The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1847-03-20
SALE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS,

liuuso W AVpINcVOId'Nt on lhN LOU d
lo", when the following proceeding"
look place. | will be seen that Mr..
Pearce has lauh(uly represented HE
by opposing This bill. lnI
1874 the vote in this county on The sale
Of the Main Line w's,For lheS,le 455'I
Againsl The Sale 94o5
lN THE Housr, Feb. IS, ls47
The bill TO Incorporate The PennsyI.
vsnia Canal Ond R,IIrood Company and'
10 provide asiukiug fund for ,bePsy e.
meol OF The Stats debt, was lakeNup,
yeas II nays Al
% second rosdiDg, MI Knox rro
posed 10 amend the bill in lht FIRST sec
ion, 50 40 10 incIosse the 2tice 10 be
paid for The public works, from go 10 25
millions, and TO increase the number Of
,hsr 8 from 100 900 10 200 900, defeat
cd, yeas SO, nays45
Nj. Evans here demanded The pre-.
vious Question, and il ives seconded, q
on lhe question, shsll The malC queslloo
oOw be pu? it wawdecided in the mega
tive, yeas IS; nays 3-no quorum voI,
ing. The Democratic refusing to vote.
40 adj purnment was moved bu'
without effect, yeas 25, nays AZ.
Mr.. Evans again demanded the pre-
Vious question, End it was seconded
and the question shalI the main question
now De pu?
Mr.. Knox desired 10 be excused rom
voting in thus call Of lhe previous ques.
lion, as The majority Of the House werr
Ior hurry ing through a bill, conceded
on al hands 10 he The most imporlao'
me Of ,he session, without giving lh'
minority a right either 10 perfect the
|odl, or 10 be heard 10 opposition to il.
he would have to ask The House 10 eX
cUse him.
The call Of rhe yeas and nays wa
rommeCed. Mr.. Anderson asked 10 be
~x-cu.rd, hut il was refused hIm, yeas
.3l, NAYS 47. Mr.. Burns asked TO bt
excused from voting; yeas SO, nays 4G.
MIR. Bush was refused leave TO be tx,
cussd from voting,
Messrs Fsrnoo, Forsyth, Hssssn,
Long, kick, Meyers and Msrhers
were excused without 0igi,ion.
Mr.. Krox desired 10 be excused, and
asked ,he yeas and nays thereon.
The Speaker remarked that he could
not conntenance such conduct ae had
boen pursued, and further that ii was
coo)umacious, and decided tbs, NJ.
KoOx was excused.
Mr., Pesrca asked 10 lie excused, and
brn Gy stated his reasons, he came here
3r.tt instructions to vote agoins b II
-uch as this, by his cous'jtolenls, a IsIgt
majority Of whom ere opposed to lhj,
measure. He was excused.
Mr.. PioleDl desired t. be excused, ,and
gave his reasons Cor noD voting upon ihl,
motion: lis constituents were opposed Ia
the measure, and had sent him hele to
represent their views, bat this he coulJ
moi, as The majority Of this House had
'prung the previous question upon In,
minority, and were disposed, bfc4us,
they w,re IN The majority, to ltea, lhe|
minority IyraocalIyj he knew The por.
ton Of The House with whom he sctcd =.
had % desire to throw Obstacles in the
way Of lransacliDg business, but rhuI
when they wanted to be heard, ano
were refused, they thought the course
they were pursuing was The correct one,
otherwise they had no opportunity t.
be heard. Mr. P. was excused from
voting.
Mr.. Thomas was excused from voting
yeas is, nays a..
The previous question was then or,
dered, yeas 40, nays q, and on lht |
question, shsII rbe hr,r section pass, j. |
IVES determined in he affirmative, yea,
81, nays 60, as follows:
YrAs-Messrs. AIItsor, Blss'.r
i}enrz, Bghsm, = air, BreIdenlbgn.I !,