The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-05-18
The Potter Resolution Put Through
The House Yesterday Under
The Party Whip.
The Desperate Bourbons Achieve a
Temporary Success that will
Cost Them Many Votes
This Fall.
Senator Henry Still After His
Ground Hog.--He Asks for
Summer Committee 10
Hunt for Him.
He's Out Of Meat and Must Have
oUsE
WAsHINoroN, Nay III

HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, May 17.0
On motion OF Mr.. Sparks the Senate
amendments to the Indian appropriation
bill were non.concurred in. ..
The regular order Of business was then
demanded by Mr.. Potter and the question
recurred on seconding the demand for the
previous question on the Florida resolu.
tion.
On a standing vote the Speaker an.
nounced the result TO be SO in the afir.
native, none in the negative, and the
usual point Of no quorum was raised by
Mr.. Hale.
The Speaker appointed Messrs. Hale
and Potter to take their places as tellers.
At the conclusion Of the voting Mr..
Hale reported in the affirmative 122,
negative, none.
Mr.. Potter-No, Mr.. Speaker, l report
the gentleman from Maine in the negative.
The speaker-The tellers report 122
NJ HalsMThs Sneaker must tste The
...nan.;h;If,v ~ ,bs, dsci.ion Tatit be
nndsrslood that a pep,leman i. compelled
TO vote whether he wants to or not.
Taller and The gentlemsn from New York
r.no,,od him "a voting in tbe NEGATIVE,
NJ Conosr-Tbe gentleman from New
yort can moi reno,t anytbipr bnt what
,hs ,.,Isrs 5000 nnon I MAZE The noint
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order III conjunction WIN 'as sen',snaA
from new iofk 70 e1uas Vo.e'. D' AZ
agreement between .la' sen''en'an a.1
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ing iOr ~, tue atusnaA,e , "s ..S We. So'.sa .LS-
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were Lee. a.u no' 49, III N ~. ' icy.
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mas Y0'.a n mnen Ts re aa' nos.. 10. -. .,,
a;.nr,. ar; LIN ma .Snn. a ons.tion ~ n:.
0tds ,aa, t.o, ~ Ih.ys Jons v5s. I have bsep
Sn;ra tI ii -, shont two times during The
, w.. e. a. a. "a ,sno,,ad ,hs ssn, i,om
.s. ,s't 10" uA, ~. Aas s,...ina IT. Saa.a h,
Maine IN Tue neesuye' ne us6a" y
counting me one IN the amfmaave, ana
/ did the same with him In the negative.
I reported him ss he reported me. There
can h NO dispute about the fact. When
ho ~. ,s,lsr hs .sys he didn't vote
e NJ u.ls'Wbo Lnov. halter Than r
mr. naie.nno Aao"' s. 'AA :
whether l voted or no!9 4.
Mr.. Potter-Possibly the House does,
The Speaker--The gent from Maine was
snnointed teller because he was present.
His narty friends are constructiyely abb
-, TSa ch.;r scented ,bs rsno,t of
ssu'' ..o S1 ~. vE,s
the gent from new iors'
Mr.. Hale-suppose ne had reported
me in the affirmative.
The Speaker-That would have been
an nnf.;tbinl report
NJ. Uais-Tbis I, an urf,i,bfuI re.
n'' Ha Ia I;s-,, ~ ~. ~ :. III
port because uiun ! ,o'e ~ atl' a..
Mr.. 1afneia called aten1ion W aHe
fact that the roll provided that members
passing between the tellers should be
counted. The gent from Maine had not
passed between the tellers.
The Speaker-That is an absurdity.
How are the tellers to pass between them.
selves? a
Mr.. Conger-I object TO the return Of
the tellers because they do not agree and
l demand other tellers.
Mr.. Potter-I do not care To raise any
question about this. The gentleman was
here. The only question is whether be
voted.
Mr.. Hale--I did not vote.
Mr.. Potter-I accept that and report
none in the negative.
Mr.. HRle-No quorum.
A cali Of the House Was then ordered
and disclosed the presence Of 25S mem
bers, only lacking 81 Of full House.
Mr.. Potter-I move to dispense with
further proceedings under the call, but /
Give notice that ii another call is requir.
ed / shall move TO have the doors closed
and the serpeant-atarms sent after the
absent members.
Further proceedings being dispensed
with Mr.. Hale moved 70 lay the resolu-
tion on the table.
The Speaker after much colloquial ar
o,,r,ant an narIiannantaFy law decided 10