The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-03-17


members, stating that il would entail an entirely
useless expenditure upon the contingent iGna 81
the House
After some conversation,
The question was taken and decided IN the neg
alive
So the House refused to reconsider It's order.
MIR. WINTHROP moved that all further
proceedings in the call be suspended; nsgatVed-
ayes "a, noes 80.
Mr.. DoCKERY moved that the House ad-
journ.
The yeas and nays were ordered, and, being ia
ken, were yeas IS; nays IS.
So the House refused TO adjourn,
There was long pause; and
| Mr. THOMAS SMITH moved that all further
proceedings in the call be dispensed with.
By ayes 80, noes 40. the motion was REJECTED
Mr.. THOMAS SMITH moved that the HouEe
| adjourn.
By ayes 80, noes IL, the motion was rejected
So the House again refused TO adjourn
Another pause followed.
MIR. G. w. JONES inquired if it would be IN on
| der to move TO discharge the committee from the
further consideration of the bib
Mr.. SPEAKER, lMr. HoYKIE', pro tenn j deei-
| ded not, because there was no quorum present.
Mr.. POLLOCK moved that further proceedings
on the call be dispensed with; which motion, by ayes
%, noes 43, was rejected
Another pause, inteTspersed win some ocular
| conversation, followed.
A motion was made ION the right of the chsr,)
that the House ad joum; which motion, by ayes %,
| noes As, was rejected
Another pause followed
Mr.. McIiENRY, (by way Of variety, he sa'd,)
asked leave TO give notice OF an amendment he pro-
posed TO offer to the rules.
The SPEAKER said that, In the present comb
ZION Of the House. it not In order TO give such
notice.
But, by unanimous consent, the proposed amend
ment was read as follows:
When bill or resolution shall be committed 10 the Com
mtee OF the Whole and the COMMITTEES shall amend me
same and after having amended H. shall adopt subsu
the bill resolution the whole Of the amendment
shall be reported to the House and the House ehrr
with or without the previous question vote upon the amend
in order in which they proposed so that IN
sSs De Between tins original iii or resolution with the
concued in by the House, and the substitute
proposed by the Committee
Another pause followed.
Mr.. WENTWORTH inquired of the Speaker,
whether il would be in order 70 send some docu-
ment TO the clerks table TO be read? He thought
the clerk might read something that would be useful
to the members.
Several suggestions were made in various quar-
tsrs; as
Read some Of WEsrwoRTH's speeches."
"Read the journal Of the last Congress"
Read General Jsckson'sy veto on the MaysvIlle
road BILL"
Nothing, however, was read
And pause longer than the others followed.
The Sergeant-dt-ArIns not having Iotuinoui
Mr.. GROVER moved that the Doorkeeper I've
sent after him, to inquire why he had not re-
turned.
Constitutional scruples were suggested.
The motion was not entertained
A motion was made that the House adjourn.
The SPEAKER said the motion was not III or
der because there had been no intervening motion
since the previous motion TO adjourn had been
made
Mr.. S. ADAMS moved that all further proceed
ings in the call he dispensed with: rejected.
Mr. HOUGH moved that the House adjourn;
which motion, by ayes 25 noes IS, was rejected
Mr. DRoMGooLE inquired Of the Speaker,
whether it would be in order to move that members,
upon whom no process had been served, but who
had attended so soon they heard the House was
in session, be admitted into the HALF
The SPEAKER said the matter was within the
jurisdiction Off majority Of those present.
MIR. DRoMGooLE accordingly submitted such
| a motion.
MIR. G. S. HOUSTON suggested that they should
be admitted, 10 render excuses for their nom
Mr.. JACOB THOMPSON submitted amend
ment to that effect.
Mr.. PRESTON KING inquired ofthe Speaker,
whether there anything in the rule to meet
the cases Of members who had answered TO their
| names, and had since left the hall?
| The SPEAKER said there was nothing in the
rules TO meet those cases.
Mr.. ASHMUN, remarking that it was perfectly
evident that the whole proceeding would end in a
farce moved that all further proceedings on the call
be dispensed with.
The motion, by ayes "a, noes 40, was rejected
So the House refused to suspend proceedings.
Mr.. HERRiCK moved that the House ad journ,
and asked the yeas and Nays which were refused,
and the motion wac rejected
So the House refused TO ad ourn.
The question REQUIRED, and was taken on the
amendment of Mr.. JACOB Thompson, to the motion
of Mr.. DRoMGooLE; and it was agreed to.
The question recurring on the motion of Mr.
DRoMGoOLE, as amended,
Mr.. G. w. JONES moved that it be laid on the
table
Mr. COBB inquired if the motion, should 1t pre-
vail, would carry with it the proceedings on the
CALI
TSeveral NOTES.-THE be sure" and "The harbor
bill too."l
The SPEAKER said he thought not.
The question then taken, and the motion, as
amended was laid on the table.
And there was another pause.
Mr.. TIBBAT'TS, satisfied he said, that this pro-
ceeding would result in nothing, and would render
the House ridiculous before the country, moved
that the House do now adjourn.
The yeas and nays were asked and ordered, and,
being taken, were-yeas "a, nays 81.
SO the House refused to adjourn
After some conversation between Messrs.
WOODWARD, Mr.. T. B. KING, and the SPEA
KER,
Mr.. WOODWARD said he regretted very much
what had taken place since he had risen and OBJ
tanned the floor to address the committee. He had
no idea that such scene as had been witnessed
would have arsen or he would not have given way
for motion that the committee rise. He had
stepped to another seat to get his notes and papers,
and in the mean time the committee had risen for
want of a quorum. This he regretted, as he was
then and was now willing to 60 on and make his
speech; and he suggested that it were better now to
stop the call, and for the House to 60 back into
committee, and let him say what he had to say on
the subject of the bill, without the presence of
a full quorum, than to be prosecuting this bootesa
proceeding, out of which no good was likely to
| arise.
The Sergeant-atArms, at twenty-five minutes to
| O'Clock, reported certain members present under
| the order of the House.
After some conversation,
Mr.. POLLOCK moved that all further proceed
ings on the call be dispensed with; which motion
was rejected.