the Secretary and Postmaster-General"; which | shire, Brosius, Brower, Buchanan of Va., Buckwas agreed to, on a division-ayes 117, noes alew, Bullock, Burrows, Candler of Ga., Can- YEAS-Messrs. Adams, Allen of Mich., Andrew, Arnold, Baker of N. Y., Banks, Bartine, Bayne, Belden, Boatner, Boothman, Boutelle, Burton, Butterworth, Bynum, Caldwell, Carlisle, Carter, Caruth, Cheadle, Clancy, Clarke of Ala., Cogswell, Coleman, Comstock, Coth-derson of N. C., Hill, Holman, Hooker, Hopran, Covert, Craig, Culbertson of Pa., Cutcheon, Dalzell, Dargan, Dingley, Dunnell, Dunphy, Farquhar, Fitch, Flower, Greenhalge, Harmer, Hitt, Kerr of Pa., Ketcham, La Follette, Laidlaw, Lansing, Laws, Lee, Lehlbach, Lester of Ga., Lodge, Magner, McAdoo, McKenna, McKinley, Moore of N. H., Nute, O'Donnell, O'Neil of Mass., O'Neill of Pa., Osborne, Outhwaite, Payne, Penington, Post, Price, Randall of Mass., Reilly, Reyburn, Rusk, Russell of Conn., Sanford, Sawyer, Scull, Sherman, Simonds, Spinola, Spooner, Stivers, Stockbridge, Tarsney of Mo., E. B. Taylor, Tillman, Townsend of Colo., Townsend of Pa., Tracey, Tucker, Turner of N. Y., Venable, Wade, Walker of Mass., Wallace of Mass., Wallace of N. Y., Willcox, Williams of Ohio, Wilson of W. Va., Wright, Yardley-98. NAYS-Messrs. Abbott, Anderson of Kans., Anderson of Miss., Atkinson of Pa., Barnes, Barwig, Belknap, Blanchard, Bland, Blount, Breckinridge of Ky., Brewer, Brickner, Brook kins of Ill., Kelley of Kan., Kerr of Iowa, Kilgore, Kinsey, Lanham, Lewis, Lind, Martin of Ind., Martin of Tex., McClammy, McClel lan, McCreary, McRae, Milliken, Mills, Montgomery, Moore of Tex., Morgan, Morrill, Mudd, Norton, O'Neall of Ind., Owen of Ind., Owens of Ohio, Parrett, Paynter, Payson, Peel, Perkins, Peters, Pickler, Pierce, Quackenbush, Ray, Reed of Iowa, Robertson, Rockwell, Rowell, Rowland, Sayers, Scranton, Seney, Smith of Ill., Smith of W. Va., Stephenson of Mich., Stewart of Ga., Stewart of Tex., Stockdale, Stone of Ky., Sweney, Taylor of Tenn., Thomas of Wis., Turner of Ga., Turner of Kans., Vandever, Van Schaick, Walker of Mo., Whiting of Mich., Wickham, Wike, Williams of Ill., Wilson of Ky., Wilson of Wash.-126. Mr. BRECKINRIDGE of Ky., (who had changed his vote from the affirmative to the negative,) moved a reconsideration of this vote. But no further proceedings took place. XXV. BILL FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF WORSTED CLOTHS. IN HOUSE-FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION. "Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to classify as woolen cloths all imports of worsted cloth, whether known under the name of worsted cloth or under the names of worsteds, or diagonals, or otherwise." Mr. BRECKINRIDGE of Ky. moved to amend the bill so as to read as follows: "That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to classify as worsted cloth all imports of woolen cloths, whether known under the name of woolen cloth or otherwise." Which was rejected without a division. April 30-The bill passed—yeas 138, nay o, (not voting 189): YEAS-Messrs. Adams, Allen of Mich., Anderson of Kans., Andrew, Arnold, Atkinson of Pa., Atkinson of W. Va., Baker, Bartine, Bayne, Beckwith, Belden, Belknap, Bliss, Boothman, Boutelle, Brewer, Brosius, Browne of Va., Buch- of Colo., Tracey, Turner of Kans., Vandever, | he hereby is, authorized and directed to classify Wade, Walker of Mass., Wallace of Mass., Wal- as worsted cloths all imports of woolen cloth, lace of N. Y., Williams of Ohio, Wilson of Ky., whether known under the name of woolen cloth Yardley-138. or otherwise; and that wool be placed on the NAYS-O. free-list." NAYS-Messrs. Aldrich, Allen, Allison, Blair, Casey, Chandler, Cullom, Davis, Dixon, Dolph, Frye, Hawley, Hiscock, Hoar, Ingalls, McMillan, Mitchell, Moody, Morrill, Pettigrew, Platt, Plumb, Power, Sanders, Sawyer, Sherman, Spooner, Squire, Stanford, Stewart, Teller, Washburn, Wilson of Iowa, Wolcott-34. The SPEAKER, including these 75 members, Which was rejected-yeas 17, nays 34: present and not voting: Messrs. Allen of Miss., YEAS-Messrs. Bate, Berry, Call, Cockrell, Anderson of Miss., Bankhead, Barwig, Biggs, Coke, Colquitt, George, Gibson, Gray, HampBlanchard, Blount, Breckinridge of Ky., Brook-ton, Jones of Ark., Ransom, Reagan, Turpie, shire, Buchanan of Va., Bullock, Bynum, Camp- Vest, Walthall, Wilson of Md.—17. bell, Caruth, Catchings, Chipman, Clarke of Ala., Clunie, Cobb, Cothran, Crain, Crisp, Culberson of Tex., Cummings, Davidson, Dockery, Dunphy, Edmunds, Fitch, Fithian, Forney, Fowler, Geissenhainer, Goodnight, Hatch, Hayes, Haynes, Heard, Hemphill, Henderson of N. C., Holman, Hooker, Kilgore, Lanham, Lee, Lester of Ga., Martin of Ind., Martin of Tex., McClellan, McCreary, McMillin, McRae, Montgomery, Moore of Tex., Norton, O'Neil of Mass., Outhwaite, Owens of Ohio, Perkins, Pierce, Price, Richardson, Rogers, Sayers, Skinner, Spinola, Stewart of Ga., Stockdale, Tarsney, Turner of Ga., Walker of Mo., Wike, Williams of Ill., and Wilson of W. Va., with the 138 voting in the affirmative, making 213 in all, more than a quorum necessary under the Constitution to transact business, declared the bill passed. IN SENATE. May 8-Pending this bill Mr. GRAY moved to amend the bill so as to make it read: "Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to classify all imports of worsted cloth, as manufactures wholly or in part of worsted cloth or under the name of worsteds." Which was rejected without a division. Mr. GIBSON moved to postpone the bill until the second Monday in December next; which was rejected-yeas 19, nays 30. Mr. JONES of Ark. moved to substitute for the bill the following: "That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and Mr. VEST moved to add a proviso that this act shall not take effect until ninety days after its approval; which was rejected-yeas 19, nays 30: YEAS-Messrs. Bate, Berry, Call, Cockrell, Coke, Colquitt, Faulkner, George, Gibson, Gorman, Gray, Hampton, Pasco, Ransom, Reagan, Turpie, Vest, Walthall, Wilson of Md.-19. NAYS-Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Blair, Casey, Chandler, Cullom, Dixon, Dolph, Frye, Hawley, Hiscock, Hoar, Ingalls, McMillan, Mitchell, Moody, Morrill, Pettigrew, Platt, Power, Sanders, Sawyer, Sherman, Spooner, Squire, Stanford, Stewart, Teller, Washburn, Wilson of Iowa-30. The bill was then passed-yeas 32, nays 20: YEAS-Messrs. Aldrich, Allen, Allison, Blair, Casey, Chandler, Cullom, Dixon, Dolph, Frye, Hawley, Hiscock, Hoar, Ingalls, McMillan, Mitchell, Moody, Morrill, Payne, Pettigrew, Platt, Power, Sanders, Sawyer, Sherman, Spooner, Squire, Stanford, Stewart, Teller, Washburn, Wilson of Iowa-32. NAYS-Messrs. Bate, Berry, Call, Cockrell, Coke, Colquitt, Faulkner, George, Gibson, Gorman, Gray, Hampton, Jones of Ark., Pasco, Ransom, Reagan, Turpie, Vest, Walthall, Wilson of Md.--20. Approved June 10, 1890. XXVI. THE ADMISSION OF IDAHO AS A STATE. IN HOUSE-FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION. 1890, April 3-Pending H. R. 4562, a bill "to provide for the admission of the State of Idaho into the Union " The first amendment offered by the minority of the Committee on Territories, to strike out Sec. 1 and 2, and insert a substitute providing for the election of delegates to a convention, under an apportionment based upon the election of Delegate to Congress in 1888, and to be made by the governor, chief justice and U. S. Attorney of the Territory-the election to be held on the first Monday in June, 1890, and the I convention to meet July 4, 1890, and to be republican in form, the constitution to be submitted to popular vote on the Tuesday after the first Monday of October, 1890. If ratified, the State to be admitted on proclaimation_of_the President, as in the case of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington. The qualifications of voters are thus set forth: "All persons resident in said proposed State who are qualified voters of said Territory, as herein provided, shall be entitled to vote upon the election of delegates, and upon the ratification or rejection of the constitution, under such rules and regulations as said convention may prescribe, not in conflict with this act: Provided, | Boothman, Boutelle, Bowden, Brewer, Buchanan That if any elector in said Territory who may of N. J., Burrows, Burton, Butterworth, Caldoffer to register as a voter or to vote at either of well, Cannon, Carter, Caswell, Cheadle, Cheatsaid elections shall be challenged on the ground ham, Clark of Wis., Coleman, Comstock, Conger, that he is a bigamist or polygamist, or is living Connell, Cooper of Ohio, Craig, Culbertson of in what is known as patriarchal, plural, or Pa., Cutcheon. Dalzell, De Haven, Dingley, celestial marriage, or in violation of any law of Dolliver, Dorsey, Farquhar, FEATHErston, Idaho, or of the United States, forbidding any Flick, Frank, Funston, Gear, Gest, Greenhalge, such crime; or who in any manner teaches, Grosvenor, Hall of Minn., Hansbrough, Harmer, advises, counsels, aids, or encourages any per- Haugen, Henderson of Ill., Henderson of Iowa, son to enter into bigamy, polygamy, or such Hermann, Hill, Hitt, Houk, Kelley of Kan., patriarchal, plural, or celestial marriage, or to Kerr of Iowa, Ketcham, Lacey, La Follette, live in violation of any such law, or to commit Laidlaw, Laws, Lodge, Mason, McComas, Mcany such crime; or who is a member of or con- Cord, McCormick, McKenna, McKinley, Millitributes to the support, aid, or encouragement ken, Moffitt, Moore of N. H., Morey, Morrill, of any order, organization, association, corpora- E. A. Morse, Mudd, Niedringhaus, Nute, tion, or society which teaches, advises, counsels, O'Donnell, O'Neill of Pa., Osborne, Payne, encourages, or aids any person to enter into Payson, Perkins, Peters, Pickler, Post, Pugsley, bigamy, polygamy, or such patriarchal or plural Raines, Randall of Mass., Ray, Reed of Iowa, marriage, or which teaches or advises that the Reyburn, Rife, Rockwell, Rowell, Sanford, laws of Idaho prescribing rules of civil conduct Scranton, Scull, Simonds, Smith of Ill., Smith are not the supreme law of the Territory, it of W. Va., Smyser, Stewart of Vt., Stockbridge, shall be the duty of one of the judges of the Struble, Sweney, Taylor of Ill., E. B. Taylor, registration or of the election, where such Thomas of Wis., Thompson of Ohio, Townelector is challenged, to tender him the oath send of Colo., Townsend of Pa., Turner of Kans., prescribed in section 24 of the act of Congress Vandever, Van Schaick, Walker of Mass., approved March 3, 1877, known as the anti- Wheeler of Mich., Wickham, Williams of Ohio, polygamy act, with such modification only as is Wilson of Ky., Wilson of Wash., Wright-125. necessary in order to comply with the laws of The second amendment of the minority of the the Territory of Idaho in respect to his residence committee: therein; and if such elector shall take and subscribe said oath so modified, his vote shall be received and counted at such elections. But if said elector shall swear falsely in taking such oath, he shall on conviction be deemed guilty of perjury, and he shall be punished accordingly." This was rejected—yeas III, nays 125, (not voting 92): YEAS-Messrs. Abbott, Allen of Miss., Anderson of Miss., Andrew, Bankhead, Barnes, Barwig, Bland, Blount, Boatner, Breckinridge of Ky., Brickner, Brookshire, J. B. Brown, Buchanan of Va., Buckalew, Bunn, Bynum, F. Campbell, Carlton, Caruth, Catchings, Chipman, Clancy, Clarke of Ala., Clements, Cobb, Cooper of Ind., Cowles, Crain, Crisp, Dargan, Davidson of Fla., Dibble, Dockery, Edmunds, Elliott, Ellis, Enloe, Fithian, Flower, Forney, Fowler, Gibson, Goodnight, Grimes, Hare, Hatch, Haynes, Hemphill, Herbert, Holman, Kerr of Pa., Kilgore, Lane, Lanham, Lawler, Lee, Lester of Va., Lewis, Maish, Mansur, Martin of Ind., Martin of Tex., McAdoo, McClammy, McCreary, McMillin, McRae, Montgomery, Morgan, Mutchler, Oates, O' Ferrall, Outhwaite, Owens of Ohio, Parrett, Paynter, Peel, Penington, Pierce, Quinn, Reilly, Rogers, Rowland, Rusk, Sayers, Seney, Skinner, Springer, Stewart of Ga., Stewart of Tex., Stockdale, Stone of Mo., Stump, Tarsney of Mo., Tillman, Tucker, Turner of Ga., Turner of N. Y., Turpin, Walker of Mo., Washington, Wheeler of Ala., Whiting of Mich., Wike, Wilkinson, Willcox, Williams, Wilson of Mo., Wise-III. NAYS-Messrs. Adams, Allen of Mich., Anderson of Kans., Baker of N. Y., Banks, Bartine, Belknap, Bergen, Bingham, Bliss of Mich., Add as a proviso to the first section: 66 Provided, That this constitution shall not take effect until the same shall have been submitted to a vote of the people of the Territory of Idaho. That for the purpose of such submission the governor of Idaho shall issue his proclamation calling upon the voters of said Territory to assemble at their respective places for voting, on the day of A. D. 1890, then and there to cast their ballots for or against the adoption of such constitution; and the said governor may prescribe such form of ballot as shall be used at the said election; and the said election shall be conducted in the manner and by the officers as now provided by the laws of the said Territory; and returns thereof shall be made, and the same shall be canvassed, in the same manner as is required by the laws of the said Territory in case of an election of Delegate to the Congress; and if the majority shall vote in favor of the adoption of the said constitution, the governor shall issue his proclamation thereof; Provided, That no person otherwise qualified shall be denied the right to vote at said election because of alleged crime for which the punishment embraces disfranchisement as a part of the penalty therefor, except where he has been duly convicted thereof by a court of competent jurisdiction." *The Suffrage and Election Article of the proposed Constitution (Art. III.) is as follows: "SECTION 1. All elections by the people must be by ballot. An absolutely secret ballot is hereby guaranteed, and it shall be the duty of the legislature to enact such laws as shall carry this section into effect. "SEC. 2. Except as in this article otherwise provided, every male citizen of the United Was then rejected-yeas 104, nays 121, (not | son of Fla., Dockery, Edmunds, Elliott, Ellis, voting 103): YEAS-Messrs. Abbott, Allen of Miss., Anderson of Miss., Andrew, Bankhead, Barnes, Barwig, Bland, Boatner, Breckinridge of Ky., Brickner, Brookshire, J. B. Brown, Buchanan of Va., Bunn, Bynum, F. Campbell, Carlton, Caruth, Chipman, Clancy, Clarke of Ala., Clements, Cobb, Cooper of Ind., Cowles, David States twenty-one years old, who has actually resided in this State (or Territory) for six months, and in the county where he offers to vote thirty days next preceding the day of election, if registered as provided by law, is a qualified elector; and until otherwise provided by the legislature, women who have the qualifications prescribed in this article, may continue to hold such school offices and vote at such school elections as provided by the laws of Idaho Territory. "SEC. 3. No person is permitted to vote, serve as a juror, or hold any civil office, who is under guardianship, idiotic, or insane, or who has at any place been convicted of treason, felony, embezzlement of the public funds, bartering or selling or offering to barter or sell his vote, or purchasing or offering to purchase the vote of another, or other infamous crime, and who has not been restored to the rights of citizenship; or who, at the time of such election, is confined in prison on conviction of a criminal offense; or who is a bigamist or polygamist, or is living in what is known as patriarchal, plural, or celestial marriage, or in violation of any law of this State or of the United States forbidding any such crime; or who, in any manner, teaches, advises, counsels, aids, or encourages any person to enter into bigamy, polygamy, or such patriarchal, plural, or celestial marriage, or to live in violation of any such law, or to commit any such crime; or who is a member of or contributes to the support, aid, or encouragement of any order, organization, association, corporation, or society, which teaches, advises, counsels, encourages, or aids any person to enter into bigamy, polygamy, or such patriarchal or plural marriage, or which teaches or advises that the laws of this State prescribing rules of civil conduct are not the supreme law of the State; nor shall Chinese or persons of Mongolian descent, not born in the United States, nor Indians not taxed, who have not severed their tribal relations and adopted the habits of civilization, either vote, serve as jurors, or hold any civil office. "SEC. 4. The legislature may prescribe qualifications, limitations, and conditions for the right of suffrage additional to those prescribed in this article, but shall never annul any of the provisions in this article contained. "SEC. 5. For the purpose of voting, no person shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence by reason of his presence or absence while employed in the service of this State or of the United States, nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of the State or of the United States, nor while a student of any institution of learning, nor while kept at any almshouse or other asylum at the public expense." Enloe, Fithian, Flower, Forney, Fowler, Goodnight, Grimes, Hare, Hatch, Haynes, Hemphill, Herbert, Holman, Kerr of Pa., Kilgore, Lane, Lanham, Lawler, Lee, Lester of Ga., Lester of Va., Lewis, Maish, Mansur, Martin of Ind., Martin of Tex., McAdoo, McClammy, McClellan, McCreary, McMillin, McRae, Montgomery, Morgan, Mutchler, Oates, O' Ferrall, Owens of Ohio, Parrett, Peel, Penington, Pierce, Quinn, Reilly, Rogers, Rowland, Sayers, Seney, Skinner, Springer, Stewart of Ga., Stewart of Tex., Stockdale, Stone of Ky., Stone of Mo., Stump, Tarsney of Mo., Tillman, Tucker, Turner of Ga., Turner of N. Y., Turpin, Walker of Mo., Washington, Wheeler of Ala., Whiting of Mich., Wike, Wilkinson, Willcox, Williams of Ill., Wilson of Mo., Wise-104. NAYS-Messrs. Adams, Allen of Mich., Anderson of Kans., Baker of N. Y., Banks, Bartine, Belknap, Bergen, Bliss of Mich., Boothman, Boutelle, Bowden, Brewer, Buchanan of N. J., Buckalew, Burrows, Burton, Butterworth, Caldwell, Cannon, Carter, Caswell, Cheadle, Cheatham, Clark of Wis., Coleman, Conger, Connell, Cooper of Ohio, Craig, Culberson of Tex., Culbertson of Pa., Cutcheon, Dalzell, De Haven, Dingley, Dolliver, Dorsey, Farquhar, FEATHERSTON, Flick, Frank, Funston, Gear, Gest, Greenhalge, Grosvenor, Grout, Hall of Minn., Hansbrough, Harmer, Haugen, Henderson of Ill., Henderson of Iowa, Hermann, Hill, Hitt, Hopkins of Ill., Houk, Kelley of Kans., Kerr of Iowa, Ketcham, Lacey, La Follette, Laidlaw, Laws, Lodge, McComas, McCord, McCormick, McKenna, McKinley, Milliken, Moffitt, Moore of N. H., Morey, Morrill, E. A. Morse, Nute, O'Donnell, O'Neill of Pa., Osborne, Payne, Payson, Perkins, Peters, Pickler, Post, Pugsley, Raines, Randall of Mass., Reed of Iowa, Reyburn, Rife, Rowell, Sanford, Scranton, Scull, Simonds, Smith of Ill., Smith of W. Va., Smyser, Stewart of Vt., Stockbridge, Struble, Sweney, E. B. Taylor, Thomas of Wis., Thompson of Ohio, Townsend of Colo., Townsend of Pa., Turner of Kans., Vandever, Van Schaick, Walker of Mass., Wheeler of Mich., Wickham, Williams of Ohio, Wilson of Ky., Wilson of Wash., Wright-121. The third amendment of the minority of the committee: Add to section I of the bill the following: "Provided, This act shall not take effect except upon the fundamental condition that within the said State of Idaho there shall be no denial of the right of suffrage, or of the right to hold office, or to serve on juries, because of crime, except after conviction thereof by a court of competent jurisdiction: Provided, That the right of suffrage may be denied prior to conviction for a crime committed in connection with a pending election and in violation of the election laws where conviction would be impossible prior to such election; but in case an elector is challenged on account of such crime he may deny under oath that he is guilty thereof, and after taking such oath his vote shall be receved; but if he swears falsely in taking such oath, he shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and on conviction | Reyburn, Rife, Rockwell, Rowell, Sanford, thereof he shall be punished accordingly; and Scranton, Scull, Simonds, Smith of Ill., Smith of upon the further condition that the Legislature W. Va., Smyser, Stewart of Vt., Stockbridge, of said State shall, by a solemn public act, de- Struble, Sweney, Taylor of Ill., E. B. Taylor, clare the assent of said State to the said condi- Thomas of Wis., Thompson of Ohio, Townsend tion, and shall, by a solemn public act, declare of Colo., Townsend of Pa., Turner of Kans., the assent of said State to the said condition, Vandever, Van Schaick, Walker of Mass., and shall transmit to the President of the United Wheeler of Mich., Wickham, Williams of Ohio, States an authenticated copy of said act, upon Wilson of Ky., Wilson of Wash., Wright—129. receipt whereof the President, by proclamation, NAY-Mr. Buckalew-1. shall forthwith announce the fact, whereupon said condition shall be held as a part of the or-clause 3, the following members present and reganic law of the State, irrevocable without the consent of Congress; and thereupon and without any further proceeding on the part of Congress the admission of said State in the Union shall be considered as complete. Said State Legislature shall be convened by the governor of Idaho within thirty days after he shall take his office, to act upon the conditions submitted herein." Was rejected without a division. The bill then passed-yeas 129, nays I, (not voting 198): The SPEAKER reported, under Rule XV, fusing to vote: Messrs. Allen of Mississippi, Barnes, Bland, Boatner, Breckinridge of Kentucky, J. B. Brown, Bynum, Caruth, Clarke of Alabama, Clements, Covert, Cowles, Crisp, Culberson of Texas, Cummings, Davidson, Dockery, Edmunds, Enloe, Fithian, Forney, Geissenhainer, Gibson, Goodnight, Hare, Hatch, Haynes, Hemphill, Henderson of North Carolina, Holman, Kerr of Pennsylvania, Lane, Lanham, Lawler, Lee, Maish, Mansur, Martin of Indiana, Martin of Texas, McAdoo, Mc. Creary, McRae, Morgan, Mutchler, Oates, Owens of Ohio, Penington, Pierce, Quinn, Rogers, Rowland, Sayers, Stewart of Georgia, Stewart of Texas, Stockdale, Stone of Missouri, Stump, Tillman, Tucker, Turner of Georgia, Walker of Missouri, Washington, Wheeler of Alabama, Wike, Williams of Illinois, and Wise; and that there being a constitutional quorum present to do business, the bill was passed. [The rule referred to is as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Adams, Allen of Mich., Anderson of Kans., Baker of N. Y., Banks, Bartine, Belknap, Bergen, Bliss of Mich., Boothman, Boutelle, Bowden, Brewer, Buchanan of N. J., Burrows, Burton, Caldwell, Cannon, Carter, Caswell, Cheadle, Cheatham, Clark of Wis., Cogswell, Coleman, Comstock, Conger, Connell, Cooper of Ohio, Craig, Culbertson of Pa., Cutcheon, Dalzell, De Haven, Dingley, Dolliver, Dorsey, Farquhar, FEATHERSTON, Flick, 3. On the demand of any member, or at the Frank, Funston, Gear, Gest, Greenhalge, Gros- suggestion of the Speaker, the names of members venor, Grout, Hall of Minn., Hansbrough, sufficient to make a quorum in the hall of the Harmer, Haugen, Henderson of Ill., Henderson House who do not vote, shall be noted by the of Iowa, Hermann, Hill, Hitt, Hopkins of Ill., Clerk and recorded in the Journal, and reported Houk, Kelley of Kan., Kerr of Iowa, Ketcham, to the Speaker. with the names of the members Kinsey, Lacey, La Follette, Laidlaw, Laws, voting, and be counted and announced in deLewis, Lodge, Mason, McComas, McCord, Mc- termining the presence of a quorum to do busiCormick, McKenna, McKinley, Milliken, Mof-ness." fitt, Moore of N. H., Morey, Morrill, Morrow, E. A. Morse, Mudd, Niedringhaus, Nute, 109.] O'Donnell, O'Neill of Pa., Osborne, Payne, Payson, Perkins, Peters, Pickler, Post, Pugsley, Raines, Randall of Mass., Ray, Reed of Iowa, For the vote on adopting this rule, see page IN SENATE. July 1-The bill passed, without a division. XXVII. THE ADMISSION OF WYOMING AS A STATE. IN HOUSE FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION. 1890, March 26-Pending H. R. bill (982), reported from the Committee on Territories, March 11, 1890, "to provide for the admission of Wyoming into the Union, and for other purposes". after the first Monday in June, 1890, under an apportionment of delegates to be made by the governor, chief justice and U. S. attorney of the Territory, one delegate to be allowed for every 300 votes cast in each county and one delegate for every fraction over 150. The convention to meet July 4, 1890, and the constitution made by Mr. SPRINGER moved to strike out sections I it to be submitted to popular vote at the Novemand 2, which declare the State admitted under ber election of 1890. If the majority of the the Constitution adopted at the November legal votes cast shall ratify the constitution and election in 1889, and to substitute other sections it be republican in form, the President shall so to authorize the male citizens of Wyoming proclaim, and thereupon the proposed State of Territory to elect a convention, on the Tuesday Wyoming shall be deemed admitted into the |