Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-06-17

should add provso to it that compensation should be
allowed to members of either House during the recess
Mr. HAVEN acquiesced in the suggestion gentle
man from ONO and offered the following substitute
for the proposition of Mr. OH:
Resotped 1.-THE Senate concurring That the Prrsd
the Senate and the Speaker Of the House Representative
IL o'clock M until the third Monday in October next Pro
pfded That no per diem compensation shall be drawn by
members OF the House and Senate for such recess.
MIR. DISNEY deemed the whole subject as premature,
ilconsidered and outcf place, Members here
transact the pnbc business and not TO consult their
own pleasure and convenience.
M JONES, Of Tennessee, opposed the substitute of
Mr. HAVEN being against recess which he said was un-
precedented and wrong in itself He was in favor of FIX
ing day for an adjournment of the session.
Mr. EWING did not believe that they would gain any
thing by remaining here until August -.
Mr. HlLLfE Elk then moved to lay the whole subject
the table; which motion was disagreed to- Yeas SO,
nays 81
Mr.. KEITT desired that the day of adjournment should
be postponed long enough to enable the House to do all
duties pertinent to this session. The Democratic party
he understood it, into power UPON platform Of
principles many Of which had not yet been carried out
Great laughter He desired to give that party an op-
portunity to carry out its principles Of which
modification OF the tariff Unless said he parties in this
country be mere ugge unless principles be Jug
gers balls, tossed about with view Of ensnarng the
people, should be the object of parties carry the
principles which they have enuncated The Democratic
party came into power planting ITSELF one prnci-
pe upon the doctrine of free trade He desired give
that party an opportunity carry out its principles
and DESTROYS as he that gentlemen should go home
their constituents and that each party and each subd
vision Of party should have time to meet all the response
btes enailed upon them by their acts still he desired
that parties should be purified that party should
come up to the programme of principles which it had
enunciated. With the view of giving the Democratic
party who had large majority in the House. full and
fair Opportunity to do what it had always intended to do
he would to fix the day Of adjournment the 14th
Of Septemberhe did know what day Of the week it
Game n 1
The SPEAKER stated that the amendment was not in
order
Mr. HAMILTON then moved the previous question,
which seconded and under its operation the amend
ment Of Mr.. WALBRIDaE was disagreed to.
The question was then taken the substitute of Mr..
HAVEN, and it also disagreed to Yeas A. nays no.
The substitute of Mr.. ORR Ito close the session on
August 14th) was then agreed to: Ayes IL noes 60
Mr.. CAMPBELL moved that the resolution amend
ed be laid the table; which motion was negatyed
Yeas GA, nays 81.
The resolution amended on motion of Mr. Oar
was then agreed to by the following vote: u.
YEAS-Messrs. Abercrombie, Aiken James c. Allen Will
lis Allen Barry Bell Bocock Breckenridge Bridges Brooks,
Bugg, Caruhers Chamberlain Chrisman Churchwe Clark,
g. Davis, Dawson, Dowdel Drum, Dunbar Edmundson, T.
D. Eliot, j. NJ. Elliott, Ellison, English Ethcrdge Gamble
Greenwood, Hamilton Andrew J Harlan, Hastings Hen
G.. Jones, Kidwel, Latham Lindley, Macdonald Maxwell
May John g. Miller, Smith Miller, Morrison Nichols ods,
ton, SHELTON, Gerrt Smith Samuel A. Smith VIM. Smith,
William R. s=h, George W. smyth Frederick P. Stanton,
A. H. Stephens, Hestor L. Stevens, Straon Straub j.
Taylor Trout Wabridge, Warren D. B. Wright and Hen.
drck B. Wright-s2.
NAYS-Messrs Appleton, Ashe, Ball, Becher, Benson,
Boyce Campbell Carpenter Cake Chandler Cook Crocker
Dick, Disney, Everhart Ewing, Fuller Gidding Goode,
Goodrich, Aaron Harlan, Haven, Hem, Hiyer, Howe,
Hughes Hunt, Ing erso Roland Jones, Ke Knox Lamb,
Letcher Lindsey, Mcculloh, McDouga, McMulen Mace,
Mayal MsoD Morgan, Murray, Norton, A. Oliver Parker,
Pennington Bishop Perkins John Perkins, Powell Preston,
Prngle, Puryear Riddle, David Rchie Thomas Ritchey,
Rogers Sabin Seward Shannon Andrew Stuart N g. Tay-
or, Thurston Upham Vail, Valley, Israel Washburn, Tap
pan Wentworth, and Westbrook-6s.
Mr.. HOUSTON moved to suspend the rules SO as to
enable him to submit the following resolution
Resoved, That from and after this day, until otherwise
ordered the daily hour Of the meeting of tho House of Re-
representatives. shall be 1locock A. M. ,:~-.. ".
And the question being taken, the motion to suspend
the rules disagreed to- Yeas 49, nays 45two thirds
not voting in favor thereof
On motion of Mr. MILLER, of Indiana, Senate bill to
ascertain and adjust the titles to certain lands in the
State of Indiana taken from the Speakers table,
read twice. and referred to the Committee Private
Land Claims. .+
Mr.. HILLYER moved to suspend therues to en-
able him to introduce bill to change the day for the
annual assembling of Congress from the first Monday in
December to the first Monday in November.
Pending which the House adjourned