Onan enisndmsot proposed by Mr.^lilanohsrd, bat which wss ruled oat of^order, Mr. Blanehard appealed from tha^deoislon of tbs ohalr and inaugurated ob^^structive Isolios by rnsking tbs point of no i^r|uorom. Ou ths roll csll fifly-ons sen-^More, eight more than a quorum, answered
10their names.^Mr. li'auobard'e amendment gave riss to
auaunsunl sueue in the senate, for Allen^deiusndsd tbst tbe reiueiks of S.-nalor^Cockrsli, when making bie point of ordsr^ngslnst tba aesendmenl, sbonld ba rsad by^the reporter. Mr. Cockrell thereupon e.^peslsd bis statsmsut, whic.i Mr, Alien mil^muted waa not tba same aa tbe one first^msds wbsn Ibe o^easu tu tho rule wss not^stated, end Insislsd npou tbs reeding of^the stenographer's notes. tieustor Hale^ana others, republicans and deiuoorxta,^explained tbst tbe rules did not re^^quire a senator in raising a polnl^at order to ststs what rale It came^and r, leaving tbat question to tbs prssid-^iiiu olllcer, t bep'oesnd cons wars fully^discusssd until tho pieeidiug ofllceriMr.^Jar vie) dl eclsd the teportei's notes to be^r ail. 1 his wss done eod Cookreil's sup-^p:crnenlal statement waa confirmed, aud^Mr. Allen proved lo bave been In error.
1bu qaeetion rscurred on tbe appssl from^flic decision of ibe chslr, but Mr. lisle^moved to lay Ibe appsal on tbe table. At
1110 the bill was psussd, and lbs rsporl of^the conferees on Ihs river end herbor bill^was aubuiitlsd, but uot sclvd on.
Aabort sxecative sseslou wee had end at^,'.80 the eenale adjourned.
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