The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1850-09-12
HOUSE OF REPR ESENTATIvEs rs.
WEDNESDAY, SfprEMBFR 4, 1850,

HOUSE OF REPR
WEDNESDAY SrprEMBER 4, 1850.
The House then proceeded to the considera-
ton of the special order being the Texas Bound
airy bill
The question pending was the demand ior the
nrevious question on the motion to commit the
Lill to the Committee of the Whole on the state
of the Union.
MIR. McLane Of Maryland arose for the pur-
pose of withdrawing the motion which was made
by him Yesterday Having been misunderstood
in what he at that time said he repeated that the
commitment of the bin, with the amendments in
his Judgment, would be tantamount 10 tde' ,F5ec
ton of it. He had been appealed to, to-day, by
gentlemen o9 both sides. TO withdraw the motion,
to enable the one to move that the boundary oil
New Mexico be removed further south, to take
from Texas more than the bill now under consid-
Grafton did, and to enable the other side to make
the Rio Grande the boundary, which latter he
preferred IL was because he had no confidence
in the success of either amendment that he re-
fused to withdraw the motion Ills object was to
mass the bill in the form which would be most ac-
ceptabe In its present shape, it was stronger
in both branches than any other.
MIR. Root rose to question of order, to the eff
foot that the gentleman. having made a speech
yesterday. could not make one to-day while other
Gentlemen were seeking the floor.
The Speaker, for reasons stated, decideu 'na'
Mr. McLane was in order
Mr. Root appealed from the decision OF the
Chair, and !,
On motion of Mr.. Stanton of Tennessee, the
appeal was laid upon the table.
Mr. McI,ane. having no further remarks 10
make renewed the demand for the previous ques'
ton. which was seconded-ayes 90, noes 30.
There was much confusion in the hall, in the
midst of which
Mr. Cable of Ohio asked whether it would be
in order to move to lay the bill ana Tue pehuing
amendments on the table
The Speaker replied that it would
Mr. Cable. Then make that motion
Voices; Not now!n "Wait awhile!" Yes
do it now!0
The question was taken, and decided in thu
pegatiye-yeas 80, nays l69--as follows
YrAs-Messrs Allen, Baker, Bennett Booth
Bowdon. Burt Cable, Campbell Clark, Cooock
Cole. Doty, Durkee, Giddings, Harlan, Holmes
Howe, Inee. Julian, Preston King, Matteson, Nc
Queen, Odds, Orr, Root, Sackett Schoolcraft
Thaddeus Stevens, Wallace, and Woodward-30
NAys-Messrs Albertson, Alexander, Aston
Anderson, Andrews Ashe, Averett, Bay, Bayly
Beale, Bingham, Bokee Bowlin, Boyd, Brock
Briggs, Brooks, w. J. Brown, Buel, Burrows
Chester Butler Thomas B. Butler, Cabell, J.
Caldwell, Calvin, Carter Casey, Chandler
Clingman, Williamson R. w. Cobb, Conger
Corwin Crowell, Deberry, Dimmick, Disney
Dixon, Duer, Duncan, Durham, Edmundson
Elliot, Nathan Evans, Ewing Featherston, Fitch
Freddy, Fuller, Gentry, Gerry, Gilmore, Cor
man, Colt, Gould, Green, Grinnell, Hall, Hal
loway, Hammond, HARRISON, |. G Harris, Samp
son w Harris, Thos. l.. Harris, Raymond, Hen
ry, lIibbard, billiard, Hoagland, Holiday
Houston, Howard Hubbard, Hunter, j. w
Jackson, VIM T. Jackson, Andrew johnson, J
l.. Johnson, r. w. Johnson, Jones, Kaufman
Kerr, GIG King, J. G. King, John A. King
La Sere, Letter, Levin, Littlefeld, Horace Mann
Job Mann Marshall, Mason, McCernand, Nc
Donald Mcdowell, McGaughey, McKissock
Robert NJ McLane, F. T.. Mclean, McMullen
Melville Meacham, Meade, Millson, Moore
MOrehead Morris, Morse, Morton, Nelson New
ell Ogle Otis, Outlaw, Owen, Parker, Peaslee
Peck, Phelps, Phoenix, Pitman Powell, Putnam
Reed, Reynolds, Richardson, Robbins jr., Robin
son, Rockwell, Rose, Ross, Rumsey, jr, Savage
Sawtec, Schcnck, Schermerhorn, Seddon, Shep-
peId, Sylvester, Sprague, Stanley, +. p. Stanton
Il. II. Stanton, S,etson. Strong, Sweetser, Taylor
Thomas, J. Thompson, JAS Thompson, Thurman,
Tcombs, Tuck, Underhill, Van Dyke, Venahle,
Vinton, Walden, Waldo, Watkins, Wellborn,
Wentworth, White Whittlesey, Wildrick, Will
Jams, Wilson, and Young-l69.
Several interrogatories having been propounded
to the Chair, and answered,
The main question was ordered to be put
yeas 1873, nays IS; and then the Texas Boundary
bill was committed TO Committee Of the Whole
on the state of the Union-yeas lOl, nays go
az follows:
fEAs-Messrs Alexander Allen, Ashe, Aver
EFT, Baker, Bennett Bingham, Booth, Bowdon
Albert & Brown, Burrows, Burt, Thomas u But
Ter, Cable, Calvin, Campbell Chandler, Clark
Colcock Cole. Conger, Corwip, Crowell Daniel
Disney Dixon, Doty Duncan, Durkee, Edmund
son. Featherston n Evans, Fitch, Fowler, Gid
dings Gott, Gould Holloway, HARRISON, Harlan
Sampson w. Harris llebard, Henry, Holiday
Howe, Hubbard, Hunter, Inge, Joseph w. Jack
son, William Il. Jackson, Julian, George
King James G. King, John A. King, Preston
King La Sere, Horace Mann, Matteson, McKis
sock McQueen, Melville, Meade, Mison
Moore Morris, Morse, Newell, Oele Orr, Otis
Peck, Phelps, Potter, Powell, Putnam, Rockwell
Root, Rumsey, jr., S,ckeit, Sawtelle, Schenck
Schemerhoru, Schoolcraft, Seldom, Sylvester
Spraguc, Thaddeus Stevens, Stetson, Sweetser
Taylor, Tuck, Underhill Van Dyke, Yenable
Vinton, Walden, Waldo, Wallace, Wentworth
White, and woodward-l0l.
NA's-Messrs Albertson, Aston, Anderson
Andrews, Bay Bayly, Beale Bokee, Bowlin
Boyd, Breck, briggs, Brooks William J. Brown
Buel, Chester Butler Cabell, George A. Cald
well, Joseph p. Caldwell Casey, Clingman, Will
hanson r. w. Cobb, Deberry. Dimmiok, Duer
Durham, Elliot, Ewing Fuller Gentry, Gerry
fillmore, German, Green, Grinpell, Hall, Ham
mond, isham q. Harris Thomas l. Harris, Hay
mond, liibbard, billiard, HoaglaDd, Houston
Howard, Andrew Johnson, l.. johnson, X. w
Johnson, G.. w. Jones, Kaufman, Kerr, Letter
Levin, Littlefeld, J. Mann, Marshall, Mason, Nc
olernand, Mcdonald, Mcdowell, McQaughey
Robert NJ. McLane, FINS Z Mclean, McMullen
Meacham, Morehead, Morton, Nelson, Outlaw
Owen, Parker, Peaslee, Phoenix, Pitman, Reyn
ODDS Richardson, Robbins, Robinson, Rose Ross
Savage, Shepperd Stanly, Frederick p Stanton
Richard II. Stanton, Strong, Thomas, jacob
thompson, James Thompson, John B. Thompson
Thurman, Toombs, Watkins, Wellborn, Whit
tesey, Wildrick, Williams, Wilson, and Young
80
SO the bill was committed to the Committee o
The Whole on the state Of the Union.
Mr.. Wentworth rose to a privileged motion
nnt owing to the confusion, we did not hear VIII
dlstlnctness what il was
Mr.. Walden moved TO reconsider the vote D,
which the bill was committed TO the COMMITTEE
OF The Whole on the state Of the Union.
Mr. Root moved TO lay that motion on the table
The question being taken, It was decided in tn
neg,tive-yeas l03, nays l03-the Speakers vot
making a tie.
80 the motion TO reconsider was not laid on tn
table
The vote by which the bill was referred TO tn
Committee Of the Whole on the state Of tn
ohon was reconsidered-yess 1O4, nays 50.
The question now required on committing tn
Dill 10 the Committee OF the Whole On the alta.