The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-05-16
SATURDAY, May l6, 1886
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.


Mr.. DANIEL asked leave to offer the following
to be added to the standing rules of the House
Mr. DANIEL offered to present the following,
resolutions
Rs,ord That the following be ofthe standing rules
OF this House: Whenever question is taken IN Com
Of the Whole House, and quorum does not vote
the chairman before entertaining any motion TO rise Sna
state the question and direct the clerk TO call over the
roll OF members and the members called shall answer ay
o. no. and the vote thus taken shall decide he q3e10n
COMMITTEES the yeas nays prevail ana II shsll be
the duty oil the clerk forthwith to report esr'5d lI 81
the absenees upon any such call to the speaker VINO ha
deduct from the pay each the sum Of eight dollars Tor
each time his was not answered 10 upon Sueh can
unless he make appear to the satisfaction OF the Speaker
he was absent from the city detained from h seat
by the indisPoston OF himself or family
Objections were made.
Mr.. ID. moved TO suspend the rules for It's recep-
llon, and asked the yeas and nays thereon.
The yeas and nays were ordered and being ia
KEN resulted yeas u, nays 7O-as follows:
YEAS-Messrs. Abbott. Stephen Adams, Ashmun Baker,
Barrnger Bayly, Bell. Biggs, James A Black, Bowln
,ranston Crolier culver Daniel Dargan. Dixon. Erd.
man, EaIAu, Foot Graham, Grunel, Grover Hdmlln,
Hampton HARRISON Harper Hopkins George Houston
samuel d. Hubbard Washington Hunt George w Jones,
Kennedy, Leake, La SeTe Lewis Levin Lyon, Met lean
Mcrlelsnd, McClernand McIlyaine, Mckay Barclay
Martin, Morris Owen Ramsey, Rathbun Ritter julius
Rockwell, John A. Rockwell, Scammon, seaman. Alex
arder D Sims Leonard II Sims, Truman smith, Thomos
Wentworth, williams Woodward aud Young-72.
NAYs-Messrs Anderson Benton, James Black. Boyd
l.
he Mott Dobbu, 6romg ooe, Dunlap Edsal John II
Living, Fickliu Foster Garvin Gddngs, Giles Gordon
Guder, Hough, John W. Houston, Hudson, hungeTiord
James B Hunt, Charles J. lngersOn, James II Johnson
Preston King Thomas Butler King, Le.b Maclay Joseph
Norris Parish Perry Petit Phelps, Price Reid Relic
Rhe;t Runk saw tse, Sawyer, schenCk. seldom SeN
sramce Albert smith, StTOhm, Strong ThlbodeauN, Ben
amin Thompson. Jacob Thompson, Toombs Towns
Vance Wheaton White, Winthrop, Wood Woodwork
Wright, and fell-7o.
So two-thrds not voting in the affirmative, the
rules were not suspended
MOUNTED RFLEMES.
The House proceeded to the consideration of the
following amendment which 1t had formerly made
to the lst section Of the bill entitled ian act to pro
vide for raising regiment Of mounted uAemen, and
establishing military stations on the route to Ore
gon."
P,oried That all the officers for the aforesaid reg ment
OF uhemen shall be selected from the regular line OF the
{ nlted states army.
To this the Senate had disagreed, and returned
the bill 10 the House.
Mr. HARRISON said, as it was desirable that
this bill should be disposed of as speedily as posi-
bic, he would move that the House recede from It's
amendment to the bill; and on this motion he de-
nanded the previous question.
Mr. RATHBUN and Mr.. EWING demanded
the yeas and nays, which were ordered, and being
taken resulted, yeas 90, nays So, as follows
YEAsIMessF' Stephen Adams Atkinson, Bayy, Bell
BoyG william @ Brown, Burr, Carhcart Chase Chirman
Cobb, Collin Cullom, Cummins, Daniel Dargan De Mott
Dobbin, DrOmgoole Dunlap Edsall, Ellsworth, Erdman
faran Fickhn Foster GdTvin Giles Gordon, HARRISON.
Hopkins, Hohgh George s Houston, Edmund w. Hubbard
uungerlord James B Hunt Hunter, Charles Ingersoll
Joseph Johnson Kennedy Preston King Leske
Leb. La sere, Levin, Lyon, Lumpkin Maclay, Met lean
cCIelIand McClernand, Joseph Mcdowell James Nc.
DoWel Mckay, John Martin, Barclay Martin Morris
uuron owen, Parish Payne, Peui Petit Phelps Price
Red, Ree, Rhett, Ritter Roberts, Sawtele, sawyer
Scammon, seldom Alexander D. Sims, Leonard II. Sims
Thomas Smith Robert smith Stanton starkweather
strong Jacob Thompson, Tibbatts Towns, Trumbo
Wentworth, Wick, Williams, Woodward Woodw orth
NAys-Messrs Abbott, Arnold Ashmun, Bsrrnger
roll John G Chapman, A A Chapman, Clarke Cooke
Crozier culver Garrett Davis Delano Dixon Dockery
Grnnell Grover, Hamlin Hampton Harper. billiard
Elias Holmes John W. Houston Samuel y. Hubbard
Johnson Thomas Butler King, Lewis, McGaughey, Nc.
vane, Marsh. Miller, Morse, Moseley, Norris, Perry
kunk Schenck, seaman Severance Truman smith Albert
smith stewart, St John, srohm, TAbodeaux Thomasson
BENJAMIN Thompson, Vance, Wheaton, White, Winthrop.
White, and Young-69.
So the House agreed to recede from its amend
men the dill of the Senate and the bill was pas
sed.
Mr.. HARRISON moved to reconsider the vote
Just taken, and that demanded the previous ques
ton.
The demand for the previous question was sec.
onted, the man question was ordered, and being
taken, was decided in the negative.
So the House refused to reconsider.
THE REVENUE SERVICE.
Mr.. T. B. KING asked the unanimous consent Of
the House to offer the following resolution, which
read for information
R,soed That the Secretary of the Treasury be- and he
hereby directed to send to this House statement of the
number OF vessels employed in the service their
tonnage and armament respectively the number pay,
grade the officers with the date their com.
missions, the number, pay and raons OF petty forward
Officers, the number pay and ratens OF senmen and other
persons employed board OF said vessels and also the
branch
No objection being made, the resolution was re-
cclved, and the question being taken, decided in
the affirmative.
80 the resolution was agreed to.
Mr.. DANIEL moved that the House resolve itself
INTO Committee Of the Whole House the consd
Grafton Of private bills, but waived the motion for
tho present at the request of
PAINTING OF MESSAGE OF PREsDENr-MExIco.
Mr.. C. J. lNGERSOLL, who asked leave to
offer resolution for the printing of ten thousand
extra copies of the Presidents message in reference
TO relations with Mexico.
Mr.. STEPHEN ADAMS and others objected
Mr.. INGERSOLL moved to suspend the rules
for the reception
The question was taken, tellers having been or
dered at the call ofMr. RATHBUN and decided in the
affirmative, ayes 80, noes As.
SO the rules were suspended and the resolution
received.
The question then being agreeing to the reso-
IutIon Mr.. ADAMS asked the yeas and nays, which
were refused
Mr.. RATHBUN moved to amend, so as to re-
duce the number of copies to 5000.
Mr.. DANIEL moved the previous question,
winch seconded, and the main question ordered
The question was taken first on the higher num-
Der, and while the House was dividing
Mr.. Ct. S. HOUSTON moved to lay the whole
subject on the table
The teers having yet made their report to the
Speaker, and 1t not yet having been announced to
the House
The SPEAKER propounded the question on the
motion to lay on the table.
After some conversation to whether the motion
10 lay on the table was in order while the House
were dividing
Mr.. HOUSTON (havlng ascertalned that major
ny of the House had voted for the printing with
drew his motion.
The SPEAKER then announced the vote as fol.
lows ayes u, noes so,
SO 10000 copies were ordered to be printed
ACCOUNTS OF DIPLOMATIC AGENTS.
Mr.. BRODHEiD, by leave, offered the resolu-