The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-07-03
THE DAILY UNION.

renee Leaks, La ssre, Lumpkin Maclay, McC onneil,
McCrate, James Mcdowell Mckay, John 7. Martin,
Psrrill Pillsbary Rsthbun Reid Rhett Roberts Saw.
tells, seammon, Seldom, Alexander D. Sims, Leonard
cob Thompson Towns, Tredway, Wheaton, Wick viii
hsms, Wood, Woodruff, woodward, Woodwork, and
So the House concuned with the committee
striking out the article.
Mr.. HoUGH moved reconsideration of the
vote.
Mr.. GENTRY said he took il for granted that
the gentleman had voted with the majority.
Tie clerk stated through the chair, that the gen.
tleman had voted in the negative, and consequently
with the minority.
The SPEAKER said the gentleman under that
state Of facts could not make the motion to recon-
slider.
Mr.. PHELPS, who had voted with the majority,
now rose and moved a reconsideration of the said
| vote.
| Mr.. HUDSON called for the enforcement of the
rule preventing members from being around the
clerk 4 desk when the vote was taken.
| There were several gentlemen standing or sit
| ting In front of the table.
| The SPEAKER called TO order, and stating that
this practice was not authorized by the rule, caused
TO be read the rule itself, as follows:
"No member other person shall visit or remain by,
the clerks table while the ayes aud noes are calling or
| ballots counting"
| Mr.. HUDSON again called for, and insisted upon,
| the enforcement of the rule.
| MIR. PAYNE wanted to make inquiry. 1
want to know, (said he, looking in the direction OF
Mr.. HUDsoE) whether II is proper for any man who
| Is himself interested in dollars and cents TO vote
upon this proposition That is what | want TO
know, sir.
| The question was then taken, and the vote re-
sulted-ytas l0l, nays los.
| So the House refused TO reconsider.
The next question was on inserting salt" on the
| list of free articles.
! The yeas and nays were asked and ordered, and
the vote having been taken,
| The SPEAKER announced the result TO be
yeas l05, nays lO4.
There is a rule Of the House in the following
words:
"In all cases Of election by the House the Speaker shall
vote in he shall not unless the House be
equally ivded or unless his vote given !" the minority
VIII make the division equal and in case ofsueh equal d.
vision the question shall be lost"
Il Mr.. BAYLY now called on the Speaker to vote.
The SPEAKER. If the Speaker is called upon
to VOTE he votes in the negative.
The vote, therefore, stands-yeas los, nays los.
To the amendment is rejected.
There was some applause, which the Speaker M
stantly checked.
MIR. JAS. THOMPSON rose to point of order.
He desired TO know whether the Speaker could
vote, inasmuch as he had announced the RESULT
The SPEAKER said, that at the moment he did
so, he not aware of the exact state OF the vote
Mr.. JENKINS moved reconsideration of the
dered.
And the clerk having called the roll
The SPEAKER said: The same has been
fallen into that occurred on former occasion where
the Speaker was called 10 give the casting vote.
IL is due to the clerk that the matter should be more
carefully investigated in order TO ascertain whether
the Speaker entitled to vote not One of the as
sstant clerks had looked the roll since the an
nunciation Of the vote, and found the result to be
different from that declared by the chair II gentle
men will be good enough to come to order, the
noise and confusion which pervade the hall and rem
der the transaction Of business difficult, will be
avoided.
Mr. BAYLY asked that the list of names might
again be called over.
This was not done; bat the clerk proceeded to
count the roll.
Mr.. TIBBATTS desired to change his vote.
The SPEAKER said he would now state what
the fact as to the vote, was. The chair was OF
opinion that no member would now be entitled to
vote on the motion to add salt to the free list. The
true state of that vote was as follows:
YEAs-MessrS Abbott, John Quincy Adams Anderson
Arnold A,hmun Barrnger. Bell, James Black. Blaneh
Brnkerhoa. Brodhead, Milton Brown, Burlington, W
Campbell J. Campbell GarESIl GOS S cp 2aH.
Dillingham;, Dixon Doekery, Edsall, Erdman John H. Ew
ing, Edwin H. Ewing Foot. Foster GHryn, Gentry Gid
billiard Elias B. Holmes, John w. Houston, Samuel ID
Hubbard Hudson Hungerford Washington Hunt {. J.
Johnson Daniel P. King Leb, Lewis, Levin, Long, Nc
Clean MeGaGghey MeHGy MCT Sdoc Marsh Miller Her
ter, julius Rockwell, John A. Rockwell Root Runk, Rus
sell schenck seaman, Severance Truman smith Aber
St John, s,fohm, Sykes Thbodeaux' Thomssson Ben
jsmin Thompson James Thompson, Tit6ats, Tilden
Toombs. Trumbo, Vance, Vinton, White, Wilmot Win
throp Woodruff Wright Young, and Yost-lO5.
NAYs-Messrs. stephen Adams, Atkinson, Bayly, Bed
niger Benton, Biggs, James A. Black, Bowlin' Boyd
peterborough, William @ Brown, Burt Cathcar Angus
Chapman Reuben Chapman no Gha's chP%an
Daniel Dargan, Jefferson Davis De Mott, Dobbin Doug
lass Dromgoole Dunlap Ellsworth Faran Ficklin Fries
Goodyear Gordon Grover iiamlin HARRISON Hsrmanson
Henley Hoge Isaac f. Holmes, Hopkins Hough Georg,
s Houston Edmund W. HUBBARD James b. Hunt, Hunter
Jenkins Joseph johnson, g. W. Jones' seaborn Jones
Kaufman, Kennedy Preston King Lawrence, Leake, LII
sere Lumpkin Mecay McClelland Mcclsrnand. Neon
Kay, John P. Martin, Barclay Martin, Morris, Morse
Niven Parish Payne, Perrill, Phelps, PlIsbury Reid
Relic Rhctt, Roberts sawtele, Sawyer, Scammon, Sed
don Alexander D. Sims, Leonard Sims, Simpson Thos
smith, Stanton, Strong. Jacob Thompson, Thurman
Towns, Tredway, wheaton, WICK Williams, woodward
and Yancey-l02,
So the House decided that salt should be added to
the list Of free articles
The SPEAKER said that all proceedings tina,
had taken place in relation to the reconsideration SO
y far, must be regarded a Duly, because the gen.
= tleman making the motion had no power under the
rule to do so.
T. Whereupon, Mr.. TIBBATTS moved a recon-
sideraton of the vote by which salt had been added
to the free list.
The yeas and nays were ordered and, being ia
KEN resulted as follows
II YEAS-Messrs. Stephen Adams Anderson, Atkinson
Bayy Bednger, Benton, Biggs James A. Black, Bowlin
ii Boyd Brockenbrough, William O. Brown. Burt, Cathcar
Augustus A. Chapman, Reuben Chapman Chase, Chapman
Clarke Cobb, Collin, Canstabel, Cullom, Cunningham
Daniel Dargan, Jefferson Davis, De Mott Dobbin Doug
lass, Dromgooe, Dunlap Ellsworth, Faren, lFickIin
| Fries Gordon Grover, Hamlin HARRISON Harmanson
Henley Hoge Isaac +. Holmes, Hopkins, Hough, Geo s
| Houston Edmund w. HUBBARD. James b. Hunt, Hunter
Joseph johnson, Andrew Johnson George w Jones Sea
born Jones' kaufman, Kennedy King Lawrence, Leake
| La Sere Lumpkin, Macay. McClenand Mcconnell, Nc
Crate Joseph J. Mcdowell James Mcdowell, Mckay
John P Martin, Barclay Martin, Morris, Morse, Norris
Parish Payne Perrill Phelps Pillsbury Reid, Ree Rhe
Roberts Sawello, Sawyer Scammon, Seldom Alexander
D. Sims Leonard II. Sims, Simpson, Thomas Smith, Rob
ert Smith stanton, Strong, Jacob Thompson Thurman
Tibbatts Towns, Tredway, Wheaton, Wick Williams
Woodw ard, and Yancey-l04. -
NAYS--Messrs. Abbott, John Quincy Adams, Arnold,
Ashmun Barrlnger, Bell James Black. Blanchard Brink
erhoh Brodhead, Milton Brown, Burlington, WliaL. w
Campbell John II. Campbell Carroll, Cooke Collamer
Canston Crozer Culver Daragh, Garrett Davis Delano
Dillingham;, Dixon, Dockery, Edsall Erdman, }. H. Ew
ing +. H. Ewing Foot, Foster, Garvin, Gentry Gid
dings Giles Graham, Grder Grinnel Hampton, Harper
billiard Elias B. Holmes, John W, Houston Samuel D,
ubba rd Hudson Hungerford, Washington Hunt {. J. In
gerso Joseph r. Ingersoll, James II. Johnson Daniel