The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-04-29
THE NATIONAL ERA: WASHINGTON, D. G, APRIL 90, 1853

Cobb, John Cochrane of New York, Cockerill,
Corning, Craig of Missouri, Craige of North
Carolina, Crawford, Curry, Davidson, Dewsrt,
Edmundson, Elliott, English, Eustis. Faulkner,
Florence, Foley, Gartrell, Goode, Greenwood,
Gregg, Groesbeck, Hall of Ohio, Hatch, Haw-
hns, Hopkins, Houston, Hughes, Huyler, Jack
son, Jenkins, Jewett, Jones of Tennessee, j..
CLANCY Jones of Pennsylvania, Owen Jones of
Pennsylvania, Keitt, Kelly, Leidy, Leteher,
Maclay, McQueen, Mason. Maynard, Miles,
Miller, Millson, Moore, Niblsck, Pendleton,
Peyton, Phelpe, Phillips, Ready, Reagan, Reilly,
Ruffin, Russell, Sandidge, Savage, Scales, Scott,
Soaring, Seward, Shaw of North Carolina,
Sickles, Singleton, Smith of Tennessee, Smith of
Virginia, Stephens, Stevenson, Talbot, Ward,
Warren, Watkins, White, Whitley, Winslow,
Woodson, Wortendyke, Wright Of Georgia,
Wright Of Tennessee, and Zolicoffsr--lol.
Mr.. Hughes, of Indiana. / demand the pre-
vious question.
Mr.. Campbell, of Ohio. desire to inquire
the effect of sustaining the demand for the pre-
vious question. 1f'
The Speaker. The Chair is of opinion that
it will cut off the pending motion to postpone,
and bring the House directly to q vote on the
report of the committee Of conference. 'f
The question was taken, and the previous
question was not sustained-yeas 80, nays 103.
The question required on the motion to post.
pone, as amended.
Mr.. Dewart of Pennsylvania. / move that
the House adjourn.
The question was taken, and the motion was
agreed to-yeas LOG, nays 100.
Monday, april 26, 1853.
Mr.. Green called up the report of the com.
mittee of. conference.
Mr.. Stuart asked for the reading of the
ameadment Of the House.
The Chair decided that the Senator from
Michigan had no right to call for the reading.
Mr.. Stuart appealed from the decision of the
Chair.
Mr.. Toombs moved to lay the appeal on the
table.
On this motion the yeas and nays were de.
manded, and the motion was lost:
Heas-Messrs. Allen, Bayard, Biggs, Bigler,
Bright, Clay, Evans, Fitch, Fitzpatrick Green,
Gwin, Henderson, Hunter, Iverson, johnson of
Arkansas, johnson Of Tennessee, Jones, Ken
nedy, Mallory, Mason, Polk, Slidell, Thomson
of New Jersey, Toombs, and Wnght-25.
Nays Messrs. Bell, Broderick, Cameron,
Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Crittenden, Dixon,
Doolittle, Douglas, Durkee, Fessenden, Foot,
Seward, Simmons, Stuart, Trumbull, Wade,
and Wilson-25.
After discussion, the question was taken on
sustaining the Chair, and the Chair was sus.
tanned by a vote of 80 yeas to Is nays.
Mr.. Crittenden moved to postpone the further
consideration of the subject until Wednesday
next, which, after discussion, was lost by the
following vote:
Yeas = Messrs. Bell, Broderick, Cameron,
Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Crittenden, Dixon,
Doolittle, Douglas, Durkee, Fessenden, Foot,
Foster Hale, Hamlin, Harlan, King, Pugh,
Seward, Simmons, Stuart, Trumbull, Wade, and
Wilson-25.
Nays Messrs. Allen, Bayard, Benjamin,
Biggs, Bigler, Bright, Brown, Clay, Evans,
Fitch, Fitzpatrick, Green, Gwin, Hammond,
Houston, Hunter, Iverson, Johnson of Arkan.
sas, johnson of Tennessee, Jones Mallory, Ma
son, Polk, Sebastian, Slidell, Thomson of New
Jersey, Toombs, Wright, and Yulee-29
A great deal of time was taken up on mo.
tions to postpone, to lay on the table, and to
adjourn, on which the yeas and nays were
taken. After continuous discussion from half
past one o'clock until thirtyfve minutes past
seven, a compromise was effected, by which
night session was avoided, and the report of
the committee taken mp and postponed until
half past twelve tomorrow.
The Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE
After the disposal of unimportant matter,
the report of the conference committee was
taken up, the question being on the motion, as
amended, to postpone till the second Monday
in May. Much useless discussion arose, and
At last the motion was rejected-yeas loo, nays
l04. This change from the vote of Saturday
was effected in this way: Mr.. Hill, of Georgia,
who had moved the postponement, and voted
for it, was absent; Mr.. Trippe, who had voted
with him, voted on Monday against postpone.
ment Chapman of Pennsylvania, Cox and
Lawrence of Ohio, who had voted for postpone
ment, voted on Monday against it.
The subject was then postponed till Wednes-
day.
The deficiency bill was next taken up, and
the Senate amendment disposed of. The amend.
ments relating to the official reporters and to
certain payments to clerks and employees from
the contingent fund of the House, were dis.
agreed 10 by large votes and the amendment
requiring that all contracts by the War and
Navy Departments shall hereafter be reported
to Congress, and not entered into except in
cases of emergency, was agreed to.
Mr.. j. G. Jones, of Pennsylvania, offered a
resolution providing for evening sessions for
debate, which met with strenuous opposition on
the Democratic side of the House, and series
of adverse motions followed. The House ad.
journed, for want of quorum, shortly before
Eve O'Clock, the resolution offered by Mr.. Jones
being still pending.
Mr.. Jones was anxious to withdraw the reso-
luton after he had introduced it, but the pre-
vious question having been called upon it, he
could not do it. The reason of the opposition
to the motion was, it is supposed, determine
ton on the Administration side of the House to
prevent debate on the English proposition.