Mr. Norris. The Senator from Massachusetts, I have already stated, offered his bill agreeably to previous notice.
Mr. Sumner. Precisely.
Mr. Norris. The question was then raised, whether it could be received, if there was objection? The question arose, whether leave should be granted to the Senator from Massachusetts to introduce the bill?
Mr. Sumner. That is the first question.
Mr. Norris. The Senator from Massachusetts, upon the question of granting leave, undertook to address the Senate. He was then called to order by my friend from California for discussing that question. The Chair sustained the objection of the Senator from California. From the decision of the Chair the Senator from Massachusetts took an appeal; and that is where the question now stands, unless the Senator from Louisiana had a right to make the motion which he did make, which was to lay the appeal on the table.
The Presiding Officer. The question is, unless the Senator from Louisiana will disembarrass the Chair by withdrawing it, on the motion of the Senator from Louisiana to lay the appeal on the table.
Mr. Sumner. On that motion I ask for the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
Mr. Foot (of Vermont). On what motion have the yeas and nays been ordered?