Mr. Cox moved that the bill be laid on the table. And the question being put, It was decided in the negative, { Yeas. Nays. 53 83 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 Reuben E. Fenton Mr. Samuel C. Fessenden Thomas A. D. Fessenden George H. Yeaman. Mr. Albert G. Porter John F. Potter So the House refused to lay the bill on the table. The question then recurring on the demand for the previous question, it was seconded. The question being put, Shall the main question be now put? J Yeas. It was decided in the affirmative, {Nays 77 61 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Cyrus Aldrich Fernando C. Beaman Alfred Ely Reuben E. Fenton Samuel C. Fessenden Mr. Thomas A. D. Fessenden Mr. Theodore M. Pomeroy Richard Franchot Augustus Frank Daniel W. Gooch Abraham B. Olin John F. Potter Alexander H. Rice John H. Rice Albert G. Riddle Edward H. Rollins James F. Wilson William Windom. Mr. George K. Shie Edward H. Smith Elbridge G. Spaulding Clement L. Vallandigham Daniel W. Voorhees George C. Woodruff Samuel T. Worcester George H. Yeaman. So it was ordered that the main question be now put. And being put, first, Shall the bill be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs? It was decided in the negative, {Nays 32 102 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 John Covode Samuel S. Cox Reuben E. Fenton Samuel C. Fessenden Thomas A. D. Fessenden Richard Franchot Augustus Frank Mr. Daniel W. Gooch So the House refused to refer the bill. Mr. Alexander H. Rice Mr. John H. Rice John P. C. Shanks Benjamin F. Thomas Daniel W. Voorhees Ellihu B. Washburne The question then recurred on the amendment of Mr. Hickman to the amendment of Mr. Stevens. Pending which, Mr. Vallandigham moved that the bill be laid on the table. And the question being put, It was decided in the negative, Nays The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Mr. Cyrus Aldrich John B. Alley Reuben E. Fenton Mr. Samuel C. Fessenden Thomas A. D. Fessenden John Hickman Abraham B. Olin Mr. Timothy G. Phelps Theodore M. Pomeroy John F. Potter Alexander H. Rice John H. Rice Albert G. Riddle Edward H. Rollins Aaron A. Sargent Elbridge G. Spaulding So the House again refused to lay the bill on the table. Mr. Mallory moved, at 2 o'clock and 30 minutes p. m., that the House adjourn. And the question being put, It was decided in the negative, {Nays: 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 James A. Cravens Reuben E. Fenton Mr. Thomas A. D. Fessenden Richard Franchot Abraham B. Olin So the House refused to adjourn. Mr. James S. Rollins Joseph Segar Edward H. Smith Clement L. Vallandigham Edwin H. Webster Mr. Frederick A. Pike A message from the Senate, by Mr. Forney, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed bills of the following titles, viz: S. 413. An act providing for the extinction of Indian titles to lands in Kansas, for the removal of the Indians from said State, and for procuring them homes elsewhere; and S. 418. An act for the removal of the Sisseton, Wahpaton, Medawankton, and Wahpakoota bands of Sioux or Dakota Indians, and for jhe disposition of their lands in Minnesota and Dakota: n which I am directed to ask the concurrence of the House. |