GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.
Mr. CARNAHAN submitted a resolution to order the printing of five thousand copies of the Governor's Message; five hundred copies of which shall be with the accompanying documents; five hundred copies shall be in the German language; and that five hundred copies shall be for the use of the Governor.
page: 58[View Page 58]Mr. STEWART of Rush, proposed to amend by an order to print twelve thousand copies; two thousand in the German language; and that the whole number be distributed pro rata to the members.
Mr. RATLIFF proposed ten thousand copies; two thousand in the German language, fifteen hundred to be delivered to the Governor, one third of the remainder to the Doorkeeper of the Senate, and the remainder to the Doorkeeper of the House, for the use of the members of their respective Houses.
On motion by Mr. CARNAHAN the amendments were laid on the table.
Mr. RUDDELL proposed a substitute for the resolutions and amendments in the shape of a concurrent resolution, to authorize the printing of ten thousand copies, of which three thousand shall be printed in the German language. That one thousand five hundred copies of said Message shall be delivered to the Governor for his use, and that three thousand copies of the same shall be delivered to the Doorkeeper of the Senate for the use of that body, and that the remainder be delivered to the Doorkeeper of the House for the use of the members thereof.
On motion by Mr. COTTON this amendment was also laid on the table.
Mr. HAMILTON offered the following amendment:
RESOLVED, That ten thousand copies of the Governor's Message, and ten thousand copies of the Governor's Inaugural Address, delivered to the General Assembly, be ordered to be printed; five thousand of each in English, and three thousand of each in German, for the use of the House of Representatives, and two thousand each for the use of the Governor.
On motion by Mr. GORDON the amendment was laid on the table.
Mr. WELBORN made an ineffectual motion to lay the whole subject on the table, and make it the special order for three o'clock, p. m.
Mr. BUSKIRK raised the point of order, that the tabling of an amendment to an original proposition had the effect of tabling the original proposition and everything connected with the subject.
Mr. PIERCE of Vigo, agreed with the member from Monroe [Mr. Buskirk] in the point made, that the tabling of amendments, tabled the resolution to which they referred.
Mr. COFFROTH expressed the conviction that the uniform practice of the House in the sessions of 1864 and 1865 was opposed to the position now taken by the members from Vigo and Monroe.
And after discussion of the point by Messrs BARRETT, BUSKIRK, COFFROTH and others--
The SPEAKER held that the point of order was well taken.
