The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-06-11

the report would be recommitted. HI
moved the previous question on BIZ
amendment
Mr.. BUTLER, oi Massachusetts, hoped
that the previous question would not bC
seconded. [Cries Of question"
On vote being taken by the teller
there was 101 In the affirmative.
Mr.. BUTLER withdrew the demand fol
further action, remarking that the result O.
corrupt bargain was apparent.
Mr.. KELLEY intimated that II was moi
Tor Mr.. BUTLER 10 talk Of corruption.
The previous question was seconded
and the conference report was recommit
ted. Yeas 90; nays o..
Mr. CoDURN presented u conference ~,
port on the bill respecting staff promo.
tions in the army, and 1t was agreed to.
The bill repeals so much Of the 9th section
Of the army appropriation bill Of 1870 as
prohibits promotion in the engineers de.
partment, provided that nothing contain.
ed in this bill shall authorize promotions
in that department over the grade OF Colo.
mel.
While Mr. CoBuRN's conference report
was awaiting action filllbustering spirit
manifested itself among the more ultra ol
the Republican members, and many Of
them declined to vote so as to indicate
that there was no quorum present.
There was a motion for the call Of the
Houses, but the SPEAKER declined to re.
cognize It.
Mr.. KELLEY offered a concurrent reso.
luton extending the session till 6P,M.
Pending this Mr.. PLATT moved that
the House adjourn, and demanded the
yeas and nays.
The motion was voted down, and the
resolution extending the time was then
adopted. Yeas 1873; nays 81.
Mr.. PLATT moved to reconsider the
last vote, and called for the yeas and nays.
The SPEAKER, after the count, an.
nounced there were but twenty.slx mem.
bers demanding the yeas and nays, which
was not one.filth OF the last vote.
Mr.. PLATT made some remark inti-
mating Partially on the part Of the
SPEAKER, and saying that the yeas and
nays had often been ordered by twenty
six members.
The SpEAKER-The gentleman from
Virginia, unless he is grossly ignorant. is
grossly disrespectful to the Chair. Ex-
pressions Of satisfaction and approval on
the Democratic side.
The last vote showed 164 members
voting. The youngest member Of the
House knows that when the yeas and
nays are Immediately thereafter demand
cd, the Chairman never assumes that they
are ordered unless one.fifth Of the mem
bers last voting rise. To members gen.
orally j Is that not SO? Responses OF
Yes, yes.
MIR. PLATT was proceeding to reply to
the SPEAKER, but the Democratic mem.
bers shut him of by loud calls to order.
The SPEAKER interrupted, and ex-
pressed desire that Mr.. PLATT should
be heard, but Mr. BANKS objected most
emphatically, and intimated that the OBJ.
ject Of Mr.. PLATT and his hackers was to
consume time.
Tellers were ordered on yeas and nays,
and Mr.. PLATT got an opportunity OF
saying that the yeas and nays had been
ordered several times to-day by o less
number than 20.
Mr.. DAWES informed the SPEAKER that
Mr.. PLATT's original statement, which the
SPEAKER had not heard, was that the
CHAIR had shown gross partiality.
The SPEAKER said he had misunder.
stood Mr.. PLATT's statement, and would
pardon it on the ground Of gross igno.
rance. Laughter and encouragement
from the Democratic side OF the House.
The tellers reported the result of the
count as 90 to 1873.
The SPEAKER, in announcing the result,
said he regretted the language which he
had used toward the gentleman from Vir-
ginia, but it was the first time in his his.
tory in which he had cause for the belief
that either side supposed he was partial
or unfair in count. He was glad that
the count by the tellers had amply vindi.
Gated the correctness OF his own count
The motion 10 reconsider the vote ex-
tending the session was laid on the table.
The bill giving the widow OF Gen.
Anderson $4,000 instead of pension
was passed.
Senate biAI to reimburse the State of
Nevada 500, 600 was passed.
A message was received that the Senate
concurred III extending the time. Great
laughter.
The bill to pay $4,000 toTheodore
Adams for the construction of mortar
boats was referred to Committee Of
conference:
On motion Of MIR. CoNGER provision
was added TO the Senate bill relating 10
steamboats,, and the matter was referred
to conference committee.
The proviso suspends for one year any
existing law or regulation requiring the
use Of lookup safety valves, registering
steam guages, pipes to carry steam into
the hold Of vessels, low water indicators
and testing pumps.
The House then, in order. shut of all
miscellaneous legislation took a re-
cess from 1870 A. N. to $50 P. NJ.
During recess Mrs. Mary Walker (Dr.
Walker), made her way to the Clerks
desk and proceeded to harangue the mem.
bers in the interests Of The women nurses
in the army. Being interiered with by Mr..
Boyd, assistant door keeper, she made q
backward but ascending change of posi-
ton to the SPEkKER's chair and from that
point tried to continue her address, but
the efforts Of the assistant door keeper
being seconded by those Of Mr.. Buxton,
the door keeper, the excited little woman
was overruled and led out of the hall pro-
testing against such ungentlemanly treat.
ment.
On reassembling resolution was adopt.
cd authorizing the Appropriation Com.
mittee to meet during the recess to super
wise all laws affecting appropriations,
The testimony in the Buell. court mar.
tial case was presented, and ordered to
be printed.
Mr.. GARFIELD reported that the con.
ference committee on the sundry civil
appropriation bill was unable to agree,
A new committee was ordered, the same
members being appointed.
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