The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1848-01-07
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

Ane ociidlt ulu NOT olt to-ulNs tluflng UuluuIItu
over yesterday until Monday.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Prayer was said by the Rev. Mr.. GuRLEY.
The Journal of yesterday was read and adopted.
Mr.. GOGGIN moved that the House 90 into
Committee OF the Whole upon the state Of the Union.
Mr.. VlNTON wished the gentleman from Virginia
would withdraw his motion, for the purpose of al.
lowing him to Introduce resolution from the Com
mittee Of Ways and Means.
The motion TO go into committee having been
Withdrawn, the Chairman OF the Committee Of Ways
and Means, with the unanimous consent of the
House, introduced resolution TO authorize the Com.
mittec to employ clerk Mt the usual compensation
Mr.. HOUSTON, Of Ala, asked the gentleman
ifom Ohio what he meant by the usual amount.
Mr.. vINTON said he did not think II necessary
to make the inquiry on that point
Mr.. HOUSTON, of Ala, had understood that
there was only one committee In the House that
was in the practice of employing clerk, and that was
the COMMITTEE on Claims.
MIR. HENLEY moved to insert 81 per day while
employed by the committee.
Mr.. JAMESON asked II that was the usual COM
pensation
Mr.. VINTON said that he understood that was
the pay given to clerks who had been employed upon
Select Committees for the last twenty Years.
The question on the amendment of Mr.. HENLEY
was then put and carried, when the question recur-
ring upon the original resolution as amended being
taken, It WINS agreed to- He then renewed the mo.
ton of the gentleman from Virginia.
report was read from the Committee on Printing
in relation 10 the printing, which was similar TO that
reported by the Senate committee that body yes
terday iHf
Mr.. KING, of Mass, remarked there was large
number OF reports from committees on the table
which ought to be disposed Of.
|. Mr.. ROCKWELL. said he did not think there was
many, Of any great importance and would not press
the motion made yesterday 10 reconsider the vote
by which the debate on the subject under notice was
10 be brought to close.
The House having gone into Committee Of the
Whole, G. B. SMITH in the chair III
A long desutory debate then sprung up upon q
new point of order, with respect to the right Of
member to speak one hour TO measure that he may
have introduced to the House; in which Messrs.
SIMMs of $. Carolina Pollock DuER, CoBH, Wick,
and ScHENcK, took part when
Mr.. TRUMAN SMITH rose and said, of all the
questions that ever came before the House of Rep
resentatives this Of ascertaning whether gentle
man Ind the right TO speak hour either before
after certain point Of time, this clapped the climax
"a laugh) The House had already spent more than
two daysn examining into this very important qles-
ton, and he did not know, from the course which II
was then taking, how long 1t was to last. II was
most extraordinary question: question (said Mr.
SmlTH) as to whether the gentleman of Virginia was
to be allowed, or not, TO make parturation of hall
speech. ca laugh) a
Mr.. THOMPSON, of Mississippi, rose TO make
some remarks, but the CHAM decided that gentle
man had not right to speak twice on the same
subject. On this discussion was raised, when
Mr.. THOMPSON said that II was so only when
another member wished TO address the House, but as
there was nobody DESTROYS Of doing so, he had the
right TO speak. The debate was further continued
amid cries Of ''question," question" question
He was followed by Messrs. WOODWARD, IN
GERsoLL, GENTRY, RHETT, and sTAUN-
TON
An appeal was then made from the decision of the
CnAiR, when call for teers being demanded 1t was
decided us follows: Ayes l0f, Nays 70.
So the decision Of the CHAIR stood as the jndg-
ment of the Committee.
Mr.. GOGGIN then rose and continued his re-
marks on the subject before the Committee, for an
hour. IA
The question was then taken on the amendment
offered by Mr. GodoIN, which provided that the
Post Office Department pay the losses Of the Com
pany since the suspension of the contract when II
was decided in the affirmative, Ayes 80, Nays 65.
Mr.. JONES, of Tenn, moved an amendment that
for the first clnss the Postmaster General should pay
$200-and for the second class $3.50. In England,
he said that only upon railroad did the Government
pay any compensation, and he thought that he had
offered these companies, by his amendmcnt full
compensation for their services
Mr. BOLTS desired 10 inform the committee the
position in which It was placed In the simplicity
of his heart he thought the gentleman had offered his
amendment In merriment
Mr. THOMPSON Of Pennsylvania, arose 10
question Of order, and asked for the reading of the
rule #
The rule was then read, when there was a general
laugh.
| Mr.. BOTTS was proceeding to debate the merits
Off previous amendment, under a new resolution,
| which
Mr., THOMPSON, of Penn, said was not in order;
and who interfered, to know If the SPEAKER had de-
| cided upon his point of order
| The SPEAKER said II was impossible for him to
| decide what course the gentlemans argument (Mr.
Borrs) would take In so short time five minutes.
| Mr.. HASKELL moved that the Committee rise,
and division being called for il decided as fol
| lows Ayes 81, Nays 81. The motion was lost.
| The question was not decided when our reporter
left.
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