1554 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 
January 6, 1892—House. 4 
S. 18 referred to Committee on Library. 
January 18, 1892—House. 
Mr. JosrepH WHEELER. I ask unanimous consent to take up a 
Senate resolution (S. 18) and pass it. It is for the purpose of 
appointing Regents to the Smithsonian Institution. Unless it is 
done to-day it will be impossible to get them here in time to have a 
quorum at the annual meeting on the 25th. 
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Benton McMriiy). The gentleman 
from Alabama [Mr. Wheeler] asks unanimous consent for the present 
consideration of the resolution, which the Clerk will report, after which 
the Chair will ask if there be objection. The Chair will inquire if this 
is the form in which the resolution passed the Senate ? 
Mr. WHEELER. It passed the Senate in the form in which it is 
printed. 
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the gentleman introduce it as an 
original resolution ? 
Mr. WHEELER. No; I introduce it as a Senate resolution with an 
amendment. 
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Then the House will have to act upon 
the engrossed bill. 
Mr. WueeEter. There is no engrossed bill here. The Senate 
passed it in manuscript, because it was important to get it through, 
and the Senator who had charge of it has asked me to have it passed 
through the House. It is merely a formal matter. 
The SpkakeER pro tempore. But as it is a joint resolution, if the 
House is to take action upon the matter acted upon by the Senate, the 
official copy of the resolution from the Senate will have to be before 
the House. 
Mr. WHEELER. Then J ask to have it passed as an original House 
resolution, and then it can be sent back to the Senate for immediate 
action there. 
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the resolution, 
after which the Chair will ask if there be objection to the present 
consideration. The Chair will state to the gentleman from Alabama 
that as the Senate resolution is not before the House he can accomplish 
his object by asking the consideration of this as a House resolution. 
Mr. Wueeer. That is what I do now. 
The SpEakKeER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Alabama? 
Mr. Amos J. Cummines. Mr. Speaker, I object. My objection is on 
the ground that the original resolution from the Senate has been 
referred to the Committee on the Library; and if the gentleman will 
allow me time I will report it to the House to-morrow with an amendment. 
Mr. WHEELER. I would like to say to the House 
‘he SPEAKER pro tempore, The gentleman from New York objects. 
