Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-05-19
Wasbington gsntinfl,
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
House of representatives.,
THURSDAY, May IL, 1854.
LIN contlnuation.l
PROCEEDINGS

Mr. WHEELER. Upon that motion demand
the yeas and nays.
Tue yeas and nays Were ordered.
Tue question was then taken; and il was decid-
ed IA The negailye-yeas 63 nays -.
30 The House refused 10 adjourn.
Mr.. MORGAN. / move thai when the House
adIourns, II be TO meet MoaddY next; and on
that motion demand The yeas aud nays
The yeas aud nays were ordered.
Mr.. CAMPBELL | ask 10 be excused from
voung on thai question move that be ex-
Gu ed.
tn SPEAKER. The Chair decides that the
gentleman cauuUt permitted.
Mr. CAMPBELL | desire 10 call the attention
OF tue Char 10 tue fact that II has been decided
heretofore
lGrl : uf "OrderiN
Mr., SEWARD Mr. Speaker -
Iae SPEAhLR. The gentleman from Ohio is
npon The hoor on qneslIou OF order.
Mr.. 81 w ARD / wish 10 have the question
settled Nhsiher The gentleman ask 10 be ex-
cused without furnishing reasons. Ii Is an abuse
oil tue privilege Oh The House | put the q iestion
Oh tial ground
Tue SPEAhER. The Chair overrules the aues-
tlon VI oruer ralsed by The gentleman from ONO.
Iniess ihe gentleman takes an appeal, the ques-
tiOu il settled.
Mr.. OAR. The question is not debaiable.
The 0PEAkER. IL l. not,
Mr.. CAMPBELL would say in reply 10 the
gentleman rom Georgia, that matters oi abuse are
matters between me and my constituents, aud mol
between that gentleman and myself
iSries OF "Uruer!
MIR SEWARD. The question involves the
Character oi lhls House.
the STEAMER The Chair trusts that the
House viii allow Tue gentleman from ONO 10 pre-
seat any authority lie may have on The question.
Mr.. ILlAGMAN. The uues ton caauol be de-
bateu.
Mr. WHEELER. The gentleman does not ask
10 DEBATE IL. w..
MIR CAMPBELL. appeal from The decision
Tue 0harj ana refer IL 4 case where the Que
ton Was presented 10 lie House on motion 10
adJourn, III SIT send the journal 10 rne LIerAs
desk that may he read.
The sPEAnER. The Chair makes no ques-
tIon Out what lbe gentleman may had some pre-
ccdenl tor hts posllon; oul II was error, aud
ought 10 have bern corrected oug ago Gredr
!auguier
Mr. CAMPBELL. take an appeal from The
d cl>ou 81 the halr.
MIR. lNGERoOLL And move that that APP
peal he laid upon Tie taUle.
Mr. HISDARO. ! sould make the point OF
order whrtheraa appeal from The decision vi The
Thar Is ~ order On motion TO hx The time
witch tu- House shall adjournl
Tue SPEAkER The Char thinks that the
House may INK Is uwn.rnies II II conlradicts II
sell every day, II Tie fault OF the Chair, but
iis Own iault. LaughierJ The Cnalr VIII 20 iur
Their: IL the House IL disposed do foolish hing,
The char must Indulge II. renewed laughter j
Mr. HUGHES. l move that the House do now
and nays.
Tie yeas and nays were ordered.
MIR. CUMMING Is The motion of the gentle
man from New York uder We have just
voted down slu,i!ar motion.
The SPEAKER. The motion 10 adjourn is in
order. Since the House last refused 10 adj ,urn
the. has been a motion made Tor adjournment till
Monday, Question OF order and appeal from
The derlsion OF The Chair II is narrowing the
question down pretty closely but The Chair holds
The III lion must he enieTtaIned. ,..a
Tue qae> iou ken anl The faction was
decId.d The nr auve-y-as II, ray, ST.
70 the Houst Cat tive nInuies after III o'clo k)
refa-eu dJsurn
III h SIZE hER The question now recurs n
tte motto" 10 lay the appeal from The decision OF
the Guar upon the table
Hr "a sgPSELL | a. mand The yeas and nays
on thai motion
The yeas and nays were ordered.
Tie question " - then taken; and il was decided
in The Acknowledgements rs, gays 80.
50 The appeal from he decision OF The Chair
was LAID "" tie table.
Mr. NO tGAN move that the House do now
adjourn; and on that motion | demand the yeas
and mays
/, Mr. GROW / move that wren the House adj
Journs, II he 10 meet on Monday next
IN. SPEAKER. There is already pending
motion 10 thai etfe /.
Mr. CULLDM II motion be made 10 adjourn
over for longer period than that to Monday,
would II not have precedenc,
The SPEAKER. II would
Mr. FEN TON. rise 10 privileged question.
! move To reconsider the vote OF the House by
which he appeal ofthe gentleman from Ohio mir
CANPBELL from the de l~iont 1.-THE Chair was laid
upon the table and on that motion demand The.
yeas and nays. voted in he affirmative,
The SPEAKER The Char desires TO state that
he hastily decided tonight that that motion was
mol in or Il wa a hasty aud improper de-
cislon IN the opinion OF the Chair and be reversrs
j.. The motion 10 adjourn over will super>ede
the motion 10 reconsider. The Chair could ex.
plain. so that he thinks the House would agree
with hin that the decison y correct one.
and that the sther was ha>ty aud Incorrect The
yeas and nays were ordered On the motion 10 al
j urn over
The question was then tahea; and decided in
the rgaIve--yea> 5, nays ~
So the House refused 10 adjourn over till Mon
day n.xt
The question required upon the motion TO re-
consider the vote by which the appeal from the
dec,srn OF The char was laid upon The table.
Mr. FENTON. On that question demand the
yeds aud nays
TIE yeas and nays were ordered.
Mr.. ORR move 10 lay he motion TO recon
cider upJn the table.
Mr.. WHEELER On that demand tellers.
Mr. WAoHBU KIN, Of Name. call for the
yeao aud nays
The yea and nays ordered.
hr. BGNSON, tat ten minutes past twelve
oclockJ move that the House do now adjourn;
saui -" ual lhotlon ! demand tile yeas aud nays.
Mr.. ArSkLR. LASH Tor ielieTs.
Mr. BENSON. | withdraw the demand for
the yeas am u ", aud viii lei the question b,
TAX - 10y teller.
Mr. SEWARD. l desire 10 know whs, II e
mot On Is.
The SPEAKER. ills motion 10 adjourn.
Mi. SEW Ri. Thea / RAISE a uv.s,t,n ~
or1er. The question jus, taken was IN rclereuc.
- in ADJOURNMENT
The cFEahER. That was proposition 10
aIF and
Two or three motto : have interviewed.
Mr. SEWARD. What motions have inter
ycnedl The motion 10 reconsider made be-
lore the question: was taken On the adjournment.
Tue SPEAKER. There Wns a niolioa made Ia
lay ihe m"liun ~ reconsider lire table aud The
yeas AND nays we're ordered upon that Proposition
Teller were orde,rd on Nc BENroNs no ion
aud Mrs>rs WHEELER, aud Harris, oil Aiabams.
were appointed.
TIE question was then put and the teIlers re-.
ported yeos Is. nayS'7S.
Mr. CAMPBELL. | call for the yeas aud nav,
TIE yeas aud nays were ordered
The question was then taken: and il was a..
cided ia The negative--yeas 65. nays H.
20 the Huu- refused 10 adiuurn