THE TAX BILL.
Mr. WALKER moved that the tax bill be postponed until Friday at 9 o'clock a. m.
page: 215[View Page 215]Mr. NEFF moved t amendby inserting 2 p. m to-day.
The motion as amended was agreed to.
The SPEAKER announced the special order, being the consideration of the bill [H. R. 252] to extend the elective franchise for the election of President and Vice President of the United States to a certain class of women therein designated. The bill was read the third time and failed to pass by yeas, 43; nays, 46; as follows:
Yeas--Messrs. Akin, Baker, Beatty, Compton, Cotton, Edwins, Floyd, Franklin, Furnas, Gardner, Gillum, Gilman, Gregory, Hamilton, Huff, Iddings, Johnson, Kenner, Lindlay, Linsday, Marshall, Mason, McIntosh, Melroth, Miles, Murray, O'Brien, Roberts, Robinson, of Decatur; Robinson, of Ripley; Ryan, Skinner, Stewart, Sumner, Taylor, of La Grange; Taylor, of Noble; Teter, Thompson, Vawter, Westfall, Wheeler, Wilson, of Morgan, and Wright--43.
Nays, Messrs. Barnett, Bartlett, Benham, Berryman, Buskirk, Cabbage, Carr, of White; Carr, of Whitley; Carter, Cauthorne, Chandler, Cole, Cooper, Cummins, Davis, Fall, Frazer, Fuller, Gibson, Ham, Hammond, Hinton, Hottell, Huston, Jackson, Kain, Keer, Lee, McClure, McCormick, McDowell, McSheehy, Meredith, Miller, Mitchell, Moody, Neff, Null, Roelker, Switzer, Shields, Smelter, Sulzer, Walz, Weaver and the Speaker-46.
Then the House adjourned till 2 p. m.
