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reference, SO against it. The inference from this
vote as well as from all the others is irresistible
that the bill and it's accompanying amendments
were Southern measures.
The Wings of the free States, to their honor,
gave 81 votes for reference, and only 20 against
it. while the Democrats of the free States to their
discredit gave but for reference, q againstit
That Messrs. Briggs, Brooks, Duer, and Wings
of that stamp, should vote against the reference
of these measures, thereby precluding oil hope of
amending them, was to be expected-but the con-
stituents of Messrs. Eliot, Freddy, Grinnell,
McGAUGuEY MEAcHAM, and WILSON, will be
surprised to find them in such company. Among
the Democrats, we observe Buel, Hubbard, Nc
Donald Peaslee, Strong, Robinson, and White
sey, representing anti-savery constituencies, sus
tanning movement designed to defeat the Will
mot Proviso.
Mr.. Walden of New York moved to reconsider
been referred, and Mr.. Root moved to lay this
motion on the table. The vote on this stood, yeas
1903, nays l02-the Speaker voted in the negative,
making the vote a tie--so the motion was lost
that is to say, the House refused to lay the Ia
BILE the motion to reconsider the vote by which
the reference had been made. Had it voted to
lay it upon the table, all the measures then would
have been open to fair aud full consideration in
Committee of the Whole on the state of the
Union. How was this result prevented
| MIR Dickey of Pennsylvania, Mr.. Holmes of
South Carolina, and Mr. Odds of Ohio, who had
not voted on the motion to refer, voted to fasten
this reference by laying on the table the motion
to reconsider. Mr.. Freddy of Pennsylvania
| Mr. Mason and Mr.. Stanton of Kentucky, who
voted against the reference, voted to lay the mo-
ton to reconsider on the table. These six votes
added to the 10l for the reference, would make
| lO7-which would have been the number of votes
against reconsideration, had the majority stood
firm. But, there was detection. HARRISON and
Jackson of Georgia, Walden Of New York, and
Wentworth ofIllinois, who had voted for reference
voted nay on the motion to reconsider: in other
| words, for reconsiderstion-thus reducing the
majority to 1903. Had Mr.. Wentworth stood firm,
reconsideration would have failed. The nays on
this motion were the same as those on the vote on
reference, with the following exceptions Bowie
of Maryland and Carter of Ohio, who did not
vote on the motion to refer, voted nay on the mo-
ton to lay the motion to reconsider on the table.
On this notion too, were recorded in the negative
the names of HARRISON of Georgia, Inge of Ala
bama, Jackson of Georgia, Walden of New York,
and Wentworth of Illinois, who had voted to re-
fer that is they were in favor Of retracing this
step. On the other hand, Freddy Of Pennsyl-
vaina, and Stanton of Kentucky, who had voted
against reference also voted against reconsidera-
| ton, while Thomas of Tennessee, who had voted
with them at first, did not vote at all on the last
motion The votes of Messrs. Carter and Went
| worth secured the reconsideration of the motion
by which the bill and its amendments had been
referred, and as the previous question was still
in operation, precluded any chauce of making the
bills acceptable to the friends of freedom. So it
seems to U.S. We hope they may be able to show
satisfactory reasons for their votes.
The direct question was now taken on the mo-
ton to reconsider, and it was carried by the fol-
lowing vote;
YEAs-Messrs Albertson, Aston, Anderson,
Bay, Bayly, Beale, Bokee, Bowie, Bowlin, Boyd,
Breck, Briggs, Brooks William J. Brown, Buel,
Chester Butler, +, Darlington Cabell, George
Alfred Caldwell, Joseph p Caldwell, Casey,
Chugman, Williamson r. w. Cobb, Deberry,
| Dmmick, Duer, Durham, Eliot, Ewing, Fuller
Gentry, Gerry, Gilmore, German, Green, Grin
nell Han Hammond, HARRISON, Ishsm G. Har-
rs. Thomas L. Harris, Raymond, Ilibbard, Hill
Hard, Hoagland, Houston, Howard, Joseph w
Jackson, Andrew Johnson, James l.. johnson,
| Jones' kaufman Kerr, LETTER, Levin Little
field. Job Mann, Marshall, Mason, McCler-
nand, Mcdonald, Mcdowell, McGaughey Rob-
ert NJ. McLane, Finis f. Mclean, McMul-
len, Meacham, Morehead, Morton Nelson, Out
law, Owen, Parker, Peaslee Phoenix Pitman, Pot
ter, Richardson, Reynolds, Robbins, Robinson,
Rose, Ross, Savage. Shepperd, Stanly, Frederick
| p. Stanton. Richard H. Stanton, Strong, Taylor,
Thomas Jacob Thompson, John b. Thompson,
Thurman, Toombs, Unierhill, Walden Wat
kins Wellboru, Whittelsey, Wildrick, Williams,
Wilson, and Young-104
| N.Ys-Messrs Alexander, Allen, Ashe, Az
erett, Bennett, Bingham, Booth, Bowdop, Albert
G Brown, Burrows, Burt Thomas b. Butler, Jo-
seph Cable, Calvin, Campbell, Clark, Colcock,
Cole, Conger, Corwin, Crowell, Daniel Dickey'
Disney, Dixon, Doty, Duncan, Durkec, Edmund
son, ~ Evans Feafherston, Fitch, Fowler,
Freeiey, Giddngs, Gott Gould, Holloway, Har-
Ian, Sampson w Harris Hebard, Henry, Hol-
lsday Holmes, Howe, Hubbard, Hunter, lnge,
w. r. Jackson, r. w. johnson, Julian, George
G. King, j c. King, John A. King, Preston King,
La Sere Horace Mann, Matteson, Mckissock,
| McQueen, McWilie, MEADE, MhisoD, moorei
Morris, Morse, Newell. Oge, Odds, Orr, Otis,
Peck Phelps, Powell Putnam, Reed, Rockwell,
Root Rumsey, jr- Ssckett, Sawtelle Schenck,
Schermerhorn, Schoolcraft, Seldom, Sylvester,
! Sprague, Thaddeus Stevens, Stetson, Sweetser,
Tuck, Van Dyke, Venable, Vinton, Waldo,
Wallace, Wentworth, White, and Woodward
| 9S
First the measures were referred-yeas l0l,
nays 100. Next, the motion to lay on the table
the motion to reconsider this reference was lost
the Speakers vote making tie Either Mr..
Carter or Mr.. Wentworth might have prevented
this Then, the motion to reconsider prevailed
yeas 104, nays %.
Those who voted in the afiirmstive--that Is,
in favor Of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the same as
those who voted against the reference, and those
who voted against reconsideration were the same
as those who voted for the reference, with the fol-
lowing exceptions; Freddy of Pennsylvania
and Johnson Of Arkansas, who had voted against
reference, now voted against reconsideration.
HARRISON and Jackson Of Georgia, Taylor of Ohio,
Underhill and Walden Of New York, who had
voted for reference now voted for reoonsd Grafton
Andrews of New York and Thompson of Penn
sylvapia, who had voted against reference, did
| mt vote Dickey Of Pennsylvania Holmes of