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ayes
1. “The ayes have it,” Vice-President Bosley announced
2. A thunderous response of ayes came from among the
3. Ayes have it
4. Though this and that are AYES, and you and he
5. “Aye,” said another, until a Chorus of Ayes rose to drown the Silence in the Cabin
6. , he would move an adjournment, which was taken by ayes and noes and lost—ayes 47, noes 65—Mr
7. The Committee of the Whole was discharged from the further consideration of the bill, ayes 72
8. The House agreed to consider the resolution, ayes 68
9. To-morrow was named as the day on which it should be read a third time, and negatived, ayes, 32
10. The motion for indefinite postponement was negatived, ayes 23
11. The motion to postpone to Monday shared the same fate, ayes 33
12. This motion was agreed to without debate, ayes 56
13. Smilie moved to fill the blank for the number of midshipmen with "one hundred and fifty" (about half the number at present in service)—Agreed to, ayes 51, noes 37
14. The ayes and noes were agreed to be taken on Mr
15. Sheffey called for the ayes and noes
16. He would not condescend to debate such a question in the present state of the House, and he asked for the ayes and noes on Mr
17. Alston said he would have voted on the motion, if the gentleman had not asked for the ayes and noes; but as he appears desirous to marshal one side of the House against the other, he was not disposed to gratify him in his request
18. Bassett, Ely, Stow, and Milnor, on the propriety of making a general instead of a special provision on this head, as recommended by the President, the question on filling the first blank with fifty thousand dollars was carried in the affirmative, ayes 60
