Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-02-02
FEBae UsFkR Y 2, 1895


Speaker, where were gen!amen's "scruples then
Then, sir, report from the PRESIDENT OF Tie
United States of bills signed by him. The President
At this time was in the Speakers room. know The
fact that after IL o'clock the President was in the
Speakers room, signing bills, and tst bills signed by
him did not come in, until AFTER h.r oer had tcsFed'
and after MIR. Jarvis had off.ied his resolution.
The Chair stated to the gentleman, that BY The Jaw,
by which the proceeding that House had always been
governed, no gentleman addressing the Chair, could
mention member by name, bit must designate siap ny
his State, and the gentleman not IN orter 10 90 sy
| unless he was reading from tho Journal
| Mr. Wise What Rnme, sir? =
The Chair. The name Of Mr. Jarvis.
Mr. Wise am reading from the journal. .--..
The Chair said he did not understand the gentle
! Mr. Wise. Why, those members deud las. seq
zion OF Congress-.
The Chair said he had made the suggestion to the gen.
,lean and for the House to permit it or not.
Mr. Mercer said, if his colleague referred to members
Of the las! Congress- he must of necessity, use their
| names, for You cannot otherwise designate whom he
meant.
Mr.. Wise. claim the right to do So and I protest
against the interruption of the Speaker No gentleman
proceed with train Of thought, he Is continually
interrupted.
The Chair said he had no intention ofnerrupting the
gentleman from Virginia. The gentleman must be
aware, that the rules imperative the presiding
officer of the House 10 enforce order, as on It's members
MIR. Wise. l will then proceed. say then came q
report of bills signed by the President AFTER Mr. 'mer
had left his seat and after tue resolution TO ADJOURN
the expiration of the hour, had been offered,
that the House had received double notice. a motion
then again made by Mr.. Jarvis, OF Maine 10 ad-
ioun and, deciding the question by yeas and nays.
Samuel Beardsey, Of line last Congress, declined voting
then for the first His passed over, aud
the yeas were l5 nays lU3 Mr. Jarvis OF the last House
Of Representatives voting in the affirmative, after this
previous announcement that II clock had passed, by
separate resolutions to adjourn; aud Churchill e.
Cam5rrcug voting in the negative against adjournment
All this after separate resolutions had been offered
10 ADJOURN assigning that the hour had expired and after
notorious that member had lett his seat Tor tho
Now, sir, gentlemen may excuse Them
selves for voting in the affirmative, for adounng, but
am at an utter loss what conscientious scrup'es
Justify their voting in the negative, otter the House
longer existed in law, and possessed no Legislative
func lions power. MIR. Speaker, | intend to travel
lhrou ch whole record, that the whole truth mny De
known the pointing aye, 10 the crossing OF the
| IS and the dotling of the is.
Sir after this resolution adjourn failed Tor want oil
| quorum, Mr.. ''.!:--I. COST Johnson nnde report
committee, which read, and the Speaker laid
before the House various communications from the De-
| pnrtmens, which received, and the Postmaster
Generals letter read in part and all ordered to be print
ed. Every species OF legislative functions was perform
ed Every one voting The Speaker s't'inS lherr, the
House sitting here after the resolutions had heen
| offered, assigning reason for adonrnIng, thar
the hour had expired. Nor is this all. Nh White OF
Fiprlda laid OF the leg sative body Of that Terri
tory before the House. which laid ON the table, and
then message from the Senate which was read 10
nnty the House That the Senate were waiting &c-
That much say ~ the HOUSE, We do not
fish this bill to TAIL, and We call upon you 10 vote; We
you the interests of the country, nr rs II
fegards this bill beg the atIcsstion of the House
TO this part OF the journal message was received
from the Senate, by Mr. Lowre, their Secretary ns fol-
| lows: Nh Speaker, | avn directed to bring 10 this
| lIDusc a resolution, follows
RcSoirrd That ,ncssagc be sent 10 the honorable
the House OF Representatives, respectfully to remind the
House OF the report OF the Committee nt Conference
appointed the disagceng votes Of the two Houses,
! diner nj
the Senate to the bill respecting The iorttcallons OF the
| United States.
This resolution having bccn read the Secretary with
drew, and Mir. Cambrclrng, Chairman OF the Commit
tee OF Concrccs the part OF this House then rose
and stated that he declined TO make report Now,
Sir mark the two reasons, and compare them with the
facts the jourals"on the ground that from the vote
granting compensation the "!Iun Robert T. Lctcler,
he fixes the time here aeCedcnt to his vote other
questnns on the ground that il uscrrainrd that
quorum not present. Why, sir, were not quorum
present. That is what wish TO to. Up 10 given
mark, up given line to particular point, you eau
trace il; from page la TO pGgc I've OF The Journal
Why nat qu"fum present. Were members not
here; Sir, were they standing in every direction
about tn. CHAIR, aud behind the pillars: We're there
not two numbers present wien the llo Yoicd:-
We wanted but three more 10 make Il quorum: Were
there not two gentlemen here, sitting before Ee,
wio excused hIsc from voting, and another who re-
fused 10 vote Sir, there not twenty here who
could vote circumstances happened please: Now,
this the truth They here and they would not
vote. Vino were lilry; will not be invdlous, but
read the lurna Tor yourself, sir. Look at the mines
il was this House that was 10 blanc. We were
ready aye majority ready to pass that bill. The
House of Representatives did It's duty in all respects,
the last night of that Some, it IS true we've
sleepy soule wcre-I beg pardon, | about to say
some were drunk-but drunk sober, they ready
vote and ready pass that BILL but the Chairman OF
the Committee Of Conference would not VOTE because
there WAS no quorum Now, how did we know there
was quorum without 4 call of the House?
MIR. Camhreleng. knew II.
Mr.. Wise. YES know you knew it, but how long
did you know IL Where tLusc who ordered
to hc deficit on that OCCASION:
Look The gentlcInans other reason. II is " on the
ground that the constitutional term for which this House
chosen had expired; and yet immediately follow
ing this there is the OF Churchill Z. Canbreleng
voting in the House; even after he had assigned tins reu
SOIL that the of The House at all end Sir,
cannot understand this. The gentleman cannot cx-
plain this
Mr. CarnLrecng Yes will.
MIR. WISE. You will attempt it, but you cannot ex-
plain it,
Well, sir Il motion is then made 10 adjourn, and the
following is the vote ayes 50. 7G, only III voting,
and still no quorum. Among the list OF negatives, ON
the very las, night the fag end OF all tho votes, Is
found Tie name Of john Quincy Adams.
MIR. Adams begged leave 10 rxpuIn The gentleman
had referred TO hls Nov, Mr. a. sad he did stay
in the House. and upon every question I'LL the last
lie voted under the Impression, as he thought he had
sufficiently explained that morning, That the power oil
Congress continued under the ons!ut'on TIL noon "t
the 4lh Of March. lie did not concur with those gentle
men who would ne, vote after - clock that night He
would have s,ad and voted til, noon, if the House bad
SO desired it. Therefore the gentleman would find his
name upon every Of the night Of tie Sd OF March,
UP 10 the very last vote taken
MIR Wise. So understand The gentleman, and also
understood him then TO debate the question with my col
league as TO the hour and 10 entertain the opinion
now as he did thcn and yet the gentleman was found
voting aeainst adjournment and not for it, although he
tho constitutional existence Of the House had
ceased.