The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-02-19
TW ENTY. NINTH CONGRESS,
FIRST SESSION.
WEDNESDAY,, Feb. 10, 1886.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

(the further reading having been dispensed With
The SPEAKER announced that the business
first IN order would be the call OF the committees for
reports -
solve itsefnt Committee ofthe Whole on the state
Of the Union.
rHE PUBLIC PRESS.
Mr. GROVER rose, he said, TO privileged ques-
He moved 10 reconsider the vote by which the
following resolution had yesterday been adopted:
R.,slr,A That the reporters Of the pubic papers, tho
h.y, ,sals nsd them the aOoT oil the House Of Rep
,s,nisyss w the Speaker, be furnished with copy
,.rh OF such printed papers bills and documents
llil on the desks nj the member
Mr.. G. was willing, he said that the motion To
reconsider should be postponed for the present, and
N The mean time, he would ask leave TO offer a res
Mr.. WENTWORTH said the resolution was
no, before the House. but he wished It read for in
formation.
The SPEAKER said the first question would be
on the motion TO postpone the motion TO recon-
sder.
III, consideration Of that motion, but in the mean
time 10 have the resolution which he had sent TO the
chair read and adopted
The resolution was then read for information, as
follows:
R,,J Thatihs clerk Ofths House b. instructed to in.
surs AMI report soon as practicable what will DC TIE
probable cost carry effect the resolution adopted
Yesterday relative ioiurDhiug the reporters ofe public
zen uG bills documents SC; how many such reporters
Sre are In this House, whether they will Be entitled under
said resolution TO documents already printed and whether
viii Be 3ees,'&ry to pni hereafter an ssiTs numssr or
ed from those Otherwise distributed among the memLssi
anil further, whether said resolution will sye to the report
sn the IrI Orts documents, NC. when bounG
Mr.. WENTWORTH rose and objected.
Mr.. GROVER again explained what his object
was.
MIR. ASHMUN rose and objected 10 the intro
ducton Of the resolution.
The SPEAKER said the resolution could not be
offered pending the motion to postpone the motion
to reconsider. Therefore the gentleman could not
object
MIR. CALEB B. SMITH inquired whether j,
was in order TO TO lay the table the motion
TO reconsider
The SPEAKER said, not whilst the motion to
postpone pending.
A brief conversation followed on the point of or
der between Mr. SmrTu and the SPEAKEs. i
Mr.. G. S HOUSTON suggested to Mr.. GROVER
that he should consent to have the mouon TO recon-
sider decided now. The gentleman could accom-
pliSh everything he desired by that course. He
could then bring his resolution before the House,
and lat i.Ie over until the clerk shall have furnish
ed the information called for. He presumed that
the House would have no objection to the reconsid-
Mississippi Nj. THoMPs"Nl before the House,
where could be readoped, If the House, after
cevng the report of the clerk, should think It's re-
adoption necessary and proper
MIR. GROVER was willing to accept the sugges-
ton, (he said) il ne could, in that way, accomplish
the object he had in view.
The SPEAKER. The question, then, will be on
the motion reconsider the vote by which the
oution Of yesterday was adopted
Mr.. TIBBATTS moved to lay that motion on the
table.
And the question was taken, and decided in the
negative, without division.
So the motion was not laid on the table.
The question then REQUIRED, and was taken, 'on
the motion to reconsider; and it was decided in the
Affirmative.
So the vote was reconsdered.
Mr.. GROVER then asked and obtained leave to
offer his resolution; and it adopted.
The SPEAKER was proceeding to call the COM
mlttees for reports
TEMPERANCE.
Mr. HAMLIN asked leave to offer the following
resolution:
R,o,d That the Of this hall be granted to the use
oil the Congressional Temperance Society on thursday
evening OF next week.
Objection being made
Mr.. H. moved that the rules of the House be
suspended, and asked the yeas and nays; on which
demand no quorum voted. .,.
MT. ", -. ueslreu 10 DC lu1OTmeu by
the chair what had become of his motion TO go
into Committee Of the Whole on the state of tho
Union,
The SPEAKER said he did not understand the
gentleman pressing it.
Mr.. HOUSTON said he certainly had desired TO
do So but supposed that he could not press 1t over
| the head Of privileged question.
The SPEAKER said he under the impress
sion that the motion had been Withdrawn.
Mr.. HOUSTON said he had not withdrawn it.
The SPEAKER said the first question would
now he on the motion Of the gentleman from Maine,
lMr. HAMLIN.
| The yeas asd nays were then ordered; and, being
taken, were--ycas S6, nays 62.
&c. two-thirds no, voting in the affirmative, the
rules were not suspended, and the resolution was
not received.
Mr. HARRISON renewed the motion of Mr., G
5. HoUsToN that the House resolve itself into Com
mitee Of the Whole on the state of the Union; but
withdrew it a, the request Of MIR. DOUGLASS ant
other member.
The SPEAKER proceeded 10 call for
REPoRTs FROM COMMITTEES.
PRIVATE.
Mr., DANIEL, from the Committee Of Claims, tc
which was referred the bill from the Senate entitled
IAN act for the relief Of the legal representatives
Pierre Menard, Josiah T. Bets, Jacob Sherman
and Edmund Roberts Of the State Of Illinois, sure
ties Of Felix St Vrsn, late Indian agent, deceased,
| reported the same, with an amendment, nccOmpa
MED by a report in writing; ordered tina, the sait
bull be committed.
OREGON.
Mr.. JAMES THOMPSON, from the Commit
tee on Territories, which referred the bill t,
protect the rights of American settlers in the terri
Tory OF orcgon until the termination Of the joint
eupauon OF the same, reported an amendatory bill
Mr., DOUGLASS, on behalf of himself and Mr.
PRICE, made minority report
Both reports were Committed to the COMMITTEE
oftbe Whole on the state of the Union, and ordere,
to be prihted.
.. PRIVATE.
Mr.. SEAMAN, from the Committee on Revolu
honory Pensions made report upon the case o
Lewis Madison, accompanied by bill for his relief
which bill was read twice, and committed
Mr. GOODYEAR, from the Committee on Invs
lid Pensions, made an adverse report upon the NE
tlion Of Amelia Baldwin, widow Of Alfred Baldwin
Which report was laid upon the table.
On motion Of MIR. G. J. INGERS0LL, ordere
that the Committee on Foreign Affairs be discharge
from the consideration Of the petition OF Georg
Browa, relative tc his mission TO the Sandwich is
ends, and of citizens Of the state Of New Jersey fc
inc Independence Of the colony Of Liberia; whic
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