The question was then put on the amendment submitted by Mr. Paine. And being put, It was decided in the negative, Yeas. 57 130 35 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Stevenson Archer Samuel M. Arnell Nathaniel P. Banks W. Jasper Blackburn Thomas Boles Mr. Oliver H. Dockery Ephraim R. Eckley J. Lawrence Getz William S. Holman Mr. John H. Ketcham Rufus Mallory Mr. J. P. Newsham Mr. John A. Peters Charles W. Pierce B F. Whittemore Mr. William H. Robertson Row'd E. Trowbridge Mr. Lawrence S. Trimble On motion of Mr. Dawes, the whole subject was laid on the table. Mr. Dawes 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. By unanimous consent, leave of absence for to-night was granted to Mr. McCullough, Mr. Stokes, and Mr. Kelley. 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: H. R. 1204. An act to confirm certain private land claims in the State of Missouri; When The Speaker signed the same. Mr. Dawes, from the Committee of Elections, reported the following resolution, viz: Resolved, That the Clerk be and he is hereby directed to pay, under the sanction of the Committee on Accounts, the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars each to Simon Jones and J. Willis Menard, in full for time spent and expenses incurred in contesting the right to a seat in this house as a representative from Louisiana. Pending which, Mr. Kerr moved to amend the same by inserting after the word "Menard," the words "Caleb S. Hunt." Pending which, After debate, The said amendment was agreed to. The hour of 43 o'clock p. m. having arrived, the House took a recess until 7 o'clock p. m. After the recess, Mr. Hulburd, from the Committee on Public Expenditures, submitted a report in writing on the Alaska investigation; which was laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mr. Broomall, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Accounts, submitted a report upon the expenditures of the contingent fund; which was ordered to be printed and recommitted to the said committee. Mr. Broomall, from the Committee on Public Expenditures, submitted a report upon the contract for the overland Pacific mails; which was laid on the table and ordered to be printed. The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House letters from the Secretary of War as follows, viz: I. Transmitting a report from the commander of the fifth military dis trict in regard to the adjournment of the constitutional convention of Texas; which was referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. II. Transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of the 28th ultimo, a report in regard to the improvement of Rondout harbor; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Mr. Laflin, from the Committee on Printing, reported the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz: Resolved, That there be printed 5,000 extra copies of the report of the Smithsonian Institution, 3,000 for the use of the House and 2,000 for the Institution, the same to be stereotyped at the expense heretofore provided for. On motion of Mr. Churchill, by unanimous consent, the Committee on the Judiciary were discharged from the further consideration of the bills of the House Nos. 697, 20, 279, 233, 509, and 933, and the petition of members of the bar of Memphis, Tennessee, for the appointment of a judge for the district court of the district of West Tennessee; and the same were laid on the table. Mr. Sidney Clarke, by unanimous consent, introduced a joint resolution (H. Res. 468) authorizing the Union Pacific Railway Company, eastern division, to change its name to the Kansas Pacific Railway Company; which was read a first and second time. Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate therein. Mr. Cullom, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill (H. R. 2009) to authorize the Secretary of War to place at the disposal of the National Lincoln Monument Association, at Springfield, Illinois, damaged and captured ordnance; which was read a first and second time. Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bill. On motion of Mr. George V. Lawrence, by unanimous consent, the bill of the House (H. R. 568) explanatory of an act entitled "An act declaring the title to land warrants in certain cases," with the amendment of the Senate thereto, was taken up, and the said amendment was concurred in. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. On motion of Mr. Benjamin F. Butler, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union; and after some time spent therein the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Pomeroy reported that the committee having had under consideration the amendments of the Senate to the bill of the House No. 1738 (Indian appropriations) had come to no resolution thereon. Mr. Stephen F. Wilson, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled a bill of the following title, viz: H. R. 568. An act explanatory of the act entitled "An act declaring the title to land-warrants in certain cases;" When The Speaker signed the same. Mr. Paine, by unanimous consent, introduced a joint resolution (H. Res. 469) granting the use of military equipments for the inauguration ceremonies; which was read a first and second time. Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate therein. Mr. Broomall moved a reconsideration of the vote by which the report of the Committee on Accounts on the contingent expenses of the House was recommitted to the said committee. Pending which, On motion of Mr. Miller, by unanimous consent, the Committee on Invalid Pensions was discharged from the further consideration of the petitions of Ernest Betbury, Thaddeus Wetmore, D. W. Sims, Mary J. Clark, Christina Armel, and Eliza Ann Upright, and the same were laid on the table. And then, On motion of Mr. Holman, at 10 o'clock and 30 minutes p. m., the House adjourned. MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1869.7 The following memorials and petitions were laid upon the Clerk's table, under the rules, and referred as follows: By Mr. Bingham: The petition of H. N. Kennew and others, praying for an amendment to the Constitution, to the Committee on the Judiciary; Also, the petition of C. J. Rice, praying for a pension, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. Clift: The petition of Jesse T. Davis, a citizen of Georgia, praying for the removal of disabilities; By Mr. Blackburn: The memorial of Robert Emmett, of a similar import; to the Committee on Reconstruction. By Mr. Fox: The memorial of the special committee of the common council of the city of New York, relative to the payment of money due the corporation of said city, to the Committee of Claims. The Speaker having proceeded, as the regular order of business, to call the States and Territories for bills on leave, Bills were introduced, read a first and second time, and referred as follows, viz: By Mr. Callis: A bill (H. R. 2010) granting certain lands in the State of Alabama to the Tennessee and Coosa Railroad Company, to aid in the construction thereof, and for other purposes, to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. By Mr. Haughey: A bill (H. R. 2011) to relieve Joseph H. Sloss, of Franklin county, Alabama, from all legal and political disabilities; Also, a bill (H. R. 2012) to relieve Robert B. Lindsey, of Franklin county, Alabama, from all legal and political disabilities; Also, a bill (H. R. 2013) to relieve D. R. Lindsey, of Lauderdale county, Alabama, from all legal and political disabilities; severally to the Committee on Reconstruction. All the States and Territories having been called, the Speaker next proceeded to call for resolutions. Under which latter call, Mr. Cook, on leave, introduced a bill (H. R. 2014) in relation to bridges across the Ohio river; which was read à first and second time. Pending the question on its engrossment, Mr. Cook moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered, and under the operation thereof the bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time. The question then being on its passage, Mr. Cook moved the previous question; which was seconded and the main question ordered and put, viz: Shall the bill pass? The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. George W. Anderson Delos R. Ashley Mr. Fernando C. Beaman Mr. Henry P. H. Bromwell Mr. Henry L. Cake John B. Callis So the bill was passed. Mr. John H. Ketcham Mr. Hiram McCullough C. H. Prince Mr. William H. Robertson Mr. Theodore M. Pomeroy John V. L. Pruyn Mr. Samuel Shellabarger Francis Thomas Lawrence S. Trimble Ellihu B. Washburne Mr. Cook moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. Pending the question on the latter motion, A message from the Senate, by Mr. Hamlin, one of their clerks. Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a concurrent resolution providing that the President be requested to transmit forthwith to the executives of the several States of the United States copies of the article of amendment proposed by Congress to the State legislatures to amend the Constitution of the United States, passed February 26, 1869, respecting the exercise of the elective franchise, to the end that the said States may proceed to act upon the said article of amendment; and that he request the executive of each State that may ratify said amendment to transmit to the Secretary of State a certified copy of such ratification; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of the House. The Senate have passed joint resolutions and bills of the House of the following titles, viz: |