TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS, 1845-1847. 393 



The further consideration of the bill was postponed until the Monday 

 following. 



April 27, 184-6— House. 



The Speaker (Mr. John W. Davis) said the special order of the day- 

 was the bill in relation to the Smithsonian Institution. 



Mr. Howell Cobb offered resolution: 



Resolved, That all debate in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of 

 the Union on House bill (No. 5) to establish the " Smithsonian Institution," for the 

 increase and diffusion of knowledge among men, shall cease m two hours after the 

 same shall be again taken up in the Committee of the AVhole House on the state of 

 the Union (if the committee shall not sooner come to a conclusion upon the same); 

 and the committee shall then proceed to vote on such amendments as may be pend- 

 ing or offered to the same, and shall then report it to the House with such amend- 

 ments as may have been agreed to by the committee. 



The resolution was read; when the question was stated, Will the 

 House agree to the said resolution ? Mr. James Graham moved that it 

 be laid upon the table. 



And the question being put, it was decided in the negative — 3'^eas, 

 78; nays, 81. 



The 3^eas and nays being desired b}' one-fifth of the members present, 



Those who voted in the affirmative were — 



YEAS — Messrs. John Q. Adams, Arnold, Ashmun, Barringer, Bedinger, Bell, 

 Buffington, Burt, W. W. Campbell, J. H. Campbell, Carroll, John G. Chapman, A. 

 A. Chapman, Cocke, Cranston, Crozier, Dargan, Darragh, Garret Davis, Delano, 

 Dixon, Dockery, J. H. Ewing, E. H. Ewing, Foot, Giddings, Graham, Grider, Grin- 

 nell, Hampton, Harper, Herrick, Hoge, E. B. Holmes, S. D. Hubbard, Hudson, 

 Washington Hunt, Hunter, C. J. Ingersoll, Joseph Johnson, Daniel P. King, Thomas 

 Butler King, Lewis, Long, McHenry, Marsh, J. P. Martin, Barkley Martin, Miller, 

 Morris, Moseley, Parrish, Payne, Pendleton, Pettit, Pollock, John A. Rockwell, 

 Root, Rimk, Seaman, Seddon, Severance, A. D. Sims, Truman Smith, Albert Smith, 

 Caleb B. Smith, Stephens, Strohm, Thibodeaux, Tilden, Trumbo, Vinton, Wood, 

 Woodruff, Woodward, Wright, Yancey, and Young. 



Those who voted in the negative were — 



NAY^S — Messrs. Atkinson, Bayly, Biggs, James A. Black, Bowlin, Brodhead, 

 Brockenbrough, W. G. Brown, R. Chapman, Chipman, Clarke, Cobb, Collin, Con- 

 stable, Cunningham, Daniel, J. Davis, Dillingham, Dobbin, Dromgoole, Erdman, 

 Faran, Ficklin, Fries, Garvin, Gentry, Giles, Gordon, Grover, Hamlin, Haralson, 

 Harmanson, Hopkins, Hough, G. S. Houston, J. B. Hunt, Andrew Johnson, George 

 W. Jones, (Seaborn Jones, Preston King, Lawrence, Leake, Leib, La Sere, Lumpkin, 

 Maclay, McClelland, McConnell, McCrate, McGaughey, Mcllvaine, McKay, Morse, 

 Moulton, Norris, Owen, Perrill, Phelps, Price, Rathbun, Relfe, Ritter, Sawtelle, 

 Sawyer, Scammon, Simpson, Thomas Smith, Robert Smith, Stanton, St. John, Strong, 

 Thomasson, Jacob Thompson, Thurman, Tibbatts, Vance, Wentworth, Wick, Wil- 

 mot. Yell, and Y'ost. 



The question recurred on agreeing to the said resolution. 



Mr. HoAVELL Cobb moved the previous question, which was sec- 

 onded, and the main question was ordered and put, viz, Will the 

 House agree to the said resolution ? and decided in the negative — yeas, 

 73; nays, 85. 



