THE BAKER-CUMBACK CORRESPONDENCE.
Mr. RICE called up the special order, viz.: his resolution of Friday last to expunge from the Senate journal the resolutions relating to the Baker-Cumback correspondence-and demanded the previous question thereon.
The demand for the previous question was demanded by the Senate-20 to 7-and under its operation the resolution was passed by yeas 35, nays 8-as follows:
YEAS-Messrs. Andrews, Bellamy, Carson, Case, Caven, Church, Denbo, Eliott, Clifford, Gray, Hadley, Hamilton, Hanna, Henderson, Howk, Huey, Huffman, Humphreys, Jaquess,Johnson of Spencer, Johnston of Montgomery, Laselle, Lee, Montgomery, Morgan, Rice, Robinson of Madison, Robinson of Decatur, Scott, Sherrod, Smith, Taggart, Turner, Wolcott, and Wood-35.
NAYS-Messrs. Beardsley, Cravens, Fisher, Fosdick, Hess, Hooper, Kinley, and Reynolds-8.
Pending the roll call-
Messrs. Cravens, Fisher, Hamilton, Hanna, Hooper, Humphreys, Johnson of Montgomery, Kinley, Lee, Morgan, Rice, Robinson of Madison, Sherrod, Smith and Turner, each made remarks in explanation of their votes, as their names were called.
The PRESIDENT pro tem. [Mr. Gray in the Chair] announced the special order-being the bill [S. 282] defining and prescribing punishment for libel; which was read the third time.
On motion by Mr. ROBINSON, of Decatur, it was laid on the table.
