The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-01-25
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Friday lar,nary IL

IS 'non IS the jour',a, ri the precedpr dav was
rad Mr. + Randolph faii he had a motion 70 maj
which required the gaer=s prsvionly to be cleared
re g5H'fes were accordingly cleared and conti
h"e'1 !" lci i3'u; two hoErs; when tie doors were
opeEe, and written ne.Iape from the pre)idenr nj
the Ueifei SAFES prcf-nfed by Mr.. Coles,
Tbs 'neGage beng partly of Il public and partly.
~ CONFIDENTIAL natUre, the GALLERIES were cleared
- hort tio)e, whiEe the lst,er l,arf was read
ne doors heiag again opened the Clerk read the
s9rner part OF tie nneIagc, reafige to isrih ,s4re
lions OH neutral rights. The mef;age contains a co
PY OF letter tranimred by the Secretary OF STAT :
q Mr. Monroe, dared April /, 1905. on ,te i'm
preiia1ent of American fean,en ard ,he caov of =,
iet'cF ire,n the Sacretarv TO Mr. Monroe. dared a :
PA H. 1905, the doctrine lately Get mo Nv Bri
tIn, relative 10 neutral trade Beiides thpe parrr,
I've m,itrn encio!ei memorials from the mere hams
"t New York, of Ne@bury port, Of Phla.lelphia.
and OF CAarelton, and from tn. United Infi,ranc,
Company oil i'ew-York from the New,orr Iniuranec
Company, and from the Norfolk Marine lnCurapc.
Company
Mr. Thomas moved the reference of the nerag;e
=" Committee o. the whole on the fate Of the mi
on.
MIR. fieioIfon otlcr,cd that frbiea intimately
connected with that .: the n,e1ge had been alreaI
referred to tilr committee of ways ard means and
Tn7Ed the reference o. TIE meage TO that committee
Mf. Thomas replied that the memorial from, the
HhfldlnlD ~
Htht fame ftbea, had been referred to a comp,--
t't of the w'iole on the Fate Of the union.
ne 1ie''i0n NJ reference to committee Of the
whole iiouie was taken and pailed in the NEGATIVE.
AYES %.
Mr. Mich hloi then nioved to refer the merI, ~ 70
the committee cf ways ard means
llr. Crowniuiheld iaid he could NOT conceive WHY
recrercP thou!d be made to the committee NJ yyays
afl n'ga"s II bad conneGi ION or n YER, remote
i1e&ioi with revenue. Surely, fail Mr.. r,,oo,n.
ih'eIi We are not going fcttle our difference ON
t's point b. pounds Billings and pence He CON.
e'"1ed by moving reference to a fcleN cop,,,itte,
MIR. Dana obisrvcd that the nIeirice embraced
tHo dtmSt points, relative to palia,ions OH our
trade, winch might go TO the committee of WAYS
"d nleans, AND the other relative TO tine impeachment
o. orr leanien, which would mot properly be refer
red 70 ielsGl consn,itree.
Mr Nieho'fpn varied his motion in the way ru,-
geaed by MIR Dana. 20
Inc houie concured in his motion to refer 70 much
OF 'e nlfage as relates fpaiations to the conit
tee OF ways aud meant-Ayes 59-Noes IS.
SO much Of the mefage as relates 70 tie ip,prsT-
t'ert OF isanen was referred to lee2 com nittee of
feveu members
Mr. Gregg rom TIE committee ori the public lands
made report on the memorial Of the directors add
agents Of the Ohio co npany. The fsnor a,..s ,b.,
tince the date Of the memorial ley1!tiye prov;fon
had been made fr all the o5ieSs prayed for evcen,
one. This is tia, grant mag b, made in aid Of
iehools, OF lot Of land twenty miles fqars in the
lieu OF the exiting appropriation of land The re-
port concludes with refoluton hat the prayer of the
memorial 10 Tar as fea,e3 to the application for
lot OF land of twenty miles future onzht not to be
granted.
The Honfe imniedively eonlideredt Tie report and
eoneurred in it without Giviion.
Mr.. Jobn C. Smith fror the cr1io,i,tec of claim.
made report on The petition Of Daniel Porter. Oar.
iuE that the only objea Of the pe;,toi which Is rcs-
fon1ole, may be ad.uled by the proper 4eeountin.