H. R. 659. A bill to provide ways and means for the support of government, had come to no resolution thereon. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Hickey, their chief clerk: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed bills of the following titles, viz: S. 437. An act to amend the act entitled "An act to amend the act of the 3d of March, 1837, entitled An act supplementary to the act entitled An act to amend the judicial system of the United States;"' and S. 456. An act to enable the President to negotiate a treaty with the Klamath and Modoc Indians, and for other purposes; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this house. And then, On motion of Mr. Roscoe Conkling, at 4 o'clock and 35 minutes p. m., the House adjourned. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1863. The following petitions and memorials were laid upon the Clerk's table, under the rule: By Mr. William G. Steele: The petition of publishers in the State of New Jersey, for a reduction in or removal of the tariff on printing papers. By Mr. Potter: The memorial of citizens of Milwaukie, Wisconsin, asking for certain amendments to the internal revenue laws. Ordered, That the said petition and memorial be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. By Mr. Alexander H. Rice: The petition of merchants of Boston, Massachusetts, for an amendment of the act of July 14, 1862, in relation to the tonnage tax upon vessels; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. Frederick A. Conkling: The memorial of the inspectors of customs in the city of New York, for an increase of their compensation, and also for an increase in the number of such offices. By Mr. Odell: The memorial of ship-owners of New York, for a change in the laws in relation to the purchase and sale of vessels of the United States. Ordered, That the said memorials be referred to the Committee on Commerce. By Mr. Albert S. White: Three petitions from loyal citizens of Maryland, asking an appropriation of ten millions of dollars to compensate them for the inconveniences to attend the extinction of slavery in that State; which were referred to the select committee on emancipation. The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, concerning the organization of his office and the present condition of its business; which was laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. The Speaker having announced as the business first in order the appeal from the decision of the Chair as to the effect of the majority vote upon the resolution reported from the Committee of Elections in the case of William Vandever, which was pending when the House adjourned yesterday Mr. Cox moved that the appeal be laid on the table; (Yeas.. It was decided in the affirmative, Nays.... 82 36 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. William Allen William J. Allen Isaac N. Arnold Mr. Aaron Harding John Hickman Mr. Nehemiah Perry Mr. James C. Robinson Clement L. Vallandigham Theodore M. Pomeroy A. Scott Sloan Elbridge G. Spaulding Benjamin F. Thomas James F. Wilson William Windom. So the appeal was laid on the table, and the announcemeut by the Speaker that the said resolution was agreed to was sustained by the House. Mr. Washburne moved that the vote by which the resolution was agreed to be reconsidered. Pending which, Mr. Washburne moved the previous question. Pending which, Mr. Cox moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, And the question being put, It was decided in the negative, Yeas 58 73 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Cyrus Aldrich John B. Alley Portus Baxter Fernando C. Beaman John A. Bingham Jacob B. Blair James Buffinton Jacob P. Chamberlain Thomas A. D. Fessenden Mr. George P. Fisher Richard Franchot Timothy G. Phelps Mr. Abraham B. Olin John L. N. Stratton Clement L. Vallandigham Mr. Frederick A. Pike So the House refused to lay the motion to reconsider on the table. The question then recurring on the demand for the previous question, Mr. Washburne withdrew the same. Mr. Stevens moved that the further consideration of the motion to reconsider be postponed until the 1st of August next. And the question being put, It was decided in the negative, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are— Mr. Cyrus Aldrich William Allen Reuben E. Fenton Samuel C. Fessenden Thomas A. D. Fessenden Augustus Frank Edward Haight Mr. Aaron Harding Richard A. Harrison Cornelius L. L. Leary Anson P. Morrill Justin S. Morrill James R. Morris John T. Nixon Robert H. Nugen Mr. Robert Mallory John W. Menzies Charles R. Train William H. Wadsworth Mr. James C. Robinson Edward H. Rollins John D. Stiles Benjamin F. Thomas Carey A. Trimble Rowland E. Trowbridge John P. Verree So the motion to postpone was disagreed to. The question then recurring on the motion to reconsider, Pending which, Mr. Cox moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which motion was disagreed to. The question then recurred on the demand for the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered and put, viz: Shall the vote on the said resolution be reconsidered? Yeas... And it was decided in the affirmative, {Nays... 70 64 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Cyrus Aldrich Reuben E. Fenton John N. Goodwin Mr. John A. Gurley James T. Hale Mr. Albert G. Riddle Mr. John T. Nixon Warren P. Noble Samuel Shellabarger John D. Stiles John L. N. Stratton Francis Thomas Charles R. Train Clement L. Vallandigham |