It was accordingly read the third time and passed. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. Mr. Mallory moved that the vote by which the said resolution was passed be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. Mr. Curtis, (the rules having been suspended for that purpose,) submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz: Resolved, That the bill of the House (H. R. 646) "to secure contracts and make provision for the safe, certain, ard more speedy transportation, by railroad, of mails, troops, munitions of war, military and naval stores between the Atlantic States and those of the Pacific, and for other purposes," be made the special order of the day for Thursday, 24th instant, after the expiration of the morning hour. Mr. Curtis moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. Mr. Cobb having called up the motion heretofore submitted by him to reconsider the vote by which the bill of the House (H. R. 44)" confirming certain land entries under the 3d section of the act of 3d March, 1855, entitled 'An act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department during the fiscal year ending the 30th June, 1856, with an amendment of the Senate thereto, was referred to the Committee on Public Lands The said vote was reconsidered. And the motion to refer having been withdrawn, The Speaker stated the question to be on agreeing to the said amendment of the Senate. Peuding which, Mr. Cobb submitted an amendment thereto; which was agreed to. The said amendment as amended was then agreed to. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the amendment of the House to their said amendment. Mr. Cobb moved that the vote by which the said amendment as amended was agreed to be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. Mr. Lovejoy moved that the rules be suspended, so as to discharge the Committee on Public Lands from the further consideration of the bill of the Senate (S. 416) to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain, and for other purposes, and to enable the House to consider the same. Pending which, Mr. Reagan moved that there be a call of the House; which motion. was disagreed to. The question then recurred on the motion of Mr. Lovejoy. And being put, It was decided in the affirmative,{ Two-thirds voting in favor thereof. Yeas.. Nays... 104 51 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Charles F. Adams Cyrus Aldrich John B. Alley Mr. Ezra B. French John U. Pettit Albert G. Porter Mr. Emory B. Pottle John L. N. Stratton Thomas C. Theaker William Vandever Charles H. Van Wyck E. P. Walton Ellihu B. Washburne Israel Washburn, jr. James Wilson Mr. James M. Quarles Charles L. Scott Daniel E. Sickles Warren Winslow. So the rules were suspended, and the House proceeded to the consideration of the said bill. The Speaker having stated the question to be on its third reading, Mr. Lovejoy submitted an amendment in the nature of a substitute therefor, the said amendment being to strike out all after the enacting clause of the bill, and insert in lieu thereof the words of the House bill heretofore passed. And the question being put, Will the House agree thereto? It was decided in the affirmative, { Yeas. Nays.. ... 102 63 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Charles F. Adams Cyrus Aldrich William Allen John B. Alley Elijah Babbitt Thomas J. Barr J. R. Barrett Charles L. Beale John A. Bingham Samuel S. Blair Harrison G. Blake William D. Brayton James Buffinton Alfred A. Burnham Martin Butterfield James H. Campbell John Carey Luther C. Carter Clark B. Cochrane Schuyler Colfax Roscoe Conkling John Covode Samuel S Cox John G. Davis Charles Delano R. Holland Duell W. McKee Dunn Sidney Edgerton Thomas M. Edwards Thomas D. Eliot Alfred Ely Reuben E. Fenton Orris S. Ferry Thomas B. Florence Mr. Stephen C. Foster Ezra B. French Mr. Albert G. Porter Cydnor B. Tompkins Charles H. Van Wyck Henry Waldron Ellihu B. Washburne Mr. Samuel O. Peyton John S. Phelps Daniel E Sickles William N. H. Smith Ordered, That the bill be read a third time. The question then being on its passage, Mr. Lovejoy moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered and put, viz: Shall the bill pass? Yeas... And it was decided in the affirmative, Nays. 103 61 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr Charles F. Adams Cyrus Aldrich Reuben E. Fenton Mr. Daniel W. Gooch Mr. John F. Potter John L. N. Stratton Cydnor B. Tompkins E. P. Walton Ellihu B. Washburne James Wilson Mr. Horace Maynard Otho R. Single'on William Smith William N. H. Smith Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the amendment of the House thereto. Mr. Lovejoy moved that the vote by which the said bill was passed be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. Mr. Morse, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the bill of the Senate (S. 299) to increase and regulate the pay of the navy of the United States, (the rules having been suspended for that purpose, on motion of Mr. J. Morrison Harris,) reported the same with an amendment in the nature of a substitute therefor. Pending which, Mr. J. Morrison Harris submitted an amendment in the nature of a substitute for the said amendment. Pending which, After debate, Mr. J. Morrison Harris moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered and put, first, Will the House agree to the said amendment to the amendment? Yeas... And it was decided in the affirmative, {Nays.. 115 66 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Charles F. Adams Green Adams John A. Bingham Harrison G. Blake Thomas S. Bocock John Cochrane Roscoe Conkling John Covode James Craig Burton Craige Mr. H. Winter Davis John G. Davis Mr. Jacob M. Kunkel Charles H. Larrabee William Montgomery George H. Pendleton |