Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1842-01-22
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Correspondence Of the Baltimore sun.
WASHINGTON, Jan. s, 1919
House OF Representatives.

mouse i Representatives..
Alter the reading OF the Journal, Mr.. Briggs
asked leave 10 otfer u resolution directing the com.
mI'tee on expenditures to investigate the aff.us
OF the New York Custom House, so far as relates
to the recent expenditures for furniture. etc
There beng no objection, the resolution was a.
greed TO.
Mr.. Cushing, on leave, introduced The following
bills, VIZ: A bill regulating the tonnage duty on
Spanish vessels, and bill regulating the CONNER
cal intercourse with the French colony ut Guiana.
They were sevoraliy read twice, and referred to a
committee Of the whole on the state OF the Union.
Tho Speaker, IN answer To Il question from Mr..
Mckeon, said The order Of Yesterday. suspending
The rules for the reception Of petitions, would be-
applicable TO this day, the States not having been
all called.
The question pending was on a motion TO Law on
the table a resolution offered by Mr.. Davis, of Ky.
on yesterday, instructIng The committee on the
Judiciary to report a bill for the repeal of tho
Bankrupt Law.
a call of the House was demanded by Mr.. Da-
Wis, ordered, and proceeded in until 2O3 members
answered to their names. The doors were then
opened, and the question REQUIRED on the motion
to lay the resolution of instruction to the commit
tee, on the table. The result was, yeas 90. nays
III. So the House refused to lay the resolution
on the table.
The question then being on the adoption of the
resolution, a motion To adjourn was made, but it
was lost, by a vote Of I57 to %.
The resolution was then agreed to, yeas rs
nays 81. So the committee have Instructions to
report a bill fr the repeal of tho Bankrupt, Law,
but without specifying the time when.
Mr.. Marshall, Of Ky. then presented a memo
rial, asking the repeal of the Bankrupt Law, and
moved its reference TO the committee on the Judi
cIary, with Instructions to report a bill to that ef-
on Monday merit.
After some debate as to the relevancy Of tho
motion, a motion was again made to adjourn, but
without success.
Mr.. Marshall said he had just been informed
the day for the regular meeting Of the Judicial
" committee was Tuesday. He would therefore
modify his motion SO as 10 insert Tuesday instead
IF Monday.
The question was then taken On the motion as
and the result was, yeas ll2, nays SO.
So the instruction was agreed to.
In order TO prevent n reconsideration Of the
on Monday, that motion was made bv Mr..
and negatived. 50 as far as the House
5 concerned, the repeal of the law appears to be
certain.
Mr.. Campbell, Of s. {. said as this was a great
'ational day, he would move an adjournment.
Here the noise was 50 great that 1t was aimost
impossible for the 5 pealser TO be heard. He called
order" but without, effect, for there was so much
Xultation about the Constructions" just carried,
hat II could not well be suppressed.
Mr.. Stanley at last made himself heard, and
esired that The call for petitions nigh. be CON
Inued.
The Speaker said the gentleman from South
carolina had moved an adjournment.
Mr.. Stanley, on that motion, demanded the yeas
I'd nays, which were ordered, for the ninth time
o-dav. The result was, yeas llG, nays So. So
he House a dJourned.