Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-04-08
WASHINGTON
The VOTE IN THE HOUSE TAKEN.
FIGURED!
Crittenden's Amendment Adopted
YEAS, I2O: NAYS, liz.

spec isI Dispatch to The N. Y. Daily Tribune.
WASHINGTON, Thursday, April l, 1858.
The House is full, with the excep tion of
Messrs. Carnthers and Harris, who are
both expected. The crowd in the capitol
is imm snse. Mr.. Stephens takes the floor
al /, P. NJ.
MIR. Dewart has gone over fully to the
Administration since his interview with
the President. The members of the Cabi.
net were in the House most of last night,
sitting up with and nursing doubtful: cases.
An immence audience now crowds the
galleries waiting the demonstration.
One O'Clock, p. MIR. Harris, pale as a
corpse, has just been brought in and placed
in his seat.
Mr.. Stephens moves to take up the Sen.
ate bill. Mr.. Giddlngs objects. The Yeas
and Nays are ordered on the question,
"Shall this bill be rejected" Yeas, 95;
Nays, .37.
Dir Stephens yielded the floor to Mr..
Montgomery, who moved 10 strike out al
after the enacting clause, and substitute
his own amendment.
Mr.. Qurtmsn proposes to amend Mr.
Montgomery's amendment, by substituting
the original Senate bill, striking out Mr.
Pugh's amendment.
Humphrey Marshall proposes to amend
Mr.. Stephens declines to yield the floor
and demands the previous question. The
yeas and nays ordered on MIR. Quitman':
motion.
WASHINGTON, Thursday, April 1-3 P. NJ.
Mr. Quilman's amendment was rejected
by the decisive vote of loo TO ~.
A majority of the Lecomptonites votec
to strike out the amendment of Dir. Pugh
which gave the people Of Kansas The powe
to change their Constitution whenever The,
choose. showing hat they did not believ'
that the Lecompton Constitution can b,
changed until after 1864!
The vote was then taken on Mr.. Mont
gomery's amendment, which is but slight,
different from Mr.. Crittenden's, and it wa
passed, Yeas 100, Nays liz.
Dewart and Burns voted in the negative
The vote is just declared, amid applause il
the galleries. Keitt, in a towering passion
moves that they be cleared, but is persuat
ed to withdraw his motion.
The final vote Oh the passage Of the bi
as amended is: Yeas, One Hundred an
Tipsnty; Nays, One Hundred and Tirelr
A motion to reconsider was made, and la
ON tie table. Hurrah.
The vote on the passage of the bill
amended is the same as on adopting Il
C~riltenGen amendment-namely:
: YEas-To Amend:
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TnIsoIs-EEhu Wash son, Onn, DOdd, Paine
burne. FarnsnOrth. Lore Spinner. CIa'k b. Coo
;ay KePIOgg, Norris. lrane, Morse, Maltese
Usrrs- shaw, Robert Bennett, GOOduin, Hoar
Smith, sam. s. Marshall Grdnger, Morgan, Pott'
3. PGrker, Kelsey. .aHdrer
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Foley, KiigOre, j. Ii Fent0a-,SS-
Davis, Wilson, Collar oHio-Pendieto .GTot
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~Inw.-Curtis, T.Dduisl Mott, CockeriIl. HarLa
. stanton, Hall, HOrtO
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HuNPuERY MARsHALL-2 Iompkins, Lawrenc
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sbbott Morse, l.. Wash bingham ~.
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N,pyL.kp -RIcAUD, J Morris. o. Jones, HIc
M Hams. II. WINTER man, Roberts. KHnk
D.yIs--3. Gr0p, Edie, Coro'
J .ss.cHrsrTrs-RaH Montgomery, Riteh
BHffHton, DamreI, C0m- PHrriGnee, Sterart, ID
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VI Chasts. Dares-If. lBrautOn-2.
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Waldron, Raib ridge, Royee-3-
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