WISCONSIN BLUE BOOK.


  Where questions are perfectly equivalent, so that the negative of the one
amounts to the affirmative of the other, and leaves no other alternative,
the
decision of the one concludes necessarily the other. 4 Grey, 157. Thus the
negative of striking out amounts to the afirinative of agreeing; and therefore
to put a question on agreeing after that on striking out, would be to put
the
same question in effect twice over. Not so in questions of amendments be-
tween the two Houses. A motion to recede being negatived, does not amount
to a positive vote to insist, because there is another alternative, to wit:
to ad-
here.
  A bill originating in one House is passed by the other with an amendment.
A motion in the originating House to agree to the amendment is negatived.
Does there result from this a vote of disagreement, or must the question
on
disagreement be expressly voted? The questions respecting amendments
from another house are-ist, to agree; 2d, to disagree; 3d, recede; 4th, insist;
5th, adhere.
  1st. To agree.        Either of these concludes the other necessarily,
for
  2d. To disagree.    the positive of either is exactly the equivalent of
the


3d. To recede
4th. To insist.
5th. To adhere.


  negative of the other, and no other alternative re-
  mains. On either motion amendments to the amend-
  ments may be proposed; e. g., if it be moved to dis-
  agree, those who are for the amendment have a right
  to propose amendments, and to make it as perfect as
  they can, before the question of disagreeing is put.
You may then either insist or adhere.
  You may then either recede or adhere.
  You may then either recede or insist.
  Consequently the negative of these is not equivalent
  to a positive vote the other way. It does not raise so
  necessary an implication as may authorize the Sec-
  retary by inference to enter another vote; for two al-
  ternatives still remain, either ofwhich may be adopt-
  ed by the House.


                          SECTION XXXIX.
                             THE QUESTION.
  The question is to be put first on the affirmative and then on the negatve
side.
  After the Speaker has put the affirmative part of the question, any member
who has not spoken before to the question may rise and speak before the
negative be put; because it is no full question till the negative part be
put.
Scob., 23; 2 HTats., 73.
  But in small matters, and which are, of course, such as receiving petitions,
reports, withdrawing motions, reading papers, etc., the Speaker most com-
monly supposes the consent of the House where no objection is expressed,
and does not give them the trouble of putting the question formally. b.,
22; 2 Jlats., 87; 5 Grey, 121; 9 Grey, 391.


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