The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-01-09


The journal Of yesterday was read and approved
The SPEAKER said, the first business in orde
would be the call Of the committees for reports
Mr.. WENTWORTH made am Intellectual mo
ton TO suspend the rules, for the purpose Of enA
bling members 70 introduce bills, Of which motto
had been given, and which would not give rise Il
debate. ~. a..s
The House refused to suspend the rules.
rHE FLooR. ..r...
Mr.. TRUMAN SMITH rose, and asked lesy,
TO offer resolution, which, he said, he thought
would receive the general assent OF the House.
MIR. WENTWORTH objected.
Several voices. Let them speak aPhabeuosliy.l
Mr.. SMITH said that the object OF the resolution
was TO relieve the House from the disgrace attaching
20 ts deliberations, in consequences Of the scramble,
that daily took place in this hall for the floor III,
hoped that the resolution might he read for infor
malion. And itwas read as follows;
Rssolrsd That the members Of this House who have
already addressed the Committee Of the Whole the state
Of the Union the resolution for giving notice 10 oss
Britain 10 abfog the convention between that snd
hand tRsr name. to the chsir%sn Of said COMMITTEES saS
shall the same in such order hs may A. and
take the chair after this day and the members said s
shall be entitled 10 the hoor In the consideration Of said
oia.isa N the order therein Sc, down pssrdss That 1n
inserted la said st At any time before Tuesday next
and i.9 iasl any member may sashanss ms position o.
this resolution shall not be construed TO abrogste modify
any other rule OF the House than the 57d
Mr.ScHENCK desired to suggest difficulty which
occurred Ia his mind in such resolution should
be adopted Suppose, he said, that member who
had no thought Of speaking. when his turn came,
should desire TO be heard but that AFTER his
should have passed, something might be said by
others in the Of the debate which he might
wish 10 reply; what was 10 be done in such case,
The SPEAKER said the resolution was not yet
before the House, and could not therefore be de-
bated. #
And objections being made to It's reception,
MIR. SMITH moved a suspension of the rules.
Mr. HAMLIN said that, should the rules be
suspended he should make point Of order on the
resolution itself ~
Mr. PETIT suggested that the proposition was
wholly impmcticable.
The SPEAKER said the question before the
House not on the resolution, but the mo-
ton to suspend the rules.
And the question being taken, the House refused
10 suspend the rules. no. .. ...
So the resolution was not received. " H...
THE TRAINING rklvILEor.
Mr.. w. G. BROWN asked leave to offer the fol-
lowing resolution, (haring reference he said, TO a
recent letter Of the Postmaster General, which was
read for information:
whereas tho members of this House have seen with
instant signed by the Postmaster General of the United
States. in the following words;
Here follows the letter, which our readers will
find in the "Union" Of the 9Th instant, and which
1t is not necessary to be republish.l
And whereas Il is manifesty unjust that those who en-
ereise the ranking privilege under the provisions ofhe
Of the ID Of March 1919 should stand accused generally
and Unfortunately before the public with the abuse
that privileges without having opportunity OF defending
R",sIs Thai the Committee on the Post Once and Pos,
Roads inquire into the abuses W sny) alluded to in the letter
Aforesaid Of the Postmaster General and report them to hi,
by send for persons papers Tor pur
posej and whereesh would appear by the letter Of the
ing privilege ofete extend only such letters may
by the individual entitled exercise the said
and whereas great doubt whether Postmaster
General has given the law, as now stands the proper
BE th,os fur her rs,oipsd That the said committe re
port this House their opinion OF the true construction
and particularly whether the does to tn,
members and clerk Of th, House, during the session
ranking and sending through the mail. any letter. thu
weight Of which does not exceed tive without rel
erence to the ofical .aracter Of such letter
Objections were made.
Mr.. McHENRY called for the reading of the let
ter which was read. - ...
And the question being about to be taken,
Mr.. VANCE said, he thought it was matter o
some importance that this resolution should b.
adopted, he would therefore demand the yeas an,
nays on the motion to suspend the rules and the,
were ordered.
Mr.. G. w. JONES suggested that one of the Sc
lee, committees already had this subject under con
siderafion. .
The question was then taken, and resulted as fol
lows .a, NO..
YEAs-Messrs Abbot. Ashmun, Baker Barringer, Bayly
Bedinger James Black, James A. Black Blanchard Boyd
VIM. G. Brown, John @. Chapman, augustus A Chapman
Jefferson Davis Deiano Dixon Dockery. Dromgooe, I'd
salI John H. Ewing Fries Garvin Gentry, Graham, Han
s. B. Hnnpad Hudson Wsssngos Hunt Hunter
gerso, soseph r. ngersoll, Jenkins, Joseph johnson
Andrew Johnson Daniel r. King, Thomas b. King, Leaks
lie lear rate
McIlvaine, Marsh Barclay Martin, Miller Morris, Niven
julius Rockwell John A. Rockwell Root schenek Sea
man. Alexander D. Sims, Leonard II. sInms, Truman
phcns stewart strohm, Thbodeaux Benjamin Thompson
lame; Thompson, Jacob Thompson Thurman Thur, Tilden
weod %oodrai Wooa%sri wo"asor,h Wright Ts
NAYs-Messrs. J. Q, Adams, s,ephcn Adams, Anderson
Arnold Benton, Bggs, Bowlin r-inkerhon, Brodhead
cathtart Reuben Chapman, Clarke, Cobb, Collin, Cu
Eriman Edwin H. Ewing Ficklin Giles, eioodyea ior
don Order, Grinne Grover samlin Harper, = Holmes
James B. Hunt, James H. JOHNSON, George w. Jones
Kennedy Preston King Maclay, hcCleand, McClernant
Ritter, sawtelle, Sawyer scammon Thomas Smith. Rot
ert Smith Stanton St John Tibbatts Wentworth Whet
ton, Wick, and Wiiams-6a . ~.
So, two-thrds not voting in the affirmative, tn
rules were not suspended; and the resolutions wer
The SPEAKER then proceeded to call for
REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES.
On motion of Mr.. THoS. B. KING, t. ..-
Ordered that the Committee of Claims be dis
charged from the consideration Of the petition o
William Fuller, and that it be referred to the Com
mittee on the Post Office and Post Roads.
Mr. JOSEPH JOHNSON from the Commute
on Revolutionary Claims, made report upon tn
petition of the heirs Of Lsrkin Smith accompanied
by bill for their relief which bill was read a frs
and second time, and committed to Committee O
the whole House tomorrow.
On motion Of MIR. HARAL.SON,
Ordered that the Committee on Military Affair
he be discharged from the consideration Of the pet
ton Of Margaret c. Hanson, and that il be referre,
To the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
Mr.. STANTON, from the Committee on Nave
Affairs made report upon the memorial Of Joh
Il. Holland, accompanied by a bill for his relic
which bill was read first and second time, an
committed TO a committee OF the whole House to
morrow.
Mr. GOODYEAR, from the Committee on In
valid Pensions, made an adverse report upon III