The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-02-27
Tmemtp=Strth Congress.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
WEDNESDAY, Feb "a, lS41
SECOND SESSION
Epening Sessiol

WEDNESDAY, Feb. "a, lS4l.
Epening Session.
The SPEAKER took the chair, and at minutes
past A quorum not being in attendance,
Mr.. ANDREWS moved an adjournment and the
question put by yeas and nays and there appeared
for the adjournment 4, against it lOS.
The House refused to adjourn, but quorum did
not vote.
The SPEAKER counted the House, and reported
that So members were now in attendance.
The question then put on the amendment I'M
der consideration when the House took recess for din
ner and there appeared for the amendment H. against
it 40.
Further amendments were then read and concurred
in-and the item Of $50 900 flor the court house
in Alexandra was read, and the yeas and nays were
ordered upon it, The result was for the amendment
l05, against il TO-
And so the three thousand dollars granted.
The following item was next in order, viz.
For pay Of stonecutters and other workmen on
the new Treasury building and the Patent Once
building, of the sums allowed them by the commits
sion appointed by the President OF the nted states
under the resolution of Congress Of the 10Th July,
1910 $l2,923."
The yeas and nays were ordered on the amendment,
and being taken, it passed in the affirmative.
Next came the amendment reducing the mission 10
Mexico from full mission to Charge DIES Aiiares
On the question agree to this amendment the yeas
and nays as follows:
YEAS-Messrs Judson Allen, Banks, Beatty,
Bcirnc, Boyd Brewster, Aaron v. Brown, Albert G.
Brown, Burke, Bynum, Carr Casey, Chapman, Cliff
ford, Coles, Conner, M. A. Cooper, Crabb, Crazy,
John Davis John w Davis Deberry, Dickerson,
Deet Doan, Dromgoole, Duncan, Earl, Eastman,
Fine, Floyd Torrance, Gabraith, Gates, Gerry, Cog
gin, Hammond, Hand, John Hastings Hawkins,
Hill of North Carolina Hopkins, Jackson, Jameson,
Joseph Johnson, N. Jones, John w Jones, keim,
Klle Leadbetter Lucas, Mcclellan McCulloch,
Mckay Meredith, Mallory, Francis Mallory, Mcdill,
Miller, Montanya, Montgomery, Samuel W. Morris,
Newhard Parrish, Parnenter, Paris, Paynter Prem
tss Reynolds, Rives Edward Rogers, Samuels, Shaw,
Shepard, John Smith, Thomas Smith, Starkweathcr,
81 eenrod Strong, Swearingen, Sweeny, T. +. Tho
mas Jacob Thompson Turney, Underwood, Wander
poel, vroom, David D. Wagner, Weller Jared w.
Williams, Henry Williams Lewis Williams, Wise
Sc
NAYS--Messrs Afford John W. Allen, An
drcws, Baker, Barnard, Bell, Boardman, Brockway,
John Campbell William b Campbell Carroll, Chinn,
Chittcndcn, Clark, Cranston, Gushing, +. Davies,
Garrett Davis, Dawson, Dennis, Edwards, Evans,
Everett Fillmore, Garland, Gentry, Giddings, Goode,
Graham, Granger, Graves Green, Griffin, Grnnell,
Habcrsham, Hall, William S. Hastings, Halves,
Henry, Hill, of Va Hoffman, Holmes, Holt Hunt
James Charles Johnston, William G. Johnson, KEN
Die, Kempsha, King, Lane, Leet Lewis, Lincoln,
Lowell McCaTty, Marvin, Mason, Monroe, Moore,
Morgan, Calvary Morris, Naylor, Nisbet, Osborne,
Paen Peck Pickens, Profit, Randall, Randolph RAJ
rlden, Rayner, Reed, Rhett Ridgway, Russell Sal
tonsall, Sergeant, Simon,on, A. Smith, Truman
Smith, Stanly Stuart, Sumter Taliaferro, John B.
Thompson, Tinghast, Toland, Trumbull, Peter J.
Wagner, Warren H. ID. White, John, White, Thos.
w. Williams, Joseph L, Williams, Christopher II.
Williams, Winthrop--l0i
SO the amendment was rejected and the mission 10
Mexico remains full mission.