The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-08-23

money, on COLLECTION anu
Mr.. JOHNSON, of Md.
| The amendments for periocting thN
| dieposed Of the question was on the SUP,
| ON Friday last by Mr.. @ J lngersohL
~ 10 the affirmatye--noes not counted 49,, III .fte
81 McKENNAN moved 10 strike our =" al =,
.;na elsuse, and insert the ON ,s'e'" -, !.
IVA. with the e1cep,ion OF the 9Th see.on
the enac,. 10 admit free of duty Tea oi"sss
the Presiden,, T-om beyond the Cape OF uoe'
and SO modified a. also verbal alteration
in American vessels 4. >dNory'
Hope and coffee, receiving >ms"a 'h'
the clauses relating 10 sugar IL, ~,
Mr. UNDER WOOD moved TO- H
ment by inserting the 9Th section.
Mr., CUSHING made a point Of order, ".
oyeuuled.
On the motion telers were ordered, and So voted
the affirm tive, and l07 in the negative.
Mr. BARNARD moved in lieu Of the 9Th sec
ton, to insert another suspendng the action Of the
nine hrsi sections of the Distribution act and also the
9th and 10th sections of the act with the eXeep
lion of the provso to the 9th section be suspended Till
The 4th of March, l545 &C.
1 he amendment was re ected by vote OF 80 IN
'he affirmative, noes not counted.
Various amendments offered by Mr.. ROOSE.
VEIL, JOHNSON, of Maryland and others.
They were invariably rejected.
he committee then and reported the bill,
amended, TO the House.
Mr.. FESSENDEN moved the previous question.
On adopting the amendment, the yeas and nays
were ordered.
The vote stood yeas 1902 nays 49,
Mr.. RHEII moved to lay the whole subject
the liable, but Withdrew his motion.
On the engrossment the yeas and nays
dered.
The vote stood yeas 100 NAYS l0l
Mr.. THOMPSON, of Indiana, moved e.consi-
deraion of the vote just taken; and, his motion,
the yeas and nays were ordered.
When the roll had been called through, Mr..
GWIN said he under the impression that
mistake had been made in announcing the vote
the engrossmen He asked that the list of yeas and
nays should be read again The list read accord
ingly.
The SPEAKER then announced that in conse-
quence of The change made in their votes the Clerk,
being compelled to act hurriedly, had made mistake.
The vote stood yeas l0l nays 100
The SPEAKER gave his vote in the negative.
So the engrossmenI not being ordered, the list,
The consideration, read and resulted as follows
Yeas l06 nays SO.
SO the motion to reconsider was carried.
The question required on the engrossment and the
yeas and nays were again ordered.
The vote stood yeas 1903 nays l02
Before the voce was announced, Mr.. THOMP-
son, OF Indiana asked to have his name recorded,
ard voted in the affirmative.
Mr. RA4NER rose to point of order He wish
ed u know whether the Speaker not obliged to
record his vote in the present case.
The SPEAKER read the rule, but conceived that
1t was the practice to vote only when there tie.
The rule required of him to vote when there is tie
tber his vote would decide the question could not be
known TIL lis 20 was announced The rule Is as
follows
In all cases of election by the House the Speaker
shall vote in other cases he shall not vote, unless the
House he equally divided, unless his vote, If gwen
TO the minority, will make the division equal and in
case of such equal division, the question shall be lost,
MIR. FILLMORE urgel that the vote having been.
announced the Speaker could not vote
The SPEAKER replied that, from the terms of the
rule he could not vote until after the annunciaton of
| the vote.
Mr. ANDREWS, of Kentucky, here announced
that he had not voted, and claimed his right to vote.
Many cried out that he had right to vote at that
time, the result having been announced.
Mr.. WISE, on the practice OF the Speaker In
former times mentioned one example that occurred
when MIR. Polk was Speaker. There was majority
of one, and the Speaker voted in the negative.
Mr. SAUNDERS read from the journal. In 1915,
the passage of the Bank bill, the vote stood yeas
81, nays 50. The Speaker, Mr.. Cheves, voted in the
negative, and the bill was lost.
Mr. GlLMER argued that when there is ma or-
ity of one only it is the duty of the Speaker if he is
on the affirmative side to announce the question as
carried IN the affirmative but if he is on the mega
tive side, To announce the bill as lost.
During great and confusion the SPEAKER
decided that Mr. Andrews had right to vote, and
that gentleman voted in the affirmative did also
Mr. Stanb.
The vote was then announced to stand--yeas l05,
nays 1903. So the bill was ordered to be engrossed
On the passage of the BILL the yeas and nays stood
yeas l05, nays 1903. So the bill passed.
As soon as the vote was announced, Mr.. MckEN-
NAN moved reconsideration, which was mega
lived.
The title of the bill now being to provide for tenn
porary defects in the revenue laws, MIR. KAN
DOLPH moved TO amend the title by substituting for
il the title of the vetoed bill, ''to provide revenue and
to change and modify existing laws for collecting
duties"
Mr.. ROOSEVELT moved to amend the amend
ment, and TO protect domestic manufactures.
MIR. STANLY called for the previous question and
for the yeas and nays They ordered, and the
vote stood-yeas "A, nays lO5.
The question required on the motion of Mr.. RAN
DOLPH and twas carried, without count
Mr.. FILLMORE moved an adjournment which
carried.