Mr. Price 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. The question then recurred on the amendment of Mr. Blaine to the last amendment of the committee, and being read as follows, viz: Strike out the said amendment and insert: "SEC.. And be it further enacted, That until the military force is reduced to twenty regiments of infantry, five regiments of cavalry, and five regiments of artillery, no new commission shall be issued in any regiment; and the Secretary of War is hereby directed to consolidate regiments as rap. idly as the requirements of the public service and the reduction in the number of officers will permit, until the before-named minimum is reached. "SEC. And be it further enacted, That until otherwise directed by law there shall be no new appointments and no promotions in the Adjutant General's department, in the Inspector General's department, in the pay depart ment, in the quartermasters' department, in the commissary department, in the ordnance department, in the engineer department, and in the medical department;" The question was put, Will the House agree thereto? And it was decided in the affirmative, Nays Not voting. 111 65 46 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. William B. Allison George W. Anderson Mr. John D. Baldwin Nathaniel P. Banks Mr. W. Jasper Blackburn Mr. C. C. Bowen James G. Blaine Austin Blair George S. Boutwell Benjamin M. Boyer Henry P. H. Bromwell The said amendment as amended was then agreed to. Thomas E. Stewart Francis Thomas Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed and read a third time. The question then being on its passage, Mr. Blaine moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered to be put. Mr. Eldridge moved that the bill be laid on the table; And the question being put, It was decided in the negative.Yeas.. Nays... 33 135 54 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are— Mr. James A. Johnson Thomas L. Jones Mr. Hiram McCullough William Mungen Mr. Charles E. Phelps Those who voted in the negative are Mr William B. Allison Oakes Ames George W. Anderson Nathaniel P. Banks John A. Bingham John Coburn Mr. Ephraim R. Eckley Benjamin F. Hopkins Mr. William H. Koontz C. H. Prince Mr. John A. Logan So the House refused to lay the bill on the table. The question then recurred on its passage; And being put, it was decided in the affirmative. Mr. Stephen Taber Mr. Lewis W. Ross John Trimble Row'd E. Trowbridge Mr. John P. C. Shanks The title of the bill was then amended by adding thereto "and for other purposes." Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bill. By unanimous consent, leave of absence for to-day was granted to Mr. Norris; for this evening and Saturday to Mr. Cornell and Mr. Ingersoll; for one week to Mr. Lincoln; Mr. Polsley indefinite; and Mr. Nott for to-night. On motion of Mr. Higby, by unanimous consent, leave was granted for the withdrawal from the files of the House of the papers in the case of John Strutman and White & Baugh, copies to be left. The Speaker appointed Mr. Nott a member of the Select Committee on the Census, in place of Mr. Beck, excused. Mr. Holman, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled a bill of the following title, viz: S. 935. An act to provide for a term of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the district of Vermont; When, The Speaker signed the same. Mr. Blair, from the Select Committee on Alleged Election Frauds in the State of New York, having proposed to submit the following resolu tion, viz: Resolved, That the Sergeant-at-arms of this house be, and he is hereby, ordered to arrest and bring before this house John H. Bell, of Orange county in the State of New York, to answer for a contempt in refusing to answer questions put to him by the committee of this house appointed to investigate alleged frauds in the late presidential election in the State of New York. And the said Sergeant-at-arms is also in like manner ordered to arrest and bring before this house David W. Reeve, of said Orange county, in the State of New York, to answer as for a contempt in neglecting and refusing to attend before the said committee appointed to investigate alleged frauds in the late presidential election in the State of New York, he, the said David W. Reeve, having been first duly subpoenaed so to attend before said committee. And that a warrant be issued by the Speaker of this house to the Sergeant-atarms commanding him or his special messenger to arrest the said John H. Bell and David W. Reeve, and each of them, and bring them before this house accordingly, to answer, each of them, for this his contempt, and abide the order and judgment of this house in the premises. Mr. Kerr made the point of order that the said report had not been authorized by the committee. And the question being put, Will the House receive the same? The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Pending the question on agreeing to the said resolution, It was decided in the negative, Yeas 32 112 78 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are |