Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-05-09
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Whereupon, t..ey report The following resoIu,ons.
ResOiUed, That Thomas p Moore be declared entitled
70 ms seat az Representative for the 9Th
District OF Kentucky
ResoiOed That II. p Letcher, in consideration Of The
expenses to which he has been subjected is entitled Ia
receive remuneration, the rate of eight dollars
diem, and similar sum- as via,cum, Tor every twenty
miles.
Mr. Jones moved that the consideration Of the repor,
be made the special order Of the day for Tuesday
Mr. Banks understood there be counter report
presented; he therefore desired 10 have the evidence Ia
Ken Deio,e tie committee printed, aud submitted motion
TO this effect.
Mr. Jones declined accepting the motion as nodifica
hon RE objected 10 the printing OF the evidence be.
IL ould further delay and thus an
expense woud be incurred for useless purpose: for he
uu no' oeleye MAT, u II should he printed, much refer
ence would be had to IT, What use, he inquired, were
the lsbors of the committee every vote as to be again
c"nyassed by the House! In that he had
there in which the Testimony had been prnted
he, therefore objected TO the motion.
Mr. Hardin sdid though there were 1900 pages of ma
nuscrip', he had satisfied himself that yond not
more than 200 printed pages The gentleman Georgia
(r Jones) had days past, appzcd him tisit was
not proposed by the Committee the prni, of
the testimony liz had inquired Of the printer of lie
House, how long it would require 10 have This testimony
printed, and wasniorned that u uld be done Al the rat
OF 100 pages adSy The whole might therefore, be print.
ca ~ less hm three days. tappeafed blythe report tha
many votes had been excluded upon principles tie sppI
cation OF which depended upon contested acts There
questions Of reSdence Of infancy OF donbe vodn
and variety Of matters Of fact which could not be proper.
~ decided, without knowing The testimony One person
might take one view Of IT,, another person another
examine ese PAGERS for himself This quest IN had sgi
tated The Ssle Of Kentucky, from end The osr
involved TIE most important right o. The citizen tie Digit
Of outrage. ~ could be properly decided unless ibe
documents were furnished, upon which decision as 10
D. made. And he mudbe permitted 10 say, Diet, among
the various parties into which The nouse was divided
OF which 10 enumerated six seven there WAS upon
the committee no individual Of The party 10 which Mr
Leichef belonged.
af Hardin inquired ofde Clerk whether the evidence
had been reported.
Mir Jones remarked, that the evidence had 10, been
reported, bnt II In The committee rootn aud could be
brought down for the inspection Of gentlemen
Mr. Hardin said, the resolution Of the House adopted
the fourth day Of the session, required full report OF
all The dispositions taken. and bey might well be hidden
hundred feet under The Capitol to be where they
were.
Mr. Wilde said that whether The House would enforce
The order u had given thst the testimony taken be-
fore the Cofnnittee should be reported, would de.
pend on the nature OF The question presented to the
House for decision and the mode in which the House
would decide MIR. then referred TO passage ~ the
correspondence Of Horace Wapoe, when speaking
Of ibe history Of the English Parliament sitter his bro.