The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-01-15

and other duties Of the chair He should not b eom
PEELED TO enter the arena Of discussion to defend he
Mr. MeCLrRxArD said that the Speaker voted On
same ground - other members II Was not sompstsnt
ior the House to exonerste him from voting certain
Mr. STEPHENS thought that the object of gentlemen
WOULD be accomplished by the amendment Of the COM
Mr. BAyLr said that no instances were on record
where the Speaker descended chair to address
the House Tne Speaker ought not to be required to
mnse 10 Ssoases; ana he was opposed to Mr. McLsnse
Mr. Mo RISE! said that the rules, smssasa vosls
was that Of strict mpartislty Compelled so ~. 80
every question, he would have to descend [ re- Ssr
and defend his vote Let the Speaker vote oaly whep
ever he chooses to do so.
Mr. CLrAvrLANp believed that II any future sse.bs,
should descend from the chair to address the no N
might influence his action In the chair give IL e
to ~ ose only Who would sustain him
Further debate ensusd and the Speaker having "a
that the rules, as adopted, would be subject to
Mr. RoDrssos moved to postpone the subject to "a.
day next, SO as to go on with the election Of ois
The motion was lost.
Finally the rule as first stated was agreed to.
The rule as to what description Of persons shall
admitted to the floor Of the House being under cons
derstion,
Mr. BUTLER, of Pennsylvania moved to amend b,
adding " and such persons the Speaker members
may introduce 4" He thought many persons could
be admitted ought to be here TO listen to the delibera
items
Mr. THOMPSON, of Pennsylvania, was In favor of ac-
commodating everybody
Mr. Woepw.Rp warmly opposed the amendment.
Members who have the least regard for propristy
will ill the Outside OF the bar with their favortes while
members Of the opposite character will exclude the
friends whom they would like have in the hall.
Was it anything but right that the representatives
should have the hall to themselves without admitting
crowd Does the President permit the population Of
Washington to go to bis private business room? Gen.
temen go to the departments aud to the Presidents
House, where there are whits messengers and negro
messengers and after waiting a long time some
times obliged to away without seeing the Presi-
dent the Secretaries This proposition Is only
H.lA- .H~t
contemplate and Inferior the President the House
efCommons is to the king fhe galleries ought to be abo
hed jury of twelve transact busi1es in pr
yate there Is no mechanic who has not SIMILAR privi
ege in his Workshop aud yet the House not to
have the privilege TO abolish the galleries. and then
you will have debate instead Of oratory instead Of
demsgogical harapgues He hoped the House had toe
much seif.respect 20 vete for the proposition
MIR. NcCLEHNAND would vote Tor the amendment, for
the the gentleman would vote against it. The
gentlemen com planned IF the superciOusness Of tbs
President and The heads Of The departments for no.
admitting persons to their audience aud while he
demned this practice he would have the House imitats
what he con demns
Mr. THoMr.oN Of Pennsylvania replied to Mr. Wood
ward The people were without advocates here. We.
forget the Masses We say TO those outsde you can't
come in this hall belongs TO who get eight dollars
day. There were no, his sentiments. We will shut
out every body after awhile
MIR JohEs said it impossible to let in all the
people. We should keep out the harpies-the claiH,
agents who beiege the representatives at every STEP
Pass this amendment aud it will be tantamount to
tending an invitation TO all the world and the rest OF
mankind. daughter
Mir. Roor said. N everybody admitted we would
have applicable and sausage table in the sbbes.
Lsughter)
MIR STANTON, of Tennessee said tse desks ought to
be removed from all then the members would attend
to business instead OF reading newspapers and writing
letter..
Mr. RurLrR explained why he offered the amend
ment Some of bis conrttutnes on one occasion could
not owing TO the crowd in the galleries. get into the
hall
MIR McMuLLxN opposed the amendment. An invi-
tation would be extended to Pennsylvspians to eomel
while other gentlemens constituents could not ind c
convenient 10 visit The crowd might be great
as TO incommode gentlemen Ia their seats.
MIR. WOODWARD thought that what the people we're
most anxious to know sent forth by the reporters
Ask theee gentlemen aud they will tell you that the
alton outside the bar with strangers prevents
them from hearing with distinctness.
VoIcE-That's q fact.
MIR SrRossG reminded the gentleman that to- day an
amendment had been adopted. which admitted four
thousand persons 10 the privilege OF the hall namely,
the members Of the State legislatures. He opposed
the amendment
Mr.. VrN1os then made some general remarks In
favor Of the amendments proposed, aud that the
debate shall be confined to the subjects under con-
alteration.
MIR THoHrsoN Of Mississippi replied that he wanted
free discussion, aud moved that the further consde-
ration OF thsubject be postponed until Monday next.
Carried.
MIR ScHrScK moved TO make II the special ordsr for
that day pending which question the House adjourned