The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-04-23
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

The first business, as announced by the Speak
er, was the reconsideration of the vote whereby
the western harbor appropriation bill was passed
on Saturday.
The greatest confusion prevailed from the num-
Der of members on the floor DESTROYS of submit
ting propositions order was at last restored, and
the previous question moved, and seconded
by large majority The yeas and nays were
then ordered and the motion to reconsider was
lost-yeas II, nays l IL.
bill to provide for the claims of the Georgia
militia called into service in l841 and '42 was
introduced, on leave, by Gen. CLINCH.
Mr. BARNARD moved to take up the eastern
harbor bill objection being made by Mr.. Ham
nett, of Miss, and Mr.. Dromgooe, of Va, Mr..
B. moved suspension of The rules (requiring a
vote of two-thirds) and called for the yeas and
nays, which were ordered. The motion to sus-
pend was lost, ayes los, noes 80.
Mr.. NEWTON submitted a resolution that
the President inform the House what steps, if
any, have beeH taken to recover the indemnity for
three ships carried into Copenhagen by Com.
Paul Jones in 10
THE TARIFF.
Mr. MCKAY now called up The motion Of which
he gave notice last week, and preliminary to the
motion to suspend the rules, moved call of the
House, which was ordered, and one hundred and
ninety-four members answered to their names.
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cuses received for the sane.
Mr. DROMGOOLE moved that, without call
ing additional names, the House should proceed
to vote upon the motion to suspend the rules,
which was agreed to. The greatest silence pre-
vailed during the call, and it resulted in ayes Ito,
noes Cd.
The rules having been suspended, Mr. MCKAY
moved that the House resolve itself into Com
mittee Of the Whole, which was agreed To-, and
Mr IF he hair
The bill was then read through.
Mr.. G. ]. INGERSOLL moved, as soon as the
reading was finished, that the bill should be
amended so as to go into effect (instead of the
first of September next) on the first of Janu-
airy next.
Here general discussion took place.
The CHAIRMAN said that, unless the Com
mittee should decide otherwise, he should feel
bound to insist that the debate should be con-
| fined to the amendment Immediately before the
House.
Mr.. DROMGOOLE was DESTROYS that the vote
should first be taken on the amendment, and af-
| forwards the bill might be discussed upon its
merits.
Mr.. MCKAY had moved, as further amend
mcnt, that the bill should go into effect on the
first of July next
Mr.. RHETT insisted that it ought to take ef-
feet from its passage-this was what the people
expected.
Mr.. WINTHROP asked who the gentle
man designated as the people! If the farmers,
manufacturers, aud merchants, were the people,
if the industrial portion of the country were the
people, and not those who like members of Con-
gress, had nothing to do but to devise measures
for disturbing the business of those who worked
then he apprehended that the gentleman from
South Carolina was mistaken, and that those
whose interests were to be vitality affected by
our legislation would like to have notice Of the
same.
Mr. INGERSOLL took the same ground, and
insisted upon the proprlety OF his amendment
Mr.. ID. H. LEWIS, OF Ala, thought that if
the bill was good enc in January next it would
be better in September and still better in July
Mr.. PAYNE thought the same.
MIR. E. J. NORRIS conended for the amend
ment of his colleague.
M. OWEN was about addressing the COM
miltee on the general merits of the bill, when
Mr.. HUDSON, in order to test the sense Of the
committee, called him to order
The question was then taken, by tellers, on
the amendment to the amendment fixing July
next the time for the operation of the billy aud
it was rejected by large majority.