The question is, whether this question now be put.
(There are cries of "Yea," and "No.")
The Speaker:
I think the "Yeas" have it.
(This is followed by silence in the House.)
The Speaker:
Then the question now before the House is whether this Declaration shall pass.
(Again there are cries of "Yea" and "No" strongly emphatic on both sides.)
The Speaker:
I think the "Yeas" have it.