Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-12-28
Exciting Scenes in the House.
The Ayes and Nays on Important
Questions.
An Agreement to Adjourn Without
Doing ANYTHING.
to the Appeal !

sions of the house were marked BY feveI
ish anxiety to reach some definite resul
sRd rose to a high pitch of exeitemer
when it was discovered, finally, tbs
nothing could be accomplished,
The senate bill, with Mr.. Gregg
amendment, vas rejected BY ifty-toar t
nineteen, and after 3 heated discussio.
and much confusion, the vote was recon
sldered by forty-three to thirty.
Mr.. Collier amendment to submit th
question TO the people was tabled by th
following vote:
Ayes-Bsker, Beardeu, Brandon
Brien, Brooks Brown (Maury), Brown
Bullock, Cannon, Coleman, Day, Den
ten, Donnelly, Dugan, Enloe, Frazer
Erierson, Graham, Goodwin, Hawkins
Haywood, Heudrick. Jerolds, johnson
Key, Kendriek, Leeeh, Mahoney, Nc
Andrew, McCammop, McElwee, Neal
Ovsrton, Rogers, Smith, Tate, TilmaI
MARSHALL, Westinghouse
Noes-Alexander, Boon. Collier. Col
var, Dodson. Douglas, Fisher, Ford
Garner. Glesves, Gregg, Gosdpssture
Hancock, Hsines, Houston, Lands
Lavender, Little, Manson, Nelson
Oliver, Perry, Peters, Phelsn, Quarles
Savage, Shepherd, Simonton, Thompson
Tillman (MeNsiry), Tally. Travis, vii
son and Speaker Taliaferro.
The senate bill was then rejected By
the following vote amid great confusion
Ayes-Brandon, Brien, Brooks, Brown
lMeigs), Cannon, Coleman, Day, Denton.
Douglass, Enloc, Fisher, Gregg, Oliver,
0verton, Perry, Peters, Shepherd, Thom.
ason, TIlman (AcNairy), Tolley and
Wilson-27.
Noes-Alexander, Baker, Boon, Bear.
den, Brown (Maury), Bullock, Collier,
Colyar, DodsoD, DonDelly, Dugan, Ford,
Frazer, Frierson, Garner, Gleaves, Ora
ham, Goodpasture, Goodwin, Hawkins,
Hanes, Haywood, Houston, johnson,
Jerolds, Kendrick, Lands, Lavender,
Lyle, Mahoney, McAndrew, Mccain
mon, McElwee, Neal, Nelson, Phelan,
Tate Tilmsn (MsrshalD, Travis, Wash.
ington and Speaker Taliaferro-46.
Mr.. Savage's bill to submit the ques.
ton to a vote of the people. Rejected
IS to 80. =.
Mr.. Phelan moved to take up the Frier.
son bill On the third reading and consider
it by sections. Carried. He then moved
to strike out all after the enscting clause
in Frierson's bill and insert in lieu the
bill heretofore introduced by the bill. he
said he did this as a last effort at a com
promise before the whole subject was set
adritt upon the wild waves Of popular
opinion and excitement.
The motion was carried by the follow.
ing vote:
Ayes = Alexander, Brien, Brooks,
Brown LMeigsl, Cameron, Coleman, Col.
lier, Colyar, Day, Denton, Douglass,
Enloe, Fisher, Ford, Gregg, Hancock
Hanes, Haywood, Hendrick, Key, Law.
ender, Lawrence, Leech, Manson, Neal,
Nelson, Oliver, Perry, Pifer. Savage.
Shepherd, Thomson, Tilman, [M'Nairy7
Tolly, Travis, Wilson.-38.
Noes-Baker, Besrdou, Boon. Bran.
dou, Brown [Msury], Bullock, Dodson.
Donnelly, DugaR, Frazer, Frierson, Gar
ner, Glesves, Graham, Goodpasture
Goodwin, Hawkins, Houston, Jerolds
johnson Kendrick, Dandis, Lyle. Maho
uey, MAndrev, M'Cammon, MElwee
Oldham, Oyerton, Rogers, Simonton
Smith, Tate, Tillmsn MARSHALL, Wash.
ington, Taliaferro--36.
Mr.. Phelan claimed that the vote
amounted 10 a passage OF his bill on q
third reading, which claim wa sustained
by the speaker. Great excitement PIE.
vailed, and amidst loud protests against
this ruling, a motion to reconsider the
vote was made. at this moment a mes
sage from the senate, transmitting a Join
resolution to adjourn tomorrow was re
ceived and read. Considerable confusion
prevailed, but a motion to suspend tbs
the rules was carried and the Joint reso
luton adopted, after which the house cd
journed till nine o'clock tomorrow morn
ing.
This is a victory for Phelan's bill, bal
a barren one as the adjournment will
prevent action by the senate.