So the rules were suspended and the said bill passed.

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. McCook, their Secretary:

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed bills of the following titles, in which I am directed to request the concurrence of the House of Representatives, viz:

S. 748. An act referring the claim of the owners of the schooner Addie B. Bacon to the Court of Claims.

S. 896. An act for the relief of Pearson C. Montgomery, of Memphis, Tennessee.

S. 1399. An act for the relief of William C. Dodge.

S. 1472. An act to permit the owners of certain vessels and cargoes to sue the United States.

S. 1578. An act to amend the charter of the National Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home, and in relation to the assets thereof.

Messages in writing were received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Pruden, one of his secretaries; which were laid on the Speaker's table.

Also, a message in writing, which was handed in at the Clerk's desk, notifying the House that he did, on the 18th ultimo, approve and sign a joint resolution of the House of the following title, viz:

H. Res. 289. A joint resolution authorizing the Superintendent of the Census to continue the work on the Tenth Census.

Also, that he did, on the 25th ultimo, approve and sign bills of the House of the following titles, viz:

H. R. 4085. An act for the relief of Juliet H. Palmer.

H. R. 7428. An act to authorize the Hillsborough National Bank to change its name to that of the First National Bank of Hillsborough, Ohio.

Also, that he did, on the 27th ultimo, approve and sign a bill of the House of the following title, viz:

H. R. 2728. An act detaching Grundy County, Tennessee, from the southern division of the district of East Tennessee, and attaching it to the middle district of said State, and for other purposes.

Mr. Keifer moved that the rules be suspended so as to take from the Speaker's table the bill of the House (H. R. 5667) granting pensions to the soldiers and sailors of the Mexican war, and for other purposes, with amendments of the Senate thereto, and concur in the said amendments.

The said motion having been seconded by tellers,

After debate for thirty minutes,

Mr. Hammond moved that the House adjourn; which motion was disagreed to.

The question was put, viz:

Shall the rules be suspended and the said amendments concurred in?

And it was decided in the negative,

(two-thirds not voting in favor thereof.)

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are

So the rules were not suspended, and the said amendments were not concurred in.

Mr. Collins moved that the rules be suspended so as to enable him to submit and the House to agree to the following resolution, viz:

Resolved, That Senate bill (S. 1372) to establish a uniform system of

bankruptcy in the United States, be taken from the Speaker's table and be made a special order for Thursday, January 22, 1885, to be con. sidered in the House; the consideration to be continued from day to day until finally acted upon, not to interfere with general appropriation and revenue bills.

The said motion having been seconded by tellers,

Mr. Hammond moved that the House adjourn; which motion was disagreed to.

After debate for thirty minutes,

The question was put, viz:

Shall the rules be suspended and the said resolution agreed to?

Yeas...

And it was decided in the negative, Nays

(two-thirds not voting in favor thereof.)

Not voting].

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The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are

So the rules were not suspended, and the said resolution was not agreed to.

On motion of Mr. Randall, by unanimous consent, the bill of the House (H. R. 7791) making temporary provision for the naval service, with amendments of the Senate thereto, was taken from the Speaker's table, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.

Mr. Belmont, by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolu tion; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, viz:

Resolved, That the President be requested to inform this House in respect to all the negotiations or arrangements (if in his opinion such information will not be incompatible with the public interests) between this Government and any other government or governments which led up to the Congo conference at Berlin, and the motives or purposes with which this Government consented to participate therein. And also that the President cause to be transmitted to this House a copy of all correspondence between this Government and other governments relating to the Congo conference, together with the names of those who have been authorized by this Government to act as its delegates or plenipotentiaries thereat, the text of the credentials or powers given to such representatives of the United States, and a copy of all dispatches, reports, or other communications received by this Government from its representatives at the conference. And that the President, if he shall inform this House of the precise objects and purposes with which this Government was represented in the conference, will also inform the House which, if any, of those objects or purposes have been accomplished, and also whether or not any of the opinions or purposes of this Government, or its delegates or plenipotentiaries, as set forth in such conference, was resisted in the conference by any of the governments represented there; and, if so, by which of the governments, on what points, for what reasons, and with what results.

Mr. Bayne moved that the rules be suspended so as to enable him to call up and the House to pass the bill of the House (H. R. 1339) to increase the appropriation for the erection of a public building at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, reported from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union on the 9th of April last without amendment; Pending which,

On motion of Mr. A. J. Warner, at 4 o'clock and 50 minutes p. m., the House adjourned.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1885.

The following petitions and papers were laid on the Clerk's desk, under the rule, and referred as follows, viz:

By Mr. Barksdale: Petition of Thomas J. Wood and others, citizens of Jefferson County, Mississippi, for an appropriation to aid in repairing Mississippi River levees; to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. By Mr. Bayne: Resolution of the council of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, in favor of a public building for that city; to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

Also, of General Alexander Hays Post, No. 3, Department of Pennsylvania, for publication in Official Records of the War of the Rebellion of photographic illustrations; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Also, resolutions of the Chamber of Commerce of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in favor of the Lowell bankrupt bill; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. Boutelle: Petition of S. B. Home and others, of Eastport, Maine, in favor of the ratification of the reciprocity convention with Spain; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. Brainerd: Petition of citizens of Franklin, Pennsylvania, favoring the reciprocity treaty with Mexico; to the same committee. By Mr. Budd: Petition of regents of State University, California, for passage of bill establishing experimental stations; to the Committee on Agriculture.

By Mr. Cutcheon: Memorial of George F. Hale and others, citizens of Bear Lake, Michigan, favoring the passage of the bankrupt law; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. English: Petition of business men and merchants of Indianapolis, Indiana, against the passage of the pending bankrupt bill; to the same committee.

By Mr. George: Petition from the Board of Trade of Portland, Oregon, asking for the establishment of an assay office; to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures.

By Mr. Haynes: Petition of A. J. Johnson and others, of West Epping, New Hampshire, for increase of pensions to widows, &c.; to the Committee on Pensions.

Also, petition of George N. Marden, relative to his claim; to the Committee on the District of Columbia.

By Mr. David B. Henderson: Letter from Coolidge & Co., Waterloo, Iowa, urging the passage of the bankrupt bill; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Also, papers from Captain Robert Williams, urging legislation for the relief of soldiers for services at the "Cascades," in Washington Territory, in 1856; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Lore: Petition of the Harlan & Hollingsworth Company and other corporations and firms of Wilmington, Delaware, favoring legisla tion to put in force the reciprocity treaty with Mexico; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. Lovering: Papers relating to the claim of Anna Ella Carroll; to the Committee on Claims.

By Mr. Matson: Petition of W. S. Dunham and 200 others, citizens of Johnson County, Indiana, and of Abner Harden and 20 others, citizens of the same county, favoring the passage of the Lovering pension bill; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. Murphy: Petition of citizens of Davenport, Jowa, favoring a national bankrupt law; to the Committee on the Judiciary.