The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-02-21
TWENTY.NINTH CONGRESS,
FIRST SESSION.
Fn,DAr. Feb. 20, 1886.
HOUSE OF REPR EsEHTATIvEs.

tine Iurihef reading having on MOTION OF Mr.. l.. n.
I HOLMES, been dispensed with was approved.
3 The SPEAKER announced that the business first
N order would be tho bill reported yesterday from
ths Committee on Mileage.
pesr-kourE
y Mr. ROBERTS, ON leave given, offered the fol-
liowins resolutions which Was adopted
.soIsd That Tie GVmpitiss tbs Post Once and Post
kSad be Instructed 70 inquire 40 the ssPsass Of s,ts
read fsssh % JsctSsn, Mississippi = s.a W.
II kneffse fnE rsrsfr M eHgeS
II Mr. L, y HOLMES, on leave given, presented
. ineInorial OF the mayor sod common council Of
The city Of Rochester, praying an appropriation for
The immediate fortihcaiion OF the port OF Roehesle
and for storing at that point military supplies, and
sufficient 70 put az eoemy ia check.
i Mt. III. moved that the memorial be referred 10
The Committee on Military Afair', and thai ii be
! M. PRESTON KING, remarking that it bad
not been customary 10 print memorials, asked a d.
vision Of the question; which was ordered
The memorial was referred to The Committee on
Military Affairs.
But the printing was refused.
l the JUDICIARY.
| Mr.. EWING Of Tennessee, on leave, gave no.
tee OF bill TO amend the judiciary system Of the
United States
cSsSrRUerHE MILEAGE.
Tie SPEAKER said, that the unfinished business
was the following bill in relation to mileOge
BE snsei,d ~ the Senate end Hos,s f Rpysssasir. Of
no shall receive or allowed any fees bat
ior aitsndng called executive session Of the
ed the journey for attending such meeting snd that
cous.ructVe travel TO attend such executive seson shall be
made. or In any case allowed
And that tho pending question would he on the
demand (of Mr.. JAoos THonPsoE) for the previous
question.
And the vote, having been taken, stood ayes 81,
noes 26.
No quorum voting and nothing like quorum
=. present.
Mr.. HARRISON, moved a call Of the House;
which was ordered.
And the clerk proceeded to call the roll, but had
not completed H., when, on motion Of
Mr.. CoBB--lhe seats having been rapidly filing
1 up in the interim-sll further proceedings on the
call were dispensed with
previous question, and the vote being taken, stood,
ayes 49, noes not counted.
| So there was a second
| And the main question was ordered to be now
taken.
The SPEAKER said the main question would
| be on the engrossment Of the bill
But Mr.. JACOB THOMPSON submitted that
| IL could not be SO, nasmuch as, before demand
ing the previous question yesterday, he had moved
an amendment; and If that amendment did not APP
pear the journal, he should move that 1t be cor
rected. r...|-
Some conversation followed; and
! Mr.. THOMPSON inquired for the mornings
"Upion." .. .s.. ar.r- -.
| [Bat unfortunately the proceedings and debates
of Thursday had been laid over for want OF
room . ... De-. L..... ..,-
Some further conversation followed, in which
Messrs. ADAMS Of Mississippi, BOYD, THoM-
AS SMITH, and the SPEAKER, participated.
Tire SPEAKER said his impression now was,
A Il
man from Mississippi, Mr.. THoMPsoN,l which
would be the pending question.
| lNoTE BY THE REPoRTER.-Mr. Mckay de-
manded the previous question, but withdrew 1t
on pledge of renewal by Mr.. JAcop THOMPSON.
Mr.. +. then made remarks proposed an
amendment, which was read, and renewed the de-
mand for the previous question. Pending this qncs
lion, the morning hour out, and the House pass
ed into committee.
Mr.. THOMPSON now sent copy of his amend
ment to the chair; but 80 modified as to read as fol-
llows:
Strike from the bill the following words:
"Uness he shall have actually travelled and performed
the journey for attending such meeting"
And insert:
whenever the shall be called within days
ter the adjournment OF any regular session.
i Mr.. THOMPSON said, il was proper he should
state that in this amendment (Which he had drawn
this morning. he had inserted the words ''ten
DAYS" instead Of the word Immediately" If the
House thought that, having demanded the previous
j, question, he had now authority SO to modify, he
would adhere to his proposition OF yesterdays but he
preferred the modification.
The House seemed to be in very tolerant tenn
per and for the first time in wonderfully long peri
od the modification introduced under the
auspices of Unanimous consent"
The question on the amendment was then taken,
and the affirmative vote stood 81
4 The noes gave it up, and
RI The SPEAKER announced that the amendment
was rejected
MIR. C. J. INGERSoLL, rcmarlng that he
would like to record his name, demanded the yeas
and nays on the amendment.
The SPEAKER said it too late. The
amendment was rejected-only 81 members voting
10 its favor. ."" t'
And the question now was "shall this bill be
engrossed for third readingi" =.
were ordered. "
Mr.. BRINKERHoFF called for the reading of
the bill; which was read
And the question was then taken, and decided in
the affirmative, us follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Abbott. Stephen Adams, Anderson, Ar
mold, Barrnger, Bayy, Bednger, Bell Benton, James
Black James A. Black, Bowlin Boyd, Brinkerhoa, Broi
head Milton Brown, william O; :, Brown, Budngon3
Cathcart John @. Chapman, Reuben Chapman, Chase
Clarke Cobb Coeks cSiS%sF Collin Constable Gnn
Daniel Darragh Garrett Davis, De Mott, Dillingham;
os0n rRas far Dnn. G Foo e
Goodyear, Gordon, Graham, Grover Hamlin, Heralson
Il IIarrnanson, Harper, Henley Heuick, Hoge, Elias b
Holmes Hopkins Hongh, John w. Houston, George s.
| Houston, Edmund W. Huhard saml d. Hubbard, Hun
gerford Washington Hunt, James b. Hunt Joseph H. In
gersoll Jenkins, Joseph Johnson, Andrew Johnson
George W. Jones, seahorn Jones' Daniel r King Preston
l King Thomas b. King, Lawrence, Leake, Levin. Long
Lumpkin, Mcclellan, McClcrnand, Mcconnell, Mcdowell
Mct;aughey McHenry, Mckay, John p. Martin, Barclay
Martin Morris Moseey, Moulton, Niyen, Norris, Owen
i Parish Payne, Phelps, Price Ramsey, Rathbun,
Reid Relic Ritter Julius Rockwell, John A. Rockwell
Runk Russell, sawtclle, Sawyer, scnmmon, schenck,
Seaman Seldom, Severance, Alexander D. Sims Leonard
H. sims Simpson Truman Smith, Albert Smith, Thomas
smith Caleb b. smith, Robert smith Stanton. Stephens,
strohm strong, Thibodeaux, Benjamin Thompson,
Thurman, Tibbatts, Toombs, Towns Trumbo, Vance,
Went orth, Wheaton, Wick, Williams, Wood, Wood
worth Yancey Yell, and YouHg-l53.
Il NAYs-Messrs John q Adams Ashmun, Baker Gid.
dings Charles J. Ingerso, McIlvdine, Morse Rhett,
Root, and Winthrop-lO.
So the bill was ordered to third reading now.
And having been read third time, and the ques
ton being 'Sha this bill passr'
| The previous question demanded (by whom
+ the reporter knows not) and was seconded.
, And the main question was ordered and being