The Madisonian., 1840-02-04
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
FGiDay, January 81.

FgDay, January 81.
Mr.. DAVIS OF Pennsylvanis wished to prescn, a
resolution for the Honse 10 60 into the election Of
/ Chaplain
/ The CHAIR stated that the House were now in the
execution Of resolution adopted yesterday part OF
i had been executed by the election Of Printer:
NAMED to elect committee Of Inquiry concerning the
mode Of executing the printing. &c.
| Mr. GRAVES and stated that he had had a
last evening with several Of the prominent
gentlemen OF the Administration, aud had been sug
gested that a matter OF fairness, they would be vii
ling TO plsce two members of the Opposition, Of
the Administration, and the gentleman from Georgia
Chairman the committee. Mr. G merely mention
ed this. as 1t might expedite the business and
time II making the election.
| After some explanation from Mr.. HOWARD OF In
diana, one Of the members with whom Mr.. Graves
had conversed-
| Mr. POPE suggested that it would be best TO recon-
slider that portion Of the resolution of the gentleman
from Georgia (Mr Black) which required the appoint
ment Of committee Of inquiry TO be made by the
| House; but made no motion to that effect
| The CHAIR suggested that, as FIVE members
TO be elected rira rocc TO compose the committee the
rcadtest course would be nominate at tune II
would be found ~ the end, saving Of time.
! Mr. GRAVES objected
| The CHAIR lhereupon directed the Clerk to call
the roll, and each gentleman, hts called, to
nominate, viva voce, five candidates.
! Mr.. GRAVES moved . call OF the House.
| Mr.. HOFFMAN demanded the yeas and nays
this motion which ordered, and resulted fol-
| lows Yeas l40. nays Al
| So the call ordered.
The Clerk ,hereupon proceeded to call the House,
when'l9S members responded to their names. The sb-
scn,ees called and received and accept
ed, and then all iurtner proceeding in the call
pended
Mr. TURNEY moved that the House cleo, one
member at time TO compose the committee instead Of
| each nominating five al once.
! The yeas and nays were ordered this motion. and
being TAKEN resulted as follows. Yeas 81, nays 1872.
So the motion rejected.
Mr. DAWSON said that he understood ,ha, gen.
tlemen each side had agreed npon ticket and, il
! loud cries OF "No no :" "Go on ~
Messrs, Garland Of Virginia, Burke, Briggs, and
Boyd, appointed ellers
! Mr. HOPKINS rose to ask, If this the proper
tine do 90 be excused from voting the election
Of the committee about to be raised will state very
briefly (ssd Mr. ii the reasons which induce
ask be excused IL wcsettled principle OF that
Parliamentary law which have adopted the law Of
this House, that all committees Of this kind shall be
constituted to consist Of majority ofmembers friend
" TO the OBJECTS for which they raised. am one
Of those radical, and If you please impractcabe. men,
who choose Judge by their practice rather than
by their professions and thus Judging, justified by
the rote Of last night the election Of printer.
dered that vote may and ought 10 be- 10 conneXion
with the votes taken upon the various propositions
which have been presented this session touching the
subject Of public printing, that there but four
bers Of this House whose rotss Indicate that they
friendly the proposed investigation, icith a risr TO
The immediate separation Of The public patronage from
the political neospapers Of the country These
youfself, my colleague from Accomack, my colleague
from the Albemarlc DISTRICT and myself cannot vote
for yon, sir, because you cannot upon the
mitiee II elected | cannot vote for myself because
that would be manlfesty wrong II vote for my two
colleagues they would If elected, constitute ,niaorr-
~ instead of majority Of the committee ask there
fore TO be excused from voting al all.
The question being put, the House refused TO excuse
MIR HoPKiss from voting.
Mr. HOPKINS said he should excuse himself by
avoiding the vote
because he said he believed the whole thing be
sham from beginning to end.
fI,oud cries Of ;. Order order n
The election, riua roee, now proceeded.
The call OF the roll Of The members (on the FIRST bal
lo) was concluded about twenty minutes past o'clock
but the result was not announced
When Mr. POPE, Of Kentucky, moved that when
this House adjourn 1t adjourn to NEE, on Monday
next.
For the space OF half an hour following this notion
the House was in Of great uproar The motion
To adjourn was Withdrawn and renewed several times
the yeas and nays called for and withdrawn, and
called FOR again and again, but 10 no instance taken
An appeal taken IRON the decson Of the Char (oc-
cupied pro iem by Mr. Lioccn of Massachusets) ths,
the above motion adjourn in oroer. pending the
alton Of the result Of the ballot but the deci-
SION OF The Chair sustained by the House.
The question was finally taken the motion ths,
when the House adjourn u scJoBrn to Monday next
and agreed 10.
And then the House sdIouraed, to meet IL O'Clock
on-Mondsy next