Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-04-30
Committee OF Conference.

Committee OF Conference.
IL THE SENATE, on Monday last, all
previous special orders were postponed
20 allow the consideration of the report
of the Committee of Conference appoint
ed to confer with similar committee of
the House of Representatives in relation
to their disagreeing votes on the Kansas
bill.
Mr.. Stuart raised a point of order
against the reception of the report and
its accompanying bill until the bill for
which it was proposed to be substitute
was before the Senate. He demanded,
before the report was read, that the bill
for which it proposed substitute should
be read If this could not be done be-
cause, as was true in point of fact and
Of parliamentary law, the Kansas bill,
with all the accompanying papers, was
in the House, it followed that it was not
competent for the Senate to consider the
report and the substitute bill until the
House had first passed upon the same
and transmitted them to the Senate with
the Kansas bill.
Against this point of order it was ar
gued by Mr.. Green and others that the
report of the committee was a PROPOSE
ton pending before both branches of
Congress, which, in reality, might be
regarded pro hac rice as acting in joint
committee through their respective con-
fcrees-those of each body being empow-
cred to bring in their report simultane-
ously to their respective Houses
The President pro tenn. of the Senate
(Mr Biggs) decided against the point
made by Mr.. Stuart, who appealed from
the decision of the Chair. Mr.. Toombs
moved to lay the appeal on the table,
which motion was rejected, yeas 25, nays
25. After further debate, the question
being taken whether the decision Of the
Chair should be sustained it was decided
in the affirmative, yeas 80, nays Is.
Mr. Crittenden moved to postpone the
further consideration of the subject until
Wednesday next; motion which be
made ia no factious spirit, but because
he desired further time to examine the
provisions of the bill presented by the
committee as a substitute for both the
House and the Senate bills. The mo.
ton was rejeetod--yeas %, nays %.
The debate upon the propriety of con.
sidering the question Immediately wa
still further prolonged by Messrs. Doug
las, Toombs, Pugh, Green and others
the whole day being thus spent in dis
cussing points of order under the rule
Of the Senate.
On the one side it was charged tina
these points were raised for purposes 0
delay without sufficient cause. On tn,
other it was represented that the rules o
parliamentary law inhibiting the consid
Grafton of the question by the Senat,
while the bill was in the House were i'm
peretive, and any vote upon the bill il
this stage of its progress through thu
House might subsequently open the de
batable question whether it had been lie
ultimately passed by both branches, ever
though it should receive a majority il
each. 1t was further argued that mea
sure carried in opposition to a standing
rule of the Senate would lack that sane
ton which all legislative proceeding
should carry with them to the people
who would be little likely to respect law
passed in violation Of the laws of th,
body enacting them.
IS THE House.. after some unimport
ant matters had been disposed of. tn.
report Of the Kansas Conference Com
mittee was taken up. Mr. Harris, o
Illinois, submitted a proposition to take
up the subject for action on Wednesday
and prolonged debate ensued. The
pending motion to postpone for two weeks
was finally rejected--yeas 100, nays 104
and the subject was postponed until one
o'clock on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, the report of the Con-
ference Committee was taken up in both
Houses and discussed, until the adjourn
ment, without coming to vote.
APPOINTMENT OF Hon. r. B. CARSu-
cnAEL.--It has been announced that
Gov. Hicks has rendered the Judgeship
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