kelley._ Mr. EDMUNDS. That had better go over and be printed, Mr. KENTUCKY. William J. Stone. William C. P. Breckinridge,. President. William T. Ellis. J.B. :McCreiny. TheVICE-PRESIDENT. Theresolutionwilllieoverandbeprinted. I. H. Goodnight. Thomas H. Paynter. FOUR HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF DISCOVERY OF AMERICA. A. B. Montgomery. John H. Wilson. .Asher Graham Caruth. H.F. Finley. Mr. ALDRICH. I am also directed by the Committee on Rules to John Griffin Carlisle. offer the resolution which I send to the desk. LOUISIANA. The VICE-PRESIDENT. The resolution will be read. Theodore S. Wilkinson. Newton 0. Blanchard. The Chief Clerk read as follows: H. Dudley Coleman. Charles J. Boatner. Andrew Price. S. M. Robertson. Resolved, That a select committee of nine Senators be appointed, to be called the Quadro-Centennial Committee, to whom shall be referred all matters MAINE. eonnected with the proposed celebration of the four hundredth anniversary Thomas B. R~ed. Seth L. Milliken. of the discovery of America. Nelson Dingley, jr. Charles A. Boutelle. Mr. ALDRICH. I ask that the resolution may be printed and lie MARYLAND. Charles H. Gibson. Henry Stockbrldge,jr, on the table. Herman Stump. Barnes Compt-0n. The VICE-PRESIDENT. It will lie over and be print~d, if there Han-y Welles Rusk. Louis E. McComas. be no objection. The Chair hears no objection, and it is so ordered. MASSACHUSETTS. Mr. CULLOM. I move that the Senate do now adjourn. Charies S. Randall. William Cogswell. The motion was agreed to; and (at 12 o'clock and 32 minntesp. m.) Elijah A. Morse. the Senate adjourned until to-morrow, Tuesday, December 3, 1889, at John F. Andrew. J~?~ '?v~cli1:fli~"r. ' .. .Joseph H. O'Neil. Joseph H. Walker• 12 o'clock m. N. P.Banks. Rodney Wallace. Henry Cabot Lodge, F. W. RockwelL MICillGAN. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. J. Logan Chipman. Justin R. Whiting. Edward P. Allen. Aaron T. Bliss. MONDAY, December 2, 1889. James O'Donnell. Byron M. Cutcb.aon, .Julius 0. Burrows. F. W. Wheeler. In accordance with constitutional provision, the members-elect of Charles E. Belknap. Samuel l'tf. Stephenson. the Honse of Representatives of the Fifty-first Congress met in their Mark S. Brewer. l\IINNESOTA. Hall at the Capitol, and were called to order at12 o'clock m. by Hon. Mark H. Dunnell. S. P.Snider. J, B. CLARK, Clerk of the last House. John Lind. Sol. G. Comstock. The CLERK. The House will come to order. The hour having Darwin S. Hall. arrived fixed by law for the meeting of the Fifty-first Congress, the MISSISSIPPI. Clerk will now proceed to call the roll, and members will please respond John M. Allen. C. L. Anderson. when their names are called. James Bright Morgan. T. R. Stockdale. Thomas C. Catchings. C. E. Hooker. The roll was then called, showing the pre.sence of the following Clarke Lewis. Members and Delegates: MISSOURI. ALABAMA. W. H.Hatch. F. G. Niedringhaus. Richard H. 'Clarke. James E. Cobb. C. H. Mansur. Nathan Frank. Hilary A. Herbert. .John H. Bankhead. Alexander M.. Dockery, William l\LKinsey. William C. Oates. William H. Forney. Robert P. C. Wilson. R. P. Bland. Louis W. Turpin. Joseph Wheeler. John C. Tarsney. W. J. Stone. ARKANSAS. John T. Heard. W.H. Wade. Richard H. Norton. J.P. Walker. W. II.Cate. John H. Rogers. Clifton R. Breckinridge. Samuel ,V, Peel, :MONTANA. -- Thomas C. McRae. Thomas H. Ca-rter. CALIFORNIA. John J. De Haven. W.W. Morrow. NEBRASKA. Marion Biggs. Thomas J. Clunie. William J. Connell, George w. E. Dorsey. Joseph McKenna, William Vandever. Gilbert L. Laws. COLORADO. NEVADA. Hosea. Towruiend. Horace F. Dartine. CONNECTICUT. NEW HAMPSffiRE. William Edgar Simonds. Charles A. Russell, Alonzo Nute. Orren C. Moo.re. W. F. Willcox. Frederick Miles. DELAWARE. NEW JERSEY. Chris. A. Bergen. C. D. Beckwith. John B. Penington. James Buchanan. Herman Lehlbach. FLOBID A. J. A. Geissenhainer. William McAdoo. R.H. M. Davidson. Robert Bullock. Samuel Fowler. GEORGIA. NEW YORK. :· James W. Covert. J. A. Quackenbush. Rufus E. Lester. James H. Blount. Felix Campbell. Charles Tracey. Henry G. Turner. J. C. Clements. William C. W allace. John Sanford. ·', Charles F. Crisp. H. H. Carlton. John M. Clancy. John H.:Moffitt. Thomas W. Grimes. A. D. Candler. T. F. Magner. Fred. Lansing. John D. Stewart. George T. Barnes. E. J. Dunphy. .James S.Sherman. ILLINOIS. J. H. McCarth y. James J. Belden. Abner Taylor. W.H. Gest. Amos J. Cummings. Milton De Lano. Frank Lawler. Scott Wike. Francis B. Spinola.. T.S.Flood. W.E.Mason. William M. Springer. John Quinn. John Raines. George E. Adams. Jonathan H. Rowell. Roswell P. Flower. Charles S. Baker. A. J. Hopkins. Joseph G. Cannon. A. P. Fitch. John G. Sawyer. Robert R. Hitt. George W. Fithian. W. G. Stahlnecker. ·J.M. Farquhar. T. J. Henderson. Edw&rd Lane. Moses D. St.ivers. J.1\I. Wiley. · Charles Augustus Hill. W. S. Forman. J. H. Ketcliam. W. G. Laidlaw. .· Lewis E. Payson. James R. 'Villiams, Char!es J. Knapp. Philip Sidney Post. George W. Smith. NORTH CAROLINA. Thomas G. Skinner. A. Rowland. Th'"DIANA. H.P. Cheatham. John S. Henderson. 'Villiam. F. Parrett. Elijah V. Brookshire. C. W. McClammy. W. H. H . Cowles. .Jason B. Brown. Joseph B. Cheadle. B.H.Bunn. Hamilton G. Ewa.no William S. Ilolman. William D. Owen. Johnll\L Brower. ), George ,V, Cooper. Augustus N. Martin. NORTH DAKOTA. Thomas M.. Browne. C. A. 0. :McClellan. William D. Bynum. Benjamin F. S'b.ively. H. 0. Hansbrough,
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omo. It is as follows: Benjamin Butterworth. Jacob J. Pugsley. John .A. Caldwell. JosephH. Outhwaite. List of changes since the election of the Fi,fty-flrst House of Represent• Elihu S. Williams. Cha.rles P. Wickham. atives. Samuel S. Yoder. Charles H. Grosvenor, George E. Seney, James W. Owens. M . .l\I. Boothman. Joseph D. Ta.ylor. District. Name. Date Successor. Henry L. Morey. William McKinley, jr. of vacancy. Robert P. Kennedy. Ezra B. Taylor. William C. Cooper. Martin L. Smyser. 10th Missouri.... . James N. Burnes* ...... Jan. 24, 1889 Robert P.O.Wilson. William E. Haynes. Theodore E. Burton. 19th Jllinois...... Richard W. Townshend•.. Mar. 9, 1889 James R. Williams, A. C. Thompson. 4th Kansas ...... Thomas Ryant...... Apr. 3, 1889 Harrison Kelley. OREGON. 2d Louisiana .. ; .. . Edward Gay*...... l\Iay 30, 1889 .Andrew Price. . Bin"er Hermann. 2d Nebraska ...... James Laird* ...... Aug.17, 1889 Gilbert L. Laws. 9th New York ... Samuel S. Cox• ...... Sept.10,1889 .AmosJ.Cummings. PENNSYLVANIA. 27th New York .. Newton ,V. Nutting t ...... Oct. 12, 1889 Sereno E. Payne. Henry H. Bingham. H. C. McCormick. 6th New York ... Frank T. Fitzgerald t ...... Nov. 4, 1889 Charles H. Turner, Charles O' Neill. Charles R. Buckalew. William D. Kelley. Lewis E . .Atkinson. *Died. tResigned, Alfred C. Harmer. Levi Maish. Smedley Darlington. Edward Scull. The CLERK. Three hundred and twenty-seven members having an Robert A. Yardley. Samuel A. Craig. William Mutchler. John Dalzell. swered to their names, a quorum of the House is now present. The David B. Brunner. Thomas 1\1. Bayne. fust thing in order is a motion looking to the organization of the House Marriott Brosius. Joseph Warren Ray. by the election of its officers. Joseph A. Scranton, Charles C. Townsend. Edward S. Osborne. W. C. Culbertson. Mr. HENDERSON, of Illinois. l\fr. Clerk, I move that the House James B. Reilly. Lewis F. Watson. now proceed to the election of a Speaker to preside over its delibera John W. Rife. James Kerr. tions during the Fifty-first Congress. Myron B. Wright.. Mr. OATES. That is the first thing in order. RHODE ISLAND. The CLERK. Yes ; that is the first thing in order, that the House shall H.J. Spooner. W. O. Arnold. proceed to elect a Speaker to preside over ita deliberations. Nomina SOUTH CAROLIN.A. tions are now in order. Samnel Dibble. John J. Hemphill. Mr. HENDERSON, of Illinois. Mr. Clerk, I have the honor to George D. Tillman, George W. Dargan. place ,in nomination for Speaker of the Honse during the Fifty-first James S. Cothran. William Elliott. Con~ress the Hon. THOMAS B. REED, a Representative-elect from the William H. Perry. State of Main,e. [Applause.] SOUTH DAKOTA. I John A. Pickler. Mr. McCREARY. Mr. Clerk, nominate for Speaker of the House Oscars. Gifford. of Representatives the Hon. JOHN G. CARLISLE, of Kentucky. (Ap- TENNESSEE. plause.] ~ Alfred .A. Taylor. Joseph E. Washington. The CLERK. Are there any other nominations? If not, the Clerk J,. 0. Houk. Benjamin A. Enloe. j H. Clay Evans. Rice A. Pierce, will request Hon. JOSEPH G. CANNON, of Illinois Hon. R. Q. MILLS, Benton Mcl\iillin. James Phelan. of Texas; Hon. DAVID B. HENDEESON, of Iowa, and Hon. FELIX J. D. Richardson. CAMPBELL, of New York, to act as t~llers, as the rules require the TEXAS. election of Speaker shall be viva voce. Charles Stewart. William H. Crain, The roll was called, with the following result: William H. :Martin. L. W. Moore. C. R. Kilgore. Roger Q. Mills. For Mr. Thomas B. Reed, of .Maine-166. D. B. Culberson. Joseph D. Sayers. Adams, Culbertson, Pa., Lacey, Russell S. W. T. Lanham, 1 Silas Hare. Allen, Mich., Outcheon, La Follelte, Sanforct, Jo.Abbott. Anderson, Kans., Dalzell, Laidlaw, Sawyer, VERMONT. Arnold, Darlington, Lansing, Scranton, John W. Stewart. William W. Grout. .Atkinson, De Haven, Laws, Scull, Baker, De Lano, Lehlbacb, Sherman, VffiGINIA. Banks, Dingley, Lind, Simonds, Bartine, Dolliver, Lodge, Smith, T. H. B. Browne. Paul C. Edmunds, Bayne, Dorsey, l\Iason, Smyser, G. E. Bowden. C. T. O'Ferrall. Beckwith, Dunnell, McComas, Snider, George D. Wise, W.H.F.Lee. Belden, Evans, l\IcOord, Spooner, E. C. Venable. J. A. Buchanan. Belknap, Ewart, McOormick, Stephenson, P. G. Lester. H. St. G. Tucker. Bergen, Farquhar, McKenna, Stewart, Vt., Bingham, Finley, .McKinley, Stivers, WASHINGTON. Bliss Flick, Miles, Stockbridge, John L. Wilson. Boothman, Flood, l\lilliken, . Struble, Boutelle, Frank, Moffitt, Sweney, WE.ST VffiG,INIA. Bowden,• Funston, Moore, N. H., Taylor, Tenn., Brewer, Gear, Morey, Taylor, Ill., John 0. Pendleton. John D . .Alderson. Brosius, Gest, MorrilJ, Taylor, E.zra J, M. Jackson. B., WiUiam L. Wilson, Brower, Gifford, Morrow, Taylor, Joseph D~ Browne, Va., Greenhalge, Morse, '.rhomas, WISCONSIN. Browne, T. M., Grosvenor, Niedringhaus, Thompson, Lucien B. Caswell. Charles B. Clark. Buchanan, N.J., Grout, Nute, Townsend, Pa., Charles Barwig. Ormsby B. Thomas' Burrows, Hall, O'Donnell, Townsend, Colo., R. M. La Follette. Nils P. Haugen. Burton, Hansbrough, O'Neill, Pa., Turner, Kans., I. W. Van Schaick. Myron H. l\IcCord. Butterworth, Harmer, Osborne, Vandever, George H. Brickner. Caldwell, Haugen, Owen, Ind., Van Scbaick, ID.AHO. Candler, Mass., Henderson, Iowa, Payson, Wade, Cannon, Henderson, Ill., Perkins, Walker, Mass., Fred. T.Dubois. Carter, Hermann, Peters, Wallace, l'llass., Caswell, Hill, Pickler, Wallace, N. Y., NEW l\IEXICO. Cheadle, Hitt, Post, Watson, Antonio J osepb. Cheatham, Hopkins, Pugsley, Wheeler, Mich .. Clark, Wis., Houle, Quackenbush, Wickham, UTAH. Cogswell, Kelley, Pa., Baines, Williams Ohio, John T.Caine. Coleman, Kelley, Kans., Randall, Mass., Wilson, Ky., Comstock, Kennedy, Ray Wilson, Wash., WYOMING. Conger, Kerr, Iowa, Reed, Iowa, Wright, Connell, Ketcham, Rife, Yardley. Joseph M. Carey. Cooper, Ohio, Kinsey, Rockwell, Craig, Knapp, Rowell, The following are the names of the absentees: John H. O'Neall, of For Mr. John G. Carlisle, of Kentucky-154. Indiana; David Wilber, of New York; Samuel J. Randall, of Penn Abbott, Breckinridge, Ky., Cate, Culberson, Tex., sylvania; W. C. Whitthorne, of Tennessee, and Marcus A. Smith, Del Alderson, Brickner, Catchings, Dar~n, egate from Arizona. Allen, Miss.. Brookshire, Chipman, DaVIdson, Anderson, Miss., Brown, J.B. Clancy, Dibble, ·. The CLERK. The Clerk will state to the House that the roll is com .Andrew, Brunner, Clarke, Ala., Dockery, plete with the exception of three names, where there was a failure to Bankhead, Buchanan, Va., Clements, Dunphy, furnish the .Clerk with proper credentials of election from the Six.th, Barnes, Buckalew, Clunie, Edmunds, Barwig, Bullock, Cobb, Elliott, the N"'mth, and the Twenty-seventh districts of the State of New York. Big&s, Bunn, Compton, Ellis, AB a matter of interest to members, and for the purpose of making a Blanchard, Bynum, Cooper, Ir.d., Enloe, permanent record, the Clerk presents in tabular form the changes since Bland, Campbell Cothran, Fitch, Blount, Candler, Ga., Covert, Fithian, ,. the election of members to the Fifty-first Congress, and asks the table Boatner, Carlton, Crain, Flower, be incorporated in the RECORD. Breckinridge, Ark., Caruth, Crisp, Forman, I • •.
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Forney, Lewis, Paynter, Stone, Ky., To the end that I may satisfactorily carryoutyonrwill,I invokethe Fowler, Magner, Peel, Stone, Mo., considerate judgment and the cordial aid of all the members t>f the Geissenhainer, Maish, Pendleton, Stump, Gibson, Mansur, Penington, Tarsney, Honse. [Applause.] Goodnighti, Martin, Ind., Perry, Tillman, MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. Grimes, Martin, Tex., Phelan, Traeey, Hare, McAdoo, Pierce, Tucker, A message from the Senate, by Mr. McCOOK, its Secretary, informed Hatch, McCarthy, Price, Turner, Ga., the House that a quorum had assembled, and the Senate was ready to Hayes, McClammy, Quinn, Turpin, .·' Haynes, McClella.n, Reilly, Venable, proceed to the transaction of business. Heard, McCreary, Richardson, Walker, Mo., It furthe-r announced that Mr. EDMUNDS and Mr. HARRIS had been Hemphill, l\lcMillin, Robertson, Washington, appointed a committee on the part of the Senate to join such commit Henderson, N. C., McRae, Rogers, Wheeler, Ala., Herbert, Mills, Rowland, Whiting, tee as might be appointed by the Honse of Representatives to wait on Holman, Montgomery, Rusk, Wike, the President of the United States and inform him that a quorum of Hooker, Moore, Tex., Sayers, Willcox, each Honse had assembled, and that Congress was ready to receive any Jackson, Morgan, Seney, Wiley, Kerr, Pa., Mutchler, Shively, Wilkinson, communication.he might be pleased to make. Kilgore, Norton, Skinner, Williams, Ill., SWEA.BING IN OF MEMBERS. Lane, Oates, Spinola, Wilson, Mo., Lanham, O'Ferrall, Springer, Wilson, W. Va., The SPEAKER then administered to the Members in attendance the Lawler, O'Neil, Mass., Stahlnecker, · wise, oath of office, the Members presenting themselves at the bar of ·the Lee, Outhwaite, Stewart, Tex., Yoder. .... ·. Lester, Va., Owens, Ohio, Stewart, Ga., House as their names were called by States, and qualifying by ·oath or Lester, Ga., Parrett, Stockdale, affirmation, as provided by law; after which the oath of office was also For Mr. Amos J. Oummings, of New York-1. administered to the Delegates from the several Territories. Cowles. NDTTH .A.ND TWENTY-SEV~TH NEW YORK DISTRICTS. The CLEll.K. The Clerk desires to state that the names of Mr. P .A.YNE Mr. CARLISLE. Mr. Speaker, I desire to present at this time, by and Mr. CUMMINGS were called inadvertently by the Clerk. -Thevote consent, the certificate made by the clerk of New York County, State of Mr. CUMMINGS, received inadvertently when his name was called, of New York, showing the state of the vote at the last Congressional will be withdrawn. • election in the Ninth district of that State, with a view to requesting Mr. HENDERSON, of Illinois. I understand the Clerk to say that that the member who is thereby shown to be elected may now be sworn the names of Mr. PAYNE and Mr. CUMMINGS have been withdrawn in. There is also another gentleman on the other side of the House from the roll who will present the credentials of the member elected to represent The CLERK. They have been, and also the vote of Mr. CUMMINGS, the Twenty-seventh district of New York, the papers in the case being which was inadvertently received. exactly in the same condition, as I understand. I send the papers to It may be possible the names of some mem~rs h~ye been omitted. the desk. If there are such they will make it known, and their votes will now be I desire to repeat that this is simply a certificate from the clerk of received. the county showing the nnmbe;r of votes cast and for whom cast. _. Mr. O'NEILL, -of Pennsylvania. Mr. Clerk, I rise to make an an There is also a certificate from the secretary of state showing that this nouncement before this Honse that my colleague from the Third dis return is on file in his office, but as yet there has been no final official trict of Pennsylvania, Hon. SAMUEL J. RANDALL, is paired with Hon. canvass of the votes and no election certificate issued. There is, how DAVID WILBEll., of the Twenty-fourth district of New York, until ever, as I understand it, no controversy as to the election of either ot further notice, either gentleman to vote on giving notice to the other. the gentlemen to whom reference has been made. The CLERK. Notice of the pair has also been sent to the Clerk's desk. Mr. SHERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I present a like paper in reference Mr. O'NEILL, of Pennsylvania. I supposed it had been sent to the to the election of Hon. Sereno E. Payne, elected from the Twenty.. Clerk's desk. seventh district of New York, and nsk that the same action be taken The CLERK. The Clerk will read the pair. in tuat respect. The Clerk read as follows: The SPEAKER. Does the gentleman from Kentucky ask that the Mr. s ..urom:..J.RANDALL,andMr. DAVIDWILBERofNew York, are pa.ired gentleman elected to represent the Ninth Congressional district of New for this day on all questions. York be now sworn in? Mr. CARLISLE. I ask that he be now sworn in. I refer to Hon. Mr. O'NEILL, of Pennsylvania. I have announced that they are Amos .r. Cummings. paired until further notice, either gentleman to vote on giving notice Mr. SHERMAN. And I make the same request in regard to Mr. to the other. Payne. I M.r. McMILLIN. wish to announce that General WHITTHORNE, of The SPEAKER. This can only be done by unanimous consent. Is Tennessee, is detained from the Honse by illness. I make the state there objection? ment in justice to my colleague. There being no objection, Mr. Cummings and Mr. Payne appeared Mr. CULBERSON, of Texas. Has my name been called? before the bar of the House and qualified, taking the oath prescribed The CLERK. It has not. by law. Mr. CULBERSON, of Texas. I voted for Mr. JOHN G. CARLISLE. ELECTION OF CLERK, SERGE.A.NT-AT-ARMS, ETC. The CLERK. It will be so recorded. Mr. CANNON. Mr. Clerk, on behalf of the tellers appointed to can The SPEAKER. The next business in order is the completion of vass the vote for Speaker, I am directed to report they agree in their t-he organization of the House by the selection of its Clerk and other tally, and that the result is as follows: officers. Whole number of votes ca.st, 321. Of this number, Mr. REED has re Mr. HENDERSON, of lliinois. Mr. Speaker, in order to complete ceived 166 votes [applause]; Mr. CARLISLE 154 votes [applause], and the organization of the House I now propose the adoption of the reso Mr. CUMMINGS, 1 vot.e. [Applause.] lution I send to the desk. The CLERK. The gentleman from Illinois [Mr. CANNON], on behalf The Clerk read as follows : Resolved, That Edward McPherson, of the State of Pennsylvania., be, and is of the tellers appointed to canva-ss the vote for Speaker, reports they hereby, elected Clerk of the House of Representatives of the Fifty-first Con agree in their tally, and that the whole number of votes ca.st is 321; gress; of which Mr. REED has received 166, Mr. CARLISLE 154, and Mr. CUM That Adoniram J. Holmes, of the State of Iowa., be, and is hereby, elected Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives of the Fifty-first Congress; ¥JNGS 1. The Clerk therefore announces that Mr. REED, having re That Charles W. Adams, of the State of Maryland, be, and is hereby, elected ceived a majority of all of the votes cast, is duly elected Speaker of the Doorkeper of the House of Representatives of the Fifty-first Congress; House of Representatives of the Fifty-first Congress. [Applause.] That .James L. Wheat, of the State of Wisconsin, be, and is hereby, elect.ed l'i1r. l'i1r. REED Postmaster of the House of Representatives of the Fifty-first Congress; and CARLISLE and Mr. McKINLEY conducted to the chair. That Rev. Charles B. Ramsdell, of the city of Washington, D. C., be, and is Mr. KELLEY, of Pennsylvania, having served longest continuously hereby, elect.ed Chaplain of the House of Representatives of the Fifty.first Con as a member of the Honse, administered the prescribed oath. gress. The SPEAKER then addressed the House as follows : 1\Ir. CHEADLE. Mr. Speaker, I move to amend the resolution by Gentlemen of the Honse of Representatives : I thank you for the high striking out the name of Rev. Charles B. Ramsdell and inserting in office which your voices have bestowed upon me. It would be impos lieu thereof the name of Rev. William H. Milburn. sible not to be moved by its dignity and honor. Yet you may well Mr. HENDERSON, of Illinois. If there is no 'motion looking to an imagine that I am at this moment more impressed by its responsibili- amendment of the resolution from the opposit.e side of the Honse, I ask ties and duties. , a vote upon the pending proposition. Under our system of government as it has been developed, these re The SPEAKER. The amendment of the gentleman from'lndiana sponsibilities and duties are both political and parliamentary. So far is the only one proposed. as the duties are political, I sincerely hope they may be performed with Mr. CARLISLE. I move to amend the resolution by striking out a proper sense of what is due to the people of this whole country. So all except that part which relates to the election of Chaplain, and in faras they are parliamentary,! hope, with equal sincerity, that they may serting in lieu thereof the substitute which I send to the desk. This, be performed with a proper sense of what is due to both sides of this of course, will be voted upon after the amendment proposed by the gen Chamber. [Great applause.] tleman from Indiana. XXI-6
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'· 82 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. DECEMBE:ij, 2, '~~~~~"--~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--'-~~~~--.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~- The Clerk read as follows: The SPEAKER. The que.3tion can be divided, inasmuch as it com· Resolved, That .John B. Clark, of the State of Missouri, be, and is hereby, prises several propositions. What division does the gentleman desire? elected Clerk of the House of Representatives of the Fifty-first Congress; Mr. FUNSTON. I call for a division of the question. That John P. Leedom, of the 8ta.te of Ohio, be, and is hereby, elected Sergeant The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. LoDGE] at-Arms of tho House of Representatives of the Fifty-first Congress; That Lycurgus l>alton, of tbe State of Indiana, be. and is hereby, elected Post also asks for a division. What division is desired? ma. ter of the House of Representatives of the Fifty-first Congress; an!l Mr. FUNSTON. That portion pertaining to the Chaplain. That A. B. Hurt, of the State of :.\[ississippi, be, and is hereby, elected Door The SPEAKER. If no other division is demanded, the House can keeper of the House of Representatives of the Fifty-first Congress. dispose of the matter by two votes. The Clerk will read the resolution The SPEAKER. The first question is on the amendment proposed down to that portion pertaining ro the Chaplain. by the gentleman from Indiana. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. ANDERSON, of Kansas. On that I ask for the yeas and nays. Resolved, That Edward McPherson, of the State of Pennsylvania, be, and is hereby, elected Clerk of the House of Representatives of the Fifty-first Con The yeas and nays were not ordered, less than one-fifth of the last gress. vote rising to sustain the demand. That Adoniram .J. Holmes, of the State of Iowa, be, and is hereby, elected The question was taken; and on a division the:re were-ayes 129, Sergeant-at-Arms of the Il,mse of Representatives of the Fifty-first Congress. That Charles W. Adams, of the State of Maryland, be, and is herebv, elected noes 134. Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives oft.he Fifty-first Congre8s. . Mr. BLAND. I demand tellers. That James L. Wheat, of the State of Wisconsin, be, and is hereby, elected Mr. LODGE, Ur. BOUTELLE, Mr. HENDERSON of IDinois, and Postmaster of the House of Representatives of the Fifty-first Congress. others. Let us have the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER. The vote will now be taken on so much of the :res
Sanford, Stephenson, Thomas, Wallace, N. Y. Mr. HOUK. I ask the gentleman offering the resolution whether Sawyer, Stewart, Vt. Thompson, Watson, Scrauton, Stivers, Townsend, Pa. Wheeler, l\lich. it would not be more in the spirit of fairness to confine that provision Scull, Stockbridge, Tqwnsend, Colo. Wickham, to gentlemen who are absent by reason of illness or other unavoidable Sherman, Struble, Tdruer, Kans. Williams, Ohio oa.use. Simonds, Sweney, Vandever, Wilson, Ky. Smith, T a ylor, Tenn. Van 8chaick, "Wilson, 'Va.sh. Mr. PERKINS. I think the resolution as offered is in keeping with Smyser, T a ylor, Ill. W a de, Wright, the resolution usually adopted on these occasions, but I am willing to Bolder, Taylor, E zra B. Walker, Mass. Yardley. accept the amendment suggested by the gentleman from Kentucky Spooner, Taylor, Joseph D. Wallace, l\fo,ss. [Mr. BRECKINRIDGE]. NOT VOTING-13. Mr. HOUK. I have never known of the adoption of a resolution so Browne, Va. l\IcCord, Payson, Wilber. broad as that. It offers a premium for negligence. Butterworth, O'Donnell, Pugsley, Whitt.borne, Forney, O' Nea.11, Ind. Randall, Pa. The SPEAKER. '£he question is on the adoption of the resolution Harmer, Owen, Ind. as modified, which the Clerk will read: So the resolution was adopted. The Clerk read as follows: Resolved, That the House do now proceed to d1·aw seats for Members and Dele On motion of Mr. BRECKINRIDGE, of Kentucky, l>y unanimous gates for the present Congress, in pursuance of Rule XXXII of the last House, consent, the reading of the names of members voting was dispensed and that when the names of absent members are called, seats be selected for with. . them by tlleir colleagues or other authorized representatives. Mr. IlU'ITERWORTH and Mr. FORNEY were announced as paired for Mr. BUCHANAN, of New Jersey. I would inquire wbether it is this day on all political questions. the intention of the mover of that resolution t-0 include as ''absent'' The result of the vote was then announced as above recorded. those who have just put on their coats and gone down town? SWEARING IN OF OFFICERS. [Laughter.] In ifs present form it will include them, and I move Ur. CANNON. Mr. Speaker, I desire to offer a resolution which I to amend by inserting after the word "absent" the words "from the send to the desk. city." The SPEAKER. If the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. CANNON] Mr. McCREARY. I desire to submit an amendment to that resolu- will delay his re'lolution a. moment the Chair will administer the oath ~~ I of office to the Clerk-elect. The Clerk read as follows: The oath of office was then administered by the Speaker to the Clerk Resalved, That all ex-Speakers of the House of Representatives duly elected members of the Fifty-first Congress, a.nd that all Representatives in said Con elect, Mr. McPherson. gress who have served in fourteen Congresses, shall be called first in the order The SPEAKER. The Chair will now administer the oath to the of their service, and a.llowed to select their respective seats before the regular other officers just chosen. drawing for seats conunences. Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa. Ur. Holmes, the Sergeant-at-Arms, Mr. McCREA.RY. The object of this resolution is to allow the three has not yet reached the city, but he will be here to-night. ex-Speakers of the House of Representatives who are members of the The SPEAKER. The former Sergeant-at-Arms will perform the Fifty-first Congress to select their seats before the drawing commences; duties of the office until the new one is sworn in. and the effect of the propooition will also be to allow .Mr. KELLEY, of The SPEAKER then administered the oath of office to the Door Pennsylvania, who, I am informed, bas been here perhaps more than keeper, the Postmaster, and the Chaplain elect. fourteen terms of Congress, to select his seat in advance of the regular NOTIFICATION TO THE _SENATE. drawing. I do not know any other gentleman who would come under JI.Ir. CANNON offered the following resolution: that clause of the amendment. I think this is simply justice. Resol,1Jed, That a meesa.ge be sent to the Senate to inform that body that a Mr. PAYNE. I move, as an amendment to the amendment, to add quorum of the Hou e of &epresenta.tives has assembled; tha.t THOMAS B. REED, the name of Hon. DAVID WILBER, a Representative from the State of a. Representative from the State of 1\Iaine. has been elected Speaker; that Ed New York. I make this motion at the request of the delegation from ward MePherHOo, a citizen of the State of Pennsylva.nia,.bas been elected Clerk, and that the House is ready to proceed to business. tha.t State, and also at the request of Mr. WILBER. Because of his well-known infirmity, deafness, he desires a seat as near as po.ssible to The resolution was agreed to. the Speaker's chair. I mo-ve to include his name, as an amendment to The SPEAKER. The Clerk will convey the information to the Senate. the amendment offered by the gentleman from Kentucky. NOTIFICATION TO THE PRESIDENT. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from New York [Mr. PAYNE] Mr. McKINLEY offered the following resolution: must reduce his amendment to writing. Re. afred, That a committee of three be appointed by t.he Speaker, on the part Mr. PAYNE. My motion is simply to include, after the clause with of the House of Representatives, to join the committee appointed, on the part reference to members who have served for fourteen Congressional terms, of the Senate, to wa.it on t.he President of the United States and notify him that thename of Hon. DAVID WILBER, of the State of New York. a quorum of the two Houses bas Q.8.lierobled, and that Congress is ready to re ce1ve any communication he may be pleased to make. The SPEAKER. The question is upon theamend:ment propo&ed by the gentleman from New York [Mr. PAYNE]. 'l'be resolution was agreed to. Mr. PERKINS. On the origiual resolution and amendments I de The SPEAKER. The Chair will appoint as members of the com mand the previous question. mittee on the part of the House, WILLIAM McKINLEY, Jr., of Ohio, Several MEMBEBS. Oh, no ! JOSEPH G. CANNON, of Illinois, and JOHN G. CARLISLE, of Kentucky. O' NEILL, of Pennsylvania. I hope the gentleman from Kan Mr. BURROWS offered the following resolution, which was adopted: Mr. sas [Mr. PERKINS] will withdraw that demand for a moment. I R esolved, That the Clerk be instructed to inform the President of the United States tha.t the House of Representatives has elected THOMAS B. REED, a Repre wish t.o suggest that there is on the other side of the House a gentle sentative from the State of Maine, Speaker, and Edward McPherson, a citi man who has been elected to thirteen Congresses. I make no sugges zen of the State of Pennsylvau.la., Clerk of the House of Representatives of the tion with reference to myself; but still, I think an election to thirteen Fifty-first Congress. Congresses ought to entitle a member to some preference in this re HOTTR OF DAILY MEETING. gard. [Laughter.] I move to amend by inserting "and those mem Mr. HENDERSON, of Iowa, offered the following resolution; which bers who have been elected to thirteen Congresses." , . was agreed to: The SPEAKER. There are two amendments now pending. The Rual:ced, Th&t, until otherwise ordered, the daily hour of meeting of the queation is upon the amendment offered by the gentleman from New House of Representatives shall be at lZ o'clock m. York [Mr. PAYNE] to the amendment of the gentleman from Ken DRAWING FOR SEATS. tucky. Mr. PERKINS offered the following resolution: The question being taken, the amendment to the amendment was Resolved, Tha.t the House do now proceed to draw eeats for Members and Dele rejected. gates for the present Congress, in pursuance of Rule XXXII of the last House, The question recurring on the amendment of Mr. McCREARY, and tha.t when the names of a.bsent members o.re called seat,'i be selected for The SPEAKER (having put the question) said: The "noes" seem them by their collea.trues. to have it. Mr. BRECKINRIDGE, of Kentucky. I wish to suggest an amend Mr. McCREARY. I ask for a division. m ent to the last clause of that resolution. There are certain gentle The question being again taken, there were-ayes 152, noes 44. men absent who have no colleagues. For instance, I have justreeeived So the amendment of Mr. McCREARY was adopted. a letter from Mr. SMITH, of Arizona, asking me to draw a seat for him, Mr. BUCHANAN, of New Jersey. I now renew my amendment. and there are other like cases. I therefore suggest that instead of con Mr. PERKINS demanded the previous question: on the original reso- fining the drawing of sea.ts for absentees to their colleagues respectively, lution and pending amendments. ihe re.solution be amended so as to permit such drawing by other mem The SPEAKER. The Chair did not hear the gentleman. The gen .· bers. tleman from Kansas [Mr. PERKINS] has demanded the previous ques Mr. PERKINS. I will consent that the rec:iolution be amended so tion upon the resolution. As many as are in favor of the aaoption- BB to provide that where the absentee has no colleague present, his seat Mr. BUCHAN.AN, of New Jersey. But, Mr. Speaker, I was recog may be drawn by a.ny member designated by him. nized and offered an amendment. Mr. BRECKINRIDGE, of Kentucky. I ask the gentleman from Kan The SPEAKER. The gentleman was recognized because the Chair sas to consent that the resolution shall be modified by inserting after the did not hear the proposition of the gentleman from Ka.n.sa.s [Mr. PER word "colleagues" the words "or other authorized representatives." KINS], who was on the floor at the proper time.
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Mr. BUCHANAN, of New Jersey. But I was recognized previous The Clerk read as follows: to his motion. .Resolved, That the Speaker appoint a Committee on Rules, on Acconnf8, on The SPEAKER. The gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. BuOHAN AN] Enrolled Bills, and on Mileage, each to consist of the same number of members as is provided for by the rules of the Fiftieth Congress i and that tile rules at the was recognized, but' the Chair had previously recognized the gentle Fiftieth Congress be referred to the Committee on Rwes. man from Kansas, who made the demand, as he states, for the previous The resolution was adopted. question. The Chair did not catclr the gentleman's language, but he Mr. BAYNE moved to reconsider the vote by which the resolution heard the gentleman say something. . was adopted; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on Mr. BUCHANAN, of New Jersey. But my amendment was offered '. the table. previous to the amendment of the gentleman from Kentucky [Mr. Mc The latter motion was agreed to. CREARY]. And then, on motion of Mr. MOFFIIT (at 4 o'clock and 35 minutes The SPEAKER. The amendment was not presented to the House. p. m. ), .the House adjourned. Mr. BUCH.A.NAN, of New Jersey. It was moved by myself, how ever. '£he SPEAKER. It was not presented to the House, and not sub PETITIONS, ETC. mitted. The following petitions and papers were laid on the Clerk's desk, Mr. BUCHANAN, of New Jersey. I think there will be no objec- under the rule, and referred as follows : .- tion to it• By Mr. BAYNE: Petition of Nicholas .J. Bigley, for· relief-to the The SPEAKER. The question is on ordering the previous question. Committee on War Claims. ., Mr. McCREARY. l\Ir. Speaker-- By l\fr. STOCKBRIDGE : Petition of Samuel H. Travers, for indem The SPEAKER. This question is not debatable. nity for loss of his brig So:fferino-to the Committee on War Claims. Mr. McCREARY. I rise to a point of order. I understand the gen tleman from KaDS38 [Mr. PE~KINS] has moved the previous question upon the resolution as amended. The SPEAKER. As amended. SENATE. Mr. McCREARY. Very well. TUESDAY, .December 3, 1889. Mr. SPINOLA. I rise to a point of order. There is one seat in this House which is not covered by the resolution under consideration; I Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. J. G. BUTLER, D. D. refer to the seat of the Representative-elect from the Sixth district of CUSHMAN K. DAVIS, a Senator from the State of Minnesota, CHA.RLES New York. I ask that before the vote is taken on ordering the previous J. FAULKNER, a Senator from the St.ate of West Virginia, and DANIEL que.8tion that district be included, and that some friend of the Repre W. VOORHEES, a Senator from the State of Indiana, appeared in their sentative-elect may draw a seat for him. seats to-day. A MEMBER. He is not a member. The .Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. l\1r. SPINOLA. He has been elected, and be has as much right to MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. secure a seat in this drawing as gentlemen who have been sworn in this l\Ir. McPHERSON, the Clerk of the Honse of Representatives, ap morning. peared below the bar of the Senate and delivered the following mes Several members demanded the regular order. sage: The SPEAKER. The regular order is demanded, and the question Mr. President, I am directed by the Honse of Representatives to in is on ordering the previous question. form the Senate that a quorum of the Honse of Representatives has as The previous question was ordered. sembled, that THOMAS B. REED, a Representative from the St.ate of Mr. FLOWER. I ask for information whether the name of Charles Maine, has been elected Speaker, and that EDWARD McPHERSON, a H. Turner, of the Sixth district of New York, is on the roll? citizen of the St.ate of Pennsylvania, has been chosen Clerk; and that The SPEAKER. It is not. the Honse of Representatives is ready to proceed to business. Mr. FLOWER. If not, I ask, by unanimous consent, that his name I am also directed to inform the Senate that the House has concurred be placed on the roll. He was elected on Saturday. [Cries of "Ob in the action of the Senate for the appointment of a committee o::i the ject !"on the Republican side.] Then I ask that his name be put in part of the House of Representatives, to join the committee appointed the box so he may obtain a seat when he does come. on the part of the Senate, to wait upon the President of the United The SPEAKER. That can only be done by unanimous consent. States and notify him that a quorum of the two Houses bas assembled, Several MEMBERS. Let us have the regular order. and that Congress is ready to receive any communication he may be The SPEAKER. The regular order is demanded, and that is equiva pleased to make; and that Mr. McKINLEY, of Ohio, Mr. CANNON, of lent to an objection. Illinois, and Mr. CARLISLE, of Kentucky, have been appointed mem Mr. FLOWER• . I am asked whether he is the ice-man. Yes, he bers of that committee on the part of the Honse of Representatives. is; and when he comes here he will give some gentlemen on the other side a cold ride. [Laughter.] NOTIFICATION TO THE PRESIDENT. Mr. ATKINSON. I ask, by unanimous consent, to be permitted to Mr. EDMUNDS and Mr. HARRIS, the committee appointed in con retain my seat during the drawing on account of my disability. junction with a. similar committee of the Honse of Representatives to There was no objection, and it was so ordered. wait upon the President of the United States, appeared belowthebar The SPEAKER. Under the resolution of the Honse, the gentleman and- ·from Massachusetts [Mr. BANKS] is entitled to select bis seat. So, Mr. EDMUNDS said: Mr. President, the committee appointed by also, is the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. RANDALL], and the gen the two Houses to wllit upon the President of the United States and tleman from Kentucky [Mr. CARLISLE], and thegentlemanfromPenp. inform him of the meeting and organization of the two Houses and sylvania [Mr. KELLEY]. [Applause.] their readiness to proceed to business, have attended to that duty. The The drawing of the seats was then proceeded with, beginning at 2 President of the United States requests the committee to inform the o'clock and 7 minutes p. m. with the name of Mr. PERRY, of South Senate and House of Representatives that he will communicate to the Carolina, and ending at 4 o'clock and 31 minutes p. m. with the name two Houses by a message in writing immediately. of Mr. KENNEDY, of Ohio. PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL MESSAGE. Mr. BIGGS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to a question of order. Although At 12 o'clock and 8 minutes p. m., Mr. 0. L. PRUDEN, one of the I am a member of this House my name has not been called. secretaries of the President of the United States, appeared below the Mr. MUTCHLER. I wish to state also, Mr. Speaker, that my name bar and said : has not been called; at least I did not hear it. Mr. President, I am directed by the President of the United States The SPEAKER. The Clerk informs the Chair that the names of to deliver to the Senate a message in writing. both gentlemen were called. The message wa.s received from the secretary and handed to the Vice Mr. BIGGS. I .appeal to gentlemen around me to substantiate my President. ·statement. I directed &ome of the pages to let me know when the name The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Chair lays before the Senate the an was called, if I should fail to hear it. I failed to hear it myself, and nual mes.sage of the President of the United States, which the Secre none of the pages heard it called, as I am informed. tary will read. The SPEAKER. The gentleman is mistaken; the name was called. The Secretary of the Senate (Mr. ANSON G. McCooK) read the mes Mr. BIGGS. Very well; I did not hear it. sage_, as follows: SWEARING IN OF THE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS. To the Senate and House of Representatives : Sergeant-at-Arms-elect, Hon. A . .J. Holmes, of Iowa, having appeared There are few transactions in the administration of the Government at the bar of the House, was duly qualified, taking the oath prescribed that are even temporarily held in the confidence of those charged with .. bylaw. the conduct of the public business. Every step taken is under tlie APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN COMMITTEES. observation of an intelligent and watchful people. The state of the tJnion is kMwn from day to day, and suggestions a.s to needed l~':' Mr. BAYNE. Mr. Speaker, I move the adoption of the resolution Iation find an earlier voice than that which speaks in these annUal I send to the desk. communications of the President to Congress.
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