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The speake said he could not decide as to |
the proceedings in Committee, except to de-
termine whether the report was according to
the rule, and he thought it was.
Mr.. MISUNDERSTANDING been deprived of
our right in Committee, we should go back |
and determine our right.
Mr. RICnARDsoN-I move the previous ques-
ton on the report from the Committee of the
Whole on the State of the Union.
Mr.. WAsHBuRN, of Me-, renewed his mo-
ton to lay the bill and amendment on the
table. Mr.. PRINeLE moved that the House
adjourn till Wednesday. Negatived-6S
against 1876.
Mr.. MORGAN moved, unsuccessfully, to ad
.iourn till Thursday,
Mr.. CAMPBELL wished to have resolution
read, for information.
Mr.. RICHARDSON and others objected.
Mr.. CAMPBELL moved suspension of the
rules that he might offer a resolution.
The SPEAKER ruled the motion out of order.
Mr.. WALSH raised a question of order, that
the rules of the House are established for
the purpose of facilitating, not retarding the
business.
Various other motions were made to adj
iourn, &c, and voted down by Yeas and
Nays.
Mr. WALSH renewed the point of order
submitted by him before as follows That the
rules of this House and of all other legsla-
tive bodies are enacted for the express pur-
pose of facilitating and not retarding the
public business, and that all motions made,
such as the present, and sundry previous mo-
tons, have evidently been made with the sole
and unconcealed object of embarrassing and
preventing the legitimate action of the House,
and are clearly and unquestionably out of
order, and for these reasons, that the whole
Al. I.na Aln
right of the majority to govern fairly and not
despotically, &c.
Mr.. CAMPBELL-I object to the reading of
any argument.
Mr.. WALsH-I withdraw the argument, as
the gentleman can't stand it. Laughter
The conclusion of the point of order was
as follows - That the majority, during the
whole discussion of the question now at issue,
have already acted with liberality and for
| bearance unparalleled. and that any further
extension oft while subversive of the pub
| lie interest, would tend to establish a prece-
dent, which would qualify a captious
minority to control the legislation of the
country
Additional motions to adjourn, appeals from
Voted on By aha " giGGry
thus fighting the majority.
Seren o'ciock-The question was taken on
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bill on the table. Negatived-Yeas, 90 (;
Nays, 10,
The question required on seconding the
demand for the previous question.
Mr. CAMPBELL-l appeal to the gentleman
from Illinois to withdraw his demand for the
previous question, until can make a sugges-
ton relative to this bill. Cries of "No, No,
"Question" by the friends of the measure.
Mr.. RIcHARDsoN-Ihe appeal is in vain,-
decline to withdraw.
NoIcEs-"Thats right" "hold on
The demand for the previous question was
seconded and the main question ordered to
be put-Yeas, III; Nays, "a
The question was taken on agreeing to tine
report from the Committee of the Whole
striking out the enacting clause Of the bill
Negatived-Yeas, 81 /; Nays, III.
HaJ-past Eight o clock.-Mr. RICHARDSON
moved his substitute for the bill, (beng the
same as the Senate bill, with the exception
Of Mr.. CLAYToN's amendment and moved the
previous question.
Vocfcrous cries of "Question :" "Ques.
ton ~
Mr.. DEAN called for the reading of the sub
stitute, saying that neither this nor the
House bill had yet been read.
The Clerk commenced reading, when
Mr. JONES, of Tenn, said The gentleman
who called for the reading being without the
bar, move that the further reading be dis
pensed with.
Mr.. DEAN Dumping within the bar,) re-
piled; The gentleman is alongside of the gen.
tleman from Tennessee now. Laughter
The reading occupied an hour.
Mr.. EDGERToN raised point Of order, that
as the substitute contains an appropriation
for the salaries of Governors, &c, it must
be first discussed in Committee of the Whole
- 1 4.
alton or charge on the Treasury.
The Speaker overruled the point on tn,
ground that the original bill had been dis
cusscd.
The main question was ordered to be put
Yeas, ll6 Nays, 90.
Mr.. RICHARDSON substitute was ther
agreed to Yeas, is; Nays, 90.
The question was stated ON ordering the
bill to be engrossed for a third reading Mr.
MILLsoN moved to lay the bill on the table -
Negatived. Yeas, 100 Nays, III. At l0l
O'Clock Mr. MATTEsoN made AN unsuccessful
motion to adjourn.
The bill was ordered to be ,eengrossed for 4
third reading. Yeas, ll2; Nays, 90
While this vote was being taken Lord
ELGIN was holding reception in the lobby
many members being introduced to him.
The bill was read a third time, and al
O'Clock was passed, by a vote of-leas, ll3
Nays, 100
YEAs-Nlcssrs Abercrombe, Jas. c. Allen
Willis Allen, Ashe, Bailey, Bayly, Barksdale
Barry, Bell, Bocock, Boyce, Breckenridge
Bridges, Brooks, Caruthers, Chastain, Chris
man, Churchwell, Clark, Clingman, Cobb
Colqut, Cox, Craige, Cumming, Cutting
t Davis of Ind, Dawson, Disney, Dunbar
Durham, Eddy, Edmundson, Elliott of Ky
English, Faulkner, Florence, Goode, Green
; | tIrcenWuOl Grey Hamilton Harris Of Al,
, Hendricks, lledro, Hubbard, llibbard, Hill
. yer, Houston, Ingersoll, Jones Of Tenn, Jone
I of Pa, Kerr, Kidwcll, Kurt, Lamb, Lane
e Latham, Letcher, Lilly, Lndley, Macdonald
t McDougal, McNair, Maxwell, May, Miller O
, Mo, Miller of Ind, Odds, Oliver of Mo.
: Packer, Perkins, Phelps Phillips, Powell
Preston, Ready, Reese, Richardson, Riddle
f Robbins, Rowe, Ruiiin, Seward, Shannon
a Shaw, Shower, Singleton, Smyth of Tenn
= Smyth of Ala, Smyth, Snodgrass, Stanton q
g Tenn, Stanton of Ky. Straub, Stuart G
G Mich, Taylor of n. Y.Twecd, Vail, Van.ant
Wallbridse, Walker, Walsh, Warren, West
e brooke, Witte Wright of Miss, Wright q
' Penn Iolikoffcr.
o NAys-Messrs. Ball, Banks, Belcher, Ben
# nett, Benson, Benton, Bugg, Campbell, Car
d penter, Chandler, Croker, Cullom, Curtis
Davis of X l.. Dean, Dewitt, Dick, Dickcr
e son, Drum, Eastman, Edgerton, Edward.
Elliott of Mass, Ellison, Etheridge Everhari
e Farley, fenton, flager, Fuller, Gamble, Gid
!, dings, Goodrich, Grow, Harlan of Ohio, Han
o Ian OF Ind Harrison, Hastings, Haven, Hei,
e ter, Howe, Hughes, Hunt, johnson, Jones q
;. n. Y, Kittredge Knox, Lindsey of Obi,
J. Lyon, McCulloch, Mace, Matteson, NAVAL
Meacham, Middlesworth, Millson, Morgan
: Morrison. Murray, Nichols, Noble. Norton
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