Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-05-17
Pennsylvania LeglsIafure.

Pennsylvania Legislature,
- In the House, or Monday, AIessrs Fvans
Roberts moved 10 reconsider the yote hv ,ri,
the sepoIt OF the Conference Comtnittee ON
Porhonment bill was defeated on Friday.
IN leholhg the question Of reconsideration
'V' Aio'ion as made 10 adjourn, which was LOST
- yeas -, nays A8
Mt Cessna then moved an indefinite postpor
meht oil the motion to reconsider, which W
lost-yeas 39 nays a.
motion was then made to nd iourn sine die
Mr.. Laird, wkich was lost, when the preyio
question was called and seconded
in On the question VIII the House susto;r .,
OF previous question:" another motion was noada
g adjourn, pending the call Of the yeas and no.,
ot on which The hour OF one arrived, and the Hon.
in adjourned. '"e i1o1s
ne manifold motions TO adjourn. Sc war
80 ~ deieaf action on the motion TO recor
sideF the vote on the Report of the Conf.e. .o1oA
oommittee on the Apportionment BiI mi
t,,o,,. I"; lNSooN oEssioN.-One of the mqdace in
.uouS ana exciting scenes that ever .after6oon
ION VI the House, occurredsd on the mo-
t;o., previous question wasen on the report
nS o'Ct 20 reconsider the vote on the Apportion-
=. 1..e NJ Conference Conestion Shall the main
'neht biii, and on tb~ the main BODY of the To-
cofocos refuse(
ou1 .rs qua1owed scene OF wild disorder.
4 ne call of the House, some Of the locofocos
! .dld answer 10 their names as being present,
and immediately after on a call for the yeas and
nays on the pending question, refuse to answer.
The whole afternoon was spent in fruitless at
teRpts to get vote. The cause of this dis
graceful scene was manifested in the fact that
some of the less ultra locofocos had determined
TO vote for the report and thus pass the ApPor-
tionment bill as it came from the Senate.
In the Senate, on the 18th, on motion of Mr..
Darsie, the resolution relative to final ad journ-
ment of the l.PDisIatuFP ~ taken N third
reading, and amended SO ss to fix Wednesday,
the 18th of May, at IL o'clock NJ, as the period
of final adjournment, and passed finally.
In the House, DR.. Smith, of Cambria, moved
that the House proceed to the consideration of
the bill TO fix the number of Senators and Re-
presentatves, and to apportion the State into
districts, read by him last Saturday. House re-
fused TO suspend orders
The Speaker decided the unfinished business
Of yesterday to be in order.
The question recurring, =" VIII the House re- /!
consider the vote taken the Report of the |
Conference Committee on the Apporti0nment /
Bill: - 1t was agreed to.
On the question, Shall the main question be !
now put" it was agreed to. Yeas IL, nays 43.
The previous question" was again called and .
sustained, by vote of ~ yeas, TO ~ nays.
The question on the adoption Of the report of
he committee recurring, 1t was agreed to by the
following vote
Yeas-Messrs Acker, Allison, Baker, Bald
win, Bent, Biddle, Bowen, Brewer, Burden,
Church, Cornyn, David, Duncan, ID. Evans, w.
Evans, Ewing, Flowers, Former, Haldeman,
Hart, Hastings, Hoge, Herford Jones, killnger,
kinkead, Leech, Lewis, McChntock. McLaugh-
in, Mclean, Miller, Nissly, O'Neill, Powell,
Reid, Rhey, Roberts, Rutherford, Scoheld,
Scouller, Smyser, Steel, Trone, Wade, Walker,
Williams, McCalmont Speaker. AS.
Nays-hiessrs. Beaumont Black, Bripdle,
Cessna, Conyngham, Crdland Dobbins, Down
er, Dunn, J. c. Evans, Feather, Finletter, GIB-
soREY, Grier, Griffin, Guhey, Henry, Jackson,
Iliotz, Laird, Leet, McCulloch, McCurdy, Marx,
Meek, Meyers, Malloy, Morris, Morrison, Now
ry, Nicholson, Packer, Pierson, Porter, Robin
son, Simpson, w. A. Smith, Soudsr, Steward,
5tockwel, Watson, Zerbey.-42
The House concurred in the Senate resolution
10 adjourn sine die on The 18th May-yeas IS,
hays 7.
The appropriation bill passed both branches
tthe close Of last week with many amendments
The apportionment bill as passed by both
houses, Is in many respects fair bill, but does
gross injustice TO Union and Iuniata counties by
giving them but one member This is another
result Of sending unscrupulous demagogues TO
the Legislature who trihe away their time. and
then with injudcious haste pass important bills
at the close Of the session. The following is a
copy Of the bill