The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-03-27

Kentucky by the closest hes and should - with her in
all she ud ~ this matter Oh slavery.
when,
On motion, the committee rose. -
Mr. FEATHERSTON moved the suspension Of the
rules, to take up nom the Speakers table the Senate bill
!or the relief Of the widow Of the late Major General
A motion 10 adjourn was here made and i, was moi
Mr.. JONES demanded the yeas and nays on the mo.
ton to suspend the rules which were not ordered
And then, ON motion. the House adjourned
.s Yssssrd.y's Presssdiass In shs HOUSE.
We regret that we are compelled by want Of space to
lay over the detailed report Of yesterdays proceedings in
the House. They were very interesting.
Soon after the reading of the journal. Mr. King. of
New York, offered resolution to stop the debate s
California BILL leaving the time at which be proposed TO
stop blank This the Speaker ruled to be out Of ORDER
stating at the time that the could accomplish
his object by changing the phraseoogy OF the resolution
inserting the words. Presidents message, transmitting
the California message" &c. in place OF the California
bill" The Speaker explained that the bill OF Mr. Doty,
not having been referred by the House to the COMMITTEES
OF the Whole on the state OF the Union could not be no.
ticed Gin order) in the resolution.
Mr. King Directing to this decision. went on 10 charge
that It was identical in principle with mutiation Of
the Journal" in the case Of similar motion made By
him on the 18th instant It was then demanded on all
sides that the charge should be distinctly madethe mutt
laon Of the journal OF the House being grave offence
Mr. King reduced his charge to writing and a. read. il
accused the Speaker Of ordering subordinate clerk OF
the House to mutilae" the journal, by erasing the Cali
forna bl' from his motion OF the 18th, and nterning
instead thereof the WORDS he Presidents message, trans
hitting the constitution Of California" After Mr. King
had addressed the House at length. accusing the
Speaker OF making this alteration with improper motives
Gc M ha hart
side Speaker pro te) by the unanimous consent Of
the House, explained the circumstances connected with
the alteration, saying that the motion Of the 18th had
been made verbally, and reduced writing by one Of
the clerks under his he Speakes) observation and SUI
pervision Seeing that the notion as made was out OF
order and being it could not be recognised he he
Speaker had directed him so to write il out make il
admissible, and at the same time to attain the object
sought by the member from New York The clerk, how
ever who kept the minutes for the Journal had taken
down the words of Mr.. X and the journal was made up
in this particular from the minutes, rather than from the
resolution. On the next morning, in pursuance Of his
duty correct the journal before being read the House.
he had directed the and nterlneaon be made
The Speaker then at length explained his duty in
such under the rules to show that in this instance
he had strictly fulfilled it.
Mr.. King then made statement to show that fhe
change had vitiaed his intention, &C. But in reply to
queries. he admitted that he had not his resolution
Of the 18th after it written, and that he did not
write it.
A motion was made by Mr., Stanly to lay the whole
subject the table, the charge being evidently frivolous
But Withdrawn at the request Of friends Of the
Speaker who insisted that il was due to him that an am
pie refuaton Of the charge should 60 out to the world
with its promulgation and that the journal on which il
would be found should also embrace the decision of the
House that ii was clearly without foundation
To this end, Mr. Burt moved resolution, expressing
the sense Of the House, that the charge without
shadow Of justification. On this. Mr.. Ste
phens called the previous question which not
onded, many of the friends Of the Speaker demanding
committee Of investigation as due to him. The charge
then debated, the question discussed being for the
most part, whether il was was not the duty Of the
House to censure Mr.. King for making such charge,
under such circumstances! Mr. Holmes moved for the
appointment (by Mr. Winthrop Of committee Of nine.
to consider the charge and investigate the circumstance
and Mr. Schenck moved resolution declaring a. the
sense Of the House, that directing the change Of the
journal in this case, before had been made journal
(rather than mere minutes Of the Cerk) by being for
maIy adopted by the House. he had only done what was
right and proper" The question being the appoint
ment OF the committee, il was agreed to.
The following is the select committee appointed by Mr.
Winthrop, viz: Messp. Holmes, (chairman,) Vinton.
Stephens, Ashmun. Boyd, Doty, Strong, Gentry. and
Richardson.
The House then went into Committee Of the Whole,
and Mr. Harris, Of Illinois, delivered his speech the
California question. After which, the House adjourned.
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