The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-05-23

The Senator in 1850 belonged TO the 10Th
district, as we'll by reason of vacancy as OF
locality, and the attempt 10 change II was
urged on the ground that it was right to
look, not a; those considerations, but to
the political condition of the Senate.
Tnis was resisted by the minority of
both the Comiitees (Messrs. Frailey and
Porler.) Yet the majority of the Senate
committee (Messrs. Sankey and Saddier)
ultimately induced the majority of the
House committee, who haG been elected
By the Democratic party, and who, by
| the rules of the House, were TO be selected
| from those who had supported the views
OF the House on the points OF difference,
to yield these points, over whicI. the
Committee of Conference had no iuris-
dictIon by the terms of the third iOInt rule
of the two Houses under which they
were appointed, which is in the following
words:
RULE III. "When either house shall
request conference, and appoint COM
mIltee, for that purpose, and the other
house shall also appoint committee, TO
confer" &c. 'And in all cases where
conference takes place, the committee
shall be composed of members who voted
IN the majority, on the point or points OF
difference; bit the committee shall not
haze poe0er or control oUer any part of
q oil or resolution, ercept such parts
upon '0hich difference erists bet,oeen
the fzcO houses"
On the reports being made to the two
houses, the minority of the House Com
mittee, (Mr. Porter,) offered counter re-
oh th,r a fro,
:he report of the majority. This wss
objected to by Mr.. Hastings, of Jefferson,
and the Speaker ruled it out of order; the
house, on appeal, sustained the decision
OF the chair, by small majority. The
subject matter of the minority report was
nevertheless placed on the Journals
In the Senate, the report of the Com
mlttee, was adopted-all The Wing Sena-
tors voting for it, together with four Dem
ocrats and Speaker Best.
In the House of Representatives, the
question OF concurrlng in the report of
the committee of conference came up for
consideration on the 10Th instant, when
the entire Nhig vote, with one exception,
was cast for c0ncurring, and with them
voted eight of the Democratic members.
The remaining members of The Democrat
| lc party voted against concurring in it,
and II was defeated by vote of 4s TO A.
| On the next morning, DIR. VIM a.
Smlth, of Cambria. read a new apporlion
ment bill, in his place, and OIL motion to
suspend the rules, in order 10 proceed To
the consideration Of the bill, the vote stood
50 TO 35-the Democratic members vo-
ting in the affirmative, and the Wing
members To man voting in the negative.
1t requiring two-lhIrds TO suspend the
rules, and take up the bill the motion
failed through the opposition Of the VIII gs
On the 18Th of May, Mr.. David Evans,
OF Montgomery, and Mr.. Lewis Roberts,
OF Green, who had voted with the majori-
ty on the 10Th instant, moved to reconsid-
er the vote given on that occasion, non
concurrlng in the report of the Committee
OF Conference. AS soon as the motion
was made, 1t was moved by Mr.. Cessna,
OF Bedford, TO postpone the motion for
reconsideration indefinitely. and the yeas
and nays being taken, that motion was
negatlved by vote of 80 10 46-the
wing members present voting in the neg
alive, In which they were joined by thir-
teen members of the Democratic party.
AS soon as this result was known, the
previous question was called by our oppo-
nents, which cut of all debate; they, of
course, feeling that a discussion of the
subject would not be very pleasing to
themS The hour of adjournment having
arrived, The business was suspended until
three O'Clock. In the vacation, a large
portion of the Democratic members met
for consultation in one of the Committee
rooms, and in order 10 have further time
for deliberations. determined that the main
question should not be taken that after
noon, and as there were but ninety -one
members of the House in attendance, they
resolved not 10 vote on cutting the main
question, knowing that, by St? doing, there
would not be quorum v0linT. This
course they pursued, and effected their
object: the House adjournng at half past
8 O'Clock, without having ordered the
main question. The course of the voting
however, disclosed the fact, that thirteen
Of the Democratic members had left their
party on This question, and were voting
with the Wings.
We deplored this course Of conduct
We regretted that any portion of the rep
resenlativcs of the Democracy of the
State, should have been induced, from anv
cause, to leave the large majority of their
brethren, and join in with their political
opponents in infliciing SO deep an injury
upon the Democratic party, for years to
come. Ii Is, however, but just TO por-