The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-05-14

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Therefore the senate prooseed to the consideration q
the bill from the House of Representatives making ap
Of the government o the ending shs 3oth
Mi. JOHNSON, Of Tennessee, moved m 70 postpone the
further consideration Of the bill for the purpose Of taking
up the homestead bill There no danger but that
ure ofnterest to the people q the captzy, which was
made special order nearly four months ago and had
been postponed account d other measures since,
passed He gave notice that he should press this
upon the consideration Of the Senate every day from
this time until the close ct the session. unless the Senate
should previously act upon the subject. + .s,,.f
After further debate the question being taken
the motion Of MIR. JOHNSON, not agreed to yeas
Is, nays y5 as follows 49, Y. $500 slrst3.
YEAS Ness Bell n,sasr,ek cA.sAler Dooue psssss pur
sewsdg sssanscns ssua ffOmbar wade and wil1ohfs
NAysMesrs AIsn nay@d, HjAnh, Hssy, Bright, Cameron
patrick Foster, Green Gwu Hammond, Houston, Hunter, liver
s & s ss~ y ns xs
'nS aESr Or NOT VOTING Messrs Bates prowo nth Foo,
tucky--1O. atf& 80 ht 3ipf ~
THE APPROPRIATION NIL. 1 .alsytBt ~
Several amendments reported from the Committee on
mtee also reported nm amendment 70 strike out the
ond section of the BILL which provides that no part Of
the amount appropriated by any act of Congress for the
to the service Or fady otheryr nor ss ts1ssftsd 70 or
used for any branch of expenditure than that for which
may DO specinoaiy appopfaatod fSosem ins' nosnns
herein contained shall apply to appropriations fer
ent next fiscal year. and to substitute in sn thereof
clause the effect that hereafter the sstinAtes the
various executive departmcntssalf designate not only
the amount required to be impoverished for se nezt sol
year pu, also tne aouh. OF .ne ou.snd,ng approgna
be r s y
Mr. HALE hoped the section would not be stricken
out rs nc thought very important reiosm which the
House had inauguated 10 prevent the pracce OF trans
ferring appropriations FROM one object to another
Mr. HUNTER sad that experience had shown that
the present system worked we'll and therefore the COM
mittee desired to retain it. agsl
After some discussion, the question being taken the
amendment was agreed to-yeas ~, pays AZ las toi-
lows; t ~ 4Tfs .,.,3t
YEAS Alien, BAyari, BsJamn, Hgicr Broderick,
su Johnsy cos p.rce rot
Rice sebastian sais .. &. ss, Wrlshs snd yuise as
cAadr Clark Iooiis isssspasn Foot Foster,
XFsfSr OR N,T VOTING ns,es ael bright, Cameron
Colamer Crittenden pxou Douglas Dkse fitch irpa,rcE
Hammond Henderson Kehnedy Reid sde simmer Thompson Of
A'au'Ny, S'a ia0'1on . ~ Ss~ essSes-~
long debate ensued in reference to the compensation
o. Inc oci ~ Inc s @ rr o.
Congress IN wnich nenrs DOoLiIILE, IuOMiS'
nan,oNy a. nAMM, SUnNnr s M ~ ~ Aaisas, "hSon'
u"iN, rr11oENDEN, Di'o"N, nIAA- ana osners part-
cipa.eu, mtnoat taxing any scaoa ON that question,
Inc senate aaJoufned. Hl3i ~ fFdtasN aRk
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da nOuSA ~ NE = 20 NTAAAvAS' Lsses
Mr. PHIIILPH Of Pennsylxana, presented tAe creden-
tiAls of JAMES H. CAvAxAu0x aad W. W. PHn claixn-
ing seats members elect from the State Of Minnesota
which were resf. sstspl bns. ag.ae1 RyfF
Mr.. SHERMAN, Of Ohio, said he should object TO the
administration OF the cath OF Office ~, 80 Z sfs,i
Mr. fHiLiIfS moved tnat the oath Dc administered.
Mr.. MAYNARD, OF Tennessee inquired whether 1t
would not be proper e move reere4ce OF the question
to the Committee OF Elections
Mr. sH HERMAN replied that he did not care, and that
ne dd not design 70 hcuss the question msre than two
or three moments XXX
Mr. PHILLIPS stated that the senators had been ad-
mted and there was no reason why the representatives
should not aiso De admicted
MI 6HEhM AN proceeded 70 state his oI3ecsion. The
tuition provided for the election of three members Of Con-
gress He desired to know where the credentials of the
third member were TO be found md whether they were
not In the Same hands with the CREDENTIALS that bad been
read gasl q BkyAfiWu sad s1.ef lgl eB0
Mr PHlLtS replied that those were the only creden
tials that he had ever seen Fa iaa 3riaIl .sa
Mr.. SHERMAN replied that then It was clear that
they not tho members to be elected and ought not
TO 30 recciycd Another ground OF 0hpctior was that
the certificates were signed by saulusl AedAV, who
they knew was not the governor q the state Of Mime
soa but was appointed governor Of the Territory o. MINI
ncsota aI,l.f h slnra sfti W .ii1t 1es Is tfas
Mr LElCHEhs OF virginia. stated that the governor
Of Territory was not the Only person who testified TO
shcri prepared Two one ~ WHICH WAS Trans